>>39917819
Well, that undercut your immediate plans. But still, it could actually be nice to just have a day off to tag along with Lady Yoruichi... especially since that woman won't be around. Or, you could use your newfound time to deal with “personal” matters...

>Lady Yoruichi will be attending the Shinigami Women's Association meeting today. She will need an escort.
>That Urahara... Lady Yoruichi is making a mistake in recommending him as a replacement for Lady Kirio. You're sure if you could present Lady Yoruichi with evidence she would see that.
>Your Lieutenant brought home a couple of brats last week. It doesn't make sense, there must be something of an unsavory nature going on there.
>Other?

>>39917880
>Lady Yoruichi will be attending the Shinigami Women's Association meeting today. She will need an escort.

I want to see this so badly but the other options are so tempting too.

No captcha a crepe is not a burrito.

>>39917880
>Your Lieutenant brought home a couple of brats last week. It doesn't make sense, there must be something of an unsavory nature going on there

>>39917880
>>Your Lieutenant brought home a couple of brats last week. It doesn't make sense, there must be something of an unsavory nature going on there.

>>39917880
>>Your Lieutenant brought home a couple of brats last week. It doesn't make sense, there must be something of an unsavory nature going on there.

I hate you for giving me too many wonderful choices

>>39917880
>>Lady Yoruichi will be attending the Shinigami Women's Association meeting today. She will need an escort.

Riku always skipped them. Little bee wil show she is much more serious then that flake.

Also I guess thursday is gambit pile up/train wreck numba 1.

>>39917912
One of a large number of things I've seen recently that aren't burritos.

>>39917880
>Your Lieutenant brought home a couple of brats last week. It doesn't make sense, there must be something of an unsavory nature going on there.
I know that lieutenant is up to something... NO I'M NOT OBSESSED ABOUT HER, HOW COULD YOU EVEN SUGGEST SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!

>>39917880
>Lady Yoruichi will be attending the Shinigami Women's Association meeting today. She will need an escort.

>>39917880
>Lady Yoruichi will be attending the Shinigami Women's Association meeting today. She will need an escort.

>>39917880
>Lady Yoruichi will be attending the Shinigami Women's Association meeting today. She will need an escort.

So I guess this was a while ago, given the "last week" context for Gin and Rangiku. Still, I'd like to get a look at what the ladies of Soul Society are up to, if only because we've not actually had much time with anyone outside of Riku's weird little circle.

>>39917880
>>Lady Yoruichi will be attending the Shinigami Women's Association meeting today. She will need an escort.

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>>39917949
Also goddamn you for getting me back onto the bleach drinking ride. I've been guzzling it for 2 weeks now. Up to the rebellion arc.

>>39917880
>Your Lieutenant brought home a couple of brats last week. It doesn't make sense, there must be something of an unsavory nature going on there.
Don't suppose we'll have a second thread but continuing from last time will we?

>>39917880
>>Your Lieutenant brought home a couple of brats last week. It doesn't make sense, there must be something of an unsavory nature going on there.

>>39918024

Probably have to nail down little bee for the coming wreck or mess.

>>39918024
After this sidestory, yes. I don't plan on this taking up a full session. Whether that's the last few hours of a normal run or a second thread remains to be seen.

>>39918024
That will probably be thursday

>>39918124
Awesome!

>>39917880
>Lady Yoruichi will be attending the Shinigami Women's Association meeting today. She will need an escort.
didn't each option happen far apart from each other, time wise?
I remember we adopted Gin and Rangiku after Kisuke became a captain.
I might be wrong, though.

>>39918124
Good on you for giving us some downtime, even if it's a side story.

I think that's my main criticism with the quest. It feels like you are trying to sprint to the finish without any time to rest.

>>39918161
It was before.

>>39918161
Nope. Gin and Rangiku happened some time before Kirio was promoted, and at this point Kisuke's been on standby for a while.

I had to check it myself a few minutes before starting.

So why do people want to interact with the women's society? They aren't that entertaining.

>>39917880
>>Your Lieutenant brought home a couple of brats last week. It doesn't make sense, there must be something of an unsavory nature going on there.

>>39918230
Fuck if i know, I'd rather investigate the Gin and Rangiku stuff, Seems like a lot more fun if you ask me

>>39918308
All they do is stand around and talk about stupid stuff. Like naming the mod souls something else because the originally wasn't cute enough.

>>39918395
And yet some people want to fucking vote for it, It's retardation if you ask me

>>39917880
>>That Urahara... Lady Yoruichi is making a mistake in recommending him as a replacement for Lady Kirio. You're sure if you could present Lady Yoruichi with evidence she would see that.

>"Yoruichi-sama, he plans to make spirit guns."
>"Really? Sounds neat. All the more reason for him to take over the Science Division then."

>"Yoruichi-sama, he's been visiting that high profile prisoner for a while now. I think he plans to grant him amnesty."
>"Haha! He must be planning to show off to the rest of the Captains by strong arming him into working for him. I like that!"

>being Sui Feng is suffering

>>39917880
"Well then," you declare. "I will take a moment to compose myself and freshen up." It only makes sense, seeing how you will be seen at Lady Yoruichi's side in public. So much as a misplaced fold in your hakama would reflect poorly on your Mistress.

Unfortunately Lady Yoruichi seems to have missed your intentions entirely, as when you return to her office she's already left for her meeting. And she didn't even tell you where it was meant to be held!

This is bad, this is definitely bad! Right now Lady Yoruichi is off on her own, without an escort. You dash out into the midmorning sun in search of your Captain. Though, since your tracking skills are still not quite as honed as they could be, you're really just guessing...

After a few moments you stumble onto someone who looks like he could help: the Captain of Fifth Division. Captains have really good senses, right? And he seems to have some free time... he's just standing on a roof.

A little to the left, Lieutenant Aizen,” the long-haired Captain calls out lazily.

“Um... excuse me, sir?”

Captain Hirako doesn't even bother turning, instead focusing his gaze on one of the gardens around his Division HQ, which you seem to have wandered into. “What do you think... should that fir tree go where Aizen's standing, or more to the right?”

“I am unsure,” you admit. “All I can tell is that the Lieutenant's not enjoying himself too much.”

“That so? More to the right it is, then,” he replies, motioning his Lieutenant back the way he came. “You had a question?”

“Yeah, could you point me towards La... Captain Shihōin?”

For the first time, the tall, blonde captain turns to look at you. “Hm. Interestin' uniform you got there. Can you really not sense where your Captain's at?”

You shake your head, feeling somewhat inadequate.
(1/2)

>>39918022
did you watch that awful fight scene between Ken and Mantisdouche? I ragequit after that.

