aww yiss, SSQ

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>>901636
The leaves on some of the trees have just started to turn in the Seireitei: the seasons here have always begun earlier and ended later than anywhere in Japan, and the fall foliage is no different. Soon enough your Division's grounds will be filled with crimson and golden foliage, enjoyed both by your own subordinates and by visitors who come to see the large, open gardens with their groves of maple and ginkgo trees set amidst the now-dormant fruit trees and the evergreen cedars. In contrast, what few gardens the First Division's grounds actually has are much smaller and more secluded, tucked away into courtyards amid and sometimes atop the high towers that are common here. These are owned by individual officers and their families, and probably the largest of these belongs to the office of the Head Captain.

The white gravel here has been flattened at some point recently, probably in preparation for raking, so you don't feel particularly bad about walking out into it. At the center is a lone pine surrounded by an arrangement of three hard, dark stones of some sort of igneous material, dense and smooth despite their angular lines. All around the gently undulating margins of the gravel sea are more rocks of a similar material, and enough trees to shade the adjoining portico from the most intense hours of sun. Only a few are turning right now, the rest mostly being pine or cherry trees, whose branches are already beginning to shed their leaves. The smell of the trees and the moss growing between the stones gives the air a wonderful scent, meaning it would be a shame to put your time here to waste.

Shinrin-yoku: the 'new medicine' name for an activity that nobility in Japan have enjoyed for centuries but proposed in the 1980's as a form of stress-management. The essential oils and the clean air are good for the body, particularly when combined with a derivation of the old practice of kaihōgyō by which a monk was meant to walk 'with awareness'. Basically... it means a stroll through a forest, or else a garden with dense enough foliage to achieve the same effect. While you've never been one to stroll you do have a similar practice, one more suited for someone of such a martial bent.

Setting aside your zanpakuto, you begin your own sort of meditative exercise. It's similar to tai chi in its pace and fluidity, but instead focuses on movements and positions that are derived from typical hakuda training sets: specifically those that can be easily performed with a sword in hand. The wonderfully fresh air, the late-morning calm, and your own focus on the practice all work in concert to heighten your awareness of every small aspect of your routine... except for the passage of time.

You don't know how long you've been at it when you're interrupted by a familiar voice.
>2/?

>>901636
Great to see you KoH.

Last week I finally got the SoZ read. Now eagerly waiting for new installments of SSQ and Aphelion.

>>901664
“Am I interrupting, Captain?” Okita bows respectfully from the portico.

“Not at all,” you insist quietly, continuing your routine with a wide, arcing roundhouse kick. “I assume your Lieutenant sent you here?”

“That's right. Though I'll admit, I volunteered when she asked.”

You pause for a moment, left fist extended in a low strike as if against an opponent's ribs. “She asked for volunteers? Why?”

“Well...” Okita's voice trails off as you turn to face him, and he gestures vaguely in your direction. Looking at yourself you can begin to see the reason for such a measure: even when at rest you tend to unconsciously restrict how much reiatsu your body releases, as many Captains do. But during the course of your exercises it seems you've been releasing much more reiatsu than usual, as you've been so relaxed that your unconscious control started to slip a little. The white spiritual energy has even begun to take a familiar shape behind your back...

You quickly suppress your reiatsu back to its normal 'resting' state, doing the First Division's officers the courtesy of continuing to hide how terrifying a Captain's power really is.

“Sorry about that!” you apologize awkwardly. “Normally when I do jinzen I can keep my reiatsu suppressed... I didn't realize that 'normal' meditation would have that sort of effect.”

“It's quite alright,” Okita bows again. “Wait... did you just say that this is suppressed for you?”

“Captains are kind of ridiculous,” you admit, holding your gaze on him. Even just that gesture can come off as intimidating when you do it, or so you've been told. “Even a Captain whose skills are kind of poor by comparison with their peers is in a whole different league in terms of raw power.”

“Well that's terrifying.”

“Most people would agree.”

Okita sets a wooden tray down at the edge of the portico, upon which are two cups of warm tea and a few yatsuhashi, a mix of matcha and anko flavored fillings. You take one of the treats and a cup, seating yourself on the edge of the walkway facing the garden. Okita does the same, sitting quietly a few feet to your side.

“A while ago you told me that you'd tell me about who I was in life,” he muses, gazing out at the trees. “Would you say that I was a good man?”

>Tell him what you think he wants to hear.
>Tell him the blunt, objective truth: he killed people for the losing side and died young.
>Tell him that it was complicated. He can sort out his own meaning from that.
>Other?

>>901691
Since it's December the updates may be at weird times, or else interrupted by IRL shenanigans since my schedule is now partly determined by other people.

>>901708
>Other?
>Tell him that he was a good and loyal man to his cause during the course of his life.

And Shunsui being grim? That's rather ominous considering our success in the reigai front.

Makes me wonder if it's a sensitive discussion with Ukitake and his reigai counterpart in mind.

>>901708
>Tell him that it was complicated. He can sort out his own meaning from that.

>>901708
>Other: You acted like a flustered teenager when you sparred with me back when you were alive. You even had a friend try and 2v1 me in that fight.
I wanna tease Okita abit.
>You lived dangerous and died young, fighting for a losing side of a war. But you were loyal to your cause during that short course of your life. That's what matters in the end, your heart stayed true to the cause you've given yourself.

>>901708
Mention that he tried to chase away Yoruichi once.

>>901708
>>Tell him the blunt, objective truth: he killed people for the losing side and died young.

But he fought for what he believed. That is important.

>>901713
No problem, everybody is going to have scheduling problems. It is better to write with time than write in half arsed way.

>>901708
>Tell him the blunt, objective truth: he killed people for the losing side and died young.

Might be going way off base with this, but what would be the consequences of telling him who he was?

Would knowing who he was in life overwrite the person he is now?

I haven't been through the archive in a while, but the last time they met did Riku give him the choice about knowing about his life?

If so, he seems to be taking up that offer, but he wants to know if past-him was someone he wants to be again, first.

It depends on the consequences I guess, but I guess:

>Tell him that it was complicated. He can sort out his own meaning from that.

but not in the dismissive "it's complicated", but telling him it was good and bad.

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>>901708
You ponder the question for a few moments, during which Okita seems to grow anxious. He certainly expects you at this point to tell him that he was a cold-hearted killer, or to offer some other form of criticism about who he was in a past life, but that couldn't be further from the truth. In reality, it's hard to even think of a way the average person could ever distinguish themselves as “good” or “evil” in his position, where he was honor-bound to carry out even the most despicable of acts and would have been rewarded for it... assuming he had been successful.

“You were loyal,” you tell him, avoiding any impression of a moral judgment. “You served Lord Kondō well as a captain of the Shinsengumi, until your death of illness less than a year before the Shogunate was abolished.”

“You avoided the question, Captain,” Okita observes. Sly as he ever was, you recall with a sigh.

“Having been born into a samurai family under Tokugawa rule largely stripped you of any right to make your own moralistic judgments,” you clarify for him, making the point behind your redirection more explicit. “Instead what you had were notions of honor and duty not unlike those valued by your former Captain. The question of whether it was good to kill your enemies never occurred to you in life, the same way that the goodness of purging hollows has probably never occurred to you in death. You did your duty, which for someone of your station in that era was the best you could aspire to.”

Okita remains silent for a while, doubtless unraveling your words and their meaning as he sips his tea. Comparing living humans to hollows might have been a difficult concept for most shinigami to grasp, as it's a matter of perspective that few are taught to consider. And eventually he does nod to himself, seeming to silently concede the point.

“So... if I might ask, how well did you know me?” he asks, changing the topic. “What was I like?”

“I knew you during my deployment at the height of the revolution,” you recount, “near the end of your life.”

“So when I was an old man, then?”

You shake your head and laugh. “No, you were twenty-one, and you blushed like a teenager whenever we sparred.”

At that mental image, Okita laughs as well despite the implication that he died young... which he did of course. He was only twenty-six when you last saw him alive. “So I wasn't good with women either?”

“Terrible,” you agree, “though funny enough most modern depictions paint you as a ladies' man... or else as a lady yourself.”

“For real?”

You nod. “Yup. Full-on pretty boy, I could hardly believe it myself... especially since the only photo of you from when you were alive isn't exactly flattering.”
>1/2

>>901815
“So you said I died of illness? Was I sick long?”

“You were. Tuberculosis by most accounts, and despite not knowing too much about medicine I'd agree with the diagnosis.”

Okita's eyes narrow at you as he realizes something. “You were with me when I died, weren't you? I remember something about a visitor... and a cat?”

