>>1229280
considering we had to stab ourselves with hollow juice to get back our arm last time, and I think we're down to one vial because we never gave it to Urahara to study, I think studying here is the best we can manage.

Not to mention there was a train-up period to get our arm back to full range of motion/flexibility.

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>>1229280
“Well then that settles it,” you declare. “I'll take some notes on the outside and then I'll be back when I can.”

Then, in a move your zanpakuto clearly didn't anticipate, you embrace the fox-tailed woman.

“I've got you two. So long as that's true, what do we have to worry about?”

After a moment, Tenkotsuki returns your embrace.

“Come on, Rosa,” you begin only to find that your former inner hollow has already joined the embrace.

“Do not be excited,” Tenkotsuki warns you. “She did it simply to deny us the amusement of seeing her try to refuse.”

“Shut it, vixen,” Rosa grumbles.

When you break your jinzen you find that you have unconsciously released both your swords, your reiatsu still rotating slowly around you like the eyewall of a great storm. Now conscious of your surroundings your reign in that energy, only to find your daughter glaring down at you.

“I thought we were going to rest?” she asks you accusingly.

“I require pen and paper,” you reply, largely ignoring her complaint. “The quicker I accomplish this task the sooner I will be able to re-seal my zanpakuto.”

As Rangiku grumbles and attempts to humor your demands, you can't fail to notice that your would-be students look dissatisfied: Apacci is outright frustrated by her lack of progress, while Halibel is deep in thought.

“Yeah... no..” Apacci sighs, “that really didn't work, Lady Riku. Got any other bright ideas?”
>dice+3d10, best of 4
>higher is better, this may reduce your DC to learn Hadō 99 later

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

>>1229300

Rolled 9, 9, 9 = 27 (3d10)

>>1229300

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>>1229313

>>1229312
well, that was utterly mediocre.

>>1229313

well, this is off to a great start

>>1229313
PRAISE THE SOUL KING. Wait.

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>>1229313
>this fuckin' guy

Rolled 7, 9, 10 = 26 (3d10)

>>1229300
best of 4 so lets get them out of the way

Rolled 7, 2, 3 = 12 (3d10)

>>1229300
rollan

>>1229313
nice, also thematic.

>still working, will be done in a few minutes

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>>1229338
You don't actually say anything to her in response, instead moving your fingers as if writing. You'll need to write down the proper characters of course, as well as the incantation... which in this case is absurdly long. Similar to many lesser kidō techniques there's also a trick to it that you'll need to remember, certain ways of focusing and carefully controlling your power within your own body which of all things are best described in a series of koans and poems. Despite knowing the meaning of each of these now you're certain that when Tenkotsuki and Rosa are separated from you once more it'll be a challenge to figure out what the hell you've written.

“Are you okay?” Apacci asks nervously after several long seconds of silence on your part. “You're startin' to freak me out here.”

“I am fine,” you insist quietly. “As for you, dear Apacci, your problem is that your own power has become foreign to you.”

“Wait... the hell is that supposed to mean?” Apacci asks in confusion as Halibel glances at you quizzically.

“You mean in using it as a resurrección?” she muses quietly, apparently having understood your meaning. “I see. Quite uncomfortable.”

Apacci turns to stare at Halibel as Rangiku returns to your side, furnishing you with your paper and pen. “Wait, Lady Halibel, don't you go off the deep end without me too!”

“I mean that by sealing your hollow nature within a zanpakuto you have changed what you are,” you explain carefully even as you begin writing down every piece of useful information you can think of. “That may well be the trick to realizing a second release state: as arrancar you simply have not had time to re-familiarize yourself with your own hollow powers, meaning that the logical solution is to remain in your resurrección forms for as long as you can maintain them.”

Having finally finished your project you allow your swords to reseal themselves once more, and return them to their sheathes at your hip. Then, after momentarily swaying on your feet from the cumulative exertion, you spare a glance at what you've written.

“It's practically gibberish,” you moan to yourself. “Some real “one hand clapping” type bullshit.”

You then notice Halibel, Apacci, and Rangiku all staring at you in disbelief. “What?”

>See if you can make any sense of this stuff you've written.
>Offer to continue helping Halibel and Apacci train to attain a second release?
>Go check on Head Captain Kyōraku, see if he's ready for a report.
>Other?

>>1229391
>Other
Get some rest, jesus fuck. You're practically falling apart. No good to contemplate on 90s level spellcasting when you're about to collapse.

>>1229391
>>Offer to continue helping Halibel and Apacci train to attain a second release?

>>1229391
>Go check on Head Captain Kyōraku, see if he's ready for a report.
I think this is more in line with the "Takin it easy while gettin stuff done." we've been goin with.

>>1229391
>Offer to continue helping Halibel and Apacci train to attain a second release?

>>1229391
>>Go check on Head Captain Kyōraku, see if he's ready for a report.

Seconding >1229408, emphasis on low energy activities.

>>1229391
>Offer to continue helping Halibel and Apacci train to attain a second release?
>Other: I'll read what chicken-sratch my zampakutos have written down for sparknotes later.

>writing
>3d10, best of 3, dc 17, crit 21

Rolled 7, 6, 1 = 14 (3d10)

>>1229450
ugh. so tired.

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

>>1229450

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

>>1229450

>>1229460
man, just barely.... it's like Riku is running on fumes.

>>1229464
Some one is going to die

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“So how well can you maintain this sort of thing as-is?” you ask the two arrancar.

Apacci shrugs. “It's not like it's difficult or anything. It's just different.”

“Do you think you could fall asleep in resurrección?” you press.

“No,” Halibel replies definitively. “It would be too much of a distraction.”

You raise an eyebrow. “Would it be safe?”

Halibel nods softly. “Yes.”

Ah, is that so? That makes things easy.. these two really are fortunate, at least in one respect.

“Hey Apacci?”

The antlered arrancar turns to look at you, an obvious question in her eyes... which slowly grow unfocused as images of falling plum blossoms cloud her vision. She sways in place like a drunkard on an empty street, then keels over backwards with an unceremonious thump.

Halibel stares first at her centuries-long companion, then back at you. “What did you do?”

“A kidō called Hakufuku,” you explain, now satisfied that Apacci's antlers, fur, and fluffy little tail haven't disappeared. “I put her to sleep to see if her body would remain in that form.”

“And it appears she has,” Rangiku sighs wistfully. “Training even when she's asleep... damn, wouldn't that be nice?”

“It'd leave more time for paperwork during the day,” you smirk, and your daughter's dreamy expression turns sour immediately.

You nudge Apacci with your toe, channeling a small jolt into her with hakuda. “Rise and shine, sleepyhead.”

“Dunwanna...” Apacci grumbles. “Goway anriku...”

