>>45254805
The destination you pictured was the back of its head. The trajectory wasn't off - it was exactly how you visualized it - but the projectile was too slow, and the Hollow's head moved out of the way during its flight. Perhaps if this Ishiken was the real one, this wouldn't have happened, and the Hollow would be dead.

You lose concentration, and your sword blinks back into its original, sealed form. The pig Hollow, having been startled by your spiritual arrow, has jumped away to what it deemed a safer distance. Its yellow eyes stare daggers at Moeka, snorting and roaring in incoherent rage. She taps her rapier on a mailbox and sends it flying towards the beast, but, caked in the glowing crimson of its spiritual energy, it blurs out of the way with ease.

It's smart enough to use its ability for both offense and defense. With its spiritual capacity, it'll be able to keep using it for a while, even if only to dodge anything you throw at it. Tiring it out is risky - the spider will regenerate its injuries and attack again if you take too long, and both you and Moeka will expend valuable energy. The best solution is to deal with it quickly, but getting close is practically suicide - you can't take another hit like that, and you can't dodge it, either.

You need a plan.

...

>Use Hashimaru and try to build up enough power to overwhelm the Hollow.
>Use Ishiken and try to trick it with the trajectories of the bolts.
>Bait the Hollow into attacking you and use Haname to repel its charge.
>Other. (Write-in).

>>45254837
Current Character Sheet (Updated!): http://pastebin.com/R1khCTQ5

Ryouta's Armory: http://pastebin.com/2bhYLCTf

Archives: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Shinigami%20Quest

>>45254837
>Use Hashimaru and try to build up enough power to overwhelm the Hollow.
Damn, this is pretty cool.

>>45254837
>>Use Hashimaru and try to build up enough power to overwhelm the Hollow.

>>45254837
>Bait the Hollow into attacking you and use Haname to repel its charge.
Hashimaru sounds cool but Haname is way less risky

>>45254837
>use Haname

>>45254965
Actually can we switch to Ishiken right after we repel it to hit its mask while its stunned and can't dodge?

Didn't we get healed by Haname back in the first thread? It doesn't seem to have that power now.

>>45254998
The hollow seems to like charging and we seem wounded.

Also we could use kido while it's stunned.

>>45255067
I think it was more that Haname just made us feel better while its wieleee healed us when we were unconscious?

>>45254887
Yeah I'll change my vote to Haname.
I voted before I saw the pastebin desu senpai

>>45255036
This is a good plan if the repelled force doesn't break the mask

Geez Yuchi is a dangerous dueling weapon. If Moeka touches her opponents sword with it once it's over.

>>45254837
Voting over, writing!

30 minutes to vote is way too much Mushroom

>>45255229
Unless she's fighting someone whose physical strength is greater than the force she can exert on the blade. Or who's too fast for her to parry. Or who can use kido worth a damn.

>>45255392
Agreed, 10-15 would be better and it's what most other quests do.

After the first few posts not much else happens in regards to debating actions and the actions voted tend to be pretty agreed upon at that.

>>45255392
>>45255554
The voting periods after the first are 15 to 20 minutes, unless I get caught up in something and forget to close off voting in time!

>>45255532
Or their sword takes on non-ferrous properties.

A sword that turns into a staff for its shikai probably doesn't give a fuck about magnetism being made of wood.

>>45256317
>Suddenly Ikkaku feels great about his shikai for some unknown reason

>>45254998
>>45254965
>>45255153
"Moeka! Get behind me!" You yell, lifting up your reformed sword, edge facing the animalistic Hollow. Your Shinigami partner flings the mailbox at it again, and although it was avoided, it still carried out its purpose, providing the girl with an opening to move over to you.

"So what's our plan, Ryouta-kun? I think I'm gonna drop Yuchi, because I'm kind of tired, but..." Her outloud pondering is cut off by a squeal, a noise that makes a sudden shift into a bass-filled roar. Reiryoku erupts from the creature's pores, covering its body in a bloody mist. "Ah, crap, this is bad! We gotta split!"

"No. Stay there. I have a plan." You tell her. Instead of listening to her panicked complaints, you block out all unnecessary noise, concentrating on your blank sword. Your memories are vague, but even a single glance has drilled the purpose of her Shikai right into your head.

"Flourish, Haname."

The sword dissipates into countless pale particles. A surge of your energy forces them to take form, the tint of her sword's manifestation gaining a pleasant pink. Translucent roses are weaved along the borders of the shield's otherwise perfectly round shape. The layer closest to your fingertips is like glass, its solidity unquestionable, and its durability much sturdier than its frail appearance would suggest. In front of the glass stretches a tiny pond, only slightly taller and wider than you in size, which hydrates the beautiful flowers; the colored water doesn't budge under the cold wind, hinting towards its true formidability.

The Hollow charges, not at all minding the change in circumstances, not even suspecting that there is danger underneath Haname's beauty.

(1/2)

>>45256563
The surface of the first layer ripples wildly, reacting to the disturbance. The tusks scratch against the second layer, but not even a second passes before your power is sent through the pond's water, the next ripple sending an exorbitant amount of force into the bones.

The mask pops and shatters, crushing from its own strength. The Hollow stumbles back, bleeding from its crushed head, and falls, unmoving. Its form begins to slowly give away, its wicked shape regaining humanity. The second layer of your shield has cracked as well, but the damage is negligible and fades at your whim.