“I'd heard through the Onmitsukidō I left in the field that you had taken ill,” you recall carefully, the memory being one you'd long set aside for more recent matters. “So I came to visit. You could see me in my spirit body by that point, so it was obvious you were moments from dying. The cat was actually a friend of mine.”

Okita cocks his eyebrow, but doesn't question the identity of your feline friend any further. “So I died without realizing that the war I fought in was lost?”

“You probably realized that it was all but over, just not how badly the Shogunate was going to lose. At that point it was still up in the air.”

“I see. So this is why you cautioned me over asking too much about my past?”

You nod quietly. “Exactly. It's never clear how a given person will handle memories of their past life.”

“You okay?”

After a moment, Okita sighs to himself and finishes his tea. “I guess. I always knew that I had a past, but to speak with someone who knew me even briefly is a lot to take in.”

>If you'd like to know more, feel free to ask.
>Wait quietly until Shunsui is free, let Okita digest this.
>See if you can't figure out why Unohana is here.
>Other?

>>901839
>See if you can't figure out why Unohana is here.

>>901839
>Wait quietly until Shunsui is free, let Okita digest this.

>>901839
>>Wait quietly until Shunsui is free, let Okita digest this.

>>901839
>Wait quietly until Shunsui is free, let Okita digest this.

>writing, will have to go get lunch after this update so the next one may be a tad late

4chan internet is being a shit today.

>>901839
>Wait quietly until Shunsui is free, let Okita digest this.
>Other: If it comforts you, you're not alone in that regard. I still have difficulty handling the baggage my own past life carried to this day.

>>901807
derp, just realized I described Riku exactly. I guess Okita came to the right person then.

Hey king, what were ganju and ichigo thinking back when we threw gajnu's entire body quite some distance and hit ichigo with him back during the rukia rescue arc?
They must have had a something to say about that after it happened, ichigo questioning how he survived or something.

>>901926
>Ichigo: DAFUQ how did that bitch hit me with Ganju from that far away?
>Ganju: Am I dead?

>>901880
>I still have difficulty handling the baggage my own past life carried to this day.
But thats wrong.
Weve made peace with our quincy past and how we died. We give so little fucks about it we married our killer and made friends with the personification of our quincy rage, aka Rosa.

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>>901839
You decide against pressing Okita on anything further, instead allowing him to slowly come to terms with his past and decide for himself how he would like to handle it in the long term: whether he wants to know more and embrace his past life, or do as you did and consider himself a distinct person from the Okita who once lived. It can't be an easy decision to make for any normal person, and when you consider it carefully you may have benefited from the fact that your past was isolated in a separate personality. It made it easier for you to distance yourself from that past, and the complications it carried.

Eventually Lieutenant Ise comes to gather you, and you stand. “I'll excuse myself for now, if you don't mind.”

“No, of course,” Okita agrees quietly. “And Captain? Thank you.”

“For what?”

“I can't prove it of course,” Okita admits, “but I suspect that you helped me pass on, and I get the feeling that it did some good. Because if I was the same way I am now when I was in my twenties, I couldn't possibly have taken my death... gracefully.”

You wince. “No, that's not what I'd call graceful.”

“Had I been left to my own devices I may have hollowfied,” he continues thoughtfully, “so again, thank you.”

“No problem. Just glad to hear it helped.”

Nanao frowns at you once you've left the garden, not quite having understood the last exchange. “Captain, do you know our Third Seat from somewhere?”

“It's a long story, from when you were very young,” you sigh. “Ask me again some time.”

Along the way you spy Unohana as she walks down the stairs from Shunsui's office, and for a moment you can't quite place what seems different about her... until you notice her hair. These days she's taken to braiding it down the front, in order to hide the scar she received from Kenpachi a long time ago. But now she's wearing her hair loose behind her, and unless it's lower than you remember it being the scar seems to be gone. She acknowledges you with a slight bow of her head as she means to pass you by, your own feet having faltered from the shock of seeing her so changed.

Her eyes though... not as soft as they once were, at least in your estimation. But definitely not the same as when she slips back into her 'old self', where the only thing her eyes betray is simple bloodlust. Instead it's somewhere in-between, but more genuine at the same time. As if both extremes were simply a disguise.

“Captain,” you nod in exchange, your greeting causing her to stop as well. “You changed your hair.”

“It's a lady's prerogative to change her mind with no explanation,” she replies calmly, though a gentle smile tugs at her cheeks. It's somehow reassuring to know that she hasn't gone full Kenpachi on you, at least not just yet.
>1/2

>>901962
Eh, we have some dissonance. Take Kensai. Rosa wants to kill him and always will. Riku rationally understands he hasn't hurt HER, but restraining herself can still take effort IIRC.

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>>901981
this might be a better version on how Unohana lets her hair down.

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>>901981
“You know, Lady Kusajishi, it occurred to me that we've never practiced together,” she continues calmly, raising a few hairs on the back of your neck just with the suggestion. “I would like to remedy that oversight at some point, if you would be willing to have me.”

“Excuse me, Captains, but do you mean the healing arts?” Nanao asks cautiously. “I was unaware that you were versed in such techniques, Captain Kusajishi.”

“I mean kenjutsu, my dear Lieutenant,” Unohana corrects Nanao, eyes falling heavily on the young Lieutenant. “I think you will find that all Captains are well-versed in the subject, myself among them.”

“Above most even, if what I've heard is half the truth,” you smile in spite of yourself. “It would be a pleasure to learn from you, Captain Unohana.”

“Do not underestimate yourself, Captain Kusajishi,” Retsu replies, finally smiling herself. “You may not carry the title Kenpachi, but I expect great things from you all the same.”

“I hope not to disappoint.”

“I doubt that you will.”

With that, she leaves you and a deeply-confused Nanao to continue on to Shunsui's office where he greets you with a tired smile.

“Please, take a seat!” he insists. “Nanaooo~! Please bring us some tea!”

Nanao frowns slightly before deciding to humor her Captain.

“So, what is it you're here to talk about with this old man?”

>The reigai. What exactly is your stance on how to deal with them, now that I've killed their leader?
>If I wanted to find an arrangement that would allow the remaining reigai to live, would you support me with the Central 46?
>Retsu's kept her hair like that as long as I've known her... what did you say that made her change it?
>Other?

>>902012
>The reigai. What exactly is your stance on how to deal with them, now that I've killed their leader?

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>>902012
>Other?

"What the fuck's going on, Shunsui?"

>>902012
>The reigai. What exactly is your stance on how to deal with them, now that I've killed their leader?

>>902012
>If I wanted to find an arrangement that would allow the remaining reigai to live, would you support me with the Central 46?

>>902012
>If I wanted to find an arrangement that would allow the remaining reigai to live, would you support me with the Central 46?
>Retsu's kept her hair like that as long as I've known her... what did you say that made her change it?

>>902012
>The reigai. What exactly is your stance on how to deal with them, now that I've killed their leader?
>If I wanted to find an arrangement that would allow the remaining reigai to live, would you support me with the Central 46?

reminder that we killed the fuck out of regai abarai and he didn't want to kill us

>>902083
yeah but renji sucks.

>>902090
Renji also didn't want to do what his creator said just because he created him.
He could have made a good case that the regai aren't merely tools, they have minds of their own.

>>902083
we could've pushed for bankai, but no~ dice had to shaft us from having a wonderful time.

Sorry that took longer than expected, my sister ran down my car's battery so I had to walk
>writing.

>>902161
That's okay Queen, hope you got some exercise!

>>902161
>sister
That's hot.

>>902012
>Walks into thread
>Unohana is proposing kenjutsu bonding with Riku

IT'S HAPPENING.

I've been wanting the two to interact more for a long time. Their backstories puts all their interactions in a subtle yet distinct perspective.

>>902161
You decide that whatever it is Shunsui said to Captain Unohana should be kept between them. If one or the other decides that they want you to know they'll tell you themselves... and you have to admit, whatever it was that did it you kinda like this new Retsu. So instead you focus on what brought you here in the first place.

“I take it you've already been told that I killed the reigai's leader,” you begin, taking a seat across from Shunsui who nods in acknowledgment.

“I got a report to that effect, yes,” he tells you. “But if you already suspected I knew you wouldn't bother to tell me, and you certainly wouldn't do it face to face.”

“You're absolutely right,” you admit. “I'm here because we need to make some decisions about what to do with reigai who surrender. I'd like to know where you stand.”

“In favor of destroying them,” Shunsui tells you rather sternly, at least stern by his standards. “Those're the standing orders, and copies of our Captains are an existential threat I can't overlook as the Head Captain.”

“And if I were to tell you there was a way to neutralize them as a threat without executing them?”

