>>40278263
>Your surprising personability and approachability.

>>40278263
>Your surprising personability and approachability.
Also King, be advised that sup/tg/ is still down, so early archival won't be possible yet.

>>40278263
>>Your surprising personability and approachability.

>>40278263
>The contrast between our casually polite demeanor off the battle-field and our use of inhuman amounts of brute force on it.

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>>40278263
>Your supreme grace under the pressures of command.

We are very striking in our battle outfit

Art by deculture

>>40278263
>>Your supreme grace under the pressures of command.

>>40278263
>Your supreme grace under the pressures of command.

Making the hard choices that get the job done with the lowest overall cost.
We don't need to be the most approachable Captain. That's what Rangiku is for...

>>40278263
>>Your pure, overwhelming strength on the battlefield.

>>40278263
>Your pure, overwhelming strength on the battlefield.

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>>40278356
This exactly how I imagined blackmail coming from the Fourth Division would look like.

>>40278347
oooh, backing thats good.

>>40278263
>Your supreme grace under the pressures of command.

>>40278263
>>Your supreme grace under the pressures of command.

>>40278347
i backit, nice to be known as the calm polite captain who can still tear your spine out and beat you to death with it.

Have our forces picked up any ranged combat tricks from the Valhallan's?

>>40278263
>Your surprising personability and approachability.

>>40278370
>We don't need to be the most approachable Captain.
Well, I did vote for that since Riku is accompanied by the 9th and 2nd, elements of the Patrol Group, and is the primary front woman for the Valhallans on behalf of Seireitei.

>>40278263 (OP)
>Your surprising personability and approachability.

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>Shadows of Zeon fucking never.

>Writing

>>40278263
>>Your pure, overwhelming strength on the battlefield.

>>40278516
Don't let your Soul get weighed down by Earth's gravity.

>>40278516
It's on hiatus mate.

>>40278561
I know. Isn't it almost over?

>>40278558
It's not my fault, dude.

>>40278263
The Ninth expected their new Captain to be strong from the beginning. It's a fundamental part of the selection criteria, after all, and your performance on the battlefield has left none in doubt of the overwhelming power you've brought down on several occasions. They've seen you perform feats that nobody else in the Division could possibly hope to replicate, with your sword, your fists, and your kidō alike.

“Hakushi”, they've taken to calling you. White Death.

But many of them have also had the chance to see a different side of you as well. Your Commando unit were always in a position to see it, being the closest officers to yourself, and now during the most trying times they've faced under your command the rank and file have caught glimpses as well. More that collecting the weekly reports from your squad leaders, you regularly take time out of your day to check on the well-being of your squads themselves. You've eaten the same lousy food as them, cracked a few jokes around their fires, and been present when they paid their final respects to their own fallen comrades.

Your polite smile, your unflappable and confident leadership... and the ability to snap an Adjuchas in half over your knee at one-fifth of your power. It's those sharp contrasts that make you such an intriguing figure to them, you think. And you get the feeling that as time has passed, you've come to gradually gain their admiration as something more than Kensei's replacement.
(1/2)

>>40278645
At the request of the Valhallans, you and Yoruichi have moved your respective commands towards Ypres, a city in Belgium near which a large salient has formed in the battle lines as it snakes and weaves through the low, hilly countryside. Much more activity has been focused here lately, with regular Hollow sightings within the city itself. But tonight, things seem quieter than usual. Even the din of battle has grown dim for some reason. You don't know why... only the human generals would know that.

You can't sleep. The high spire of a damaged cathedral has become the site of your headquarters in Ypres, where the few officers in-country at the moment are resting. Yoruichi is asleep, as are Mirai, Rangiku, and Kai. Suì Fēng is out on patrol, and isn't expected back for another two days.

>Wake someone up (who?)
>Try and get some shuteye.
>Get up, take a walk alone out on the line.
>Other?

>>40278678
>>Get up, take a walk alone out on the line.

>>40278678
>>Try and get some shuteye.

>>40278678
>Get up, take a walk alone out on the line.

>>40278678
>Get up, take a walk alone out on the line.

Brb, pigeons

>>40278708
Bet you wish you had Shinso right now don't'cha?

>>40278678
>Get up, take a walk alone out on the line.

>Fēng is out on patrol, and isn't expected back for another two days.
Oh, I certainly hope that Fēng family tradition during field deployments isn't gonna rear its ugly head in here.

>>40278678
>>Get up, take a walk alone out on the line.

>>40278678
>Get up, take a walk alone out on the line.

We might want to drag Kenny in from the reserves some time, unless he's already at a different front.

>>40278735
Soi Fon's been proven to be immune to the Feng family curse

>>40278678
>>Get up, take a walk alone out on the line.

>>40278678
>Ypres
First use of poison gas incoming.

>Get up, take a walk alone out on the line.

>>40278770
The attack you're thinking of was about a year earlier, but yeah. Ypres isn't a good place to be right now.

Also, managed to chase the pigeons out the window, so I'll get to writing.

>>40278708
Get a BB gun or a slingshot and some ball bearings. Teach them fear.

>>40278678
It's a relatively calm night tonight. There's a light breeze that isn't wafting poison gas everywhere... at least not yet. There's also a beautiful full moon out, which means there's only a slim chance of one or the other sides planning a large-scale raid on the other side's trenches. So if you're ever going to go out for a stroll, now would be the best time.

The roads around Ypres are a mess after a recent rain shower that left the area drenched, and standing water is everywhere. You don't have to deal with it though: you can suspend yourself just barely above the sodden ground if you like, and tonight is one time where you're definitely thankful for that ability. A military ambulance drives past you with its headlights off, forcing you to quickly sidestep off the road and nearly causing you to overlook an unwelcome phenomenon high above you in the night sky.

Darkened sky and gray clouds slide apart as something forces its way into the living world through the Garganta...

>Wait, see what comes out before acting
>Go on the offensive sooner rather than waiting
>Contact one of the night patrols
>Other?

>>40278959
>Wait, see what comes out before acting

>>40278959
>>Wait, see what comes out before acting

>>40278959
>>Wait, see what comes out before acting
>clear the lesser grunts to a safe location

>>40278959
>>Wait, see what comes out before acting

>>40278959
>Wait, see what comes out before acting

>>40278959
>Wait, see what comes out before acting

>>40278959
Turn on our stealth spell

>>40278959
>>Wait, see what comes out before acting

>>40279025
The other day, I had a thought about how that modified spell would utterly wreck Zommari. I never thought about it previously, but it's perfect if we end up fighting him later on.

