>>991561
>[] AIZEN!?!?!

Anyone else?

>>991587
Kek, supporting

>>991561
Unfortunate timing that banished quest had to come out of hiatus about the same time you started. Might be slow for this thread.

>>991561
>[] Aya, leaping at me with a smile on her face
cute...

>>991621
Oh? didn't know that

>>991561
>[] AIZEN!?!?!

>>991561
>AIZEN!?!?!

>>991561
>Aizen!

>>991561
>[] AIZEN!?!?!

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"AIZEN?" I shout, moving my hand away from my blade as I see that familiar, calm and confident smile looking back at me as the 5th's lieutenant stands before me, his glasses glinting in the falling sun's light

"Ah hello kimi, good evening" He says politely, bowing as he speaks, I frown and do the same "didn't expect to see you out here, what an odd happenstance that we'd end up in this little village together"

"Yeah, it really is" I say flatly as he steps closer to me...then again he always seems to meet me in coincidences like this "But I was just about to head back"

"Oh" He says, his eyes trailing down my body, looking at the blood covering my Shihakushō "Well I wouldn't have interuptted your work to ask for help or just to chat anyways, I just thought I'd wish you luck on your hunt but...I see you've already finished"

"Couldn't see any blood on my back?" I ask, smirking a bit smugly I will admit, but I should pride myself in the fact I have no scars on my back "And thank you lieutenant, it'd would've been an honor if you did"

"Oh don't be so humble, we're friends, nothing special about it right?" he says smiling, stuffing his arms into his sleeves as he tilts his head ever so slightly to the let "Its normal for comrades to wish well for eachother no"

"Yeah, I know, but well I try to be professional when I'm on duty, you understand" I say as I turn away from him "Anyways Sosuke, I really need to get back to the soul society"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoCDlOLN9Y8
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"Why?" He asks almost coldly, and I stop dead in my tracks, to listen to him and not be rude "Why do you need to lower your head to others? Like some obedient dog. I understand its honorable and polite to follow your betters and respect them but...well its just a little demeaning isn't it?"

"What?" I ask turning back to face "what are you talking about? to serve a worthy man is...well its just what I do"

"Yes, I know" he says frowning almost sadly "But the ones in power, are they truly worthy of such respect? I know your lord is a great man who deserves that treatment, but what of those above him?"

"Of course he is, he's one of the few nobles I've ever had love for" I say nodding "Besides his grandson"

"Ginrei Kuchiki is no doubt a great man, but I'm not talking about Ginrei kuchiki" Aizen says, narrowing his eyes "I am talking about those who hold all our leashes and choke us from progress and prosperity"

I frown and tilt my head

What do I say?
[] Ah yes, you're talking about the men who never hold a sword in their lives and expect us to die for them
[] Having some dangerous ideas, friend?
[] the soul king?
[] Don't go down this path, this is the path that got the first man I ever swore myself to die.
[] are you drunk?
[] *sigh*, I'll listen, just so you don't do something stupid
[] the hell you talking about
[] the central 46 right? the ones who give us the soul kings decrees and orders
[]Sosuke, just what are you trying to reveal to me?
[] write in

>>991761
>[] the central 46 right? the ones who give us the soul kings decrees and orders
>[] *sigh*, I'll listen, just so you don't do something stupid

>>991761
>[] Ah yes, you're talking about the men who never hold a sword in their lives and expect us to die for them
>[] Having some dangerous ideas, friend?.
>[] *sigh*, I'll listen, just so you don't do something stupid

>>991761
Well fuck, he's just coming out with it, isn't he?

[] Don't go down this path, this is the path that got the first man I ever swore myself to die.

>>991761
>Ah yes, you're talking about the men who never hold a sword in their lives and expect us to die for them
>*exasperated sigh*
>Don't go down this path, this is the path that got the first man I ever swore myself to die.

>>991761
>[] the central 46 right? the ones who give us the soul kings decrees and orders

Also I miss the yous, its so weird not seeing them anymore

>>991828
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>>991761
>[] the central 46 right? the ones who give us the soul kings decrees and orders
>[] Don't go down this path, this is the path that got the first man I ever swore myself to die.

>>991761
>[] Ah yes, you're talking about the men who never hold a sword in their lives and expect us to die for them
>[] the central 46 right? the ones who give us the soul kings decrees and orders
>[] Don't go down this path, this is the path that got the first man I ever swore myself to die.

Activating Lurk.

Because my brain is too mush to vote tonight.

>>991761
>Don't go down this path, this is the path that got the first man I ever swore myself to die.
>*sigh*, I'll listen, just so you don't do something stupid

"Ah Yes" I say gripping the hilt of my sword, seeing frustration and cold rage in his usually kind and calm eyes "you're talking about the men who never hold a sword in their lives and expect us to die for them"

He nods, staring at the ground without saying a word.

"In a way I suppose" He says softly, pursing his lips "those men who rely on others to be able to rule, and then stomp on those very same men"

"The central 46, right?"I say calmly "the one's who give us the soul kings decrees and orders"

"YES!" Aizen shouts "those blind fools, the only reason they're in power is because of their mandate and us shinigami, and yet they hold us back, they restrict us in the most pointless ways it just isn't...."

"Don't go down that path" I say seriously and sternly, stepping right in front of him and looking up at him without a smile "This path you're starting on is the same one that got the first man I ever swore myself to killed"

His eyes widen and a smile spreads over his lips as the usual calm joy refills his eyes

"Do you really care for me as much as you did for him?" He asks quietly, almost in a begging tone

What do I say?
[] Yes, you're a good man I think, but your ideas are dangerous, as most free spirits are
[] I just don't want another friend to die for their dreams
[]What exactly got you this mad anyways?
[] Look, some men are born to rule, some men are born to die for those men
[] Don't you start bitching, the day they throw us is the day I'd rebel. They still need us, and that's all I care for
[] Sosuke....why are you talking about this now, did something happen?
[] Laws exist so men don't become beasts and those who do wrong can be punished, sure they
re smother some time's but so is a mother's love
[] Why are you talking like you want to lead a rebellion anways, Aizen?
[] Yeah, I do Sosuke. But going against the em...the soul king is just suicidal, if that's what you're thinking about doing
[] write in

>>991898
>[] Yes, you're a good man I think, but your ideas are dangerous, as most free spirits are
>[] Sosuke....why are you talking about this now, did something happen?

>>991898
>[] I just don't want another friend to die for their dreams
>[]What exactly got you this mad anyways?
>[] Why are you talking like you want to lead a rebellion anways, Aizen?

>>991898
>[] Laws exist so men don't become beasts and those who do wrong can be punished, sure they smother some time's but so is a mother's love

>>991898
>[] Yes, you're a good man I think, but your ideas are dangerous, as most free spirits are
>[] Sosuke....why are you talking about this now, did something happen?

>>991898
>Sosuke....why are you talking about this now, did something happen?
>Yes, you're a good man I think, but your ideas are dangerous, as most free spirits are
>Look, some men are born to rule, some men are born to die for those men
>And those who walk outside of their path are punished for it.

>>991898
>[] I just don't want another friend to die for their dreams
>[]What exactly got you this mad anyways?
>[] Why are you talking like you want to lead a rebellion anways, Aizen?

>>991898
>I have grief for my former master, but what I hold the most value are the lessons learned in his death, so listen. His ambitions and plans were flawed to the core, even if you might have the greatest of intentions, your actions will speak for you louder than your words will
>when you speak with your sword, Aizen. No matter what the purpose. The stain of death will never be removed, and often you are left no better than the slain.
>even If you think you can make a change, pray and pay the most care that your efforts don't corrupt you to believing that your cause is impeccable, for no cause is. And the more glaring the hypocrisies...
>all I'm saying is, there is more than one solution.
>and I have other responsibilities in the meantime, Aizen. So head my words for the length in which they were said. If nothing else

>>991960
holy fuck

>>991898
+1 to that write in.

Are we husbandoing Aizen?

I can shiggy if we are

>>992001
This is a headmaster quest, So no.

>>992001
I-I Don't think so....
If we have Romance someone I'd rather they be a totally original Character from HM

>>992015
Dude, have you missed most of this quest? Most people have expressed a dis-interest in /u/

I stare at him for a moment, his eyes demanding an answer as we stand alone except for eachother's company. the hell butterfly flutters before my eyes, and lands on the wrist of the hand closest to my zanpakuto.

"Yes,you're a good man I think" I say confidently with a nod as he smirks "But your ideas are dangerous, like most free spirits are"

He frowns, and looks me in the eyes.

"because they step outside of the traditions and set laws...and aren't easily made to kneel, you yourself only respect those who deserve it in your eyes, right?" He says frowning a bit deeper "What makes an idea so dangerous that just thinking it will make you lose your head? Why is wanting to be unchained considered sinful?"