Shunsui cocks his lone visible eyebrow in curiosity. “Are you telling me you know of such a way?”

“I don't. But I know someone very clever who's looking for a way.”

“And do you believe that Captain Urahara will be successful?” Shunsui asks. “I must admit I constantly find myself proven wrong about the man.”

“He has that frustrating power,” you agree. “But in any event there is an ethical consideration here. These are intelligent and aware beings that were created under the Central 46's orders, and now we're talking about executing them for being exactly what the Central 46 required of them.”

“And we also deal with criminals harshly,” Shunsui observes calmly. “You know that better than most.”

>Try to convince him to hold off until Urahara gets back to you. The reigai deserve that much.
>Ask to be allowed to speak with the remaining reigai. See if you can talk them down.
>This isn't a policy about weapons regulation, these are surrendered opponents who may not have chosen to fight us in the first place.
>Other?

>>902264
>This isn't a policy about weapons regulation, these are surrendered opponents who may not have chosen to fight us in the first place.

While Shunsui has to follow the rules, I think he is more humane. If that doesn't work, just ask him to stall a bit before Urahara manages to bash something together.

>>902264
>Ask to be allowed to speak with the remaining reigai. See if you can talk them down.

>>902264
>Ask to be allowed to speak with the remaining reigai. See if you can talk them down.

>>902264
>This isn't a policy about weapons regulation, these are surrendered opponents who may not have chosen to fight us in the first place.

Didn't we kill Regai Riku's Yoruichi? I'm pretty sure she's got a murder boner for all time.

>>902264
>This isn't a policy about weapons regulation, these are surrendered opponents who may not have chosen to fight us in the first place.

They didn't have much choice while he was alive, it was built into them.
Now they're free.

>>902301
Regai Riku got nuked to ashes, Regai Yoruichi is currently a pill.

>>902313
Ah I got it backwards. So regai Yoruichi hates us.

>>902333
>a pill that emanates a palpable aura of menace
that's Jojo tier stuff right there.

>>902264
>This isn't a policy about weapons regulation, these are surrendered opponents who may not have chosen to fight us in the first place.
>Other?

"Had they all made the choice to engage in this conflict willingly, I might agree. And if any choose to persist, you have my word I'll eliminate them myself. But they did not get a choice, and those who now give up the fight deserve the opportunity to continue existing."

>writan
3d10, DC 18 Crit 24

Rolled 5, 4, 4 = 13 (3d10)

>>902345

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

>>902345

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

>>902345

>>902350
>>902349
>>902352

GODDAMNIT DICE DON'T YOU FUCK ME WHEN I PUT THAT KIND OF EFFORT INTO A WRITE-IN

>>902352
Damn :(

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

>>902345
I probably go this.

Rolled 8, 7, 6 = 21 (3d10)

>>902345

>>902361
You were too late, you had this!

Oh boy. Now we need to find out what Riku does when SS laws do not yield to her personal morality.

Unless we find another person to appeal to.

>>902361
>>902371
Yup, that's dicegod work.

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>>902391
For awhile now I've considered it just a matter of time before Riku just "retired" and took half the Seireitei with her. I suppose we'll just need to decide if this is the particular straw to break that.

Or you know, instead of flipping out we could just let them be executed.

>>902391
Or tell him flat out we won't like him anymore if he murders all these guys when he knows he doesn't have to.

>>902431
This time, sure. What about the next time Riku feels like authority is standing in the way of what's right? Or the time after that? At what point does Riku put her foot down? It's just a matter of how long the quest runs.

>>902451
I honestly don't feel like this particular issue will come up again. We've already saved Arrancar and fucking Quincy

Quit collecting people

>>902414
Nah. They killed a bunch of people and will now be killed for it. Sure, we know they were in the right, but 99% of people won't ever know or care. This is neither unusual nor a big deal. Modern society still largely works like this, so why would feudal japan be more progressive?

It would be a waste to act obstinate and short-sighted because of muh moral integrity. We still have a bunch of world-saving to do after this, and we need the G13 for that.

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>>902345
“These isn't equipment malfunction we're talking about here, Shunsui!” you insist. “And you're right, I was an officer in the Onmitsukidō, and that's why both Yoruichi and I agree on this one: imprisonment or banishment is what all precedent says we should do!”

“The standing orders are quite clear, it's literally a law,” Shusnui reminds you. “There's no room for interpretation.”

“You were certainly willing to overlook the law when our zanpakuto freaked out,” you scowl, gesturing to his swords where they sit behind his desk. “You were pretty quick to welcome them back if memory serves.”

“That situation was different.”

“How?”

“Because they were forced to commit those actions,” Shusui replies sternly. “You know that already.”

“And the reigai were controlled too,” you insist, just as firmly. “So there's a law insisting that we destroy them? Well what if that law is wrong, Shunsui? I wasn't made a Captain so that I could blindly follow the path the Central 46 laid in front of me, you and I both knew the Old Man better than that.”

“Nor did he promote you to break every single rule the Central 46 ever made until you find one that crosses the line!”

“If there's a line to be drawn here it's me that's drawing it!” you retort angrily. “What's with you, Shunsui? You've got a conscience in under that mop of yours, I know it's there. Just fucking use it and you'll know I'm right!”

“I don't disagree with you,” Shunsui sighs, “really. But I have no choice in the matter anymore. I'm ordering you to dispose of the reigai in your custody, report back to me when you've done so. If you run into any more consider it a standing order.”

>... yes, sir
>I refuse.
>Yes, sir (lie)
>I'll “dispose” of them.
>Other

>>902471
>>902451
At the very least, Riku's going to feel that taste of defeat for once. And it's going to be very hard for her to swallow the truth of give and take, and picking your battles.

>>902474
>>... yes, sir

>>902474
>>I'll “dispose” of them.

>>902474
>>I'll “dispose” of them.

>>902474
>>... yes, sir

>>902474
>mis-Format
Drink!

Choice:
>... yes, sir

>>902474
>Agree to dispose of them
>Send them to the Visoreds
>when reprimanded, state that 'disposed' does not mean 'killed'

>>902474
>I refuse.
Seem to have dropped your [/i] there.

>>902474
>>I'll “dispose” of them.

>>902474
>I'll “dispose” of them.

I think Urahara can make it look like they died, but actually are send into hiding to our secret place between worlds/realities/what ever that place is located.

Make the disposing look very to the point, something not flashy at all. Purely serious so that others get the idea that Riku did it against her will, but did it because she follows the rules and chain of command.


>Mis-format
DRINK!

>>902474
>Other: Hey Shunsui, I've always wondered how hard it was for a captain to commit a Rukongai purge against their will. Guess this order makes it my first time pulling the short straw.

Guys not that I'm against the action, but if we tell Shunsui we're doing this and then go dump the regai out in the world, I expect Shunsui is going to get some egg on his face for it. As a result, we will lose trust with him. And next time there's a moral dilemma in executing prisoners, he'll order Retsu to get it done instead of Riku.

Just want to make sure everyone knows what we're getting into here.

>>902474
>Other
>I thought better of you than this, shunsui. You'd do well to remember that people have fought against unjust rules in the past. Quite recently, in fact.

>>902529
Nah there's absolutely nothing bad that can happen, don't be silly.

>>902474
>>... yes, sir
Unsure whether any alternate disposal processes would not end up with Aizen somehow getting his hands on the reigai. And honestly, with the conflict on that front in mind, solidarity is what's needed more right now.

>>902529
In one hand I would love to just kill them and be done with it. It would open a lot of neat RP choices, but same time I feel it being against who Riku is.

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>writing

>>902572
Riku's gained another flaw at this point, she's got a bleeding heart of sympathy. And this conflict really adds to what I like about this quest.

>>902572
I'd love to see Riku throw her hands up and say "Fuck the police, I'm out", but I feel like she wouldn't do it over this.

>>902591
>>902593
I agree with both of you. Because who Riku is it makes interesting stuff thanks to Gotei being what they are, a bureaucratic monster.

If Riku does it, then it would be fun to see how his friends and loved ones would react. What would they think about Riku going against who she is.

>tfw you know sparing them is going to cause some bullshit down the line

>tfw some people are talking about leaving the SS when Aizen is still a problem

>>902615
>tfw some people are talking about leaving the SS when Aizen is still a problem

>implying it wouldn't be easier to take down Aizen without the C46 constantly getting in the way

>>902625
>implying abandoning all of our subordinates and friends isn't literal scum of the earth tier fuckery

>>902638
>implying half the Seireitei wouldn't be coming with us

>>902625
>leaving SS helping in any way

Are you really this stupid?