Not that he would've been much of a threat though.

>>40279025
>>40278959
This.

>>40279081
oh shit you're right.
fucker would be helpless

>>40278959
>writing

>>40279081
>WHY WON'T YOU ACCEPT MY LOVE!?
>Because fuck you, that's why.
>Also, your dress looks stupid.

>>40279219
I kek'd

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>>40278959
You elect to take a wait-and-see approach rather than alerting any nearby friendly units or attacking immediately, and it doesn't take long at all for you to be deeply relieved that you did.

The Garganta opens fully, and rather than a Hollow crying out and launching itself at the nearest food source you see two halves of what appears to have been an Adjuchas fall to the mud with a blood-soaked splat. As the chunks dissipate on the breeze, a human-sized figure with a white vest, a red sash and plume, and familiar reiatsu steps through.

“What the hell are you doing here, Apacci!?” you demand in a low hiss as she drifts almost lazily to the ground in front of you. “I almost called for backup! How d'ya think I'd explain this to the locals, hm?”

The raven-haired Arrancar frowns at you. “Lady Halibel wanted me to tell you something, but with THAT attitude...”

You sigh. “Fine, fine. I'm sorry, it's just I've been on a hair trigger lately.”

Apacci nods, seeming to accept your apology as she looks around at the churned-up land and splintered trees. “Things seem to be getting stupid down here.”

“You have no idea.”

“We've been looking into things. Turns out there's been two groups giving you the most trouble,” Apacci tells you, scratching at one ear. “One's led by a Vasto Lorde by the name Barrigan... real special piece of shit. Calls himself the King of Hueco Mundo. The other's led by a Vasto Lorde she doesn't know as well.”

>What can you tell me about them?
>Any evidence they'll come here in person?
>How do you know this?
>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.

>>40279287
>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.

>>40279287
>>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.
>Did you honestly think you could hide from me? I used to be stealth squad, no get out here.

>>40279287
>>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.

>>40279287
>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.
>What can you tell me about them?

>>40279287
>Any evidence they'll come here in person?

>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.

>>40279287
>>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.

>>40279287
>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.

otherwise,
>What can you tell me about them?

>>40279287
>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.
>Any evidence they'll come here in person?

>>40279287
>>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.
>>What can you tell me about them?

>>40279287
>>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.

>>40279287
>What can you tell me about them?
>I know you're hiding there, get out and show yourself. Don't make me drag you out by the ear, 'lil B"

>>40279352
it may not be her, its unlikely its anyone else, but still, dont want to look like an idiot.

>>40279287
>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.

>>40279287
>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.

>>40279287
>>Come out from behind that tree. I know you're there.
>>What can you tell me about them?

>>40279376
It'd be difficult to give explanations if it's Soi Fon, but still manageable.
A higher hurdle if it's a Valhallan.
No problem if it's Hats and Clogs.
Totally fine with it if it's someone sent by Coyote and Thunderbird.

That's right if we haven't told Starrk yet Tell Apacci to tell him we found his Family

>>40279545
It might be one of our seated officers
>>40279574
oh yeah have we done that yet? or have we been to busy with the war. cause if we havent done that yet we should do that.
Also now that I think about it, I know its not canon but that really explains why starrk is such a powerful badass

>>40279287
“That's barely enough of a tree to hide behind,” you announce in the direction of a tree that's been splintered about seven feet off the ground. “I know you're there, Mirai.”

After a few tense moments, the young Shinigami steps out from behind the trunk, her sword already drawn. She looks at you, clearly confused, before looking back to Apacci. “Why does that person feel like a Hollow, Captain? Please tell me what's going on here.”

Apacci snorts once. “It's cause I was a Hollow. Then the good Captain here ripped my face off and...”

The Arrancar finally notices your glare, and her eyes widen ever so slightly. “Oh. Shit, sorry.”

You heave a loud sigh, realizing that things have been said that can no longer be un-said. “Yeah, not gonna lie, you made a mess of that one Apacci.”

“She's an Arrancar,” you explain to Mirai. “A Hollow that's gained power and regained some of her humanity by tearing off her own mask and sealing it into a sword.”

“So that was a Hollow mask after all,” Mirai muses calmly, though her sword remains at the ready. “That doesn't explain the nature of her business with you, Captain. You have a good reason for this, right?”

She sounds hopeful, in her own understated sort of way. “I've been working with Apacci here and a few others like her for years,” you admit. “Remember that mission where I rescued that Shinigami from Hueco Mundo? Lieutenant Kano?”

Mirai nods quietly.

“They helped me with that, among other things. And even if I can't tell people about 'em, they're okay.”

It takes a few more moments, but eventually Mirai lowers her blade.

“Thank goodness,” she sighs. “I didn't want to believe you had become a traitor.”
(1/2)

>>40279772
“Don't tell anyone,” you insist to your Sixth Seat. “It's better for everyone involved the fewer Shinigami know about it.”

Apacci looks like she's getting bored. “So that outta the way?”

You nod. “Anything else I should know about them?”

“Barrigan's got a larger standing army,” the Arrancar tells you, almost as if the whole drama between you and your subordinate had never happened. “And he's the kind of asshole who won't lift a finger himself if he can get away with it. The other one's name is Saladahn, and he's got a big tail with a barb at the end. Loves using it, too. Of the two, he's by far the more likely to put in a personal appearance.”

“Thanks,” you mutter. “I appreciate the heads-up. Say hi to the others for me, tell 'em I'm glad they're not here.”

“I'll do that,” Apacci grins. “Try and get some sleep, Captain. You look like you need it.”

>Could you maybe find a way to stem the tide a little? Our forces are getting exhausted.
>Get back to the tower, catch Yoruichi up on this latest news.
>Head back to the tower, get some sleep. Encourage Mirai to do the same.
>Other?

>>40279800
>>Get back to the tower, catch Yoruichi up on this latest news.
>>Head back to the tower, get some sleep. Encourage Mirai to do the same.

>>40279800
>Head back to the tower, get some sleep. Encourage Mirai to do the same.

>>40279800
>>Get back to the tower, catch Yoruichi up on this latest news.

>>40279800
>Oh yeah can you tell Stark that i found a member of his family for me?
>Get back to the tower, catch Yoruichi up on this latest news.