>>39918439
King why didn't you roll?...It was tied

>>39918439
“Try and pick out the powerful ones," Captain Hirako suggests. "No, not the one that feels like it's on fire. Not the one that feels like getting stabbed in the neck either, that's just Unohana. There are three that feel kinda similar in strength... one feels soft, one feels lecherous, and the third is like pushin' off water. The third one's your Captain."

>roll me 3d10, best of three, DC is 6.

Rolled 8, 2, 6 = 16 (3d10)

>>39918483

Rolled 8, 5, 4 = 17 (3d10)

>>39918483
Flight of the bumblebee

Rolled 6, 10, 6 = 22 (3d10)

>>39918483

Rolled 2, 10, 6 = 18 (3d10)

>>39918483

>>39918464
Apparently it wasn't when he started writing.

Rolled 4, 2, 4 = 10 (3d10)

>>39918483
Still feel jibbed that you didn't roll.....

>>39918511
1 late for the crit
that's /tg/ dice for you

>>39918464
15 minute voting period. The one that would have re-tied it was after I started writing.

>DC pass

>>39918495
Oi, delete votes when you're vote changing, but not on rolls.
Why would you do that on a passing roll anyway?

>>39918600
Because it didn't count and I wanted to make one that counted. You have to link to queen's post for it to count. Otherwise he skips it.

>>39918600
He wants a crit and is a massive cunt is what I'm guessing.

>>39918663
Yes because deleting a roll that doesn't count according to the GMs rules is being a massive cunt. Thank you for informing me of that.

>>39918531
you should really make a post saying you have started writing

>>39918689
You're welcome, Flaps-in-the-Wind.

>>39918483
You try your hardest to find the source of spiritual pressure Captain Hirako is talking about. The one that feels like it's setting your hair on fire has to be the Head Captain, that's easy enough. You nearly gag as you locate Captain Unohana next... you don't know what a sword in the throat feels like, but if you had to guess that'd be pretty close. Finally, after some trial and error, you feel a slippery, almost fluid spiritual pressure. It's definitely strong, and it feels like it could easily be Lady Yoruichi.

You bow respectfully to Captain Hirako before taking off in the direction of the Ninth Division's barracks.

In one of the buildings there, you find Lady Yoruichi sitting with Lieutenants Iba, Mashiro, and Sadomaru.

“Ah!” Lady Yoruichi exclaims. “I wasn't expecting to see you here. Come to join in the festivities?”

Lady Yoruichi can be sarcastic sometimes. You're not always the best at picking up on it, but this hardly seems what you'd consider “festivities”. In fact, it seems like a lot of drudgery.

You bow. “Not at all. I figured you would require an escort.”

Lady Yoruichi waves her hand dismissively. “Jeez, Suì Fēng, it's not like I'm goin' into battle. You should relax.”

“All the same, I'd rather do so here.”

“Fine, fine,” she shrugs. “While you're here, you can give us some input on a few projects bein' floated as fundraisers.”

Lieutenant Mashiro grins ecstatically. “Great! We'll finally be able to test out our new strategy on a woman of the Guard Divisions!”

“Now then,” Lieutenant Iba addresses you sternly. “What do you think of Lieutenant Mashiro's idea of selling sweets cut into cute shapes? Like flowers, and rabbits?”

“I still don't get it,” Lady Yoruichi sighs. “Like if you made chocolate that looked like my Lieutenant, I'd feel bad biting its head off, you know?”
(1/2)

>>39918799
>“I still don't get it,” Lady Yoruichi sighs. “Like if you made chocolate that looked like my Lieutenant, I'd feel bad biting its head off, you know?”

Real subtle Yoruichi. Real Subtle.

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>>39918799
"Or," Lieutenant Sadomaru presses, "we could pursue *my* strategy. This involves taking a series of photographs of popular Shinigami, then using those to produce painted images. Those images would go into a year-long calendar, which we could then sell."

Yoruichi rolls her eyes as the three Lieutenants begin to debate the various merits and demerits of each idea. "Run, Little Bee," she whispers. "Just because I can't escape doesn't mean you can't."

>I think the cute food idea is probably better. Cheaper and easier.
>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.
>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39918996
>>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.

I also recommend we start with Yoruichi-sama

>>39918996

Mention tgis to captain.

>>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.

Then quickly
>>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39918996
>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39918996
>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.

And if it succeeds, they could make a tradition of it to get funding on a regular basis.

>>39918996
>I think the cute food idea is probably better. Cheaper and easier.
Now where's the nearest finished batch shaped like a black cat at?

>>39918996
>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39918996
>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.
Let's start with the most popular Captain of all, the inesteemable Lady Yoruichi.

>>39918996
>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39918996
>>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time

>>39918996

Start with this
>>39919017

>>39918996
>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.

Oh, yes definitely this.

>>39918996
>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39919025
Second, RUN SOIFON RUN! RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

>>39918996
>>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39918996
>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.
And thus, Suí Fēng was forced to take peeping photos of the captains.
sadly, that list didn't include Yoruichi.

>>39918996
>>39919025
backing. I want to see her try to find out why Riku took on the kids, i can only imagine the perverted reasons she must thing we took them on for.

Someone is same fagging. the calendar option.

>>39918996
>>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.

>>39919144
As of this moment, there's five calendar votes, seven "go stalk randos" votes, and one cute food vote. Given that the calendar votes are all different in format and don't quote each other, how did you come to this conclusion?

>>39919202
I think I missed counted the votes.

>>39918996
>>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.

>>39919025
Best of both worlds i guess? Second

>>39918996
>>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39918996
>>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39918996
>As difficult as it sounds, the calendar would be an impressive item to sell.
lets take charge of this meeting
powerpoints and pie charts and such

>>39919202
The fact that they are all in a different format is what makes it suspicious. Most people just vote without posting anything else. It's like someone is trying to make it look like there is more than one person voting for it.

>You see now why people avoid these meetings. Stalking one of your colleagues would be a better use of your time.

>>39919309
To add on I'm also convinced that someone is same fagging because they think it's funny to force the quest into one of the more boring things I have seen yet. Queen's an awesome GM but this is dull quite frankly.

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I wonder if the little bee has already started collecting cat items.

>Writing

>>39919362
“The calendar sounds more impressive,” you mutter to Lady Yoruichi. “But I think I'll take your advice and excuse myself.”

Lady Yoruichi nods in agreement with a wry grin. “Remember me for how I lived.”

As the three Lieutenants continue to argue, and Lady Yoruichi tries to get them to settle down and wrap up the meeting, you flee the scene. You feel a little bad about abandoning your Captain, but orders are orders. And when the Executive gives an order, it's your duty to obey it.

