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>>41438383
Her body has come to resemble her original form as a Vasto Lorde, with ankle-high porcelain boots and fragments of armor scattered across her body. On her back are two blade-like protrusions which resemble slender shark tails, and on her shoulders are two fin-like plates that protect her neck and the sides of her head. The mask fragments that still clung to her lower jaw have disappeared though, affording you a full view of her face for the first time.

Finally, it seems she decides how to proceed. “You may make the first move,” she declares, hefting her porcelain arm-blade and shifting into a position that guards her midline. “If you so desire.”

In almost any other situation you wouldn't have waited for an invitation. Your abilities, both in terms of your own fighting strength and the powers Tenkotsuki lends you, are geared towards maintaining a constant and fluidly-changing offensive pressure. However Starrk and Halibel are a new sort of opponent: you're not sure how much like hollows or shinigami either one will fight. Discerning the nature of their abilities before going on the offense could prove to be worth the effort of defending for a while.

>Attack Halibel, see how she does against a midrange fighter
>Attack Starrk, see how he holds up in melee
>Wait for one or the other to make the first move, give yourself something to react to
>Test out each in turn with uncommitted attacks, see how they respond
>Other?

>>41438503
>Test out each in turn with uncommitted attacks, see how they respond

>>41438503
>Attack Halibel, see how she does against a midrange fighter

>>41438503
>Attack Starrk, see how he holds up in melee

>>41438503
>Wait for one or the other to make the first move, give yourself something to react to

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>>41438532
>>41438542
>>41438556
>>41438627
Well then.

>>41438503
>Test out each in turn with uncommitted attacks, see how they respond

Question: Is the mask somewhat interfering (I'm using the term loosely here) with Tenko's concentration?
A wide area, non-vocalized kidou might be a good opener. Might serve as a distraction at least, if it lacks the punch.

>>41438503
>>Test out each in turn with uncommitted attacks, see how they respond

>>41438657
Riku has encountered no such interference in the past.

>>41438503
>Test out each in turn with uncommitted attacks, see how they respond


Good to have you back

>>41438697
Alright, awesome.

Though if you were wondering why I broached that topic, it kinda occurred to me that having a limited window with the hollow mask would not be conducive with long incantations.
Then I just belatedly realized Riku's pretty close to Hachigen tier (at least) and add Tenko to that, and that'd probably be more than enough for her to pull it off anyway.

>>41438503
>Attack Starrk, see how he holds up in melee

Alright, give me the first 3d10 roll of the session: dc for this one is 7.

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>>41438383
its BACK

Rolled 4, 10, 5 = 19 (3d10)

>>41438840

Rolled 2, 7, 2 = 11 (3d10)

>>41438840

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

>>41438840

Rolled 2, 10, 4 = 16 (3d10)

>>41438840

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

>>41438840

Rolled 1, 9, 6 = 16 (3d10)

>>41438840

the dice never change

Awawawawa...

>>41438848
>>41438850
>>41438857
welp. this thread is startin off interesting

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>>41438885
I can't wait for KoH to roll. Let's see what nippon dice is like.

6 rolls, no successes. we're off to a good start.

>>41438909
They are like asian gamers, They never lose

>>41438840
“Think you can manage a distraction?” you mutter softly to your sword.

Tenkotsuki's response takes a second... she must be thinking over her options, which tells you in advance what sort of answer to expect. “I have an idea. You will know when to act.”

“Alright then,” you hiss back at Halibel, carefully raising Tenkotsuki's blade into a readied stance of your own. “I'm coming. Keep your focus, just like that.”

A faint glistening is all the warning Tenkotsuki gives you, as light reflects and scatters around her blade for a moment. You shut your eyes instinctively as you feel a surge of reiatsu pouring out into the air around you, and open them again just in time to see Tenkotsuki's diversion in action: like crimson fireworks, several blasts of reiatsu erupt from every direction at once. One of the explosions momentarily obscures the line of sight between you and Halibel, who seems mildly surprised at the showy display.

Hirenkyaku carries you behind her, but it seems she anticipated that move. As you turn and swing for her left shoulder Halibel is already in motion, turning in air as the tail blades that trail from her back lash out at you.

“The oldest ploy,” Halibel muses as you narrowly evade her counterattack by backpedaling. “I'm almost insulted.”

“Cortando.”

Her arm blade releases a bright yellow arc of hardened reiatsu, like a scything, edged cero. It rolls off the side of Tenkotsuki's blade as you parry it, only nicking your right shoulder as it passes.

“You instinctively covered your blind spots with those fins,” you commend the dusky-skinned arrancar. "I underestimated you.”

Tenkotsuki's voice sounds an alarm in your mind. “Below you!”
(1/2)

>>41439095
You backpedal again just in time to avoid a trio of bright blue-colored ceros from somewhere beneath you, where you spot Starrk with his pistols raised towards the sky. It's immediately obvious what he's trying to do: create space between you and Halibel. To keep you out of your own fighting space, and just on the edge of Halibel's.

“You're quicker than I thought,” he observes as he continues to launch cero after cero skyward.

Very clever, Starrk. But too obvious.

>You can fight at this range too using kidō, so see what these two have cooked up for you
>Starrk is getting annoying, close the distance with him
>You should still be able to close range with Halibel, which would make it harder for Starrk to aim
>Other?

>>41439186
>You can fight at this range too using kidō, so see what these two have cooked up for you

>>41439186
>>You can fight at this range too using kidō, so see what these two have cooked up for you
Hado 91?

>>41439186
>You can fight at this range too using kidō, so see what these two have cooked up for you
Kuyō Shibari?

>>41439186
>You can fight at this range too using kidō, so see what these two have cooked up for you
Anyone got a link to the latest pastebin?

>>41439186
>You can fight at this range too using kidō, so see what these two have cooked up for you

>>41439186
>You should still be able to close range with Halibel, which would make it harder for Starrk to aim
Might as well try to get used to fighting opponents with multiple limbs.
Starrk inventing gunkata on the spot is very tempting though.

>>41439304
This ones' what I've got http://pastebin.com/SqibaY7A

>>41439341
Thanks mate

>>41439186
>>You should still be able to close range with Halibel, which would make it harder for Starrk to aim

>>41439186
“Starrk, you moron!” you can hear Lilynette's voice loudly berating her partner. “Watch where you're pointin' me! Are you TRYIN' to hit Miss Halibel?”

“Qut being so annoying,” Starrk groans at the gun in his right hand. “You're a GUN! Just shut your mouth and keep firing!”

You can't help but use the moment as those two argue to put in a comment of your own. “That was quite the cero just now, Halibel. Can't help but think you're holding back though.”

“Thanks,” Halibel replies, bowing her head ever so slightly but never changing that cool, focused expression of hers. “Your physical power is also respectable... but it feels like you are still holding back.”

There's a gentle, resonant sound as for a moment Halibel's speed catches you off guard, and you lose sight of her. By the time your eyes catch up she's closed the distance between you, a cloud of what looks like fog erupting from the training edge of her arm blade and pushing it towards you even faster than her first attack.

Parrying that strike feels like it nearly dislocated your shoulder, and Halibel leans in to stare you down as your blades stop in place.

“That won't do.”

>Time to clarify:
>Binding spell on Halibel, use the opening to attack Starrk
>Binging spell on Halibel, follow up on her
>Binding spell against Starrk, use the opening to stick closer to Halibel
>Binding spell on Starrk, try to take him out of the fight

>>41439507
>Time to clarify:
>Use a uncanted Kuyo Shibari on both of them as a distraction then go in on stark and use Tessho on him while he's distracted

>>41439507
>>Binding spell on Halibel, follow up on her

>>41439535
This is an acceptable write-in. Feel free to vote for it or one of the options listed.