"Sosuke" I say, drawing him out of his rant as he turns back to me, and rubs his forehead

"Yes Kimi?" He asks happily

"Why are you talking about this now, did something happen?" I ask, putting my hand on his shoulder, to show him I'm worried for him

"Yes" He says dully "Yes something did happen, several things in fact, they keep knowledge from the public you know, burn research that delves into areas they consider....as you put it dangerous, and they cannont be convinced to lift this ban...even though that progress would lead to...to us being stronger, less souls being lost to hollows, less Shinigami who would never come back, but all they see is danger and heresy"

He grabs both of my shoulders, losing his composure as he slumps over and stares me dead in the eyes. A chill goes down my spine, as that little voice in my head tries to urge my hand back to my blade.

"They refuse to even think of the potential, how much good it would do, because they are scared of it" He says calmly "Ideas can be dangerous, anything can, but...when an idea that could save lives, and an invention, revolutionary beyond any doubt is spat on as madness, just because of unfounded fears of men who don't want to be unseated by the change it would cause"

I frown and try to push him away

"Aizen, what did you do" I ask seriously as he frowns deeper and adjusts his glasses "this is all because they refused to allow you to...what experiment on one thing or is this something bigger you're talking and suffering about"

"They hold back so much, because they're scared about what it can do, because mad men came first and terrified them by their failures" He says coldly, sounding heart broken holding his face as his frown deepens "sure there's a chance it wouldn't work but...if it does the world we live in would change for the better"

"What did you try and make Aizen?" I ask, staring at his back, hearing him sigh as he turns back to look at me "Also, I never took you for the inventing type

"Nothing" He says calmly "I just proposed a theory and they threatened to have my executed as a traitor if I continued studying it, they didn't even wait for a single word from the soul king"
cont

>>992090

"What were you researching that could make them act like that, and not even ask their ruler for his opinion" I ask, frowning as I lean closer to him as he turns away and closes his eyes taking a deep breath "What were you doing Aizen?"

"I was looking for a way to harness the power of" He says trailing off as his expression sinks, like he's sensing something

(Nearly hollow)

the air starts to smell sweet, almost iresistable like a mixture of my favourite foods and something else...something familiar...how spirts smell? the feeling of someone's power weighing down on my back...I can't quite place it but it smells.

"Hollows!" Me and the lieutenant shout in unison, as I sense the same thing he is

And, the night air fills with a chorus of screeches, that alluring smell thick in the air as more screeches join the song of the hungry beasts.

"An entire army of them" Aizen mummers, pushing his glasses back up "this...is not natural, they weren't here a moment before, something attracted them here!"

What do I do
[] Ask him if he can handle it by himself
[] draw my sword, and say its an honor to fight by his side
[] wait someone baited them here
[]...that's more than an army, Sosuke, that's a horde
[] this entire village is going to be devoured unless we stop them
[] follow the smell 1d20+spirit (nearly hollow)
[]ask if I need to send for reinforcements
[] write in

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>992116
[] wait someone baited them here
[]...that's more than an army, Sosuke, that's a horde
[] this entire village is going to be devoured unless we stop them
[] follow the smell 1d20+spirit (nearly hollow)

>....... do Quincy Shinigami or Quincy bait hollows?

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>992116
>[] this entire village is going to be devoured unless we stop them
>[] draw my sword, and say its an honor to fight by his side
>[] follow the smell 1d20+spirit (nearly hollow)

>>992116
>[]...that's more than an army, Sosuke, that's a horde
>[] this entire village is going to be devoured unless we stop them
>[]ask if I need to send for reinforcements

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>992116
>[] wait someone baited them here
>[] this entire village is going to be devoured unless we stop them
>[] follow the smell 1d20+spirit (nearly hollow)
I've been waiting for some xp.

>>992116
>[] wait someone baited them here
>[]...that's more than an army, Sosuke, that's a horde
>[] this entire village is going to be devoured unless we stop them

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>992116
>[] wait someone baited them here
>[]...that's more than an army, Sosuke, that's a horde
>[] this entire village is going to be devoured unless we stop them
>[] follow the smell 1d20+spirit (nearly hollow)

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>992116
>[] wait someone baited them here
>[]...that's more than an army, Sosuke, that's a horde
>[] this entire village is going to be devoured unless we stop them
>[] follow the smell 1d20+spirit (nearly hollow)

"Wait someone baited them here?" I growl, as the smell begins to make me feel a little light headed

"Yes, that's the only explanation unless some other hollow led them here on a hunt" He says coldly and calculating "and hollows generally don't work together that easily"

I pause and turn to the horizon filled with monsterous, inhuman shapes, all rushing towards us and the town...a seemingly endless sea of black flesh and whites mask...and glowing red eyes. It all looks like its merged together in some sick mockery of life

"That's more than an army, Sosuke, that's a horde" I say calmly, as I draw my zanpakuto, feeling kotei's hunger vibrating through the blade "That's a horde, this entire village is going to be devoured unless we stop them"

"I know" he says smiling reassuringly "I know, it is our duty to stop them after all, and I know you wouldn't turn tail and flee, And this is not enough of a threat to make me truly fear for my life or yours"

I notice I've began to walk away from him, drawn by that strange smell

"Hmm,Kemuri Kimi?" he asks, turning around to face me as my feet drag me along, I shake my head and turn around with a grunt "Where are you going?"
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10+6= success
-

"I don't know" I say, feeling lost for a moment, as I look around, that scent filling my nose and making it hard to think straight "I just smelled something good over here"

Aizen shunpos to my side, and stares into my eyes, concern filling his eyes as I glance over his shoulders my eyes going wide as I smell it.

"THERE!" I shout, he turns drawing his blade halfway before he frowns and walks into the alleyway where I heard the first footstep.

Slowly, he crouches down and runs his hand through the dirt, and grabs something

"Hollow bait" He says slowly, as I rub my nose

"No wonder there's so many of them, that must smell like a feast for the gods to them" I say dully, as the daze lifts from my head as he clenches his hand together

"But why would" He says slowly "why would"

"Aizen?" I ask looking over my shoulder "is something wrong"

"No..no I just remember a strange presences I felt earlier" He says nearly under his breath "I think...we're being hunted by more than just hollows"

"Quincies?" I ask glancing at him as he stands by my side and looks down at me, running his fingers over eachother

"No doubt the same kind as the one that tried to kill you and other less skilled shinigami" He says coldly "Well, looks like we'll be together for a bit longer, Kimi my friend"

What do I do?
[] Laugh, and say it'll be a good night
[] Ask what was up with him just now
[] Face the first wave with Aizen 2d100
[] Go look for the quincies, while aizen protects the town
[]tell Aizen I can handle myself here, and he should deal with them
[] Make a poem with my friend
[] write in

Rolled 45, 100 = 145 (2d100)

>>992198
>[] Laugh, and say it'll be a good night
>[] Face the first wave with Aizen 2d100
>[] Make a poem with my friend

Rolled 78, 44 = 122 (2d100)

>>992198
[] Laugh, and say it'll be a good night
[] Make a poem with my friend
[] Face the first wave with Aizen 2d100

>>992211
Wow we good.

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>>992211

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>>992211
Calm down, Aizen, sheeeeit.

>>992218
Somehow that pic is way too appropriate for this.

Rolled 18, 54 = 72 (2d100)

>>992198
>[] Laugh, and say it'll be a good night
>[] Face the first wave with Aizen 2d100
>[] Make a poem with my friend

Rolled 56, 32 = 88 (2d100)

>>992198
>[] Laugh, and say it'll be a good night
>[] Face the first wave with Aizen 2d100
>[] Make a poem with my friend

Rolled 3, 79 = 82 (2d100)

>>992198
>It'll be a good night
>Face the first wave with Aizen
>Poems with friends woo!
Double hundred?

Rolled 58, 25 = 83 (2d100)

>>992198
>[] Laugh, and say it'll be a good night
>[] Face the first wave with Aizen 2d100
>[] Make a poem with my friend

Rolled 63, 24 = 87 (2d100)

>>992198
Adding my rolls to it

I laugh as I see the hollows running, leaping and crawling towards us down the lonely road leading into this remote village. This first wave has at least ten of them, its hard to see since they're blending in with the night so well, and the one's of different coats and colors are harder to see in the waves of black fur, scales and skin, but they're there, and I think two of them are in the front charge, one with thick red fur and the other light bluish skin.

"It'll be a good night!" I yell as I bring my head down from my fit of laughter, feeling my ponytail bouncing behind me as I step forward

"The day all hollows die" Aizen says, making a stanza from my words "And leave this world to"

"To only living men" I say calmly as I twirl my zanpakuto around in my palm, catching it as I raise it high above my head, holding their cracked sheath to my side as I walk for "But such a dream can only be"

"the fantasies of the scared and lost" Aizen says as the earth begins to shake under our feet "But as wonderful a fantasy it may be"

"Reality will never let it be" I say calmly as the red furred hollow with a tusked mask barrels at me, raising its ape like arms into the air.