“Anriku?” Halibel muses. “Did she mean 'Aunt Riku'?”

Apacci's eyes fly open in an instant, then narrow at you. “That wasn't nice.”

“Sorry,” you grin down at her. “I know it's rude to pull a trick like that, but that spell works far better when its victim is surprised. If it's any consolation any arrancar can maintain resurreción in their sleep, provided they're forced to sleep.”

>I'm going to rest. Come find me later and I'll put you all to bed... niece.
>See me later, I'd still like to visit Shunsui before retiring.
>Other?

>>1229562
>>I'm going to rest. Come find me later and I'll put you all to bed... niece.

Bully

>>1229562
>I'm going to rest. Come find me later and I'll put you all to bed... niece.
Also may want to consider getting the Nel or Melony in on this, just to figure out if there are any differences caused by the different arrancarization process.

>>1229562

>See me later, I'd still like to visit Shunsui before retiring.

>>1229562
>>I'm going to rest. Come find me later and I'll put you all to bed... niece.

>>1229562
>Other: Squee internally at Apacci's declaration of calling you "Aunt Riku"
>I'm going to rest. Come find me later and I'll put you all to bed... niece.

>>1229562
>I'm going to rest. Come find me later and I'll put you all to bed... niece

>>1229562
>>I'm going to rest. Come find me later and I'll put you all to bed... niece.

>>1229562
>“Sorry,” you grin down at her. “I know it's rude to pull a trick like that, but that spell works far better when its victim is surprised. If it's any consolation any arrancar can maintain resurreción in their sleep, provided they're forced to sleep.”
>Stark: Does that mean that if you do that to me I can sleep without Lynette waking me up? Sold.

RUN OFF: do you want to swing by and borrow Menoly's resurrecion to confirm there's no difference based on how someone became an arrancar?
>Yes
>No

>>1229681
>Yes

>>1229681
>Yes

>>1229681
>Yes
Only if she's down with it though

>>1229681
>No
Do not pass go, do not collect $200, straight to bed

>>1229681
>Yes
It seems rude to a degree. But tell her its to see if Riku can help her improve in a fashion. Just dangle the possibility of a second release in front of her.
Also gives an excuse to check on our other prisoners.

>>1229681
>Yes

No reason not to.

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“I'm gonna take the time to rest,” you yawn, stretching your shoulders and earning a loud, satisfying pop for your trouble. “Come and find me later and I'll tuck you all in.”

“You really don't need to phrase it that way,” Apacci grumbles, dusting herself off.

“What kind of aunt would I be without getting in a little teasing?” you smirk, causing the arrancar to freeze up like she's a real deer... and you're behind the wheel of an oncoming big rig.

With a satisfied chuckle you excuse yourself, and start heading back towards your quarters only to find your legs carrying you in a somewhat different direction. Instead you end up at a small building outside the inner walls of the Division grounds, right near the small 'moat' which really serves as a giant koi pond and a place for people to relax while off duty. These are the only quarters which have a detachment of three shinigami standing watch nearby, more as a formality than anything else, but still unusual.

Stopping, you knock at the door.

A visibly surprised arrancar greets you after a moment.

“Captain, I wasn't expecting company!” Menoly exclaims before somewhat awkwardly waving for you to come inside. “Please, make yourself comfortable... it is your base of operations after all.”

You seat yourself in the small common area, furnished with two comfy chairs and a double-cushion couch clustered around a low wooden table. Not much to look at really, but it does have a certain coziness and an obvious lack of clutter. Very soon Neliel joins you in the commons, appearing to have just stepped out of the shower. Her green hair is still wet.

“I felt your reiatsu all day,” she mutters, sitting across from you. “Frightening, if I'm honest. Who was that other person who was with you?”

“Artemis,” you explain quickly. “I have to ask you something... do either of you know anything about arrancars with a second stage of release, like Bankai?”

“You mean a segunda etapa?” Neliel asks with a frown which you quickly match.

“Shit, you mean you actually have a name for it?”

“So far as I know it's only hypothetical,” Nel admits, leaning back and trying to arrange her hair so that it'll stay out of her face. “At one point Cirucci was convinced that was her way back into the Espada, but nothing ever came of it.”

“Why do you ask?”

“Halibel and Apacci are working on it,” you shrug, relaxing now that the possibility of a 'segunda etapa' being something you'll have to deal with has diminished somewhat. “I was curious to know whether the arrancar serving under Aizen had made any breakthroughs.”

“Most of us wouldn't even be arrancars without him,” Menoly admits, the very mention of the man causing her to scowl.
>1/2

>>1229795
Come to think of it, you still don't know all that much about Menoly aside from the fact that she's been very passive since her capture. In that engagement she hardly got the chance to fight against you, so you don't even really know what she's capable of or what her life has been like.

>So, Menoly... tell me about yourself. And please, see if you can do it without mentioning that other one.
>I've never seen your resurrección, Menoly. Mind if we remedy that situation?
>You've seemed kind of better since I let you out of the cell, but you still seem kind of down.
>Other?

>>1229805
>You've seemed kind of better since I let you out of the cell, but you still seem kind of down.
>I've never seen your resurrección, Menoly. Mind if we remedy that situation?

>>1229805
>You've seemed kind of better since I let you out of the cell, but you still seem kind of down.
>I've never seen your resurrección, Menoly. Mind if we remedy that situation?

>>1229805
>I've never seen your resurrección, Menoly. Mind if we remedy that situation?
>You've seemed kind of better since I let you out of the cell, but you still seem kind of down.

>>1229805
>You've seemed kind of better since I let you out of the cell, but you still seem kind of down.
>I've never seen your resurrección, Menoly. Mind if we remedy that situation?

>>1229805
>Other: You miss her (referring to Loly) don't you?

>>1229805
>So, Menoly... tell me about yourself. You've seemed kind of better since I let you out of the cell, but you still seem kind of down.

Damn, too late here.

I wanted to suggest we tell our arracnar friends to maybe try filling their Hollow holes more. It's probably not the key to Segunda Etapa, but I really want to see someone (Apacci) manage it.

And speaking of Apacci, did we ever tell her we, and by extension Tenkosuki, are proud of Apacci?

Cause we really need to let her know.

I'm actually somewhat saddened that Apacci considers us an Aunt when we called her our daughter earlier, but it's still nice.

>>1229844
>I wanted to suggest we tell our arracnar friends to maybe try filling their Hollow holes more.

How lewd.

>>1229844
Honestly i think its enough that she simply thinks of us as family at all, personally.

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“You still seem kind of down,” you comment, “even now that you're out of prison. Is your own lack of power bothering you that much?”