I know it's how the dice went, but I'm more suprised that he's asking Riku to straight up kill copies of her own children, especially given the streak of second chances Riku's been giving out, what with the menagerie she calls the division jail.

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>>902583
After a few moments, you grumble your response. “Don't worry. I'll be sure to 'dispose' of them properly, Head Captain.”

“I'm glad you understand the situation,” he replies slowly with a subtle nod of his head. “Please remember that I don't like issuing orders like this, and that I too have things I'd hate to see come to harm. If you follow me.”

Of course, you can sympathize with his position. It's easy for the Central 46 to issue death warrants without ever having to look the victims of their bureaucracy in the eyes: as much as they've improved with this generation, they still begin their tenure by renouncing their ties to the outside world and live in isolation, gradually losing focus on what matters to the society they left behind. Shunsui on the other hand looks at a reigai, such as that of his old friend Ukitake or his beloved Lieutenant Nanao, and can't fully separate himself from the knowledge that they're modeled on a person he cares about. Were it not for the tampering that was done to them before they were sent into the field, they could possibly even replace the real thing without his realizing it... which particularly given the real Ukitake's current state must make it as hard for him to judge them as it is for you to heartlessly kill off Gin or Rangiku's copies.

And yet, the law is clear: the reigai are to be destroyed, whether he likes it or not. But if you were to take this in the opposite direction entirely from arguing that the reigai are people, to “dispose” of them the same way you'd fill the barrel of a howitzer with cement or blunt a sword...

“I think I do.”

A knock at the door announces that Nanao is finally through waiting outside for you to finish your argument, and she comes in with the tea that Shunsui requested.

“Ah, thanks!” he tells her cheerfully, having noticed her presence outside the door as early on as you did but trying to put on a front for her. “I always love it when you humor me like this, you always prepare my tea just right!”

“I didn't prepare this tea at all,” she insists with a glare, nearly causing Shunsui to choke. “I got an unseated officer to do it... making you a flatterer of the worst kind, Captain.”

“So I've been found out?” he chuckles. “Well now, how should I make it up to you?”

“You can start by finishing your paperwork properly...”

>Oh yeah, I was meaning to ask what was up with Retsu?
>Head back to Urahara, see what he's come up with?
>Meet up with Yoruichi. If you're quick about it you can be there when she meets Unohana.
>Other?

>>902690
This....does feel like a poor decision on Shinsui's part, yes.

Do not give an order if you know it won't be obeyed. So either he thinks there's a good chance RIku will do this, he knows she won't, or...he's testing her? Wants her to defy him?

Yeah this is a clusterfuck for sure.

>>902625
>tfw the rest of the captains save two will not be with us
>effectively halving our combat capabilities is a good thing
>b-but we'll still help them and them us!
>implying C46 won't be all over them if they try and red tape
>implying even if we did still work together that the time required to respond to threats increasing is a good thing

Nah m8.

>>902700
It's more like a mutual ass-covering exercise. He orders her to "dispose" of the reigai as she captures them, she complies, and if the Central 46 complains they can both argue that they did their job as they understood it.

Despite the fact that they both know that's only half true. He's starting to get used to the job.

>>902699
>Meet up with Yoruichi. If you're quick about it you can be there when she meets Unohana.
if we're gonna bust the regai, we're going to need all three of them

>>902721

Ah, okay, good. The mutual ass-covering only became clear with the opening lines of the new update, for me.

>>902707
>>902675

Please. At that point Riku wouldn't just be sitting on those forces playing queen, she'd be taking the fight directly to Hueco Mundo and Aizen, tying up his forces to prevent them from focusing on anyone or anything else.

Also: Riku, Yoruichi, Suì-Fēng, and Gin at *least* would be coming with us. Plus their divisions, and a smattering of unseated from other divisions. Probably Zaraki as well.

>>902699
>Oh yeah, I was meaning to ask what was up with Retsu?
>Meet up with Yoruichi. If you're quick about it you can be there when she meets Unohana.

>>902699
>Meet up with Yoruichi. If you're quick about it you can be there when she meets Unohana.
What does the SSQ Cast think of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?

>>902699
>Meet up with Yoruichi. If you're quick about it you can be there when she meets Unohana.
Can't think of anything else that needs to be done, and she already resolved to let private conversations remain private.

>>902699
>>>Oh yeah, I was meaning to ask what was up with Retsu?
Where we go depends mostly on the answer to this rather ominous suggestion.

>>902732
>Suì-Fēng,

Not fucking likely. Zaraki likewise would stay because that means he is allowed to fight Riku when he sees her, and he couldn't find his way to her if she was wearing a neon sign with his sense of direction.

Besides, Aizen is geared to fight the whole of SS, Riku included, so having less forces than we currently do would give him a massive advantage.

>>902752
To be fair, sometimes Riku does get tempted to poke her nose where it doesn't belong even after realizing she shouldn't.

>>902583
Cuuute

>>902699
3d10 for timing, lowered DCs because damn son, Riku fast.
DC 15, Crit 20

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

>>902816

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

>>902816

Rolled 1, 1, 8 = 10 (3d10)

>>902816

Rolled 8, 4, 1 = 13 (3d10)

>>902816

Rolled 9, 10, 6 = 25 (3d10)

>>902816

Rolled 6, 3, 5 = 14 (3d10)

>>902816

>>902823
damn son, Riku fast

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>>902823
Instead of running, you rise from your chair and take a last sip of tea before stepping away from Shunsui's desk.

“I need to go, so I hope you won't mind if I show myself out.”

Shunsui waves with one hand. “Not at all. In fact if you're going to do what I think you're about to I'd like to watch.”

“Sure,” you nod, kneeling and placing your hand on the hardwood floorboards. “Heart of the south, eye of the north, finger of the west, foot of the east, gather with the winds and scatter with the rain!”

“Bakudō 58: Kakushitsuijaku!”

Within the small circle that appears on the floor before you, a scrolling series of numbers and symbols appears, constantly shifting as you refine the tracking spell and hone in on your wife's reiatsu. You can feel it from here of course, but not precisely enough for what you're about to do... at least not until your bakudō locates her precise position. You then extend your other arm, producing the white ribbon in a technique you rarely use yourself.

The inside of Shunsui's office disappears, replaced quite suddenly with the inside of the Fourth Division's offices.

“I take it you're done?” Yoruichi asks as the ribbon disappears.

You nod. “It could've gone better, I'll explain when we see Retsu.”

“Speaking of which, why was she over where you were at?”

“I don't know, didn't feel like prying,” you admit, sensing around you and finding that Unohana is indeed in her office and her Lieutenant is on her way to you.

“Ah, Captain Kusajishi!” Lieutenant Kotetsu exclaims suddenly upon spotting you. “I wasn't aware you'd be joining us.”

“Change of plans, I finished up early,” you explain. “I'm here for the same reason Captain Shihōin is.”

“I understand... right this way, Captains.”

When she sees Unohana, she too is immediately taken aback by her change of appearance. She glances at you questioningly, and you simply shrug in response.

>Allow Yoruichi to lead, add in clarification when prompted.
>Remain silent for now, see how the conversation goes without your input.
>Be upfront about Shunsui's orders and your intentions.
>Other?

>>902899
>>Allow Yoruichi to lead, add in clarification when prompted.

>>902899
>Allow Yoruichi to lead, add in clarification when prompted.

>>902899
>Allow Yoruichi to lead, add in clarification when prompted.
Yep

>>902899
>Allow Yoruichi to lead, add in clarification when prompted.

>>902899
>Allow Yoruichi to lead, add in clarification when prompted.

>>902899
>>Allow Yoruichi to lead, add in clarification when prompted.

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what a cat-mind we have here.

>>902899
>Allow Yoruichi to lead, add in clarification when prompted.
Seems to be quite the consensus.

>>902963
Nah man, totally a contentious vote.

>>902960
Wow, that's one delicious cat.

>writing

>>903036
Is your sister hot, though?

>>903101
are we gonna give Queen the imouto treatment like we did to Soma?

>>903119
The answer is no. No you are not.

>>903119
Pfft, I bet she isn't even underage.

>>903129
What if she's an onee-san?
Either way, this would make a good story about her brother traveling the world and sending back postcards and telling tales about his discoveries along the way.

And then he comes home and sniffs her panties.

>>903143
>liking christmas cake
Absolutely Disgusting

>>903152
It is delicious cake, and you must eat it.

>>903152
>implying Queen would throw his sister into the trash

>>903129
>>903143
>>903152
>>903156
Cut it the fuck out, right now.

>>903171
He's always like this.

>>903171
You really shouldn't running your quest in 4chan if banter this mild gets your panties in a bunch.

>>903171
I would like to continue reading this quest, but there's nothing I can do to stop them. Please just pretend they don't exist.

