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>>1151782
“That's not good,” you frown. “I guess all we can do is go and face them directly, see what happens.”

Kisuke raises a skeptical eyebrow. “With no idea what we're facing?”

“Hey, poking it always produces some sort of reaction,” you shrug, “so at least that'll give us something to work with.”

“... well, you're not wrong.”

“And more to the point,” you continue, pointing towards the door, “Yoruichi's already on her way.”

With a quick glance to confirm that what you said was true, Kisuke abruptly slouches in a total loss of composure. “Yeah... of course she would, wouldn't she? She always was the decisive one.”

He then turns back to face you, but you too have just departed to catch up with your decisive wife.

“So, you want to play this the stealthy way?” you ask as a particularly long stride finally catches you up with Yoruichi.

Her focus is still straight ahead as you rapidly close with the intruders. “I suppose it would be prudent. Let's slow up and suppress our reiatsu.”

The two of you take the appropriate steps to conceal yourselves, not going so far as to use any sort of fragile kidō to further the effect, and find yourselves creeping up on the three reiatsu concentrations you detected earlier. Landing lightly on the railing of a high wooden deck overlooking a wide courtyard not too far from the Kuchiki manor, you take up prone positions from which you can spy on the intruders.

Two are obviously arrancars: you can see from here that their mask fragments run down the crowns of their heads like toothy mohawks, each with a dagger-like blade sheathed behind her head. The one with red hair you reason should be the one responsible for scorching the scene where Shunsui was attacked, and the blue-haired one should be the lightning-user... at least in your experience that's how things like this should work. But the third, though he wears a white mask over his face, does not feel quite like an arrancar to you. His hair is dark, and his black robes are covered by a tattered cloak. You're not entirely sure from this distance whether it was once white, or if it was always a sort of dingy color.

The masked man turns his head, the six eyeslits of his mask pointing towards you. Have you been noticed already?

>Sneak attack. At worst you get to see how the intruders respond.
>Head down there, issue a challenge-slash-threat to the intruders.
>Head down there and demand to know why Kusaka is here.
>Shadow him. He may not realize what he feels are Captains.

>>1151784
>Shadow him. He may not realize what he feels are Captains.
Um Queen, why is this option here? Both Riku and Yoruichi are wearing their captain's white haori which is practically a dead giveaway.

>>1151784
>>Sneak attack. At worst you get to see how the intruders respond.

>>1151784
>Sneak attack. At worst you get to see how the intruders respond.

>>1151784
>Shadow him. He may not realize what he feels are Captains.

>>1151793
Because he has line of sight on the building they're hiding in, not on them.

>>1151802
Then I'll cast my vote on shadowing them.

>>1151802
Do we have a rough guestimate on how capable each are individually?

>>1151808
Negative. Arrancars have rather unpredictable resting powers and releases: it tends to be true that stronger at rest means a greater increase in release but it doesn't scale directly.

The third individual is almost impossible to get a good read on.

Alrighty then, give me 3d10 to remain hidden. DC 17 to avoid drawing too much suspicion, DC 22 to find a clear opportunity to attack. Best of three.

Rolled 4, 10, 6 = 20 (3d10)

>>1151831
Dice pls.

Rolled 4, 7, 7 = 18 (3d10)

>>1151831

needs one more roll.

Rolled 2, 7, 4 = 13 (3d10)

>>1151831

>>1151832
You succeed in tailing your mark, but can't really find an opening. He's wary of you.
>writing
>may take a little extra time as dinner is on the cook

>>1151843
For a few moments it's not totally clear whether the masked man is going to retaliate in some fashion or whether he's going to ignore you. But eventually he seems to accept that you're going to be shadowing him for a while. You think he must have said something about it because the red-haired arrancar girl looks towards you, only to wince and overcorrect, staring resolutely ahead as if having been scolded. The masked man glances back at you before leaving the courtyard, his two arrancar companions in close pursuit.

“Let's go,” you nod to Yoruichi, not needing to tell her anything more of your plan. She knows it by heart, since it's the Onmitsu way of doing things: keep a steady position behind and to the side, remain out of direct line of sight, and proceed as fast as possible without using too much reiatsu to do so. It's a little harder for you to do since by definition hirenkyaku isn't as stealthy as shunpō, but you get the impression that the three intruders you're tailing are in no particular hurry.

After a few minutes your marks come to a stop near several weaker shinigami, in the shadow of the execution grounds.

“I'm getting closer,” Yoruichi mutters. “Not gonna use kidō here either, it might spook the masked wonder down there.”

“Good point,” you agree, leaving the consummate professional to make that call for you.

Nearby is a steeply-pitched roofline, some sort of little Buddhist temple you think, which makes for a perfect perch from which to watch what happens next. A trio of shinigami wearing the uniforms of the Kidō Corps approach them, and one holds out a small wooden box towards the masked man. His right hand reaches out from under his battered cloak to accept the box, then the two arrancar draw their zanpakuto. The three shinigami don't react to it at all, as if accepting what anyone in this situation must realize is coming...

>Stop the Arrancar.
>Attack the masked man.
>Split duties with Yoruichi, hope she understands your plan without your saying anything.
>Observe.
>Other?

>>1151877
>Split duties with Yoruichi, hope she understands your plan without your saying anything.

>>1151877
>Steal the wooden box. Yoink!

>>1151877
>Split duties with Yoruichi, hope she understands your plan without your saying anything.

>Split duties with Yoruichi, hope she understands your plan without your saying anything.

>>1151877
>Attack the masked man.

>>1151877
>>Split duties with Yoruichi, hope she understands your plan without your saying anything.

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Okay, votes are in.
3d10, DC 16, Crit 21. Sorry I was delayed, someone was wrong on the internet.

Rolled 4, 5, 9 = 18 (3d10)

>>1151922
we stealing the box?

Rolled 1, 10, 1 = 12 (3d10)

>>1151922

>>1151924
I won't stop you from trying.

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

>>1151922

>>1151934
so close. 1 short from triple 7s.

>>1151936
no jackpot for me yet sadly

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Without bothering to communicate, you and your wife leap into action. Any desire to disguise your presence is abandoned in favor of speed as you attack the masked man and Yoruichi draws swords to counter the two arrancar. Blades clash, two short swords locking against Yoruichi's stout butterfly swords as Tenkotsuki collides with a long sword that looks for all the world like Hyōrinmaru. The man only holds his weapon in one hand, and so you take the opportunity to release Tenkotsuki with your left hand and throw a punch at his mask.

He reels as the porcelain shatters to reveal a youthful face underneath, the right side of which is badly scarred. The man glares at you angrily as one of the arrancar shouts in alarm.

“What the hell!? Who are you?”

The scarred man scowls at you. “That's Captain Shihōin, the executive commander of the Onmitsukidō. And it's been a while, but judging by her uniform her companion must be Captain Kusajishi, of the Ninth Division.”

“Am I wrong?”

Yoruichi's tone is one of false amusement. “My reputation precedes me.”

“It's hard to forget the name of the woman responsible for your death,” Kusaka counters. He senses your blade pushing harder against his, reaching up to grasp his zanpakuto in two hands and send you sliding back on your toes. As you recover you note that he withdraws his heavily bandaged left arm back under his cloak. “As for Kusajishi here, I'm not quite sure how I recall her name.”

“You have us at a disadvantage, boy,” Yoruichi grumbles, a scraping of steel against steel announcing that she's forced the two arrancar back. “Who might you be?”

“I am Kusaka Sōjirō, formerly a student at the Academy here in the Seireitei,” he growls, even his introduction needlessly aggressive. “Don't think I'm here out of nostalgia.”

“You three, get out of here!” Yoruichi demands loudly. “Hey, are you even listening?”

>And so who are these three shinigami?
>Then why are you here?
>How are you alive?
>Continue attacking?

>>1151967
>>And so who are these three shinigami?

>>1151967
>Then why are you here?
>How are you alive?

>>1151967
>>And so who are these three shinigami?
>>Then why are you here?

>>1151967
>And so who are these three shinigami?

>>1151967
>And so who are these three shinigami?
>Steal the box

>>1151967
>And so who are these three shinigami?
>Then why are you here?

>3d10, DC 18 Crit 21
>best of four

Rolled 3, 5, 3 = 11 (3d10)

>>1152010

Rolled 5, 9, 9 = 23 (3d10)

>>1152010

Rolled 6, 4, 2 = 12 (3d10)

>>1152010

Rolled 3, 9, 2 = 14 (3d10)

>>1152010

>>1152014
thank you based anon

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>>1152014

>>1152014
Our savior!