>>40279800
>>Get back to the tower, catch Yoruichi up on this latest news.
>>Head back to the tower, get some sleep. Encourage Mirai to do the same.

>>40279800
>>Head back to the tower, get some sleep. Encourage Mirai to do the same.

>>40279835
This, Stark'll wanna know about it.

>>40279800
>Oh yeah can you tell Stark that i found a member of his family for me?
>Get back to the tower, catch Yoruichi up on this latest news.
>Head back to the tower, get some sleep. Encourage Mirai to do the same.
>I'll explain more of this eventually mirai,for now all I can tell you is that all is not exactly right in the soul society.

>>40279800
>Get back to the tower, catch Yoruichi up on this latest news.
>Head back to the tower, get some sleep. Encourage Mirai to do the same.
>Other: Tell Apacci to pass the news to Coyote Starrk that Riku found his long lost Family.

>>40279800
>>Get back to the tower, catch Yoruichi up on this latest news.
>>Head back to the tower, get some sleep. Encourage Mirai to do the same.
>If we haven't passed the news on yet, ask Apacci to tell Stark about his family

>>40279800
>>40279835
Second

>>40279800
>Could you maybe find a way to stem the tide a little? Our forces are getting exhausted.
>Get back to the tower, catch Yoruichi up on this latest news.

>>40279835
I agree on passing a message onto Starrk that we found his big brother.

>>40279800
>Could you maybe find a way to stem the tide a little? Our forces are getting exhausted.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this an option of trying to ask Apacci and our friends back at Ghost Mexico to keep any more mass Hollow excursions occupied?

They don't even need to kill, just cause a ruckus and lead the masses on a wild goose chase for a bit before disengaging and porting back to the Valley.

>>40279901
>>40279932
That would draw squad zero attention and the good kind.

>>40279955
Not the good kind* since squad zero is supposed to kill area cars and all. They've been below the radar let's keep it that way.

>>40279979
>>40279955
Zero squad knows about our arrancar friends. They have no issue with them.

>>40279979
area cars? really?

>>40280016
Ouetsu knows the other might not, also if central 46 finds out they will go after them and raise a huge stink about it.

>>40280047
Autocorrect is a bitch ok?

>>40280050
No zero squad knows. It's on the character sheet that we have their attention.

>>40279955
>>40279979
First point. Oetsu already knows. He doesn't mind.
Second point. I already stated that they won't need to do any sort of Hollow slaying. Just keep some of 'em busy enough that our forces on this side won't have to deal with a full brunt of another Hollow incursion, which will lead to more casualties on both Shinigami and Valhallans.

>>40280082
Is having their attention does not mean they know everything about us and our allies. It just means we have their attention.
>>40280090
Soul society would them with all the commotion raised. Exposing them now is a waste.

>>40280120
We got their attention by making appachi into an arrancar. So yes they know about our allies.

>Writing

>>40280120
We won't be exposing them to SS though......And yes the soul king and zero squad know about us and our allies

>>40280189
Doesn't mean they won't slaughter them if central46 says too. They guard the train, the king is the train, 46 are the idiot drivers.

>>40280207
Sad still has some way to find area cars in Hueco since hunts for arrancars are s thing. We raise a commotion odds of detection go up a lot.

>>40280287
>Doesn't mean they won't slaughter them if central46 says too. They guard the train, the king is the train, 46 are the idiot drivers.
Your joking right? The central 46 don't tell zero squad to do jack shit.

>>40280326
He's trolling i'm pretty sure

>>40279800
“Do me a favor?” you ask, causing Apacci to turn and look at you over her shoulder. “Could you tell Starrk I met his older brother in America a while back? I haven't had a chance to do anything but this in months or I'd have told him myself.”

“That so? What's his name?” Apacci asks, suddenly intrigued by the notion of Starrk having a family.

You grin. “Also Coyote. As in the trickster god Coyote.”

The Arrancar seems stunned for a moment before shaking her head, clearing her thoughts as she opens a Garganta. “That's too insane not to be true. I'll let him know for you.”

“Thanks.”

As you return to the tower where you've made your headquarters, Mirai pipes up at your side. “You mean one of the Arrancars you work with is the brother of an American god? The same one who got you...”

“High off my ass?” you complete the thought, grimacing at the memory. “The very same. Explains how he can be so bullshit strong, if the Coyote he sent here to help the Valhallans is anything to go by.”

Finally you bid your Sixth Seat goodnight, ensuring that this time she tucks herself into her makeshift bedroll rather than stalking you further, before heading to the belfry to rouse Yoruichi.

“Huhwahddyawan,” she grumbles ineloquently, trying to roll away from you. You've come to learn over the months that Yoruichi doesn't take kindly to interruptions when she's in bed.

You shake her shoulder a bit more insistently before recounting what Apacci told you to her. She listens with bleary eyes, but a surprising degree of retention given her half-conscious state. “Sounds like we're in for some fun,” she groans. “And by fun I mean the sarcastic kind, not the kind I'd rather be having.”
(1/?)

>>40280495
>And by fun I mean the sarcastic kind, not the kind I'd rather be having.”
jesus yoru we're in the middle of a battlefield wait till we get home

>>40280495
The next morning is the 31st of May, 1916. This time you're both treated to the same sort of wakeup you gave Yoruichi in the small hours of the morning. It's not the distant sounds of artillery fire and signal horns, but an orderly's raspy voice that rouses you from the most comfortable place around Ypres nowadays: your dreams.

“General Taylor,” the clean-shaven young man announces slowly once you shake yourself awake, “wants you...”

He points at you and Yoruichi for emphasis, “to meet with HIM,” he enunciates, jabbing a finger towards where he thinks the General's headquarters is, “about a mission.”

Your eyes narrow. “You a replacement, or have you just got a head wound?”

“I'm sorry?”

“She's asking about your speech impediment, boy,” Yoruichi growls, also in English. “Either you can't help it or you're a dumbass rookie who doesn't know any better than to treat us like idiots.”

“Get out of my office,” you order. “And by the way, that's not even the direction General Taylor's HQ is. It's THAT way. Get your ass back there double-time, and fix me the biggest pot of coffee in the world.”

The orderly, of course, scrambles to do as you told him as Yoruichi chuckles to herself.

“Never gets old, does it?”
(2/3)

(as an aside how have the guns been working out?)