You return swiftly to the Second Division's barracks, making sure to hide your spiritual pressure and disguise yourself as best you can: at this range you can tell that Lieutenant Kusajishi is out and about, and you're curious to see what she's up to. So you track her down to a small clearing near the training fields, and position yourself in a tree in order to watch...

>3d10 for hiding, DC hidden.

Rolled 9, 2, 2 = 13 (3d10)

>>39919444

Rolled 8, 6, 3 = 17 (3d10)

>>39919444

Rolled 2, 9, 6 = 17 (3d10)

>>39919444

Well, I was hoping for either a crit fail or crit success.

So unless the DC is 10, we only failed at the most. Balls.

>>39919464
>>39919482
>>39919503

Hope it was DC 6

>>39919520
Heh it's still funny though, Riku'll probably humor Soi Fon once Riku know it's her

>>39918863
>Loki is actually Yoruichi

>>39919520
>>39919554

Crit fail would have been one of the kids finding her, the shame.

>>39919584
>Crit fail would have been one of the kids finding her, the shame.
God i hope Soi Fon crit failed now.....

>>39919444
It seems like she's training them again? She's observing them as they practice with their training swords, every so often stepping in to correct their posture when necessary. Her awareness of each of their movements is impressive, you have to admit. It's like even the smallest detail fails to escape her notice. Then, something the girl does is sufficient to cause the Lieutenant to intervene.

“Rangiku, you're pulling yourself off balance,” Kusajishi explains quietly as she pushes lightly against the blonde girl's left shoulder, causing her stance to all but collapse. “And it's when you're unbalanced that you're at your most vulnerable. Our lives as Shinigami revolve around that crucial fact.”

“The life of a Shinigami?” the girl repeats hesitantly. The young silver-haired boy pauses to listen as well.

“It's because we know kindness, compassion, and love that we cherish those things, and protect them so ardently,” Kusajishi explains gently, continuing to walk the girl through several of the basic stances. “It's because we know despair, regret, and hatred that we feel empathy for others. It's because we need to be strong enough to protect what should be protected and defeat what should be defeated that we train, and it's because we put our lives on the line all the time that we treat every moment as precious.”

“Being a Shinigami is a decades or even centuries-long balancing act, tempering great power with wisdom born of experience,” the Lieutenant concludes. “Never forget that.”

Then she sighs, slapping her cheeks lightly to change the mood. “Right, enough of the heavy stuff. Whichever one of you catches me gets dango, my treat!”

The children seem to perk up immediately, and dash towards the Lieutenant. Her footwork, however, keeps her dancing just out of their little reach.

“Yer good at runnin' away, Miss Riku!' the boy taunts after a particularly close attempt.
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>>39917880
>Your Lieutenant brought home a couple of brats last week. It doesn't make sense, there must be something of an unsavory nature going on there.

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>>39919612
Lieutenant Kusajishi merely laughs as she continues to evade the children's combined assault. “Not good enough, Gin! If you're gonna catch me, you're gonna have to use a flash step - THEN you can taunt me!”

She's teaching a couple of brats the flash step? How ridiculous this woman must be. Surely her foolishness MUST have some sort of limit to it...

Then, to your infinite surprise, the silver-haired brat actually goes and does it. But instead of merely tagging the Lieutenant, he grabs a hold of her leg to allow his slower friend a chance to do the same.

"Gotcha!" the boy declares. "Now we both get dango!"

Lieutenant Kusajishi promptly vanishes in a peal of laughter, leaving the two children to bonk their heads together when they stumble forward. "Like I'd be so easy to capture!" she teases, ruffling the boy's hair. When did she even use the flash step, let alone an Utsusemi? You're in shock, usually if it's anyone short of Yoruichi there are at least vague hints that a flash step is coming... but you saw none of that with this woman!

"But still, you did well," Kusajishi tells her young students. "For working together like that, you both get treated today."

As the blonde girl rubs her forehead, she can't help but grin as she exchanges a victorious high-five with the boy.

>Spend a while stalking Kisuke instead.
>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.
>Other?

>>39919748
>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.

>"My hatred is confused."

>>39919748
>>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.

>>39919748
>>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.

>>39919748
>>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.
Poor soi fong, the target of her hatred is showing human emotion.

>>39919748
>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.

>>39919731
4chan what the fuck did you do my gif?!

>>39919748
>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8

>>39919748
>Continue stal - *cough* - following Kusajishi

>>39919748
>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.

>>39919748
>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.

>>39919803
It still makes me feel bad.. so.. it worked.

>>39919748
>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.

>>39919748
>Continue following Kusajishi... you don't understand what's going on here yet.

>>39919748
>Spend a while stalking Kisuke instead.
Yoru's not keeping tabs on him, and neither is Riku.
Clearly, it's up to Soi Fon to do that on behalf of Lady Yoruichi. She'll surely appreciate it!

>>39919763
>>39919748
>"My hatred is confused."
Yes, I support. Muse it to yourself this statement.

>>39919748
As the trio head off for the shops and stalls of the Seireitei proper, their conversation continues. You follow them, of course, trying your best to step as quietly as you can. “You worry too much, Gin. Relax, you'll get the hang of it eventually.”

The boy's posture, which had been a bit tense, seems to relax. “Thanks for teaching us, Miss Kusajishi,” the girl bows respectfully.

“You're not in my Division, Rangiku,” Kusajishi replies carefully, “so please just call me by name.” Allowing children to refer to her so informally, let alone children she's training? This makes no sense. It's a clear breach of etiquette.

“Well, Miss Riku,” Rangiku continues, “thank you all the same.”

“Don't mention it. I'm glad to.”

As Kusajishi and her small accomplices quickly pick a tea and snacks shop to settle into, you notice a white cloak and white hair already sitting under the outdoor canopy.

“Ah, Captain Ukitake! Good to see you're feeling better!” Kusajshi greets the Captain warmly. Has she EVER been formal with anyone in her life, or is it always like this?

Captain Ukitake seems not to mind. “Yes, it's such a lovely day it'd be a shame to waste it, don't you think? And who are these two?”

Kusajishi holds up four fingers, ordering four skewers of sweet mitarashi dango and green tea as she introduces her wary companions. “These are Gin and Rangiku. I've been taking care of them.”

“So, who's the fath...”

Lieutenant Kusajishi cuts the man off almost immediately. “Yoruichi.”

“I... what?” Captain Ukitake sputters, completely nonplussed.

Kusajishi laughs heartily. “I met 'em in the Rukongai, dummy! Then I kinda just took them in, I guess. Really, you're too trusting, mister Jūshirō.”

“It's in my nature!” the Captain replies, also laughing.
(1/2)

>>39920119
“Speaking of nature,” the Lieutenant muses, “I actually had a problem you might be able to help me with.”