>>1152010
>>1152014
YES. WE MUST STEAL KUSAKA'S PRECIOUS BOX!~

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“And so what do these three have to do with it?” you demand, positioning yourself between Kusaka and the Kidō Corps members.

Yoruichi growls as she fends off another attack from the arrancars. “And why are you so determined to get rid of them?”

“I had thought they'd outlived their use and become a liability,” Kusaka replies cannily, taking a small step towards you. “But perhaps I was mistaken.”

“Bakudo 30: Shitotsu Sansen!” a voice declares, and you feel three moderately strong but still very effective fangs of reiatsu slam into your back. A surprised yelp from Yoruichi tells you she's under attack as well, but your main concern is that Kusaka is moving to take advantage of the momentary opportunity. Straining against the spell you hear a shattering sound, and you manage to raise your hands quickly enough to grab him around his left wrist and place Tenkotsuki in the way.

“Reign over the frosted heavens, Hyōrinmaru!” he shouts even as you kick him in the ribs, and two things happen. Your arms ice over down to the elbows before you can backpedal quickly enough, and your own fingers tear off the wrappings around Kusaka's left arm. You're treated to a disgusting spectacle before he can hide the limb again: pallid white flesh, with what are unmistakably three open eyes tucked between several of the major muscle groups.

A flex of your wrists shatters the ice: numbing, but thankfully not all that damaging. Yoruichi suddenly appears at your side, and the arrancars to either side of Kusaka, who glares at you angrily.

“Those three seemed to be under his control somehow,” Yoruichi tells you, directing your attention towards the three prone forms of the Kidō experts. “One of their masks came off, there was some sort of mark there. Like a tattoo, or a seal.”

“Forget that shit,” you mutter. “That freak's got eyes on his arm.”

“I... honestly don't know what to do with that information,” Yoruichi admits, her expressions worked up in overwhelming confusion. “Seriously, what the hell?”

“So you saw...” Kusaka grumbles. “That complicates things. Yin. Yang. We're leaving.”

“Do you really think we're about to let you?” Yoruichi growls.

The two arrancar begin to open a garganta behind their apparent master.

“In a word... yes.”
>1/2

>>1152044
“Since my old friend Toshi seems to be absent I have no desire to act just yet, and I have what I wanted,” Kusaka sneers. “And whether you realize it or not your hands are about to be very full.”

>Attack Kusaka together with Yoruichi, regardless of what ability he might be using.
>Try to bind Kusaka, see if you can keep him from leaving the Seireitei.
>Stop whatever it is that those arrancar, Yin and Yang, are trying to do.
>Other?

>>1152044
ah i see, so he organized the uchiha clan massacre.

>>1152056
I realized that shortly after I planned this out.
It was the Kurosaki clan, actually

It wasn't really

>>1152052
>"Then let me help you"
>Other: Bind him, then kick him into the garganta as a diversion while we steal the box from his robes.

>>1152052
>Stop whatever it is that those arrancar, Yin and Yang, are trying to do.

>>1152052
>>Stop whatever it is that those arrancar, Yin and Yang, are trying to do.
We can still interrupt it as long as negacion isn't involved... right?

>>1152052
I get the distinct feeling his arm is somehow able to absorb reishi so....
>Try to cut his Eyeball Arm. Give the sample to Kisuke if successful.

>>1152052
>>Stop whatever it is that those arrancar, Yin and Yang, are trying to do.

guys, you're letting him get away with what he wanted in the first place! Steal that box of his and deny him of his objective!

>>1152052
>>Try to bind Kusaka, see if you can keep him from leaving the Seireitei.
Use the double casting technique to slap two different binding kido on him. As high level as practical

>3d10, best of 4
>DC 18, Crit 22

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

>>1152107
Well shit.

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

>>1152107

Rolled 9, 10, 2 = 21 (3d10)

>>1152107

Rolled 8, 2, 2 = 12 (3d10)

>>1152107

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>>1152118
The fucking dice tease returns.

>>1152118
So...close...

Maybe enough to steal his box, but not keep him from escaping?

>>1152118
>>1152107
AAAAHHH. I want the success to be that we failed to stop him from escaping but we succeed in stealing the box from him. would that suffice?

>>1152143
>>1152130
Either way we still fuck his day up, we probably get the box, though it wouldn't hurt if we did some damage to those arrancar.

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>>1152107
Whatever Kusaka's up to, you're willing to follow your hunch that these two arrancar aren't just trying to help him escape. No, this is a man who bled and died for bullshit reasons at the whims of Soul Society's elites... nothing so simple as turning tail while he's ahead. He means to make all the shinigami suffer as he did, and you doubt he's the type to let an opportunity to do so pass without leaping at it.

“Hyapporankan!” one of the previously-fallen shinigami declares even as you close the distance with Yin and Yang. You hear it soon enough to turn and slash the iron rods out of the air with a single spinning sweep of Tenkotsuki's lethal edge, hardly slowing to appreciate the effect so as not to give the redheaded arrancar an opening to exploit. Yoruichi has an even more elegant plan.

“Shunkō!” she roars, coating her arms and hands with powerful reiatsu that arcs and dances wildly as she reaches out to grab two iron rails from the air. With a dash she uses them to impale the blue-haired arrancar: once with a thrust through one wrist and the other as she spins and lodges the weapon through the back of her victim's shoulder.

“Yin!” the redhead shouts in alarm, failing to notice your approach.

You wind up with Tenkotsuki, the muscles of your right arm and shoulder bulging as you store as much power there as you can manage before releasing it all at once.

“Kamaitachi!”

The powerful zanjutsu sends Yang hurtling to the ground, gouging out a massive chunk of wall before crashing into a courtyard that's immediately full of dust. You think you even see an uprooted tree come down on top of a nearby roof, which if you'd been more confident that had been a fatal blow you might've laughed at.

Kusaka, now temporarily deprived of his escort, simply sighs in exasperation.

“I told those two not to underestimate a Captain,” he grumbles, now revealing his left arm from under his cloak. “Now I have to go and use something like this... stupid women.”

“You don't have to...” Yin begins tentatively, still pinned in midair by the silvery rails.

“It doesn't matter, I'd have had to use it anyway at some point.”
>1/2

>>1152179
>no box stolen.
DAMMIT.

>>1152179
The three eyes that have been open, each of which has a massive dilated pupil ringed with a sickly yellow iris and a black sclera, begin to change. The pupils contract back down to a 'normal' proportion, then each eye slowly shuts. A sidelong glance reveals that the three men under his control slump to the ground... one eye for each? You can't be sure of the exact mechanics of this technique, but now at least you have some idea of its limitations.

You also can reasonably assume a few of its characteristics... most notably that a target doesn't have to be conscious to fall under his control. Yoruichi hit those three shinigami hard, and it's not like she's out of practice at all: not a single shinigami below Lieutenant level could possibly have kept their lights on after taking such a pummeling. Honestly, you wouldn't have been surprised if they'd been killed.

“I'll give you one last offer to withdraw before things get ugly,” Kusaka warns you. “It's in all our interests to just walk away at this point.”

Yoruichi snickers quietly to herself. “Ah, I get it.”

“What is it you think you 'get', Captain?”

“You're not confident you can control the Ōin, are you?” she surmises with a confident smirk. “That's it, isn't it? You haven't mastered Bankai, so you're not sure that your reiatsu control stacks up against a real Captain. And if you can't fully control the Ōin...”

“... it becomes a gambit,” you complete the thought for her. “A calculated risk, and you've calculated that your odds aren't great. Are they?”

“You two infuriate me,” Kusaka growls, “almost worse than that backstabber Toshi. I almost want to use this technique on you just to watch you cut each other's throats... but no. My offer still stands.”

>Fuck you. Press the attack at close range.
>Just try. Get some distance and make yourselves hard targets.
>Fine, you can't use the stupid thing anyway.
>So what if Hitsugaya was here?
>Write-in?

>>1152194
>>Fuck you. Press the attack at close range.

>>1152194
Hit him with duel binding spells, then grab the box.

>>1152194
>Fuck you. Press the attack at close range.
>Try to remove that arm.

>>1152194
>Just try. Get some distance and make yourselves hard targets.
I'm more worried about the abilities of those eye arms, personally. An attempt to dislodge the box from his hands at range would be fine by me.

>>1152194
>Just try. Get some distance and make yourselves hard targets.
Let's not jump blindly into this.