>>40280539
When you arrive the coffee is ready to be drunk, and you and Yoruichi split the pot between yourselves as General Taylor sorts through a pile of intercepts and what appear to be naval charts on the large desk at the center of the basement room that's serving as his headquarters.

"So what's this about, General?" you ask calmly.

The General, an older, bespectacled man with a wispy beard and barely an inch worth of height over Yoruichi glares down at his papers, not even tearing his eyes from them. "Jellicoe and Beatty are taking the Grand Fleet into German waters as of yesterday," he replies. "Our Teutonic coworkers are telling us Scheer and Hipper are moving to intercept. The war at sea will likely be won or lost in the next forty-eight hours."

Yoruichi shrugs. "What's that got to do with us?"

General Taylor finally looks up, removing his glasses. "Well, we can't bloody well swim after them, can we?"

"And we've got elites who can walk on air," you conclude. "You want us to keep Hollows from going after them."

"Precisely, ma'am."

>Fine, Yoruichi and I can handle it.
>I'll take my Lieutenant. The two of us should be plenty.
>I'll take my Commando unit. There's no such thing as "overkill".
>Other?

>>40280716
>Fine, Yoruichi and I can handle it.

>>40280716
>>I'll take my Commando unit. There's no such thing as "overkill".

>>40280716
>I'll take my Lieutenant. The two of us should be plenty.

>>40280716
>I'll take my Lieutenant. The two of us should be plenty.

>>40280539
We're a dick and i fucking love it!
>>40280716
>Fine, Yoruichi and I can handle it.
>I'll take my Lieutenant. The two of us should be plenty.
Family time? Family time!

>>40280716
>>I'll take my Commando unit. There's no such thing as "overkill".
Hold down the fort here yoruichi

>>40280675
Decently, considering the limitations of an over-under double weapon. The power of each round has been hard-capped by design so that they aren't a real threat to Lieutenants, but they hit well within their weight class and the fireteam/squad organization is working well.

>>40280716
>>Fine, Yoruichi and I can handle it.
>>I'll take my Lieutenant.
If only gin was here, perfect family bonding trip.

>>40280716
>I'll take my Lieutenant. The two of us should be plenty.
>Other?
Plus two commandos, Kai and Maki.

>>40280716
>Fine, Yoruichi and I can handle it.
>I'll take my Lieutenant.

>>40280716
>>I'll take my Commando unit. There's no such thing as "overkill".

>>40280716
>I'll take my Commando unit. There's no such thing as "overkill".

>>40280716
>Fine, Yoruichi and I can handle it.
>I'll take my Lieutenant. The two of us should be plenty.

I'll hold out for five more minutes before I start writing, since there seems to be disagreement.

>>40280716
>Fine, Yoruichi and I can handle it.
>I'll take my Lieutenant.

>"Well, we can't bloody well swim after them, can we?"

Man, I wonder if Daddy Omaeda has a boat to go with his zanpakuto oar weapon? Also for that spirit ferryman portrayal.

Shit would be so Kan.

>>40280932
Calling it for Rangiku+Commandos. Yoruichi will remain in temporary command of all Shinigami forces in Ypres.

>>40280896
“I'll take the other white coats,” you decide. “Yoruichi, can you handle everything for a bit?”

Your fellow Captain nods quietly. “Yeah, sure. Bring me back a souvenir.”

“I'll grab you some seaweed,” you joke.

Yoruichi gives you a cheeky grin. “We can have wakamezake.”

You're just gonna ignore that. Taylor doesn't know any better anyway. “I'll get the team together and have the Senkaimon realigned.”

It takes only a few minutes to gather Kai and Mirai, catching them up on the mission and handing them waterproof coats to wear over their standard uniforms. You then have Kai open the Senkaimon, and are treated to your first sight of the Seireitei in months. You can only spend a few hours here while the Senkaimon is realigned for Denmark. This gives you the time you need to grab Ichinose and Iba as well, interrupting their midmorning sparring session.

Finally, after entirely too long, Mayuri assures you that the portal should drop you right on top of one or the other fleets. The real question now is, which one to follow?

>The German scouting fleet
>The British scouting fleet
>The British Grand Fleet
>The German High Seas Fleet

>>40281227
>The British Grand Fleet
(Death) God save the Queen

>>40281227
> We can have wakamezake

I see what you did there queen.

>>40281227
>The German High Seas Fleet

>>40281265
i dont

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>>40281227
Yoruichi gives you a cheeky grin. “We can have wakamezake.”

>>40281227
>>The British Grand Fleet

>>40281227
>The German High Seas Fleet

>>40281253
I might shamelessly steal this for the next thread.

>>40281227
>The British scouting fleet

Yoruichi is impressively lewd at times.

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>>40281227

>>40281275
It's food play. Taken from Wikipedia:
>The Japanese version, wakamezake , also called wakame sake and seaweed sake, similarly involves drinking alcohol from a woman's body. The woman closes her legs tight enough that the triangle between the thighs and mons pubis form a cup, and then pours sake down her chest into this triangle. Her partner then drinks the sake from there. The name comes from the idea that the woman's pubic hair in the sake resembles soft seaweed (wakame) floating in the sea.

>>40281227
>The German High Seas Fleet

>>40281355
No need to explain the joke in detail in-thread, anon. People can look it up.

>>40281227
>>The British Grand Fleet

>>40281227
>>The British Grand Fleet

>>40281395
sorry.

>>40281227
>The German High Seas Fleet

>writing

>>40281227
“We'll follow the German High Seas Fleet,” you tell your team. “But we should be ready to spread out. Any of you know Tenteikura?”

Iba and Kai raise their hands, as does Rangiku. “Good.”
(1/2)

>>40281583
May 31, 16:00.

The sound of a distant explosion tells you that the battle at Jutland has been joined.

It was probably tooth-rattlingly powerful at the source, wherever that was. Not even naval rifles, either... that was probably the sound of a magazine explosion. The German fleet under Admiral Scheer shifts into high gear, klaxons blaring as countless sailors race to their combat stations aboard the various cruisers and dreadnoughts.

The seas are fairly high, and whipped by wind and the odd squall, and half an hour later you hear a second explosion: this one was even closer than the first. Now you can hear the big guns of the battlecruiser scouting fleets sounding out as the titanic steel machines slug it out at a range of several kilometers. Bits of detritus bob in the frothy seas as the German ships pass the scene of the first exchange of gunnery, and giant columns of smoke mark the location of two sunken battlecruisers.