At first Menoly's eyes widen, shocked that you read her emotions that easily, but gradually she comes to accept the fact that it was really just that obvious. “So you know, huh? Yeah... it bothers the hell out of me. I never did feel good about having to rely so much on Loly, but now I just feel so damn useless.”

She glances up at you with tears stinging at the corners of her eyes. “It hurts.”

You sigh, looking to Neliel out of the corners of your eyes. “It's been a long day, some tea might help us all unwind a bit. But first, I hate to ask you, but would you mind showing me your resurrección?”

Menoly looks away. “It's hardly worth your time, Captain.”

“I think I'll be the judge of that.”

“Is that an order?” she asks.

“It's a request.”

After thinking about it for a few moments, Menoly eventually nods. “Okay, I'll show you what I mean.”

You follow her outside, and motion for the fireteam of shinigami to take a few paces back to get clear.

“That won't be necessary,” she grumbles, raising her right arm out at her side. “Flow, Savia.”

With a relatively modest release of reiatsu, more comparable to an average Lieutenant than any of the arrancar with whom you've grown close, Menoly's arm guards seem to liquefy and turn translucent. Their color shifts like bright amber entrapping her fists and arms up to the elbow, and her short crop of blonde hair seems to crystallize atop her scalp.

The changes don't seem to amount to much, but the way that her arms catch the fading light suggests that they're still entirely fluid.

She glances at you. “Well, there you go. This is Savia, my resurrección.”

>So... what does it actually do?
>Surely you're underselling it.
>That's... it? Really?
>Other?

>>1229844
If anything Halibel is more of a mother figure, which implies that Apacci views Halibel and Riku as sort of a sisterly relationship.

Fictive kinship is always weird.

>>1229904
>Surely you're underselling it.
>So... what does it actually do?

>>1229904
>So... what does it actually do? I think you might be REALLY underselling it right now.

>>1229844
I don't think it's something that can be achieved by actively attempting it. The hole is a representation of all that they're missing that would otherwise make them Human*, so it'd be a bit like telling a sapient animal to be human, it doesn't matter that he knows that being human is the key to bettering himself, he has no idea how he would go about that.

I figure just keeping them in a nurturing environment, with friends and an actual life beyond the Eat or Be Eaten rules of Hollow existence will eventually solve the problem on it's own.

*Human in a very vague sense, not actual flesh and blood homo sapiens

>>1229904
>So... what does it actually do?

>>1229904
>Surely you're underselling it.
>

>>1229904
>>So... what does it actually do?

>>1229904
>Surely you're underselling it.
>So... what does it actually do?

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“Surely you're underselling it,” you sigh, looking her up and down. “There must be some sort of trick to it that makes it nastier than you let on.”

“It's not...”

“Quit putting yourself down over it!” you snap, causing the arrancar to flinch instinctively. “So what if you don't have a stupid amount of raw power? You've got something, so just learn how to work with that!”

“Now then,” you continue, lowering your voice. “Tell me what your resurrección does, Menoly.”

“This sap is a chemical irritant,” she explains, allowing some to begin dripping away from her right arm before retracting it back into the main glob. “It causes a painful rash and swelling wherever it makes contact, and it can't just be washed off because it gets stuck in the pores and hardens as soon as it leaves contact with me.”

“Those spikes on your scalp,” you observe. “You can fire them like darts, or arrows?”

Menoly nods, seemingly impressed that you figured it out based solely on what she's told you so far. “That's right. They don't hit with all that much force... too light, and they don't have enough velocity to make up for it. The most useful thing about them is the swelling and pain they cause.”

“Which is why I'd been working on improving my cero before... well...”

“Before Aizen sent you here to get captured?”

She nods gloomily. “Yeah... that. Loly's poison causes worse destruction when it hits, and my spikes aren't all that great... well, I guess after that madwoman who killed Luppi left mine are actually the best in that department. She may have had the right idea to bail early.”

“Who was she?” you muse aloud. “I like the cut of her jib.”

>You definitely sold yourself short, you've actually got quite a lot to work with.
>I actually think it's kind of cool. Plant-based hollows are rare, and the secondary ability is subtle.
>Well... I'm sure if you put a LOT of time in you can learn to pull your weight.
>Other?

>why do all the houses in Captcha look like they belong in Resident Evil?

>>1230010
"...Can you apply it to other's weapons? Also, does adding it to you Cero like you add blood do a Grand Rey Cero have any interesting effects?"

>>1230010
>I actually think it's kind of cool. Plant-based hollows are rare, and the secondary ability is subtle.

>>1230010
>I actually think it's kind of cool. Plant-based hollows are rare, and the secondary ability is subtle.
>You definitely sold yourself short, you've actually got quite a lot to work with.

Sounds like you've been playin too much RE:7 Queeny

>>1230010
>>I actually think it's kind of cool. Plant-based hollows are rare, and the secondary ability is subtle.
>>You definitely sold yourself short, you've actually got quite a lot to work with.
and this >>1230030

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>>1230010
>She nods gloomily. “Yeah... that. Loly's poison causes worse destruction when it hits, and my spikes aren't all that great... well, I guess after that madwoman who killed Luppi left mine are actually the best in that department. She may have had the right idea to bail early.”
>“Who was she?” you muse aloud. “I like the cut of her jib.”
JAGERBOMBS STRIKES AGAIN
Salvia - Plant

DON'T TELL ME THAT MENOLY IS THE HOLLOW REDUX QUEST EQUIVALENT OF PLANTBRO.
Choice:
>You definitely sold yourself short, you've actually got quite a lot to work with.

>>1230010
>What happens if you force someone to ingest it, or get it in their eyes?
>Can you use it to poison others' weapons, or leave traps for others to touch? How easy to detect is it?

>>1230010
>You definitely sold yourself short, you've actually got quite a lot to work with.
>I actually think it's kind of cool. Plant-based hollows are rare, and the secondary ability is subtle

>>1230044
No, not Salvia: Savia. It's Spanish for "Sap".

>>1230049
It probably wouldn't be much good as a trap if it hardens as soon as it leaves contact with her, but these generally seem pretty good things to ask her. It'll help get her to start thinking about the possibilities of her ability.

>brief delay, will resume writing as of now

>>1230122
>It probably wouldn't be much good as a trap if it hardens as soon as it leaves contact with her
Might depend on how much volume she can produce. Could ask about that.

>>1230010
>You know.... Little bee could use someone like you as a lieutenant. Your abilities compliment hers quite well. Unfortunately, making the necessary arrangements would step on lots of toes.

>>1230134
“How long does it take to harden?” you ask, your mind already working on several possibilities for how you might employ a power like Menoly's.

“I can delay it for a few seconds,” Menoly offers, “but not by long. I can also cause it to harden almost instantly.”