>>903171
>showing weakness on 4chan

Well that's as good as blood in the water. Great QM while it lasted, GG.

>>903171
Should've just ignored it, now they'll never stop.

>>903171
And now... the true test for a QM, hold fast, or expire.

>>903226
He does it anytime anything minor happens.
Considering the usual tone of conversations in other quests, i'm amazed overall.

>>903240
I don't know about minor, anon. If someone called my sister an onee-san, I'd flip my shit.

>>903230
Kinda hard to tell if it'll actually stop if told or not.

I suppose you could argue that it's as simple as putting up filters, but any legit discussions they may bring to the table that King may take into consideration for the next few updates will get caught in the crossfire too. And that'd be a shame.

>>903246
You do realize it just literally translates to "big sister", right? Like what's actually offensive about that?

>>903254
The "big" part.

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>>902899
“So why did you let your hair down?”

Retsu seems to consider her answer carefully before speaking. “I was given orders that I liked.”

“Oh?” Yoruichi asks, even more curious. “And what orders were those?”

“I was ordered to fight Captain Zaraki when he returns from training.”

Your wife does a doubletake. “Wait, you're happy about that? Retsu, you know as well as I do what that means... that's not a fight that both swordsmen are going to walk away from.”

“I do realize how that sounds,” Retsu admits calmly, “but yes, a few decades ago I would agree that taking on such a request would mean certain death. But now, I am not so certain. I get the feeling that Captain Zaraki would not kill me, nor would he have to in order to grow past his self-imposed limitations.”

That gives you an ominous feeling. “Wait... why not?”

“Because I am no longer the sole person that man wishes to fight. Even if he were to kill me there would be another, so killing me loses its purpose as an exercise in his development.”

“Okay, I think it's about time to move on,” you sigh warily, not really wanting to continue the conversation. “Yoruichi?”

“Right,” your wife nods. “So we're trying to organize our response to the reigai.”

“Beyond simply killing them when they appear?”

“Yeah, we decided we're not totally comfortable with how genocidey that is,” Yoruichi explains. “Destroying them like they're weapons to be decommissioned just doesn't feel right, you know?”

“I suppose you have a point,” Unohana agrees calmly. “So has the Head Captain given his consent?”

Yoruichi turns to you for your input, and you scratch your head. “He ordered us to “dispose” of them... knowingly without saying we should kill them all.”

“So in effect Captain Kyōraku has given you freedom to act, but will not cover for you if there is any sort of backlash from the Central 46 over your handling of the situation.”

“That was the impression I got,” you nod, “yes.”

“He really cut you loose like that?” Yoruichi asks, a hint of surprise creeping into her voice. “That's not like him at all, I guess being Head Captain isn't agreeing with him.”

“It's tied his hands in an official capacity,” you sigh, “but his heart's still in the right place. And it's not too much different from how Old Man Yamamoto used to deal with my bullshit, it's just that it'll take a little getting used-to coming from someone new.”

>Retsu, we could use your help dealing with the remaining reigai.
>I feel like each officer whose clone is still alive should have a say in this.
>We'll check with Urahara, devise a plan based on his best technique for securing the reigai.
>Yoruichi and I will defeat the reigai and sort things out once that's accomplished.
>Other?

>>903261
>>I feel like each officer whose clone is still alive should have a say in this.
>We'll check with Urahara, devise a plan based on his best technique for securing the reigai.

>>903101
>>903129
>>903143
>>903156

>>903254
sarcasm, but the main issue is elsewhere, I think.

>>903250
Don't be dumb.
It's just fucking around in the interim.

Nobody's trying to derail the thread, all you have to do is stop talking about it and it's over.

>>903279
>>903293
Maybe I just don't get it because my own sister has always been a ditzy sloot. So whenever guys called her hot it was just like, "Yes? And? Water is wet, the sky is blue. What's your point?"

>>903261
>We'll check with Urahara, devise a plan based on his best technique for securing the reigai.
If it's simply neutralizing a threat, de-powering the reigai might be the go to option.

>>903261
>We'll check with Urahara, devise a plan based on his best technique for securing the reigai.
>Retsu, we could use your help dealing with the remaining reigai.

>>903261
>Retsu, we could use your help dealing with the remaining reigai.

They are a current problem, and even though Retsu's lethal she's been the captain of the medical division, which should help with non-lethal takedowns or the appearance of offering a peaceful solution.

Letting officers decide what to do with their clones strikes me as a bad idea, are they going to kill a person because they're uncomfortable that they exist?

>>903261
>That new look suits you Retsu, you look more "honest" with that hairstyle.
>Retsu, we could use your help dealing with the remaining reigai.

>>903261
>I feel like each officer whose clone is still alive should have a say in this.

>>903261
>That new look suits you Retsu, you look more "honest" with that hairstyle.
>Retsu, we could use your help dealing with the remaining reigai.
>We'll check with Urahara, devise a plan based on his best technique for securing the reigai.

Healer is good, should consult our resident mad scientist though.

>writing

Chances are that the best way out of our current dilemma is to have Urahara make new, depowered gigais that do not in any way resemble the people they were previously doppelgänging. Or we could just stick their gikons in stuffed animals like Kon if we wanted to make it easier.

>>903436
are we still keeping the meatsuits incase the regais want to fight when Aizen's army shows up?

>>903436
>just pop them into stuffed animals

Huh.
Well...

>>903436
We also don't know how much memories as G13 officers they retain, so their minds might contain information about Seireitei that poses a security risk. At least, Central 46 will most probably bring up that particular issue.

Those memory wiping devices might come in handy in this instance, though it's up in the air whether it'd work here when it's mostly tailored for mortals.

>>903436
And suddenly we end up with a bunch of non-human sidekicks.

>>903540
>>903510
>>903450
On one hand, they're not useful for combat if we stuff them into stuffed animals, on the other hand we get to flip the bird at the C-46

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>>903403
“Between your help and Kisuke's we should be able to handle this easily enough,” you tell Unohana. “Depending on what he thinks will work, or course.”

“And who says I intend to help you?” Unohana asks slyly. “You seem to be getting ahead of yourself, Captain.”

“You and I share a certain awareness,” you counter. “You'd do just fine as a fighter, but you're more useful to the Seireitei as a healer... and so that's how you do your duty. Same way that I could have killed every enemy I've ever met, but instead chose to forge unlikely alliances.”

“Just because one answer adheres closest to the letter of the law doesn't mean it's the right answer, and you know it.”

With a sigh, Unohana rises to her feet and slings Minazuki across her back. “That is all I needed to hear. Shall I?”

A few minutes later you arrive at your own barracks, where Kisuke is already up and limping around the now-spare office that Hisagi used to use. It seems he's already started setting up equipment in this space, probably sent here from his own headquarters.

“I'm impressed, Kisuke,” Yoruichi comments. “All these gadgets and I don't know what a single damned one of them actually does.”

“Please don't touch that,” Kisuke requests as Retsu is about to tap something that looks vaguely like a record player with wires sticking out the sides. “It can be rather... temperamental.”

“If you mean it's explosive you can just say that,” you tell him, rolling your eyes.

“Please don't touch that, Captain Unohana,” Kisuke repeats. “It could explode.”

“Better.”

“So what do you have for us?” Yoruichi asks, lifting a small stack of handwritten notes to find a small clear-lidded box underneath with a red marble in the center.

“I have here,” Kisuke announces, snatching up the box, “the first reigai we captured.”

“So it's Yoruichi,” you mutter. “That explains why it feels like it hates me.”

“She killed her own clone,” Yoruichi explains to a visibly confused Unohana. “My clone wasn't too happy about that.”

“Oh,” Retsu nods thoughtfully. “So the two of you really are...”

“Another time,” your wife interrupts. “Kisuke? Why do you have me in a box, and what are you planning to do?”

“I've got two ideas,” he replies. “The first is relatively simple, which is to implant each red pill into a reiatsu-blocking gigai...”

“Like the one you stuck Kuchiki with?” you grumble.
>1/2

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If only the Zaraki gigai had survived. Could you imagine him in this?

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>>903600
Kisuke gulps nervously. “Well, yes. The trick would be to break down the pill itself, stranding the soul inside the gigai. Each officer would be able to live out a normal life in the living world, utterly incapable of causing us any trouble.”

“And the alternative?” Retsu asks.

“The alternative would be to store the pills in a special device attached to a powerful computer. Their conscious minds would inhabit a simulation of sorts, where they would live out their 'shelf life' in a false world. On the one hand they wouldn't be free at all, on the other... I really don't know if it would work.”