>>1152194
>>Just try. Get some distance and make yourselves hard targets.

>>1152194
>Just try. Get some distance and make yourselves hard targets.

>>1152022
My nigger.

>>1152194
>Write-in?

Barrier kido might be able to block it, if it's anything resembling the roofie espada.

>>1152194
In this order:
>Press into his personal space
>"So what if Hitsugaya was here?" as a distraction.
>Steal the box
>Get some distance with box in tow.

>>1152194
>>1152207
actually ill change my vote to
>Get dat fuggin Box

>distance wins
>3d10, dc 16, Crit 22
>best of three

Rolled 3, 9, 6 = 18 (3d10)

>>1152245

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

>>1152245
COME ON GET THAT BOX.

Rolled 6, 4, 3 = 13 (3d10)

>>1152245
I do wonder if Kengen can be applied to reset any mind control attempts on either us or Yoru.

Rolled 8, 8, 1 = 17 (3d10)

>>1152245

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

>>1152245

>>1152247
>>1152250
>>1152253
At least we didn't fail...

>>1152245
>>1152247
>>1152250
>>1152253
AAAAHHHHH THAT BOX INFURIATES ME. IT'S SUCH A FUCKING TEASE. WE COULD'VE DENIED HIM OF HIS OBJECTIVE. BUT NOOOOO. ANONS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE BOX.

>writing

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>>1152247
I stopped praying for you to get brutally raped and murdered for a second there, namefag. Well done.

>>1152260
Alright, you are getting pretty annoying about this now. You got your point across already.

Rolled 5, 2, 2, 1 = 10 (4d10)

Also, I need to roll something here.

>>1152304
that doesn't bode well at all. Or is this an opposing roll?

>>1152304
man even King cant roll today.

>>1152304
Please don't be Yoruichi...

>>1152316

Probably Brosuke

>>1152304
Who's getting fucked up today?

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>>1152304
“Well, dearest Yoruichi,” you sigh wearily, “I do believe that leaves us but one recourse.”

Your wife nods stoically. “Indeed it does, dearest Riku. Indeed it does.”

“Just fucking try...” you purr, taking a backwards step as Yoruichi does the same.

She nearly clotheslines an off-guard Yin while you kick Yang in the face as she staggers to her feet, then you sidestep. For a moment a mark is left on the ground where you stood a moment earlier, serving to confirm your suspicion: he may have several eyes on that freaky arm of his, but the number is there mostly to compensate for how hard it is to aim. The mark disappears as Kusaka reverses the technique, then you move to strike Yang again. This time you duck under a blast of fire and aim a sweeping strike at her gut with Tenkotsuki. She leaves a thin line of red across Yang's body, but the arrancar just managed to backpedal out of the way.

Again, Kusaka misses. The crackle of electricity and a surge of reiatsu tells you that Yoruichi is having just as much success as you on her end. Of your two opponents, it's Yang that cracks first.

“Ignite!” she calls out, her body bursting into flame. Instead of hearing the name of her zanpakuto, her voice simply disappears amid a roaring pyre. Her speed increases, almost enough to give you a decent challenge, but her new form does make her that much harder to actually hit. There seems to be little tangible about her, like you're literally trying to cut a bonfire.

Kusaka, meanwhile, has grown increasingly frustrated by your antics. “Enough! Bankai: Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!”

The ball that is somehow Yang pauses as the air around the battlefield grows cold, sharp crystals forming in many places like foot-long raindrops suspended in mid-fall. She withdraws, seemingly unnerved by the cold.

“I'm sick of you two taking me so lightly,” Kusaka fumes, before what seems like a baker's dozen eyes open on his arm all at once. “Try dodging this!”

You instinctively dash to your side, trying to foil whatever plan Kusaka's devised...

… only to be hit across your jaw by your own left hand.

“It seems your left hand is no longer your own,” Tenkotsuki muses quietly. “Quite unnerving... but ultimately not enough.”
>1/2

>>1152332
Oh shit, they actually did literally graft that guy onto his arm, didn't they? Fuck.

>>1152332
“What kind of pathetic woman do you take me for, child?” you snarl through gritted teeth. “So you took one arm... congratu-fucking-lations.”

Your left arm hits you in the cheek a second time, leaving what feels like a nasty bruise in the making... but you don't so much as flinch. Even from here you can tell that Kusaka expected more, and he's a little disturbed that he's not gotten it.

“When did you assume I couldn't take the same punishment I could dish out?” you continue as your own arm hits you a third time. Annoyed, you quickly slit the inside of your elbow and allow the limb to fall limply to your side. “There. That's one nuisance dealt with.”

Yoruichi takes a moment to glance down at you. “You feeling okay?”

“Yeah, using the crystals as lenses to aim his attack caught me off guard,” you admit. “I didn't think he was that clever.”

“Is that really the best you can do?” a third voice muses as Kisuke steps out from behind a nearby wall, clad in a reiatsu-blocking cloak. “No more tricks to show me?”

“Ever the scientist,” Yoruichi groans. “How long were you waiting?”

“Long enough for my purposes,” Kisuke shrugs.

>You're outclassed, Kusaka. Drop the box and leave with your life.
>You won't be leaving here alive, Kusaka. Yin, Yang... your decision.
>Everyone dies. End of debate.
>If you have a beef with Hitsugaya, settle it with him.
>Other?

>>1152352
>>If you have a beef with Hitsugaya, settle it with him.

>>1152352
>You're outclassed, Kusaka. Drop the box and leave with your life.
>If you have a beef with Hitsugaya, settle it with him.

>>1152352
>Steal the box.

>>1152352
FInally, Kisuke shows up! And for once I'm thrilled to see him, because it means he's absolutely certain of his victory.

>>1152352
>>You're outclassed, Kusaka. Drop the box and leave with your life.
>If you have a beef with Hitsugaya, settle it with him.

>>1152352
>You're outclassed, Kusaka. Drop the box and leave with your life.
>If you have a beef with Hitsugaya, settle it with him.

>>1152352
>>If you have a beef with Hitsugaya, settle it with him.
>>Other?
The box stays. That's non-negotiable.

And prep some Utsusemi clones if he wants to keep on going with this.

>>1152352
>You're outclassed, Kusaka. Drop the box and leave with your life.

>>1152352
“If you want to settle a beef with Hitsugaya that can be arranged,” you insist, staring Kusaka down as Yin and Yang rally to him. “Even your arrancar companions are free to go if they'd like.”

The two exchange nervous glances, clearly considering your proposal.

“But the box stays with us,” you conclude. “That part is non-negotiable.”

It doesn't take Kusaka long to reach a verdict. “No deal.”

The box comes out from within his cloak, and he's clearly prepared to slice through it with his Hyōrinmaru.

>Try and physically stop his swing, it's the only way to be certain.
>Try and outspeed his swing with kidō from here.
>Inaccurate as they may be, you do have some anken. They'd get there first.
>Throw one of your zanpakuto, you DO have two of them.
>Other?

>>1152411
>>Throw one of your zanpakuto, you DO have two of them.

>>1152411
>Throw one of your zanpakuto, you DO have two of them.
We must be the badass.

>>1152411
>Outspeed his swing and intercept the box in mid-air.

>>1152411
Doesn't Kamaitachi function as a ranged attack, but because it's not actually a zanpaktou it's in no danger of activating the King's Key?

Isn't that ideal for this situation? Shame we already let them know we have it.

>>1152432
For that matter, couldn't we aim at THE BOX and knock it out of his hands without activating or damaging it that way?

I'm assuming it's made partly out of shinreiyoku and that disrespect aside, a little tumble is not gonna damage it.

>>1152428
This one gets it.

>>1152411
>Other?
> Use the Shunpo/Hirenkyaku combo to outspeed him and stop him with one hit.

>>1152432
That's a good point, but the problem is that Kamaitachi has a big wind-up and has travel-time. Also it would signify a breakdown in negotiations and would not nab us some more arrancar recruits. Yin and Yang seem like a decent couple.

>>1152411
>Try and physically stop his swing, it's the only way to be certain.

>>1152411
>>Try and physically stop his swing, it's the only way to be certain.
>>Other?
Toss in some speed clone equivalent techniques to confuse him if he tries to be cheeky with the puppeteer eye-arm.

>>1152438
then link vote to support.
>>1152411
Other: Tackle Kusaka with stacking Shunpo+Hirenkyaku.
>>1152441
supporting the speed stacking.