You drop down on a knee. Haname's maintenance is nothing to take lightly. You revert your sword to its original state. You don't think you can do that again. Any of that.

"H-How did you do that? I thought your sword was a crossbow..? But... that was amazing, Ryouta-kun! I heard that people can learn the names of their swords in battle, but I've never actually seen it happen! You're the best partner in the world, I swear!" Moeka says, laughing as she helps you up to your feet. Your footing is not something you would call reliable right now, but it holds, however pitifully. The girl looks around, wary, her sword still in its unleashed form. "There's still that other Hollow out there, somewhere... Do you want to track that thing down, Ryouta-kun?"

Pursuing it might be dangerous, but if you just leave it alone... it might retreat, for better or worse.

...

>"We should retreat."
>"Have the reinforcements arrived yet?"
>"We should finish it. Let's find the spider."
>Other. (Write-in).

>>45256650
So we feel like we're pretty much completely drained of spiritual energy?

>>45256706
Really close to that!

>>45256650
Head to the mansion, set an ambush of our own?

>>45256650
>"Have the reinforcements arrived yet?"
>"We should finish it. Let's find the spider."
I could do maybe one more kido spell at most, are you feeling okay?

>>45256650
>have the reinforcements arrived yet?

>>45256726
Why didn't we ever get to see the spiders stats?

>>45256734
Here's a plan, we can distract the spider momentarily while Moeka uses her shikai to launch our zanpakuto right into his mask.

>>45256878
It'd be better if she could just do that attack from complete stealth. Still pretty risky though.

>>45256792
Because I'm an absolute dummy who forgot to post them!

Arachnid's Attributes:
>STR: D
>END: C
>AGI: B
>SPI: C
>REIA: E

And the web:

Spirit Web
>Rank: D
>Type: Barrier/Anti-Unit
>Range: 1-40
>Maximum Targets: 20 people
>Aside from mimicking the effects of webs secreted by real spiders to catch prey, except applicable on a larger, human scale, the composition of these webs serves as an interference to spiritual detection. As long as the Hollow remains in these webs, its Presence Concealment is increased by two Ranks.

>>45256878
It's an interesting plan, she could just use it as a slashing weapon from a safe distance instead of a projectile too though.

>>45256650
Voting over, writing!

>>45256959
Or she could use it to clear the path directly ahead of her of webs and strike the mask directly

>>45256957
Now here's the question. Can the hollow sense things in its web, or is the concealment attribute absolute?

>>45257063
The concealment bonus only applies to the Hollow and not to anybody else inside the webs, if that's what you're asking!

>>45257063
Oh damn, we could totally use that.

>>45257089
That makes sense, wanted to make sure though.

>>45256957
So the hollow is screwed in melee combat? Rise Above the Other seems ideal, but we're out of juice

>>45257206
Yeah if we fight it were gonna have to be very limited support for Moeka

>>45257251
Double magnetic blades seems like it could be extremely useful in this coming fight though.

>>45257339
I don't think we have the power required for another shikai

>>45257369
Fair point, but if we embed some metal in the spider and each of us uses the magnetic blade I think in theory we could them pull the hollow apart.

>>45257449
All we have to do is break the mask though.

>>45257478
an't no kill like overkill baby

>>45256734
>>45256753
>>45256756
>>45256878
"We should finish it." You declare. Moeka agrees, though there's none of that usual enthusiasm usually present at the thought of earning more bounties.

"It's going to regenerate, so we better hurry..." The girl takes out her Denreishinki, flipping it open. "I bet it's moving around. If it is, this thing should be able to spot it..."

"We could set up an ambush at the mansion. It might want to return there." You suggest as you take sluggish steps around the area, trying to find traces of the Hollow's presence. Glancing through the windows of apartment buildings, you don't spot any webs or unusual movements. But still, you don't think it could have gotten far. A single step out of its webs means the radars would be picking it up. So could it still be nearby..?

"Have the reinforcements arrived yet?" You ask.

"Uh... nope, they haven't..." She replies.

...

>"You haven't called them, have you?"
>"Give me your Denreishinki for a minute, I'll call them."
>Don't bring it up right now; keep looking.
>Other. (Write-in).

>>45257533
>"Give me your Denreishinki for a minute, I'll call them."

>>45257533
>Don't bring it up right now; keep looking.
Didn't we suspect it was traveling through the sewers or something? Might just be in that building too.

>>45257533
>"Give me your Denreishinki for a minute, I'll call them."

>>45257533
>>"You haven't called them, have you?"

>>45257533
Call them while we search the building it went into for any sewer/tunnel entrances or anywhere it could have escaped through, he's pretty big so tracking it should be easy.

>>45257533
"Try to think of it less as them stealing our kill, and more making sure we don't die. That spider is seems to have marked you as its prey, and with Erwin out of the way, there's nothing stopping it from laying trap after trap after trap from now on. At worst, you lose out on money, but think of the peace of mind you'll gain not having to worry about it ambushing you again."

Question: If we are a mimic guy, can we mimic a hollows powers as well?
e.g. mimicing the boars blood fueld charge.

>>45257710
It's going to be awkward as fuck when we meditate on our zanpakto next because there are going to be copies of all these others fucks in there that aren't actually ours.

>>45257759
We are so fucked if Muramasa happens.

>>45257533
Voting over, writing!

>>45257804
Depends, if our sword is as devoid of feeling as we are (though i hope that changes now), might be that muramasa can't connect with them to draw them out.