“So you could coat someone else's weapon with it?” you continue. “Could be useful.”

“It wouldn't be a durable coating and could expose the wielder to the same toxin,” Menoly tells you, bending down and leaving a thin, clear coat of varnish that dries rapidly against a stone sitting nearby. “A hard enough blow when it's dried would turn it to dust, and that could get in your eyes or lungs... hey...”

“You never thought to use it that way, did you?” you chuckle. “See? You're already proving that you've undervalued your own ability. What, were you ridiculed or something just because your resurrección doesn't shoot lasers or involve a stupidly big sword?”

Menoly hangs her head.

“Oh,” you mumble, honestly taken aback. “Sorry if I brought up bad memories, but that seemed so juvenile I refused to take the possibility seriously.”

“It's fine,” Menoly tries to shrug her reaction off. “It's in the past. Her opinion doesn't matter anymore.”

So it was her partner that did it to her? Even if they were once friends, would it really hurt Menoly's feelings if you quietly executed that Loly bitch somewhere out of her sight? It sounds like she'd be better off if you did.

“Honestly, I think it's kind of cool!” you insist, changing the subject so fast you threaten to give yourself a bad case of whiplash. “Plant-based hollows are rare to begin with, and a chemical irritant is a really subtle ability. I've always been fond of techniques like that.”

“Really?” Menoly asks, astounded that she's being praised.

You nod. “I used to be an assassin after all, sneakiness is part of my repertoire and it's massively under-appreciated by some of my peers. Like poor Zaraki for example, not a subtle bone in his body... I know, because if he had one I'd probably have broken it at some point.”

>You have nothing to worry about. Just keep working at it.
>I'm going to ask Neliel to train you. You both seem like you'd benefit from it.
>I'd like to get in a training session or two with you, show you some Onmitsu tricks.
>Now that we know where we stand, I'd like to try something on you (put her to sleep).
>Other?

>>1230208
>I'd like to get in a training session or two with you, show you some Onmitsu tricks.
>Now that we know where we stand, I'd like to try something on you (put her to sleep).

I'm hoping we can play the latter part off without it being too much of a breach of trust.

>>1230208
>Now that we know where we stand, I'd like to try something on you (put her to sleep).

>>1230208
>I'd like to get in a training session or two with you, show you some Onmitsu tricks.
>Now that we know where we stand, I'd like to try something on you, (put her to sleep).

>>1230208
>I'm going to ask Neliel to train you. You both seem like you'd benefit from it.
>Now that we know where we stand, I'd like to try something on you (put her to sleep).

>>1230208
>>I'm going to ask Neliel to train you. You both seem like you'd benefit from it.

>>1230208
>I'm going to ask Neliel to train you. You both seem like you'd benefit from it.
If they also need to approach Apacci or Halibel, that would be fine too.

>Now that we know where we stand, I'd like to try something on you (put her to sleep).

And there's this...
>when it's dried would turn it to dust, and that could get in your eyes or lungs
Oh wow. When comboed with Rangiku's shikai, it seems like a good, final "fuck you" to any enemies' lungs.

>>1230208
In this order:
>You have nothing to worry about. Just keep working at it. Try and think of some crazy new uses and combos, why don't you sleep on the thought?
>I'd like to get in a session or two with you, show you some Onmitsu tricks.
>When she gets hyped for a demonstration...(put her to sleep)

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“Keep at it,” you suggest. “I'd like you to study with Neliel for a while, but feel free to watch your cousins to see how they use their abilities. It may give you some inspiration.”

“Are you sure you want me watching your allies?” Menoly asks curiously. “Isn't that a bit too trusting, even for you?”

Your expression darkens somewhat at the notion, but you maintain a cheerful tone. “Why? You thinking about going back to Aizen or something?”

“Absolutely not!” she insists sharply before catching herself. “Sorry... it's just that I'm not used to people being nice, or trusting at all. It's so different.”

“Don't get me wrong,” you tell her quietly. “When Captain Shihōin and Captain Urahara first met you the first thing they did was check you for tracking devices and hidden sensors. And I've had my eye on you ever since, same way I keep track of all the prisoners by sensing minute shifts in their reiatsu.”

“I'm not that trusting, but I'm strong and I take precautions. That's why I can afford to show my enemies mercy, give them a chance to become my former enemies the way you have.”

You can feel your expression soften. “I'm glad that you've come this far. I'd muss up your hair in a casual show of affection at this point, but... you know. Spikes and chemicals.”

“Yeah... that,” Menoly mutters, actually embarrassed by the idea.

“So I actually have one request,” you continue. “While you're already in resurrección. It's not dangerous and you won't even feel it.”

“I guess?” she muses, clearly confused at what you might be planning. “What exactly are we talking about here...”

“Go to sleep!” you insist, locking eyes with the arrancar as you cast the same spell against her that you did with Apacci. The results are similar, though without her conscious control the sap produced by her resurrección begins to ooze all around her in a pool.

"I'm meeeltiiing!" you joke to yourself before prodding her with a stick to wake her up.
>1/2

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>>1230330
The next morning you hear a tapping at your door. You'd stumbled in fairly late after being 'treated' to Neliel's attempt at cooking, where you broached the subject of her and Menoly training together. Neliel seemed genuinely happy with the idea, which was reassuring to Menoly in turn... which was exactly the point of course. These two are in a similar position, and they're both fairly lonely and hurting despite your best efforts at making them feel a little less like unwelcome outsiders and more like 'long-term guests'. Maybe soon they'll even start feeling like allies, and open up a little more to your cohort and Division.

Maybe.

Or maybe Neliel will poison them all to death with her chocolate pancakes first.

That would suck.

The tapping, right. You roll out of bed with the bare minimum amount of coordination required to complete the maneuver without waking Yoruichi, and pull on a yukata. Down the stairs, flick the switch on the coffee maker, answer the door... one foot in front of the other.

“You look like hell, Captain Kusajishi,” Shunsui smiles from underneath his own bandages.

“The mummy walks!” you hiss sarcastically. “Come inside, the coffee's on.”

“You look like you just woke up,” the Head Captain observes as he takes a seat at the table, setting his goofy hat aside.

“I did,” you admit. “Long day yesterday.”

“Lot of those recently,” he muses.

“So what brings you to my humble abode this early in the morning?” you ask.

“It's already just past nine,” Shunsui remarks with a shake of his head. “Most of the Seireitei's already hard at work.”

“Doing tasks I could finish in five seconds,” you shrug. “We're Captains. We don't have to try hard.”

“Well I'm glad you feel that way,” Shunsui smiles. “Cause as it happens there's a need to train some of our Lieutenant-level fighters up to get ready for winter, and now I know there's a lovely, young, talented Captain with plenty of free time on her hands.”

