>>48888852
DOUBLE GHOSTS.

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>>48888852
You shake your head in disbelief. “It's part of a cycle. Die in one world, and you're reborn in the other. The only variable is how your soul arrives in its new home. It's our duty as shinigami to regulate the cycle of death and rebirth, by helping souls who linger here move to the Soul Society and by sending back souls from our world when there's a disaster in yours.”

“So the World Wars were probably a tough time?” Mizuiro asks curiously. Of Ichigo's classmates it seems to be the normally quiet boy that's followed the conversation most easily.

“Worst time on the job in two centuries,” you agree, “by far. But we found ways to cope.”

Orihime, the orange-haired girl with the scariest powers you've ever seen in a human, steps closer and furrows her brow in thought. “Two centuries... meaning you were around during the Restoration? So that means you've met all sorts of interesting people, right? Ooh, I bet you dated one of those famous swordsmen back when you were younger, didn't you!? And when he died you probably took part of his uniform as a memento, to remember a love that would never last... how tragic...”

She seems to tear up a little as she holds your hands between hers, and you feel your jaw slowly dropping at how close her rant came to actual truth. A bit wild on the whole 'tragic love' angle, but still. “It must have been so hard for you!”

“Come on, Hime!” Chizuru laughs nervously, moving to adjust the red frames of her glasses despite the fact that they're sitting right where they should be. “This whole thing's too crazy, there's no need to make it sound even crazier.”

“Actually,” you muse as your hand finds your sash, “this belonged to Okita Sōji. We weren't lovers or anything, but he taught me Tennen-Rishin Ryu and was surprisingly soft-spoken for such an accomplished killer. Way less strict than everyone said he'd be.”

Chizuru's laughter stops as soon as she realizes you're not joking.
>2/4

>>48888913
Well that's kind of ominous. What happened to Sasakibe?

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>>48888913
“Now then, this is the important part,” you continue, sitting in the shade near the building's ventilation fans. “So listen up. Karakura town is what we refer to as a Jūreichi, a place that's enriched with the same particles and energy that make up the Soul Society called reishi. Living in it sometimes affects humans in unexpected ways. This was accelerated in your cases by two additional factors: Kurosaki Ichigo and Ishida Uryū.”

“Explain,” Yasutora insists quietly. You can tell you've piqued the stoic young mountain of a man's interests with this. So you do as he asks.

“Humans with natural spiritual powers can use their powers better when the reishi is denser,” you explain carefully, “which is why the Kurosaki and Ishida families are here. Yasutora, you and Arisawa had your own growth essentially jump-started by being around Ichigo more often.”

“What about us?” Chizuru demands. “I don't have any weird powers, like lightning or magical swords. I'm just...”

“A raging lesbian?” Muzuiro asks, albeit somewhat disinterestedly.

Chizuru smacks Asano upside the head for snickering too loudly at the comment. “I mean, the rest of us are normal! So why involve us at all?”

“Inoue developed powers more slowly,” you reply firmly, “and the rest of you can see me. The fact that you can see spirits at all means your own powers are developing as well. It's more a matter of time at this point.”

“If we move out of the city though...”

“You'd be dead within the first six months,” you interrupt Chizuru's line of thought. “Shinigami aren't the only spirits out there, and some of the others actually hunt humans with spiritual power. If you move to an area with less reishi, you may not be able to defend yourselves.”
>3/4

>>48888947
It's a work in progress. You'll notice that Kaoru's also not on there, and Ukitake has Mimihagi crawling out of his face. So it doesn't necessarily indicate anything.

>>48888913
Huh, Mugen actually fits pretty well for Kai actually.

>>48888983
Excellent choice for Mirai though.

>>48888913
Isn't Kira Sandalhat's LT? and the shinigami we rescued from Huehuehueco Ice brats LT?

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>>48888955
“That monster she killed just now,” Yasutora explains to his friends. “It was a kind of spirit called a hollow.”

“And the one that attacked us all a while ago, the one Tatsuki beat,” Inoue adds, despite the fact that she shouldn't be able to remember that event. “That was a hollow too?”

“It was,” you confirm. “Part of our duty is to purify the souls of hollows, allowing them to pass on.”

“Purify them?” Asano asks in utter non-comprehension. “If they eat people, why would you want to purify them?”

“That's a deeply human way of looking at it,” you sigh quietly, looking Asano in the eyes. “Which isn't to say wrong, just... understandably shortsighted, and something we as shinigami can't afford. Every hollow was once a human soul, no different from any of you, who couldn't move on for some reason. When we purify a soul not only is the balance maintained, but it serves as our apology for not being there to help them pass on in the first place.”

“Some of them, particularly the old ones, can be disturbingly decent people.”

“What does that actually mean?” Mizuiro asks.

“It's complicated,” you wave your hand dismissively. “I'm here to give you the introduction course, but if you ever want your PhD in ghost pseudoscience I'll try and explain arrancars to you.”

“So what do you intend to do, Miss Kusajishi?” Inoue asks you, uncertainty in her voice.

>I will train you here, off the books.
>The reishi of Soul Society will help you train.
>CHAD, WE HAVE TO GO BACK.
>Other?

>>48889034
Again, some of that is WiP. Some of it will make sense soon enough.

Since when were you under the impression everyone survived the reigai attack?

>>48888913
Didn't Okita end up at the shinigami academy at some point, or am I making shit up?

>>48889047
>I know this group of misfits who need to do something productive with their time.
Personally, I think Chad would do best under Kensei since they have similar fighting styles.

>>48889047
What's that last option mean? I'd rather be informed of a choice instead of "LOL MYSTERY BOX!"

>>48889047
>>The reishi of Soul Society will help you train.
>>CHAD, WE HAVE TO GO BACK.

>>48889047
>>CHAD, WE HAVE TO GO BACK.

>>48888983
I was totally just about to complain about the lack of Kaoru.

>>48889047
>The reishi of Soul Society will help you train.
>Other?
"In fact, you don't have to be in Soul Society the entire time."

Valley is like the DBZ Gravity Room.

>>48889090
Huh, they really don't have anything better to do, do they?

>>48889047
>CHAD, WE HAVE TO GO BACK.

All aboard the Kisajishi train, now pulling into Batshit Insaneville in the county of Fuck-Your-Excuses.

>>48889071
He's currently in First Division, but like most souls remembers nothing of his life. There ARE a few remnants however, strong feelings of duty and propriety that carried over and made him a good fit for First.

>>48889091
It's less of a suggested change of scenery and more dragging them along regardless of whether they want to train or not.

>>48889047
>CHAD, WE HAVE TO GO BACK.
What else could be picked?

>>48889091
Other is for write in.

>>48889047
>>48889090
Sounds good to me.

>>48889047
>The reishi of Soul Society will help you train.
>CHAD, WE HAVE TO GO BACK.

>>48889047
I'm going with >>48889090
for now, since I feel like we should probably wait until we're done with all the reigai stuff?

>>48889308
It's a decent write-in that I'll definitely do something with later, but the reishi-dense environment seems to have won for now.

>writing

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>>48889374
“I think you know what this means, Yasutora,” you conclude with a solemn nod. “We have to go back.”

Yasutora looks at you with the eyes of a man who's been handed a death sentence. “Do we?”

“Yup,” you nod. “The reishi there will help you all train, and I'll stand a better chance figuring out all your powers that way. So we have to go back.”

“Is it really that bad?” Asano asks nervously.

Yasutora shakes his head. “It's fine. But the people there...”

“Are what?” Asano interrupts, eager to hear what he's in for. “What are the people like?”

“Strong,” Yasutora tells him. “Frighteningly strong.”

“Well then!” you declare cheerfully, leading them off the roof. “Let's not waste time, then! And don't talk to me from here on. Remember, nobody else can see me when I'm in my spirit body.”

The best place to do this will probably be the Inari shrine, and it'll make a much better impression on the young humans to cross over to the Soul Society in a sacred place. Doing it on the roof of their high school through brute force may actually end with Mizuiro asking too many questions about how you can do such a thing. And with what little they know about hollows, that's not a conversation you want to have just yet.

“Why are we walking out of town?” Mizuiro asks, absolutely on-point.

“I'll open a portal at the shrine,” you explain carefully. “Actually, Yasutora?”

“Captain?”

“I need you to do me a favor,” you tell the large young man. “I want you to buy something for me.”

“You what now?” he asks.

“It's not like the places around here accept gold coins anymore,” you sigh, pointing at a nearby store you spotted as you were walking. “Don't worry, it's just a gift for a fellow Captain.”
>1/2

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>>48889471
Oh this is gonna be good....

>>48889471
A few minutes later you walk out of the pet store having forced Yasutora to buy a hairbrush meant for dogs. It's perfect for Komamura, and when Yasutora finally gets to the Soul Society it'll make a great gift.

"I bet this Captain friend of yours has a really bushy beard?" Orihime asks cheerfully. If only she knew...

