>>42456738
It's back, boys.

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>>42456738
Starrk is a different case altogether, as he's politely refused to spar with you again since 1923. You have however surmised that his weapons are an extension of his soul rather than an application of cero, explaining how your Bankai didn't wipe them out. Dangerous for him, and it leaves you wondering what else about his power he hasn't explained to you.

The “Rikugun”, as Ninth Division's members have seemingly taken to calling it, is in good shape. You've been maintaining their strict training regimen and duty rotation to ensure this time of relative stability doesn't cause their skills to rust, and it's paid off. Morale is at an all-time high even as the number of escort and guard missions has steadily increased due to deepening cooperation between your subordinates and the Onmitsukidō and Kidō Corps.

Your Commandos have fractured however, since Tetsuzaemon was offered a chance last year to serve under the new Captain of Twelfth Division, Komamura Sajin. You know nothing about the Captain, but you couldn't deny Tetsuzaemon his long-held goal. He still visits you and your officers when he can. Ichinose has been considering a similar move, and has caught the attention of your adoptive sister Kaoru. Kai and Mirai seem firmly dedicated to their roles in Ninth Division: despite the fact that they'd clearly be successful if they decided to accept a promotion, they seem to have no desire to serve anywhere else.

Rangiku is in peak form, having somehow grown into a true Captain-level shinigami without anyone else noticing. That's the way your daughter seems to want it, as she's never shared with you any sort of aspirations to become a Captain herself. It's not a lack of ambition, you figure, but that she simply holds a different goal than Tetsuzaemon: and so you've kept her Bankai a secret for her even as she's continued to sharpen her skill with it.
(2/4)

>>42456738
cut aizen some slack, god damn. he did nothing wrong.

>>42456772
I won't believe it 'til the thread's saging.

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>>42456777
As for your adoption, things have finally begun to feel more real to you. Today for example you've been invited to an “informal” meeting among nobles: Ginrei and Byakuya are to host, and Yoruichi, Yūshiro, and Isshin will be joining you for sure. You've heard that a few lesser nobles will be there as well, largely to accompany the more “important” guests, and Kaoru has expressed an interest if she's free.

The gentle scratching of a finished record alerts you to how long your mind has wandered, bringing you abruptly back to the present. Right on time a quiet sliding sound of wood on wood behind you announces Yoruichi's arrival. You lift the arm of the record player and switch the machine off.

“Hope I didn't keep you long, took a while to finish my hair,” Yoruichi muses as she slides the door shut after her. Sure enough, her Captain's haori is complimented today by a hairpiece that's fit more for the Shihōin princess than the Executive of the Onmitsukidō, with an arch of bluebell flowers and a single pink rose. She's really taking this meeting seriously.

“Live flowers are such a pain.”

You shrug calmly. “With the Yūreitsūro working right, you'd have time to braid a whole viewing garden into your hair... so that's not why you're late. You were really off pounding knots into you-know-who's skull this morning, weren't you?”

“Caught me,” she grins, making no further effort to hide the fact that she spent the morning catching up with Kisuke in the world of the living. “But still, ain't this convenient? Being able to step out of my room and into yours?”

“Once we got the design right,” you smirk, remembering how it took nearly a year of trial and error to secretly craft a hidden, permanent portal even with your combined skills at kidō barriers and portals. “Worth it, though.”

“I agree,” Yoruichi sighs, perching softly on the edge of your desk. “How else would I get such lovely massages after work?”
(3/4)

>>42456804
Get out, Right now.

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>>42456808
You shrug. “You could always ask Suí Fēng.”

“Right, 'cause I can see that happening!” Yoruichi snorts. “Poor girl's still stiffer than my back is.”

“I thought you said she'd been improving?”

“That's with the 'improvement'.”

You wince and quickly change the subject. “What's the topic today?”

Yoruichi swings her legs playfully as she pretends to ponder the question. “Probably has something to do with that League of Blood.” Not this crap again... you've learned nobles love talking about human politics, and the Japanese ultranationalist movements have been an endless source of interest for seemingly every one of them but you. Something about an Imperial Army faction attempting two putsches with so few repercussions always struck you as sickening rather than intriguing.

“Even the name sounds like it was ripped from a manga or something,” you observe bitterly. “And not from a kibyōshi... more like the trashy ones.”

Your partner in crime pushes off your desk, landing lightly on her feet. “Come on, you know that fussing over politics is all the fun these nobles get to have. Not everyone can command a Division for a living.”

>Let's head for the Kuchiki manor, start in with our hosts early
>We should kill some time, get there exactly on schedule
>We may be able to catch Isshin or Shunsui early if we go now
>Other?

>>42456831
>>We may be able to catch Isshin or Shunsui early if we go now

>>42456831
>We should kill some time, get there exactly on schedule

>>42456831
>We should kill some time, get there exactly on schedule
Cats are supposed to be lazy!

>>42456831
>>We should kill some time, get there exactly on schedule

>>42456831
>We should kill some time, get there exactly on schedule
This is certainly going to be an interesting outing.

>>42456859
They just know when and how to best expend their energy is all. Efficient.

>>42456831
>Let's head for the Kuchiki manor, start in with our hosts early

>We may be able to catch Isshin or Shunsui early if we go now

>>42456831
>>We should kill some time, get there exactly on schedule

>>42456738
And now comes the update. Will continue when my computer decides it's ready, because writing a full update on my phone would be suffering.

>>42456831
>We may be able to catch Isshin or Shunsui early if we go now

>>42456933
Good luck, hope it doesn't crash and burn on you!

>>42456831
>>We may be able to catch Isshin or Shunsui early if we go now

>>42456933
I hope that goes well!

>>42456954
It's Microsoft, anon! What could our benevolent overlords do that would hurt me?

>>42456831
dat ikkaku with a cat!Yorichi nonchalant pawing his nose. Being a cat owner I can relate when my cat does that, but why is it so adorable?

>>42456997
Hope you crossed yourself after posting that kind of jinx.

>>42457009
Paws without claws are naturally adorable.

>>42456738
>Duke Ellington
>Jazz
Riku taste in music I approve.
Does she prefer Jazz over Traditional Japanese music? Or is she the oddball among the nobles?

>>42457081
Well I mean she's not really Japanese so good taste in music is hoped for.

And my router continues to screw me. So I'll be back when I get that sorted.

>>42456808
Yoru's hairpiece sounds real pretty Riku hairdressing fun when?

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>>42457122
NEVER! I honestly like the ponytail look tbh.

