Prompt: Ambush from Ten Sides

[ranalore]

Sorry for missing last week's prompt; the U.S. election results utterly wiped me out. In fact, you might say this week's prompt is in their dubious honor. The prompt is the classical piece "Ambush on Ten Sides". You might take inspiration from the music itself, the title, the linked performance, another performance, the pipa (the instrument for which the piece was composed), or even the idea of martial music or the structure of this piece.

You have until midnight your time on Friday, November 22, to answer this prompt. Please post your fills of the prompt as separate entries to the community (i.e. not replies to this entry), tagged with the prompt tag. You may post multiple standalone drabbles per entry in addition to drabble sequences and series.

As a reminder, this community has no official presence elsewhere. You are encouraged to share the prompt on social media, if you so desire. It may take me a bit to create the AO3 collection, so please be patient.

Also, I'm going to go ahead and drop a link to the prompt suggestions post here. New suggestions are always, always welcome.