"I can't get over the fact that we just bought a dog brush for a ghost," Asano mutters, glancing back over his shoulder at the store. "I mean, this is weird, right?"

"Very," you agree, pointing up a narrow path that leads up a grassy hill to the side of the road out of Karakura town. "This way."

The hot, muggy Japanese weather is alleviated somewhat as you walk through the trees, but the aggravating racket of the cicadas crying becomes that much worse as you walk further from the road and the air grows almost stiflingly still. Thankfully it doesn't take long to reach the shrine, and when you do the noise disappears abruptly.

"Hey, listen," Orihime speaks up, noticing the quietness that her friends failed to.

Chizuru looks around nervously. "It's too quiet here, this is creepy. It feels like we shouldn't even be here..."

"It's fine," you reassure her. "I'm friends with the proprietor."

"You mean the head priest?"

"No."

>Use one of the wooden Torii as the frame for a more stable garganta, lead the humans through on the quiet. You'll have to form a pathway for them however.
>Use Tenkotsuki to open the Senkaimon. It'll be easier for them to move through it, but it'll draw attention that you may not want.

>>48889617
>>Use one of the wooden Torii as the frame for a more stable garganta, lead the humans through on the quiet. You'll have to form a pathway for them however.

>>48889617
>Use one of the wooden Torii as the frame for a more stable garganta, lead the humans through on the quiet. You'll have to form a pathway for them however.

Have we actually gotten the okay to bring them with us?

>>48889617
>Use one of the wooden Torii as the frame for a more stable garganta, lead the humans through on the quiet. You'll have to form a pathway for them however.

>>48889617
>>Use one of the wooden Torii as the frame for a more stable garganta, lead the humans through on the quiet. You'll have to form a pathway for them however.
Don't. Stray. From. The. Path.

>>48889617
>>Use one of the wooden Torii as the frame for a more stable garganta, lead the humans through on the quiet. You'll have to form a pathway for them however.

>>48889642
>implying this isn't one of Riku's more or less consistent character flaws

>>48889617
>>Use one of the wooden Torii as the frame for a more stable garganta, lead the humans through on the quiet. You'll have to form a pathway for them however.

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>>48889642
>Have we actually gotten the okay to bring them with us?
>asking for permission
>Riku
LOL good one anon.

Alrighty then, give me some 3d10 rolls. Bare minimum DC is 5's.

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

>>48889832

Rolled 3, 7, 6 = 16 (3d10)

>>48889832

>>48889697
As one anon put it, the fundamental point of disagreement between Riku and the captain commander is that to him undermining the social and political goals of the Central 46 in the process of defeating Aizen is a regrettable necessity. To Riku, its a bonus. She won't ask them for permission because she knows they won't punish her after the fact, but they might tell her not to.

Rolled 4, 5, 5 = 14 (3d10)

>>48889832

>>48889839
>>48889847
>>48889851

no crits, but pass is pass...

>>48889839
>>48889847
>>48889851
couldn't get an exceptional success on a dc5? Not sure that bodes well.

>>48889839
A solid performance.
>writing
>after this update I need to grab breakfast, so the next one may be a little slower

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You eye one of the wooden torii carefully, considering your options for getting a bunch of untrained humans through the space between worlds without losing any of them. “Tenkotsuki, what do you think?”

“I believe we can work with this,” your zanpakuto tells you. “Open a garganta within this frame and I can stabilize it for you.”

“Who's Tenkotsuki?” Orihime asks curiously.

“My sword,” you explain calmly, opening a hole between the legs of the torii and expanding it to meet the edges of the frame so that Tenkotsuki can anchor it there. “All shinigami's swords have personalities, and I can talk to mine at will.”

“Weird,” Chizuru comments as she gazes into the inky void within the portal.

“Very. Follow me, everyone, and stay close.”

The void before you is split by a large, oblong platform of milky white energy, solid as bedrock beneath your footfalls. As you walk further into the void the platform expands forward, like a slowly widening series of ink blots forming into a functional bridge. A little more effort and you may have added handrails, but instead you opted for wide and solid.

A verbal warning here should suffice.

“Stay away from the edge,” you insist quietly, leading the small group of humans into the darkness.

There's a noticeable pause before Chizuru speaks up. “What happens if we fall off?”

You stop in place, glancing back over your shoulder rather ominously. “Don't fall off.”

The trip between worlds is uneventful, thanks to your precise control over the mass of reiatsu at your disposal. You forgot how much of a pain in the ass it is to do this sort of thing without resorting to hirenkyaku to cross the distance required near-instantly, but these kids need you to go more slowly for them. And it'd be awkward to have to explain to Ichigo why one of his friends ended up floating in the extradimensional void for all eternity.
>1/?

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After what feels like forever, maybe five whole minutes, you reemerge in the middle of the Ninth Division's training grounds. By now nobody around here even bats an eyelid at your abrupt appearance, though a few people notice a bunch of humans in civilian clothes following behind you. In a more private area in the training grounds, you find some familiar faces.

From a hammock suspended between two trees you spot Starrk shooting a plasticky-looking gun, aiming lazily at Lilynette with a wide-brimmed hat tipped low over his eyes and one arm stretched across his body. The suction cup-tipped darts whiz past the little arrancar, who seems smug in her evasive abilities: what she doesn't realize is that her partner's seemingly disjointed shots are sticking to the wall of a gardening shed behind her to spell “MORON” in precisely-formed capitals. You decide not to spoil Starrk's fun, as from your angle you can see him smiling from beneath the brim of his hat.

Halibel is on her own, moving in slow, deliberate circular steps as she carefully shifts the reiatsu concentrations throughout her body. When she notices you she turns and nods silently, revealing that she's unzipped her collar far enough to reveal a rare glimpse of her bone-clad chin. Apacci is nearby, in the middle of defending herself from an onslaught of blows from Mila Rose and Sung-Sun. She's using those cero shields of hers to intercept their swords, improving her speed and control with the technique while forcing her companions to learn how to work together for once.

The nostalgic sounds of a cello recording being played and hard wood being struck greet your ears, and walking a bit further towards your own quarters reveal Yoruichi training against a wooden man. Her fingertips, wrists, and elbows follow the familiar tune of Elgar's last and perhaps greatest concerto.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwMON0FsAaA
>2/?

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>>48890241
She strikes at the wooden man's wrists with her arms and its throat and stomach with vicious clawing blows, moving not quickly but deliberately, letting the cellist's tempo dictate her own. Similar to Halibel she focuses much more heavily on how her own reiatsu shifts and balances within her body as she executes each combination, more than exercise to your eyes... it's poetry in fluid, glorious motion.

A subtle metallic flash draws your attention to her throat, where she's suspended a tiny silver bell from her silken choker. It's almost more than you can handle, so predictably it leaves Chizuru powerless to control herself. She charges forward, a word escaping her lips that must be some weird modern term for lesbianism that you're not familiar with. That won't do.

With no hesitation at all in your mind you reach out with one hand and swipe your fingers to the side, not even bothering to say the name of the first Bakudō. Sheer willpower is more than enough to get the job done, and a visibly shocked Chizuru tumbles to the ground as she suddenly finds her arms wrenched behind her back and pinned in place. As you step over her, you kneel down to whisper a single word in a low, dangerous growl.

“Mine.”

“You know we have the 1965 Du Pre recording, right?” you interrupt Yoruichi's routine, after almost deciding not to do so. “Her interpretation is fairly definitive.”

“I know,” she replies. “This recording speaks to me more.”

Understandable. You were playing it for her after all, on what the audience that evening never knew was your fiftieth wedding anniversary.

"So what do you want us to do?" Yasutora asks, following close behind while his friends inspect Chizuru as she struggles against the spell to little avail.
>3/4

>>48890329
>I want you to observe Yoruichi here for a little while. Try and get a feel for the way she uses her reiatsu.
>See Chizuru there? That's you in a few minutes. I expect you to break free from the Bakudō by dinner.
>Sado, please try and explain reiatsu to your friends. Try using references to things people your age would understand.
>I'd like to see what each of you is capable of, to try and tailor your training to each of your needs.
>Other?

>>48890393
>>Sado, please try and explain reiatsu to your friends. Try using references to things people your age would understand.
>>I'd like to see what each of you is capable of, to try and tailor your training to each of your needs.

>okay, stepping out for a bit. feel free to discuss things in greater detail if need be while I'm out.
>also sorry for the bad link, turns out you have to go to youtube to hear it. but it's worth a listen.

>>48890393
>>Sado, please try and explain reiatsu to your friends. Try using references to things people your age would understand.
>I'd like to see what each of you is capable of, to try and tailor your training to each of your needs.

>>48890393
>I'd like to see what each of you is capable of, to try and tailor your training to each of your needs.

>>48890393
>Sado, please try and explain reiatsu to your friends. Try using references to things people your age would understand.
>I'd like to see what each of you is capable of, to try and tailor your training to each of your needs.