>I favor the gigai plan. It's simple and uses proven technology.
>Go for the simulation. The C46 would raise a fuss about them going free.
>Proceed to test it on Yoruichi... with Yoruichi's permission, of course.
>Other?

>>903614
>I favor the gigai plan. It's simple and uses proven technology.

We're dumping them all in Karakura town if this works, of course. Bunch of terrifyingly familiar anime protagonists just show up to Ichigo's class one day. A few of them as staff even.

>>903614
>What about stuffing the pills inside stuffed animals? My nephew did that with one of your mod souls and it worked wonders.

>>903614
>>I favor the gigai plan. It's simple and uses proven technology.

>>903614
>I favor the gigai plan. It's simple and uses proven technology.

>>903614
>Proceed to test it on Yoruichi... with Yoruichi's permission, of course.

Are we sure there's nothing Aizen could do to screw them over or empower them via Plot Rock shenanigans?

Cause this seems like potentially giving him a bunch of pawns.

>>903660
I'm pretty sure we should probably kill Yoruichi's regai. Because.. yeah.

>>903614
>utterly incapable of causing us any trouble
That's really tempting fate there.

If there's a way to monitor them, I'll go for
>I favor the gigai plan. It's simple and uses proven technology.
but there has to be some plan to deal with military secrets or Aizen going after them.

>>903614
>I favor the gigai plan. It's simple and uses proven technology.
>what if we made the gigai out of stuffed animals?
>maybe we should kill this reigai in case she plots against us for the rest of her life

>>903614
>Are you sure that there's nothing Aizen could do to the gig, if we release them?

>>903705
Lemme take the liberty of answering that for you: No, we can't be 100% certain that the master illusionist and archetype of crafty and devious plots isn't going to somehow use this against us. Nor can we guarantee that for any move we make for anything, ever. Let's not let it paralyze us into indecision.

>>903726
Yeah, even if we go simulation, someone could hackerman their way in.

Some action will have to taken storywise though, instead of just letting it sit there.

Speaking of which, did anything happen with the spies/monitoring devices that (I think) Mayuri left in Soul Society? Because that should be dealt with at some point.

>>903760
Urahara did clean up much of the bugs, but the problem is that Mayuri had a CENTURY to spread them out, so while Urahara can do bug sweeping, he can't get rid of all of them.

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“There has to be some sort of tracking system involved as well,” you insist. “As for Yoruichi's reigai, I think we all like Yoruichi here.”

“Thank you,” the real Yoruichi nods.

“But that being said her reigai knows all about where things are sealed and stored throughout Japan, and she'll carry a grudge after releasing her.”

“That's absolutely true,” Yoruichi agrees immediately. “I assume you have a plan for that, Kisuke?”

Urahara nods thoughtfully. “That's why I chose this reigai as a test subject. Part of the plan with the simulation was to erase the reigai's memories from the last hundred years or so, that way they'd be more likely to accept the simulation as real. But I realize that in Yoruichi's case I would have to go back two hundred years...”

“To before I was around,” you conclude. “That way Yoruichi's reigai wouldn't realize there was anything she should be trying to avenge.”

“That's right. That, and the fact is we have no Riku reigai to work with means we would need to erase her from the simulation. Adjustments for a lack of Aizen would also need to be mad, probably by killing him off as a Lieutenant.”

“That is why you were concerned,” Retsu realizes. “You fear that erasing that much memory would lead to unexpected side effects.”

“Correct. I have no idea if the mind can take that much strain...”

Yoruichi frowns. “In that event it may be more merciful to destroy her.”

>Remove reigai-Yoruichi's memory, take the chance.
>Release reigai-Yoruichi as she is.
>Try and talk her down, see if reason will work on her.
>Defer to Yoruichi's judgment.

>>903776
>>Defer to Yoruichi's judgment.

>>903776
>Try and talk her down, see if reason will work on her.

>>903776
>Try and talk her down, see if reason will work on her.
this might have a high DC

>>903776
>Defer to Yoruichi's judgment.

>>903776
>Defer to Yoruichi's judgment.
Sup King

>>903790
Not much. Bout to wrap things up here, start considering omakes for the week.

>>903776
>Defer to Yoruichi's judgment.

>>903776
>>Defer to Yoruichi's judgment.
Didn't a guy in an omake remove Yoruichi's real memories... and she you know.. kill him for it?

>>903801
Wasn't it because it was Facebook dude (IIRC)? Anyone else other than Yoruichi would've shanked him for that too.

>>903832
I meant someone had taken her memories and she realized it and fucked him up for it.

I know it's awful but we might just have to kill not!yoruichi.

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>>903801
That was Facebook, and yes. She killed him for it with EXTREME prejudice.

>>903776
>>Defer to Yoruichi's judgment.
Crap, forgot my vote

>>903614
>What about sending them to the Visoreds?

>>903776
>Defer to Yoruichi's judgment.

>>903796
How about a brief glimpse of the Royal Guard acting as coaches to the captains in a Rocky-esque Training Montage?

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>writing

>>903776
>Try and talk her down, see if reason will work on her.

We can take the risk afterwards, if it fails.
And if that fails, we kill her.

Sorry, but
>give me a 3d10 roll, DC 20, best of 4

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

>>904012

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

>>904012

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

>>904012

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>>904018
Ohohoho!
>>904020
Pretty nice.

>>904018
oh god no

>>904020

OH GOD YES

Still need one more, to see if we can do better.

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>>904027
>Still need one more, to see if we can do better.
Am I not good enough for you anon?

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

>>904012

>>904035

oh that is just brutal

Well played.

>>904035
you're the best of the current bunch now.

>>904053
>>904047

You're all hussys that leave for a man with a better dice roll in a heart beat

>>904035
I love you anon. Unconditional love. <3

>>904012
“Yoruichi... it's your call,” you sigh, “As much as I'm conflicted, you're the one who knows best what you'd do in her position.”

After pondering the question for what almost feels like hours... Yoruichi takes the pill from Urahara's hand. She rolls it between her fingertips thoughtfully, still staring at it, making you think for a while that she's going to just crush it on the spot. But after a while, she passes the pill back to Kisuke.

“Try it,” she mutters. “If it works it works, if it doesn't... I'll finish the job myself.”

Kisuke nods grimly. “Well then, let's begin.”

He sets the red pill into a little round slot amidst the machinery, and presses a series of buttons. On a small round screen a series of jagged lines appear in glowing green, like the feedback of an EEG machine or something similar. He turns a knob and the line changes, and you have no idea what it means but Kisuke seems satisfied.

“Alright, I think this might work...” he mutters calmly. “Let's see here...”

“I like how he's not actually trying to explain any of this,” you comment to Yoruichi, who simply shrugs.

“You'd prefer him babbling pseudoscientific nonsense?”

“No, I was being serious,” you reply earnestly. “I really do prefer it this way.”

Retsu on the other hand simply watches Kisuke, as if she's actually still trying to understand what the hell he's doing. Eventually, after maybe five minutes, she gives up.

“And done,” Kisuke announces, removing the pill. “So I don't actually know whether it worked for sure, just that nothing went horribly wrong with the procedure.”

Without explaining yourself you snag the pill from Urahara's hand. “Well, do we have a stuffed animal around someplace?”

“Wait a minute, I'll be back in a second,” Yoruichi declares, quickly dashing from the room. After a few more minutes she returns, setting a familiar stuffed toy wasp down on the table.

“We can use this,” she offers, taking the pill from you and shoving it into the toy.

The wasp wiggles on the table, tests its wings, then looks up at you.

“What is this?” she asks. “Where am I? And who's the sleeveless girl?”

As much of a relief as it is to know that the procedure works, and the reigai will get to live... you can't help but notice Yoruichi doesn't like hearing those words from her clone. She shuts her eyes, and leaves the room.

>>904248
And that's where I'll stop for now, since I still need to eat. Hope you all enjoyed, and see you next weekend... unless something comes up.

Archive is here http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Shinigami%20Savant%20Quest

Also, post omake ideas and I'll consider them.

>>904268
Thanks for running KoH.

Omake idea: Riku brings (read: drags) her children and Apacci to a picnic

>>904268
Oh man. That last part was pretty feels heavy.
On the other hand, catwasp/waspcat plushie... thing, yay? I dunno.

Anyway, thanks for running.

>>904268
Thanks for writing!

>>904268
thanks for the run Queen.
Questions:
>What does the cast think of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?
>Is Yoruichi gonna be okay?
>Riku: Rate the level of unsettling/uncomfortable in being ordered to do this to reigai doubles of your friends, family, and coworkers.
>Pastebin Update?
>Kenny: One of your favorite fighters coming over for a "Fight-date"...
>So what is Ichigo doing in the middle of all of this?