I frown and draw my sword down, raising it up in an arc that severs its hand at the wrist. It screams as Aizen vanishes. It roars at me and tries to smash me with its other hand, no its trying to sweep me away.

I leap up and land on it, stabbing my blade down, hanging on for dear life as it spins around, its fur spiking up and shooting at me like so many arrows.

I turn to face the barrage and watch my hand gripping my blade turn black and burn away into fading embers and thick black smoke.

I flow between the gap of its arms, as its arrow hair harmlessly slams into a house, reforming I hold both my hands together, one over the over.

Spiritual energy gathers in my hands in the form of blue, flowing lightning. and without a word, my Byakurai fires through the hollows mask as I land on it, pressing my feet on its lower jaw as I slam my hands into its face.

It falls back, screeching and gurgling as smoke and blood pool at my hands.

I hold my hand out and grab the hilt of my blade as its arm falls past its head.

it rips out and I turn to help aizen

"Oh" he says turning back to face me, his sword dripping with blood as he stands surrounded by the rest of the hollows in the first charge "don't worry, I can handle myself quite well Kemuri"

I huff, feeling myself blush in embarrassment as I hop off and land next to him

"So, the next wave is almost here?" I ask turning to him as he nods.

"Yes, so as unfortunate as it is, we don't have time to chat" He says warmly as he swings the blood off his blade.
-
Killer's instincts
-

I turn my head, hearing that sound of a quincies arrow ripping through the air. One passes by my head, cutting my cheek as it barely misses me.

I look over and see a figure in white duck away and vanish. I grit my teeth.
cont

>>992309

"Well would you look at that" I say furiously "Seems I've found our little hunters"

"Hmm, whoever that was is very skilled in hiding the reiryoku"Aizen says coldly "I'm guessing their using that skill of theirs to try and catch us by surprise"

"Yeah, clever little trick the bastard's pulling. isn't it ?" I ask as I ready my blade as the hollows begin to reach the hill once more "Keep us distracted, try to pick us off, then flee when it doesn't work"

"And a dangerous one, unless they're strong enough themselves to deal with any hollow that manages to feel their presence"Aizen says calmly "We'll need to stay on guard"

"I'm always on guard, but I'll keep that in mind" I say monotonously as I watch the second and larger wave near.

The hollows in this one look a good deal more dangerous than the first

What do I do?
[] Remember Ryūketsu no kōtei, and charge into their lines 1d100
[] Attack any that get near me 1d100
[] Work with Aizen to bring them down, and don't stray from his side 2d100
[] Smack one with the pommel, and while its stunned, grab it and slam it into another one 1d20+str
[] Cast Sōkatsui 1d20+spirit
[] cast Tsuzuri Raiden 1d20+spirit
[] figure out WHERE the quincy is, by drawing his/her fire 1d20+int
[] write in

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>992334
>[] Remember Ryūketsu no kōtei, and charge into their lines 1d100

Rolled 98, 60 = 158 (2d100)

>>992334
>[] Work with Aizen to bring them down, and don't stray from his side 2d100
>Call Zanpakto

Rolled 15, 13 = 28 (2d20)

>>992334
>smoke through them whilst cutting (spirit)
[] figure out WHERE the quincy is, by drawing his/her fire 1d20+int

Rolled 70, 22 = 92 (2d100)

>>992334
>[] Work with Aizen to bring them down, and don't stray from his side 2d100

Rolled 77, 34 = 111 (2d100)

>>992334
>[] Work with Aizen to bring them down, and don't stray from his side 2d100

Best way to piss off a quincy? Ignore them ignore them hard and they will come to you whining about how you hurt their 'precious' pride

Rolled 35, 51 = 86 (2d100)

>>992357
Since everyone is choosing this, I guess I'll roll for it instead and revoke my past vote

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>992334
>[] Remember Ryūketsu no kōtei, and charge into their lines 1d100

>>992430
That roll

"Don't worry, we'll get through this" Aizen says happily, and the little doubt I had vanishes away as the rush of battle begins to fill my veins and lift my heart up, making it beat faster and faster as I plan out my first strike, with only a moment or two to plan for it.

"REMEMBER Ryūketsu no kōtei" I roar, stabbing my blade down, ripping it from the ground as the boiling blood flows off of it, changing and fattening its blade as it loses its color, and turns glass like.

A hollow with a fish shaped mask rushes me, and I charge past it, slamming my blade into its mouth and cutting through it like wet paper, tearing it from its jaw to its hing legs.

It dies, unsurprisingly, as its blood drains into my blade, as I hear Aizen fighting behind me, and hollows dying.
-
Blood stored
2 Bloody attacks
-

Another hollow with two tentacles whips towards me, wrapping around the serrated blade.

"Terrible mistake" I mummer as I rip my blade away, hearing the hollow scream as I draw blood from the hollow
-
blood stored
bloody attacks: 3
-

And Pressing my blade forward, with my weight behind it I.

I hear that unmistakable sound behind me as I get posed to end this hollow.

What do I do?
[] dodge out of the way 1d20+mobility
[] Finish it 1d100
[] Arrow breaking 1d100
[] Bloody attack, making a shield around myself with it as well 1d100
[] Oni's smoke 1d20+spirit
[] try and shunpo over to the where the arrow came from 1d20+agility
[] write in

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>992493
>[] Oni's smoke 1d20+spirit

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>992493
[] Finish it 1d100
[] Arrow breaking 1d100


>>992500
Fuck you

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>992493
>[] Arrow breaking 1d100
>>992500
getting the ones out of the way early ic

anyone else?

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>992555
Yeah, one sec, was shitposting in another thread
Rolling to nullify smoke crit fail

>>992500

Is this worth a reroll?

>>992563
Fuck, we need more people to roll our way out of that crit.

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>992493
[] Arrow breaking 1d100

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>992493
>Oni smoke

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>992493
>[] Arrow breaking 1d100

I can hit it if I finish this one fast, I can split the arrow like it was nothing. I just have to kill this hollow before it hits me, and it is already an inch from the tip of my blade probably even less. The hollow shrieks and I press myself forward stabbing into its mask and down its neck...it gets stuck on some part of it as I hear the arrow of pure Reiryoku flying towards the back of my neck.

I turn, ripping through its mask and head as I bring my blade to the arrow. It shatters as my blade meets it, an inch away from my face, blowing up in a flash of light as it sends me stumbling back. the world turns pure white for a moment, and I can't see a thing.

But I can hear the hollows yelling to rush me now.and can't help but smirk.
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temporarily blind
Blind fighting is now in effect
Blood stored
4 bloody attacks
or
1 heal
or
1 full attack
-

What do I do?
[] ask Aizen for help
[] Yell I know where the quincy is
[] Pretend to be unable to fight, and slaughter the hollows that come 1d100
[] Keep fighting the hollows, not giving them a chance to rush me 1d100
[] Fire a Byakurai in the general direction of the arrow 1d20+spirit
[] Let the hollows swarm me, and so I can hit them up close and to put my blood into them 1d20+Endurance *Kotei's touch*
[] FULL ATTACK, THE SCARLET DANCE BEGINS 1d100 *dangerous*
[] Heal myself
[] writein

>>992612

How hurt are we? Why is heal an option? The blindness?

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>992612
>[] Pretend to be unable to fight, and slaughter the hollows that come 1d100

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>992612
>FULL ATTACK, THE SCARLET DANCE BEGINS 1d100 *dangerous*
I'm doing it. I'M DOING IT.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>992612
Good thing we have blindfighting

[] Fire a Byakurai in the general direction of the arrow 1d20+spirit
then
[] Yell I know where the quincy is

>>992622
Not very much at all

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>992612
>[] Pretend to be unable to fight, and slaughter the hollows that come 1d100
>>992627
not with that roll friend

>>992630
But that roll, that roll will.

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>>992630

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>992612
>[] Pretend to be unable to fight, and slaughter the hollows that come 1d100

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>992612
Fire a byakurai in the general direction the arrows are coming from.

I'm a side note, kinda disappointed we had to release our sword in pretty much every single fight we've been a part of since we got shikai. Really dissapointing, Kimi needs a training montage, relying on releases is quite frankly stupid.

>>992630
>Reports of this action get Kimi drafted to the most illustrious of SS's theatre troupes

>>992646
I mean you don't have to
You guys just keep voting for it

>>992654
Well there really isnt a downside to releasing the sword and it is fun to use, and we still have like what 180 years till cannon so there will be loads of time to have Kimi do timeskips to have Kimi's power scale correctly.

>>992646
Eh, we've got Quincys to kill and people to protect, so wasting time by holding back right now would be pointlessly dangerous. But we do use our Shikai more than most people, that's for sure.