Something appears to be wrong with the British ships today.

>Break off and scout the area, the loss of several thousand men warrants a response.
>The main force under Jellicoe is to the north, the way Scheer is sailing. You'll be needed there.
>Let Rangiku and Iba handle this, they'll catch up later.

>>40281860
>Break off and scout the area, the loss of several thousand men warrants a response.

>>40281860
>The main force under Jellicoe is to the north, the way Scheer is sailing. You'll be needed there.

>>40281860
>The main force under Jellicoe is to the north, the way Scheer is sailing. You'll be needed there.

>>40281860
>Let Rangiku and Iba handle this, they'll catch up later.

>>40281860
>The main force under Jellicoe is to the north, the way Scheer is sailing. You'll be needed there.

>>40281860
>>Break off and scout the area, the loss of several thousand men warrants a response.

>>40281860
>>Let Rangiku and Iba handle this, they'll catch up later.

>writan
Feel free to talk too, for that matter.

>>40282166
My knowledge of actual history is very sparse, I don't have much to contribute here

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>>40282166
Are you having some relapses on Paradise Arsenal?

How bad are Valhallans? They don't have zampaktos or any magic powers, they can't fly. What is their strong side? Are they even souls for that matter?

>>40282192

Jutland was an inconclusive battle, but in the end the German fleet never broke out

About 10k lives lost.

Granted here, if a group of hollows cause a few issues in some of the English ships it would be a real mess.

>>40282274
It's already been stated, they're weaker individually than Shinigami but their knowledge of massed fire tactics means that they are effective in large-scale confrontations.

They apparently have difficulty fighting against strong independent targets, which is what Shinigami excel at.

I mean, it kind of makes sense. By and large, Europe was quite a violent place throughout history.

>>40281860
There are only a few more explosions over the next few hours, and no sign of Hollows. You figure if there are any aquatic ghost monsters around here, they're likely waiting for the same climactic battle that you, the British, and the Germans are all waiting for as well. It's not until a little past 18:00 that evening that things start to get intense again.

A small detachment of British ships are badly bloodied when they stray into the German line of fire chasing after a damaged and burning hulk of a warship, each salvo sending rippling shockwaves through the ocean around the combatants. Larger battlecruisers are drawn into the fray and exchange rifle fire to devastating effect: twenty minutes into the battle and a third British battlecrusier's spine is shattered by a magazine explosion that causes Mirai to wince instinctively. A reassuring hand on her shoulder steadies her as you wait for the right moment to move out.

At 18:30, the moment arrives: the British fleet under Admiral Jellicoe “crosses the T” against Scheer's fleet. It's the moment every naval planner has been looking for since the first modern battleship took to the seas, the moment everyone in the human world seems to think will determine the future course of the war. And out of the twenty-four battleships under Jellicoe's command only ten manage to open fire. In less than five minutes the moment passes as Scheer wisely turns his fleet hard and reverses course under heavy smoke and fog.

“Here they come!” Rangiku shouts, taking to the sky. You feel it too: there are Hollows underneath the surface of the water, having finally come to feed on the dead and dying sailors of the two massive fleets. Many of them feel like Menos.

>Split up and focus your defense on the most battered vessels.
>Have Ichinose use his shikai to illuminate the depths, make things easier.
>Try diving under the surface. It's the last thing the Hollows expect.
>Use ice to try and “depth charge” the Hollows.

>>40282463
>Have Ichinose use his shikai to illuminate the depths, make things easier.
>Use ice to try and “depth charge” the Hollows.

>>40282483
backing

>>40282244
A little. I LOVE naval history, and one of my worst disappointments in life is that I'm too late to hear a salvo of 16-inch rifles.

>>40282463
>>Have Ichinose use his shikai to illuminate the depths, make things easier.

>>40282463
>>Have Ichinose use his shikai to illuminate the depths, make things easier.
>>Use ice to try and “depth charge” the Hollows.
So tempted to dive. It's just crazy enough to fail spectacularly.

>>40282463
>Have Ichinose use his shikai to illuminate the depths, make things easier.
>Use ice to try and “depth charge” the Hollows.
Prep that Raikoho.

>>40282483
I can get behind this.

Can we use Tenkotsuki's Kido modification, see what gets added to Hyōga Seiran?

>>40282463
>Have Ichinose use his shikai to illuminate the depths, make things easier.

>>40282590
Certainly.

>>40282463
>Have Ichinose use his shikai to illuminate the depths, make things easier.

>>40282463
>Have Ichinose use his shikai to illuminate the depths, make things easier.
>Use ice to try and “depth Charge” the Hollows, using Tenkotsuki's Kido modification.

>>40282514

Problem is ironically that Naval history does not play well with Bleach.

Also a lot of people don't quite understand naval battles and history.

>>40282623
Yay

I love that ability and I'm sad that we've only used it on like, two spells.

>>40282623
Put my vote down as supporting it.

>>40282623
It sounds interesting add me on to that too.

>>40282673
Can confirm. Don't understand bleach. Have a vague idea of naval battles thanks to battle stations midway.

>>40282463
“ICHINOSE!” you roar over the sound of naval gunfire. “LIGHT 'EM UP!”

“How deep!?” Ichinose shouts back.

You ponder the question briefly. “500 METERS, WATCH FOR THEIR SHADOWS!”

Ichinose quickly releases his Nijigasumi, and fires a series of painfully bright “blades” of hardened light into the ocean in a wide pattern. At the same time you contact Tenkotsuki, asking her to modify Hyōga Seiran for you to make it more conducive to fighting an enemy below the ocean's surface as soon as you see them.

“I will do what I can,” she tells you in a few seconds.

You nod, satisfied. “Everyone, get ready. Watch around the Defence, Invincible, Lützow, and Derfflinger.”

>Roll me a d12, taking the second roll

Rolled 11 (1d12)

>>40282761
>tfw the enhanced ice spell replicates the Vandenreich Quincy castle

Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>40282761

Rolled 12 (1d12)

>>40282761

Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>40282761

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>>40282748
>Don't understand bleach
I'm increasingly convinced Kubo doesn't even understand Bleach at this point, which is why Ichigo's spent like a year going in and out of the Soul King Palace.

