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Henry found himself a sword clutched in a dead guy's hand. With a quick flick and a kick of his leg he made the sword go airborne. He reached out and grabbed out of the air. It wasn't his sword that he left back at home, or was it a perfect sword, but it was not the sword that made the warrior.

((I know right, good thing I don't use bow))

"My name is Takahata Yamamoto, and I am to replace Mr. Tom in your mission while he serves my master."

At that moment, Clara wished that she had the shield. With all the warning from Erebus, someone popping out from virtually nowhere was not a good sign. It was soon apparent that this man (she thought it was a man) was there for Tom. This saddened her a bit because Clara rather liked Tom in the few hours they had worked together. Sure, he was scary but he was interesting. This new fellow just seemed scary to her.

From his demeanor, she thought that he would most likely keep to himself even more than Tom did. He was very formal and she listened on as Erebus questioned him.

"well its good to know we are on the better end of buesness"
letting out a sign revealing he was fairly scared there and was trying to cover his rear with gutts and polite edicate
"we are in need of a place to hide and sleep, i particularly have been up for probably the longest and even though im normally nocturnal it is starting to get to me, do you have a place for us?"

"He thought you might need a place to stay, we have prepaired a safehouse a few blocks up the road, i shall lead you there as soon as we are ready"
he said as he bowed deeply again.

"It is like he read our minds and prepared a head of time. Too bad you probably can't predict the outcome of our journey." It was with wide eyes later and a clap over her mouth that Clara stopped herself from continuing on, realizing she had been speaking out loud again. She did that sometimes. Slowly her focus went to Henry. She ought to be more like him. He was standing there in his own thoughts and accessing the situation much better than she was doing.

Part of her did not want to trust the new comer but he seemed to be on their side, currently. The other part of her just wanted to get to the safe house and rest for the remainder of the evening whilst planning the plan of attack for the next portion of their journey. Clara readied to follow Erebus.

Takahata led them down the street and through an alley. eventually they arrived at the front of a resteraunt, it was old and japanese-style with a mild pagoda roof and paper lanterns out front. as they got closer the air around them carried a hint of sesame and spices, and the faint sound of chickens clucking came from behind the building.

takahata knocked on the front door, a slot was immediately opened. he exchanged passwords with the person at the door and it was quickly opened and they were escorted inside. immediately to their right was the person behind the door. she was a very pretty asian lady with a kimono, smile, and m3 "grease gun" ready at her hip pointing behind them out the door. after they were all in she moved forward and peered out the door, scanning the street. she retreated behind the threshold and shut the door.

"This way" she said as she led them into the kitchen towards the back and passed through a curtain of bamboo segments. takahata fell to the rear as she lead them up a spiral staircase where a fat man was waiting for them at the top. he wore pants, sandals, and a topknot. his entire torso and arms had tattoos on them, of dragons, tigers, pagodas, and various other beautiful images in full color. cupped a fist in one hand, held it up to his chest and bowed deeply.