>>41439535
Second

>>41439507
>>41439535
Sure, let's go.

>>41439535
Punch it

3d10 for face-slamming Starrk while he's bound, DC is a 7.

Rolled 10, 9, 1 = 20 (3d10)

>>41439842

>>41439535
Yup i'm fine with that.

Rolled 1, 7, 4 = 12 (3d10)

>>41439842

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

>>41439842

>>41439858
praise be

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>>41439915
The funny thing is, It was my idea aswell!, ALL HAIL CAPTAIN RIKU!

Rolled 5, 10, 9 = 24 (3d10)

>>41439858
Rolling for Halibel.

>>41439967
GODDAMNIT HARRIBEL!

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>>41439967
Looks like I was right about that nippon dice.
Clearly we should all move to Japan and make our dice rolls there.

>>41439967
Welp

>>41439967
Well we both have an average success, Even if she rolled a 10 or 9 it doesn't matter remember guys, If she rolled three passing numbers however we would be in for some pain

>>41439967
“Kuyō Shibari!” you declare loudly, letting Tenkotsuki's blade rest against your shoulder and resisting the force of Halibel's massive weapon that way as you reach out to tap her chest with your left hand. The black, flickering orbs ignite all around the arrancar, and you can feel Tenkotsuki do the same to Starrk at the same time.

“You have a few seconds!” Tenkotsuki shouts in your mind even as you charge Starrk with hirenkyaku. “Make haste!”

Starrk's eyes go wide as you palm his face and let your momentum add to the frightening strength in your left arm. Tesshō, the “Iron Palm” technique Yoruichi taught you, hits with such force that it will stun and disorient any shinigami it's used against. With enough power, it'll crush the head of lesser hollows outright.

“Lights out!” you shout as you pull Starrk clean off his feet and slam the arrancar's head against the ground like a hammer striking an anvil. It's a testament to the man's resilience that his skull isn't shattered in that very instant. He should be down for a few moments at least...

But Halibel's response gives you little time to make use of it.

The massive arm blade of hers would have sliced you cleanly in two had you not pulled in Tenkotsuki's sheath at the last second to take the force of the upward strike.

Tenkotsuki seems shocked as you're sent skywards . “That did not last as long as I expected.”

Halibel makes no effort to pursue. Instead she raises her blade as it gathers a powerful, swirling ball of densely packed water.

“Gota Helada.”

With those two words, the ball distorts from its own momentum as Halibel fires it at you, now more like a lance than a sphere.

>Stop it with Dankū
>Dodge it, return fire with hadō
>Dodge it, get back into melee
>Bankai, though you haven't seen all their abilities yet
>Other?

>>41440088
>Dodge it, get back into melee
No we don't use Bankai ever, No one can know about it, We can use our Not! Bankai though

>>41440088
>Dodge it, get back into melee
DOOOOOODGE

>>41440088
>Dodge it, return fire with hadō

>>41440088
>Dodge it, return fire with hadō

>>41440088
>Dodge it, get back into melee

>>41440088
>Dodge it, return fire with hadō

>>41440088
>>Dodge it, return fire with hadō

>>41440110
>No we don't use Bankai ever, No one can know about it, We can use our Not! Bankai though
We can use our bankai in here just fine. Aizen has no way of finding out.

>>41440088
>>Dodge it, return fire with hadō

>>41440300
>Aizen has no way of finding out.
Yeah suuuuure he doesn't, Also there's definitely no mole!

>>41440335
>Yeah suuuuure he doesn't, Also there's definitely no mole!
Oh god it's you again. Your the same fuck who fucking flipped out and kept ranting that aizen would figure out our bankai or any other skills we had if we used them in HM. Remember what queen said that time? Aizen is not omniscent. And no there is no mole.

>>41440388
Uh who? Honestly have no idea what you're talking about, also there is always a chance of a mole

>>41440335
>>41440388
And in case it's someone new, Aizen is not omniscient and there is no mole.

>>41440403
>Uh who? Honestly have no idea what you're talking about, also there is always a chance of a mole
Go look at teh archive of the thread where we went to HM to purge a bunch of menos so we wouldn't have to purge the souls in soul society

>>41440388
It wouldn't particularly shock me if Ichinose goes bad at some point, but we've kept him out of anything that could prove embarrassing.

Rolled 7, 4, 1 = 12 (3d10)

>>41440088
Also, 3d10 for spellcasting. If there's a particular spell you'd like to use go ahead and suggest it. Recall that this is a sparring match, and anything above 90 would be a bit overkill.

Rolling for Halibel.

Rolled 8, 6, 9 = 23 (3d10)

>>41440437
Hyōga Seiran please.

Rolled 10, 10, 7 = 27 (3d10)

>>41440434
>It wouldn't particularly shock me if Ichinose goes bad at some point, but we've kept him out of anything that could prove embarrassing.
He's not in here. Plus queen just said there is no mole.

>>41440437

Rolled 10, 7, 4 = 21 (3d10)

>>41440437
Hyōga Seiran

>>41440459
Holy fucking crap anon...Did...Did you just crit?
Also don't trust the QM to be honest to you about everything

>>41440459
Oh mama.

>>41440458
>>41440469
Wow. Bankai whore actually had the right idea in canon Bleach.

>>41440458
>Hyōga Seiran please.
>>41440469
>Hyōga Seiran

queen said no ninity or above spell. Hyoga Seiran is in the ninites.

>>41440437
Sōren Sōkatsui

>>41440437
I'm the one who rolled the two tens and the seven. Could we use Hadō #88. Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō

>>41440553
Already started with Hyōga Seiran, which I have never considered to be in the nineties. Those are largely implied to be sacrificial beyond #91, and Hyōga Seiran clearly isn't.

This particular spell is also an interesting one to use against Halibel.

>>41440693
>This particular spell is also an interesting one to use against Halibel.
Ah crap i forgot she controls water....

>>41440693
It went through a spell that blocks any spell 89 and below with in fifteen seconds. I would say that makes it in the nineties.

>>41440905
Well King, The QM has stated otherwise

>>41440693
So her release state gives her control over water? You suppose that means her shark-like appearance both as a menos and as an arrancar wasn't without meaning after all. More importantly, that projectile is as dense with reiatsu as it is with water, meaning it's not something you want to get hit by. Thankfully its slow speed makes it easy to avoid with hirenkyaku.

You hear the chant for Hyōga Seiran in your mind as you take aim, only to watch as the blast of water rapidly freezes into an icy spear, which explodes as it passes you. You're pelted by bits of sharp ice, but not nearly enough to stop you from casting your own spell. A wave of powerful ice of your own creation tears towards Halibel, whose eyes widen as it nears her. She raises her sword to intercept it.

“Entalpia!” she shouts, and the icy waves of Hyōga Seiran begin to dissipate back into water, swirling and reforming behind her. The force seems to pummel her badly, but her defensive measure spared her from the brunt of the attack.

“A high-pressure steam explosion, using the ice as shrapnel?” Tenkotsuki muses in your mind, stating the obvious. “Color me impressed.”

Halibel merely frowns as the waters behind her grow in volume at an alarming rate. “More power means less shrapnel... how bothersome.”

“Cascada.”

This massive wave of reiatsu-infused water is much larger and more powerful than the quicker blast Halibel used against you, and if it weren't slower as well it probably could have killed you on the spot. The fact that she could use any water in the area as part of her attack, even if you originally created it, caught you off guard.

“Damn,” you mutter to yourself. “I was careless...”

“You were,” Starrk agrees, swinging a bright blue blade of energy at you that you're forced to parry with Tenkotsuki. “I bet even you can't dodge if I fire 'em like this?”
(1/2)

>>41440945
Considering that ninity and ninity one don't require you to sacrifice anything queen could be wrong.