>>42456831
>>Let's head for the Kuchiki manor, start in with our hosts early


Fuck yeah, SSQ is back.

>>42457143
Well it's not like fancy hairdos are meant for everyday fashion, anon.

>>42457146
Save for the technical difficulties it's experiencing.

>>42457216
Which should be solved now.
>updating?

>>42457543
Hooray!

>>42457543
Let's hope!

>>42457543
Huzah! If we're talking politics we should mention that the anti treaty faction are idiots, because one look at the relative economies should show them that they couldn't possibly win an arms race with the US.

>>42456831
“Still, there's no rush,” you observe calmly, after the realization that you still had some time before the scheduled meeting would ACTUALLY get started. And if it came down to it and the head of the Shihōin clan was a little late they wouldn't be able to start anyway. “Let's take it slow.”

Yoruichi shrugs before leaping from your open window to a lower roof, her body flickering as her unreasonable speed carries her out across the Seireitei. It takes you a moment to catch her up at your 'relaxed' pace, which still manages to make ordinary Shinigami look like they're stationary.

“I'm surprised you didn't use a cactus flower,” you taunt, looking her elaborate hairpiece over and wondering how it's even staying in place.

She chuckles to herself as her sandal lands ever so lightly on the head of what appears to be a shaved and waxed head for a splinter of a second. “Couldn't find one on short notice.”

“Figures you'd have looked.”

The shinigami whose head she stepped on is left to crane his head in search of what just brushed against him, but he eventually continues on whatever business he was on.

By the time you arrive at the Kuchiki manor you can tell that the other guests are starting to stream in through the front entrance, which is a leisurely stroll from where you can feel Byakuya's and Lord Ginrei's reiatsu. A blonde couple with an equally blonde young son stand near a few members of the Omaeda family, which in turn seem to be following Shunsui. Your fellow Captain seems absorbed in a jovial discussion with the Omaeda patriarch Marenoshin.

>Invite yourself directly into the room where the Kuchikis are waiting
>Go in through the front, but don't make a scene
>Go in the front, talk to [write-in]
>Make a show of it for once, at least for the other nobles

>>42457769
>Go in through the front, but don't make a scene

>>42457769
>on the head of what appears to be a shaved and waxed head
On the crown. That's what I get for going on hiatus for so long.

>>42457769
>>Invite yourself directly into the room where the Kuchikis are waiting

>>42457769
>>Go in through the front, but don't make a scene

>>42457769
>>Make a show of it for once, at least for the other nobles

>>42457769
>>Make a show of it for once, at least for the other nobles

>>42457769
>Make a show of it for once, at least for the other nobles
Sounds fun!

>>42457769
>Invite yourself directly into the room where the Kuchikis are waiting

>>42457769
>Go in through the front, but don't make a scene

>>42457769
>Go in through the front, but don't make a scene

That should make Byakuya paranoid. Entering normally, like everyone else? There must be some elaborate scheme or prank in motion...

>>42457769
>Make a show of it for once, at least for the other nobles

>>42457769
Deleting old vote here>>42457815
>Go in through the front, but don't make a scene

>>42457769
>Go in through the front, but don't make a scene
>>42457885
You've convinced me

>>42457769
>Go in through the front, but don't make a scene
>>42457885
BRILLIANT!

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Stayed up all night for this, Totally worth it!

>>42457986
W-why not just sleep early and get up for the thread, anon?

>>42458004
THAT'S THE COWARDS WAY ANON!

>>42457769
>>Go in through the front, but don't make a scene

>>42457986

Burn Bright, Burn Well anon. Let the world feel your flame before it is forever lost...

>>42458028
>>42458004
The neckbeard way.

We need only our rage to fuel us.

Next time you're getting tired, just go into a board you hate and watch what they do. Sperg out. Let the hate flow through you.

You'll be downright peppy after that.

>>42458107
But...I can just go to sleep...

>>42458107
I have honestly done this to help me pull all nighters before.

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>>42457769
“You know what would really mess with Byakuya's mind?” you whisper to your partner.

Yoruichi flashes you an almost predatory grin. “Going in through the front like normal people?”

“Don't you love it?”

“I really do,” she agrees.

And so, the two of you stroll in through the front entrance without fanfare, though the members of the lower families clear out pretty quickly to let you through. Shunsui however gives you an almost lecherous smile and a wave, which you return in the most polite and “normal” manner you can manage... a feat that even seems to shock your fellow Captains. Normally he could have expected an elbow in the eye for making that sort of obscene face, and in fact you almost think that's the response he wanted.

“Well that's funny,” he mumbles to himself as you pass, scratching idly at his stubble. “Was it somethin' I said?”

Eventually you make your way to the appropriate room, where Ginrei welcomes you warmly to the low table and comfortable seating in the center. All around the walls are seats for members of the lesser nobility who will be in attendance, with each family provided space behind their respective patrons. Yoruichi is seated directly across from you, while as her Lieutenant and a fellow member of the nobility Suì Fēng has been permitted to sit next to and immediately behind her. The Omaedas are seated against the wall behind them. As a Captain and member of a vassal to your own new house Shunsui is sitting to your left, while Byakuya and Ginrei sit across the table and further down. The blonde family sits behind you, while Isshin eventually occupies the seat to your immediate right after a warm, familial greeting. A white-haired man among several other strangers sits behind the Kuchikis.

>Ask about the intent behind the arrangement?
>There are a few faces missing...
>Just go ahead and dive into the discussion
>Other?
Subtly flirt with Yoruichi?

>>42458218
>>There are a few faces missing...

>>42458218
>There are a few faces missing...
>Subtly flirt with Yoruichi?
Do you even have to ask? OF COURSE!

>>42458218
>>There are a few faces missing...
>>Subtly flirt with Yoru

>>42458218
>Ask about the intent behind the arrangement?
>Subtly flirt with Yoruichi
Why wouldn't we?

>>42458218
>>There are a few faces missing...
>>Subtly flirt with Yoruichi

>>42458218
>Observe Byakuya's reaction, see how worked up he gets
>There are a few faces missing...

>>42458218
>There are a few faces missing...
>Subtly flirt with Yoruichi?
Like there even is a choice on flirting.

>>42458218
>Ask about the intent behind the arrangement?
>There are a few faces missing...
So what's keeping Kuukaku and Kaien busy these days?

>>42458218
>There are a few faces missing...
>Subtly flirt with Yoruichi

>>42458218
Going out for a supermarket sammich, may be a minute or two late to update.

>>42458218
>There are a few faces missing...
>Subtly flirt with Yoruichi?

