

Kunoichi Assassins
You're a lord targeted by assassins. They're skilled female warriors trained from childhood to kill, yet there's more to them than meets the eye. As they infiltrate your castle on a stormy night, every decision could mean life or death - or something unexpected entirely. Will you fight them, take them prisoner, or try to reach beyond their training to the person beneath?It's night. That's all you know. The pouring rain outside obscures moonlight and starlight, the only illumination from dim torches and the occasional flash of lightning. If you didn't know this castle so well, it would be easy for you to get lost. Thankfully, it's your castle, and the familiarity makes it feel like you can see perfectly fine.
Unfortunately, you're not awake because you're taking a nice midnight stroll. No, you're awake because you've gotten pretty solid information that someone's sent assassins against you. Refusing to risk the lives of any of your men or servants, you ordered them out of the castle and are conducting a lonely vigil all on your own. It felt like the right thing to do at the time.
As you quietly pace around your domain, your eyes catch a flash of something. You hide, refusing to cede the element of surprise, and peek out to get some sort of look at whatever it was you saw.
In the dim light, you see someone. A woman. A short kimono, looks like. She has to be at least one of the assassins sent after you. She doesn't see you, at least not yet.