“You're begging for a black eye, Casanova,” you grumble.

>Which Lieutenants you talking about?
>Fine, I'll train them. All of them. At once.
>I'll pick three and work them half to death.
>Pass.

>>1230417

You get 3.

>>1230417
>>Which Lieutenants you talking about?
>I'll pick three and work them half to death

>>1230417
>I'll pick three and work them half to death.

Renji needs to git gud, especially. Izuru too. The prestigious final spot should be decided by rock paper scissors.

>>1230417
>I'll pick three and work them half to death.
Wait, he said "Lieutenant-level". So will this include seated officers that are at that level of power already?

>>1230417
>>I'll pick three and work them half to death.

>>1230417
>I'll pick three and work them half to death. Who are the candidates?

>>1230417
>Are you talking Lieutenant-class shinigami or are you talking about fighters who have reiatsu comparable to that of a Lieutenant's level? There is a Big difference between the two.
>I'll pick three and work them half to death.
>And what prompted this need Captain Shunsui/Romeo? people getting jealous of the 9th's Commando curriculum?

>>1230438
This is correct. I have options for Renji and Izuru already. Anyone else have any ideas for the runoff?
>>1230452
Remember, Captain Casanova knows what most of Riku's peers do: that she has three subordinates whose Bankais are all but confirmed in flaming letters etched into the sides of the execution ground.

Outside of that the only "confirmed" Bankai is Renji, while anyone who's not a moron suspects that Ikkaku has one as well (Riku and Yoruichi, being more sensitive towards shifts in reiatsu, are certain of it).

>>1230468
Either Nanao or Tetsuzaimon i guess, those are the only ones who come to mind, assuming you're asking for choices, although if you have that picture with the current lieutenants and captain and everything it might help with choosing. Also leaning more towards Tetsu since we know him already.

>>1230417
>>I'll pick three and work them half to death.

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>>1230468
hmm....
From the roster, we have the following lieutenants whom we can run through the 9th division wringer.
>Nanao
>Momo
>Isane
>Former Commando Hisagi
>Nemu
>Yachiru
>Tetsuzaemon
>Miyako Shiba

What about Nemu, Iba or Nanao? The thought of Captain Romeo actually being productive under Nanao's bankai would also be a fun thing to see in the future.

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"I'll pick three and work them half to death," you suggest. "Any more and I won't be able to give them the... appropriate attention."

Shunsui nods, seemingly satisfied with the arrangement. "Lieutenant Ise is going to be training with me, however. Her situation is rather unusual, you see."

You nod, vaguely aware of the Ise clan's duties within the Seireitei. "Understood."

PICK THREE FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST
The three with the most votes will be your vict... students.
>Lieutenant Hinamori
>Lieutenant Kotetsu
>Lieutenant Hisagi
>Lieutenant Abarai
>Lieutenant Kurotsuchi
>Lieutenant Kira
>3rd Seat Madarame
>5th Seat Ayasegawa
>Lieutenant Iba
>Lieutenant Shiba

>>1230523

> Renji
> Kira
> Hinamori

>>1230523
>>Lieutenant Abarai
>Lieutenant Shiba
>Lieutenant Hisagi

>>1230523
Question, although Renji and Ikkaku have "confirmed" bankais, why are they a choice? Are we putting them through the wringer to help them refine and redefine their definition of a bankai?

>>1230523
>Lieutenant Iba
>Lieutenant Hisagi
>Lieutenant Abarai
These are my personal votes, cause we know them already.And they're pretty cool dudes.

>>1230523
>>Lieutenant Hinamori
>>Lieutenant Kira
>>Lieutenant Shiba

>>1230523
>Lieutenant Kurotsuchi
>Lieutenant Kotetsu
>Lieutenant Iba

>>1230523
>Abarai
>Kira
>Iba

Its about time someone makes these three chumps stop sucking

>>1230523
>Lieutenant Hinamori
Also, worth mentioning that on days he is busy, LT Ise might want to report to our Valley of screams. Hypothetically speaking, we might be able to find someone who would be willing to give her a hand that wouldn't be able to do so in the SS for... legal reasons.

>>1230523
>Lieutenant Shiba
Personal priority for their division w/o a Captain.

>Lieutenant Hinamori
Kidou. Nuff said.

>Lieutenant Abarai
Won out over Hisagi by a smidge in terms of unfinished training business.

>>1230523
>>Lieutenant Shiba
>Lieutenant Abarai
>Lieutenant Kira

>>1230523
>Renji
Boy, say your prayers. That bankai of yours ain't a real bankai.
>Kotetsu
A battle medic is a must
>Shiba
Family time is fun.

>>1230544
Correct, because despite having bankai they kind of still suck.

>>1230570
choose two more. You get to choose 3 total. you have Momo as your first pick, what are the other two?

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>>1230594
Just fucking bash them all nonchalantly. I'm sure they don't mind.

>>1230570
>>1230523
>Lieutenant Kotetsu
>Lieutenant Shiba
And for the record, I encourage Valley of Screams loophole abuse whenever its appropriate. Hachi teaching Kido for example.

>>1230629
The Royal Guard may be privy to that, but fortunately Spirit Congress don't care about the details.

>>1230594
Who's running the 11th now? Ken's training with Monk, and I have no idea where Yachiru wound up, but I doubt she's been left in charge.

>>1230523
>Renji
>Kira
>Madarame

Nice sort of gung-ho power team.

>tallying

On one hand, Renji for unfinished business, Kotetsu as a battle medic is legit, and Shiba because family.

On the other hand...continuing to cockblock Zaraki by training his subordinates. Who are also pretty awesome.

Fuck it I want to see what Ayasegawa can REALLY do. With Ikakku for maximum teamwork, like we Riku and Yoruichi, one of their best tricks.

>3rd Seat Madarame
>5th Seat Ayasegawa
>Lieutenant Shiba

>>1230641
Yachiru is Kenny's sword spirit. She's with Kenny.
Ikkaku is taking care of the 11th division house while Kenny's away because he's got bankai. And people respect fighters with bankai.

>>1230642
I was gonna count first before I voted but I ran out of time.
Abarai 8
Kira 5
Hinamori 4
Shiba 7
Hisagi 2
Iba 3
Kurotsuchi 1
Kotetsu 3
Madarame 2
Ayasegawa 1

Personally I was gonna go with Hinamori, Kotetsu, and Kurotsuchi, but this is fine.

>>1230653
Is that considered canon in SSQ-verse? I remember that being a matter of debate.