>>42458218
>Ask about the intent behind the arrangement?
>Subtly flirt with Yoruichi
You really had ot ask even?

>>42458218
>>There are a few faces missing...

>>42458312
Get something more substantial! Hot food is good for you!

>>42458218
>Ask about the intent behind the arrangement?
>Subtly flirt with Yoruichi

>Subtle
Riku

>>42458367
Riku can be subtle, anon!

>>42458387

We used to be a ninja, even.

>>42458367
Riku was an executive and Lt in the Onmitsukidō anon, She can be subtle as fuck.

>>42458367
>>42458387
>>42458399
>>42458409
They'll be so subtle, Even Riku and Yoru won't be sure if they actually flirted afterwards!

>>42458450
>Even Riku and Yoru won't be sure if they actually flirted afterwards!
I'm tempted to actually believe this.

>>42458495
>'Did our feet just touch by accident? I dunno...I kept looking away coyly when our eyes met so I couldn't tell what she was thinking, damn.'

>>42458521
>>42458495
>inb4 roll to subtly hide blush

>>42458218
>writing

>>42458543
We all know that would critfail, somehow.

Rolled 8, 2, 3 = 13 (3d10)

>>42458592
What? No.

>>42458611
Not the real roll, still a regular fail probably. It's inevitable!

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>>42458218
Your foot brushes gently against Yoruichi's under the table as you lean forward in feigned anticipation of the coming discussion, and she smiles at the fleeting contact... or is she smiling at something else? Trouble with subtlety here is that you're both so good at it. Eventually you had to learn that flirting with Yoruichi in public requires you to take the whole process on faith. But the brush you get in return seems to indicate that your intent was well understood, and you can't help but grin a little yourself.

“Jūshirō isn't here,” you observe rather lazily. “His illness acting up again?”

The man you presume to be Captain Ukitake's younger brother, or one of them at least, nods sternly. “Yes, ma'am. I'm afraid so.”

“Don't be so formal,” Yoruichi chides him. “You're acting like it's your first time at a Clan function.”

“It is, Lady Shihōin,” he replies nervously.

Yoruichi cocks an eyebrow. “That so? Well then, you're doing much better so far than some of your siblings.”

"I'll have to remember to see him when he's well again," you think aloud to yourself.

“Actually, it seems we're short a whole family,” Isshin adds as he too leans forward against his fists. “What gives?”

“You know as well as I, Isshin. That family does not like to be bothered,” Lord Ginrei answers indignantly. Come to think of it, you don't even know what that Clan's name is. They're simply not that relevant in day to day affairs, as you've learned, so much so that they may as well not exist.

Lord Ginrei continues after his frown eases. “Come to think of it, their representative is late.”

Just then, the door opens again to allow an all-too-familiar face to enter.

“My deepest apologies to everyone if I've kept you waiting.”

>Come on in, Captain Aizen. We were just getting started.
>You should know better than to keep us waiting, Sōsuke.
>You're late. Sit.
>Other?

>>42458733
>>You should know better than to keep us waiting, Sōsuke.
So to make up for it you brought your best tea. Right?

>>42458733
>>Come on in, Captain Aizen. We were just getting started.

no need to be rude...

>>42458733
>>You should know better than to keep us waiting, Sōsuke.

>>42458733
>>Come on in, Captain Aizen. We were just getting started.

>>42458733
>Come on in, Captain Aizen. We were just getting started.

>>42458733
>Come on in, Captain Aizen. We were just getting started.
Maximum polite

>>42458733
>You should know better than to keep us waiting, Sōsuke.

>>42458733
>Come on in, Captain Aizen. We were just getting started.

>>42458733
>Come on in, Captain Aizen. We were just getting started.
Remember guys, so polite it has byakuya twitching and sweating

>>42458916
WE WILL BE A MODEL GUEST.

>>42458733
>Other: Observe Byakuya's reaction.
>Come on in, Captain Aizen. We were just getting started.

>>42458733
>Come on in, Captain Aizen. We were just getting started.
Grumble grumble fucking Aizen

>>42458935
Politeness intensifies

>>42458943
I hear Grumble grumble has a huge cock.

Aizen is in for one hell of a ride.

>>42458733
“I take it you brought the usual compensation for your tardiness?” Ginrei growls.

Captain Aizen nods respectfully. “It's being brewed at this moment, Captain Kuchiki. You may expect it to be served shortly.”

As you've learned since being adopted into nobility the true definition of a “casual” event versus a “formal” event is the sort of tea service that may be expected. The most formal meetings are universally accompanied by a fully formal tea ceremony, while less formal events may be accompanied by informal tea served by waiting staff as is the case today. The least formal gatherings allow for the drinking of tea, sake, or even harder alcohol according to individual taste and or need. Needless to say whenever you're obliged to attend such gatherings you trend towards the harder stuff.

“We were just about to begin, Captain,” you say with a curt nod in the man's direction, and you're surprised at how well you manage to curb the vitriol at least for the moment. “Why don't you take a seat?”

Byakuya, who has been staring at you and Yoruichi in turn this whole time as if waiting for one of you to do something outrageous and possibly offensive, seems flummoxed. His inability to grasp the situation is of no small amusement to your partner, who simply smiles at him contentedly.

The discussion that follows the tea is a tired one.

“You know, three Colorado-class battleships is really too limiting to the United States,” Yoruichi observes in reference to the Naval Treaty signed by Japan after the Great War. “Comparatively speaking, Japan did well to keep the Nagato and Mutsu.”

>Aizen, you look like you have something to say.
>Kira, wasn't it? Speak up, boy.
>Doesn't mean the Empire will be happy with it.
>Other?

>>42459068
>>Doesn't mean the Empire will be happy with it.
>Aizen, you look like you have something to say.

>>42459068
>>Doesn't mean the Empire will be happy with it.

>>42459068
>Doesn't mean the Empire will be happy with it.

>>42459068
>Doesn't mean the Empire will be happy with it.
>Kira, wasn't it? Speak up, boy.

>>42459068
>Doesn't mean the Empire will be happy with it.

>>42459068
>Kira, wasn't it? Speak up, boy.

>>42459068
>>Doesn't mean the Empire will be happy with it.

>>42459068
>Kira, wasn't it? Speak up, boy.

>>42458998
Dohoho

>>42459068
>>Doesn't mean the Empire will be happy with it.
Of course, if they get into an arms race they'll lose badly.
>Bet Aizen that if the US and Japan go to war, the Japanese won't win a major naval battle more than 6 months in.