Omake Ideas:
(R)Gin and (R)Rangiku trolling the resident prison-mates at 9th Division's Prison Ward.
The Royal Guard coaching several captains with their brutal Rocky Montage Training Regimen.
Sasakibe introducing himself as an "overseer of the C-46" to the Arrancar.
Coyote Starrk attempting to flirt with Mirai on the shooting range.
Mila Rose and Sun-Sung wandering Seireitei for a day.
Ichigo's Schoolmates taking a crash course of Spiritual fighting 101 with Teacher Assistant Chad.
Uryu getting Sternritter Bootcamp Marine Training by Sargent Bambietta complete with a session in the trenches bombarded by Artillery fire.

>>904268
Hmmmm Howabout a girls day out Omake were Rangiku drags people shopping

While Gin laughs his ass off in the background.

>>904268
How Riku "Saved" Christmas.

>>904268
Yoruichi's Regai having Nightmares about something or someone being missing from her life.She's always looking for it but can never quite find it.

>>904480
Monster

>>904505
Hey we killed her. We aught to see the repercussions.

I don't see any of you trying to bring regai riku back from the dead.

>>904268
Reigai Toy Story Edition, Featuring: The smoking pile of rubble that was once Ichigo's bedroom, as he desperately tries (and fails) to explain to normies why he has so many stuffed animals while they silently judge him for it.

Uncensored and Uncut: Someone makes a horrifyingly disparaging and sexist comment about Retsu's new hairstyle whilst unaware that she's within earshot.

Rukia and Tatsuki finally share a genuine bonding moment by comparing notes about Ichigo's negative qualities, ending in hysterical laughter. Ichigo walks in at the end, confused, making them laugh even harder.

I don't know why I love seeing Ichigo suffer, I just do.

>>904533
because the pill was reduced to ashes. we failed a roll in seeing if anything survived, and Queen rolled who didn't survive.

>>904398
>Uryu getting Sternritter Bootcamp Marine Training by Sargent Bambietta complete with a session in the trenches bombarded by Artillery fire.
Not an "I'll make a man out of you" montage?

>>904675
Bambi's somewhat a fish out of temporal water so she wouldn't know the movie reference. Plus it's more fitting to have Uryu go through suffering that makes good use of Bambi's fighting style.

>>904675
Bambietta going full Gunnery Sergeant Hartman on Uryu would be great.

>>904706
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6vHOR8lzTg

>>904398
>What does the cast think of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?
Mostly they're not that interested in anime/manga, except as a casual thing. And when you have the assembled knowledge and artistic talent of a thousand years available at your leisure, there's a lot out there to entertain yourself with.
>Is Yoruichi gonna be okay?
She always is. After several centuries you tend to either crash and burn or you bounce back like a champ, and Yoruichi's solidly in the latter category.
>Riku: Rate the level of unsettling/uncomfortable in being ordered to do this to reigai doubles of your friends, family, and coworkers.
"Out of ten? Like eleven."
>Pastebin Update?
Probably not until Tuesday, I have engagements on Monday. For a chantard I'm kind of a normalfag during the week.
>Kenny: One of your favorite fighters coming over for a "Fight-date"...
"You shouldn't make dumb jokes like that. Nobody ever wants to fight me anymore, it's so fuckin' boring when there's not some kinda attack goin' on or some shit."
>So what is Ichigo doing in the middle of all of this?
For once, highschool student things.

Lots of omake ideas, I'll start working on a few and see which ones 'work', but especially the Christmas ones I may save for later.

>>904842
>"You shouldn't make dumb jokes like that. Nobody ever wants to fight me anymore, it's so fuckin' boring when there's not some kinda attack goin' on or some shit."

Poor Kenny. Why doesn't he ever get himself put into a much weaker gigai of himself to fight people who normally don't pose a challenge to have a little fun or hone his skills?

What does he think about fighting games? Maybe he should take up a hobby that lets him hit things, like woodworking or some sort of sculpting? Ask Kisuke if he can plug Kenny into his weird simulation and let him fight things. He'd probably get bored of that since there is no real chance of dying in there or something.

>>905035
Because even Kenny isn't that stupid, the bells and the eyepatch can be easily removed, the weak gigai would make him Hollow food.

Riku

What will you when you go beyond nine tails and basically become a Kitsune Kami?

>>905603
>Because even Kenny isn't that stupid, the bells and the eyepatch can be easily removed, the weak gigai would make him Hollow food.

You realize you can take a gigai off, too, right? Nor does he need to wear it constantly. I don't know why you assume he would wear it if he is going out to deal with something somewhere since the only time they send him is when something is actually dangerous and thus maybe fun for him.

I don't know how you preface your statement with "So and so is smart" then immediately turn around and say something that would make them an idiot.

>>905603
>What will you when you go beyond nine tails and basically become a Kitsune Kami?
"Well, since a god can't intervene in mortal business I hope I never have to deal with that. Thankfully I'm pretty sure you need to have at least one shrine dedicated to you... like the one... Yoruichi... and then the quincy..."

"... well, fuck."

>>905969
>Yoruichi... and then the quincy

Elaborate.

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>>905969
Tongue game so good she worships it.

Riku, God of Oral Sex and Fear.

>>906141
The shrine where Riku was buried may technically count as "enshrining" her, the same way certain local kami and political figures get enshrined.

>>906226
So will Riku's tails start diminishing after she hits the nine tails mark like in some of the lore?

>>906249
Depends. If her raw power ever goes into a slow decline then yes, she will slowly lose tails. But if she truly comes into her own as a divinity her power won't decline like that, and there IS an interesting possibility somewhere in between as well.

>>906226
… And Yoruichi and the quincy have left offerings at said grave, haven’t they?

>>906346
Yup. The reason that shrine remains in use is because the quincy who live in the Kanto region know who was buried there, and so for example when an Ishida passes away they're often laid to rest at that shrine as well.

>>906371
welp. Time to cultivate our Divine legend for becoming patron god of living Quincies. Or we could go back to the post of being "Grain". Mommy Inari's still keeping that seat warm for Riku.

Omake later this evening.

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- OMAKE: Extracurricular Activities with Chad -

“There's the hollow,” Chad announces, pointing his finger at the vaguely-humanoid beast as it roars indignantly.

Honshō stares at it and shivers. “Are they all that strong?”

Chad remains silent on the point, keeping to himself the fact that this is an “ordinary” hollow and is nowhere near a danger to him. Instead his arm transforms, releasing a small burst of reiatsu as it changes colors to black and red and extends upwards to protect his neck and shoulder.

“Mizuiro, you go.”

The black-haired boy, who had been on his cell phone up to that point, taps in a few last keys and folds the device. He puts it into his bag, and from the same bag produces a small aerosol can, a lighter, and a stun gun.

“Hey, where'd you get all that stuff from!?” Honshō demands loudly. “Is half of that even legal in Japan?”

“It's not a big deal,” he insists quietly as he walks down the alley towards the hollow. It notices him with a roar and lumbers in his direction, only for two barbs to connect with its thigh. Its loud challenge turns into a cry of panic as it briefly loses muscle control, collapsing to the ground. Then Mizuiro holds the can and lighter out, spraying the apparently flammable contents past the lighter and into the beast's eyes while it lies on the ground.

“Quit complaining,” he grumbles as he tosses the can, its nozzle still alight, into the hollow's mouth and ducks for cover. The can then explodes, setting the creature's entire head on fire... but not quite killing it.

Instead, Chad finishes it off with a powerful blow that shatters its mask.

Chad glances at Mizuiro, seemingly in disapproval. “If you can't kill, escape.”

“Sorry,” Mizuiro nods quietly, pulling his phone back out. “I couldn't find anything more lethal on short notice.”

Honshō still seems aghast at the implications. “Again, where are you getting this stuff!?”

Instead of indulging their banter, Chad puts his massive foot down... but quietly, as he always does. “This is important.”

“I know,” the vividly red-haired girl sighs. “Sorry, Yasutora, it's just this is still jarring, you know?”

“You can't afford to think that way,” the large boy insists quietly, putting words to what everyone present should know already. “There's no time. Keigo, you find the next one.”

>#1 of ?

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- OMAKE: Retsu's Prerogative -

At the edge of the First Division's grounds, two plain-looking shinigami stand watch at a large, white gate. Their chatter is idle, their positions lax, and their attention almost wholly diverted from the job at hand.

“All I'm saying is it's weird,” one of the men insists to his partner with a shake of his head.

His partner, a man who stands a good six inches or so taller, seems unimpressed. “Why is it weird?”

“It makes her look so much older,” the first man tries to explain.