>>45257804
Well what would happen? Nothing, since we don't actually have our own dude, or would they all pop out despite being copies and not actual spirits on their own?

Or maybe I was just bullshitting and there are no copies.

Or maybe not.

>tfw Muramasa arc could have been great

>tfw Muramasa arc was honestly guaranteed TPK

>>45257855
Or our sword copies Muramasa and tells him to fuck off.

>>45257862
Considering that neither Zangetsu is under Muramasa's control (black Zangetsu was just pretending as one of his classic obtuse attempts to test/discourage Ichigo) not really. Aside from him though, then yeah it'd be fucked.
>Imagine what Unohana's sword, Minazuki would have been like, if the writers knew then what we know now

>>45257934
I wonder, could our zanpakto copy something like, say, an arrancar's zanpakto?

Could we copy a ressurection?

>>45257995
More importantly, can we copy the sokyoku?

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>>45258055
>tfw copying OMG's shit

>>45258055
Honestly, I kind of feel like all the really strong Zanpakuto would literally kill us by trying to copy them. Like Ryuujin Jakka would be providing our own cremation.

>>45258109
Obviously we just need to get swole.

What was that faggot who did that stupid time/space manipulation shit?

Take his stuff, annoy the shit out of him with his own stupid shit.

>>45258078
Eh, we might only copy the Zanpakutou itself rather than the skill and talent at using it.
In which case Ryuujin Jakka would just be a burny version of Hyorinmaru, only worse because captain jobber does have some skill.

>>45257759
I think it'll be something more akin to that blank room being filled with only an old man on a potters wheel.

He sits there in silence, his eyes dull, his foot pressing the pedal up and down as his rough hands move effortlessly to sculpt the wet clay on the wheel.

The spinning stops and the wheel slowly comes to a halt. The man sighs and with those brittle fingers lifts the pot from the wheel. He draws it close enough for the white hairs in his beard to bristle against it. He whispers a single phrase to it and you know this work is titled "Haname" somehow.

He shuffles over to a shelf you didn't recognize before and places it down next to others, some mode faded and cracked than others.

He shuffles back to his seat and grabs another handful of clay from the bin next to him, but he pauses a moment, his eyes turning away from his creations, a small, yet dull glimmer in them. perhaps a glint of mischief?

"Ryouta? Tsukuda Ryouta?" he smiles through his gravely voice...

>>45258189
The power is one rank less than the real deal.

Hyorinmaru is probably a B-rank at best.

Ryuujin Jakka is probably the highest rank, if not somehow higher.

The discrepency between the raw power of the two is massive, with Yama's being considered the single most powerful zanpakto to ever be (as far as I heard it described, anyway), and most certainly considered the most destructive.

Also not really a fair comparison, because Jobber jobs regardless of what he does.

>>45258238
Eh, sounds nice but it's probably gonna be Archer.

>>45258238
Nah, it's gonna be Lord Boros with hougyokus in place of his eyes, all of the Zanpakutou that were copied would be his ship's crew.

>>45258275
Iirc Hyourinmaru and Ryuujin Jakka are basically equal in potential, but Yama is so much more powerful and experienced than Hitsugaya that he unlocked all of that potential ages ago whereas jobshota is only just starting to tap into Hyourinmaru's.
Could be bullshit, though.

>>45258387
Icefaggot's gunna get hilt deep in momos guts again. Just watch, it's tradition at this point.

>>45258387
Yama's bankai produces temperatures hotter than the sun. Like, five times hotter than the core of the sun, if I didn't fuck the numbers up.

15 million fahrenheit for Yama's bankai while the core of the sun is about 3 million.

>>45258713
Well yeah, Shikai and Bankai have different levels of mastery, and Yama has almost certainly maxed his out.

>>45258713
Wait, I moved a decimal wrong, the sun is about thirty million fahrenheit, Yama produces half of the core of the sun's temperature.

>>45258756
>"Git gud" said old man genocide as my skin literally evaporated

>>45258784
You probably wouldn't even evaporate, you'd just poof.

You would probably begin to explode but wouldn't be able to manage that as you were burned away faster than the gasses inside your body could expand.

You'd just -poof-.

>1 1/2 hours later

Anyone know what the record for longest time between posts is?

>>45259429

Like two hours or so, by BlackJack.

>>45259440
I thought Soma had one where he was writing for just under three hours?

This is of course not counting ones where people just went to sleep or something.

>>45259459

Never heard the one about Soma.

I just know about Blackjack's outrageous post time, and he only wrote a fucking paragraph or less each time.

>>45259429
I'm worried that we really messed up somehow,like we missed something big

>>45257561
>>45257593
>>45257642
You still don't see or sense anything of note. It seems that Moeka's cellphone isn't picking anything up, either. You turn towards the girl.

"Lend me your Denreishinki for a minute, I'll call the reinforcements."

"H-huh? What do you mean, call them? I... already did..." She says, looking away from your stare. Realizing that you're not about to relent, Moeka frowns and hangs her head. You move closer and take the device from her. "Oh, c-come on, Ryouta-kun, you're going to start this now? When we're this far in? We can finish this ourselves. We're a really great team! That Hollow doesn't even stand a chance. We'll get so much cash even if we split it up, it's going to be great..!"

"This Hollow can hide from Shinigami. There is just too much risk." The device doesn't last in your hands for long. Moeka plucks it away.