>>992646
>>992654

Well, if we are powergaming, there is no reason not to, I suppose -- just based off of pure mechanics. That is, there is no downside to being released.

Might be an interesting development for Kimi if she decides she is relying on her magic sword too much and letting her own abilities rust.

>>992654
Well at this rate everyone knows our release power, really sucks.

Can we just no vote for immediately releasing our sword from now on guys? Can we make the effort to not release unless we are actually losing or otherwise NEED to?

>>992662
>>992665
>>992666
If everyone knows our release everyone can find some way to counter it, and if we rely on our release we will never advance as far if we are using it as a crutch.

I think Kimi is smart enough to realize this. I just really don't want to be waving our shikai around like it's candy, the diminishing returns over time are serious.

And Aizen has just seen it (You fools)

>>992671

Having one's shikai be widely known is hardly uncommon. Doesn't mean they know how it works.

HM, how bout some word of god on a few things here: what is the COMPLETE list of things that releasing does for us? Is there any tangible reason why R no K is not an always released type Zanpakuto?

I.E. does releasing give us any kind of power boost in and of itself? Or does it just allow us to start storing blood for attacks?

I guess that part of R no K's design incentivizes releasing it immediately because, if I have understood correctly, you are wasting potential blood stacks if you are attacking while unreleased. That is especially bad if all we get out of the release is the blood thing. Not sure if you thought that through or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7FPL3J0-ng
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Perfect, now they'll fall into the most common mistake anyone can make in a fight. Underestimating their opponent and thinking they'll be an easy kill simply because of an "obvious" disadvantage. all I have to do is look unsure, look panicked from Aizen's shouting and efforts to reach me in the wall of hollows around me, and stumble, holding my blade out like a child.

I can't see what the first hollow to attack me looks like, but I can hear its footstep, and its fall as I plant my blade straight through its neck and rip it out sideways, cutting it like a butcher cuts meat, the serrated blade ripping through its flesh with the sound of tearing leather.


Swaying out of the way, pretending to fall forward as I step over its arm. they think its a fluke no doubt, but I sense hesitation as they take a moment to try again.

I stumble, falling to the ground as I hear the hollow rushing me from behind. I pretend to wildly grab for something, and manage to touch the edge of the mask. Using it to pull myself up towards its jaws, I slam my zanpakuto's pommel and guard into its mask, stunning it long enough to toss it to the ground bodily.

And after that, its just one stab to end it.

"Kemuri" I hear aizen's voice say, almost sounding proud as the hollows screech, and I can just feel that that damn quincy is going to take another shot.

I take a deep breath, I still cannot see. Tosen...is really skilled if he has to fight like this all the time, but I can adapt, being able to see isn't necessary to kill, especially when I have instincts as honed as I do, and have lived in battle for most of both my lives.
temporarily blind
Blind fighting is now in effect
Blood stored
6 bloody attacks
or
1 heal
2attacks
or
1 full attack
2 attacks
-
What do I do?
[] RAMPAGE *full attack, dangerous* 1d100
[] Use the blood to make a circle of whipping blades, around myself 1d100
[] try and deal with them one at a time 1d100
[] Cripple one's legs with a swift and powerful slam, and hold it in front of me as a shield 1d20+str
[] Prepare arrow breaking 1d100
[] Attack in wide, sweeping arcs, to hit as many as I can 1d100
[] Oni's smoke and retreat back to aizen 1d20+Spirit
[] shunpo away 1d20+mobility
[] Challenge them all at once, standing tall and proud
[] write in

>>992671
Tosen is the only one who knows of Kotei's touch, and Yasu is the only one to see you drink blood to heal yourself I think?

>>992697
Isn't an always released zanpakuto the sign of a strong shinigami, like a very strong one? Or just exceptional control

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>992718
>[] Use the blood to make a circle of whipping blades, around myself 1d100

Rolled 91, 41 = 132 (2d100)

>>992697
That is a good point, if it sucked and stored blood while in the base mode, there would be a lot more of a reason to not release into shikai Willy nilly. But if we are going to make it an always shikai sword, then we should do just that, wear R no K all the time like ichigo does with zangetsu.

>>992718
>attack in wide sweeping arcs
>prepare for arrow break

>>992697

Another thing that I don't think you have addressed, HM: how long does stored blood last? Does it go away with the release? Does it last for the rest of the fight? End of thread? Could we store it for days or potentially years? does Kotei eat stacks over time?

We wouldn't have to release immediately and start feeding Kotei at the start of every battle just to "prime the pump" -- just to even have the OPTION of getting value out of our release -- if we could keep it fed beforehand.

Maybe have it only drain away while released. Would be a good incentive to not just release immediately all the time, which as far as I can tell, would make at least one anon happy.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>992718
>[] Cripple one's legs with a swift and powerful slam, and hold it in front of me as a shield 1d20+str

Save the full attack for the real threat, these things are just trash.

>>992729
Yeah knowing all of the exacts would really help my autism

>>992718
>[] Use the blood to make a circle of whipping blades, around myself 1d100

>>992729
I would assume that the blood attacks stay stored until we reseal Ryusetsu no Kotei. After that Kotei would feast on whatever's left.

>>992718
Also since op says that not everyone has actually seen our release, I feel a lot more confident.

However I would urge everyone to roll non blood attacks unless we have to to store up and conceal our swords identity further. Also Aizen.

So tldr let's not use blood attacks unless we have to.

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>992718
>[] Challenge them all at once, standing tall and proud

>Isn't an always released zanpakuto the sign of a strong shinigami, like a very strong one? Or just exceptional control

I don't rightly know, to be honest. It seems to be a little inconsistent. I was under the impression it was just a property that varies between individuals, with no consistent correlation as to what it even means. That is, being a constant shikai zanpakuto doesn't tell you jack about the individual OR their weapon -- not for any kind of certainty anyways.

There are few examples in the canon to go off of, and one of them turns out to be a lie.

>>992729
Kotei does eat the blood after awhile when it isn't used seeing it as a gift from her wife, and because she's constantly thirsting for blood

the key to saving stacks is basically making Kotei submissive enough to not follow her bloodsucking nature
which is really fucking difficult

And you can store too much blood, causing it to seep from the blade. But that much blood is....a fuck ton, a lot of blood, since to store that much you'd have to kill a lot of things, or make it so kotei doesn't "take a bit off the top"

>>992743
Yep, and how long the blood last depends on how many stacks are left in the blade

they do last over sessions, so long as there's enough/ the next session begins with R and K unsealed continuing from another, or it hasn't been long since the last session

>>992754
But Aizen is an esteemed member of the shinigami! why would him seeing your powers be bad?

>>992759
Hmm well I'll think about it
anyways, writing

>>992760
Good point about aizen, in that aspect I have been metaing pretty hard so far. But he was acting shady in my defense. Oh well.

Thanks for the clarity on the sword btw, really helps.

>>992760
Cool, cool, does Kotei change at all if she feasts especially well? I mean, does the blood she takes count as a complete waste or does it still serve some purpose?

Does it at least keep her happy/more agreeable?

And if you don't have a specific answer to this, good. Kimi doesn't know, so neither should we.

Just throwing out ideas.

>>992799
Nice ideas though, so an always released shikai can be avoided. Neat.

>>992718
man picking blind fighting is paying off.

>>992810
We need more badass traits and stats and shit.

UNLIMITED POWEER

>>992718
>[] Prepare arrow breaking 1d100

Shit, didn't see this before. Changing vote to include this.

>>992817
We need our mask fully unlocked for that.

>>992823
Well roll for it then.

I touch Ryūketsu no kōtei's blade, carefully to not touch the serrated edge, tracing my hand down the side of the blade quickly, coating my palm and fingers in blood as it pours of the metal like water from a wet piece of cloth.

Twirling around to face the first hollow I hear, I let the blood drip from my fingers as I call out to it, commanding it to take shape as I hear Aizen Shouting to me again, "just keep fighting! As soon as I reach you I'll take some of the pressure off of you so you aren't overwhelmed!"

I hear sharp whips in the air, flesh being cut, and a very wet sloshing noise as I hold my zanpakuto with both hands, letting its scabbard rest at my side, waiting for a hollow to get through my defenses I've made, even if I can't see what shape they've taken.

-
Blind fighting is wearing off, as is the blindness
-

My vision begins to return, in muddled, messy colors, like a mad man's painting

But through it all, I think I can see a figure dressed in white, with a bright blue light, on a tree far from the hollows fighting me.