>>42459174
Fairly sure that's cheating. Lets do it anyway

>>42459207
Aizen always cheats, so it's fair.

>>42459174
Kek second.

>>42459068
>Doesn't mean the Empire will be happy with it.
With all the centuries of experience under their belt, at this point Yoru and Riku should pretty much just make a bet on how long anyone would adhere to the spirit of any treaty.

>Aizen, you look like you have something to say.

>>42459068
>>Other?
so whats everyone's bets for when the next big war will start?

>>42459068
“Wars shouldn't be fought with salt or rice,” you quote the warlord Kenshin from memory, “but to fight over those things? That's a different matter.”

Ginrei frowns, settling deeper into his cushion, seemingly sharing with you the conclusions his own mind has long since reached. “The next war won't be over pride. It'll be over iron, and oil, and rubber. Things industrial nations crave, and the very things Japan has in painfully short supply.”

"That's why Japan is going to break that treaty," you conclude. "The militant faction sees military development and spending as part and parcel to the growth of the nation."

“But the Japanese Empire has its own ambitions,” Suì Fēng observes. “It would injure national pride and interest to be denied those ambitions, would it not?”

“Even one wrongful death can make an otherwise reasonable cause seem foolish, Suì Fēng,” Yoruichi observes wearily. “Considering that fact is the responsibility that comes with having ambitions in the first place, and that consideration isn't even a factor to them right now. A lot of people will die for those national ambitions.”

You're fairly sure that was a shot directly at Captain Aizen, though nobody aside from the three of you seem to recognize it as such. Suì Fēng merely falls silent in consideration of her mentor's words.

“Is some degree of sacrifice not to be expected in pursuing great goals?” Aizen counters, continuing the conversation hidden within the one your fellow nobles can hear. “Should the value of the goal not determine how those sacrifices are to be weighed?”

>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?
>Disengage, take things back towards the topic at hand.
>Change the topic entirely?
>Other?

>>42459407
>>Disengage, take things back towards the topic at hand.

>>42459407
>>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?

>>42459407
>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?

>>42459407
>Disengage, take things back towards the topic at hand.
Sure we could counter, but there's no reason to play into his hand by doing so.

>>42459407
>>Disengage, take things back towards the topic at hand.

>>42459407
>>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?

>>42459407
>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?

>>42459407
>>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?
And who determines the value of the goals or if the sacrifice was worth it?

>>42459407
>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?
Should it really be up to the one pursuing the goal to put the sacrifices into the scale?

>>42459486

I'm curious to see what Aizen is thinking. We've had little contact with the man, so everything we know is second-hand. Sure, it most likely will be all bullshit, but it's possible to gain some insight.

Plus, he already knows us as a threat.

>>42459407
>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?

>>42459551
I'm more worried about everyone else at the table, to be honest.

>>42459407
>Change the topic entirely?
If we can. I don't have any great ideas though.

Oh god. Please don't let this happen. Please don't let the retarded paranoia towards Aizen start already.

>>42459609
It's not paranoia if you're right.

>>42459609
Aizen please go.

>>42459609
*Shadowrunning intensifies*

>>42459629

Yeah well, I want to move a bit on the Aizen issue. At least we can talk to the guy.

I'm still surprised we didn't blow the whole thing in the open decades ago, as it really isn't to our advantage to wait.

>>42459407
>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?
"But one must be careful of their means, because means can easily become ends in themselves, and all that is left is the atrocities they commit in the service of their supposedly noble goal."

>>42459654
We have no proof.

>>42459629
>>42459636
>>42459645
Actually it is. Queen has said several times that Aizen isn't all knowing and unstoppable.He's not going to somehow convince the people that we are talking to that we are breaking the laws or something silly like that.

>>42459664

We could have assassinated the fucker. Find out from Gin when he's alone, and go all ninja on him while he's sleeping or something.

Or when he's on a Hueco Mundo trip. Or when he's in his secret labs. etc etc.

>>42459698
We don't know his schedule and there are plenty of other reasons to not do it. If we failed it would mean we would be an enemy of soul society.

>>42459698
That is completely and utterly stupid, That would undermine EVERYTHING we worked towards, Just stop with the asinine suggestions.

>>42459717
And even if we succeeded Tosen might pick up the pieces. Its always possible that he or someone else is using Aizen as a front after all. Incredibly unlikely, but we can't dismiss it IC.

>>42459688
Not unless we do something balently stupid like doning our mask outside of the valley of souls. or in HM when when we aren't traveling with friends or alone.

If anyone needs further proof that aizen can't instantly turn people against us or can some how get information out of nowhere despite having no way of spying on them one just needs to look at our and Yoruichi's visits to Urahara's in the living world.

>>42459407
You feel strangely inclined to continue with this little game. Who knows, maybe you can tease out some of Aizen's real character this way: after all, most of what you know about him is superficial, or else gleaned second hand.

“And so how would you weigh the value of a human life?” you ask Aizen. “I mean, hypothetically speaking who would even have the right to say?”

Aizen doesn't miss a beat. “It is for those in power to exercise that duty.”

“Then as the opposition the United States should have as much say in Japan's policies as they do,” you counter. “In terms of population and industrial capacity, it would only make sense for those two powers to cooperate.”

“And yet the United States seems unwilling to use their power,” Aizen continues, and you realize that he's still not talking about the countries in question. Not really. “They may as well not have any power at all. It is only natural that those with actual power would chafe under the command of those whose power exists only on paper.”

Lord Ginrei favors Captain Aizen with a quiet but fierce glare. “You should take care who you share that notion with, Captain. It may sound dangerously close to sedition to some ears.”

“Far from it, Lord Ginrei,” Aizen replies calmly, simply ignoring Ginrei's stern attitude. “The Central 46 rules in stead of a force beyond any shinigami. To exist outside those laws would require a similar force that simply does not exist. At my core, I believe I am simply speaking as any realist would.”

>3d10, DC 7

Rolled 3, 4, 5 = 12 (3d10)

>>42459818

>>42459777
Ture. But I believe it's better to operate under the assumption that he DOES know everything, and wrong about it, rather then thing he DOESN'T know something and be wrong about it

Rolled 9, 7, 1 = 17 (3d10)

>>42459818

>>42459407
>Continue to engage with Aizen like this?