If anything ninity five and above are the spells that require you to sacrifice something.

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>>41441030
You look down to find that Starrk has one of the pistols leveled at your gut, and at this distance you're not quite fast enough to dodge the first shot. The stream of shots that come after it miss cleanly, but that first blast nearly winded you as it slammed into your gut at close range.

The arrancar parries your counterattack with Tenkotsuki, swinging his own blade casually behind his back before turning to draw a bead on you again. As you try to kick his arm away Halibel joins the melee as well, forcing you to briefly activate Sōkō Shunkō to parry her swing with your foot. It's difficult to maintain it for any longer than that while hollowfied, and so that brief burst is the best you can manage given the circumstances... and it takes a lot out of you. Starrk's next shot misses you as your body pirouettes through the air.

“Byakurai!” you shout, blasting an arc of lightning past Halibel to try and force her to disengage and gain some breathing room for yourself.

“What are you doing?” a familiar voice hisses in the back of your mind... you're alarmed to realize that it's not Tenkotsuki. It's Rosa. Dammit, you must be nearing your endurance limit. Is she seriously trying to butt in at a time like this?

You frown. “The fuck are you doing?”

“I asked first, dumbass. Why're you getting beaten by these two? Swap out with me.”

“I refuse,” you hiss, as Starrk stares at you in confusion.

“You're tiring,” Halibel observes. “How about a Bankai before we conclude things?”

“It'd be a shame not to see it after all this,” Starrk agrees.

>I refuse.
>Fine, then.

>>41441086
>>Fine, then.

Remember everyone. There is no spy and Aizen won't figure out what our bankai does since we are in the valley of screams.

>>41441086
>I refuse.
>I will however use something else. Use the false Bankai

>>41441121
>I refuse.
has my vote

>>41441086
>>Fine, then.

>>41441086
>>Fine, then.

>>41441121
Why? What reason do we have to not use bankai? And if you say Aizen will find out that's not a valid answer.

>>41441086
Oh come on! We got a fucking crit! This is fucking bullshit

>>41441086
>I refuse.

>>41441086
>Fine, then.

>>41441086
>>Fine, then.

>>41441086
>>I refuse.
It's practically a catchphrase at this point.

>>41441086
>I refuse.

>>41441121
Second

>>41441086
>Fine, then.

Sigh. Here come the same fags.

>>41441154
People like idiots voted to use a ice based spell against a water manipulator.

Look at all the same fags. It's an odd concidence that a bunch of people popped in when there's a vote to use our bankai.
.>>41441086
>>Fine, then.

>>41441086
>I refuse.
pride

>>41441086
>Fine, then.

>>41441086
>I refuse.

>>41441197
>People like idiots voted to use a ice based spell against a water manipulator.
Hey, I voted for something else.

>>41441237
Then your not an idiot.

>>41441197
Both sides are samefagging

>>41441154
DC wasn't stated in the post, which was my mistake. But it was an 8. Because you're fighting the Primera Espada from canon, and a stronger version of the Tres Espada, at the same time.

The latter has gotten MUCH more powerful, and better at controlling the state of her attacks. If you'd been paying attention she's using water in all three states, with enough control to cause La Gota to freeze solid midflight and then explode by sublimating the ice at the core.

That's definitely a task worth more than a DC 7. Riku is fortunate to still be fighting.

>>41441260
For some reason I doubt that. We already have one nut job in the thread that thinks aizen will figure out our bankai if we use it somewhere he can't get bugs or spies into despite queen saying other wise. So good odds are he is samefagging the I refuse vote.

>>41441315
It's basically a rule of /tg/, If there is a major vote both sides will have atleast one samefag

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>>41440410
>there is no mole
sure there isn't. I'm on to you, queenie.

>>41441398
Queen's not the kind of GM to directly like to his players like that. I have had gms like that. Queen isn't one of them.

>>41441424
>nofunallowed.jpg

Yeah, since it seems tied I'm gonna go with the option that's more interesting for me to write and that reeks slightly less of samefagging.

>>41441424
Yeah because as a human being he definitely WON'T lie to us
>>41441457
Honestly you should roll to make it fair tbh

>>41441457
I count eight fine then's and six i refuse.

>>41441476
No he won't lie to use because queen is not out to fuck us over or make us fail. He's here to run a game for both us and him to enjoy.

>>41441269
You know, I now kinda want to see Halibel fight Aizen's fake shikai.

>>41441086
>I refuse.
we're sparring for fuck's sake.

>>41441515
>Trusting a QM not to make the story more interesting by lying about certain things
Oh jeez you're so funny anon

>>41441545
Our sparing partners want to see it. And it isn't something that is stupidly deadly like old man genocides.
>>41441552
If queen was that kind of GM he would have been caught doing that already. He hasn't and he has made statements that can't be misinterpreted. So fuck right on out of this thread paranoid idiocy.

>>41441579
Someone sounds butthurt

>>41441086
“It's good,” you sigh, using hirenkyaku to get clear of your arrancar opponents. They choose not to follow. “Knowing you're all so strong puts me at ease.”

“Bankai: Higeki no Ōjo,” you declare, and you feel the familiar power fill your limbs as Tenkotsuki changes your outfit to suit your Bankai form. Her sheath becomes a second sword, and Rosa's voice falls silent once more.

Starrk lets loose a low whistle. “Flashy. But I can't tell how powerful it is... it's like my senses are bein' smothered. Does it have somethin' to do with those reishi tails of yours?”

Much to your surprise Starrk's sword doesn't disappear. You thought it was the same sort of energy as a cero, but you must have been mistaken about that. Could it be more similar to a zanpakuto, then?

“Tenkotsuki doesn't like it when I use this,” you explain. “It goes against her sense of pride. You should thank her for letting me show it to you like this.”

Halibel and Starrk exchange a brief glance before inclining their heads. It's actually kind of comical that they're bowing to your sword like this, and you can tell that Starrk in particular feels stupid doing it.

“At least your friends are polite,” Tenkotsuki muses. “I wish I could say the same about my usual company.”

“Shut up, vixen,” Rosa grumbles.

>Take to the offense, while your opponents are surprised.
>Give them time to figure out how bad their position is on their own
>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so
>Other?

>>41441610
More sick of the trolls and other assholes who come in this thread, samefag votes, and try to put people in a paranoid state because of who one of the enemies of the pc is.

>>41441629
>>Take to the offense, while your opponents are surprised.

>>41441629
>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so

>>41441629
>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so

>>41441629
>>Take to the offense, while your opponents are surprised.
>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so

Have we ever considered manifesting tenkotsuki for them to meet?

>>41441629
>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so

>>41441629
>>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so

>>41441629
>Take to the offense, while your opponents are surprised.
>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so

>>41441629
>>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so

>>41441629
>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so

>>41441629
>Give them time to figure out how bad their position is on their own
>Test the limits of your own Bankai, you rarely get the chance to do so

>>41441629
>>Take to the offense, while your opponents are surprised.

>>41441629
>test the limits

3d10 for pushing it to the limit. DCs are at 6 and 8.

Rolled 1, 9, 6 = 16 (3d10)

>>41442013

Rolled 10, 4, 3 = 17 (3d10)

>>41442013

Rolled 1, 10, 4 = 15 (3d10)

>>41442013

Rolled 1, 9, 2 = 12 (3d10)

>>41442013

Rolled 6, 4, 3 = 13 (3d10)

>>41442013

>>41442019
At least we passed the lower limit.

>>41442013
“Let's test this out, shall we?” you ask the other two parts of your soul.

Tenkotsuki hums softly to herself. “Seems that combining Bankai and hollowfication grants you an extra tail. Fascinating that it increases your reiatsu so much.”

“And you're surprised?” Rosa sighs. “I don't do shoddy work.”