“I'm listening.”

“You like kids, right?”

The Captain sighs heavily. “You know I'd love to, but with my work load and condition...”

“No, it's not like that,” Kusajishi reassures him. “It's just that when I arrived in the Rukongai I was an adult already, with no memories... I never really had a childhood, and I never really “played” before. So while I can train Gin and Rangiku just fine, I don't really know how to play with them. That's all.”

Captain Ukitake's expression changes when he hears what's apparently been on your Lieutenant's mind for some time now. You never knew that about her either... even you got the chance to play as a child.

“I suppose I could teach you a few games,” Ukitake replies thoughtfully as Gin and Rangiku stare in surprise at their guardian. The boy especially seems taken aback, his narrow eyes showing something going on inside his head... is it sympathy? Understanding? Something else?

Eventually the Captain and Lieutenant say their goodbyes and pay their respective tabs, before heading back towards their barracks. Oddly, Lieutenant Kusajishi leaves a skewer of sauce-covered dumplings and a cup of tea on the tray... such wastefulness.

“So what do we do now?” Rangiku muses quietly. “It'll be getting dark in an hour or two, won't it?”

“Captain Yoruichi was thinking about spending the evening looking at the flowers,” Kusajshi replies. “After all, the cherries are in full bloom, and the sunset's supposed to be beautiful.”

>Continue stalking the Lieutenant? She's still confusing.
>Return to Lady Yoruichi?
>Track down Kisuke?
>Other?

>>39920152
>Continue stalking the Lieutenant? She's still confusing.

I kinda want to ship Suifeng with Kisuke but I just can't resist this option.

>>39920152
>Return to Lady Yoruichi?

>>39920152
>Return to Lady Yoruichi?

>>39920152
Sh3 told you to relax, just one drink wouldn't hurt....
get wasted, drunk complain about the LT to her face

>>39920152
>>Continue stalking the Lieutenant? She's still confusing.
>>Other? Grab the dumpling and tea she so carelessly wasted

>>39920152
>Continue stalking the Lieutenant? She's still confusing.

>Oddly, Lieutenant Kusajishi leaves a skewer of sauce-covered dumplings and a cup of tea on the tray... such wastefulness.

I feel like this is a reference to something but I can't place it.

>>39920152
>Track down Kisuke?

>>39920152
>Continue stalking the Lieutenant? She's still confusing.
>take the tea and dumplings
curious bee is curious. And hungry

>>39920152
>Continue stalking the Lieutenant? She's still confusing.

>>39920225
>>39920204
backing, she totally left that for us.

>>39920152
>Return to Lady Yoruichi?

>>39920152
>>39920201
Second, Kek she knew all along!

>>39920204
Riku spotted her stalker and is trying to be subtle about informing her that she's bad at stalking.

It doesn't seem to have worked.

>>39920152
>Track down Kisuke?
"So that Kusajishi got herself a couple of brats. Don't tell me you're also planning to draw their blood at some point?

>">39920119
>“So, who's the fath...”
>Lieutenant Kusajishi cuts the man off almost immediately. “Yoruichi.”

>not having Little Bee roll not to trip up her stealth after hearing this
Oh King...

>>39920286
That's obvious. But queen makes a lot of little references and something in the back of my mind says that it is.

Keep following her. We already know what happens if she stalks Sandalhat instead.

>>39920293
riku already knows she is their so what stealth are you talking about

>>39920152
>Track down Kisuke?

>>39920349
Fine let me rephrase it.

>not having Little Bee roll a save to maintain her concentration on stalking
There, did that get through now?

>>39920152
>>39920201
Seconded

>>39920355
>writing

>>39920152
>Has to have others teach the kids games
Wow what a shit parent.

>>39920201
yeah, let's do this.
Marathoned the quest last night/night before, excited to actually participate.

>>39920503
Did you miss click or did Kisuke somehow win?

>>39920152
Seeing no sense in letting the food go to waste, you snag the dango skewer off the table and follow the Lieutenant and her young charges back towards the barracks, munching as you go. Eventually they meet with Lady Yoruichi, who has returned from her meeting only now.

“They decided to do the photographs,” she sighs warily as Kusajishi grabs hold of the guitar she brought back from the living world some time ago. You recall she was dreadful at it for months and months, but didn't seem willing to quit.

Kusajishi shrugs. “Well, Unohana had business and you were the Captain for the job. I'm just glad it wasn't me.”

Lady Yoruichi grabs a blanket while Lieutenant Kusajshi retrieves a jug of sake and a pair of small cups, and the two women temporarily leave the children behind as they take those items outside to a nearby hillside, which overlooks the Second Division's grounds. They then return for Gin and Rangiku, who they take with them.

By the time you can catch up they've settled in on the blanket. The children sit together while Lady Yoruichi and her Lieutenant share a drink. Then, the guitar comes up. You're mentally prepared for all manner of horrors to follow... but when Kusajishi actually begins to play you find she's improved dramatically over the few short years. Still not astounding, and she misses a note or two, but you can actually listen to it now.

In what you recognize as Chinese, a language nobles in Japan and Soul Society alike all speak, Lady Yoruichi begins to sing an old song, written by a poet long dead.

Here by the door our farewell footprints,
They one by one are growing green moss,
The moss so thick I cannot sweep it,
And fallen leaves: the Autumn winds came soon!

September now: yellow butterflies,
Flying in pairs in the west garden,
And what I feel hurts me in my heart,
Sadness to make a pretty face old...
(1/2)

>>39920513
Really this quest deserves more popularity, it kicks ass. good to see a newcomer.

>>39920586
As she sings the ballad to its tragic conclusion, the breeze carries flower petals along with the tune of her voice and the guitar, washing it over you like the tide rolling in off the sea. The two children seem blissfully unaware of the content of the song, simply content to relax and listen.

“Very nice,” Lieutenant Kusajishi chuckles to herself. “In another hundred years, maybe I'll manage a proper accompaniment.”

“So are you going to join us, Little Bee?” Yoruichi muses quietly when the song is done, patting the blanket to her side.

>Reveal yourself, fess up.
>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.
>Withdraw.
>Other?

>>39920652
>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.

>>39920652
>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.

>>39920652
>>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.

>>39920652
>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.

>>39920652
>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.

>>39920652
>>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.

So how do Gin and Rangiku view Suì Fēng right now? Creepy stalker? Just another odd one?

>>39920510
In case it was at all unclear, Riku asked Captain Ukitake to teach HER some typical games. Because she basically never had a childhood, at least that she can remember.

>>39920652
>Demand to know how long they've known you were here

>>39920652
>Reveal yourself, fess up.
>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.

>>39920652
>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.

>>39920652
>Reveal yourself, fess up.
"As expected of Lady Yoruichi's skills."