Rolled 2, 8, 1 = 11 (3d10)

>>42459818

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

>>42459818

Rolled 5, 7, 1 = 13 (3d10)

>>42459818
Hmmm

Rolled 8, 3, 5 = 16 (3d10)

>>42459818

Rolled 10, 10, 5 = 25 (3d10)

>>42459818

>>42459840
No. No it's not. That just encourges pointless paranoia and fearmongering. It's better to act as if he has decent information gather abilities and that if you take precautions he won't find shit out.

I see your ploy Queen. And I'm liking it.

It does feel like Aizen has initiated "combat" already, doesn't it? Verbal jousting to prod against a person's ideals and strength of character seems typical for this sort of story anyway.

>>42459841
noice

>>42459841
pass is a pass. we get something from todays game...

>>42459818
>>42459841
>pass
You get the distinct impression that Aizen's not being truthful when he says that a "similar force does not exist". He believes in such a possibility, though precisely what he has in mind still eludes you.

>writing

>>42459941
Definitely useful info for Riku to get.

>>42459941
Point this out. We can't have been the only ones to have noticed his lie.

>>42460007
...you cannot be this stupid

>>42460007
No

>>42460032
Do you know where you are?

>>42460032
You do realize we are in a room full of nobility? Several that have been doing politics longer then aizen has been alive?

>>42460007
My god the retards are already coming in.

>>42460121
>>42460121
How are they retarded? Cause everyone else heard the same words we did.

>>42459941
The rest of the meeting drags on into the afternoon hours, though the only thing at all interesting that happens is that the Kira boy makes a bit of a fool of himself with his naïve opinions of the world. It's good to see his enthusiasm though, more noble brats could take that sort of interest in the bigger issues.

Finally the nobility begin to leave as the discussion apparently runs its course. On the way out Aizen approaches you and Yoruichi from behind, and you feel a brief surge of reiatsu.

“Of course I must say I have the utmost respect for the two of you Captains... you are the apex predators of the Seireitei, after all. I found speaking with you most enjoyable.”

“That so?” you ask, careful not to turn your head to face the man.

“It was rather illuminating,” Yoruichi admits, her expression unreadable. “We'll continue another time.”

Aizen's reiatsu subsides as he passes you silently, his hand falling from the hilt of his sword where it rests in its sheath. None of the nobles around you seem to have realized that anything unusual had happened, nor did they feel the change in the Captain's reiatsu. Troubling as the implications of that are, there's not much to be done about it now.

>Go spend some time with your own Division
>Speak with the Arrancar, see how they've been doing
>Speak to another Captain (who?)
>Other?

>>42460142
>Speak to another Captain (who?)
lets go beat up kenpachi again

>>42460142
>>Go spend some time with your own Division

>>42460142
>Speak to another Captain Ginrei
How are you doing.

Also neat. We aren't under his illusion.

>>42460142
>>Go spend some time with your own Division

>>42460142
>Speak with the Arrancar, see how they've been doing

>>42460142
>Go spend some time with your own Division

>>42460142
>>42460179
Sure, I can support.

>>42460142
>>Go spend some time with your own Division

>>42460142
>Spar with kenny
lets vent some rage. and help him channel his swole strank in getting gud with sorwds.

>>42460170
Second

>>42460142
>Go spend some time with your own Division

>Also neat. We aren't under his illusion.
I'd be very careful about assuming that. Giving that impression could have been the main goal of that entire conversation.

>>42460142
>Speak with the Arrancar, see how they've been doing

>>42460142
>Speak with the Arrancar, see how they've been doing
Always good to stay up to date on them.

>>42460263
We have never seen his shiki. It would have been noted in the previous threads we know what it is. So stop fearmongering.

>>42460285
We don't actually know how it works IC, though we do have (fairly accurate) assumptions.

>>42460311
That was my point. We know what kind his zanpakuto is thanks to the sword god. We however has never seen him release it.

>>42460263
Tenkotsuki would tell us if we were. She has the illusion thing down pat.

>>42460234
Well, Yammamoto insisted that Kenny learn proper swordsmanship.

Kenny just hates using it.

We're just beating a little of his fight-mongering out and replacing it with extra common sense.

>>42460359
It's a troll that's starting shit to cause a shit storm. Ignore them.

>>42460376

It's still a good thing that we know that the people in that room are under his shikai. We can ask the fox if she know of any way to get them out.

>>42460376
I'm of the opinion that people are both over and under-estimating Aizen.

He's good, but not that good, and he is trying his damnedest, but Riku just ain't having his shit.

As he is currently the only real "threat" to Riku, and it's a cold war scenario as it is, we need to keep an eye on him, but we can't be overzealous in doing so.

>>42460142
>Speak to another Captain (Ukitake)
Crap. Almost slipped my mind to pay him a visit, otherwise I'd have gone and supported that Ginrei option to see how Byakuya's handling the reins of the 6th.

>>42460409
Tenkotsuki wouldn't know since it's his damn sword powers not ours.

>>42460142
>counting up the votes, will update in a bit

>>42460433
So our sword who told us she would let us know if he has us under an illusion can't actually do that.

Wow. What a shitty troll. Pull the other one.

>>42460455
Nah. It's probably someone who just saw this quest and joined without knowing what happened in the past threads. Or what the PC's abilities are. If they did they would know our PC's shikai let's us dispell illusions.

>>42460432

Aizen isn't some sort of god, he's an above average captain that is very good as social engineering. The biggest danger from him is getting entangled in his crap.

If we were to fight him, we could easily no-sell his most powerful techniques... and the only thing stopping us is procedure or honor or some other shit like that.

>>42460512
And is also a dead god so might have a bit more oomph then normal.

>>42460578
The reason is we're trying to get proof to exhonorate our friends of their supposed crimes.

>>42456804
he did kind of rape us in the reiatsu.

>>42460578
Um, did you accidentally reply to the wrong post? I wanted to visit Ukitake because he was sick and was unable to attend personally.

>>42460599
No he didn't.

>>42460142
You decide to part ways with Yoruichi, who after quickly scanning the area for any witnesses gives you a peck on the cheek, before returning to your own Division's grounds. The sky has darkened since this morning as towering clouds have boiled up, fueled by the steamy, moisture-laden air. It's almost certain to be a storm later in the evening, or possibly through the night, so you'd rather be inside when that happens.

In the training fields you find your Commandos taking a break, with Mirai apologizing profusely to Kai as he massages an unseen injury on the back of his head.

“I am so sorry, Third Seat!” she insists. “I could try to take it out again?”

Ichinose watches in disbelief from a bench as Kai shakes his head. “Didn't do us no good last time, wouldn't do us any more good this time... ah, Captain! Just in the nicka time!”