Okay, so Renji is confirmed as the first pick at 7, with Miyako as a clear second pick at 5. Which leaves a tie for third pick, for which I'll give a ten minute tie break round:

Pick ONE:
>Kira Izuru
>Hinamori Momo

>>1230676
>Hinamori Momo

I don't like Momo much. But I am vastly amused by training Aizen's suborindate to beat his ass in a few weeks better than Aizen did with decades or centuries.

Fuck you Aizen. Ha. Ha. Ha.

>>1230676
Nevermind, missed one for Kira.

>>1230676
>>Hinamori Momo

>>1230676
>>Hinamori Momo

>>1230691
aw.....

>>1230676
>>1230691
fug it ill swing it and say >Hinamori Momo
just cause i wanna see where this goes.

>>1230676
>>Kira Izuru

>>1230676
I can easily see this in an omake:
>Captain Shunsui calls for a Lieutenants assembly, where he announces three of them will be selected for special training, with the promise of attaining bankai a guaranteed result.
>Enter Riku as the instructor as she browses the lieutenants like a lion with the luxury of picking which meat to chew up.
>Riku hams up the selection as if she's the host of "Survivor" while channeling Sargent Hartman from Full Metal Jacket.

Abarai is something of a running project for you, and getting him a step closer to his true Bankai can only be helpful in the long run. As for Kira, he's just... sort of tragic, to be honest. He was once a fairly bright young man, if a little on the shy side, but decades of being everyone's second pick for Lieutenant can't have been good to him. Momo's fairly good at kidō but has glaring weaknesses elsewhere, meaning she has a lot to improve on and could help lighten the load in getting Abarai's kidō up to par. Plus Rangiku seems fond of her, which is always nice to see.

That sounds like a nice, rounded out bunch of students to take as a group: they even knew each other back in their Academy days from what you understand, which suggests they'll work well together in this round of training assuming they haven't subsequently alienated each other.

Then you remember Miyako.

Your 'sister', somewhat estranged from the Shiba clan proper after the disappearance and presumed deathof her husband Kaien decades ago. He had been the head of the clan, and now Kaoru has taken that role leaving Miyako largely without a place. Kaoru and Kūkaku still aren't entirely sure how to begin to talk to her about it. She was also Jūshirō's Lieutenant, meaning she's been in command of Thirteenth Division since his 'death'. She could use the help in improving her abilities to help fill the gap left by her Captain, and to be perfectly honest you feel badly about her isolation from the rest of your adoptive clan.

“Actually,” you begin with a sigh, “I've changed my mind. Abarai, Hinamori, and Kira should probably stay as a matched set, since they're old friends from the Academy. They'll learn better together.”

“That makes sense,” Shunsui nods thoughtfully. “Glad to see you're taking this so seriously. But what did you change your mind about? That's three.”

“I want Shiba Miyako as well,” you insist, your tone rather firm as you swirl the coffee in your mug. “Family business as much as it is professional.”

“I was under the impression that Kaoru was considering that, but she also would like time to replace Lieutenant Ichinose,” Shunsui muses, somewhat somber as he mentions your former Commando's name. “He's still missing.”

“Kaoru's been slow to come to terms with it,” you frown, sipping the hot, bitter drink. “In a way it'd be easier if there was a body... same thing with Miyako for that matter. Two Lieutenants gone without a trace, it's actually a little disturbing.”

“I hope we figure out what happened some day,” Shunsui sighs heavily. “I was getting 'too old for this' a hundred years ago.”
>1/2

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>>1230784
After seeing Shunsui out you put on a fresh pot of coffee for your wife, who strolls through the kitchen in what some nobles would consider a scandalous state.

“Apparently I have Lieutenants to train,” you grumble.

“I heard,” Yoruichi muses, giving you a peck on the cheek. “For what it's worth I'm happy you requested Miyako. Poor woman's had it rough.”

“Not sure why that qualifies as a good thing,” you admit, wrapping an arm behind her waist. “I'll be putting her through even worse.”

“And she'll come out stronger for it,” Yoruichi points out. “And closer to you, I'll bet.”

“So you have a choice for Lieutenant?” you ask.

Yoruichi snags a cup of coffee and some toast before sitting at the table, then slicing off a bit of butter. “Omaeda.”

“Omaeda?” you ask, taken aback. “I thought I'd never see the day!”

“As much as I hate to admit it, he's got the reiryoku to make Lieutenant and his abilities have improved pretty quickly,” your wife explains, suddenly speaking as the Executive Commander of the Onmitsukidō again. “So yes, since Suí Fēng snagged Hisagi off you I'll be giving Omaeda a shot.”

>Why don't you bring Omaeda over here? We can train the five of them together.
>Call on your Commandos, that makes for a one-to-one ratio of students to teachers.
>Meet the Lieutenants alone, work to assess where they're starting out.
>Other?

>>1230836
>>Why don't you bring Omaeda over here? We can train the five of them together.

What's really stupid is that Omaeda has talent and inherent skill, he's just a lazy asshole

>>1230836
>Why don't you bring Omaeda over here? We can train the five of them together.
Hopefully, Omaeda's dad imparted some lessons on him from the time spent in the 2nd.

>Call on your Commandos, that makes for a one-to-one ratio of students to teachers.

>>1230836
>>Meet the Lieutenants alone, work to assess where they're starting out.

>>1230836
>>Why don't you bring Omaeda over here? We can train the five of them together.

>>1230836
>>Why don't you bring Omaeda over here? We can train the five of them together.
>Call on your Commandos, that makes for a one-to-one ratio of students to teachers.

>>1230836
>Meet the Lieutenants alone, work to assess where they're starting out.

>>1230836
>Other: Wow Omaeda a legitimate Lieutenant material? Marenoshin really did go through with his promise.

>Meet the Lieutenants alone, work to assess where they're starting out.
>Call a Lieutenant's assembly to so you can collect your vict-I mean your "students"
Do this so I can see the Lieutenants squirm when we get come and collect them for training.

>writing

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>>1230912
“You really think he's got it in him?” you muse. “I guess he inherited something from his old man besides the heft and the money... like a work ethic.”

“Only to a certain extent,” Yoruichi muses. “His weapon's way less interesting too. I need to get dressed and break the news to him.”

“Do it gently,” you suggest before a thought crosses your mind. “You can bring him back here if you'd like. Two on five sounds like a much easier way to teach than one on four, and who knows? Maybe seeing what other Lieutenants can do will light a fire under his substantial ass.”

“That... just might work!” Yoruichi exclaims. “Why didn't I think of shaming him into making himself useful? That's what Suí Fēng used to do... I think I'll need another cup, my brain's still not working right yet."

“Well there you go,” you nod sagely. “It's a date.”

“Guess so. See you in a bit, I'll be coming back on foot.”

“Got it,” you nod. “I won't hold up.”