>>40282796
The fact that he added genuine harem shenangins 600 chapters into the story amuses me

>>40282773
>7
>New ability added: Hyōga Seiran moves in a "ripple", freezing and unfreezing rapidly along a longer range for the duration of the encounter

>roll me 3d10, considering the first three rolls against DC 7 due to difficult estimating range and speed

Rolled 4, 9, 8 = 21 (3d10)

>>40282875

nice

Rolled 2, 9, 7 = 18 (3d10)

>>40282875

SATAN GUIDE MY COCK

Rolled 8, 5, 2 = 15 (3d10)

>>40282875

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Rolled 7, 7, 3 = 17 (3d10)

>>40282875

Rolled 7, 10, 5 = 22 (3d10)

>>40282875

>>40282899
SUCCESS!

>writing

>>40282875
Noice

>>40282875
>Hyōga Seiran moves in a "ripple", freezing and unfreezing rapidly along a longer range for the duration of the encounter
>"ripple"
Niiiiiiiiiice!

>>40282875
“Time to go fishin'!” Kai jokes loudly as he releases Kamitenbe, aiming his rifle at the waters below.

You scan the water for several long seconds until you spot something moving in the deep water, passing one of Ichinose's lights and casting a long shadow beneath the stricken hull of the battlecruiser Lützow. After a moment where you come up with your best guess of where the Hollow casting the shadow actually is, you release a powerful Hyōga Seiran into the water. Instead of solid ice, however, it looks much more like a “pulse” that moves through the depths. The trailing wake where the water frozen by the spell thaws out tracks straight and true, striking something far beneath the surface.

Tenkotsuki seems elated. “Wow, so that actually worked!”

“There was a question!?” you demand angrily. “The hell!?”

“Calm down and stay focused,” your Zanpakuto chides you. “They are coming.”

True enough an Adjuchas emerges from the water and smashes into Kamitinbe's shield. It puts most of its massive weight behind the long, eel-like body, though its reptilian head can't seem to get a good crip over Kai's actual body behind the shield.

“Shit!” he shouts as the Hollow plunges into the water.

The dust of Haineko's blade is already deep underwater, delivering powerful electric shocks and slashes to shadowy creatures as they make attack runs on damaged warships on the surface, only to be driven off into the relative safety of the depths. Rangiku is in no position to help Kai.

>Get Iba to go after him
>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it
>Go after it personally
>Kai can handle it, keep up the pressure

>>40282875
>New ability added: Hyōga Seiran moves in a "ripple", freezing and unfreezing rapidly along a longer range for the duration of the encounter
> for the duration of the encounter

So it just creates a semi-permanent sine-wave of ice?

Fucking sweet

>>40283178
>>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it

>>40283178
>>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it

>>40283178
>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it

Kido stronk, and we have been neglecting it recently. Let's show them what a proper ghost wizard can do.

>>40283178
>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it

>>40283178
>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it

>>40283178
>>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it

>>40283178
>>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it

>>40283178
>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it

>>40283178
>>Use a bakudō, bring that son of a bitch back up so you can kill it

>>40283178
Consensus appears to have been reached: give me 3d10 against DC 5.

Rolled 8, 9, 2 = 19 (3d10)

>>40283421

Rolled 10, 7, 1 = 18 (3d10)

>>40283421
inb4 fail

>>40283421

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

>>40283421

Rolled 10, 2, 1 = 13 (3d10)

>>40283421

>>40283456
I blame Nappa

>>40283456
.....stop rolling mate. just stop rolling.

>>40283456
Thank >>40283430 and >>40283437

>writing
>also, bras are not food, Captcha. The fuck. The actual fuck.

>>40278263

What system would you or do you already use for a Bleach roleplay?

>>40283526
>tfw we can't even crit on a DC of 3 with these rolls

Fucking hell, dice.

>>40283421
Oh no, that piece of shit isn't getting out of this that easily... and you've got to kill that Hollow, too.

“Hainawa!” you shout, extending a full-powered rope of jagged energy into the darkness below you and wrapping it around the great beast's tail. Flaring up your “armored” Shunkō, you back up into the sky as hard and fast as you can, dragging the Adjuchas along with you. It breaks the surface of the water amid a roar of cannons, only to have Mirai attack it with a flash step and a powerful swing of her Sesshōseki that does obvious damage to its body.

It also releases its hold over Kai, who proceeds to unload into its head as Mirai continues to beat on its ribs and spine like a giant slimy piñata on a cord of kidō. You'd be tempted to feel bad for it if it hadn't just tried to eat one of your men.

“I'm the only one who gets to chew on you!” you shout at Kai, who offers you a thumbs-up as the sea serpent Menos roars and dies. “Don't forget it!”

“How could I!?” he jokes. “Thanks for the assist, Miss Mirai!”

The girl merely nods and rests her weapon on one shoulder.

>Seek out another target?
>Try and help Rangiku and Iba finish off their targets?
>Start putting some of the souls bobbing in the water to rest?
>Other?

I'm half tempted to deliberately taunt the Old Guy through his minions.

>>40283696
>Try and help Rangiku and Iba finish off their targets?

>>40283696
>>Try and help Rangiku and Iba finish off their targets?
>>Start putting some of the souls bobbing in the water to rest?
we're going to be jumping around, might as well help who we can while we're at it.

>>40283696

>Seek out another target?

>>40283696
>>Seek out another target?

>>40283696
>Start putting some of the souls bobbing in the water to rest?
Do some of that now so work later isn't so bad

>>40283696
>>Seek out another target?

>>40283696
>>Seek out another target?

>>40283696
>>Try and help Rangiku and Iba finish off their targets?

>>40283696
>Seek out another target?

>>40283613
Probability of critting on a DC of 3 is only about 72%, anon. Failing is somewhat unlikely but hardly ridiculous.

3d10, DC 5 again.

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

>>40284125

Rolled 9, 4, 10 = 23 (3d10)

>>40284125
critfail incoming

Rolled 9, 8, 8 = 25 (3d10)

>>40284125
let's try this again then

Rolled 6, 1, 6 = 13 (3d10)

>>40284125

>>40284080
>Dice don't actually roll 0s
Never mind, something like 88%. But still.

>>40284154
gasp

Rolled 3, 2, 5 = 10 (3d10)

>>40284125

>>40284080
>Probability of critting on a DC of 3 is only about 72%, anon

>Only 72%

And we didn't do it on ANY of the dice that were rolled for that one.

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>>40284137
... I don't know whether this is an amazing example of 2's or a horrendous failure.

Have this image of Yoruichi as a cat helping some scrubs while I ponder this.