-
Blood stored
5 bloody attacks
or
1 heal
1attacks
or
1 full attack
1 attacks

What do I do?
[] Arrow breaking 1d100
[] Rush it 1d20+mobility
[] stay here, and surround myself with more blood 1d100
[]wait something feels...off about this *killer's instinct* 1d20+int
[] throw and Okasen at it 1d20+spirit
[] Attack the hollows being held off by the blades of blood, stabbing them from between the blades 1d100
[] Use blood to extend the range of my blade, and the hollows from within this half made orb of blood 1d100
[] write in
>>992799
It makes her less impatient and likely to steal Kimi's blood, as she has done in the past. and she's always happy to help her empress, she'd just prefer she'd obey her and stop being so greedy with her blood.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>992840
>[]wait something feels...off about this *killer's instinct* 1d20+int

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>992840
>[]wait something feels...off about this *killer's instinct* 1d20+int

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>992840
>Waaaait something feels off about this.

>>992817
Having a powerful character that truly feels powerful is more than just stacking numbers and traits.

It's at least as much about the way you act and the way you make others see you. (in a realistic situation with a powerful individual, those things would follow naturally, but in a narrative, the hierarchy of what essentially makes for a powerful character is different.)

If you truly wish to command dread and awe, you gotta earn it, damn it. Put some thought into how events are going to play out in their tone and feel.

>>992840
>[]wait something feels...off about this *killer's instinct* 1d20+int

Nat 1 inc.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>992840
>[]wait something feels...off about this *killer's instinct* 1d20+int

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>992862
Bruh, I know. I just have some powergamer vibes pumping through me right now, there's multiple good quests up tonight including this one. I'm giddy as shit.
>>992840
>ayyy somethings up holmes.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>992873

Oopsy, irony inc.

>>992877
>Dubs
>Mythical double 1
Irony or Soul King Meddling? YOU DECIDE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WvfZuuaUkE
19+5= 24= Success
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the smell of blood soaked mud and sweat are heavy around me, nearly clouding my mind, but a stray thought breaks through their combined wall. Why is the quincy standing right where I can see her or him. It wouldn't get in front of me if it didn't know I was blind, since then I can easily avoid its attacks, and if it knew I was blind, it would remember how well I've been fighting without sight, and guess I can fight just as well with my only my ears and instincts to guide me. And if I can break an arrow of theirs just be hearing it approach me, they wouldn't strike me from the front where I have more time to deal with the attack.

The swirling shades of red become whips of blood tipped with sharpened blades, the hollows are keeping away, and a few of them lie dead from the wounds my stolen blood dealt.

Something isn't right here, the quincy is in a terrible spot to attack me, and....well it hasn't fired yet.

I smirk as I realize what this is, a distraction, but from a hollow or another quincy. I lower my blade, closing my eyes to sharpen my hearing, I can barely hear it over the cries of dying hollows that aizen is cutting his way through.

but its there, the arrow being made...I hear it for a moment.

And that's what I need, that one moment is all I need to throw myself to the ground, as a holly shaped like a one eye lizard with purplish scales leaps at me.

And gets impaled by the arrow, slamming into the lines of its foes as I lay on the blood soaked ground, the smell of blood surrounding me and making me feel a little... at ease I suppose

There are two quincies here, and that was a clever trick, distract me with one, then try to make the kill shot, all without the bigger fish ever knowing of there were more than one of you

Clever little bastards.

What do I do?
[] Tell Aizen there are two quincies
[] making a mocking poem, as I step back into the thick of my battle 1d100
[] Recklessly cut my way to the one who shot at me 1d100 *Full attack, dangerous*
[] Oni's smoke my way closer to one of the quincies
[]Use Sōkatsui before the blades of blood fall 1d20+spirit
[]Spring back up, grab onto a hollow and ride it for a single charge into its kin 1d100
[]try to tell Sosuke that there are two of them, silently 1d20+int
[] write in

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>992930
>[] Tell Aizen there are two quincies
>[] making a mocking poem, as I step back into the thick of my battle 1d100

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>992930
>[]try to tell Sosuke that there are two of them, silently 1d20+int
>[] Oni's smoke my way closer to one of the quincies

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>992930
>Use them blood blades
>Tell Aizen there's two Quincies silently

>>992930
>[] Oni's smoke my way closer to one of the quincies

Snipers are trying to kill us and we have an ability that lets us disperse into smoke and reappear right next to them? Ballin'.

I want a special effort to be made in taking them out the instant we reform to take advantage of any potential surprise we get from using this trick. We won't get a second chance.

Also, when we use this can we be sly about it? I mean, not show an obvious trail of smoke as we travel, disperse into a thinner, hard-to-see cloud.

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>992930
>[] Tell Aizen there are two quincies
>[] making a mocking poem, as I step back into the thick of my battle 1d100

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>992930
[]try to tell Sosuke that there are two of them, silently 1d20+int

>>992956
Looks like we developed a sudden affinity for weaponized Morse code.

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>992930
Rolling for the poem roll

>>992956
Damn nigga. Nice

>>993013
Hot damn, those are some dank stanzas.

>>993013
Oooh we warn him trough obscure poetry!

20+5= Success!+crit
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I need to tell the Lieutenant, but if I just shout it out they'll know we have the upper hand now, they might even flee realizing they're outnumbered. I can't let that happen, they're trying to kill me, and if they get away they might decided to practice on other shinigami. I need to end their hunt tonight, and I don't have much time to think of how to pass on this knowledge, since the blades keeping the hollows from swarming me are falling still, the blood losing its magic before my eyes.

I turn to face Aizen and lock eyes with him, seeing no emotion besides deterination in his eyes. I smile and brush my white hair out of my eyes, closing all but my middle two fingers as he watches me, Holding them up as I hear another hollow drop dead from his impressive skill and power.

Taking one glance back to make sure he got it, I see him watch me as the blood falls at my feet, and with it the hollows fall upon me. Taking a deep breath, pull my zanpakuto's scabbard from my side and begin to write a poem in blood, just to be sure he gets what I'm trying to tell him, if he couldn't understand my two fingers meant

"Surrounded and outnumbered by chewing insects, the white flower surrounds herself in blood" I say, catching one's teeth with the sheath as it tries to bite down on my arm, it stares at me with horror in my eyes as I swing my sword down, cutting a deep wound in its chest as it pulls back trying to rip the sheath out of my hand "Two white petals fall to the ground, trampled and devoured"

Giving me the perfect chance to stab it straight through the cut I made, twist my blade around and with a tug, saw through the thinnest part of its stomach, nearly cutting it in two.

"The wolf fell, its belly empty of meat" I say switching rhythm as I feint a wolf shaped hollow, swing my blade, before slamming my sheath into its head, turning my blade around to cut its throat, all in one motion "But joy did fill the farmers heart"

-
Blood stored
7 bloody attacks
or
1 heal
3attacks
or
1 full attack
3 attacks
-
Planting my foot into its chest, I stab my zanpakuto as deeply as I can.

"And now the scarred maiden takes her due" I say calmly as I watch its life fade away "in riches worth much more, than simple gold"

An arrow of blue flame and light flies toward me, only one...they still don't know their secret is already revealed.

Roll 1d20+Mobility or Endurance

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>993084
Endurance

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>993084
>mobility

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>993084
Mobility into GIMME DAT HOLLOW BLOOD

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>993084
Take the hit and grin like a madwoman

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>993112
Supporting

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>993084
Mobility

18+9=27= SUCCESS!
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I turn to face it, keeping one hand on my blade's hilt and the other at my side, still holding my zanpakuto's sheat. I fake surprise, puffing my chest forward, steeling myself and tightening every muscle I can, turning form the reed in the storm to a stone wall in one.

I feel the arrow getting closer as it burns the air around it with its sheer power, flying past Aizen's head as I wait for it with almost open arms.

I feel it hit my chest and push me back, my kimono shredding as it struggles to pierce my skin any deeper than it already has, while I grin like a madwoman., right as I hear that familiar hissing roar, as another one flies at my back.

Barely noticeable with how small it is, but still if that hits in the wrong spot I'm dead, and it won't look any different from my chest getting blased apart by the first....clever devils.

I smile and twist my body, using the force and momentum of the first to my advantage, twisting enough that it frees itself from where it did hit me.
-
18+4= 22= Minor success/ Minor failure
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I wince in pain, as the smaller one runs through my side, not going deep enough to actually harm me seriously, but its enough to hurt like hell.

I manage to stay on my feet despite the fact I just got hit by two quincy arrows, one on purpose.

It seems Aizen has opened a path for me, and the arrow that hit my chest scattered the other hollows of this wave.