Going full denial is highly likely if she points out that Riku's known for a while now too.

>>39920705
Yeah she's still an idiot. Who the hell doesn't know kids games?

>Reveal yourself, fess up.

>>39920652
>>Reveal yourself, fess up.
>>Demand to know how long they've known you were here

>>39920652
>>Reveal yourself, fess up.
>>Demand to know how long they've known you were here.

>>39920733
>>39920652

Oh god, seconded.

>>39920749
Someone who literally woke up a teenager with no memories?

>>39920749
Someone who grew up nearly starving everyday? Some people have very bad lives anon

>>39920733
Kusajishi must have pried the information out of Yoruichi

The fiend.

>>39920749
>>39920773
>>39920776
And here's Riku's list of playtime fun!
>stealing sandals
>deceiving blind people
>lockpicking
>deceiving thieves
>stealing weapons

Now let's go and play them with Gin and Rangiku!

>>39920845
That first one is actually a good one though.

>>39920872
And we're also gonna be doing the second, did the third, and in the process of doing the last one too.

Hey, at least we got character consistency.

Oh, and how could I forget.
>chasing cats

>>39920733
sounds hilarious.

>>39920845

Maybe Riku could start up her own version of the Karakura Town Riders?

But they patrol Rukongai instead.

>>39920872
From old man genocide

>>39920845
>stealing sandals
No one must know....Yoruichi already pried the info out of us when we got tipsy....No one else must know!
>>39920908
>But they patrol Rukongai instead.
And are competent?

>>39920906
>Oh, and how could I forget.
>>chasing cats

Yeah she chases that "cat" alright.

>>39920926
little devil could actually do shit.
>>39920943
If someone doesn't write a goddamn fanfic soon i'm doing it.

>>39920926
>And are competent?

I'm sure she'll train them enough to be.

>>39920926
>No one must know....Yoruichi already pried the info out of us when we got tipsy....No one else must know!

He already knows.

He has known.

He is coming for us.

I wanna see Soi Fon try and steal Riku's blue sash and see how far she can get before Riku catches her.

>>39920973
I know. It's only a matter of time...

>>39920974
>oh shit nippon what are you doing.jpg

Riku would probably break her arm for that.

>>39920652
“As expected of Lady Yoruichi's skills,” you admit, finally revealing yourself. “How long did you know?”

Lady Yoruichi smiles at you. “Since Riku told me.”

You can't help but laugh at that, while Yoruichi's expression stubbornly refuses to change. “Wait, you were serious?”

“Why'd you think I ordered four skewers of dango?” the Lieutenant asks you quietly as it dawns on you: she knew you were there the whole time.

“I hope you didn't leave those behind. They were too good to waste.”

“And you didn't say anything?” you demand, as the children at Lieutenant Kusajishi's side stir.

She merely shrugs. “I didn't want to run you off. Figured you must have had your reasons for stalking me.”

“Come ON!” Lady Yoruichi insists, pulling you down to sit next to her. “I gave you the day off to relax, and you didn't follow my orders. So now I'm gonna make you relax, Little Bee.”

Giving up, you sit next to your Captain. But as difficult as you were making it, this is really nice. The sun is going down, the flowers are in full bloom, the sake is crisp and cool, and your Mistress is singing as the dusk falls. What could be more relaxing than this? As the hours pass the Lieutenant sets aside her guitar and whisks the children off to bed, having noticed their exhaustion finally setting in from a long day.

When she returns the sun has set and the moon is beginning to rise: a full moon of pure white. Yoruichi lays back against your knees, and the Lieutenant sprawls out inelegantly next to her. They continue to sing in the darkness: old songs, new songs, love songs, silly folk tunes.

>3d10, DC 6.

Rolled 6, 1, 10 = 17 (3d10)

>>39921007

Rolled 1, 5, 2 = 8 (3d10)

>>39921007

Rolled 10, 7, 9 = 26 (3d10)

>>39921007

Rolled 2, 5, 6 = 13 (3d10)

>>39921007

>>39921027
HAHAHAHAHAHAH! Being sui feng is suffering.

>>39921036
You've just earned your right to namefag Tiger!

>>39921002
>Riku is about to hurt little bee
>Suddenly Old Man Genocide is there
>"My if you're this mad about your sash, I'd hate to see what you'd do to someone who stole your sandals"
>Panic

>>39921036
Yes! Crit for Soifon

>>39921036
Little bee crit succeeds.

>>39921036
The Bee sees all.

>writing. This update will conclude the side story, and after a brief break I'll continue where we left off last week.

>>39921036
>>39921082
>>39921076
Is it in stealing Riku's sash or is it just for her to break her obsession?

>>39921036
I am unused to success. It feels strange.

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>>39921100
>after a brief break I'll continue where we left off last week

>>39921100
cool. we should do this sort of thing more often, there's not much time for social interaction in the basic quest
>The Bee sees all.
ooooooh fuck we're being stalked by aizen

>>39921140
Soo Fapaku?

>>39921100

Oh poor little bee, her lady favors the tramp.

>>39921104
We got the sash from Okita, It's basically a reminder of the Shinsengumi, Aka our human friends who are sadly no longer with us. Soi fon would be getting off EASY with just a broken arm

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>>39921074
>"My if you're this mad about your sash, I'd hate to see what you'd do to someone who stole your sandals"

>>39921169
Oh, that's what it means, i didn't see that. I thought it meant something like
>>39921162

>>39921169
You know that somehow this will be Riku's fault.

>>39921100
It takes a while for you to notice it.

It happens so gradually you could almost miss it, and in retrospect you almost wish you HAD missed it. But ever so steadily, Captain and Lieutenant shift closer together. At first you write it off as meaningless, or as a defense against the increasingly chilly night air. But one key detail shatters that illusion, and makes clear what these two would never tell you or anyone else outright.

Their fingers are entwined as they sing softly under the moon and stars.

What was it Lady Yoruichi said to you once? Years ago, when she taught you how to swing a sword under a moon like this? That “looking at you reminds me of myself”? That it was “like having a little sister”? That, you realize, has been the nature of your relationship with your mentor and idol for all these years. Any other intentions you may once have harbored were fleeting dreams, gone practically even as they came. And yet, you also realize something important: that this woman, Kusajishi, is no competition for you.

In the arenas you once may have thought you were vying for supremacy, you've already been defeated by her. But your relationship with Lady Yoruichi is different to hers: unlike her little brother Yūshiro, who Lady Yoruichi only jokes is like having a younger sister, she has chosen to sincerely describe you as such. And that sets you apart.