>>40284154
a crit on up to dc 8 damn what a waste. still nice roll anon

Rolled 4, 3, 8 = 15 (3d10)

>>40284125

>>40284184
I think the 988 helped, also THE TWOS WILL IT!

>>40284137
>>40284154
Something is wrong here... you sense something powerful beneath the waves. Far more powerful than an average Adjuchas, but still not quite at the level of a Vasto Lorde.

Then you see it: a vast shape, vaguely humanoid with defined shoulders and a head with two bright, malicious eyes. It looks for all the world like an umibozu, but you've never heard of any shinigami encountering such a thing. It's also got the definite feel of a Hollow to it.

“Down there!” you shout. “Focus fire on that shadow!”

>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm.
>Bakudō, let the others beat on it.
>Wait for it to break the surface and attack with Shunkō.
>Other?

>>40284267
>>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm.

>>40284267
>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm.

>>40284267
>>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm.
number 90?

>>40284267
>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm.
Head Coffin?

>>40284267
>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm.

>>40284267
>>Bakudō, let the others beat on it.

>>40284267
>>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm.

>>40284267
>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm.

Kurohitsugi!

Tenkotsuki modification?

>>40284267
>>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm.

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>>40284267
>>Most powerful hadō that won't take an arm. ((I found the picture to be rather amusing, yet creepy.)

>>40284417
If Riku went for the Brits instead, will we encounter the Loch Ness Hollow?

>>40284417
Those would be umibozu and yes, that's one of the images this Hollow is based on.

>>40284267
>>40284375
Let's use Tenkotsuki to prepare a spell, perhaps? Some bakudo to take effect once we cut it up.

>>40284181
I meant for all 3 dice. But actually, 88%-ish.

>>40284267
3d10 for blasting, DC 8.

Rolled 8, 6, 6 = 20 (3d10)

>>40284541

Rolled 7, 8, 5 = 20 (3d10)

>>40284541

Rolled 7, 8, 9 = 24 (3d10)

>>40284541

Rolled 1, 3, 7 = 11 (3d10)

>>40284541

>>40284563
THANKYOU!

>>40284563
Pass! Which means the pre-write I did while you were voting is actually usable for once!

>writing

>>40284563
Bless ye, laddy!

>>40284591
“CLEAR OUT!” you shout. “DON'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT THING!”

Your Commandos all back out as fast as they can, suspecting some powerful spell: and they won't be disappointed.

Ten pink lances of energy gather around you as you stretch Tenkotsuki out towards the umibozu as it rises towards the surface. She recites the incantation for you as you feel the lances grow to a tremendous power despite your present strength having been limited to a fifth of your maximum. “Hadō 91, Senjū Kōten Taihō!”

The lances stab into the dark depths, but you don't draw them together due to the difficulty in aiming the blast. Four of them slam into the target, but three of those pass straight through it and explode with the rest below the creature. For an instant you can see the truly enormous size of the beast, and the tenth lance unleashes a massive explosion that unleashes a boiling column of superheated water towards the surface.

After a devastating blow, the umibozu sinks quickly back into the depths and through a Garganta, returning to Hueco Mundo to lick its wounds and heal. Its round, blank eyes eventually fade to black along with the rest of it.

You suppose you'll have to settle for that.
(1/2)

>>40284613
By 19:15 the British fleet has crossed the T on the German High Seas Fleet again after having apparently lost contact for several minutes. Several German dreadnoughts are raked by accurate gunfire in a sudden reversal of the fight between the scouting battlecruisers, and the Germans are forced to flee under heavy smoke again.

The remaining battlecruisers in the German fleet make a suicidal “death ride” at the pursuing British, drawing as much fire as they can send downrange and then some as they plunge towards their enemy. The range between these two ships and the enemy fleet narrows to what must be only five kilometers, or just a few dozen ship-lengths. No less than fifteen British battleships greet them, unleashing a hellish hail of hardened steel and cordite fierce enough to tear the casemate turrets from one of the battlecruisers clean from their mountings. You never thought steel could scream, but that's the closest word you can use to describe the sound of the tortured metal giving way to the overwhelming forces at work on it.

At one point more than one explosion rocks the German ships every minute, and yet they're still hanging on somehow.

By the last few precious minutes of daylight Scheer's main fleet has managed to escape, and even the battlecruisers have managed to limp away despite heavy losses that leave some of them riding low in the water.
(2/3)

>>40284644
At just past 20:00 the sun sinks below the horizon, leaving just a few scattered reports of naval gunfire to light up the ocean's surface in the distance.

>Chase after the ships
>Try and pick out all the souls you can find
>Other?

>>40284613
Oh, neat. We can use #91.

>>40284680
>>Try and pick out all the souls you can find

>>40284680
>>Try and pick out all the souls you can find

>>40284680
>Try and pick out all the souls you can find

>>40284680
>>Try and pick out all the souls you can find

>>40284680
>Try and pick out all the souls you can find

>>40284680
>Try and pick out all the souls you can find

>>40284680
>Try and pick out all the souls you can find
Speaking of seaborne souls, you'd think a Davy Jones style psychopomp would be in on this.

>>40284680
>Try and pick out all the souls you can find
Bad way to go.

>>40284680
>>Try and pick out all the souls you can find

I guess Riku has not yet had to petition the seal be lifted.

Probably won't, unless some Vasto Lord brings his whole damn troop here hunting in one of the battle fields.

>>40284680
Rangiku comes over to join you, looking over the choppy, darkened seas. “We should do something,” she mutters, clearly concerned about the number of lost souls bobbing in the ocean here.

You nod thoughtfully. “Fan out, get all the ones you can and meet me back here in half an hour. Then we're leaving.”

Out of all those who perished here, only a few souls haven't either moved on or given up, sinking into the inky blackness below them. You offer them what little comfort you can before sending them on in typical shinigami fashion, relieving them of the shivering, cold misery they've had to suffer through.

When you and your Commandos finally return to Ypres, Yoruichi hands you something along with the reports from your Division for the day: a strand of thirty-six wooden beads, carved from a chunk of high-quality aromatic agarwood. Connecting them is a red cord with a little tassel, which you realize means that these are prayer beads designed after the Rinzai tradition.

“You know what day it is?” she asks you.

You shrug. “After that fight, not really. But it's 1916, so I can guess.”

“That's right,” she nods. “One century ago today I met you in an allyway in the Rukongai. I've been carving those beads for a week when you weren't looking.”