>>1152443
He's going for the key, one way or another negotiations have already broken down.

>>1152457
Eh, I'd like confirmation from King that the King's Key probably won't be damaged, rather than assuming.

>>1152461
Riku has no way of knowing for sure, as that discussion was in progress when Kusaka's arrival interrupted.

>>1152466
>>1152411
My vote is still on speed stacking but going for a tackle like in >>1152457

>3d10, DC 19, Crit 21
There's no coherent strategy here beyond "go fast" and "stop that", but the majority seem focused on getting there in person. So I'm going for a hybrid plan, which if it succeeds has a good chance of succeeding massively and even if it fails wouldn't fail spectacularly.

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

>>1152492

Rolled 3, 7, 1 = 11 (3d10)

>>1152492
shit.

Rolled 7, 10, 2 = 19 (3d10)

>>1152492
>even if it fails wouldn't fail spectacularly
Damned by the expectations already

>>1152494
fuck me i cant handle these rolls

Rolled 8, 1, 9 = 18 (3d10)

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>>1152492
>>1152503
MUTHA FUKIN SAVED.

>>1152503
if i could give you a blow job thru the internet i would be deepthroating you right now. thats the 2nnd time youve saved the roll

Rolled 9, 6, 8, 8 = 31 (4d10)

>QM rolling for Yin and Yang things

>>1152519
are you fucking shitting me?

>>1152519
here's hoping they're the secret good gals.

>>1152511
Eh, I do get some bad rolls.

Like triple 1s that were thankfully outside the rolling window some threads ago.

>>1152519
Oh man. Twins stepped it up.

>>1152519
...Wow. That's either really good, or really bad.

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>>1152519
You need to get there immediately to stop his swing, and you know precisely which technique you can use to do so. It's a risk, but if you pull it off properly it offers the best chance of success. So with an exceedingly short moment of mental preparation, you use hirenkyaku and suddenly accelerate yourself even beyond that speed with a shunpō.

The last thing you see before the world around you melts away is the two arrancar moving almost in slow motion, either reacting to your first step or to something around you that you can't see.

The first thing you see after moving is Kusaka, staring in disbelief at his own fingers... or what's left of them. You had been aiming to slice his entire arm off and deal with this problematic special power of his and the seal in a single stroke, but something must have gotten in your way. Instead it appears that you took all five of his fingers off at about the first knuckle. You also note that his two arrancar are in bad shape, one sitting up from the crater she created to find her twin bloodied and beaten. It seems Kusaka's attack slashed and froze across Yang's back at the same time as a Byakurai pierced her gut and Tenkotsuki took off her arm at the elbow. Yin quietly pleads with her to move, to no avail.

“You...” Kusaka glares at you, wrath distorting his features as his teeth clench hard enough to crack and draw blood. “You!”

“Yes,” you reply calmly. “Me. Excellent observational skills, Kusaka.”

It feels strange. Your body tingles not with raw power, but a refined power. A confidence and awareness of your own superiority that would cross the border into arrogance were it not so deeply grounded in an inarguable reality.

“How?” comes his simple demand as you glance at your wife. She stares back at you with wide, almost fearful eyes.

You don't like that.

“How many?” you ask quietly, your voice carrying a familiarly resonant tone.

She blinks once. “Nine. And they're... well, they're black.”

“Well, that is most unexpected,” you muse, turning your attention to Kisuke. “I intended to take off your arm, Kusaka. But your arrancars' willingness to sacrifice themselves for you has backfired magnificently. As you can see, I have accidentally done what you were too fearful to do.”

“For now, at least, the Ōin is mine.”

>Test the Ōin's power on Kusaka, see what it can truly offer you.
>The Ōin is not your power. Familiarize yourself with the nine-tailed form.
>Deal with Kusaka and hand over the Ōin as quickly as you can.
>Other?

>>1152594
>>Deal with Kusaka and hand over the Ōin as quickly as you can.

>>1152594
>The Ōin is not your power. Familiarize yourself with the nine-tailed form.

>>1152594
>>Deal with Kusaka and hand over the Ōin as quickly as you can.

>>1152594
>>Deal with Kusaka and hand over the Ōin as quickly as you can.

>>1152594
>Deal with Kusaka and hand over the Ōin as quickly as you can.

>>1152594
>The Ōin is not your power. Familiarize yourself with the nine-tailed form.

Maybe try to make sure Yang doesn't die from that massive bodily trauma

Take Kusaka's mind control arm off, as well. While that's a fun way to create an Arrancar/Shinigami hybrid, it's also somewhat offensive.

>>1152613
You realize how much trouble we are probably in right?
Honestly, I'm surprised the twins got to roll at all. I think the only other person who got opposed rolls was Aizen, and they are hardly on his level.

>>1152594
>She blinks once. “Nine. And they're... well, they're black.”
Dayum.
>Deal with Kusaka and hand over the Ōin as quickly as you can.
Nope nope nope. As much as I want to be in peak performance power with the Ōin, that's a fuckton of lines we're crossing. Unless the Ōin is already inseperable the moment we cut the damn thing in attempt to prevent Kusaka from doing what we accidentally did.

>>1152628
Well there is a reason why one of them is probably now dead.

>>1152628
They were reacting to the overall situation, not strictly Riku. And the nameless double-step trick requires some startup before you hit ludicrous speed.

Their DC was literally 24.

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>>1152594
>>The Ōin is not your power. Familiarize yourself with the nine-tailed form.

>>1152594
>Other: Finish the job, cut off Kusaka's mutated arm, and then bind him.so we can hand him over to the C-46 alive.
>>1152646
Well it's a good thing both of them managed to roll well. If they rolled shit, both of them would been dead.

>>1152636
The Royal Guards are gonna have a field day with this...

>>1152646
Riku "Two-Step Flash" Kusajishi sound like a decent nickname?

>>1152658

"Two Step Riku" flows nicer.

>>1152628
I'm aware. I just don't think we'd be in any less trouble for dropping it as soon as possible.

>>1152663
ya i'll agree with you on that.

>>1152655
And the C-46.
>>1152663
>Two-step Riku
>Double-step Riku
>Dubstep Riku
>Can't stop those sound wubs her dubsteps make when she double stacks her stepping speed

>>1152663
I like the idea of calling it the two-step technique.
I'm sure there's some neato japanese translation, but i don't into moonspeak nearly enough.

One/first step is "ippo", right? What would "two steps" or "second step" be?

>>1152670
guess i should give myself a trip for reasons
>>1152671
The drop would be dope as fuck errytime.

>>1152683
Nidankai-hō is what i get from direct translating Two-Step Technique

>>1152689
Sounds Bleach-y enough, soon we shall be even faster than Yoruichi herself!

You have two options here, depending on how much of a statement you want to make and how curious you are about the situation:
>Simple technique
>Exotic technique

>>1152695
>>Simple technique

>>1152695
>>Simple technique

>>1152695
>>Exotic technique
I am curious!

>>1152692
Yoruichi is about as fast as anyone can go and still be able to tell where they're going. If Riku could have seen what she was doing there'd have been no accidental consequences.

>>1152695
>Exotic technique
I mean we're already here right?

>>1152695
>exotic
well we are returning the box when we're done...

>>1152692
I feel like we'd rip ourselves apart if we further combined it with Sonido, or we'd break time.
>>1152695
>Exotic Technique
Let's tease ourselves a bit.

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>>1152695
>Exotic technique

>>1152695
>>Exotic technique

>>1152707
Always worth a shot, at the very least we would be marked down as the fastest thing that ever was. It seems very fitting for Riku to have died for going too fast.

>>1152695
>Simple technique

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>>1152655
I can imagine one of the three aspects of Riku (probably Tenkotsuki) cheekily singing a personal version of Britney Spears' "Oops I did it again"
>Oops, I~ did it again.
>I played with the rules~
>got lost in the game~
>oh people, people
>Oops You think its a crime
>That I'm born half-divi~i~ne
>But I'm just that innocent.

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>>1152707
I'm all up for having halibel teach us sonido after this.
Gotta go fast, right?

Three-Step Technique
3000 hours in photoshop

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In this form you feel like you can do anything... though you must admit that even you find yourself a bit wary about that sort of power being at your disposal. Certainly, no one else must be wholly comfortable with it either. But even with that admission, you can't help but want to use it, almost as if that power has a will of its own which runs subtly counter to your conscious efforts at restraint. A primal, frightening, nigh-insatiable urge to show the entire cosmos that you can dominate it with little more than a thought and a fleeting gesture.