"What the heck, don't touch my things!" She exclaims, suddenly nodding somewhere. Turning your head in that direction, you spot an uncovered manhole near one of the wrecked cars. She winks, smirking. ...That must be it. "You're not my boss! But fine, I'll write the stupid message. Because you don't trust me at all, you can watch me write it! Pay attention, I'm doing this for you!"

She steps back, tapping the side of a wheel that's fallen off a car during that boar's rampage. Just as Moeka predicted, the spider's long legs phase through the concrete, its bulky torso getting pulled out from the sewers by its limbs, its jaws opening to let off a stream of webbing...

(1/2)

>>45259602
A sharp crackle erupts as something breaks the sound barrier - a thin metallic disc spins right into its mask, embedding itself deeply into the side of the creature's face. Its remaining eye widens in shock. It seems that it was expecting to get the drop on you instead.

"Well, it's a good thing I didn't call them, after all, eh, Ryouta-kun? We would have missed out on so many bounties... Heh heh heh..." The girl is now shamelessly smug, one hand on her hip and the released Yuchi in the other. The Hollow's mask crumbles, its inhuman body twitching on the asphalt in agony. "...Hey, haven't we seen that guy somewhere?"

You recognize him as well. You've seen his face before, though it obviously wasn't disfigured like this, on the family photos of the Kramers. This man is without a doubt Erwin's father, Matthias Kramer.

The wheel's disc doesn't seem to have been enough to kill him outright. He's alive and suffering, rendered as harmless as a real spider, so this is a convenient chance to ask questions... or to just finish him off and finally get this all over with. You've finished your mission already, so this isn't necessary. This man's circumstances don't really matter anymore.

...

>Purify him. Get this over with.
>Ask him a question. (Write-in).

>>45259664
>Purify him. Get this over with.

>>45259664
>Purify him. Get this over with.

>>45259602
>>45259664
Who else in your family possesses the gift of "sight"?

also what the hell even happened? She started texting, then a mysterious manhole or something smashed the spider in the face?

>>45259752
Moeka has potential to be smart. She figured it was likely that the hollow would stick around and wait for an opening, so she pretended to lower her guard while still having her sword ready

>>45259752
It was listening in from the sewers. Moeka noticed it!

>>45259664
>Purify him. Get this over with.
Ask what his wife's family needed the funding for.

>>45259664
Can we contact 12th division and get them to intercept this guy's soul as well? He'd only lose his memories as a hollow.

>>45259664
Ask him if he has any information on his son that he learned only since becoming... That. Say it could have bearings on his son's trial? If we can bring Erwin in after death, then Matthias should be mostly the same.

Also how shitty are shinigami if they can reunite families but just don't feel like it?

>>45259664
>"Well, it's a good thing I didn't call them, after all, eh, Ryouta-kun? We would have missed out on so many bounties... Heh heh heh..."

Bitch, you nearly got us killed. If it weren't for Ryouta asspulling you would have died, and we would have died.

Does she not understand that she would have been killed?

Was this guy killed because he didn't want to support his wife's family business anymore?

>>45259948
Eh in this one instance she was cool. But yeah last time was pretty bad.

>>45259664
>Purify him. Get this over with.
We should probably tell Moeka that despite the fact that we aren't technically a seated officer, we are our captains personal troubleshooter. Lying to and antagonizing someone who will be reporting to a captain in 3 hours is simply not smart.

>>45259982
Twice she was caught by the spider. Twice she was going to die. Twice we saved her life, and not even a single "thank you".

Being a good guy is hard. Can't we just become evil, go find Mayuri and do Science! with him?

>>45259664
>Purify him. Get this over with.
I'm ready to move on, let's let somebody else worry about the specifics

>>45259664
Voting over, writing!

>>45260035
Eh there's two things I want to do first. Talk to the reporter and tell her that we killed the Kramer Mansion Murderer and either there's a fresh victim or a survivor, either of which should exonerate Faust, and if not talk to the old man, make a note to investigate the family. Also give creepy business ghost a konso before we go

>>45259993
>We should probably tell Moeka that despite the fact that we aren't technically a seated officer, we are our captains personal troubleshooter. Lying to and antagonizing someone who will be reporting to a captain in 3 hours is simply not smart.
This, we haven't got time for fodder shinigami to endanger us and obstruct us on missions for the captain.

>>45260088
Basically you're saying you want to be here for like 3 more threads

>>45260115
>>45259993
Aren't we supposed to be his secret operative or something?
Although I guess it doesn't matter since we already blabbed about it to Ryuu and our mom.

>>45260203
Yes and no. The fact that we receive missions from him to investigate weird shit isn't secret. The fact that he actually has us looking for the plot rock most certainly is.

>>45259993
what's the point of saying this?

>>45259664
>Purify him
"You know, Moeka, if I felt normal human things I'd be concerned about the fact that I place more value on our lives than the money and you apparently don't."

>>45259993
>>45260115
I don't think we should just scold her though, since she doesn't seem to respond to that. I feel like we could tell her that she definitely has the potential to be a seated officer, probably even a lieutenant if she works hard, she just needs to get her shit together.

>>45259993
>>45260115
Telling her we can report her is just going to piss her off, and certainly won't change her attitude. Just report her without confrontation.

>>45260785

Agreed.

>>45260840
>>45260785
Unfortunately anons can be really spiteful sometimes.

>>45260040
You know you don't have to push yourself to tie up all the loose threads now, Mushroom. You seem to be getting pretty tired.