Hirenkyaku carries you straight towards Starrk at a speed that surprises even yourself: in Bankai your reiatsu is increased even beyond your hollowfied state, meaning you're faster and stronger than you were before. You feel like no shinigami short of the Head Captain, Yoruichi, and possibly Aizen could even touch you now, and at this point you may even have an edge on the Coyote too. And he knows it.

His gun doesn't fire, and his eyes widen as he rushes to parry. Your force drives him backwards through the air as Tenkotsuki's twin blades bind his sword: if he moves it out of the way, he could die. Instead he transforms Lilynette into a sword as well, and swings it at your exposed left ribs only to find empty air.

“Gotcha,” you grin behind your mask as a wide kick slams into Starrk's back, sending him careening wildly towards the ground.

Halibel, meanwhile, hefts her blade as she slips in behind you. “You were right!'

The blade falls heavily against your own swords, which move quickly to parry her attack. “We are strong... together, maybe it will be enough?”

“Hadō 31: Shakka Ho!” you shout, sending a blast of red flames from your fists that connects with Halibel's sternum and forces her away from you.
(1/2)

>>41442197
She doesn't seem that badly hurt, but is deeply surprised that you could perform kidō when she couldn't use her own attacks a few moments ago. “How did you...”

Halibel's words are cut short as you strain against the kidō chains you left attached to Starrk, and he goes rocketing past you. He collides with her in a sharp cry of shock, sending the two arrancar bouncing off of each other as you crash to the ground.

From your small impact crater, you stare up as the dust settles. Halibel and Starrk both join you on the ground, the former facing you directly as the latter circles around behind you.

“Seems you can still cast spells,” Halibel muses. “I'm surprised though, you used such a low number. Does that mean you're still limited as well?”

Tenkotsuki whispers something in the back of your mind, as if trying to keep the information hidden from your opponents. “You still have all four tails remaining.”

“Why are you whispering, dumbass?” Rosa groans.

“It seemed appropriate.”

>Use a stronger spell, see what happens
>Call it a day, you've seen how you all stack up
>Continue experimenting a little
>Other?

>>41442226
>Continue experimenting a little

>>41442226
>Continue experimenting a little
Ayup

>>41442226
>Continue experimenting a little

>>41442226
>Continue experimenting a little

I'm going to push the button.

>>41442226
>>Call it a day, you've seen how you all stack up

>>41442226
>continue experimenting
[scinetific method intensifies]

>>41442226
>Use a stronger spell, see what happens

>>41442226
>Continue experimenting a little

>>41442226
>Continue experimenting a little

lets try quad casting some small spells. Say 2 bindings, 1 offensive and a flash spell?

Can she move the tails as extra limbs? Because if it's cheap that could be a gamebreaker.

>>41442226
>>Use a stronger spell, see what happens

>>41442226
>>Continue experimenting a little
'Tis the spice of life.

3d10, DC at 5 and 7.

Rolled 3, 6, 2 = 11 (3d10)

>>41442647

Rolled 3, 8, 9 = 20 (3d10)

>>41442647

Rolled 3, 10, 2 = 15 (3d10)

>>41442647

Rolled 4, 5, 6 = 15 (3d10)

>>41442647

Rolled 3, 6, 9 = 18 (3d10)

>>41442647

>>41442682
FUCK YES! YOU FUCKING ROCK MY DICE!

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>>41442647
“Try casting a higher level spell,” Tenkotsuki suggests.

Rosa scoffs. “Forget that, you should learn to use your hollowfication better.”

“Nobody asked you, Rosa,” Tenkotsuki sighs.

You shrug, refusing to take sides for now.

“Nobody asked either of you,” you point out. “How about I do this?”

As Starrk and Halibel charge you from opposite sides you allow Starrk's blade to slice into your side while you parry Halibel's weapon right at the habaki near the base of Tenkotsuki's right-hand blade, allowing it to come to rest there for a moment. Their eyes both widen, trying to understand in that moment what you could be planning.

“Heian,” you mutter, willing the fires to blast out of the blood at your left ribs and from the blade of the sword in your right hand. Each blast is at roughly the same power, enough to cause painful burns to both Halibel and Starrk at once.

Halibel winces as she regains her balance, and Starrk rolls to his feet as his wrists sizzle.

“Not fair!” Lilynette shouts. “What the hell WAS that?”

You frown as you return Tenkotsuki's left blade to its sheath form, and exit Bankai. “That's enough. None of us are in a condition to keep this up.”

Halibel nods in agreement as her appearance slowly shifts. Her clothing returns as the hollow bones retreat, before she sheaths her sword. “Disturbing to think that such power as ours exists, is it not? I have never seen much reason to it.”

“There isn't a reason” Starrk counters after splitting from Lilynette, who collapses from exhaustion. The lanky arrancar scratches at his messy hair. “That feels better... anyhow, there's no reason for it. Some of us are just stupidly strong, that's all there is to it. It's a nuisance.”
(1/2)

>>41442826
“You lost one tail when you cast the spell in your right hand,” Tenkotsuki mentally informs you. “It seems exceeding a certain threshold while in Bankai limits your ability to use spells for the duration of the engagement.”

“Estigmas Reversion gets around that,” Rosa adds. “Probably because the reiatsu is in your blood. It can't be crushed or dispelled as easily that way.”

Speaking of which...

“What happens if I mix healing kidō into my blood?” you ask Rosa.

She pauses for several long seconds, during which the other arrancar arrive while you wait for an answer.

“Try it,” Rosa finally suggests.

“Some help you are,” you grumble, trying to will your own blood to become a focus for healing kidō. Oddly enough it seems to work, and your wounds begin to heal on their own.

“High-speed healing?” Apacci gawks. “No, it's kidō cast through your blood... scary.”

After a few moments you begin to turn to heal the burns you inflicted, only to be interrupted by the arrival of a familiar spiritual presence.

“Am I interrupting?” Rangiku asks playfully. “Seems like you were having a good time.”

>No, I'm done.
>How long were you here?
>Why are you here, and who's managing the Division?
>Other?

>>41442867
>No, I'm don-Why are you here, and who's managing the Division?

>>41442919
>motherly rant about responsibility intensifies

>>41442867
>No, I'm don-Why are you here, and who's managing the Division?

>>41442919
>>41442941
Second

>>41442867
I take it fluffball and Stairmaster decided to stop picking fights with us?

>>41442867
Did we teach Rangiku how to use Gargantas?

>>41442867
>No, I'm don-Why are you here, and who's managing the Division?

>>41442867
>>41442919
>>41442941
It is time to embarrass the daughteru.

>>41442941
Second

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>>41442997
After this, absolutely.

>>41443043
>>41442941
That would be kind of out there considering htat unlike canon Rangiku isn't that irresponsible.

>>41442867

seconding
>>41442919
followed by
>>41442941

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>>41442919
>>41442941
Both, this is going to be brilliant!

>>41443080
>>41443024
I bet Rangiku found Ice boy and used him as substitute. If this is the case:
>Rant at Ice boy.

>>41442999
I think Riku and Yoruichi did something to stabilize the doorway to this place from the HQ's underground training room's end. So at the very least, I think Rangiku would be allowed access to it.

>>41443124
Oh god i hope not, Fuck mister jobber shota, Hated him always, Don't want that fucker in our division

>>41443132
All Yoruichi did was lock the valley of souls in place. You still need a garganta to access it. Otherwise everyone in soul society would have just sensed that fight that we had. And aizen would have an easy time slipping in camera's

So why are people voting for Riku to do an out of character rant? Rangiku doesn't slack off in this quest.

>>41443243
It's not really OOC

>>41443124
Oh balls. If she tries to adopt him, I am going to be so disappointed.

>>41443260
Uhg dear god i hope not, King wouldn't do that to us right? RIGHT?