Surely it couldn't hurt to use it, just once. Just to indulge. To learn how it must feel to be a goddess in every sense.

Reaching out your left hand, the joint now repaired without your having directed such measures, you focus on Kusaka's left arm. Even before he can open its extra eyes the limb is crushed, as if subjected to the pressure of the deepest, darkest depths of the ocean. Blood spurts forth from ruined eye sockets and Kusaka screams, more from horror than any pain his mind is capable of comprehending. Then you release your grip on the space around him, only to focus your power on a small spot in front of him. With a thrust of one finger you push that point back through his body, penetrating both of his spiritual pressure points with nothing more than distorted empty space, twisting through his chest.

“That...” you mutter to yourself. “That felt too satisfying. My instincts are simultaneously screaming at me to stop and screaming for more... this power is wrong. I am not ready to handle it.”

With that pronouncement you turn your left palm upwards, focusing the alien powers into the space directly above it. You sway on your feet as the Ōin materializes in your grasp, and immediately pass the damned thing off to your wife.

“If you can't destroy it,” you mutter, “bury it under so many barriers it'll never see the light of day again. By all accounts it shouldn't even exist.”

“How did you do that?” Yoruichi asks, eyes still locked on you as if unsure what to expect.

“I rearranged space to suit my needs,” you explain, “or at least the thing I became for a few moments did. Kusaka is no longer a threat to anyone... but even so, and even though he was wronged by the Seireitei long ago, he should face trial for what he's tried to do.”

“Agreed,” Yoruichi nods, seemingly satisfied that you've returned to normal. “On all counts.”

>Check in with Kisuke, get his view on the Oin
>Try to convince Yoruichi to destroy the thing.
>Check on the arrancars, Yang got pretty fucked up.
>Other?

>>1152771
>>Check in with Kisuke, get his view on the Oin
>Check on the arrancars, Yang got pretty fucked up.

>>1152766
I think the First Step to learning the Three Step is to master the Two Step first.
>>1152771
>Check on the Arrancars, Yang got pretty fucked up.

>>1152771
>Check on the arrancars, Yang got pretty fucked up.
>Check in with Kisuke, get his view on the Oin

>>1152771
>Check on the arrancars, Yang got pretty fucked up.
>Other: Call in Unohana and 4th division. We have injured Arrancar and 1 Kusaka to detain after treating that left arm of his.

>>1152771
Is that... the power of the Soul King?

>>1152771
>>Check on the arrancars, Yang got pretty fucked up.

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>>1152771
>>>Check on the arrancars, Yang got pretty fucked up.
Let the Oin exist, I say. What's the worst it could lead to?

Alright, here's the deal. I'm falling asleep at the switch, so I'll run briefly after SoZ tomorrow night to make up for only going six hours.

Thanks for running, archive and Twitter are where they've always been, and I'll answer any questions that come up between now and tomorrow night when I see them tomorrow morning.

Thanks for playing, and hope you had fun!

>>1152822
Aizen getting those powers. Nobody wants that I'm pretty sure.

>>1152771
>Check on the arrancars, Yang got pretty fucked up.
Time for more allies

>>1152822
Who knows what the consequences of destroying it would be though. For all we know, it's what is keeping the Soul King trapped in that crystal.

>>1152825
Thanks for making my days way more interesting, you a best.

>>1152825
See ya Queen!

>>1152771
>"... this power is wrong. I am not ready to handle it. I will diminish, and go into the West and remain Riku."

>"Like Hell you will! You get back to my futon and attend to your wifely duties!"

>>1152825
see ya queen!

Questions:
>Will there be any significant pastebin updates?
>Riku: have you thought of a nickname for the Shunpo+Hirenkyaku combo? I'm thinking Dub-step. wub-wub-wub.
>Riku: I hope you aren't suffering any withdrawal symptoms after you indulged in the Ōin's power. Power is a helluva drug.
>Kisuke: Did Riku break any sound barriers when she used that faster-than-shunpo technique? we need the data.
>Riku/Rosa/Tenkotsuki: Do you think your trip to hell and hell's boon have something to do with your tails being black as soot?
>How did Yin and Yang meet Kusaka and why were they coerced into helping him?
>Kusaka: please stay focused. We don't want you passing out now. on a scale of 1-10, how much pain are you in right now?
>Are the C-46 starting to feel numb from the brick shitting? Shitting bricks on a daily-weekly basis isn't very good to one's mental/physical/spiritual health. Especially for politicians/nobles.
>Riku/Rosa/Tenkotsuki: If given the chance to do so without any consequence befalling on you whatsoever on any terms, would you do >>1152764?
>Is Renji making any headway in his make-up kido lessons?
>How expensive are those Gin Tonbo sunglasses? Are they that expensive that even a Captain despairs at how deep a pair can bite into their wallet?
>Did anyone take pictures of the various activites the G-13 did at the lake district? Did someone take a picture of Menoly, Neliel,and Lilynette building sandcastles? If yes, were they given copies of the photo for them to keep?
>"Seireitei monthly magazine: Swimsuit edition" when?
>Tenkotsuki/Rosa: Is there any modern clothing you would be tempted to personally try on? like blue jeans?
>To Yoruichi and Yuushiro's father: How relieved are you to know your daughter's marital status? what's your opinion on the chances of Yuushiro continuing the bloodline? And given your position in the C-46 as a senior Judge, give an estimate of how big of a "nuclear fallout" would your daughter's secret cause amongst the nobles if it was to be exposed and confirmed. Civil war level fallout?
>Riku: Give us your opinion if you were to read all the manga of thisTite Kubo's canon!bleach from start to finish.

Omake suggestions you may have missed from last thread:
>Riku and Yoruichi's wedding... From Apacci's perspective.
>a pair of student Shinigami from 2nd and 9th division team up for the greatest challenge they have to undertake in order to graduate: Steal a pair of sandals from the Head Captain Yamamoto without getting caught. Spoiler:They get caught

New Omake suggestions:
>a 9th division journalist somehow manages to conduct formal interviews with Arrancars detailing a Hollow's life in Hueco Mundo for an article in Seireitei monthly magazine.
>A day in the life of Lieutenant Momo (post Yamamoto's death) where she wakes up, does paperwork, and keeps track of the ongoing prank war her captain instigates and teaches her in pulling on a daily/weekly basis.

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>>1152825
>Even though it hasn't aired in Japan TV, would Kirinji be a likely fan of the TV Series "House"?

>>1152825
>>1153398
Omake Suggestion: Riku and Yoruichi swap places in the Soul Society Ark, i. e. Riku trains the kids and Yoruichi stayed home.

>>1153898
Omake suggestion: Riku takes Yoruichi's face........... off.

>>1152825
Omake suggestions you may have missed in previous threads:
>After turning into a living!human Shimigami, Tatsuki meets her Zampakuto Spirit Tōōkenjū face to face in Jinzen meditation in attaining Shikai.

>>1152825
I still want to see the what if meeting for Nel.

>>1152825

Omake: What if Ichigo was born a girl and Riku decided to personally train her?

>>1153398
>>1152825
Omake Suggestion: The day that yoruichi found riku in the rukongai, from yoruichi's perspective.

>>1152771
Omake: What if Riku was a hollow/arrancar?

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>>1153398
>When something significant changes
>”I have not, and I don't think I'll be calling it that.”
>”I do find myself... missing it. Just a little.”
>”I don't have data on literally everything, you know.”
>”I am unsure how to account for this discrepancy, for my tails are and always have been the same color. However in some of the old stories black foxes are considered to be as auspicious as white ones, so I would refrain from assuming that black tails are somehow tainted or evil.”
>They met him in Hueco Mundo, and as “natural” arrancar they banded together under him in response to Aizen's presence instead of doing what most of the other natural arrancar did.
>Well, yeah. That's the difficulty when it literally never stops, it gets harder to be outraged.
>”No. I don't know what the vixen or the woman would do, as I don't speak for them. But no.”
>Sort of. It's not easy for him.
>Extremely. A Captain could replace them a few times a year without being set back too badly, a Lieutenant would have to save up because Riku's are a special model.
>Yes, and the pictures were considered personal mementos.
>It might happen at some point, especially if the women's association ever considers it.
>”I have not one but several tails, dear. Jeans would not suit me.”
>”Well, in a way. It does put a little more pressure on the boy to carry on our lineage... though if I'm honest, our direct line dying out might not be the worst thing for the Clan. The marriage, for similar reasons to those behind my last statement, might not be as loudly opposed as you might think.”
>”Someone needs to teach that poor young man not to waste so many panels. Watsuki-sensei could have done the same story in like a third less of the time and volumes.”