>>45259752
>>45259864
>>45259915
>>45259742
"Matthias Kramer?"

"So you know that name. Was just leaving the corpse alone too hard for you? Did you need to desecrate it? You're just like the rest of them. Dead or alive, things are still the bloody same..." The sickly yellow eye stares into yours with nothing but contempt. "What else have you found out? You're going to brag about that as well, whatever it is, aren't you?"

"Can anyone else see ghosts in your family?" You decide to ask him a question anyway. The Hollow holds his silence, shaking in pain, but then suddenly snorts with derision.

"It was just that worthless kid. He was the only one." He spits out. "He made damn sure everybody knew that he could see ghosts. Constantly embarrassed everyone around him. Never made any friends. Threw tantrums because nobody would believe him. And his grandfather, that old, slim eyed fart, encouraged him. His sister did, too. Erwin got into it, read those pointless books of theirs, withdrew from society... He was worthless."

Hollows target their relatives, regardless of what they've felt towards them during life. But in this case, perhaps the animosity between the father and his son has been present since before the former's death.

"Is that why you were trying to kill him?" You ask.

"He killed me first! I've lost everything. I had so many things to live for, and I've lost it all because of some brat's tantrum! Are you telling me that I should have just let it all go?! Don't you fucking mess with me. You'd have done the same thing in my place!" He laughs, the spider's legs twitching and scratching against the concrete. "In fact, you did, didn't you? That's why so many of them cropped up all at once, it's because he lost control of his lackeys after he died. Well, good! Thank you for that, Shinigami! I can finally go to heaven, isn't that right? So send me off! There's a heaven out there, right? It doesn't all just turn black, right?!"

(1/3)

>>45259562
Soma runs Banished Quest. How have you not heard of him?

His quests are shitpost supreme territory.

>>45261653
Erwin must have used his abilities to kill his father. His motivation could be learned from the man himself. You don't have the time to organize a retrieval of Matthias' spirit after the Konso, wherever it is that he ends up, and it wouldn't achieve much, regardless. The injury is regenerating. He's still a Hollow, after all.

"It doesn't. Your son is already there."

"A murderer like him? What a lenient place..." He scoffs.

"It isn't lenient. He'll be answering for sins that Hell can't judge him for. Hell is for the things humans do to each other, not to spirits; that concept has saved him from that fate. But heaven isn't the paradise it tends to be described as, either." You say. The Hollow listens, having no other choice. "The afterlife is massive. You won't see him ever again."

"...Good. I hope he rots." With that last bit of spite, Matthias lays his head down. His wound will heal soon, so you don't have any more time. Your Zanpakuto cuts through him. The soul slowly scatters into blue dust.

...

(2/3)

>>45261653
well /someone/ is going to hell.

>>45261685

I've heard of him, I just haven't heard of the apparently notably long time he takes between posts.

>>45261706
"So... that was it, huh? With how evil that guy looked, I was sure he'd go to Hell... Well, not that I see unmasked Hollows often... I've never seen one before, actually. Heh." Moeka tries to raise her arms, probably in an attempt to place them behind her head, but they refuse to be lifted, quivering defiantly at around chest level. She gives up on that and tries to sheathe her sword instead. She nearly stabs herself in the arm, her limbs barely listening to her. "I'm spent! I swear I've never felt this numb in my entire life. Or kept Yuchi up for this long, either."

You feel just about ready to faint as well.

"Say, Ryouta-kun... Are you leaving right away? Because my shift here ends in just a few days... so we could go back to Soul Society together after a few days here! All alone. You know? Wouldn't that be cool, eh? ...Don't you think so?" She chuckles, a little nervously.

...You have some things to discuss with her before you make that choice.

...

>"Moeka, I'll be reporting your behavior to the Captain."
>"I know that you performed the Konso on Erwin to keep the reward to yourself. Please share it, and I won't report your behavior to the Captain."
>"You really need to rethink your attitude, Moeka, because it has nearly gotten us killed."
>Don't mention any of those things; just report her when you get back.
>Other. (Write-in).

>>45261759
>Don't mention any of those things; just report her when you get back.

>>45261759
>>"You really need to rethink your attitude, Moeka, because it has nearly gotten us killed."

Dead people can't send money to whatever problem they have back home. Be smart, not greedy. Also push for promotions, better pay.

>>45261759
>>"You really need to rethink your attitude, Moeka, because it has nearly gotten us killed."

>>45261759
>"I know that you performed the Konso on Erwin to keep the reward to yourself. Please share it, and I won't report your behavior to the Captain."
>"You really need to rethink your attitude, Moeka, because it has nearly gotten us killed."

>>45261759
>>>"You really need to rethink your attitude, Moeka, because it has nearly gotten us killed."

>>45261759
>"You have talent; do not waste it."

And then just leave and document everything in our debriefing. Short, sweet, simple, in-character.

No need to beat a dead horse or any of that shit for now.

>>45261759
>"You really need to rethink your attitude, Moeka, because it has nearly gotten us killed."
Add in the part about her having talent, carrot and stick.

>>45256472
>"Impossible! My powers of magnetism wouldn't work, you have eliminated my shikai."

>"No, Moeka, it was just a wooden sword painted to -look- like a real one."

>>45261759
>"I know that you performed the Konso on Erwin to keep the reward to yourself. Please share it, and I won't report your behavior to the Captain."

