Without warning, one of the side doors all but disappears in a haze of dust and splintered wood. Screams erupt from the common room as shards of wood and ceramics slash through the guests. The innkeepers daughter, having just passed Asahina-san collapses to the ground, a splinter of wood the size of a tanto sticking out of her chest. Her eyes are wide in shock, and blood bubbles out from the wound, staining her kimono red. A moment later and it could have been Asahina-san lying in her place.<br/><br/>As the dust settles you see the cause. An inhuman abomination taller than the tallest samurai stands there, holding one of the Crane by the throat, the man kicking at it as his hands try to free his throat from its grasp.<br/><br/>Another of the Crane lies as its feet, blood pooling around his very still body, whilst the last scrambles backwards, trying to come to his feet out of the things reach.<br/><br/>It has three eyes, anda long slavering tongue, with strange misshapen lumps on its back. A rank odur, of things long dead and left to rot, wafts from its blackish green body. Jagged claws on each of the 4 arms glisten with slime, and it rakes them across the stomach the Crane it holds aloft, causing the man to scream in pain.<br/><br/>The heimen and merchants in the common room erupt from their tables, screaming in panic. One word sounds in the night air.<br/><br/>"ONI!"<br/><br/>- - - - -<br/><br/>Initiative please everyone. Once everyone has rolled, declare actions from lowest first, act from highest. It will take a round to untie a weapon, or to fetch it from the alcove.