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- INTERMISSION -
“So, how exactly do you change into a cat, anyway?”

Yoruichi, who until this point had been lounging after a long training session, sighs quietly. It's her old friend and current Third Seat Urahara who speaks.

“Good luck with that,” he all but snickers. “I've been asking that question for almost a hundred years.”

“Several generations ago...” Yoruichi begins, as Urahara sits bolt upright from where he's been relaxing nearby.

“Wait, are you actually going to tell her? Just like that?”

“Keep interrupting me and see what happens, Kisuke,” Yoruichi grumbles, shooting a glare at the man. “Several generations ago, there was a sickness in the Seireitei. The leader of the Shihōin at the time lost his wife and their unborn child to it, and he himself saw his strength eroded. Without a strong central figure our clan teetered on the edge of collapse.”

“The head first sought out a political marriage, though no family would interject themselves into such a precarious situation and he found even his allies kept him at arm's length. Next he sought out the advice of monks and wise men, who offered only prayers and spiritual advice. No heir was forthcoming. Finally, he begged the gods and spirits for intercession... and it was then that he found an answer to his prayers.”

“A senri.”

“What is that?” Riku asks, turning to glance at her Captain and mentor. “I haven't heard of such a spirit.”

“A senri is an old leopard cat, progenitor of the myths regarding nekomata and bakeneko in modern Japan,” Yoruichi explains, careful to draw distinctions between very similar concepts. “A shapeshifter that can take the form of a beautiful woman. The senri offered to bear the clan head an heir... but in exchange, when the young heir came into his inheritance, the senri expected payment. The senri expected the father's soul.”

“One soul for another,” Riku muses quietly. “It's fair, in a twisted sense.”

“I agree,” Yoruichi nods. “And so did the clan head. A few months later a beautiful baby boy was born to the Shihōin clan.”
>1/?

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>>1155644
The trio of shinigami are quiet for a moment, as one collects her thoughts and the others hang on her words. “For a few years they were seemingly a happy family. The child was brought up with excellent training in politics and martial arts, in many ways setting the standards for my own upbringing. But the mother grew restless... she wanted her soul, though bound by her agreement she was obliged to wait.”

“So what happened?” Riku asks.

Yoruichi leans back, an almost self-satisfied grin on her face. “The clan head died. Lingering health problems from the same disease which took his wife and son, an end which of course he no doubt predicted. The senri was denied her prize, and was chased off from the Seireitei while her son became the new head of our Clan. He was only six years old, but possessed great spiritual power. Descendants of gods and spirits supposedly have that gift for many generations, spawning extremely powerful scions. It wouldn't surprise me if every noble house had something in their history like mine does.”

“And so he could also turn into a cat?” Urahara asks.

“Nope,” Yoruichi shakes her head. “Only the women descended from that senri and her child can do it. It was a real shock for the poor kid when he was trying to raise his first and only daughter. So much of a shock that he prohibited her from marrying, only to find that his granddaughter possessed the same supernatural ability, albeit with much greater control.”

“Eventually it passed into common acceptance that women in my direct lineage are stupidly powerful and can turn into cats. The old stories aren't spoken of outside our family for obvious reasons, and in fact any mention of my unusual talent by other families is considered taboo.”

“Nobody outside my immediate relatives knew the truth until just now. At least, nobody still alive."

“So is that really true, then?” Riku muses quietly. “I mean, it seems hard to believe”

Yoruichi lifts her legs, then pushes herself up off the ground and onto her feet. “Who knows? It was a long time ago, and happened to someone else... all I know is what I can see and experience and learn for myself.”

“Isn't that right?” she asks, reaching a hand down to her student with a knowing smile.

>>1155647

Nice.

Will Riku gain the ability to turn into a fox?

>>1155849
She's already a stone cold fox anon.

>>1155849
>>1155977
There's a cougar joke in there somewhere

>>1156006
Indeed, it's on one of the low branches of that there apple tree.

>>1155849
>>1155977
>>1156006
>>1156093

For some reason I imagine a kitty and a fox pup sleeping together due to a prank from Coyote.

>continuation in a bit. probably not long, because sick and midnight.

>>1155647
Queen I want you to know, I just spent the past week binge reading the archive instead of studying for my calculus and physics midterms, which I bombed. It was worth it. Fuck you.

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>>1156814
Yang may have been your enemy, but so far she hasn't really done much to earn the amount of abuse that's come her way and you're still not sure what her reasons for serving Kusaka were in the first place. So even if they decide to make themselves your enemies, the reasons for their apparent loyalty and anything they can tell you about recent events in Hueco Mundo would be useful knowledge.

“Give me a moment,” you tell Yoruichi, descending towards Yin where she's crouched next to her twin.

“What do you want!?” she demands, drawing her zanpakuto.

“A little more discretion from you,” you reply calmly, raising your hands in self-defense. “I'm not here to make things worse... is Yang here your sister? She needs medical attention.”

Yin nods nervously, the look on her face saying she still doesn't believe what she's hearing. “But why would you help us? What purpose does this serve for you?”

>I'm doing it because I have standards of behavior that demand it. That simple.
>Because I still have hopes you can be persuaded to join us, as others like you have.
>I want to interrogate you both... nothing insidious, and I'll release you afterwards.
>Other?

>>1156953
>I'm doing it because I have standards of behavior that demand it. That simple.
>Because I still have hopes you can be persuaded to join us, as others like you have.

>>1156953
>>I'm doing it because I have standards of behavior that demand it. That simple.

>>1156950
Don't you put that evil on me, anon.

Glad you enjoyed it, but seriously anon. Midterms are important, if for nothing more than getting to the point where you don't have midterms anymore.

>>1156974
True. Still totally worth it though. Really impressive writing and characterization. I also love where you have expanded the lore and answered a lot of questions about the Bleach universe that desperately need answers.

>>1156953
>I'm doing it because I have standards of behavior that demand it. That simple.
>Other?
Still gonna ask a few questions though. And really, as long as you don't bother Soul Society and the mortal world, it's up to you where you want to go afterwards.

>>1156953
>>I want to interrogate you both... nothing insidious, and I'll release you afterwards.

>>1156953
>D. All of the above
>I work with quite a few arrancar and have done for centuries. They aren't mindless and pitiful creatures like base hollow, so we don't just kill them on sight

>>1157031
Oh, and namedrop halibel.
>Ever wonder where tia halibel went all those years ago?

>>1156953
>I'm doing it because I have standards of behavior that demand it. That simple.
>Because I have friends just like you. Arrancar friends. decent folk who have been in the same spot as you, running to survive and hiding from that twisted regime Aizen has inflicted on the hollows of Hueco mundo.
>Other: That, and I have seen first hand the extent of Aizen's cruelty on the hollows in Hueco Mundo.
>Other: Although it's no longer possible since you don't have hollowfication, have Tenkotsuki manifest that hollow fox mask for you to show to Yin

>>1157046
Instead of having tenkotsuki manifest, why not enter bankai+resurreccion to simultaniously state "it's complicated" and improve our kaido while we're trying to save her?

>>1157065
because we haven't done that particular trick in front of people yet, and also the spiritual pressure from that may kill her?

>>1156953
You take a knee, forcing Yin's hands away from her sister so that you can examine her wounds. “Because allowing a prisoner to suffer for lack of medical attention is below my standards.”

“So now we're your prisoners?” Yin demands loudly.

“If you still want to fight I'd be happy to oblige,” you warn her with a glare. “Or you could let me help your sister, I'll ask you some questions, then you can leave.”

“You'd let us go free?”

Having identified the most severe life-threatening injury, the blood loss from her severed arm, you set to work stemming the tide so that you can repair the deeper damage more carefully without the pressing threat of exsanguination. “Do you work for Aizen?”

“Never!” Yin insists.

“Then sure,” you continue. “The Central 46 may insist on us holding you for a while, but I see no reason to do so any longer than absolutely necessary.”

Yin watches as you work, a white glow radiating from your hands. “So you hate Aizen too?”

“I wouldn't say hate,” you reply thoughtfully. “He's taken concrete steps to threaten everything I love though, so he's certainly my enemy.”

“And his arrancars?” she presses. “Are they your enemies too?”

“No more so than anyone else who serves him,” you shrug. “I have nothing against arrancar in principle... it may sound like the butt of a joke, but some of my closest friends were vasto lordes or adjuchas.”