Your Third Seat rises to his feet to greet you properly as he notices your arrival. “What's the problem, Kai? Mirai give you a bad enough trouncing for a promotion or something?”

“It was entirely my fault, ma'am,” Mirai bows. “I was trying out a new technique... and, well...”

“She lodged a seki stone spike in the back of Kai's skull, ma'am,” Ichinose explains. “It's stuck in the bone.”

“And I can't do shit with it stuck there,” Kai adds, turning to show you half an inch of stone poking out of his scalp. “Seems like it's draining my abilities.”

“Of course it is, you imbecile,” Tenkotsuki insists hotly in your mind. “That is how such weapons function. Has no one here ever seen such an injury?”

“I don't think so,” you tell her.

“Come again?” Kai asks in confusion.

You shake your head. “Nothing. Let's see what we can do for you.”

>Your strength is much greater than any of theirs, even without being able to add your reiatsu. Pull it out yourself.
>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.
>Perhaps Tenkotsuki has a suggestion?
>Other

>>42460615

Yeah, I did.

But think about it this way. Unless he gets his hands on the Hogie, he doesn't have a prayer against our faction. On a captain level we can call on Yoruichi, Urahara, Matsumoto, Gin, some Arrancar, and a lot of pissed off Vizards.

So chill, in the worst case scenario we can always brute force the issue.

>>42460690
>We must go...."There"....
>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.

>>42460690
>>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.
>>Perhaps Tenkotsuki has a suggestion?

>>42460690
>>Perhaps Tenkotsuki has a suggestion?

>>42460690
>>Your strength is much greater than any of theirs, even without being able to add your reiatsu. Pull it out yourself.
But if we can't or he's in too much pain
>>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.

>>42460690
>who after quickly scanning the area for any witnesses gives you a peck on the cheek
I find it mildly adorable they're still being secretive about this, if for good reasons.

>Perhaps Tenkotsuki has a suggestion?

>>42460690
>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.
So king does Tenkotsuki look like the Fate/extra version or what?

>>42460690
>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.
>Perhaps Tenkotsuki has a suggestion?

>>42460690
>>Perhaps Tenkotsuki has a suggestion?
When she inevitably doesn't know how to help
>>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.

>>42460718

Unohana scares me

>>42460697
We still don't know what his Bankai can do, and he seems to have the support of one of the great noble houses.

>>42460750
>When she inevitably doesn't know how to help
Yes because someone who recognizes the attack doesn't know how to take care of the injuries caused by it.

>>42460690
>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.
Leave it to the actual Shinigami with skills in surgery for something as delicate as this.

>>42460752
Understandable anon, Everyone who knows about her past is scared, Even most who don't are scared.

>>42460690
>Perhaps Tenkotsuki has a suggestion?
The poor guy doesn't need Unohana, right? Right?

>>42460771
Lol what? No he doesn't. We haven't seen anything that indicates that.

>>42460784

And she personally hates us in this quest. A huge hate-boner, even across reincarnations.

>>42460690
>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.
I'd rather not kill Kai thankyouverymuch.

>>42460814
Actually our relation to her has been getting better, She doesn't hate us AS much anymore.

>>42460808
>Lol what? No he doesn't. We haven't seen anything that indicates that.
...He just showed up as a representative.

>>42460690
>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.

>>42460690
>>Maybe Captain Unohana should do this.

>>42460808
“Actually, it seems we're short a whole family,” Isshin adds as he too leans forward against his fists. “What gives?”

“You know as well as I, Isshin. That family does not like to be bothered,” Lord Ginrei answers indignantly. Come to think of it, you don't even know what that Clan's name is. They're simply not that relevant in day to day affairs, as you've learned, so much so that they may as well not exist.

Lord Ginrei continues after his frown eases. “Come to think of it, their representative is late.”

Just then, the door opens again to allow an all-too-familiar face to enter.

“My deepest apologies to everyone if I've kept you waiting.”

“I take it you brought the usual compensation for your tardiness?” Ginrei growls.

Captain Aizen nods respectfully. “It's being brewed at this moment, Captain Kuchiki. You may expect it to be served shortly.”

This kinda suggests he has a noble families backing don't it?

>>42460881
Just link to the fucking post you walnut.

>>42460918
What did walnuts do to you, anon?

>>42460881
Are you really that stupid? He doesn't have the backing of a Noble family. He has been using his Shikai to make people think there is one so he can get in on the meetings. How you miss that with the extremely obvious hints?

>>42460874

I hope Unohana's not a big enough bitch to make a "mistake" while treating one of our subordinates. Karmic retribution and all.

>>42460960
Ginrei addressed him as "Captain". He knows full well it was Aizen, as did everyone else in the room.

>>42461014
I think he was implying he fabricated the entire family. Which I doubt Aizen and Captain retcon working together could pull off.

>>42461010
She seems to be a professional, more or less.

>>42460960
So your saying everyone in soul society is under his shikai?

>>42461049

Aizen's an exhibitionist.

>>42461049
Well, actually, in canon, I believe everyone of consequence was, in fact, under his shikai.

Except Kenny, I think, I can't recall off-handedly if he was.

>>42460960
Wouldn't it be easier to use it on a mostly irrelevant family and have them make him their representative instead? Seems less risky.

>>42461049
nearly everyone of any importance.

I don't understand why everyone is so worried about Captain Aizen. He seems like a pretty nice guy.
He even brought tea to apologize for being late to the meeting! Mean people don't share their tea.
Aizen = 1
Paranoia = 0

>>42461203
Wait, what kind of tea?

This is important.

>>42461226
Dispari-tea.

>>42461226
Clearly it was very good tea, because he is such a nice guy that he would give only the best to his friends and allies.

>>42460690
"It's really in there. Any suggestions?” you ask Tenkotsuki, carefully avoiding any reference to her own death... though she's clearly already thinking about it.

“If it were my own body,” she explains, “I would merely remove the surrounding tissue altogether and allow my natural restorative powers to handle the situation. Pulling it out carelessly risks breaking off a piece within your officer's skull.”

As much as you hate to admit it, there's really only one Division that's equipped to handle that sort of thing... and it's hers.

“Well, I guess there's nothing else for it,” you sigh. “I could try pulling it out, but I wouldn't want to snap off the end that's in your skull.”

“That would be bad,” Kai agrees. “That would definitely be bad.”

“So, we're going to go see her.”

It takes about an hour to walk to Fourth Division's headquarters, where you lead your team in through the front entrance. All around you the members of the relief Division stand at attention, seemingly stunned at the appearance of not just your Commandos, but their actual Captain. Whispered exchanges break out all around the reception room.