>>45261929
>that feel when not so lucky
totally wasted opportunity to just drop the gambling theme Kubo had going for him when he first showed up

Wait is there even a bounty on Erwin? Like we only are hunting him becuase Urahara said so.

>>45261759
Voting over, writing!

guys, come the fuck on. Just leave and work it in the report.
Report the kills, split the cash like we agreed to and denounce her actions in the report.

Done deal.

>>45261759
"After this, I'm going to have to report directly to Urahara. Before then, maybe we could clear things up a bit." Like I wanna get an idea of what she stands for, why she is the way she is, and if she's ever gonna change.

>>45262133
Eh, if she does get her shit together, and she owes us, that would be useful. I'm not sure we could get her fired regardless due to how separate the divisions were, and, you know, considering Tousen's backstory it's unlikely we'd get Moeka fired, since being an abusive and ultimately murderous husband didn't do the trick.

>>45262208
The guy in question was probably either a noble, or totally unimportant so the central 46 couldn't be bothered to actually hold a trial.

So, did we actually find Shinji? Because the magician was Erwin and the Hollow was Matthias,their father.

>>45261804
>>45261815
>>45261835
"You really need to rethink your attitude, Moeka, because it has nearly gotten us killed." You say.

"B-but it all turned out just fine in the end, didn't it? We're both still healthy and way better off after all of that..."

"It all came down to luck more than anything else. You've nearly died at least twice. To add to that, you've lied on several occasions during the mission, and neglected to mention vital information because you got careless. I'm aware of all your deceptions, Moeka, and there's quite a few."

"W-well, you lied, too! You said you don't have a Shikai, but you're actually so good at it that you have two abilities instead of one, like I have!" She tries to defend herself by turning your accusations around. But not only is her ability far more versatile than she seems to be giving it credit for, your Shikai wasn't relevant to the investigation or the events that unfolded after its conclusion, and you weren't lying about it, either.

"Awww, come ooon, I was just trying to do my best! Believe me! I didn't mean to hurt the investigation or anyone at all!"

"You should have talked to me about it more. We could have reached a compromise."

"But I did talk to you! And you still wanted to call reinforcements anyway! They would have taken all the bounties!" The redhead shakes her small fists. "It's always like this. Nobody ever takes me seriously! Not my colleagues, not the Lieutenant, probably not even the Captain... You don't, either! You can get pretty tired from that sort of treatment, you know! Like I'm a child or something! Just because I'm not over a hundred years old-... that shouldn't even mean anything, it's so stupid!"

(1/2)

>>45263110
Yeah Yasu just called him Shinji for some strange reason. Probably a codename or something so that his identity wouldn't be found out so easily.

>>45263134
Moeka sighs, folding her arms over her chest. "I do feel bad for being dishonest with you, because you're a pretty nice guy, Ryouta-kun, but come on! My luck is just the worst! I keep getting these positions in big, dangerous cities, only to have nothing big or dangerous ever happen during my shifts! ...Until you appeared and said that there was something important going on! So it was my chance to prove myself to everyone. I couldn't just let it slip me by!"

"Is that why you've performed the Konso on Erwin?"

"That's right! I wanted it to be on my name so that I'd be taken seriously!"

"Does that mean that you don't need the money on his head?"

"W-well... It was a secondary concern, but it's still a concern!" She exclaims, flustered. "But... we've made that deal, so I'm still going to share it with you, obviously. H-half and half, alright..?" She manages to sound more than a little unsure about that. Moeka swallows heavily, looking away. "I... I know what you're thinking. I didn't do anything helpful during the investigation, but... W-well, if you really want the money, you can have it... Just... as long as people think that it was me who got the guy, the rest doesn't matter..."

...

>Keep the money, promise not to denounce her in your reports.
>Keep the money, don't promise anything.
>Share the bounty with Moeka.
>Other. (Write-in).

>>45263194
>>Share the bounty with Moeka.

>>45263194
>Share the bounty with Moeka.
She did do her job, albeit poorly. Just make sure to report all her faults later to the top.

>>45263194
>>Keep the money, don't promise anything.
I still want to denounce her in the report, she'll just continue to endanger others in the future for some measly recognition.

>>45263194
Seconding
>>45263241

>>45263194
>Share the bounty with Moeka.
You really helped a lot, if you hadn't been so dishonest you would've been a really good partner. We still made a deal and I intend to keep it.

>>45263194
>Keep the money, don't promise anything.

>>45263137
Ah, okay.

>>45263241
This

>>45263194
>Share the bounty with Moeka, don't promise anything

All honesty? The less eyes on us the better.

>>45263194
Voting over, writing!

>>45263194
>Share the bounty
"We had an agreement, and I appreciated hearing your reasons. And if it's any consolation, I took you seriously from the start."

>>45263625
I'll second

>>45263194
>>Share the bounty with Moeka.

>>45263241
>>45263224
>>45263284
Moeka has done her share of work, even if it was a poor effort. You tell her that you'll follow through with the deal. The redhead sighs in relief.

"Thanks a ton, Ryouta-kun. You're so great! I bet if I had a boyfriend, I'd be wishing that he was as cool as you right now..." Moeka says, smirking.

After a strange pause, she continues. "Look, Ryouta-kun... I'm not gonna lie again, alright? And... I hope I can make it up to you, you know, as a friend. Or... You know..." She winks, smiling again. You don't really know what she's implying.

The sun has set by now. The wrecked street is lit by pale blue lamps. The wind is growing colder, cutting even sharper. You feel some of the exhaustion disappear once you realize that it's all finally over.