>>41443258
It's out of character when Rangiku isn't really a lazy person and actually does her work.
>>41443260
What's up with all the shiro hate? It's not his fault that Kishmoto hates him.

>>41443175
Eh the jobbernaugt isn't that bad when he isn't deluding himself into thinking he's a real captain.

>>41443260
It'd be hilarious to me. "Now I have a child to dump my boring responsibilities on to as well!"

>>41443290
>Kishimoto. Kek.

>>41443290
>>41443312
Uhg he's just a bad character all in all

>>41443283
I like him personally. He's just too young for his job because the captain who was supposed to train him went awol and he had to take the job before he was really ready. That, and he has bad luck drawing powerful opponents.

>>41442867
“Nah, I was pretty much...” you begin, wiping the hollow mask from your face.

You pause for a moment, mentally reviewing what you're looking at. “If you're here, who's managing the Division HQ?”

“I left Tetsuzaemon in charge,” Rangiku waves her hand, seemingly dismissing your concern. “He wants to be a Lieutenant some day, so I figured let him try it out.”

“That's reckless!” you chide your daughter. “You have responsibilities as a Lieutenant, you should at least be there while he's getting used to it!”

Rangiku shrugs. “I also have a responsibility to grow stronger, don't I?”

“That... is actually a fair point,” you admit, returning your focus back to the task of healing the wounds you inflicted on Halibel and Starrk. “You could have waited until I got back though.”

“But I'm so close,” she whines. “Look!”

At Rangiku's side you can see a figure materialize: a shapely, cocky-looking young woman with red hair and cat ears. She's got a massive bust covered by pink fur, and a pink tail waving idly behind shapely pink hips. So this is Haineko?

“That's,” you frown. “Garish. I take it you're working on Bankai with my daughter?”

Haineko scowls. “That's the idea, old lady.”

“Old lady...” you repeat through gritted teeth. “Old... lady... I'll strangle you...”

“As if!” Haineko shoots back before sticking her tongue out at you.

Rangiku preempts your reply by cracking hre zanpakuto across her head. “It's Lady Riku, or Captain Kusajishi!” she barks. “Show some damned respect for once in your life, you insolent little pile of fluff! If you didn't act like such a rotten brat all the time maybe we could get something done!”

“And if you'd quit acting like such a boring old hag maybe you'd enjoy your life for once!” Haineko shouts back. This is absolutely the opposite of how you are with Tenkotsuki, making you wonder which case is the exception.
(1/2)

>>41443312
And now we have a new pretty boi for us to satisfy the hair ruffling.

>>41443390
No Gin is the only one you plebian

>>41443372
Oh boy time to deal with the family problems
so.
>We lecture rangiku about getting along with her sword spirit while tenkotsuki lectures haneko?

>>41443372
Heh, I guess Riku can't be lucky with all the cats that she meet.

>>41443372
>“And if you'd quit acting like such a boring old hag maybe you'd enjoy your life for once!”
Oh, she's going to be fun to deal with. For us, not for Riku.

>>41443372
“I've been working on Bankai for a while,” Rangiku explains to you, “but Haineko herself can be such a pain. I thought it might help to find a sparring partner.”

"Who's being a pain!?" Haineko yowls, while the arrancar continue to look on aghast.

"Being old is not a bad thing," Tenkotsuki counters as she manifests herself at your side, looking down her nose at Haineko's manifested spirit. "It just makes my Riku more dignified and graceful."

You sigh heavily. "You just called me old too, didn't you? Whose side are you even on?"

"I'd be happy to spar," Apacci interrupts before things can get even more out of hand. "Just so happens I've been doin' some thinkin'. Shinigami can use kidō, right? Well, let's see what an arrancar can do.”

>I'll be patching these two up. You should learn on your own anyhow.
>Wait until I'm through here, then you can start.
>I want to help you learn this stuff... come on, please?

>>41443515
>I want to help you learn this stuff... come on, please?
>"Smile" at Haineko....

>>41443515
>>I'll be patching these two up. You should learn on your own anyhow.

>>41443515
>>Wait until I'm through here, then you can start.
Damn go get drunk for bday And fm back to this. Awesome!!!!

>>41443515
>I want to help you learn this stuff... come on, please?

>>41443543
throw in an eye twitch and I back it

>>41443543
Second, This should be fun

>>41443515
>>I'll be patching these two up. You should learn on your own anyhow.

>>41443515
>>I want to help you learn this stuff... come on, please?

>>41443543
>>41443576
Agreed, Second

>>41443515
>Wait until I'm through here, then you can start.

>>41443543
Second

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This Haineko?

>>41443515
>>I'll be patching these two up. You should learn on your own anyhow.

>>41443515
>>Wait until I'm through here, then you can start.

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>>41443707
No this is

And people thought that Rangiku was just as lazy and irresponsible as she was in canon. Turns out she's not.

>>41443826
Tbh i never thought that, It was kinda just you thinking that people thought that mate

>>41443055
Honestly, I'm surprised the pair of them are still conscious. They are still conscious, right?

>>41443515
This could be troublesome. It's clear that Haineko is probably a very powerful sword, and Rangiku's done well in getting this far with her. Normally you'd have no problem leaving her to it while you heal your sparring partners, but Haineko's got such a rotten personality. She's irritating, and probably not very helpful. Rangiku could probably use the extra input from a more experienced shinigami, especially considering how dangerous Bankai training can be under the best of circumstances.

“You're thinking out loud, you old bat,” Haineko mutters mutinously.

You shrug. “I just want to help my daughter train... that won't be a problem, right?”

A smile that isn't really a smile but a threat, and a hand placed gently on the sheath of your sword, sliding it just ever so slightly free send a clear message: if Haineko injures your daughter, you'll beat her to within an inch of her life.

Haineko blanches. “Um... sure. That is... fine. Yeah.”

“Good. I'll be over in a minute.”

Halibel watches as Apacci leaves with Rangiku and Haineko, releasing her sword and gaining her horns and fur back. Rangiku for her part releases Haineko's blade into its dust form as the two turn and launch a flurry of attacks. It seems that Apacci is relying heavily on cero and bala, trying to stretch them into interesting shapes, while Rangiku is trying to compress some of Haineko's ashes back into the shape of a blade.

“Focus on the compression, not the orientation!” you shout, hoping that will prove to be a useful hint.

“It brings you pride, seeing your daughter grow so strong... doesn't it?” Halibel muses as the burns on her right arm fade. She's watching the fight as well from where she sits, though you get the impression you're focusing on different fighters. “Strange that I would feel so similarly towards Apacci.”

>Write-in

>>41443997
>"Time flies so fast...They grow up so quickly."
>Warm motherly smile

>>41443997
Very much so. And it isn't that strange for you to feel that towards apacci. You did look after her for a long time. Longer than I have raised Rangiku.

>>41444078
Second

>>41444059
>Riku doing a motherly smile
>Even OMG is scared

>>41443997
"I don't find it strange at all. The four of you were a family after all. Though I'd say the other two have potential as well."

>>41444059
Perfect.

>>41443997
>Write-in
"Who wouldn't? It's like you've imparted something precious upon them, and for this gift, they've fostered it into something great."

Maybe this'll resonate with Halibel. There's a comparison to be made with "filling up the absence" a hollow hole leaves to be made here, but I lack the wit to verbalize it properly.

>>41443997
"Not so strange. We're fairly similar, you and I. And the two of them... more than they'd admit."

>>41444141
Second

>>41444132
>>41444078
She might be saying that it's weird for her to have felt that way since she was a Hollow, and like every other hollow we've seen except the ones right in front of us are just full assholes.