“Is there a problem, Captain Shiba?” the duty nurse asks you. “A medical emergency, perhaps?”

“It's not too bad,” you admit. “Just kind of unusual. Something that requires a professional.”

“Good thing you came here, then,” Captain Unohana greets you with her typical false warmth. “What seems to be the trouble?”

“... I jammed a chunk of seki stone into my superior's skull,” Mirai frowns, embarrassed. “It was an accident.”

“Well,” Unohana reassures her with a hand on the younger woman's shoulder, “I'm certain it was an accident, Fifth Seat. My Lieutenant can take care of this without any trouble, feel free to escort Third Seat Nikko upstairs.”
(1/2)

>>42461256
calami-tea?

>>42461284
Unohana then turns her attention back to you, her genuinely caring tone seemingly evaporating. “You are to be commended for not simply trying to yank it out yourself.”

>I'll be excusing myself, Captain.
>Do we have a problem, Retsu?
>Our argument was settled a long time ago, Yachiru. Let it go.
>If fighting me will grant you closure, I'm available at any time.
>Other?

>>42461338
>>Our argument was settled a long time ago, Yachiru. Could you let it go?
>If fighting me will grant you closure, I'm available at any time.

>>42461338
>If fighting me will grant you closure, I'm available at any time.
What's the worst that could happen?

>>42461338
>>If fighting me will grant you closure, I'm available at any time.

>>42461338
>My, thank you for the compliment!
Playing dumb might be okay?

>>42461338
>Our argument was settled a long time ago, Yachiru. Let it go.
>If fighting me will grant you closure, I'm available at any time.

>>42461338
>If fighting me will grant you closure, I'm available at any time.

>>42461338
>>Other?
Why thank you Captain. Leave.

>>42461338
It's been a while why does she hate us?

>>42461338
>>If fighting me will grant you closure, I'm available at any time.

Killing us would definitely give her closure, but maybe she's feeling reasonable?

>>42461338
>If fighting me will grant you closure, I'm available at any time.

>>42461394
We killed her Lt when we were still a quincy.

>>42461394
when we were alive and a quincy we ganked a bunch of fourth divisions peeps, including the lieutenant.

>>42461425
Admittedly I don't know much about Bleach but aren't we like a different person now?

It was someone she liked too.

>>42461442
>implying a blood knight cares

>>42461442
Basically. We have almost no memories of when we were alive.

>>42461338
>I'll be excusing myself, Captain.

Does anyone remember when we learned her actual name?

>>42461458
we didn't kill them, we crippled them to lure out more 4th division dudes.

>>42461485
Ours? Rosa Rosetta or was it Rosette?

>>42461522

She was badass either way.

>>42461522
Unohona's.

>>42461553
Yachiru

>>42461561
Yes. I know that. I asked when did riku learn it.

>>42461553
Her full name was Yachiru Unohana.

>>42461553
>>42461485
Many of the Captains you actually are kind of close to know. Yoruichi knows as well.

>3d10, DC 6.

Rolled 9, 4, 9 = 22 (3d10)

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

>>42461579

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

>>42461579

Rolled 8, 2, 10 = 20 (3d10)

>>42461579

Rolled 6, 7, 7 = 20 (3d10)

>>42461579

Rolled 1, 9, 7 = 17 (3d10)

>>42461579
I got this.

Rolled 7, 5, 3 = 15 (3d10)

>>42461579
Wooo

I forgot was it BoT or BoF?

>>42461618
3 unless told otherwise.

>tfw captcha keeps giving me the shitty streetsign images that have no consistency in which ones it accepts and just keeps telling me I need to complete more of them, so I have no way of getting a roll off in time
Feels bad.

>>42461596
Why couldn't you have rolled earlier. Critting would have been nice

>>42461618
>>42461637 has the right of it.
>writing

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>>42461654
I'm sorry

>>42461646
Those ones have a trick to them, sometimes it's streetsigns, sometimes it's SIGNS WITH STREET NAMES ON THEM, in which case it won't accept things like a stop sign. You gotta read the white text carefully

>>42461448
A blood knight in the medic division?
Every time I see shit like that I get tempted to watch Bleach but then I remember how long it is and what even it's diehard fans say about it.

>>42461713
Some of it is good but most isn't.

>>42461579
“Yachiru,” you reply as quietly as you can and still be certain she heard you, “if fighting me would give you closure all you need to is ask. But this passive aggressive thing you've got going does us both a disservice.”

Thankfully none of her subordinates heard your use of her real name, though it seems to have definitely caught her attention. She looks at you for the first time with the eyes of a bloodthirsty killer, no longer hidden behind centuries of careful control over those instincts that once made her the most feared criminal in the Soul Society. You're sure that nobody has seen those eyes for a long time, and being probed by them now is enough to send an uncontrollable shiver down your spine. You find your left hand instinctively shifting the position of Tenkotsuki's blade, and the scar on your back is practically sizzling.

Then, without a word of explanation, the woman before you is once more Unohana Retsu, the dedicated healer in charge of the Fourth Division. She seems distinctly more tired than before.

“Perhaps I have been somewhat unfair,” she admits, and for once she seems to be telling you what she sincerely means. “You are right, the women who we are now should not seek further needless conflict. I apologize.”

The pain in your scar subsides, and you can feel a sense of confusion coming from the parts of your soul shared with Rosa.

“For what it's worth,” you add, “I'm sure a part of her always regretted it too.”

You bow to each other gently, and for the first time it feels there's actual respect in the gesture. “Your officer will be cleared for duty by tomorrow. I will provide the necessary paperwork.”

“Thank you, Miss Retsu.”

"It is not a problem, Miss Riku."

Your left hand releases its hold on Tenkotsuki's sheath.

>Return to base, call it a night.
>Speak with Ichinose.
>Work in a visit to the Arrancar
>Other?

>>42461667
Still doesn't work for me at all. I just got 13 in a row of the streetsign variety, and trying every sign, only signs with names, only green signs, none of it worked. And I've never had trouble with any other image captcha either so I refuse to believe I'm just retarded.

>>42461735
>Work in a visit to the Arrancar

>>42461735
>>Speak with Ichinose.

>>42461713
Spoilers
Unohana was the first Kenpachi and she was and still is a massive blood knight.

>>42461735
>Work in a visit to the Arrancar

>>42461735
>>Return to base, call it a night.

>>42461226
FATALI-TEA

>>42461753
It has problems. Sometimes it thinks that storefront signs and other sorts of signs that just happen to be the right color are "Street Name Signs".