What do I do?
[] point at one of the qunicies and say "Found you"
[] Stay here, while Aizen deals with them
[] Charge the quincy who shot my chest
[] Both me and aizen leave, to strike them at the same time, leaving the city undefend
[]Drink blood from my blade to fix my wounds (-4 blood stacks)
[] pretend to be more wounded than I am, and act out a scene of a heroic sacrifice with Aizen, to make the two quincies more....eager 1d20+int
[] Laugh and ask them loudly if they think an arrow can actually put me down
[] write in

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>993204
>pretend to be more wounded than I am, and act out a scene of a heroic sacrifice with Aizen, to make the two quincies more....eager 1d20+int

>>993204
>[] Charge the quincy who shot my chest

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>993204
>[]Drink blood from my blade to fix my wounds (-4 blood stacks)
>[] pretend to be more wounded than I am, and act out a scene of a heroic sacrifice with Aizen, to make the two quincies more....eager 1d20+int

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>993204

>[] pretend to be more wounded than I am, and act out a scene of a heroic sacrifice with Aizen, to make the two quincies more....eager 1d20+int
>[] point at one of the qunicies and say "Found you"
>[] Laugh and ask them loudly if they think an arrow can actually put me down


Let's put that Quincy pride to good use.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>993204
>Heroic self sacrifice!
>Blood drink if they try to close for that extra surprise.

>>993233
Nice rolls. Minimal to no heals necessary.

This moment of peace before the next wave, of probably stronger and wiser hollows, is a god send, I can collect my thoughts and breath and give myself sometime to think and plan. And judging from how Aizen hasn't move an inch, he is doing the same, glancing over me once or twice to make sure I'm okay as I lean on my blade in the hollow. I nod my head slowly, trying to not give anything away to our two hunters. He frowns, smirking for a moment when he hangs his head, he looks back up at me and steps toward me...we're almost moving like two actors in a play, disguising the truth with subtle movements....actors in a play....acting...well that's a plan isn't it.
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19+5= 24= success!
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I frown deeply, clutching the hole in my kimono the arrow made, slumping over to coat my hand and fingers in blood. Aizen catches on to my plan without any help and reaches towards me, looking petrified with panic as I slowly lift my blood soaked hand up and run it down my face, sketching a rough outline of a traditional mask.

He smiles and nods, as the hollows begin to screech and roar, their feral battle cry finally reaching us from down the road they're running across.

"Good now they can't hear a word we say" I say calmly "Alright here's the plan, I am going to "heroically give up my life" So you can "Escape"

"I was thinking almost exactly the same" He says, going through the motions of trying to hold me back and pleading with me to stay and run with him, his face contorting in panic as he continues to keep calmly talking...huh, if he ever stops being a shinigami, he'd be an amazing actor "Greats minds follow similar paths after all"

I steel my expression, pressing on hand on my forehead as I force my lips to shudder like I'm about to burst out crying and opening my mouth much wider than I should so it looks like I'm shouting defiantly at the lieutenant trying to "Save" my life, its kind of awkward to speak like this but I manage

"Oh you flatter me, Sosuke" I say happily, sounding very weird with how I'm moving my mouth "So I'll pull free, you'll fall to your knees in despair, I'll lure both of them out and you'll rush towards me when they take the bait"

"You really do have an art for the dramatic Kimi" he says proudly as I rip my hand out of his arm as he grips it tightly, moving his head in such a way that his glasses fall down his nose "And a fantastically devious mind, just take care to not overwhelm yourself"

I turn my back to him running forward as I shout back "Ah don't worry about me, I can survive a few hollows, just wait for the right moment sir!"

"Please don't call me sir" He chuckles, disguising his laughter as crying.

I frown, clutching my stomach as I limp forward, seeing hollows rushing me, the biggest of them ripping its way out of a hole in the air....I can see more masks in the distant darkness...including one with a long...long nose

"Menos grande" I mummer...so one of them is coming then? fantastic
cont

>>993327

What do I do?
[] Plant my sword in the ground and fight a few of the weaker hollows hand to..whatever 1d100
[]Rush into the mob, pretending to swing wildly, while actually planning out my moves as I always do 1d100
[] throw an scything bloody attack out 1d100
[] FULL ATTACK *dangerous* 1d100
[] Give a heartwrenching dying speech, loud enough for the quincies to hear *What do I say*
[] look back at Aizen, to really complete this facade
[]Cast Sōkatsui 1d20+spirit
[]Act like I'm barely able to stand, and hang on my sword
[] write in

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>993342
>[]Rush into the mob, pretending to swing wildly, while actually planning out my moves as I always do 1d100
>[] look back at Aizen, to really complete this facade

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>993327
>[] look back at Aizen, to really complete this façade
>[]Rush into the mob, pretending to swing wildly, while actually planning out my moves as I always do 1d100

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>993327
>[]Rush into the mob, pretending to swing wildly, while actually planning out my moves as I always do 1d100
>[] look back at Aizen, to really complete this facade

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>993342
>[]Rush into the mob, pretending to swing wildly, while actually planning out my moves as I always do 1d100
>[] look back at Aizen, to really complete this facade

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>993342
>Look back at Aizen
>Speech
There's just one thing Souske! LIVE!
>Full attack hollows

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>993362
NIIIIIIICE
Still going to try for the crit to support

>>993362
And that's a dead army of Hollows, good job anon.

>>993370
Killer's instinct: Heightened crit chance and blood lust

Never forget killer's instinct

Looks like we're pretty much unanimous with the berserker finish and last glance towards our friend/lover/whatever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylyqoxh-cXk
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Well, so long as I can kill all of these hollows and not end up overwhelmed, I should be fine, I just need to kill all or most of them before that damn thing comes out, and not get pulled down or surrounded by these normal ones. If I stay on my toes, and don't make any mistakes I'll be fine....a true test of my talents. I smile, and then force myself to look like I'm struggling to come to terms with my impending death via suicidal charge, like a broken, terrified little girl...I remember the face I need to wear...how could I not.

I glance back at Aizen one last time, to really sell the facade and finish up this act of our play. He stands tall, looking back at me one last time with a look of utter horror and all consuming grief.

Its hard not to smile as I turn back around, and with a battlecry that becomes more of a war at the end, I charge into the oncoming wall of hollows.

The first one falls,, as I swing wildly, almost madly. Of course that's what it would look like to an outsiders eye. The next one falls as I stumble forward, letting the line of hollows close behind me as I cut my way into their ranks. I step up onto the corpse, as one tries to pounce me down.

I grab its neck as it lands on me, and manage to stay on my feet, driving my blade into it again and again, throwing it down by its curled, bearded mask right as another leaps at me.

Why aren't the quincies shooting?! I swing, as a four armed hollow grabs my arm pushing the pouncing one out of its way as it drools all over me, while I just glance over to see what the quincy to my right is doing, and on the hill beyond the village, I see the white robed figure, running into position and setting up.

I smile, and calmly press my left index finger into the hollows chest as it bites into my shoulder, Bruising the skin, but it isn't able to break it before I blase a hole through its chest with a quick Byakurai

Blood stored
10 bloody attacks
or
2 heal
2 attacks
or
2 full attack
2 attacks
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What do I do?
[] Go to my work, like a butcher and an artist *full attack, dangerous* 1d100
[] Send a spear of blood through a hollow or two 1d100
[] Use the hollow's own impaitence against themselves, by impailing them and dodging around them when they leap at me 1d100
[] Dance around them, Slicing them as I move from their fronts to their backs 1d100
[] tear out a hollow's throat, with my teeth 1d100 *blood letting*
[] Cast a kido spell 1d20+spirit
[] Try and push my way deep into the mob, by tackling a hollow 1d20+str
[] stand here, and endure their attacks, waiting 1d20+endurance
[] write in

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>993439
>[] Dance around them, Slicing them as I move from their fronts to their backs 1d100

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>993439
>[] Dance around them, Slicing them as I move from their fronts to their backs 1d100

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>993439
>Tear a hollows throat out with my teeth
This is supposed to look desperate.

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>993439
>[] tear out a hollow's throat, with my teeth 1d100 *blood letting*

A little psychological warfare goes a long way.

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>993439
>[] Dance around them, Slicing them as I move from their fronts to their backs 1d100

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>993439
[] tear out a hollow's throat, with my teeth 1d100 *blood letting*

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>993485
Brutal

Lots of good rolls I'll contribute to this one

So good rolls on dancing and eating.

I wonder if we're hollow enough to get more powerful by eating hollows...

>>993507
Oh baby I hope so.

>>993507
I feel like that would be a sign of something horrible, though I'm not sure what. Because only Gillians and Adjuchas eat other Hollows to survive, and if they don't they lose everything they are. While having a power like that would be awesome, the consequences concern me.

Dammit, I shouldn't have done that so calmly! I need to look desperate here, and even if these overly enthusiastic hollows are practically trash, I'm supposed to look mortally wounded in the Quincies eyes, I need to put more struggle in my actions, as hard as that is. As demeaning as it is too have to do this and make a fool of myself, all while risking my life for a plan that might not even work.

I drop the hollow, smoke rising from its chest as its three eyed mask looks up at me blankly. Looking down at the other, lizard and fox like hollows all around me, along with a few odd...bug looking ones...I need a plan to get through this without killing myself or looking too obvious.