Within the hour the first of your students arrives...
>1d4. Taking second roll only.

>>1230946

Rolled 2 (1d4)

>>1230946

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>1230946

Rolled 1 (1d4)

>>1230946

Rolled 2 (1d4)

>>1230946

>>1230957

Aw shit.

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>>1230955
Damn it, if only I hadn't fucked up that dice roll

>>1230836

Why don't you bring Omaeda over here? We can train the five of them together.

And so the TOMATO SQUAD is born!

"Why tomato?"

"Because even before they are done there is gonna be a lot of red. Plus is kind of funby to see the enemy being beat up by a squad with a ridiculous name."

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The first one to show up, interestingly enough, is Miyako.

“You... requested that I present myself?” she asks, having been waved past the guards. You can see that she's even wearing her Lieutenant's badge.

“Yes,” you nod sternly. “The Head Captain wants all our Lieutenants trained to be ready for winter, and gave me a choice of who I wanted to train.”

“And you chose me?” Miyako asks.

“I did, for a couple of reasons. I don't think I need to explain it any further than that.”

After a few moments of silence, Miyako nods in agreement. “Yes, I think I understand what you mean. So are we to be training alone?”

“No,” you shake your head. “Abarai, Hinamori, and Kira will be here, as well as Yoruichi and her new Lieutenant.”

“Well, the more the merrier I guess?” Miyako smiles nervously.

PICK ONE:
>As soon as the others arrive I'm back to being a Captain. Understood?
>Relax, you're my sister-in-law... by adoption. Point is, no need to stand on protocol.

ALSO:
>I'd like to test your current level of ability.
>Tell me what your zanpakuto does.
>Let's wait for the others.
>Other?

>>1231020
>>Relax, you're my sister-in-law... by adoption. Point is, no need to stand on protocol.
>>How have you been?

>>1231020
>>Relax, you're my sister-in-law... by adoption. Point is, no need to stand on protocol.
>>I'd like to test your current level of ability.

>>1231020
>Relax, you're my sister-in-law... by adoption. Point is, no need to stand on protocol
>I'd like to test your current level of ability.

>>1231020
>>Relax, you're my sister-in-law... by adoption. Point is, no need to stand on protocol.
>I'd like to test your current level of ability.

>>1231020
>As soon as the others arrive I'm back to being a Captain. Understood?
Awkward to be like this to Miyako, but I think this training deserves equal treatment so it won't seem preferential. In the end, she's still part of the family, just the it would be best to convey this in action once the training's done.

>I'd like to test your current level of ability.

>>1231020
>As soon as the others arrive I'm back to being a Captain. Understood?
>I'd like to test your current level of ability.

Yeah but protocol is bullshit anyway.

“We're both Shibas,” you remind your sister-in-law. “We're not exactly big on protocols, so you can relax a bit. I'm certainly not going to stress out too much over propriety.”

“So, what have the folks in your Division heard about me?”

A sigh of relief quickly gives way to obvious discomfort. “Well, the same a lot of people have heard I think? Hollows this, force of nature that. A couple of sins against God.”

“Well I was temporarily crowned the Queen of Hell, so I guess I can't dispute some of that,” you admit with a frown. “And what do you think?”

“Me?” Miyako asks. “Well, reality's always more complicated than that, right? Kaoru and Kūkaku seem to think highly of you too, and that counts for a lot.”

“Reality certainly did get complicated,” you sigh. “I didn't exactly know I was signing on for all this, but honestly I wouldn't have it any other way. Best thing that ever happened to me.”

“So, let's see where you stand, Miyako.”

“Wait, now!?” she panicks, glancing around the training grounds as if looking for an escape route or backup.

“Yeah, now!” you smile. “Before anyone else shows up!”
>3d10, best of 3, dc 14, crit 18

Rolled 4, 6, 8 = 18 (3d10)

>>1231101

Rolled 10, 10, 9 = 29 (3d10)

>>1231101

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

>>1231101
Show me your moves!

>>1231101
poor Miyako. I liken her to be the cute but somewhat clumsy sister who can make things work when the chips are down.

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>>1231113
This is Riku's thread, I guess.

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>>1231113
that's overkill.
>>1231114
HEIL SATAN

>>1231121
What's funnier is that Riku mentioned "Queen of Hell" in the post before the roll.

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>>1231107
>>1231113
>>1231114

>>1231107
>>1231113
>>1231114
>three crits
>one was near perfect

Goddamn, the hell did we just unleash?

>>1231134

I guess she is way better than we thought?

>>1231107
>>1231113
>>1231114
inb4 Miyako becomes Riku 2.0
Nice Riku?

>>1231134
I believe we are about to find out the hidden steel backbone that is Miyako Shiba and how she single handedly runs division 13 as a lieutenant.

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>>1231113

This thread is the best fucking thread.

If only we had gotten these rolls fighting Aizen.

>>1231169

Even if we got 3 crits and a 30 it eould have bern hopeless. You can't defest stage one.

>>1231172
hei anu n whar ded yiu lern te spelll>??

>>1231184
>>1231172
PHONE POSTERS

>>1231194
Actually that's just a Welshman trying to type in English.

You draw Tenkotsuki and swing her downwards with your right hand, and Miyako sidesteps carefully to your left: just enough to avoid your attack but not so far as to step out of range for her own counter. She draws her zanpakuto and attacks in a single swift movement, her blade swiping past where your eyes would have been had you not suddenly ducked low to avoid her blade and leveled Tenkotsuki's point at her gut.

“You use Eishin-ryū as your basic style with borrowed elements from Nitō-ryū and Jigen-ryū,” you declare, based on her initial draw and its target. “Your next three moves would have been a feint at my right hip followed by a counterclockwise rotation to strike at my wrists and a downward slash to the base of my left shoulder adopting a Jigen-ryū tonbogiri stance, based on the positioning of your feet.”

Miyako stares at you in utter disbelief. “How could you possibly have known all of that?”

“Your technique was very good,” you commend her. “But I'm used to moving much faster than that, so I had time to think about it. That's all.”

“Now, how's your kidō?” you ask her. “What are the highest-level spells you can cast in hadō and bakudō?”

“I can cast Raikōhō and Rikujōkōrō,” she replies, sword still held where it's been since her first missed strike.

“And how high can you go without an incantation?”

“Haien and Rikujōkōrō.”

You frown at the repeat. “You're that much better at bakudō? That's a little unusual.”

“I had better training at it,” she admits. “My hadō has always lagged a little.”

“And your zanpakuto?” you ask, looking over her weapon. It's rather plain, with a six-sided guard that's rounded slightly at the corners and elongated towards the edge and spine of its blade.

