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let’s rerun the simulation, but lets have all the samurai unite to fight her

Yes! Let’s rewind the scene — this time the Seven Samurai stand united against the Mistress, putting aside fear and temptation. We’ll run the simulation round by round as before, but with everyone on the same side.

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🌑 Alternate Simulation: The United Seven

Setup

• Mistress: Approaches with her silken words, aura pressing on them.
• Seven Samurai: Bloodied but resolute. Each feels the weight of temptation, but they glance at one another and remember their vow: to protect the farmers, not themselves.

The Leader speaks first:

“We will not kneel. If you wish us, demon, you must cut us down. Seven blades, one spirit.”

The cicadas fall silent. The duel begins.

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Round 1 – Steel Drawn

• Mistress: Attempts to charm the Young Idealist again. He falters… but the Stoic Master grips his shoulder. “Hold fast, boy. She is but shadow.” The Idealist passes his save.
• Samurai Strike:
  • Leader & Brash Youth rush forward — two clean strikes land, cutting through her silks and biting flesh. She snarls.
  • Veteran & Elder flank, forcing her into defense.
  • Trickster distracts her with feints, letting the others press harder.

The Mistress is actually wounded this time, her blood smoking on the ground.

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Round 2 – Blood Mist

• Mistress: Releases her blood mist, choking the battlefield. Several samurai cough blood (6 damage each).
• Stoic Master: Recites a sutra aloud, centering the group. His blade cuts through the mist, striking her shoulder.
• Idealist: Emboldened, he joins the charge, landing a clean cut across her hip.
• Teamwork: Their formation holds — they fight as one, surrounding her.

She hisses, forced onto the defensive.

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Round 3 – Fangs Bared

• Mistress: Seizes the Brash Youth by the throat, sinking her fangs into him. He staggers, pale, but does not fall.
• Leader: Furious, cuts deep into her side, drawing a cry of pain.
• Veteran: With grim humor, “Even demons bleed.” He hacks across her back.
• Trickster: Finds an opening — a stab through her thigh, surprising even himself.

She’s weakening. Her regenerative powers are strained under the barrage.

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Round 4 – Breaking Point

• Mistress: Unleashes a shriek, summoning shadows to strike at them (psychic wave, 10 damage to each).
• Several samurai stumble, but none fall.
• Stoic Master: Through gritted teeth, “Hold the line. Farmers watch. Ancestors watch.”
• Leader & Idealist: In perfect unison, strike her chest. The blow staggers her.
• Elder: Delivers a final slash across her face. Her glamor flickers — for a moment she appears as a shriveled corpse in silks.

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Round 5 – The Killing Stroke

• Mistress: Tries one last desperate gambit — turning into mist to escape.
• Leader: Anticipates her, driving his blade into the swirling vapor, pinning her form.
• All Seven Together: Strike as one, their blades flashing like lightning in the moonlight.

Her scream echoes across the valley. The mist collapses, and her body lies still, dissolving into ash.

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🎭 Aftermath

The seven stand panting, bloodied but unbroken. Farmers creep from their huts, bowing low, tears in their eyes.

The Leader sheathes his blade, speaking for all:

“The demon is gone. But she will not be the last. We stand, and we will stand again, for the people.”

The legend becomes one not of corruption, but of seven blades that stood against the night — an eternal tale of courage against the unnatural.

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