>>41444078
>>41444141
Both of these

>>41443997

"It's not really that surprising. We both took in lost souls, protected, raised and trained them. You're as much as a mother to Apachi, Sung Sun and Mila Rose as I am to Rangiku..."

>>41444238
You forgot Gin

>>41443997
“They grow up so fast,” you muse, finding a smile tugging at the corners of your mouth. “It's not strange to feel like that towards your family.”

“Family?” Halibel asks, quietly surprised at your use of the word. “Yes. I suppose so. How strange indeed.”

“A Lieutenant, huh? You're hiding something, aintcha?” Apacci grins as she blasts away some of Haineko's ashes.

Rangiku smiles at her opponent. “There's a saying about the Ninth, from back during our deployment to France: our Commandos are Lieutenants, our Lieutenant is a Captain, and our Captain is a force of nature.”

“That so?” Apacci muses with mock thoughtfulness. “So this is all a normal Captain amounts to?”

“It's just a saying!” Rangiku frowns as she parries Apacci's knives with the dusty “blade” of her sword. “I'm not at that level yet.”

“Neither am I,” Apacci admits, standing back for a moment. “But if I can go beyond my instincts, maybe some day I'll catch Lady Halibel and Lady Riku. And this is the first step!”

Apacci slices deeply into her left palm with one of her knives, and raises it as Rangiku dashes backwards with a flash step.

“Gran Reina Cero!”

A bright blast of crimson energy whips at Rangiku, so powerful that it arcs back and forth as it distorts the space around it. But it tracks more or less true, forcing Rangiku to spread Haineko's ashes to defend herself.

“Do it!” Haineko shouts at her wielder. “Now or never, so just do it!”

The explosion when the Gran Reina Cero hits is massive, far larger than one of Apacci's normal ceros.
(1/2)

>>41444119
I don't know why but I can see OMG sweating bullets in a wide-eyed expression slowly backing away.
And it's funny.
but why?

>>41444396
>Uses the vote that didn't get the most votes
The fuck King? Seriously the fuck?
>>41444413
Because it's so OOC for Riku

>>41444425
Patience. Let the man finish his posts first.

>>41444425
>Because it's so OOC for Riku
The implication seems to be that Unohana is rubbing off on us.

>>41444540
Blech no thanks, I like Riku for how she is and not soft on the outside

>>41444396
"Now we're talking!" Apacci roars. "If you could do that, you shoulda done it from the start!"

As the smoke clears you see that Haineko's ashes have taken on a glittering, reflective quality. They must have scattered and dispersed the cero before it had a chance to hit Rangiku herself.

"My Bankai," Haineko practically purrs. "Byakkokiri. I almost thought I'd never see it. Every Japanese sword contains steel crystals, called nie, which shine like tiny stars. My Bankai compresses Rangiku's reiatsu into clouds of these crystals, and further compressing the crystals into a blade makes them truly deadly.”

Sure enough, Haineko's blade has become a silvery edge that flickers and dances like an open flame, without visibly reducing the amount of shining dust in the air around Rangiku.

"Hey, arrancar?" Rangiku asks, panting. "Your name is Apacci, right?"

"That's right," Apacci replies, delight etched into her face. "You wanna try that thing out?"

"At least once," Rangiku nods almost serenely. "Get ready."

Rangiku's assault is faster than you're used to seeing her. As she closes the distance between herself and Apacci she directs Haineko's ashes to lash out at her target. Apacci dodges expertly and fires a withering barrage of bala to disperse the clouds.

"I forgot to say," Haineko adds with a smug grin. "The clouds refract light as well as reiatsu. Sorry."

At that moment Rangiku briefly disappears from view, and even your ability to sense reiatsu briefly loses track of her.
(2/3)

>>41444576
"You've looked out for Apacci longer than I've had Rangiku," you muse quietly to Halibel as Apacci turns to intercept Rangiku's strike. "You have a lot to be proud of."

The dust begins to settle, and the clouds of Byakkokiri's crystals hang low to the ground like a creeping white mist. Rangiku and Apacci are both still standing, seemingly unharmed.

"I don't have anything that impressive," Apacci admits. "But I can harden my reiatsu into a big slab to use as a shield. I call it Escudo... good thing too. If that'd hit me I'd have been toast."

"It was impressive enough," Rangiku allows as Haineko's blade continues to dance and flicker. "To stop an attack like that, it must be a technique worth using. Did you create it yourself?"

"Yeah, after seeing your Captain fight a few times."

>That's enough. You'll have plenty of time to hone those skills.
>You kids play nicely, I have things to do.
>Write-in?

>>41444749
>My turn now! Both of you attack me together!

>>41444749
>>You kids play nicely, I have things to do.

>>41444749
>>You kids play nicely, I have things to do.

>>41444749
>That's enough. You'll have plenty of time to hone those skills.
Rest and reflecting on ones' breakthroughs is important too, as mundane as it is.

>>41444749
>That's enough. You'll have plenty of time to hone those skills.

>>41444749
>>You kids play nicely, I have things to do.
We should probably check on Tetsuzaemon.

>>41444749
>>That's enough. You'll have plenty of time to hone those skills.

>>41444749
>That's enough. You'll have plenty of time to hone those skills.
>"Maybe next time we can set this up like a play-date for you kids."

>>41444749
>That's enough. You'll have plenty of time to hone those skills.

>>41444749
“That's enough, you two,” you call out sternly. “It's important to rest up and review how you did if you want to improve.”

The two fighters stand down, following your lead. Haineko disappears, and her blade reverts to normal while Apacci returns to her normal state as well. “That was good,” Rangiku bows gratefully as Apacci scratches her ear.

“Eh, I wouldn't mind doing it again some time,” Apacci replies, trying not to sound too eager.

“Maybe we could do some girly stuff?” Rangiku suggests. “It'd shut my sword up, too.”

“Don't push it.”

“There anything you need?” you ask as you turn to re-open a garganta out of the valley of screams. “I shouldn't be gone nearly so long this time, so if you want me to pick anything up for you name it.”

“Some more incense would be nice,” Halibel muses.

Starrk nods quietly. “A hammock would be nice.”

“You don't need help bein' lazy,” Lilynette briefly stirs before rolling over to go back to sleep. She's certainly one to talk.

“Consider it done.”

>Roll me 1d2, taking the second roll.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>41445178

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>41445178

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>41445178

Hahahaha

>>41445219
was hoping for our lucky number...

>>41445269
Yoruichi is busy sleeping

>>41445269
>>41445316
It didn't work that way, it was a strict "yes/no" sort of thing. And the answer was yes.

What's the roll for?

>>41445355
if Aizen knows everything that just happened

>>41445440
What? Really? Fucking goddamnit!

>>41445496
Dude it's a fucking troll. Unless that happens to be queen saying that you should ignore it.

“Captain!” Tetsuzaemon roars as he sprints towards you, before leaping into the air and coming down on his knees. He slides to a stop in a prostrated position before you. “While left in charge of HQ I was approached by Captain Shihōin, and shamefully could not tell her where you were! So I was forced to allow her to leave without meeting with you! My deepest apologies, ma'am, I will gladly rectify matters by...”

“That won't be needed, Tetsuzaemon,” you growl. “Anything else to report?”

“Nothing of consequence, ma'am!” he barks towards the ground at your feet.

“What did Yoruichi want?”

“Something about a dinner at the Shiba household, ma'am!”

“What about me?” Rangiku asks, pointing at herself.

“Sadly you were not invited, Lieutenant!”

Ah, so that's it. You figured Kaien would want to hold a celebration for your adoption so that you could meet the other important members of the Shiba clan. Good thing Tenkotsuki cleaned your uniform up for you, and that your kyara wood beads have masked the faint smell of sweat.