"So, Ryouta-kun... About that thing I mentioned. Are you going to stay with me for a few more days? You know... to... make sure that everything's normal?" Moeka asks, though judging by what she's said before, she just doesn't want to stay here alone if she can help it; making sure of the situation has nothing to do with it. Well, that's not a commendable reason by any means, but...

...

>Keep Moeka company until her assignment to this city is over.
>Head back to Soul Society right away.

>>45264124
>Keep Moeka company until her assignment to this city is over.

>>45264124
>Keep Moeka company until her assignment to this city is over.

>>45264124
>Head back to Soul Society right away.
Brahs don't get tricked we gotta report this kido user shit asap.

>>45264124
>Head back to Soul Society right away.
Missions over, don't fall for her lies.

>>45264185
(I think this is my post?)
changing to
>Head back to Soul Society right away
accidentally pasted wrong option

>>45264124
>>Head back to Soul Society right away.

>>45264307
Delete your other post then senpai.

>>45264124
>Head back to Soul Society right away.
No real reason to stay.

>>45264333
oh shit yeah, thanks, forgot to do that as well.

>>45264124
>Keep Moeka company until her assignment to this city is over.

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>>45264124
Ending thread for tonight, it's getting really late! We're starting off the next thread in Soul Society... most likely!

Next thread will be announced on twitter:
https://twitter.com/Mushroomgami

If you have any feedback or questions, shoot them my way! I'll answer them on twitter if I pass out before answering them here, or in the thread if it's still up when I wake up!

Thanks for reading!

>>45264342
Because we can learn to bee more of a real person?

>>45264620
Thanks for running!

>>45264620
Can we tell Moeka that she has the potential to be lieutenant class, but just hasn't even come close to reaching it?

How do you raise your REIA anyway?

>>45264697
There'll be chances to tell her about it!

REIA goes up with training and time, up to its potential. It's easier to increase when your potential is high, but it always slows down near the peak. But it seems that Moeka doesn't work very hard at all...

>>45264697
Simple.

You have to eat rice balls while sitting on your head whilst doing advanced arithmetic with your other hand.

Oh, and you need to practice forms with your legs while doing all that.

>>45264819
Maybe scolding her might work from her captain, though Shunsui doesn't really seem the type.

I just don't want to get her thrown in the Maggot's Nest because I'm not sure how hair-trigger the Soul Society is with punishing people.

>>45264887
The Maggots' Nest isn't for that sort of offense.

>>45265606
Still I feel like we should admit to her being the one to perform Konso on Erwin, even if we might not like and say that she killed him, but we should credit her with killing Matthias, because that was the only impressive thing she did the whole time.

I just kind of want any criticism to be more "needs improvement and someone to light a fire under her ass" and not "fire this bitch."

>>45265676
Anon, she sabatoged the mission for personal gain, she does not deserve mercy.

>>45265739
Except she didn't, she was just kind of dense.

Our mission was to kill Erwin, we completed it. What happened with the hollows was absolutely none of our business, professional-wise.

>>45265818
She killed our fun and didn't call for backup entirely so she could get paid more.

Anon pls.

She's not your waifu.

>>45265884
>fun

What the fuck are you doing hands?

>*phone

>>45265818
> broke our denreishinki
>lied about calling them
> sh-she d-didnt du nuffin guys

>>45265884
Yeah she broke our phone, but what you're doing is just gonna make us seem petty and probably gain us an enemy. She's not my waifu, and she's not yours either, so stop acting like we caught her cheating on us. Tone it down dude.

>>45265950
Holy fuck, you're either delusional or an Aussie.

>>45265950
>nearly died because of her

>"NO DUDE UR WRONG CALM DOWN"

Bruh.

BRUH.

NIGGA FURREAL.

Let's say you were in the situation, and ended up impaled on a fuckhuge boar, and barely got out of it by sheer luck, would you laugh about it and say everything was fine?

No, you'd be pissed.

>>45265935
Yeah she did do stuff. Fucked up stuff. But honestly, we could have just left her ass to get killed by her own hubris. But to me, it sounds like undermining her in her reports would just result in nothing changing for her, like they're not gonna fire her but they still won't respect her. But if we do make her look good, and she gets promoted, then she's gonna learnt that that involves a lot more hard work than she's been willing to put it. If she decides to stay being a small fish or actually rises to the occasion, at least something constructive will happen.

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>>45265950
>She's not my waifu, and she's not yours either, so stop acting like we caught her cheating on us. Tone it down dude.

>there are still people who just repeat what others say as if it is a viable tactic

>>45266017
>you'd be pissed
It's not even a matter of being pissed, she's shown she's willing to put herself over the mission. If she keeps that up, she'll get someone killed.

Jesus fucking Christ, not everything falls into "waifu do not harm!" or "hammer of God". She done fucked up, sure, but she did so for entirely human and non-malicious reasons.

>>45266017
Considering that being in a desperate situation allowed us to realize that we have the potential to be motherfucking Amazo? I have a hard time continuing to hold onto a grudge. Sure hold it over her head for a while, but vindictiveness is not the order of the day here man. It really did work out for the best, and she has the potential to be less of a terrible person (who isn't even quite as terrible as we initially thought because a good amount of us were pretty sure she was gonna try to kill us). Just chill.

>>45266042
She's blatantly incompetent, she needs to be punished and learn from her mistakes, or get kicked out.