As your Captain and Lieutenant return quietly to the barracks, smiling at you as you follow along, part of you is disappointed. But the rest of you finds a new resolution: to be the best little sister you can for Lady Yoruichi, and to one day stand at her side as a fellow Captain.

In this pursuit, you will not be deterred.

>Interlude end.

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>>39921432

>>39921432
Fuck, Little Bee, stop being fucking crazy yandere and weird and shit.

Damn.

>>39921432
Tfw a good end for little bee is in sight.
Tis a good feel

>>39921432
>and to one day stand at her side as a fellow Captain.
We're running out of captain spots guys.

>>39921478
Hey she isn't gonna stab us, she's doing much better then she could have

>>39921432
>But the rest of you finds a new resolution: to be the best little sister you can for Lady Yoruichi, and to one day stand at her side as a fellow Captain.

Goddamn it Soi Fon....QUIT BEING SO DAMN ADORABLE!

>>39921432
shiiiiiiit that went way better than I could have hoped.
And now to talk one of the royal guard into not killing us.

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>>39921432
Little bee best imouto.

>>39921520
Oetsu is pretty chill. I'm hoping that talks will be fruitful in the sense that we will not immediately die.

>>39921585
>Dice roll
>1, 1, 1

>>39921585
I'm especially proud of us not metagaming.

>>39921585
yeah, thank god it's Oetsu, he actually may be interested enough to not try and stab us, he was a pretty laid back guy in the manga.
GOD. DAMMIT. captcha a wrapped up subway sandwich is NOT a fucking BURRITO!

>>39921520
Man he's probably going to ask us to continue this considering it's interesting to him most likely......Hell he's probably never seen it before

>>39921637

It is if you use your powers of imagination

>>39921637
It gave me an image of the sea floor in one of them.
>update incoming, prepare for gear shifting

>>39921709
>It gave me an image of the sea floor in one of them.
At least we know the system works. the machine can't answer it's own capatchas.

What I wan't to know is how the fuck did he find out so fast.

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>>39921432
You are Captain Kusajishi Riku of the Court Guard's Ninth Division, and you're apparently in trouble.

The reason for the appearance of one of the Royal Guard in Yoruichi's home is obvious: tonight you took a blank Zanpakuto into Hueco Mundo, the world of the Hollows, and presented it to an Adjuchas. With minimal help from yourself and your own Zanpakuto that Adjuchas, Apacci, managed to seal much of her power into the blade you brought. In doing so, she gained power and a form similar to those of the Shinigami: becoming an Arrancar.

Had it not been for the fact that there are now a total of six Menos you feel you can trust and work with if the need arose, Apacci included, it would have been the single dumbest idea in the history of the Soul Society.

Yoruichi seems to be caught between concern and indignation at the appearance of the self-proclaimed “God of the Sword”, inventor of the Asauchi which you gave to Apacci. “So, I take it you're here on orders? Seein' how you haven't attacked us yet it's the only thing that makes sense.”

Nimaiya Ōetsu keeps right on grinning at you, same as he has been. “And ain't it the truth? Normally I'd make ya play the guessin' game, but things're gettin' pretty serious down here... so I'll spare ya the runaround.”

“Thanks for that,” Yoruichi growls, though she seems to relax from her defensive posture just a bit.

“After gettin' Hollowfied by Aizen,” Nimaiya continues, looking you and your companions up and down, “yer first call's not ta kill 'im, or ta go to the Central 46. Nah, yer plan was ta go to Hueco Mundo, rip an Adjuchas' face off, an feed it ta one uh my swords... so my orders were ta come down here'n figure out if yer all stupid or brilliant, 'cause that's a real fine line sometimes.”

“So, why'dja go an' do somethin' like that?”
(1/2)

>>39921779
He knows the location and status of all Zanpakto. It was actually mentioned by an anon, but since we don't know that IC we went and did it anyway.

>>39921799
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.
>Because at least the Menos I know wouldn't have me executed for existing. That alone makes them better allies than most of the Seireitei would be right now.
>So how do you know all this? You weren't there, unless I've gone blind in my old age.
>Other

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.

>>39921833
>>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.

>>39921833
>>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.

>>Because at least the Menos I know wouldn't have me executed for existing. That alone makes them better allies than most of the Seireitei would be right now.

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because Aizen can clearly cover his tracks excellently and can build an ironclad alibi. Since the Central 46 isn't inclined to believe me, the best solution is to let him make his move, then kill him with a force he doesn't know I have.

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.

Also I told them more or less what happened. They are really pissed about it, if someone makes a move into heuco doing something similar we will know.

>>39921833
>>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.

>>39921833
>>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.

>>39921799
>yer first call's not ta kill 'im, or ta go to the Central 46.
first is we have no tangible evidence at the moment secondly killing him at the moment would not help the banished

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.
>So how do you know all this? You weren't there, unless I've gone blind in my old age.
do NOT criticize the central 46 to his face.

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>>39921833
>>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.
>>Because at least the Menos I know wouldn't have me executed for existing. That alone makes them better allies than most of the Seireitei would be right now.
As a general rule I don't like doing this, but pic related.

>>39921799
Wait a second, he KNOWS it was Aizen?

Motherfucker!

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.

>>39921904
WELL cannon just got confusing.

>>39921833
"It seemed like a logical conclusion to make, and I've been looking for a way to help them out. The way they could still be that gentle despite what they are, where they lived, seemed so rare that I felt like I had to protect it. "

>>39921833
Strategically;
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
That, and the Hollow's we're friends with have better personalities than some Shinigami.

Perhaps after answering some/most of his questions, we could ask him how he knew. Best not to ask at the start.

>>39921900
>>39921833

Seconded

>>39921904
He knows the location and (maybe) powers of all Zanpatko. He is the only person besides Tosen with a counter to Aizen's bullshit.

>>39921833
I don't think the third one counts, like I don't recall us really dwelling on that. The first one is closer, with us just wanting to see what would happen, but I feel like our motives are closer to just wanting to be nice to them.

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.

ALRIGHT guys we need to be REALLY goddamn careful in this one, everyone put yer thinking caps on.
>>39921953
I already voted, but i'm backing the write-in portion of this as well.

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.

"I have no idea how he did it, but Aizen has an air-tight alabi. If I make a move, he's going to point out my little Hollow problem, and then I'd end up banished, or worse.

Oh, and thanks for confirming my suspicions."

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.
[ ] We do not have evidence of Aizens involvement, or what he's capable, disruption of his plans may cause him to slip up.

>>39921833
>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.

>We have no hard evidence against Aizen and there's already precedent that people in our position are put to death. Far better to try and pre-empt his plans than walk to Central 46 with baseless accusations.
>As for killing him, we don't know what he has up his sleeve. He was able to put several captains out of business; he may have other tricks.