“I was told a palanquin would arrive for you soon!” Tetsuzaemon continues.
>Yeah, that's not happening. I'll walk.
>I'll go with Yoruichi. That way I won't have to feel stupid alone.
Also,
>My son and daughter are coming along, regardless of whether Kaien invited them.
>Rangiku, it'll probably be boring anyway. You won't miss much.

>>41445552
>>Yeah, that's not happening. I'll walk.
>My son and daughter are coming along, regardless of whether Kaien invited them.

>>41445552
>Yeah, that's not happening. I'll walk.
>My son and daughter are coming along, regardless of whether Kaien invited them.

>>41445552
>Tetsuzaemon roars as he sprints towards you, before leaping into the air and coming down on his knees.
Impressive, give him props for that

>>41445552
>Yeah, that's not happening. I'll walk.
>My son and daughter are coming along, regardless of whether Kaien invited them.
>>41445577
This aswell, It really is bloody cool how he can do that

>>41445552
>I'll go with Yoruichi. That way I won't have to feel stupid alone.
also seconding >>41445577 give him props for that entrance.

>>41445552
>Tetsuzaemon roars as he sprints towards you, before leaping into the air and coming down on his knees. He slides to a stop in a prostrated position before you.
Man has style. I'll give him that.
>>I'll go with Yoruichi. That way I won't have to feel stupid alone.
>>My son and daughter are coming along, regardless of whether Kaien invited them.

>>41445577
no matter what wins, this.

>>41445552
>Yeah, that's not happening. I'll walk.
>My son and daughter are coming along, regardless of whether Kaien invited them.
Yeah no way in hell we ain't goin without Gin and Rangiku

>>41445552
>Yeah, that's not happening. I'll walk.
>My son and daughter are coming along, regardless of whether Kaien invited them.

>>41445552
“Nice entrance, by the way,” you nod quietly.

“You flatter me too much!” Tetsuzaemon shouts in response, lowering his head so quickly and deeply he smacks it into the floor.

You don't really like the idea of being treated like nobility, so your response is fairly clear. “I don't need to be carted around like some helpless princess with tiny feet,” you sigh, scratching the back of your neck. “But do me a favor and send a message to Lieutenant Ichimaru. Tell him that if he doesn't show up at Shiba Kaien's home I'll box his ears in. Rangiku, clean up and meet me in front of the barracks.”

“But I thought...” she begins, frowning.

“I'll hear no objections,” you reply firmly. “When they adopted me they adopted the two of you as well.”

“What should I tell the litter-bearers, ma'am?” Tetsuzaemon asks in confusion, lifting his head to address you.

“Don't know, don't care. Tell them they have the night off or something.”

When you finally arrive at the gates to Shiba Kaien's manor home, you find Yoruichi waiting for you in a formal kimono with four layers, over which she wears her Captain's haori: same as your current dress. It even comes with a matching hairpiece. Rangiku is only wearing two layers, which is probably more comfortable anyway.

“I see you got the message from Iba?” Yoruichi muses playfully. “Good. Did he try to cut his stomach open at all?”

“He offered,” you admit.

Yoruichi sighs. “That guy's too damn serious. He'll either make a good Lieutenant or worry himself into an early grave...”

The older noblewoman pauses mid-sentence to lean closer to you, sniffing the air gently. “You smell like you've been fighting.”

“Is it that obvious?”

“Not at all. I just know these things.”

Rangiku shakes her head. “That's creepy.”

“I always thought so as well,” Gin agrees.
(1/2)

>>41445900
>Rangiku shakes her head. “That's creepy.”
>“I always thought so as well,” Gin agrees.
Aw she even creeps Gin out!

>>41445900
Rangiku panics for a few seconds after having Gin sneak up behind her unannounced, and is forced to straighten her kimono after all the fuss is through. “Sorry, sorry!” Gin apologizes with a smile. “I wasn't tryin' to be sneaky or nothin', I swear!”

You can tell he's lying, and that he got a kick out of that reaction.

“So you came after all?” Rangiku asks, her tone perhaps a bit more somber than she intended.

Gin nods. “Of course. I always thought my ears were one of my finer features, so I'd hate to put them at risk.”

“Well then, that's everyone,” Yoruichi nods. “Good. Now we can go inside.”

Several retainers are ready at the gate to escort you in through the front gardens. They favor Gin and Rangiku with strange looks, but a quick glare from you silences any opposition they may have had to your uninvited companions. Gin looks especially out of place in his regular uniform, which may actually be the nicest set of clothing he owns when you think about it. There's a special corner for zanpakuto to be set aside in as well, where you feel obliged to leave Tenkotsuki. Even in the other room, though, you can feel her in your mind.

Inside the parlor room of Kaien's home you see Isshin, your new brother by adoption, as well as Kūkaku and her younger brother Ganju. Kaoru steps in not long after you arrive, greeting you warmly before Kaien and a young woman you've never met follow suit. She looks like a kindly woman, but her musculature and reiatsu mark her as at least a seated officer.

Kaien waves you towards the table.

“Now that we're all here,” the messy-haired young man greets you, “we can start! Welcome to our newest member, Kusajishi Riku, and... who are these two?”

“My adopted kids,” you reply before either has a chance to say anything. “Ichimaru Gin and Matsumoto Rangiku. I brought them along to meet our new family.”

You make sure to put an extra emphasis on “our”.
(2/3)

>>41446066
>Warn the chef that you eat as much as Yoruichi does when you're hungry. He should know.
>Try to eat as little as possible, to be on your best behavior.
>Other?

>>41446088
>Warn the chef that you eat as much as Yoruichi does when you're hungry. He should know.

>>41446088
>Warn the chef that you eat as much as Yoruichi does when you're hungry. He should know.
God i feel bad for the chefs....Also it'd be weird not to infront of Kukaku since we've hung out with her with Yoru

>>41446088
>Try to eat as little as possible, to be on your best behavior.
but just in case
>Warn the chef that you eat as much as Yoruichi does when you're hungry. He should know.

>>41446088
>Warn the chef that you eat as much as Yoruichi does when you're hungry. He should know.

>>41446088
>>Warn the chef that you eat as much as Yoruichi does when you're hungry. He should know.

>>41446088
>Warn the chef that you eat as much as Yoruichi does when you're hungry. He should know.

>>41446088
>>Warn the chef that you eat as much as Yoruichi does when you're hungry. He should know.

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>>41446088
“Fair warning,” you continued, “I can eat as much as Yoruichi after a hard workout.”

Isshin and Kūkaku exchange a knowing glance. “Maybe someone should warn the cook to just clear out the pantry, then,” Isshin nods, waving to a servant to relay the message.

“But there's enough food in there to last a week,” Kaien frowns. Clearly he's never seen Yoruichi eat.

Isshin scratches lightly at his stubble. “Not with those two in the house there isn't. In fact I'm worried it might not be enough. That poor bastard's gonna be busy.”

“I'm sure it'll be fine,” Yoruichi waves her hand with a wide grin. “Why don't we sit?”

“Yes!” Kaien quickly agrees to the new topic. “By the way, this is my girlfriend, Miyako. We've left you the seat at the head of the table, Captain Shihōin.”

“Pleased to meet you, Lady Shihōin,” Miyako greets her boyfriend's guests with a practiced bow. “And pleased to meet you, Lady Kusajishi. Or should that be Shiba now?”

“Kusajishi is more familiar,” you admit, taking a seat across from Isshin and the door, with Miyako next to him on your right.

“You honor me too much, Kaien,” Yoruichi raises a hand and insists pleasantly. “I'll sit here, next to Riku. After all, you're the head of this house, right?”

Kaien doesn't try to argue: after all, it's Yoruichi's right to deny the position of greatest honor at the table. He seems to think it's just a trivial matter, but Kūkaku cocks a knowing eyebrow at Yoruichi as she sits next to you on your left. Gin takes a position to your immediate right, forced into a seat by Rangiku on his opposite side.