I went through no less than thirty of those a few nights ago and none of them worked the way they should.

>>42461735
>Return to base, call it a night.

>Work in a visit to the Arrancar

>>42461775
If I actually knew what that meant I'd be shocked. As is all I know about Kenpachi is it appears to be an inheritable title, something about being a berserker/blood knight thing. Thanks for informing me anyway

>>42461735
>Speak with Ichinose.
>>Work in a visit to the Arrancar
might as well cover all our bases

>>42461811

I th]ink this captcha uses some new automatic image classification algorithms based on deep neural networks trained on a big image database called imagenet, so they won't need human annotation. But as with all technology in active research you don't get perfect performance. Annoying as all hell that they've implemented this crap.

>>42461865
It seems to work fine with most things (food/popcorn/mountains/grass/whatever). Just fucking streetsigns, man...

>>42461828
Kenpachi is basically. "The strongest swordsman" Unohanna kinda slaughtered people by the hundreds at one point.

>>42461828
Pretty sure Kenpachi is just what they call the Captain of squad eleven.

Fuck if I know.

>>42461735
>>Work in a visit to the Arrancar

>>42461735
Speak with Ichinose.

>>42461735
>Speak with Ichinose.

>>42461735
>Work in a visit to the Arrancar

>>42461895
didn't she stop after Babby-Zarakki shanked her in the throat, at which point she realized none of the fighting she did up to that point was challenging enough to be enjoyable?

>>42461886

Yeah, they probably took the best performing image classes as captchas, and street signs are near the lower performance threshold.

It's still pretty dumb, because you can easily get the same algo they use and beat the captcha in an automated manner.

>>42461896
It's the title inherited by the shinigami of any generation who has the "strongest love of fighting". It's also been described as the title of the "strongest shinigami", but that's just flat-out wrong.

If it were the case, that title would belong to the Old Man, because as strong and tricksy as Riku, Yoruichi, and Aizen are getting OMG's bankai still has the edge in raw, unrestrained "fuck everything"

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>>42462020
yeah, that guy was pretty fucking metal.

>>42461735
“Ichinose,” you announce as your last remaining Seated officer tries to reorient himself after being on the receiving end of Unohana's glare. “I know you have something you need to talk to me about, but it'll have to wait. There's something I need to do.”

The man nods thoughtfully. “I understand, ma'am. I'm just happy you knew without me having to ask.”

After parting ways you find yourself crossing over into the extradimensional home of your arrancar friends, and you're immediately greeted by a powerful and unfamilair reiatsu. An ear-splitting roar threatens to crack the very ground beneath your feet as you dash towards the scene of impending disaster.

“What is that disgusting thing?” Tenkotsuki retches in your mind. “Its appearance offends me, Riku! Quickly, kill it with your shoe!”

Problem is it's not a cockroach... it's a giant monster, seemingly made up of spare parts from several different animals. It seems to be a hollow of some sort, with the most overwhelming head of hair you've ever seen on any living thing. The beast's antlered head seems to spin like an owl's as it searches out its prey, which it soon begins to stomp after.

“What the hell!? Does this retarded thing even have ears!?” Apacci shouts as the three Beasts run from the monster. Strangely, they each seem to be missing their left arm.

“Actually, I'm not sure it does,” Sung-Sun observes with surprising calm from behind her sleeve as she keeps pace.

Mila Rose seems unamused. “I don't give a damn if it's got ears or not, just make it stop!”

“I'm tryin', you dumbass hairball!” Apacci retorts. “You just hafta hold it off a while!”

“Hold it off!? Are you insane, Apacci!? Can't you do anything, Starrk!?”

“Not my problem,” you hear Starrk's voice from somewhere in the trees to your left. You spot the man laying calmly in the hammock you stole for him, reading some sort of book. “Besides, you're doing fine.”
(1/2)

>>42462217
>Ask Starrk for an explaination
>Starrk's right, they have this covered. Or at least Apacci does. Maybe.
>On second thought, maybe you should do something about the situation before Halibel comes back to find her home wrecked.
>Other.

>>42462256
>>Starrk's right, they have this covered. Or at least Apacci does. Maybe.

>>42462256
>>Ask Starrk for an explaination
>Then intervene

>>42462256
>Starrk's right, they have this covered. Or at least Apacci does. Maybe.

>>42462266
Second.

>>42462217
Seconding
>>42462266

>>42462256
>On second thought, maybe you should do something about the situation before Halibel comes back to find her home wrecked.

>>42462256
>Ask Starrk for an explaination

>>42462256
>>Ask Starrk for an explaination
But damn tenkotsuki. Kill it with your shoe. Hahaha

>>42462256
>>42462266
Second

>>42462020
I dunno, I think OMG might be edged out a bit by Ichibē Hyōsube, though he'd still beat the other members of the Royal Guard.

>>42462256
>Ask Starrk for an explaination
would someone mind fill me in?

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>>42462256
“Starrk, what is this thing?”

Starrk sets his book down for a moment. “A chimera. They made it by combining their reiatsu somehow. Apacci's idea, but the other two pressured her into trying it out.”

“Think I should step in?” you ask.

He shrugs. “Probably for the best.”

Your hirenkyaku catches you up with the fleeing arrancar, who seem immensely relieved to see you. “Hey, what happens if I kill that thing? Will you get your arms back?”

“Maybe,” Apacci replies, seemingly pondering the point.

“MAYBE!?” Sung-Sun and Mila Rose roar in unison. “WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN!?”

“It means maybe yes, maybe no!” Apacci shouts back. “If you two bozos have another option I'd love to hear it!”

>Maybe there's another way?
>Say hello to my shoe, you ugly son of a bitch!
>Other?

>>42462463
>Say hello to my shoe, you ugly son of a bitch!
kek

>>42462463
>Maybe there's another way?

>>42462463
>>Say hello to my shoe, you ugly son of a bitch!

>>42462463
Step 1; Give it a headache
Step 2; get them to explain WHAT they did
Step 3; ask Tenkotsuki for advice.

>>42462463
>Say hello to my shoe, you ugly son of a bitch!

>>42462463
>Say hello to my shoe, you ugly son of a bitch!

>>42462463
>>Say hello to my shoe, you ugly son of a bitch!

>>42462463
>Say hello to my shoe, you ugly son of a bitch!

>>42462463
>Maybe there's another way?

Let's not kill it, at least not immediately. Maybe we can just smack it around a bit, make it calm down forcibly.