>>45266114
She put us at risk, and will put others at risk.
>>45266133
Completely irrelevant

>>45266134
I don't think kicking someone out who can learn to be a lieutenant (and would owe us) is a good idea just because she wronged us. I'm not denying she's a fuckup, I'm just saying that spite is shortsighted. Torpedoing her career accomplishes shitall. Increased attention also brings incrreased scrutiny, so if she doesn't change at all, being in the spotlight will take care of ending her ambitions for us.

I feel like you're all forgetting that Ryouta lacks the capacity to get butthurt like you do

>>45266226
OK, confirmed you're an Aussie.

>>45266133
>"W-Well it turned out okay, all is okay then."

Nigger that is not what someone who has had a tusk the size of their arm inside of them would say.

Moreover, this isn't about being "vindictive", it's about reporting what she did because it was reckless and stupid, and her being allowed to continue doing so -will- result in loss of life eventually.

But you flipped out because of reasons and we should just let her continue to be stupid and dangerous.

So yeah, let her be, so when she ends up dead, or she ends up getting others killed we can look back and call you a faggot.

Actually, we're going to call you a faggot anyway, though that goes for everyone here honestly.

>>45266167
People can change you vindictive jackass. I just don't see trying to crush her as condusive to change. And it's complely relevant, you're just full bile over what might have happened, and are trying to turn it into a greater good situation to get it through because as >>45266226 Ryouta seems incapable of pettiness so far, though you're damn well trying to change that.

>>45266266
What the fuck makes you think she'll just continue being stupid and dangerous unless we get her fired? I'm not saying we shouldn't say something you jackass, I'm saying that when we do, we should at least pretend to be in-character and not be so fucking salty.

>>45266263
Not even the same person, m8.

oh god are we actually having a waifu debate right now?

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>>45266287
>vindictive
>>45266204
>spite
>>45266133
>vindictiveness

>this strawman

>>45266332
>reporting what she did will get her fired

Boy, telling that she damaged property and didn't call for backup sure is a crime that deserves Capital Punishment!

Yeah, that'll seal her fate, back to the Rukongai for her! All because she was reckless!

WEW LAD

You're fucking retarded. And you're projecting. And you have no fucking clue what anyone is actually saying. Fuck off.

>>45266386
Don't even act like you care about what this dumbass does in the future. This is completely about how that cunt got in your way, so she needs to go in the ground.

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>>45266430
>Not even part of the argument.

>YOUR CRUSADE TO HATE THIS CHARACTER SHALL FAIL!

Jesus dude, calm the fuck down, you're going to get kidney stones from all that stress.

>>45266500
Leave him alone, anon, just let the waifufag yell at everyone else and laugh.

>>45266500

>>45265739
>sabotaged the mission
>does not deserve mercy
>>45264281
>don't fall for her lies
>>45266017
>No, you'd be pissed.

Yeah this is completely based on the good of the soul society.
And it is completely my argument from the start man, where'd you come in? What I'm getting at is that most anons think that ONLY waifus deserve forgiveness, when anyone else who impedes the MC must pay.

>>45266631
Uh, guy, I was saying that I wasn't part of it, not you. This just proves how hard you are strawmanning if absolutely everyone is your enemy. You need to go take a cold shower.

>>45266681
Dude, mocking one side of an argument makes you part of the argument. Are you legitimately autistic?

>>45266631
>tfw everything out of context serves the purpose of whomever is speaking

>tfw two of those are not being spiteful, but honest, and cautious

Because "no mercy" means we have to behead her and fuck her esophagus. And does not mean that we should simply report her as we should.

You're fucking mental.

>>45266716
>tfw now everyone who spoke ill of the wars their country have been in are now all separatists and terrorists
>tfw all comedians are now declaring sides
>tfw [STRAWMAN INTENSIFIES]
No, Anon, you are the autist.

And then anon was a faggot.

>>45266759
But I never said we shouldn't report her you illiterate dunce. I only said that the goal of reporting her shouldn't be to try to get her fired, but instead to make someone in her division take steps to make sure she doesn't keep fucking up in the future. But the guy I quoted said that was too merciful you fucking stupid fuck.

>>45266832
I'm going to assume English isn't your first language, because no one said that.

What you said was "try to word it to make her sound okay"

What other anons said was "Fuck that, we're telling exactly what she did, no flowery language"

Way to be salty fucboi.

>>45266806
Are you a simpleton? I'm saying that if you speak ill of the wars their country has been in, then that means that you're anti-war, and not pro-war.

If a comedian exclusively mocks conservatives, considering him a liberal isn't a difficult conclusion to make.

The worst part is that I bet you genuinely don't get that what you just did is a much better example of a strawman than anything I said.

>>45266891
I'm saying that if we're telling exactly what she did, being able to kill Matthias the way she did was honestly probably not something we'd be able to pull off on our own. And no, that doesn't excuse the other shit she pulled, but I felt like we should use that as saying that she has the potential to shape up, and is not a lost cause. But that's just too much of a revolutionary concept for you asses.

>>45266895
>autism confirmed
I guess reading something someone else says when using your own logic is suddenly wrong, despite being the exact way they were acting. Have a nice night you gigantic retard.

>>45266979
Dude, you're the one equated being on the opposite side as someone as being a terrorist.

Maybe that explains why you felt the need to meme at me so hard, for having a different viewpoint. Have a good night in your safe space.