They smell wonderful, a deep, sweet fragrance with hints of plum and spice that you could faintly smell even before she handed them to you.

“... thanks,” you mutter, not really knowing what else to say as you twist them once and wrap them around your left wrist. “They smell amazing.”

“Hey, it was your wood,” she grins. “Only makes sense that you should get something back for it.”
(1/2)

>>40284957
Are they in lesbians now?

>>40285021
I think we've been in lesbians for a while

>>40285021
Jesus fucking christ anon, Go back and read the fucking archives before you post

>>40285021
...now? you do know this has been happening for years right?

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>>40285021
Really?

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>>40285042
>>40285043
>>40285061
>>40285101
>>40285119
>>40285158
I am a Master Baiter.

>>40285158
>memebase
Please tell me you grabbed that from a google search without looking it over first.

>>40284957
July, 1916. The Battle of the Somme begins in France to the south of your Division. It's only then that Fifth Division is called in to deal with the battle, getting their first true baptism of fire under Captain Aizen. Their casualties are worse than yours, you hear, with Aizen and Gin themselves having to deal with most of the toughest Hollows themselves to prevent a total rout of their forces. By November they've suffered 40% killed or wounded, with nearly half of those dead.

Their Division is withdrawn for reinforcement and retraining in December.

Ninth Division and the Onmitsukidō remain deployed around Ypres until well into 1917, when General Taylor contacts you yet again.

“What is it this time,” you moan. “Last time I got all wet. It was cold, and annoying, and I had to punch an Adjuchas in the face.”

Rangiku chuckles quietly to herself. “Maybe this time we'll have some proper support?”

“One can only hope.”

“The planned July offensive is about to begin at Messines,” Taylor tells you. “We want someone to scout the area to determine the British battle plan, and it needs to be someone who can survive an attack without drawing too much attention.”

“So you want me,” you conclude. “Strong enough to fight on my own, but good enough at hiding.”

“That IS the idea, ma'am,” the General muses.

>I'll go this one alone.
>I'm taking a squad at least.
>I'll have a squad commanded by my lieutenant in reserve in case things go wrong.

>>40285197
Yuuup

>>40285207
>I'll go this one alone.

>>40285207
>I'll go, I'll also see if Yoruichi wants to come along

>>40285207
>I'll have a squad commanded by my lieutenant in reserve in case things go wrong.

>>40285207
>I'll go this one alone.

>>40285207
>>I'll go this one alone.

>>40285207
>>I'll go this one alone.

Aizen is scrub captain

>>40285207
>>I'll go this one alone.

>>40285207
>>I'll have a squad commanded by my lieutenant in reserve in case things go wrong.

Just in case.

Sounds like Aizen accomplished a full purge of his division almost.

Too bad the 4th is basically barred from working in the human world.

Looks like we should set up some cross training.

>>40285207
>I'll go this one alone.
>I'll have a squad commanded by my lieutenant in reserve in case things go wrong.

>>40285207
...OP, how many of Aizen's Squad's Zanpackto remain unaccounted for? For that matter, did either us or Yourichi manage to "lose" any of our casulties zanpackto?

>>40285207
>I'll go this one alone.

>>40285359
Unknown and no. The accounting of shinigami fatalities on the western front has been too good to really get away with it.

>>40285207
For those who don't know, Messines was kicked off by the single deadliest intentional explosion that was not made by a nuclear bomb. Over ten-thousand German Troopers died in it.

>>40285377
How many spare swords do we have? I just realized I have no idea how many we got from the menos forest.

>>40285385

They mined the positions, correct?

>>40285480
0 spare I think.

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>>40285385
It was actually nineteen separate explosions, some of which left craters that are still there today.

>>40285495
Ammonal Mines, I think they were called. 19 of them.

>>40285505
The question is: was it really the mines that made the craters?

>>40285480
Looking at bleach itself, we should have at least one spare. Source: Bleack Ep 148 shows ashido with four comrades, we used 3 swords.

>>40285207
“Rangiku,” you order, “keep a squad in reserve on that stretch of the front line while I work alone."

Your daughter nods sternly. “Right, Captain. I'll bring them in the second there's trouble.”

It takes you a few minutes to get to Hill 60, which seems to be the focus of British efforts on this stretch of the front. Looking around reveals the blasted landscape and burned trees common to the rest of the Belgian countryside right now, with little to distinguish it from anywhere else around aside from the big hill and its obvious defenses.

You have some time as darkness brings a lull in the fighting, which lets you search around the area.
>3d10, DC 7.

>>40285546
nope, it was 19 of Aizen's 20 seated officers

Rolled 4, 2, 8 = 14 (3d10)

>>40285629

Rolled 2, 2, 8 = 12 (3d10)

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Rolled 7, 9, 3 = 19 (3d10)

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Rolled 10, 9, 2 = 21 (3d10)

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Rolled 2, 9, 5 = 16 (3d10)

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>>40285647
fuck yeah anon

Rolled 4, 3, 9 = 16 (3d10)

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>>40285647
I'm noticing it's always the third roll that seems to pass

>>40285647
Hooray!

>>40285505

How bad have the Valhalla losses been? I know Riku's division has suffered something like 8% losses so far.

Aizen's got run over.

So Valhalla must be running on like 30% or more total loses.

>>40285629
It takes you several hours to find what you're looking for: the entrance of a tunnel leading towards Hill 60 itself. You creep into the tunnel to try and figure out what's going on down here, and what all the commotion is about. Hundreds of meters, reinforced periodically with wooden framing and lit with incandescent bulbs until they near the far end of the tunnel. And it's at that end that you see it.

It's a bomb. You have no idea how much explosive material is stored down here, but you've never seen that much in one place during your whole deployment.

You dash out of the tunnel, and search out the stretch of British trenches around the Messines Ridge. You manage to locate several tunnels, figuring out the general strategy that the Brits are going to be pursuing. Having achieved that objective, you begin to make your way back across no-man's land to where Rangiku's squad is waiting to relay your findings to headquarters. But the real question, you wonder in the small hours of the morning, is when they're going to...
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>>40285629
Given how Vahalla fights with massed gunfire, I guess it would give Riku a better idea on how effective they are against low tier hollows, and how viable they are for the 9th squad, right?

>>40285709
8% fatalities, about 30% total casualties. The Valhallans aren't doing well at all, and have stopped even keeping track.

>>40285855
boom?