>Try to engage in light conversation?
>Ask about what the Shiba clan does, and what sort of unique abilities they have?
>Try and figure out the current political situation in the Seireitei?
>Other?

>>41446345
>>Ask about what the Shiba clan does, and what sort of unique abilities they have?

>>41446345
>Try to engage in light conversation?
>Ask about what the Shiba clan does, and what sort of unique abilities they have?

>>41446345
>>Try to engage in light conversation?

>>41446345
>>Try to engage in light conversation?

>>41446345
>Ask about what the Shiba clan does, and what sort of unique abilities they have?

>>41446345
>Try to engage in light conversation?
keep things light, a heavy conversation would spoil the taste in the grand feast the chef would bring.

>>41446345
>Try to engage in light conversation?

>>41446345
>Try to engage in light conversation?
A bit of banter exchange with "Uncle" Isshin and "Li'l Sis" Kaoru to kick things off.

BTW, who's Isshin's new Lt. after Rangiku transferred to our command?

>>41446345
You've never been great at this sort of thing, but you figure now would be the most appropriate time for what normal people call “small-talk”.

“So, Kaien's found himself a woman?” you ask the young head of the house, who's caught a little off guard by your relaxed manners. “She seems nice. You're a lucky guy.”

“Yeah...” he falters. “I'm sorry, I didn't realize you had children.”

“No big deal,” you reassure him. “They may just be adopted, but they're a part of my family. You've been kind to accept them so far.”

“Now they're a part of our family as well,” Kaein replies, this time a little more firmly. It seems like when the facade of procedure and etiquette comes down, he's a much more confident person.

“I get the feeling you've been standing on ceremony,” you continue as Gin and Isshin fall into a discussion about some new genius at the Academy. Apparently his growth has been compared not too unfavorably to yours and Gin's: a boy with white hair and an ice-type zanpakuto.

Kaien nods, and breathes a sigh of relief. “You noticed, huh? Sorry, but I kinda suck at that sort of routine.”

“Then cut it out,” you sigh as well. “I always found it too tiring to bother with.”

“So that's why you had your Fourth Seat tell the palanquin team I sent for you to take the afternoon off?” he grins.

“What else were they gonna do?”

“Fair point.”

Yoruichi seems pleased that the formalities are already starting to crumble away as the first dishes begin to arrive.
(1/2)

>>41446617
>Apparently his growth has been compared not too unfavorably to yours and Gin's
hopefully his jobbing is unique then

>>41446617
>a boy with white hair and an ice-type zanpakuto.
urge to ruffle ice boy's hair........rising...

>>41446650
Indeed
>>41446663
>Wanting to adopt that shitty jobber and awful character
Piss off

>>41446663
Hitsugaya a shit. worst potential daughteru, make Byakuya be a better brother to Rukia instead

>>41446694
but what if under our influence he develops as a character that is interesting and that doesn't just disappoint in fights

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>>41446617
After an hour and a half or so you and Yoruichi are the only ones still eating. She and Kūkaku are chatting amicably with Kaien about more Noble clan nonsense, seemingly agreeing on the fact that it's pretty much all stupid bickering, while Isshin seems to be trying to get Gin drunk with a surprising degree of success. Rangiku has fallen into conversation with Miyako, and they seem to have a lot to talk about. Meanwhile, Kaoru has been talking to you a lot about the Shiba clan's history and role in the Soul Society.

"The cool part is what we can do with fireworks and earth magic!" she exclaims. "I can teach you a few techniques if you'd like; Seppa, and cannon-aiming techniques, that sort of stuff. Though Kūkaku is better than I am at the latter."

"So, like fireworks? Or actual cannons?" you ask.

"Yes," Kaoru jokes a little drunkenly. "But seriously, the cannon stuff is important. We operate the only way the Royal Guard's got to get back to the Palace."

"They have to get shot out of a cannon?" you ask. "That's incredible!"

"And don't you go tellin' anyone about it neither," Kūkaku growls. "Nobody's supposta know, but since yer a Shiba now, what the hell. It's a big freakin' cannon, too. I'll show ya some time."

Without warning, you have a visitor: it's Suí Fēng, and she looks angry. She leans over to whisper something to Yoruichi, who seems to be suppressing a snarl.

"Find him and bring him back to HQ. I'll be there in a few minutes."

"What's wrong?" Kaien asks.

"Afraid that business calls," Yoruichi replies. "I'll be back later though, if that's alright.

>See you then.
>I'm coming too.
>Is it bad?
>Other

>>41446793
>>I'm coming too.
>>Is it bad?

>>41446793
>I'm coming too.
>Is it bad?

>>41446793
>>See you then.

>>41446793
>Is it bad?
>I'm coming too

>41446793
>Is it bad?

>>41446793
>>I'm coming too.
>>Is it bad?

>>41446793
>Is it bad?
>Other
Is it one of the rebel prisoners?

And speaking of fireworks and cannons, I kinda noticed that Ururu's anti-Hollow weapon is reminiscent of those traditionally made Japanese fireworks launchers (look up Arai Hand Cannon for reference).
I do wonder if Hats drew inspiration for it from the Shibas in the first place.

>>41446793
“Is it bad?” you ask.

“Very.”

“Then I'm coming too.”

“That'd be good.”

After you grab Tenkotsuki, Yoruichi leads you out the door. Her flash steps are no less impressive than ever, threatening to leave even you behind as she cuts a path over houses and walls to get to the Maggots' Nest. When you arrive it's obvious that something is wrong. There are guards from the First Unit standing around the outside, and the gate has been slashed open. Inside the scene is grisly: every single prisoner inside has been brutally murdered, and left in what has grown almost into a single, room-spanning pool of blood. Some lie with their entrails spread across the floor, while others are missing limbs. A few have had their heads cleanly split open.

“And the most recent batch of prisoners?” Yoruichi asks Suí Fēng, who has only now caught up with the two of you. “The surrendered rebels?”

“They were being kept here too,” the Lieutenant responds with a frown. “They're all here... and over there... and a little bit over there.”

“Damn it all.”

>3d10, DC 6

As you step back outside into the fresh air, you can see a group of about twenty or so Onmitsu who have been gathered together by their peers. At the center is a man without a mask: presumably a Unit Commander of some sort.

“These are the men who should have been on duty when the incident occurred, Sui Feng?” Yoruichi asks. “The Third Unit Commander included?”

“Yes, Executive,” Suí Fēng bows.

“Very well, then. I'll do this myself.”

>Stay her hand?
>It's her unit. You know how this works.

>>41446793
>Is it bad?

mixed with, if she refuses to tell or if it is REALLY bad

>I'm coming too

Rolled 8, 1, 6 = 15 (3d10)

>>41447060

Rolled 8, 4, 6 = 18 (3d10)

>>41447060
Investigation rolls! Sure missed these.

Rolled 7, 2, 7 = 16 (3d10)

>>41447060
>It's her unit. You know how this works.

>>41447060
>>It's her unit. You know how this works.

>>41447080
>>41447060
Forgot to add the vote.

>It's her unit. You know how this works.

>>41447060
>It's her unit. You know how this works.
but reminder her what we suspect of Aizens ability

>>41447060
>>It's her unit. You know how this works.

>>41447060
>It's her unit. You know how this works

Riku notices two things: first is that there are no traces of reiatsu at the scene that could be considered "unusual". This means that either someone covered their tracks very well, or that the assailant was so powerful they blew away all trace reiatsu during the attack, without themselves being noticed.

The second fact is that the two rebel shinigami that Yoruichi and Riku interrogated are nowhere to be found, and there's no evidence of them having been removed by force.

>>41447131
Welp better inform Yoruichi of this