“You say the words like you know about us,” she muses. “You speak of friends, which is odd coming from a monster.”

You can't help but smirk. “What can I say, arrogant pricks bring out my angry side. But that power wasn't my own.”

>Press Yin to explain how she and her sister met Kusaka.
>Ask her about Kusaka's left arm.
>Suggest that she speak with Halibel when this is done.
>Ask about herself, and about Hueco Mundo.
>Other?

>>1157071
Eh?
We've done that many times haven't we?

We were fully released when we healed yoruichi last, as well.
Plus we're nice and far away from most of the seireitei, up on sokyoku hill, iirc

>>1157036
supporting that namedrop.
>>1156953

>>1156986
Except there are a few mysteries that can't be solved at all. Like how the fuck is there an expansive sewer system underneath Seireitei that modern soul society has mapped only 10% of the entire infrastructure.

>>1157080
>>Suggest that she speak with Halibel when this is done.
>Press Yin to explain how she and her sister met Kusaka.
>Ask her about Kusaka's left arm.

>>1157080
>>Press Yin to explain how she and her sister met Kusaka.
>>Ask her about Kusaka's left arm.
>>Suggest that she speak with Halibel when this is done.

>>1157080
>Ask her about Kusaka's left arm.
>try really hard to preserve her arm so unohana can glue it back on

We have a habit of cutting people's arms off, don't we?
Anyone ever consider a functional prosthetic for bambi, if only for quality of life?

>>1157080
>Ask her about Kusaka's left arm.
>Suggest that she speak with Halibel when this is done.

>>1157080
>Press Yin to explain how she and her sister met Kusaka.
>Other?
Does she hate Aizen herself, or did she just knew some that hated him? The sentence choice piqued my curiosity.
>Suggest that she speak with Halibel when this is done.

>>1157080
>Other: When did you hear of Aizen? I'd like to know what's going on in Hueco Mundo.

>>1155424
>”I do find myself... missing it. Just a little.”
Oh geez. Now I'm equating the Ōin box as the Spice cubes from "Dune". We need to schedule you an appointment with Unohana for addiction rehab asap.

>>1157108
bambi wants to stay a one-armed bomb-throwing bombshell babe because the missing arm reminds her of a turning point in her 1000 year life for better and for redemption. Not sure if she'll ask for a prosthetic when she retires, she may get used to living with one arm.

>>1157181
Or Ishida reciprocates her for his training with a tailored (heh) elbow-length Sanrei glove-like arm suspended by Ransotengai.

>>1157208

What.

>>1157208
please. Uryu is so wet behind the ears and young Bambi would never think of dating him. That and she still has some horrible memories of killing her subordinates immediately after having sex during the years she was insane, so it's likely she'll abstain from any romantic pursuits.

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>>1157080
“I'm sorry,” you apologize quietly. “I'm afraid my skills can't replace your sister's arm, so I have to focus on sealing the wounds and regenerating everything else. Do either of you have high-speed regeneration still, or did you both trade that for your hierro?”

“Hierro,” Yin replies, shaking her head. “Neither of us were aware that it was going to end up being a trade.

“That seems pretty common in my experience,” you admit, carefully sealing the hole in Yang's gut. The edges of the wound slowly advance towards each other in an almost sickening, slow creep. “There may be a chance someone more skilled can induce the tissue to regenerate there, but now isn't the time.”

“So, how did Kusaka come by that arm? I don't doubt he'd rather die than tell us anything anymore.”

“You can tell it wasn't his?” Yin asks, clearly surprised. “Well, it came from a hollow. An adjuchas who called that power 'amore', or something like that. Said it controlled 'sovereignty' over whatever his eyes locked onto.”

“That's a weird way of phrasing it,” you grumble. “But it does support what I kind of assumed, that he survived by absorbing and grafting bits of hollow as he went. But how he gained that ability... that I can't say yet.”

“Neither can I,” Yin admits. “He never told us that part, only that he intended to get revenge on the Soul Society. Rather than follow Aizen, as others like us chose to, we followed Kusaka.”

“Others?”

“Other natural arrancar,” Yin continues. “We are among the few.”

“If it's any consolation, you may have made the right call,” you inform the arrancar. “Three of those other 'natural' arrancar who served Aizen are in our custody.”

“Which ones?”

“Dordoni, Gantenbainne, and Cirucci.”

Yin snorts derisively. “Gantenbainne I could see, he always seemed reasonable. But Cirucci? How the hell'd you get that bitch to cooperate?”

“Her saketsu and hakusui were stabbed out when we fought,” you explain. “She has no spiritual power.”

“You... took her power?”

“Yes, same as I did to Kusaka."
>1/2

>>1157239
Now you're confused and reading way into it, man. I never mentioned romance anywhere in that post.

>>1157248
“Just the thought is terrifying for a hollow,” Yin mutters.

You shrug. “There are alternatives set before her, if she's willing to adjust to her new circumstances, and though I find her intolerable I've seen to it she has some support.”

“That's... remarkably decent of you.”

“I try,” you chuckle. “There, your sister's life is out of danger, for the time being.”

>I suggest you leave, find some shelter in Hueco Mundo if you can where you can recover.
>Your sister should convalesce near my Division's barracks. I'll allow you to wait with her.
>The two of you will be placed under custody, though you'll find it nicer than Hueco Mundo.
>Other?

>>1157273
>Your sister should convalesce near my Division's barracks. I'll allow you to wait with her.
>I have some friends you might like to meet (Halibel and Apacci)

>>1157273
>Your sister should convalesce near my Division's barracks. I'll allow you to wait with her.
Make sure her condition is stable.

And I'm practically asleep. Thanks for turning out, but feel free to continue voting. Expect a chunky update tomorrow morning, and another omake in the afternoon/evening. Feel free to vote/discuss and/or ask questions while I'm unconscious.

Thanks for turning out, and hope you enjoyed it while I lasted!

>>1157273
>The two of you will be placed under custody, though you'll find it nicer than Hueco Mundo.
I'm thinking Valley.

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>>1157287
>there will never be daily SSQ

>>1157296
Well, people know these two exist, they'll have to sit in prison for a while, like everyone else.
After that, they'll probably integrate just fine since they hate the shit out of aizen.

Just let them hang out with the other arrancar and they'll come around.

>>1157287
Thanks for the updates. And while I look forward for more, get well with whatever bug you caught first.

>>1157273

>Your sister should convalesce near my Division's barracks. I'll allow you to wait with her.

Polite medical semi-imprisonment, with strong hints that they should talk to our friends and consider riding out the rest of the war in the Valley as opposed to getting caught up in things.

>>1157313
only problem is Yin & Yang have a past history beef with Cirruci. And Cirruci will definitely not be receptive to the twins considering her current state.

>>1157273
>Your sister should convalesce near my Division's barracks. I'll allow you to wait with her.
>Other: If others ask about Yin & Yang, tell them "we have a pair of 'Arrancar refugees'".
Remember. They tagged along because any option was better than to serve under Aizen. We need to play up the angle that what they want most is safety from Aizen.

>>1157287
I'm enjoying this.

Question:
>Bambi: If/when you retire, do you plan on starting up a family? Raise some kids and all that jazz? Or are the insane memories of you snuffing your subordinates too much of a deterrent? Pardon my German.
>BG9: Query: What is the battery life of your cranial life support system? Do you require a recharge station? Does Comrade "Explode" assist with your requests such as changing the TV channel we installed in your cell?
>Riku: Dear god, the Ōin box is like Spice to you. We need to send you to Unohana for addiction rehab pronto! The box must move (on a monthly basis).
>Tenkotsuki: gold tails or black tails?

A question brought up from your ask.fm: Q.Some people questioned Riku's loyalty due to Quincy past life, they must not of read her publications on sniper and anti-sniper tactics. It is a good primer on how to respond to a lot of common Quincy tactics too. Could just be obscure outside of the 9th too.
A:Most people assume that sort of tactical knowledge isn't ever going to get put into practice. But the few who gave it a look may not be surprised that Riku was once a Quincy, while also understanding how much of a godsend her sharing that specialist knowledge was.
The question stemming from the above reference: Can one member of the 9th tell a story where knowledge of Riku's past life's profession as a sniper saved their bacon?