A hollow, like a dragonfly gives me my answer, as it slams into my and grabs my arm, bending it back to try and keep me from ending it with a simple swing of my sword. Inspiration...is the best word for what I'm feeling as I stare its two set of teeth down, as it raises its head to bite into my skull.

And exposes its neck to me. Without thinking I lean forward, throwing myself against it as I open my mouth and bite down into its green neck.

I bite harder than I knew I could, pressing its head up as I feel the quincy gather reiryoku for its neck attack. I keep biting, as hard as I can. Its sharp chitin breaks on my teeth, shattering like a pane of glass, cutting my tongue as I feel its blood rushing to fill my mouth, gushing over my face as kotei pulls it off of me, flowing it around me like a river of gore.

And it...isn't disgusting. I grip it tighter as I feel its life fade away in my hands and teeth
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nearly hollow
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roll 1d20+will

Blood stored
13 bloody attacks
or
3 heal
1 attacks
or
3 full attack
1 attack

>>993556
And any hollow gets stronger from it I think

>>993556
Fuck consequences bro! We're going beyond Bankai on the corpses of our fallen foes and stolen power!

>>993556
>inb4 this was fresh ajukas quest all along

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>993572

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>993572
Willllllll

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>993572

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>993572
oh dear

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>993507
>>993531
Given even Arrancars are not? Unlikely. Ultimately that's a sign of massive instability and would ultimately get our death warrant signed.

>>993572
Nah, eventually a hollow will hit a limit that they cannot surpass power wise. AT that point it's either stuck as a Gillian or Adjuchas, or if you're lucky you made Vasto Lorde. Basically either you will eventually get "full" and max out or stabilize and then your growth halts until you go arrancar.

>>993583
>>993584
>>993589
>>993592
Just THE MOST will apparently.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>993572
Yeah, other scrub Hollows, that's how Gillians are born. And Vasto Lordes have reached critical mass so they don't have to eat anymore, and Arrancar have enough of their human soul back to no longer need Hollow meat as well, if I remember correctly.

>>993595
You underestimate the power of being a MC.

>>993615
Idk, it's explicit they need to eat, but it's for the same reason a soul reaper does from what I can tell.

>>993619
At that point we might as well not be a soul reaper at all, or a hollow. Just a God.

>>993589
You're not getting our body today Bloody! Teach us our Resurrección and we'll consider it for a little while.

>>993625
My point still stands. Also, we technically ARE a god. Shinigami and all that.

>>993634
No I mean a GOD, not a psychopomp spirit. We'd be breaking a fundamental rule of the afterlife for this. More so than even Ichigo did and he was utter fucking bullshit.

>>993629
Resurreccion Bankai soon

>>993634
That translation has never made sense to me.

>>993638
Shhh... Believe in the asspulls anon.

>>993639
Blood palace of mental torture combined with Oni/Ghost/Vampire super form. Holy shit YES.

>>993629
But anon, only arrancar's get Resurrección. No really! ONLY THEM. God damn it, SSQ

>>993634
The translating of kami as god is a bit . . . misleading. Forcing the western concept to fit the word just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

20+4= success!+ crit
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I push the corpse away from me, spitting out the mouthful of flesh as I droop forward, panting as the blood drips down my chin and chest....really hope Aizen understands why I did that just now, if he saw what I just did. I feel disgusting and

I feel....alive, filled with energy, awake. I don't know what this feeling is, its like fire burning in my stomach, but it isn't sake and it isn't adrenaline. Its more in my head than stomach now that I focus on it, a rush, a pure rush. its an odd feeling, but it isn't in my body, its a feeling of something I can't figure out...its like a mixture of waking up after a nice nap and rushing into battle. Not unfamiliar, but hard to place. Like getting drunk or eating a large meal....Satisfaction? I don't like that I'm feeling satisfaction after i just bit a hollow's throat out, so I'm going to try and forget this little realization before I throw up.

.Unconsciously I lick my lips and swing my sword back around as the hollows watch me in confusion.

Standing back up straight, I look down at them from the corpse of the hollow I am standing on.

and roar, shouting a wordless battle cry as I release my reiatsu fully, smoke pouring out of me in burning gushes as the hollows back away from me and

I hear the quincy's arrow flying.

What do I do?
[]ignore it and attack the hollows 1d100
[] attempt to burn it with my reiatsu 1d20+spirit
[] coat my arm in blood and catch it 1d20+mobility.
[] ARROW BREAKING 1d100
[]Let myself get hit 1d20+endurance
[] Cast Okasen to intercept it 1d20+spirit
[]Grab the hollow's corpse and toss it at it 1d20+str
[] write in

>>993643
It makes sense if you consider the servants of an overview, I.E. Angels minor gods with their own realms of influence. Say in Christianity, Micheal and the Sun though most Christians would be mortified by the comparison, plenty of other religions would see it that way.

>>993660
Tousen got a Resurreccion in cannon

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>993670
>[]Grab the hollow's corpse and toss it at it 1d20+str

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>993670
>[]Grab the hollow's corpse and toss it at it 1d20+str

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>993670
>[]Let myself get hit 1d20+endurance
I believe in badass

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>993670
>ARROW BREAKING 1d100

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>993670
>Hollow corpse
But make it look like an accident

>>993710
This thread

>>993710
HA all these nat20s

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>993683
He also died because it made him unstable as hell.

>>993670
[]Grab the hollow's corpse and toss it at it 1d20+str

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>993670
>[] ARROW BREAKING 1d100
Look the Quincy dead in the eye and a smile like Kenny during a good fight.

>>993672
Ah, that makes sense, thank you.

>>993660
Not just SSQ, but that shit's canon as far as I'm concerned. What the fuck else is that thing Ichigo does when White is in control? Or any of the other Vizards during their uncontrolled Hollowfication? Goddammit Kubo...

>>993731
Hollow ichigo and uncontrolled vizards draw on their inate sense of racial superiority for a power boost. Obviously.

I reach down, the hollows keeping their distance as I grab up their brutalized friend, holding him up by his torn throat, and tilt my head like I'm examining him like a curious or hunger mad dog.
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20+8= 28+crit = success!
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and toss it away like a ruined sword, throwing it to the wind and behind me. I smile as I hear its body breaking apart on the quincy's arrow, what's left of it hits the ground with a thud. the blood on my face drains into my zanpakuto.

What do I do?
[] smile smugly at the quincy and taunt it into attacking
[] Attack the hollows mercilessly *FULL ATTACK* 1d100 *Dangerous*
[] Bloody attack the toughest hollow I see 1d100
[] Cast Sōkatsui 1d20+spirit
[] fall limp, and lure the hollows in, then attack 1d100
[]Get reckless, and try to force the quincy's hand again 1d20+int
[] write in

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>993769
>[]Get reckless, and try to force the quincy's hand again 1d20+int

>>993731

Well, as we all know: Ichigo is a freak. He actually has a foreign hollow in his being that makes things complicated rather than a true inner hollow.

But yea, basically just Goddammit Kubo.

All these things could be interpreted to back up almost any explanation you care to invent, if you really worked at it. So much vagueness and inconsistency.

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>993769
>[] smile smugly at the quincy and taunt it into attacking
>[] fall limp, and lure the hollows in, then attack 1d100

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>993769
>Get reckless, force the Quincy's hand
>Taunt dat quincy into closing

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>993769
>[]Get reckless, and try to force the quincy's hand again 1d20+int

"Simulated chaos postulates perfect control."

Yea, we bad.

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>993784
Supporting, like we're on our last legs but NOPE surprise mothafucka!

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>993769
>[] fall limp, and lure the hollows in, then attack 1d100

Also, I like how I'm pretty sure every thread we have had multiple critical successes.

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>993769
>[] fall limp, and lure the hollows in, then attack 1d100

>>993780
Well, let's stick with what we know then: We have a Hollow mask. We have two Zanpakuto spirits. SSQ was and is awesome. By that logic we'll get a Resurreccion at some point. Probably from Bloody if my hunch is correct.

>>993780
>>993801
The problem is the more you go off base the more it gets, for lack of a better term, fan fiction. For example SSQ and GHQ have BOTH been bashed to hell and back with accusations of mary sue-dom and more. I mean I personally dropped GHQ when it was clears the author was unwilling to give us a legitimate threat even with AIZEN and butchered the characterization of a lot of characters. Coupled with him basically inserting expies, and more or less it being blatant wish fulfillment, it lost it's appeal.

>>993808
That and how poorly it was written threw me off too. At least SSQ is written well...

I fall limp, like all of the energy and will to fight back I has left has left me. Standing still, I wheeze and pant, staring at the ground as blankly as I can, its hard to tell how convincing I'm being without a mirror to look into.

I make myself look and sound weak, even throwing in a few sobs to lure in the hollows. I watch them circle me, their hunger slowly driving them closer despite their fear. and I can just feel the Quincy's glare burning on my back, watching me intensely.