>>48890393
>I'd like to see what each of you is capable of, to try and tailor your training to each of your needs.
>Other?
"You're all gonna sit down and have a snack with Stark and company. And he'll gradually release his reiatsu. Try not to end up on the floor."

>>48890393
First
>>I'd like to see what each of you is capable of, to try and tailor your training to each of your needs.
Then afterwards
>>Sado, please try and explain reiatsu to your friends. Try using references to things people your age would understand.

>>48890329
>>Sado, please try and explain reiatsu to your friends. Try using references to things people your age would understand.
>I'd like to see what each of you is capable of, to try and tailor your training to each of your needs.

>>48890463
How about we NOT kill them?

>>48890393
>I'd like to see what each of you is capable of, to try and tailor your training to each of your needs.

I have finished archive diving this great quest, and now, my first vote!

>>48890500
Fiiine. Just Apacci then since she's got finer control.

Just saying, any skills they pick up isn't worth anything if they're paralyzed with a Captain level reiatsu on the onset.

>back from my breakfast run, good LORD the weather here is shit
>writing

>>48890834
“Sado, please explain reiatsu to your friends here,” you request, adopting an uncharacteristically polite tone. “I'm not sure I'd do a very good job, since I've never actually had to explain the basic concepts before.”

“Then I'm going to want to see what you can all do,” you continue, much louder this time. “Tailor my approach to each of your skillsets.”

As Sado tries to explain using as few words as possible, you wonder quietly whether you may have made a miscalculation here. The boy means well, and it's clear to you that he understands the concepts you've asked him to teach, but this is one case where maybe it'd be better if he were a wordy little bastard like Asano or Mizuiro.

As he teaches, you take a seat next to Yoruichi and watch. Her tone is quieter than you're used to from her, and it's immediately clear why when she begins to explain what's happened in the brief time you were gone.

“We got an official aftermath report,” she tells you solemnly. “It wasn't as bad as it could've been, but there were a few high-profile incidents you should know about.”

“Who bought it?” you ask quietly, steeling yourself for her response.

“Rangiku's reigai took out Shunsui's eye. He'll be fine though, and he and Ukitake managed to get her back, but it took a fair bit out of them. Komamura and the Old Man are also pretty badly drained, and ice-boy isn't conscious yet. Fourth expects him to be fine though. It's our Lieutenants who are in the worst shape.”

“How bad are we talking here?”

“Widespread injuries,” Yoruichi continues. “Mirai's reigai hit Lietuenant Kano in the chest, damaged his soul chain. He's still in critical condition and Retsu doubts he'll ever recover fully.”

“That's a hefty blow,” you mutter. “How is Tenth managing?”
>1/2

>>48891117
>tfw our division regai caused all the problems

Sheeeiiiit. Step up yo game up other niggas.

>>48891117
>> “Mirai's reigai hit-"
Shiiit, I totally forgot how much of a problem her reigai would be.

>>48891117
“Kisuke sent Kira over to fill the gap, but they're reeling,” your wife admits. “It may take a while for the Division to recover. I've also had to suspend my own Lieutenant for now, since he was badly hurt. He'll be fine, but I'm not sure he was up to snuff. I might...”

“Yes?”

“... I might need to resort to Omaeda.”

“Well, at least nobody's dead,” you sigh, “so it could be worse.”

“It's worse,” Yoruichi tells you. “I saved this for last, because I know it won't be easy to hear.”

“Sasakibe... won't be returning to duty.”

Your heart skips a beat. The old man was a permanent fixture in the tight-knit circle of Lieutenants and had been for centuries, back to before your own tenure in the position under Yoruichi. For him to suddenly be gone is a sad reality that has an unexpectedly strong impact.

“How?”

“It was Kai's reigai,” she explains. “He used Kamitinbe's Bankai, managed to mangle Saskibe's right arm. But that's not the worst part... the old-timer released his own Bankai to counter it, and the hilt was destroyed.”

“You know what that means, Riku. He'll probably never wield a zanpakuto again.”

>How did Kai's reigai manage that? You know Kai's above average, but that seems excessive.
>You don't know for sure that there's not a fix.
>Sadly... Yoruichi may be right. Even if there IS a way to fix this, Sasakibe's too old to start fresh.
>You don't know what to think. Get back to overseeing the training.
>Other?

>>48891246
>How did Kai's reigai manage that? You know Kai's above average, but that seems excessive.
>You don't know for sure that there's not a fix.

>>48891246
>How did Kai's reigai manage that? You know Kai's above average, but that seems excessive.
>You don't know what to think. Get back to overseeing the training.

>>48891246
>How did Kai's reigai manage that? You know Kai's above average, but that seems excessive.
>You don't know for sure that there's not a fix.
>Well, we could always see if any of the Vizards want a new job.

>>48891246
>How did Kai's reigai manage that? You know Kai's above average, but that seems excessive.
>Sadly... Yoruichi may be right. Even if there IS a way to fix this, Sasakibe's too old to start fresh.
>You don't know what to think. Get back to overseeing the training.

>>48888983
The real question is, since when is Hanataro relevant to anything?

>>48891246
Ask what they're saying about our division? Even if it is clones, the fact that it was our forces that caused most of the damage might still be seen as pretty bad.

>>48891246
How do you get the hilt destroyed? Was whatever Kai did to Sasakibe's arm so bad it crushed the hilt he was holding as well?

>>48891246
>How did Kai's reigai manage that? You know Kai's above average, but that seems excessive.
>You don't know for sure that there's not a fix.
>Remember Kisuke is bullshit.

>>48891246
>“... I might need to resort to Omaeda.”
Has she considered trying to recruit Lisa? She's probably picked up some stealth chops along the way, and considering who her captain was, she could probably run the division by herself.

Kinda surprised Riku went "Mine" to Chizuru. I thought the name of the game with Riku and Yoruichi's relationship was how low-key it was supposed to be; when Yoruichi punched Kon I figured the "Mine" was for Riku's benefit and Kon never heard.

Ah well; still best couple.

>>48891246
>Sadly... Yoruichi may be right. Even if there IS a way to fix this, Sasakibe's too old to start fresh.

> ....One of the kids has a power that might be able to reverse what happened. If it gets strong enough.

>>48891459
Let's be real here, Chizuru's too crushed to tell anyone about it even if anyone would believe her.
>writing

>>48891456
Another alternative would be to recruit Karou's LT, and have Karou recruit Hachigen Ushōda

>>48891513
Fair enough!

...And I suspect Riku and Yoruichi would get a real laugh over Chizuru trying to tell everyone and nobody believes her, so in a way it's a win-win for them!

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>>48891513
“Kisuke's pretty bullshit,” you observe calmly. “So I wouldn't count old mustache out so quick. I'm more confused about where Kai was hiding that kind of power.”

“I asked Rangiku what she knew,” Yoruichi admits, since presumably the report that was issued didn't go into much detail, “but all she could give me was a gibberish name: Kamitinbe nu Yā Ishigaki.”

“The stone walls of Kamitinbe's house,” you translate, to Yoruichi's mind surprise. “It's Yaeyama dialect. I'm from Okinawa, remember?”

“Fair point,” Yoruichi sighs. “Don't know why I was surprised. Anyway, it sounds like he had an elemental advantage, stone would do well against Sasakibe.”

“May be more than that,” you add. “Sounds like it came from the Yaeyama phrase for a gusuku, a fortified sacred site. Kinda like a castle.”

“So he crushed Sasakibe's arm and sword between two walls of stone, or something?”

“Seems that way.”

You stand up and stretch your limbs just as Sado finishes his slow, awkward explanation of reiatsu, glancing down at Yoruichi. “Thanks for the update. I'm going to get back to work.”

“Take good care of the kids,” she replies, standing and pulling on her haori. “I have work to get done myself.”

“I like the bell,” you mention with a smile.

“Not too much?”

“Just right.”

After she leaves, you join the teenagers. Chizuru seems to be making some progress breaking the spell on her own, which is actually kind of impressive.

"So, now we see what you can do so far."

>Sado, I want you to punch me in the face.
>Orihime, I want to talk to your faeries.
>Orihime, try healing this scar for me.
>Other?

>>48891626
>Orihime, try healing this scar for me.

>>48891626
>>Orihime, I want to talk to your faeries.

>>48891626
>>>Sado, I want you to punch me in the face.
fist mage is best mage

>>48891626
>Orihime, I want to talk to your faeries.

>>48891626
>Orihime, try healing this scar for me.

>>48891626
>>Orihime, I want to talk to your faeries

>>48891626
>>Orihime, try healing this scar for me.
I wonder what this will do?

>Sado, I want you to punch me in the face.

Because their reactions will be funniest.

>>48891626
>Sado, I want you to punch me in the face.
I'd rather Orihime not try to remove our emotional scar please, You know the one we got from Yoruichi while alive.

>>48891626
>>Orihime, I want to talk to your faeries.
But I like the scar.

you know which scar she should remove? the one Mirai has.

>>48891626

>Sado, I want you to punch me in the face.
>Orihime, I want to talk to your faeries.

>>48891626
>Sado, I want you to punch me in the face.
Please tell me it's not the one scar Yoruichi gave us while alive, That's fucking important to us.

>>48891626
>>Orihime, try healing this scar for me.

>>48891626
>Sado, I want you to punch me in the face.

>>48891762
>that's fucking important to us
I can say this much, I wouldn't have made that an option unless Riku could conceivably have an IC hunch about it.

>>48891626
>Orihime, try healing this scar for me.

>>48891626
>>Sado, I want you to punch me in the face.

>>48891626
>>Orihime, try healing this scar for me.
I honestly think it would help our Rosa out.

>>48891626
>>Orihime, I want to talk to your faeries.
>>Orihime, try healing this scar for me.

>writing
Orihime's abilities will be easy enough to puzzle out after this, but Sado's may take some observation. 3d10, best of 3 to determine exactly how much you can learn and/or assume from one punch.

>>48891786

Fair....but I still wanna break Chad's hand with our face.

Rolled 4, 8, 7 = 19 (3d10)

>>48891877

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

>>48891877
One punch woman

>>48891884
Oh, that's extremely likely.

Rolled 4, 7, 9 = 20 (3d10)

>>48891877

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

>>48891877

>7's are pretty good, but not spectacular
>writing

>>48891935
...I wonder if she could heal a hollow hole?

>>48891961
Didn’t she try that once?

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>>48891935
“This is going to sound strange,” you tell Sado, “but I want you to hit me in the face. Yes, I'm sure.”

After a moment of contemplation the young man cracks you across the jaw, then clutches his fist. It's probably in a lot of pain: your body is too hard for a normal punch to have any other effect.

“I mean using your power, genius,” you sigh, pinching the bridge of your nose. “Emotional. Content.”

Sado takes a moment to activate his ability, transforming one arm into an oddly-colored appendage that reminds you more of a hollow's arm than a human's, and punches you again. This time it's accompanied by an outburst of reiatsu that absolutely confirms your belief that his power mimics that of a hollow's, and draws on his reiryoku with each blow. All it manages to do however is leave a tiny cut on your eyebrow, while seemingly hurting your attacker's arm from his knuckles all the way up to his shoulder.

“Better, but the energy is unfocused and your movement was slow,” you criticize what you've noticed about his technique rather than from the analysis of his power itself. With a flick of your finger you repair the damage to your face. “Your power is quite hollow-like, suited to powerful blows that draw from your reserves of spiritual power. But I feel like you have a lot of room to grow, across the board. Speed, stamina... this may not even be your power's completed form.”

“Now, Orihime,” you continue, “I want you to heal something.”

“But you just healed the little wound Sado managed to give you,” she observes nervously. “What do you intend for me to heal?”

You shrug out of the top half of your haori, baring your back as you turn away from her. “I want you to heal this wound.”

“It's an old scar,” she observes. “It looks like it hurt.”

“Yeah, yeah,” you snap, perhaps a little more forcefully than you intended. “Just try it, okay?”
>1/2

>>48891901

Great! Healing practice for Orihime too!

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>>48892176
“Ayame, Shun'ō,” she calls two of her faeries by name, “Sōten Kisshun, I reject!”

You can feel something happening... but nothing seems to change. For several seconds you get a sensation that something is trying to influence your body, but not making any progress. Eventually, one of the faeries perches on your bare shoulder.

“I'm sorry, Orihime,” she apologizes quietly. “I'm afraid Shun'ō and I can't do anything about this. I don't know what to tell you.”

“You mean you can't heal her?” Orihime asks, sounding dejected.

“It's not a problem,” you insist quietly, brushing Ayame from your shoulder so you can pull your haori back up to cover your back. “In fact I suspected as much. It seems your Sōten Kisshun has a fairly predictable limitation.”

“A limitation?”

You nod. “They can return something to a previous state, in essence rejecting an event that happened in the past... but they seem unable to revert that thing to a state that it was in before your powers awakened.”

“That scar is as old as I am. It's no wonder you couldn't heal it.”

>Looking at your hairpins you should have... four more faeries? Show me.
>Consider your powers very carefully. They're obscenely powerful, but also complicated and fragile.
>Work on someone else's development? (who?)
>Maybe you should tell Ichigo about this...
>Other?

>>48892346
>>Looking at your hairpins you should have... four more faeries? Show me.
>>Consider your powers very carefully. They're obscenely powerful, but also complicated and fragile.

>>48892346
>>Looking at your hairpins you should have... four more faeries? Show me.
>>Consider your powers very carefully. They're obscenely powerful, but also complicated and fragile.

>>48892346
>Looking at your hairpins you should have... four more faeries? Show me.
>Consider your powers very carefully. They're obscenely powerful, but also complicated and fragile.

>>48892346
>Looking at your hairpins you should have... four more faeries? Show me.
>Consider your powers very carefully. They're obscenely powerful, but also complicated and fragile.
>Work on someone else's development? (Chizuru who seems to be slowly ever so slowly breaking our spell)

>>48892346
>Looking at your hairpins you should have... four more faeries? Show me.

I feel like if Kubo gave a fuck, Orihime could do some ridiculous shit by combining her fairies, like speeding up/slowing down time, cutting holes in space, etc.

>>48892383
That's an interesting idea. Orihime doesn't want to fight and hurt people?

Okay then; make a barrier and put them in time-out!

>>48892346
>>Looking at your hairpins you should have... four more faeries? Show me.
>>Consider your powers very carefully. They're obscenely powerful, but also complicated and fragile.

>writing

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>>48892346
“Looking at your hairpins you should have four more faeries,” you observe with a glance at Orihime's hair. “Show me.”

“Hanigiku, Baigon, Lily, Santen Kisshun I reject!” Orihime declares, and three of her tiny faeries manifest to form a triangular barrier. You throw a casual punch at the glowing triangle of energy to test it, and find that it resists the blow to your satisfaction. This could be a useful ability.

“Rejecting current events,” you observe. “Excellent. Now, that leaves one more?”

Orihime shifts her balance, seemingly uncertain. “Yes, Tsubaki.”

“Then let's see him,” you insist. “If it's an offensive ability don't worry, I can take anything you can dish out without breaking a sweat.”

“That sounds awfully presumptuous,” Mizuiro frowns, looking up from where Chizuru continues to wriggle on the ground.

“It's true though,” you counter. “You'll see why in a moment.”

Orihime frowns, and nods to you. “Tsubaki, Koten Zanshun I reject!”

A single faerie streaks forward, only to be caught between your finger and thumb. The tiny black and red man stares at you from behind a cloth facemask, seemingly as horrified at Orihime's attempt as you are frustrated by it.

“What are you doing, you silly woman!?” he demands. “That sort of half-assed attack is only going to get me killed!”

“I'm sorry! I'm sorry!” she replies repeatedly, bowing each time.

“Quit apologizing already, it makes me sick!”

“I'm sorry!”

"He's right," you agree as he returns to her hairpins. "You couldn't muster any killing intent. Without that, you shouldn't even try to use him like that... had I wished to I could have shattered his tiny little body from scalp to toes."
>1/2

>>48892779
"I'll be more careful," Orihime bows quietly, and you rub the back of your head.

"That's fine," you sigh, "but I'd prefer it if you'd actually get some bass in your voice and commit to things. It'd serve you better in the long..."

"GOT IT!" Chizuru shouts, finally managing to break the binding spell and get to her feet. "Where's the brown women at?"

"Good job!" you applaud her effort. "That was called a Bakudō, there are 99 of them in increasing order of power. Many of them are used to bind a target."

"99?" she asks, excited about her success. "Which number was that? Twenty? Thirty?"

"One."

Her smile evaporates. "I see."

"In order to break it you must have gotten a feel for your own reiatsu," you reassure her. "It was good progress."

>Now it's time for #4, for all of you. Get used to the sensation of your own reiatsu.
>Put Chizuru under #4, try something else with the others (write-in always welcome)
>Get Ichigo over here?
>Other?

>>48892865
>Now it's time for #4, for all of you. Get used to the sensation of your own reiatsu.

>>48892865
>>Now it's time for #4, for all of you. Get used to the sensation of your own reiatsu.

>>48892865
>>Now it's time for #4, for all of you. Get used to the sensation of your own reiatsu.

>>48892865
>Now it's time for #4, for all of you. Get used to the sensation of your own reiatsu.
Sup King

>>48892865
>Now it's time for #4, for all of you. Get used to the sensation of your own reiatsu.

>>48892865
>>Now it's time for #4, for all of you. Get used to the sensation of your own reiatsu.

(Just how ignorant we are without our foxy sword? We should study just in case she gets completely blocked or something. We are a lazy ass we should have learned to read on our own ages ago)

>writing

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>>48893125
“Hainawa!” you declare, and a series of yellow chains spring forth from your hand to wrap around Chizuru's body. She drops to the ground again with a surprised yelp. “Now it's time for #4.”

“This is impossible!” she shouts in annoyance. “How am I supposed to get out of this?”

“Same way as the first one,” you shrug, before placing the same bind on each of them in turn. “I want you all to break out of this spell. Then you might have the basics down well enough to continue on to more specialized training.”

“And no rejection,” you tell Orihime with a sidelong glance. You hear a loud shout from back out in the training grounds, where it seems that Lilynette has finally noticed what Starrk was up to. You can even hear Apacci laughing about it from here. “Do it the hard way, builds character.”

What you can feel next is something you're less nonchalant about: Ichigo's reiatsu, coming closer. Eventually he makes a dramatic entrance, landing hard and kicking up a lot of dust. Tatsuki, Senna, and Rangiku aren't far behind, though it's only Ichigo who seems mad.

“I tried to stop them,” Rangiku apologizes. “But he's fast.”

“Focus on the training,” you remind Chizuru as her eyes wander, producing a squeak as you tighten Hainawa around her. “So, Ichigo what's up?”

“You brought my friends here!?” he demands, gesturing angrily. “Do you have any idea how hard I've tried to keep them out of this!?”

“I can guess,” you reply calmly as Tatsuki glances nervously between you and your nephew. “I made a call.”

“It wasn't your call to make!” Ichigo insists.

>Oh, but it was. I'm in charge of Karakura town, not you.
>You overestimated your role in their development. You're not responsible for them. I am.
>Apologize for going against his wishes.
>Other?

>>48893316
>>Oh, but it was. I'm in charge of Karakura town, not you.
>>You overestimated your role in their development. You're not responsible for them. I am.
Also educate him on how ignorance does not promote safety, but rather the opposite.

>>48893316
>>my job is to keep karakura town safe, and that means making sure your fiends are more than hollow bait.

>>48890241
Oh Starrk, you da best

>>48893316
>You overestimated your role in their development. You're not responsible for them. I am.

>“It wasn't your call to make!”
Nor was it yours.

>>48893316
"You do realize that Azien won't care if they are "kept out of it" or not? He'll willingly use them against you either way."

>Ichigo wants to protect them, and that's admirable. But you believe in teaching others to protect themselves, in time, also protecting others.

Karakura needs more than one protector, whatever Ichigo may wish.

I am not above taking shots at Ichigo and the meaning of his name.

>>48893368
That should be, 'and in time, also protecting others'. Damn.

Also these kids are never going to be able to lives lives on their own without learning to defend themselves. They're already too far along.

>>48893316
>Oh, but it was. I'm in charge of Karakura town, not you.
>You overestimated your role in their development. You're not responsible for them. I am.

>>48893316

>Oh, but it was. I'm in charge of Karakura town, not you.
>You overestimated your role in their development. You're not responsible for them. I am.
>There are spiritually aware humans, they will ALWAYS be at risk, and you won't always be around to save them. It's either they get their own strength and measure now, or get attacked and likely killed by a hollow or worse later because they do not know what they are doing.

>>48893316
We should remind him the risks of ignorance. Remember Don Kanoji?

>>48893316
Is there a non-harsh way of saying that they were a part of this from the second they entered his life, and all Ichigo could do was stall?
>Look, I'm not going to have them fight Aizen or his forces, I barely want YOU fighting Aizen or his forces, but they deserve to know what's out there, at least so they know when to run away and hide if nothing else

>btw, writing

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>>48893643
“I know what you're trying to do,” you admit to him with a frown, “and it's admirable. But do you remember a guy named Don Kanonji?”

Ichigo's jaw snaps shut, and Tatsuki shuts her eyes with a relieved sigh.

“It's too late now to keep your friends out of this world by hiding things from them. They've already begun developing powers, and their reiatsu puts them in danger. I don't expect they'll ever be able to handle Aizen or his followers, but this much can keep them safer.”

“I don't suppose I can argue the point?”

“Nope,” you reply. “It was my decision to make, and I did so.”

As Ichigo stomps off with Senna in tow, you can't help but noticed the reigai has a sword at her waist. It seems they've made some rapid progress. Tatsuki however stops to speak to you, watching carefully to see that Ichigo won't overhear.

“Thanks,” she nods quietly. “He can be stubborn when he thinks he's protecting people, so sometimes you just have to take the decision out of his hands.”

“I got this,” you smile. “You okay?”

“I've been working on refining my weird ability,” she tells you, “though it's a little hard to wrap my head around how it can work.”

“Rukia's been engaged, dealing with some of our wounded,” you muse. “I'll assign her to you when she's available.”

“That'd help... yeah.”

>Something wrong?
>Good. When you're ready come back to the barracks and we'll feed you.
>Focus your senses, something feels... off.
>Other?

>>48893702
>>Something wrong?
>Focus your senses, something feels... off.

>>48893702
>>Something wrong?
>>Focus your senses, something feels... off.

>>48893702
>Something wrong?
>Focus your senses, something feels... off.

>>48893702
>Focus your senses, something feels... off.

>>48893702
>>Something wrong?
>Focus your senses, something feels... off.

>>48893702
>>Focus your senses, something feels... off.

illusions! illusions everywhere!

>sorry, had to go get lunch
>3d10, DC 6

Rolled 9, 5, 6 = 20 (3d10)

>>48894055

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

>>48894055

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

>>48894055

>success!
Spoiler: Someone died unexpectedly

>>48894096
Jushiro? Sasikibe? Kano?

>>48894096
pls nobody cool

>>48894067
So close....

>>48894132
Sorry

>>48894121
Kenny

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>>48894144
I'm not okay

>>48894144
oh shit Uno's dead, She decided to move up the test for Kenny didn't she....

>>48894096
My money's on Arturo

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>>48894144
“Something wrong?”

After a moment, Tatsuki shakes her head. “No, it's nothing serious. Silly, actually, forget I said anything.”

“You didn't say anything,” you observe as Tatsuki turns away from you quickly and leaves.

Rangiku sighs, glaring at you pointedly. “What!?”

“Her attitude changed when you mentioned Rukia,” your daughter explains. “Please, mom, it's not that hard.”

“She's jealous?” you guess. “That's not what I'd imagined.”

“Well, that's how it seemed,” Rangiku counters. “She must still have feelings for cousin Ichigo.”

Huh. That does make sense.

“What's that?” Rangiku wonders aloud as your eyes widen in shock. You can feel what she's felt, and you know damn well what it is. Almost as soon as you say it, the feeling is gone again, as if you'd hallucinated it.

“Shinreiryoku,” you explain. “But it's gone again...”

“Whatever it was appeared quickly and left the Soul Society in the same abrupt manner,” Tenkotsuki surmises, “or else hid itself somehow.”

“Ukitake!” you shout, putting the pieces together. “Rangiku, do you know where Ukitake was until just now?”

“Resting at the Fourth Division barracks,” she replies nervously. “Why, what happened?”

“The being that was keeping him alive must have fled for some reason,” you explain, “I can't feel his reiatsu!”

“I know what you're thinking,” your daughter mutters. “Let's talk about this first, okay?”

>No time, we need to get there now.
>Fair point, we should coordinate with the other Captains.
>What's there to talk about? You thought of something?
>Other?

>>48894278
>No time, we need to get there now.

>>48894278
>What's there to talk about? You thought of something?

>>48894278
>Fair point, we should coordinate with the other Captains.
>What's there to talk about? You thought of something?

>>48894278
>>What's there to talk about? You thought of something?

Also, dammit, I wanted to see his Bankai

>>48894278
>What's there to talk about? You thought of something?

>>48894278
>“The being that was keeping him alive must have fled for some reason,” you explain, “I can't feel his reiatsu!”

...did we seriously just shout that out for anybody to hear?

>>48894278
Oh fuck. I'm guessing it might've fled to the healthier Juushiro clone-body or something.

>No time, we need to get there now.

>>48894278
>What's there to talk about? You thought of something?

'no'

>>48894317
Hey man, I'm just happy I settled on a Bankai for Kai that made sense and followed Kubo's rules.

>>48894278
>>What's there to talk about? You thought of something?

>>48894346
There's nobody around that either Riku doesn't trust, who doesn't already know, or would know what she was even talking about.

>>48894354
Personally, my headcanon version simply has him have the ability to fire once more any attack he's ever absorbed. This includes a bunch of attacks that he purposely absorbed long ago. Including 99

>>48894385
That'd make sense, but we may never know for sure. Depending on how bad the backlash to the ending is among the Japanese audience there may not even be enough momentum for a databook to explain that sort of shit.

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>>48894278
>Captain TB is gone

My desire for vengeance is growing.

Hey guys, quick thought, what if Arturo nommed Ukitake?

>>48894447
Murder him immediately

>>48894278
Who killed Ukitake

Who did the thing

Who needs to die within the next ten seconds

>>48894426
It's ok. You know who we're going to put up for Captain to replace him, right?

>>48894555
who?

>>48894447
Killed so hard that he is retroactively erased from canon, Tosen comes back to life and sees the error his ways, spends the rest of his days as a noodle vendor.

>writing, btw

>>48894581
If you don't know, then it's spoilers for the main series.

>>48894583
Nah, cabbage. It keeps getting destroyed

>>48894597
Is she really far enough along in this canon to be considered for a captaincy? She'd be far and away the least powerful captain.

>>48894597
I THINK I know who you're talking about she doesn't have Bankai yet, she's not eligible.

Damn it Captain TB dies on a SUCCESS?!

Gah.

>>48894597
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MAIN SERIES ANYMORE!!! but something tells me we may not have Rangiku, Kai and Mirai in our division for long.

>>48894642
maybe we should look at this the other way? we have people we trust become captains, we wake up one morning to realize we have replaced over half the captains with people loyal to us and are training more to captaincy... wonder when the coup will take place...

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>>48894613
we need to fix that soonish. not just to make them Captain, but because it's really cool

but first, we need to see if Orihime can fix best albino's lungs

>>48894634
That was to discern what happened from a distance, not to stop the event from happening. Following Rangiku's advice will also be helpful in the long run.

>>48894671
Pretty sure our plan doesn't actually involve a coup

>>48894692
I really can't take it seriously.

>>48894694
She can't. He had lung problems long before she was even born.

>>48894278
please no

Ukitake is like the most bro tier captain there is

he doesn't deserve to go out off-screen

not like this

Whelp, time to go punch the Soul King in the dick until he fixes this

>>48894700
it doesn't have to, doesn't mean someone else isn't going to connect the dots and realize how much of soul society we control and panic.

>>48894692
huh

>>48894726
I can't take anything that happened in the last two chapters seriously.

Like, the only people who MIGHT be happy about it at all are Ichihime fans, and probably only a few of them.

>>48894726
Not everyone dies in a blaze of glory anon. I wish more writers would understand this.

>>48894753
I consider it about as canon as the Mahou Sensei Negama ending.

>>48894753
Ichihime is fucking trash garbage. Theres was more chemistry between Ishida and Orihime than Ichigo.

>>48894726

Ain't that the fucking truth. He deserved to go down fighting.

I'd demand Riku kill them, but I think Shunsui deserves this honor.

>>Fair point, we should coordinate with the other Captains.

I suppose they oughta know about this, in case they hadn't realized what happened.

Bets on this triggering Yamamoto's unbridled wrath like Sasakibe's canon death did, or will this wind up breaking him?

>>48894769
I was mad about that at first but then someone told me he had to either end it or lose some rights to it so I cooled off a bit.

“What's there to discuss?” you ask, confused at the notion that you might NOT want to rush straight to Ukitake. “What're you thinking?”

Rangiku knows that you didn't mean that as an accusation, though your tone might have fooled most people. And in fact, the nearby human teens seem to think that you just snapped at her. “If something disappears that quickly, what was it fleeing from?”

“You think he was under attack?”

She nods. “Yes. I'm sure of it.”

You think carefully about it as well, and Rangiku has a valid point. This may be the beginning of another attack, one aimed not at the Gotei 13 but at Mimihagi. You extend an arm and cast Tenteikura, connecting yourself to Kai, Rukia, Mirai, and Kisuke.

“Commandos, there are several humans here near my quarters. I want you to look after them. Rukia, meet up with Ichigo and Tatsuki,” you order. “Keep me apprised. Kisuke, please prepare anything you have that might be able to hold a body in indefinite stasis and meet me at the Fourth Division barracks.”

“Rangiku,” you continue, “take me there. Now.”

Your daughter obliges you now that you took precautions, and kneels next to you. A ribbon produced from her sleeve obscures your vision and you both appear in front of the Fourth Division's hospital. You waste no time in charging into the building, knocking the doors off their hinges and only stopping long enough at the front desk to demand directions to Ukitake's room.

Up the stairs. Down the hall. You can see a crowd of nurses in scrubs crowding the door, large masses of reiatsu that feel like Captains are already on the move... but everything you see and feel confirms the worst: Captain Ukitake is dead, and it's because Mimihagi has suddenly departed presumably in the face of some sort of threat.

>dice + 3d10, first of three considered

One thing we need to be weary about is that whoever killed Ukitake most likely came prepared, and now has Mimihage's power on their side, and can use it freely on a level beyond holding themselves together. I'm not really sure what "Stasis" can do in the hands of someone creatve and unscrupulous, but it's probably bad.

>>48894798
Oh yeah. He ended it the way he did for copyright reasons

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

>>48894814

>>48894775
my big issue with Oriheme getting together with anybody in the main is that she hasn't had any real screen time or character development since the Arrancar arc. Which finished in 2008

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

>>48894814
pls

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

>>48894814

Rolled 2, 4, 3, 5 = 14 (4d10)

>Rolling for Rangiku's awareness

Rolled 2, 4, 9 = 15 (3d10)

>>48894814
...huh so it's not that someone "stole" Mimihagi but it was terrified enough to flee, despite making a contract with Ukitake's family?

That's... bad.

>>48894843
DAMNIT RANGIKU WE NEED YOU ON POINT FOR THIS

>>48894843
Rangiku.

Rangiku why.

>>48894843
Get it together daughter.

>>48894843
see, this is why Gin is the favorite

>>48894891
I thought he was the favorite because his crazy bullshit sword. Seriously, that thing is fucking fast as shit. I don't care what anyone says, no one can dodge that thing.

Allegedly.

>>48894832
I like this

>>48894843
this, not so much

>>48894993
Keep fingers crossed that the Riku roll at least picked up Rangiku's slack.

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Someone down the hall catches your eye, and Rangiku calls out to him.

“Hey, Ichinose!” she shouts. “Did you see what happened?”

Wait... why is he even here?

Ichinose shakes his head as he approaches you. “No I didn't, Lieutenant. Is the Captain okay?”

Lieutenant... normally he'd call her Matsumoto. Something's not right here.

“What's with you, Ichinose? You're acting oddly formal,” Rangiku observes, raising an eyebrow. “Have you forgotten my name or something... hey, Captain!?”

She shouts in alarm as you draw your sword and charge 'Ichinose' with a smooth, composed movement that the real Ichinose would never be able to match, only to find his sheath blocking your blade's progress. Tenkotsuki's edge bites deep, but stops: whoever this is must have more physical strength to put behind his blade than you and Ichinose combined.

“What are you doing, Captain!?” the impostor demands as Rangiku stares in dawning comprehension. “This is a hospital!”

“And you're too strong and too quick to be Ichinose,” you counter, glaring angrily at your opponent. “You're terribly sloppy... Arturo Plateado.”

'Ichinose' looses a terrible laugh, about as deep and cruel as a laugh can get. “Well played, chica!”

“Growl, Haineko!” Rangiku shouts, releasing her blade and blasting its ashes down the hallway and out the side of the building. You chase after the ashes and leap out into the sun, where you find Arturo Plateado standing atop a low wall waiting for you.

“Mimihagi escaped you, didn't it?” you taunt him. “Seems like it saw through your little charade just as quickly as I did. You really suck at this, don't you?”

“Snide insults do not become a lady,” Arturo admonishes you, drawing his zanpakuto. “I shall have to teach you some manners!”

“Attacking an unconscious man?” you growl back. “I may not be a lady, but you're no gentleman.”
>1/2

So... can anyone see that update or did 4chan eat it?

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>>48895013
>AAAAND it's back
Two more powers join you in short order, one of which is accompanied by an uncomfortable heat that's very familiar to you. He's already wreathed in flowing flames, and he hasn't even released his sword yet. That's just the effect of his reiatsu.

“Head Captain,” you nod, never taking your eyes off Arturo. “Good to see you up and about, sir.”

“Stand aside, Captain Kusajishi,” the Old Man growls. “I must deal with this man personally. His continued existence is only due to my failure many hundreds of years in the past. Please join Lieutenant Matsumoto and Captain Unohana in erecting a barrier. The strongest you can manage.”

“The rest of the Seireitei must not be threatened by this battle.”

>Have a barrier erected, but be sure you're inside it too.
>Refuse to erect a barrier, activate your Bankai to mitigate any collateral.
>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.
>Other?

>>48895077
>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.
gotta let the old man smack shit around

>>48895077
>>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.

>>48895100
if we're inside it, the old man can't fight with his full power

>>48895077
>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.

>>48895077
>>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.
I'd rather not. But OG can't go all out if we're there.

>>48895077
>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.
besides, if it looks like he's going to lose, we can just use bankai and go through the barrier

>>48895127
And if we're in the barrier, we can't use bankai without wrecking the barrier.

I really hope OMG wins this...

>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.

>>48895100
>being in a ball with literally the hottest man on the planet

You're either dead or holding him back whether Riku fights full power or not.

OMG and his sword do not fight well as a team with anyone else.

>>48895145

At best, Arturo might hold back on grounds of him having promised to try to leave Riku for last.

Which...okay, MIGHT be helpful, but I doubt it'd be worth it in the end.

>>48895145
sure they do. the team is him, and his seven trillion skeletons

Okay then. It's deleted. I hope you guys know what you're doing.

>>48895077
>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.

The barrier isn't there to keep Arturo in.

It's there to stop the Old Man from destroying the entire afterlife while he kills the asshat that just sucker punched his favoured pupil to death.

>>48895077
>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.
Arturo could have eaten the entire Gotei 13, and he still wouldn't stand a chance against the bullshit that is OMG's Bankai

>>48895175
Just because in canon both time Yamamoto fought someone who actually mattered, he made a really strong showing but ultimately lost doesn't mean that has to happen this time.

And sure, if he couldn't kill Arturo hundreds of years ago it seems unlikely that his strength -increased- since then, but he's the Head Captain and this is a matter of not just his pride but the pride of the gotei 13 as a whole.

>writing
A reminder here that Arturo actually beats the old man in his story mode, and in a different game is only imprisoned while Yamamoto tries to come up with something that will work against him.

This is an opponent that without her Bankai Riku probably could not beat 1v1

>>48895241
Does Old Man Genocide use his bankai against Arturo, though?

>>48895241
to be fair, both of those games came out before we saw his Bankai

>>48895077
Though he should get the 1v1 he wants, is there anyway that we can help him a bit?

It did mention earlier in the thread that he was feeling badly drained.

>>48895241
>beats the old man in his story mode
>in his story mode

Well in the vast majority of story modes for a character they beat pretty much everyone. Dan Hibiki actually wins fights in his story mode.

And those Bleach fighting games were pretty meh overall. Not bad, but just kinda there.

>>48895260
nope. came out years before. so if OMG goes bankai, things are about to get real interesting

>>48895077
>Do as the Head Captain requests, he's deadly serious about this.

Call in any other captains who might be available to reinforce the barrier. If OMG uses his bankai I'm not sure Riku and Unohana will be able to hold it, and I really don't want to accidentally the entire Japanese afterlife.

>>48895241
good thing Arturo doesn't know we can just swag through this barrier whenever we want to, huh?

>>48895241

...Ugh. This sounds like a GM, "Are you sure," statement.
Changing from:

>>48895142

To:

>>Refuse to erect a barrier, activate your Bankai to mitigate any collateral.

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>>48895306
I wouldn't mind.
>>48895328
Its to late.

>>48895241
Can we actually know that in character, though?

>>48895241
>tfw canonically Arturo loses and is sealed in one game and is legit killed in the other one, albeit through plot shenanigans

This is why "supremely powerful" characters are almost universally meh.

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>>48895241
You struggle to come to terms with the fact that the Old Man is sidelining you here... YOU of all people. But he clearly feels like this is something he has to do, and your Bankai definitely isn't suited to cooperation. His may be just as dangerous to you as yours would be to him, so it's probably the case that only one of you can fight Arturo at once.

“Yes, sir.”

With a single move of your hand you motion for Rangiku to go in one direction while Unohana heads off in another, and you maintain your current position. When you feel that your compatriots are in position you channel your reiatsu into your hands, using Bakudō #91. It's the strongest cooperative barrier you know of, and you rarely have occasion to use it... you can only hope that it's enough.

“I see you have made your arrangements, abuelo,” Arturo smiles confidently. “For what good it will do. I find it rather foolish, but it seems important to you.”

“The erection of this barrier signifies the beginnings of your funeral, whelp,” Yamamoto counters in a booming voice, casting aside his haori and baring his chest. His muscles bulge with an unnatural power, and his reiatsu is tangible even through the barrier. Nothing inside that boundary is going to survive this fight, you realize, and you have to hope there aren't too many people stuck in there with them. “Reduce all creation to ashes, Ryūjin Jakka!”

“Shikai, is it?” Arturo frowns as two bright, wing-like masses of reishi build behind him and a long blade of dark reishi forms in his hand. “I had hoped you would take this more seriously, abuelo.”

Their first exchange is one that you can feel in the pit of your stomach: the downward swipe of Arturo's blade meets the upward thrust of the Head Captain's, and after the attack is disrupted the old man takes a powerful horizontal swing that releases a wave of angry red flames. Arturo is forced to dodge to stay alive, and thrusts his blade in a vicious riposte.
>1/?

>>48895392
>not going straight to Bankai
damnit Yamamoto

>>48895392
That's not an image of Yamamoto fighting. Must've clicked the wrong thumbnail.
>still writing

I know this isn't some climactic final showdown. But holy fucking shit, hype is overloading.

But if Arturo wins this -and- noms OMG everything is just fucked, GG no RE.

>>48895433
if he looks like he's going to get nommed, all we have to do is go Bankai

>>48895426
I thought it was an insight into GCG's (Geriatric Captain Genocide) cunning plan.
>>48895433
Agreed IF it looks like MHS (Murder Hobo Supreme) is going to lose I vote we Bankai immediately.

>>48895392
C'mon Captain Genocide

Go Bankai

Do ittttt

>>48895392
Aw shit, time to see if Riku is becoming Captain Commander sooner than expected
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMBBf59VTHg

>>48895464
>Bankai activates
>cliffhanger

It's better hype generation than Kubo at this point!

Old Man, why are you using Shikai? This is what the barrier is for

>>48895506
it's a warm-up

GET IT

>>48895416
>>48895464
>>48895506
He's not as young as he once was. He's got to build up to it.

You guys remember that part where Arturo can shapeshift into zanpakto spirits as well?

Remember how we just had a rebellion where said spirits manifested? Who's to say he didn't nom some people during that ordeal?

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>>48895392
It's a long enough weapon moving fast enough that Yamamoto can't quite dodge, and it sears the outside of his shoulder. Their shunpo and sonido seem to be well matched, but when it comes down to blade speed and hand speed Arturo has a clear edge over the Old Man. In range, too: Arturo has the ability to determine the spacing of this engagement, even though you can't imagine he has more raw power than the Head Captain.

The next exchange is just as brutal, with raw power clashing against raw power. When the two fighters separate Arturo charges a massive cero in one hand that draws an attack from Yamamoto, who uses shunpo to close the distance and swing at Arturo's outstretched arm. The arrancar pivots on one foot and slashes in a wide arc with his energy blade, which Yamamoto allows to hit him full-force: the cero here is the greater threat, and Yamamoto uses his zanpakuo to split it at close range. The two beams pass by his torso and collide with the barrier, threatening to shatter it before Unohana manages to adjust. It also gives Yamamoto a chance to land a powerful punch.

“Ikkotsu!” Yamamoto roars, slamming his fist into Arturo's gut in a blow that causes the air in your lungs to reverberate from the sheer force behind it.

Arturo staggers backwards, but manages to draw his zanpakuto and release a sharp arc of reiatsu that leaves a deep gash across Yamamoto's torso.

“I see you weren't taking me seriously either, whelp,” Yamamoto glares at his foe. “Just how much are you holding back?”

With a shout Arturo releases his own zanpakuto, and the energy behind him grows into wide, flickering, multi-colored wings of flame.

“Immolate, Fénix!”

Arturo raises his arm, and you immediately know the result is going to be disastrous. After releasing his blade Arturo won't just be stronger but faster.
>2/?

>>48895533
And the reigai shenanigans. There is a lot of stuff he could have been up to while the SS was under attack from all sides.

>>48895545
Uh oh, Arturo also has fire powers? Also now he can fly and I'm pretty sure normally shinigami can't do that in the soul society?

Man all the Captains better be converging on this position, because if OMG starts to lose here we may need a bunch of Captains to go nuclear on the wounded Arturo.

Maybe get Yoruichi to figure out Plot Rock and eat Arturo like Aizen ate Ywach.

>>48895590
Arturo's sword lets him eat the spiritual power of anything he kills for raw power boost. Basically unlike other arrancar, he can still eat things to get stronger like a normal hollow. Apparently with no upper limit. Other than that his sword is pretty vague in what it does. Especially since it didn't have a release command that was spoken canonically by Arturo. All bets are off. But Fenix is literally "phoenix" in spanish or something. Arturo also always has silly wing looking things when he fights. Made out of pure energy, so he doesn't use them to fly.

And dude, of course shinigami can "fly". Literally anywhere, in fact. They just stand on "platforms" of reishi. They can make them themselves, even. It's how Riku got all the hoomans here for fuck's sake.

>>48895620
I just couldn't really remember it happening at all in the Soul Society arc, but then I forgot one of Bleach's best moments, Ichigo halting the Soukyoku.

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>>48895392
Negacíon. It's not a technique anyone could expect an arrancar to use at quite that level, because it's fundamentally not a combat technique. But the yellow energy fixes itself at the right side of the Head Captain's chest just long enough to hold his body and right arm in place so that Arturo can release a powerful attack unopposed.

The cross-shaped projectile tears into Yamamoto's flesh, gouging deep into his chest and lifting him off his feet. The result is an explosion when he hits the side of the barrier, powerful enough that you struggle to keep it from blasting clean through and out into the Seireitei. You've never seen anyone take that sort of punishment and survive, let alone keep fighting.

And yet, Yamamoto does.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA6ZAlPcovg

He rises to his feet, covered in blood and burns but with eyes that smolder in barely-controlled rage and bloodlust. The old man's not dead yet.

“Bankai: Zanka no Tachi.”

You know now why he asked you to raise a barrier like this. If you hadn't, thousands of shinigami would have been vaporized in an instant by the release of reiatsu. It rolls in powerful waves that threaten to boil the very air surrounding Yamamoto and Arturo, incinerating what's left of the terrain within the barrier as nuclear fire washes over this unfortunate chunk of Seireitei.

You have to have Tenkotsuki help you double the barrier to keep it all contained, as it nearly incinerates the kido itself.

"I had not wished to use this, Arturo," Yamamoto declares in a booming voice as the flames subside, leaving what looks like an ordinary if charred and half-melted katana in his hand. Even from here you can tell that the sword itself still burns with a heat that can't even be called flame any longer.

"I vowed that this monstrous power would never be released again... and that the fight where I was forced to violate that rule would be my last."
>Cont'd

>>48895675
Shit, even though it'd be huge metagaming to take it into consideration, I forgot about Yamamoto's vow.

>>48895675
“I am honored, Abuelo,” Arturo responds, a smile tugging at his lips. “Truly I am. For you to employ a technique so powerful it will burn away your own body... I can hardly wait for that power to finally become mine!”

This is bad. As powerful as the Old Man's reiatsu feels to you, he's already been weakened: and Arturo's reiatsu keeps growing stronger as well, as if drawing upon deep reserves of strength stolen from Captains and menos alike. Both of these men are monsters in human form, and if they continue to fight as things are they'll consume each other.

Maybe, deep down, that's what they both want. To settle a grudge a thousand years old or more, regardless of personal cost.

>Enter Bankai and eradicate the barrier. You're not going to let Yamamoto kill himself like this when you can fight together.
>It's too late. The effect of this release will already be destroying Yamamoto's body: best to respect his wishes and protect the Seireitei at all costs.
>Other?

Oh shit.

It's a choice between protecting Seireitei and saving Yamamoto, maybe killing Arturo?

...

Third option: find a way to move the battle from Seireitei. Valley of Screams? If we can force the two of them through we can both try and cut loose, although it's giving away our hidden base.

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>>48895747
>Other?
Looks like Orihime's gonna get to test the limits of her rejection some more

....FUCK.

If Arturo is feeding off reiatsu, will us going bankai mean Arturo starts feeding off of us and our shinreiyoku?

Because that could be REALLY bad. We saw what that made Muramasa, when he got a speck for survival.

>>48895747
>It's too late. The effect of this release will already be destroying Yamamoto's body: best to respect his wishes and protect the Seireitei at all costs.
He already said that this is going to be his last fight. Don't disrespect the old man

>>48895778
He's exerting himself to use all of the strength he already has.

>>48895747
hm, well shit this is quite the dilemna and I feel way too tired to really make a good decision.

Like on the one hand, there will still be enemies after this, and the Soul Society is still under attack by whoever's sending the Reigai, they just backed off for a bit so the morale loss of Yamamoto dying could be a lot worse than any gain from Arturo's death.

On the other hand I feel like he's probably on the verge of retirement anyway, all the crises are getting to him and he doesn't feel like he can really carry it as well as he could have.

>>48895778
That would explain why he went for TB, and why the god immediately fled.

>>48895760
That is the ideal option, find a way to relocate to the Valley of Screams or even Hueco Mundo, but I'm not really sure we have time to pull off that maneuver?

>>48895747
Goddammit. Fuck. King. Fuck. Why King? My mind says let him nuke them both. My heart wants to save that grumpy old bastard.

Could we let them fight until just before the Head Captain kicks it then step in? Maybe take on weakened Arturo and get Yamamoto to Orihime or Mimihige? Fuck, man. I don't want him to die, but I understand Arturo needs to get taken care of.

>>48895809

...Yes. Yes it fucking would.

Shiiiiiiit.

Maybe we can get Gin or Mirai in bankai and have them play assassin?

Also didn't one of our subordinates have a bankai that canceled out our shinreiyoku? Couldn't we get them to use that bankai to mitigate Yamamoto's or our bankai?

>>48895747
I don't fucking know. Fuck you Queen for having this all pile up at once.
>>48895825
I'm going with you. Wait for Yamamoto to jus about die. Then Bankai it up and hopefully stomp Arturo into the ground, And then get him to Orihime.

>>48895828
An assassination strike at Arturo at a critical moment is probably the best idea, but unfortunately unless we use bankai first, that would mean that we'd need to drop the barrier which means a lot of people die because they just can't take the heat.

>>48895828
It wasn't a subordinate, but Kaoru might be able to do that. Or maybe even fuck Arturo over

>>48895809
I wonder, if Arturo ate Mimihige, wouldn't he just stop getting stronger or weaker? Wouldn't he just cease to change? That's what Mimihige does, and Arturo gets power in a decidedly mundane way compare to the only other example of powers being yoinked which is Aizen and his Grant a Wish foundation. Or Ywach who is a god, too, or something? Whatever, mang. It's bullshit. All of it is KUBO.

>>48895821
Not to mention that taking down the barrier as things stand would kill a LOT of bystanders, and it doesn't solve the problem that Yamamoto's own Bankai slowly immolates him.

I hate to do this to you, but it really is a case of step in against his wishes and maybe he survives, or allow him to fight and he probably dies along with Arturo.

>>48895842
>>48895825
That's implying you think he'll lose. I'm guessing that he's going to kill Arturo, but then die on his feet.

>contentious votes at other times in other quests: Samefagging
>this vote: Pure indecision

>>48895747
>It's too late. The effect of this release will already be destroying Yamamoto's body: best to respect his wishes and protect the Seireitei at all costs.

Don't let it get to the point where OMG's powers gets nommed though. At least let him have a dignified death and the assurance that we see his wishes through to the end.

>>48895862
>probably
That isn't a 100%.

Better Yammamoto go out on his terms than any other way.

>It's too late. The effect of this release will already be destroying Yamamoto's body: best to respect his wishes and protect the Seireitei at all costs.

>>48895862

I kinda wish you would call it a night here, this is a big decision.

>>48895866
This is why I stopped reading bleach. Its just Kubo milking it for all its worth. Oh yeah these bullshit strong characters stomp all over everyone. Then the other side stomps all over them. But wait it turns out that they weren't even the strongest and so on and so on. Just a constant bullshit tier fight to see whose powers can be more bullshit than the others. This is why One Piece is the best.

>>48895883
Starting a vote with this with only a few players around initially would invite plenty of complaints later down the line. This is as best a time as we can decide.

>>48895848

Wouldn't our bankai reduce the damage from some of the flames? So it wouldn't be quite as catastrophic as it could be.

And then we basically have Riku be the distraction, where Arturo and Yamamoto think we're rushing in to join the battle, when really it's our assassin behind them killing Arturo.

Anyone think this could work?

>>48895747
Can't we just have Orihime top OMG off? Or at least make him not die?

>>48895862
It feels really cold to say this but I kind of feel like regardless of if we step in or not, regardless of if he lives or not, Yamamoto is DONE. The accelerated dose of Kubo that is this quest has made him officially too old for this shit and unfortunately I don't think he has a temperament suited towards retirement.

And when it comes down to it, he's the Captain Commander of the Thirteen Court Guard, and he gave his last command.

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>>48895862
Well, given that knowledge, I feel that there's only one in-character choice to make.

>It's too late. The effect of this release will already be destroying Yamamoto's body: best to respect his wishes and protect the Seireitei at all costs.

Fuck you, by the way.

>>48895883
I've got nothing but time, so if it doesn't seem like we can get to something resembling consensus I can put it off until... well, whenever I can run again. But since I opened it to a vote already I'd prefer not to do that.

I get that it's an important vote though, and there's no "right" choice: so I want to give this due diligence as a QM.

>>48895905
I agree with you completely.

>>48895909
takes too long. this fight's going to be over in a few moments, one way or another

>>48895909
Our bankai with also disable/disrupt our assassin's blow though.

>>48895914
If he keeps going, he's going to burn until there's nothing left to restore. Orihime isn't a god, she can't bring people back from nowhere.