>So in the 150 years or so of Riku being in charge of running Seireitei's Arts and Culture Institution, what modern fashion fads caught on in the afterlife outside of 9th division? We know 1970s Hong Kong themed restaurants were a thing in 1st division because the Old Man Yamamoto loved the aesthetic style, and we had TV Broadcasting of mankind's first rocket launch to space with Riku providing live translation, what other fads did Seireitei catch on through the centuries?

>What other knick nacks did Shunsui find in his "father's desk"? Did he find a Gameboy with "Tetris" installed in the back? My (late) grandmother played that thing like a pro despite being 92, so I could easily see Yamamoto play Tetris on a grey brick gameboy.

>Gin: So how many pranks did you set up for Aizen in Silbern before you gave him the middle finger? If you were to guess, how many has Aizen discovered of the total? Do you host prank wars in your division?

>>1157273
>Your sister should convalesce near my Division's barracks. I'll allow you to wait with her.

>>1158835
Will have that last update in a bit. I'm having coffee.

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>>1159185
“Your sister still needs time to recover,” you insist. “Pick her up and follow me.”

“Where are you taking us?” Yin asks warily, lifting her sister up off the ground with all the delicacy of a mother cradling her child.

“My barracks,” you reply, raising a hand against her immediate protests. “You'll be supervised, but not taken into custody or bothered. When I say she needs to recover I mean it, so far as I'm concerned she's still a patient and not a prisoner.”

Along the way back you need to slow yourself so that Yin can keep up with her load, and that gives you time to call in a request. Halibel doesn't answer immediately, but oddly enough someone does pick up Starrk's phone.

“Hey Lilynette,” you begin without even hearing who it was that answered.

“How'd you know it was me?”

“Cause Starrk doesn't pick up his phone when he's napping,” you explain. “Listen Lilynette, I need you to do something for me.”

“Shoot.”

“I need you to find someone, Apacci, Halibel, hell even Starrk would do. Just an arrancar who could watch a couple of guests for me for a little while.”

“You mean guests like... trouble?”

“You felt those three intruders earlier?” you ask.

You get the feeling Lilynette's nodding on the other end of the line, so you continue. “Yoruichi's taking one of them into custody with Captain Urahara, and I'm bringing the other two in. One of them is hurt and needs a chance to recover.”

“Got it,” Lilynette barks, as if accepting an order. “I'll go get Apacci, she'll know what to do!”

Yeah. You do that, Lilynette.

By the time you arrive at the Ninth Division's barracks Apacci is already waiting for you. She narrows her eyes at the newcomers, but otherwise does nothing to reveal her true feelings about the situation. “So these two are the ones you want me to watch?”

“They shouldn't be much trouble,” you shrug. “I mean, one's not even conscious.”

“And you want me to talk to them while I'm there anyway, right?”

As blunt as she is perceptive. “It's your call. But given your different situations it might make an interesting conversation, wouldn't you agree?”

“If by interesting you mean tedious and by conversation you mean lecture, sure,” Apacci shrugs before motioning to Yin with a wave of her arm. “Come on, medic's offices are this way.”

Having taken care of that bit of business, you're left to return to your office and await the inevitable stream of calls from the Central 46, your fellow Captains, and hopefully from Yoruichi and Kisuke once Kusaka is secured.

What a god damned mess.

>>1159206
Makes me wonder where halibel is.
Not in trouble, is she?

>>1159206
Also, if we keep collecting arrancar allies like this, it's going to come up eventually.
Maybe they could have their own division instead of just kinda hanging out in 9th's basement.

>>1159242
we do have those new G-13 policies in place. Now all there it is a matter of implementing them.

>>1155334
This will be the next omake, followed by running across a Neliel in the wild.

>>1159260
>a wild goat girl appears!
What should Riku do?
>Fight
>Mercy
>Talk
>Flee

>>1159260
Yay, mine got picked!
I thought it'd be a neat idea to hear what she was thinking while she silently tracked riku while reading the first thread for the billionth time.

>give her dried fish
>paralyzing indecision
>what was she thinking?

>>1159264
>play a better game

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- OMAKE: The Other Half of the Story -

Captain Shihōin Yoruichi has an unusual ability, even by the standards set by shinigami Captains. She is one of the few in the Shihōin clan who can transform her body into that of a cat: in her case a small, innocuous-looking creature with luxurious black fur and a magnificent tail... or so she would insist.

She prefers this form in a lot of ways. Shinigami in general tend to attract a lot of attention out in the Rukongai, where the spiritual power of even those without seats places them head and shoulders above the rest. Captains are very nearly revered as gods given flesh by some, and even those who are less given to dramatics can't help but gather to take a good long gander on the rare occasions when one turns up. So whenever they have cause to go wandering, the women of the Shihōin clan tend to make use of their unusual skill to avoid making an unwanted scene.

“It smells like rain,” she muses, glancing upwards at the dark clouds that fill the sky. “What a miserable day to be outside.”

Suddenly, from somewhere in a nearby alley, there's a shout. “Jeez, it was only like twenty Kan! And the box... but still, isn't this an overreaction!?”

“You'll answer for it one way or the other, boy!” a man shouts in response as Yoruichi hops across a rooftop to peer down at the scene.

“I'm a girl you blind asshole!” a scrappy-looking young woman protests, glancing at a trio of knives impaled into the plaster facade behind her. “And I was starving!”

“Then you should've starved!” the shopkeep roars back at her, before his anger evaporates into confusion.

Understandable, since the young woman just used hirenkyaku. If it had been shunpō maybe Yoruichi would have understood, but hirenkyaku is a very specific technique for some nobody in Hokutan to use.

“Maybe not such a miserable day after all,” the feline observer muses. “There's no way...”

By the time she catches up with the strange woman, Yoruichi almost regrets her words before. The rain drives against her fur in wind-driven sheets, until she drops down into a back alley and out of the wind. Now it's just wet. Tucked against the back of the alleyway is a low shack made from what looks like leftover wood, held together with rope, spare nails, and the liberal application of wishful thinking.
>1/?

>>1159446
>A wild Riku appears!
>Riku used Fish bait!
>Yoruichi is confused!"
What should Yoruichi do?
>Fight
>Bite
>growl
>Transform
>Quick Attack
>Kido
>Item
>Run

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>>1159480
The young woman starts at the sound of Yoruichi's paws hitting the ground, and each only gets a glimpse of the other as Yoruichi dashes as quickly as she can back out of the alley without arousing too much suspicion. She may have had a hand over her chest, but it was clear that the mystery woman is covered in fine scars from head to toe and she has hardly a scrap of fat on her body. She certainly has the look of someone who's spent her whole life fighting, standing there in the cold rain washing blood off herself like she does it every other day.

“Damn,” Yoruichi grumbles to herself. “I couldn't see it...”

With a start, Yoruichi's obliged to resort to shunpō to avoid having the woman catch up with her, leaving the poor thing sopping wet and confused as she stands in the middle of the street.

“There has to be something to her,” she muses, doubling back to peer down at the woman as she heads into a store. Having bought a small stockpile of durable staple foods to stuff away in her hovel, the young woman curls up in some dirty blankets and stops moving.

The next few days pass in boring, mundane routine. The woman makes a few repairs to her home to keep out the rain, but otherwise spends most of her time sheltering against the rain. The exception is when she steps out to exercise: not exactly awe-inspiring routines by any stretch of the imagination, but enough to confirm Yoruichi's suspicions that the object of her current fascination has a lot of experience fighting and keen instincts. She'd definitely be worth recruiting, but something about her still bothers the Captain.

Finally, the day comes when the woman's food supplies start to dwindle. As if having suddenly resolved some internal debate, she rises to her feet and takes off running across the rooftops. She snags a nice yukata off a clothes line, then uses hirenkyaku to commit a rather daring daylight robbery at a second home. She snags the sort of accessories that really sell the whole outfit, before returning to her shack to down a quick meal of crackers and water.

It's when the woman changes into her ill-gotten attire that Yoruichi spots the very thing she'd simultaneously hoped and dreaded that she might: a familiar scar across her back, right where her heart would be.

Yoruichi trails her mark to a back alley in Hokutan's shopping arcades, picking out her way by lamplight until she catches up to the scene of a robbery-in-progress. Two men think they've got her cornered here, as she seems to size the leader of the two up. She grins, cracking her knuckles...

“Ah, this is the moment!” Yoruichi purrs in excitement.

“Who the hell are you supposed to be!?” the robber demands as a ragged-looking old shinigami uses a shunpō to place himself between the young woman and her attacker.

God damn it, way to ruin the moment. "I'd like to know too."
>2/?