I turn and grin at them smugly at the last second I have, feeling a hollow bite into my side as I raise up my Zanpakuto and hit it as hard as I can on the head, wincing in pain as it tries to bite harder. and I just stab it through the mouth, forcing it to let go of me as I break and saw through a number of its teeth.

I can feel the quincy getting closer, one of them at least.

A hollow shaped like a tiger throws itself at me, its mask splitting open and leaving two fangs on either side of its mask

What do I do
[] Slam it into the ground 1d20+str
[] Cast Byakurai 1d20+spirt
[] Impale it, and rip down 1d100
[] Smack it with the guard, pivot, swing down through its shoulder, arc the swing and bring the blade down on its neck 1d100
[]Tackle it to the ground 1d20+str
[] Oni's smoke behind it
[] write in

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>993853
>Oni smoke into SUFFOCATE THAT FUCKING QUINCY TO DEATH

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>993853
>[] Oni's smoke behind it
>[] Impale it, and rip down 1d100

>I turn and grin at them smugly at the last second I have


My god... is this what Gin feels like all the time? This is amazing!

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>993853
>[] Smack it with the guard, pivot, swing down through its shoulder, arc the swing and bring the blade down on its neck 1d100

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>993853
[] Slam it into the ground 1d20+str

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>993853
>[] Smack it with the guard, pivot, swing down through its shoulder, arc the swing and bring the blade down on its neck 1d100

>>993877
WELP

>>993877
Can you feel it you Quincy bitches? That will be you in a matter of moments!

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>993853
>>993877

Damn. Can we like, mix in a really sneaky byakurai at one of the quincies through the dead hollow with this roll? Something?

>>993877
THIS THREAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV5m7KvWUj0
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I see my steps painted before me like a great work of art, first I raise my blade up in both hands, letting my scabbard fall back to my side as the hollow's warm breath washes over my face, not sure if the smell of blood is from it or me. Swinging down my sword at an angel, I break open the upper side of its mask, cracking it and shattering it into pieces like an eggshell, its human face appearing partially. A young looking man with a fiery look in his eyes. He looks like he just got hit by a hammer, and stumbles to the side as his entire body shakes in quivers from my blow.

I pivote around, falling its fall as I raise my zanpakuto back into the air, my side aching from stretching as the hollow hits the ground. I feel the force of it in my legs, and bring my blade down into its shoulder, pulling back and pushing forward to rip through its shoulder nearly entirely.

Pulling the swing to its completion, the hollow tries to stand, its leg falling under it, slipping on its own blood. I frown and swing up in and arc, the serrated edge meeting its neck, and with the curve of the swing I saw its head clean out.

its body dries up, as Kotei drinks her fill and I leap off the hollow, the blood trailing behind me, as the hollows wisely back off, and wait for a chance to kill me. Except for one, which I cleave in straight through its wide, laughing mask as it rushes me
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Killer's instinct
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I smile, running my hand across its mask as I turn to where the quincy had been firing at me from just in time to see another arrow.

Raising my hand up, I rip the blood out of the hollows body, coating my arm with it as I toss as much of it as I can pull out at the arrow, infusing it with My reiryoku as I toss it. There's a quite explosion, as smoke and dead hollows fly past me, I calmly stab my blade into the ground.

I See the shadows off hollows falling in the cloud of dust, burst of whitish blue light marking their deaths as the Quincy nears me. I stand up straight as the smoke clears, and I see a little girl....dressed like a quincy?

I tilt my head as she throws her hood over, her face filled with barely contained rage, red as the blood covering the ground between us. Her hair is black and messy, hanging down to her sides with a single pony tail on the side. Her eyes are blue...just like the quincy I killed

Blood stored
17 bloody attacks
or
4 heal
1 attacks
or
4 full attack
1 attack

and what do I do?
[] look for the quincy
[] Laugh at her and say "No wonder you kept missing, you're just a brat"
[] Grin widely and asks if she really thinks this is a good idea
[] "Checkmate" *Full attack* 1d100
[] ask if she came to duel or die
[] ...."is this a joke"
[] "Clever plan for a brat"
[] "Awww, so cute"
[] Fire a Byakurai 1d20+spirit
[]"Oh, I get it now, you want revenge right?
[] write in

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>993952
>Look for the Quincy
"Little girl, be careful, there's Quincies about. I think one might be intent on using you for cover."
>Byakurai

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>993952
>[] "Checkmate" *Full attack* 1d100

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>993952
>[] "Checkmate" *Full attack* 1d100
We've entered the endgame lads.

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>993952
>[] "Awww, so cute"
>[] "Checkmate" *Full attack* 1d100

>>993978
Yep. Endgame.

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>993952
>[] "Awww, so cute"
>[] look for the quincy
>As in pretend that she's not the qunicy and make a show of looking for it
>[] ask if she came to duel or die
>[] Laugh at her and say "No wonder you kept missing, you're just a brat"
>This has been fun and all, but my sword is going to eat you now, bye

>[] "Checkmate" *Full attack* 1d100

The enemy stands revealed, now is the time! FULL FUCKING THROTTLE

>>993978
holy shit! Third 100 today!

>>993978
End Game indeed Friend

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>>993978
THIS FUCKING THREAD

>>993978
FULL. GODDAMN. FUCKMOTHERING. THROTTLE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIZDsS542qc

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>>993978

>>993995
Thread theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC7ii3Ir-no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKwRyzMQ13Q
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*GIVE ME MOOOOORE!* Kotei roars from my sword, in a voice only I can hear *MORE BLOOD, MORE BLOOD,MORE FROM MY LOOOOOVE*

I smirk as the little girl walks up to me trying to looking intimidatiing as I stand there looking down at her, chuckling despite my best attempt at showing her some respect.

"Check mate" I say dropping my left hand to the side, pushing my fingers out as blood flow from Ryūketsu no kōtei, the blade of which looks like its now made of blood entirely.

with an upward flick of my hand, I send a wave of blood washing over and crashing down on the little girl, as she tries to fire and arrow blindly through it. I run at her, placing my sword under my hand, like I'm sheathing it in a invisible scabbard. Gathering the blood to the edges, as I rush her, her arrows flying wide as she decides to try and make a volley on her own.

I break through the bloodwall, and she takes aim as I feel the warm liquid pouring down me. I swing up as her arrow flies at me, and cut it in half as a stream of rising blood slams into her, pushing her back as I run at her. The arrow slams into the ground, making the wave of blood pop and flow into the air in thick, almost fat droplets

I hold my left hand up, and the blood sharpens itself, turning into little knives as the girl struggles to stand on the slick mud. She's never fought in a real battle I've seen, when the dead line the battlefield like flowers in a field.

I smirk and swing my arm down, throwing the knives at her. She tries to avoid them, vanishing here and there, reappearing a little more cut up eachtime, her eyes filled with fear as she realizes I used her against herself, and led her into a trap of my own

That's right little girl, even if you can kill me, I have a nice batch of hungry hollows behind me, waiting for a meal.

That moment of horror is all it takes for me to move for the execution, gripping my blade with both hands, I raise it up, blood spurting out of it as I spin the scarlet blade around it, fast enough to make it whine like a living beast.

I swing down and.

"NO!" another you voice cries out, as a band of light falls over my blade, buckling and shatterig as I rip through it

My blade hits the ground, shattering it and kicking up dirt. I turn and see another....no, that one is a boy...hard to tell since he looks almost exactly like his sister, but there's a certain fire i....wait no I..I've lost them now and can't tell which is which.

I pull my zanpakuto up and

What do I do?
[] Shout for Aizen
[] ask if they think they can out run me
[] nother full attack, cause fuck em 1d100 *dangerous*
[] Attack the boy 1d100
[] Attack the girl 1d100
[] Sōkatsui 1d20+spirit
[] flick blood from the wound she gave me at her, trying to activate kotei's touch 1d20+spirit
[] Grab both of them 1d20+str *dangerous*
[] tease them
[]" Ya know, I've never killed a kid before..."
[] write in

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>994043
>"So, what are kids like you doing out here in the killing fields?"
>[] Shout for Aizen
>[] flick blood from the wound she gave me at her, trying to activate kotei's touch 1d20+spirit

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>994043
>[] tease them
>[] flick blood from the wound she gave me at her, trying to activate kotei's touch 1d20+spirit
Rip and try so hard

>>994050
Kek. we better get a power boost out of all these crits.

>>994043
>Grab both
>Clonk their heads together fairly hard to knock them out.
Interrogation followed by execution?

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>994043
>[] tease them
>Ask them why their hunting Soul Reapers
>Why would your leader send children to die here, alone?
>If you both come with me to answer some questions, neither of you will die.
>[] flick blood from the wound she gave me at her, trying to activate kotei's touch 1d20+spirit


>>994050
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA