[center][h1][color=007236]Haofeng[/color][/h1][/center]

[color=gray]Truth be told, when Haofeng stepped inside the city, he didn't thought much about the stares and the overall bad atmosphere. Being a half Goristani living in Tsukushima, he was already used in being treated in a... less than desirable manner. Due to that, Haofeng wasn't really clueless about the 'shady' aspects of a city and how to generally avoid most common problems such as scams and bandits. Unfortunately, exactly due to being already used with those types of things, Haofeng was careless and ended up falling for an extortion scheme ran by the local authorities. Again, nothing new, but this time, he was caught by surprise and had no options but to surrender himself.

With his blade and most of his concealed tools taken away, Haofeng knew the moment he was thrown in a small cell with a few other prisoners, that trying to escape now wasn't the best choice. They were under surveillance and even if he tried to escape, he didn't knew where his weapons were neither were to escape. When the guard mentioned they would be transferred for a prison though, Haofeng raised an eyebrow, paying attention to his words. If he was lucky, a chance would appear for him to slip away from that situation. 

Taking a glance around the cell, Haofeng was surprised to see two women in the same situation as he was. Normally, women were simply killed upon committing any crimes. The rest of the group was surprisingly enough, quite varied and 'exotic', including an old man who smelled like sake, a mountain of a man and a guy who seemed to have a similar age than Haofeng himself. Quite the contrary of the thugs and bandits that were so common in such troubled times. Despite his curiosity regarding why such an unlikely group was reunited here, in the same situation as Haofeng himself, the crimes they committed, or didn't, wasn't something he cared about. 

There wasn't much time for Haofeng to relax or to think before him and the other prisoners were transported to the back of an armored cart, ready to be transferred to the prison. One thing Haofeng noticed, much to his own misfortune was that the security was nowhere near as lax as he was expecting... Not only the armored cart was made so it was unlike they would be able to escape but they were escorted by a surprising number of guards, his hands and feet bound by chains as the prisoners were conducted one by one to the back of the cart. At least their weapons and possessions would be transported with them to the prison. Even if they were in a different cart, it did give Haofeng a small hope. That said, he did imagine it wouldn't go that well for him if they actually went through his possessions when they got to the prison and saw the frightening amount of poisons and venoms he usually carried with him...

Most of the trip was done in complete silence aside from the sounds made by the horses or the cart as it moved. Most of the other prisoners were either sleeping, not in the mood for talking or had their own troubles to think about instead of simply trying to talk with one another. Honestly, Haofeng was somewhat grateful for that. Even if his situation was far from good, silence was always welcome for him to organize his thoughts. Escaping wasn't impossible. It would be hard and the plan he had made in his mind would involve doing some risky and unpleasant things but with some luck...

Before he could think about anything more though, Haofeng's thoughts were suddenly interrupted as the card began to shake and jerk violently. Whatever it was happening outside, judging by the horses' panicked noises and the yelling wasn't really good news... At least for the guards. For Haofeng, it could mean the perfect opportunity to escape. Using the noises as a distraction, Haofeng began contorting himself in order to loose the chains enough so he could free himself. While it would be an almost impossible task for most people, due to Haofeng's body type and his training, he had a very flexible body and with a little bit of effort, including popping some joints off their place, it wouldn't be that hard if nobody interrupted him. When he was almost done though, something struck the side of the cart with an incredible force, sending it flying and tearing part of the roof away and forcing him to immediately stop what he was doing, even though he was almost freeing himself.

With his arms still bound, Haofeng looked around trying to assess the situation. Most of the other prisoners were there but the other one who had a similar age to his own. Judging by the broken chains, either he somehow broke them himself or the impact did, freeing him. Looking out of the opening in the roof of the cart, Haofeng could see part of the other cart, where the chest his weapons were stored probably were. If he was able to free his arms, he could probably retrieve his possessions and flee. The biggest problem was that due to the impact, the chains were much tighter than they were before and even if he used his flexibility, it would be very hard to escape by himself. While Haofeng wasn't expecting the young samurai to return and free the others, he was surprised to see him doing exactly that. Even though he was already free and had no reason to help them, the man came back and started freeing them one by one.

[color=007236]"I didn't expect you to come back, you have my thanks."[/color] he said, with a discreet bow as he thanked the man and stretched his arms, which were still quite sore from the sudden movements and the impact from being thrown around inside of the cart.

While he was grateful for the stranger coming back and freeing him, Haofeng didn't really completely trust neither him not the other prisoners and as such, he immediately headed outside to get his weapons and tools from the chest. Even though Haofeng had an idea of what had attacked them, the second he went outside he quickly realized what had attacked them by the sounds in the distance and the horses, which were cleanly decapitated.

[color=007236]"Demons..."[/color] he said to himself just as he stepped outside of the wagon, looking around carefully for any sign of danger before going to the chest and quickly getting his things.[/color]