>>39921833
"I figure that if Aizen was able to fool pretty much everyone except you with his illusions, trying to expose him wouldn't end well. Plus Gin's been tailing him for years now. The fact that he hasn't struck yet makes me think that there's a lot more to Aizen than meets the eye."

>>39921900
this guy,

>>39922001
>I already voted, but i'm backing the write-in portion of this as well.

Then quote that post and second it.

Not mine

>>39921833
>Because helping the few decent Menos I've met felt right regardless of how it might look to everyone else. And it's not like the law ever stopped me before, anyway.
>Other
"And they're pretty responsible with the use of the power they possess. Can't really say the same thing for Aizen for leaving Shinigami Captains and Lieutenants banished."

>>39921799
>“And ain't it the truth? Normally I'd make ya play the guessin' game, but things're gettin' pretty serious down here... so I'll spare ya the runaround.”
Ohh, you're portraying him in Niggastream mode huh?
Based QM

>>39921833
>Because at least the Menos I know wouldn't have me executed for existing. That alone makes them better allies than most of the Seireitei would be right now.

>>39921833
>Other
>There's too many unknowns to go after him directly, and he'd see anything anything coming from the 46 coming a mile away.
>This helps out some remarkably nice Menos, and ought to mess up any plans he has in Hueco.

>>39922018
Like we have someone who is very driven, and despite our best efforts, we know he's not above assassination. We also know that he loves us and Rangiku more than anything. The fact that Aizen isn't already dead makes me think that "he can't be killed" at least at our current level.

>>39922052
That's the impression I get of him when he's not being uber-serious.

>>39921833
>>The next logical step after turning Shinigami Hollow-like is to turn Hollows Shinigami-like, so I've been building up a presence in Hueco Mundo to get out ahead of Aizen.

We should look back to the last thread and figure out what we were thinking. Because I think we were just kind of caught up in how cool it would be.

>>39922141
We were seeing if it was possible and planning to start a group of hollows that could counter aizen in Ghost Mexico. The fact it made it so they didn't have to eat other hollows or souls any more was a bonus.

>>39922141
we were trying to out Kekaku Aizen

>>39922141
Mostly we needed to keep them safe and throw a wrench into Aizens plans.

>>39922194
>>39922184
>>39922178
Do we even know in character that Aizen has any plans in Hueco Mundo, or did we just assume that he might?

>>39922222

Nice quints.

But in-character we just have suspicions.

>>39922222
It was a series of logical progression, we figured if he was doing this he must have plans for hueco mundo because eventually he would need to make his move in the SS.

>>39922222

Normally we wouldn't. But due to the crit from last time we passed the awareness check and made the conclusion iirc.

>>39922222
We have IC knowledge that he's been modifying hollows and experimenting with Hollowfication. Artificial Arrancar are a logical next step.

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Why are we all just assuming that this is really Ōetsu and not just Aizen in disguise.

>>39922309
.....fuckwait that's a good question, let's pull off our illusion-dispell as we answer.

>>39921833
“We had no evidence,” you admit, “and killing him wouldn't clear any names. So I thought I know some perfectly decent Hollows, so I may as well do something nice for them. And if it counters Aizen's plans in the future, that's great too.”

"Yer bettin' he'll wind up there?"

You nod. "I did. And I'm not even the one trying to turn things into other things."

Rangiku nods in agreement. “Not to mention the group responsible for the incident will have gone into hiding. Given how long we Shinigami can live, it could be decades before they try again... and waiting around's so boooring!”

“There are only thirteen real “laws” in the Soul Society,” Yoruichi points out, resting her hands on her hips as if lecturing the intruder, “and helping a Menos become an Arrancar doesn't fall under any of them. An Arrancar isn't a weapon, and if anything having powerful Arrancars in our camp should HELP Soul Society.”

Oetsu nods, stroking his chin thoughtfully as if there were a long beard there. “I see, I see. Fair points. Still, you sure makin' yer move in Hueco Mundo was the best plan?”

You shrug. “If it were so easy to stop Aizen someone would have done it already. Either you, one of the Thirteen Divisions, or my boy Gin.”

“Yer partly right,” Oetsu agrees. “I may be able ta sense where his sword's at, but I don't know what its powers are or what he's doin'. I may be a “God”, but I'm not an all-seein' God.”

>How do you “sense” a sword? Who are you, even?
>If you know it was Aizen, why haven't you done anything?
>Is there something you can do to help us out?
>You don't seem too concerned. We free to go now?
>Other?

>>39922309
Fuck

>>39922309
But anon, the only thing that is not Aizen, is Aizen.

>>39922309
Not even Aizen could handle going full niggamode.

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>>39922340
>If you know it was Aizen, why haven't you done anything?

>>39922340
>How do you “sense” a sword? Who are you, even?
>Is there something you can do to help us out?
>Other?
Illusion dispell.

>>39922340
>How do you “sense” a sword? Who are you, even?
>Is there something you can do to help us out?

>>39922340
>If you know it was Aizen, why haven't you done anything?
>Is there something you can do to help us out?
>Other?

"How do we know that you're not Aizen in some weird disguise."

>>39922340
>>How do you “sense” a sword? Who are you, even?
>Is there something you can do to help us out?

Let's get Asauchi's from the source.

>>39922340
>How do you “sense” a sword? Who are you, even?
>If you know it was Aizen, why haven't you done anything

>>39922340
>Is there something you can do to help us out?
could you hook us with with some more swords for the menos?

>>39922340
>but I don't know what its powers are or what he's doin'.

BULLSHIT!

As far as I recall, Oetsu KNOWS that Aizen has a unique sword!

Captcha, god fucking dammit, that was a macaroon, not a burger.

>>39922414
>As far as I recall, Oetsu KNOWS that Aizen has a unique sword!

But Riku doesn't know that.

>>39922340
>>If you know it was Aizen, why haven't you done anything?
>>Is there something you can do to help us out?
Captcha, ice cream is not pasta.

>>39922414
He still wouldn't know what aizen is doing.

>>39922432
Oh, I know, I just wanted to point it out, so everyone could feel uncomfortable trying not to meta.

Meta knowledge here, Aizens hasn't used his shikaiin front of us, so he can't trick us with his sword.

That said do use our own sword to dispel minor illusions.

>>39922340
>If you know it was Aizen, why haven't you done anything?

>>39922340
>>How do you “sense” a sword? Who are you, even?
>>If you know it was Aizen, why haven't you done anything?

>>39922340
"Is Aizen exploiting some kind of loophole that makes him immune from Squad Zero prosecution? Or have you guys concluded that whatever his ambitions are, they aren't a threat to the Soul King, or at least he's something that the Soul Society is capable of handling? Because I can respect that if you think we can beat this guy."