“That's not as bad a thing as you seem to think,” the larger man shrugs. “You do realize she's much older than she looks, right?”

“Wait, how old is she?”

The man seems to think to himself for a few moments. “She's one of the original Captains, I've heard. So that would make her at least the same age as Captain Kyōraku.”

“No way! That means she must be a thousand years old!”

The tall man nods sagely. “Yes, since the Gotei 13 were founded a thousand years ago she must be that age... I've heard rumors that Captain Kyōraku is even older than that!”

“I guess you're right!” the smaller shinigami laughs. “Maybe what's really strange is that she's not as old and wrinkled as you'd assume given her age?”

“Maybe she just hides them really well,” the taller man suggests. “I mean, if you were that good at kaidō wouldn't you do the same?”

As the two men continue to joke about Captain Unohana's advanced age, strangely absent wrinkles, and possible infirmity, a quiet but powerful presence slowly looms closer. They don't realize until it's already too late to save themselves.

“Excuse me, gentlemen, but I couldn't help overhearing some of your conversation,” a feminine voice interrupts them, in a chilly tone. “Perhaps I could clarify a few points?”

The taller shinigami turns to face the newcomer and almost issues a response... until he realizes who the speaker is. Captain Unohana herself stands behind them, wearing the sort of smile that makes most men's blood run cold. The color immediately drains from his face.

“Captain Unohana, ma'am...” he gulps, and his partner turns around with wide eyes as he hears the name. “We didn't realize you were here.”

“I was called to meet with the Head Captain.”
>1/2

>>910591
“I see...” the larger shinigami mutters before falling silent, as if hoping that in doing so he could avoid any further conversation.

“Gossip is rather unbecoming, wouldn't you agree?” she presses, evidently not willing to allow the subject to drop so easily. “If we do not wish for things to be heard, then we should not say them. It's a simple solution which you might want to remember in the future.”

“Yes, ma'am.”

“However, since you have already spoken,” Unohana continues, brushing her now-loose hair back over her shoulder, “I was indeed among the original Captains of the Gotei 13, which was founded nearly two thousand years ago. As for my apparent preservation, it is a peculiarity of those with Captain levels of reiatsu that the signs of aging are often suspended. Head Captain Yamamoto merely reached his peak later than most Captains have since the founding of the Academy. He did not benefit from modern training methods.”

“As for me... let us simply say that prodigies such as Captains Hitsugaya, Ichimaru, Kusajishi, and Shihōin are not a recent phenomenon.”

The two guards exchange a nervous glance. “I've heard rumors of course, ma'am... but are your abilities with a sword really that spectacular?”

The bloodthirsty glare that question provokes from Unohana could stop either man's heart, if they were capable of meeting it. “That is the second time today my affinity for kenjutsu has been questioned, and I will offer you the same response: all Captains are expert combatants, and my skills are among the most refined of any Captain who has drawn a blade. To ever presume otherwise would be... unwise.”

“Likewise,” she continues, stepping past the two stunned guards, “to question my choice of hair styles would be most unwise.”

“If you... don't mind me asking, ma'am,” the larger shinigami manages to find a few words to address the departing Captain, causing his partner to frantically gesture at him to shut up. “Why have you changed your hair? The braid... well, it was fine. At least I thought it suited you.”

“This is how I wore my hair, long ago,” Unohana admits, her tone of voice finally softening. “I was younger then. Foolish. Angry. Impatient. But since that time all I have done is hide that past, rather than dealing with it properly.”

“The Soul Society deserves better than the woman I was so long ago, but it also needs a stronger woman than the one I have pretended to be. Finding the middle ground...”

Without clarifying her statement, Captain Unohana departs to the relief of the two guards she leaves behind.

>tfw you came so close to death his horse was eating your family bonsai

>>910772
>To Retsu: I like the new look of yours. Makes you look more "honest" about yourself. Finding a middle ground between "Bloodthirsty" and "Tender Mercy" is going to be hard after a millennia of going cold turkey on Indulging in no-holds barred killing/fighting and a millennia of wearing the Mercy Mask.
So Retsu's saying that Yamamoto basically stopped aging when he reached his peak in his old man years while still looking /fit/. Er go, Yamamoto was a late bloomer. And he's still considered to be the strongest Shimigami.

Riku or Chad: Has that High School Lesbian (read: Chizuru) finally broken that kido binding yet?

>>910838
>Riku
"What lesbian?"
>Chad
"Eventually. I suspect Miss Kusajishi forgot about her."

>>910915
Ouch. Poor girl.

>>910943
She had it coming.

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- OMAKE: Sly Dog -

Mirai calmly steps out onto the firing line, and walks behind the row of unseated squad members too absorbed in the practice of their shared skills to notice her presence. Unlike most people, including most shinigami, she doesn't so much as bat an eyelid at the sound of gunfire even at close range. Flinching would be absolutely unthinkable. She briefly scolds one of the shinigami she passes for doing exactly that despite his headphones, before continuing on to the weapons locker at the far end of the line. Inside it, among the dozen or so training rifles and boxes of ammunition and targets, she finds something far simpler and more elegant.

“Hello, old friend,” she mutters as she gently lifts the finely-crafted horn bow from its cradle and strings it tight, grabbing a quiver full of arrows before closing the door to the locker behind her.

With a power disproportionate to her slight frame Mirai draws back the heavy bowstring until the knuckles of her thumb fill her peripheral vision, then releases the nock with a clean, deep twang and a whistle of fletching that are barely audible between the gunshots around her. The arrow embeds itself almost its entire length into the backstop behind her target, having passed clean through the center ring.

And then she does it again.

“So whaddya really think, man?” Kai leans in as he and Starrk watch from the bench behind the firing line, having decided to take a break in their routine not long before Mirai showed up. “Come on, I won't tell anyone.”

“What do I really think...” Starrk repeats, almost blankly. “About what?”

“About Mirai!” Kai shoots back. “I know yer not a dumbass, you know what I'm sayin'!”

“About Mirai?” he repeats again with a sigh. “Well now, that's an interesting question.”

“Quit bullshittin' me!”

“I think she has many admirable characteristics,” Starrk replies calmly, shutting his eyes and leaning back against the wall behind him as Mirai reaches down to retrieve another arrow. “Composed. Diligent. Loyal. Friendly, if a bit quiet about it. I enjoy spending time with her.”

“You think she's pretty?”

Starrk cracks an eyelid. “What?”

“I mean I know you're not exactly like us,” Kai admits, rather loudly so that his neighbor can hear through their ear protection. “But you gotta admit, there's somethin' there to get a guy excited, right?”

After a moment, Starrk shuts his eye again. “You got me.”

Kai laughs... to himself, mostly, since everyone standing on the firing line is wearing the same heavy ear protection he is and can't hear him.
>1/2

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>>911189
“I see, so you are into her!”

Starrk's brow furrows, though his eyes remain closed. “Honestly? I can't ever remember feeling like that before, so I've got nothin' to compare it to. Maybe I'm in love, maybe she's just a particularly good friend.”

“Do ya feel the same way 'bout the Captain after all these years?”

After a moment, Starrk shakes his head.

“Then that, my friend, is what we like ta call love. Take it from someone who has got somethin' to compare it to.”

A few moments later, having expended all of her arrows, Mirai nods in satisfaction. She calls the range to a halt so she can retrieve her arrows, or rather the ones that survived her practice, and allows the shooting to resume as she stows her equipment in the weapons locker. Then she turns to join Kai and Starrk, pulling the arrancar's ear protection off and placing her own over his ears.

“Trade you,” she tells him, and Starrk's eyes widen as he realizes how well he can hear her even talking in a normal voice. “Captain Urahara built these for me to test.”

There's a constant white noise in his ears, at a reasonable volume, but to his surprise the sound of the gunshots is dramatically reduced. And he can hear conversations?

“Destructive interference,” Mirai explains succinctly. “Same principle as hanki, only reduces the volume of loud, low-frequency sounds... like gunshots.”

Starrk's cheeks are tinged ever so slightly red as he realizes what this means.

“You too have many admirable characteristics, Coyote Starrk,” Mirai grins before turning to leave the firing range. “Too bad “smoothness” is not among them.”

>>911217
Kai, better give wolfbro a pat in the back after that.

>>910772
I really like that Unohana's decided to heal that scar instead of letting it define her and getting caught up by romantizing bringing Kenpachi to his full potential, but I wonder how we helped her do that.

Did Riku's fight against Reigai Unohana factor in at all?

>>911217
Oh dayum. Shot through the heart Coyote. It's not you who's doing the flirting. It's She who's doing the flirting.
Big Brother Coyote's having a giggle watching his adorable younger brother fumble.