>>39922469
>That said do use our own sword to dispel minor illusions.
It doesn't dispell minor illusions. just illusions.

>>39922340
"So do you mind if we use about... four more Asauchi? Is there any possible threat to the Soul Society or the balance of souls from doing what we've done, on a level beyond empowering a being that hasn't necessarily sworn their loyalty to the Seireitei?"

>>39922340
"Don't suppose you have a few spare swords lying around?"

>>39922340

>If you know it was Aizen, why haven't you done anything?
>Is there something you can do to help us out?

>>39922487
Like I don't know, I feel as if trying to think of good reasons why he won't help us is more fruitful than just complaining.

>>39922389
this

>>39922340
>You don't seem too concerned. We free to go now?

>>39922340
You silently ask Tenkotsuki if there are any illusions being used in the area, to which she responds with an immediate no. There is however a slight tension there, from what you can tell aimed at Oetsu the self-proclaimed God of the Sword.

“You haven't gone after Aizen,” Yoruichi presses. “I assume that means you can't?”

Oetsu nods. “Yup. I know where his sword's at, an' I know it's an illusory type, but as fer what he's doin', how he's doin' it, an' what his ultimate goal is? No clue.”

“Plus, it's yer damn job ta deal with shit like that,” he continues, waving his hand. “That's what yer here for, remember?”

“So the fact that the Central 46 did a botch job?” you ask.

“Pisses me right the hell off,” he replies, “but it ain't my job ta tell those knuckleheads what ta do. The Soul King lays all the tracks, ya see, an' he maintains 'em too. But it's the Central 46 that's drivin' the train. We guard that Soul King, so he can keep the whole thin' runnin', an' that's all.”

“If God ran the world he'd be a tyrant,” Rangiku muses.

“Clever girl, that one,” Oetsu gestures at your daughter. “She's got her mom's brains.”

You can see that Rangiku nearly asks “which one”, but she manages to bite her tongue.

“So you can't do anything to help us directly,” Yoruichi concludes. “Great. So that means we wait for now. No sense letting Aizen know we're onto him unless there's a chance to catch him in the act.”

Oetsu grins. “Now, who said I can't help ya at all? After all, you an' yer lil' army need some more Asauchi, an' I know where they all are...”

>Don't bother. We'll find a way.
>Do tell.
>What's the catch?
>Other?

>>39922870
>You can see that Rangiku nearly asks “which one”, but she manages to bite her tongue.

Ha!

>Do tell.
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>Do tell.
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>You can see that Rangiku nearly asks “which one”, but she manages to bite her tongue.
Hehe.
>>Do tell.
>>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>Do tell.
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>Do tell.
>What's the catch?
>Also you've created mnay swords....Have you tried making a gun yet?

>>39922870
>Do tell.
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>You can see that Rangiku nearly asks “which one”, but she manages to bite her tongue
pfffffAHHAHAHAHA!
>Do tell.
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>Do tell.
>What's the catch?
Might be something as simple as having the ability to keep tabs on some powerful Arrancar through the swords, but it could be more than that.

>>39922870
>Do tell.
>What's the catch?
That reminds me, What does our Spiritual pressure feel like?

>>39922870
>>Do tell.
>>What's the catch?

>>39922870
>>Do tell.
>>What's the catch?

>>39923017
If you'd run into Shinji while looking for Riku instead of Yoruichi, he'd have told you to look for the one that sets the hairs standing up on your neck. At this point, he'd lump you in with Yoruichi, Ukitake, and Shunsui in terms of raw power.

>>39923087
No throat stabbing, that's nice.

>>39923135
We're from 2nd division.....Unless we released our killing intent purposefully no one would know, I bet'cha our SP would change drastically when we release our killing intent

>>39922870
“And what's the catch?” you press warily.

Oetsu grins back at you. “What catch is that?”

“This is the Seireitei,” Yoruichi sighs. “Don't play dumb, there's always a catch.”

“Oh, that? Simple, really. You turn against the Soul Society, yer mine ta kill.”

You shrug. “That should go without saying. So what can you tell us?”

Oetsu produces a small piece of paper and an inkbrush, jotting down a few notes. “There's some in the Forest of Menos, in Hueco Mundo. They're all unaccounted for, so nobody's gonna miss 'em. Look fer a lone Shinigami runnin' round down there.”

“There's also gonna be a revolt or two in the future,” he continues. “So you may be able ta snag a few without anyone gettin' too suspicious.”

“In the future?” Rangiku asks cannily. “What's that mean? Did the Soul King tell you that?”

“Yup. He sees a lot, ya see. Sees things that were, things that are, an things that may happen. All the things that may happen, ya see. So he's quite keen to see if you see what he's seen, ya see.”

That sentence really got away from him, and he seems to know it. But you got the gist of it: the Soul King has seen several futures, and thinks that what you do may affect which one comes to pass. Curious.

“We'll keep that in mind,” Yoruichi replies, taking the note in hand. “Now can you PLEASE get outta my house?”

The God of the Sword sighs. “Man, I hate this part... there's gotta be a better way ah gettin' back up to the Palace.”

>Any last questions before Oetsu returns to the Royal Palace?

>>39923393
>So you've made quite a few swords yeah? Have you ever tried making a gun?

>>39923393
>Any last questions before Oetsu returns to the Royal Palace?

"If we need to talk later, for whatever reason, how can we get a hold of you?"

>>39923393
How has Captain Hikifune been?

>>39923393
>Look fer a lone Shinigami runnin' round down there
bitchin, i was wondering if we were gonna meet this guy.
>Tell Hikifune Kisuke is innocent, and i'm going to prove.
>>39923436
>>39923424
backing

>>39923393
I might be able to help you get back. I learned how to open Garganta from a hollow the first time I went to Hueco Mundo.
>>39923424
this has my vote as well as
>>39923436
this.

>>39923424
brilliant

>>39923393
>>39923436
>>39923456
Second

>>39923485
oh yeah, I forgot about this bit, backing.
all of it, including him backing other votes.

>>39923393
>>39923424
THIS OH GOD THIS!

>>39923393

seconding >>39923456

>>39923393
>Any last questions before Oetsu returns to the Royal Palace?
"I guess you might have an idea where the banished Captains and Lieutenants are via their zanpakutou. Mind shooting a hint on where?"

>“Man, I hate this part... there's gotta be a better way ah gettin' back up to the Palace.”
(Actual spoilers here.)
Let Urahara do his thing and he'll make a Soul Train from Ghost Mexico to the Royal Palace.

>>39923393
>>39923436
This aaand
>>39923537
>"I guess you might have an idea where the banished Captains and Lieutenants are via their zanpakutou. Mind shooting a hint on where?"
This.