“Its name is Yumesuzuri,” she tells you, a rare note of pride in her voice. “Would you like to experience its ability firsthand? It may be easier than trying to explain it.”

>Yes
>No

>>1231230
>Yes

>>1231230
>Yes

>>1231230
>>Yes

>>1231230
>Yes
>We clearly haven't spent enough time together. Gin would already have attacked me by now.
>Sigh nostalgically

>>1231230
>Yes
Yume - Dream
suzuri - inkstone

She's a dream fighter.

>>1231230
>>Yes

>>1231230
>Yes

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>>1231172
>For my next trick, i'm going to tell you what you're having for dinner before you realize it yourself, followed by the path you'll take back to your barracks, followed by what you're going to dream about for the next three nights
>her face when

>inb4 we fail the observation roll.

>dice+3d10, DC 17, Crit 21

Rolled 6, 2, 8 = 16 (3d10)

>>1231279

Rolled 5, 2, 6 = 13 (3d10)

>>1231279

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

>>1231279

>>1231292
CLUTCH.

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>>1231292
Fucking clutched

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>>1231304
what? you don't like?

>>1231314
If you made the hair all purple that'd be Risa.


>>1231299
>>1231302
>>1231307
you're welcome anons

>>1231304
Sometimes you're hot, and the dice love me tonight.

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>>1231304
>set the DC high on purpose
>clutch it anyways because we're Kusajishi Fuckmothering Ruki

This is how it's been, king.
Right from the start.

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>>1231292
“Sure, if that's how you want to do it,” you nod. “Ready whenever you are.”

Miyako raises her blade into a standard ready position in front of her, point level with her gaze as she stares straight at you. “Scribe, Yumesuzuri!”

For a moment you think nothing has happened... but then you find yourself among friends and family, temporarily at a loss as to what you were doing or where you were mere moments before. Tenkotsuki is here, and Rosa too... she's getting Ichigo drunk for the first time while Isshin laughs his ass off with Kūkaku and Kaoru. Yoruichi is at your side, saying something to you...

… then you find a sheath in your left hand and a pressure against the blade in your right.

Coming to you find that Miyako has swung her sheath at your head only for you to catch it in your hand, which was a feint to open a slash at your exposed left side that you've managed to parry with Tenkotsuki's blade across your body. Miyako stares at you with wide eyes.

“I'd have understood blocking the sheath, but to correctly identify it as a feint in that state and block both attacks?” she muses, clearly amazed at your performance. “I wouldn't have thought it was possible! What exactly are you, Riku?”

So that's the trick? She can somehow use her zanpakuto to make a target daydream something that she comes up with, just enough to dissociate them from their surroundings. Nothing nearly so elaborate or powerful as Kyōka Suigetsu or as long-duration as Sakanade, but all the same rather effective in its simplicity.

“I'm a Captain with two other beings sharing my mind,” you tell her, then briefly you recall what she no doubt made you see with her zanpakuto. You simply smile and stretch your shoulders. “And I'm already living the dream.”

>>1231360
And that's where we end for tonight. It's nearly 2:30 here and I should really be trying to get some sleep.

Archive is up, and I'll be back after SoZ tomorrow night to continue training the Lieutenants. Thanks for turning out, and hope you had as much fun as I did!

>>1231382
Have a good one king

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>>1231360
B T F O
T
F
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>>1231360
>“And I'm already living the dream.”
Damn but that's a good line to end the thread on.

>>1231382
Thanks for the thread run!

BTW, if Momo survives this training with her life and sanity intact, I'm calling dibs for suggesting an omake of Gin welcoming her to the very exclusive "Survived Captain Kusajishi's Training" club.

>>1231360
How utterly buttfucked does miyako feel right about now?
Oh this training's gonna hurt

>>1231360
This training is gonna be fun, Also thanks for the run Queen!

>>1231382

Questions:
To Queen:
>So... about them dice rolls. What are your thoughts on this unnatural string of crits?
>Dammit Queen I swear you're like trying to actively avoid doing housecleaning on pastebins. But I do get the fact that you have lots on your plate.
To the G-13 Lieutenants:
>What is your thoughts on the 4 Lieutenants chosen to be trained by Captain Kusajishi?
To Renji, Kira, and Momo:
>Give us your thoughts on being selected to undertake Riku's special Commando Curriculum. You're Guaranteed to get a Bankai out of it! And if you already have bankai, she'll whip you into shape so you aren't shit at bankai!
To Tia, Riku or Apacci:
>How often does Apacci pull a "deer in headlights" reaction? How long does it take for Apacci to snap out of it?
Apacci:
>That Deer in headlights reaction does a number on your neck muscles does it?
>rate your embarassment out of 10 when Riku found out how you view her.
>were you honestly looking forward to the idea of Riku putting you to bed whenever you feel sleepy?
Menoly:
>So how hard was it to get yourself out of the puddle of sap when you woke up?
>Were you surprised that you were still in resurrección when you woke up?
>So, how appreciative are you of your resurrección now that Riku's helped you brainstorm some useful techniques to go along with your innate abilities? Are you thinking of experimenting on the possibilities?
>I hope you're immune to your own sap.

Tenkotsuki:
>Have you tried reading your own notes? I know you like your statements like your calligraphy flowery and elegant, but this is Riku we're talking about.
Rosa:
>Do you have a sparknotes version of Tenkotsuki's instructions on Hado 99 or are you as lost as Riku comprehending the foxgirl's chickenscratch?
Tenko, Rosa, Riku:
>So describe your experience in the double release multitasking. Mentally and spiritually straining is obvious, but what was the sensation like?

Omake: Salt-Storm in Valhalla
>Artemis delivers the report Riku gave her detailing the Reishi disparity and the hidden truth to her cohorts.... and watches chaos equivalent to Ragnarok unfold as news reaches the other pantheons, in America Coyote is torn between laughing his ass off and/or throwing in his share of salt into the collective storm of anger. Meanwhile, there is an unnatural atmosphere of shame and indignation hanging over Japan's pantheon.

>>1231547
>Meanwhile at coyote's place
>"There ain't enough peyote in the world for me to deal with this shit"

So what DID those 9,9,9s give our soon to be Hado 99 casting 9-tailed shinigami?

>>1231590
it made reading the chickenscratchings Tenkotsuki had Riku write down as notes easier to decypher and figure out when it comes to learning Hado 99.

>>1230746
Queen, can we make this a thing?

>>1230653
I Always thought that was weird, because Yachiru has her own release thats differet then Kenpachis? Isnt that kind of weird?

>>1231996
Kubo

>>1231996
True, but when Isane or whoever saw it, she noticed something was really wrong.

I think that that triple cut feature is probably something Zaraki could do that Yachiru was able to simulate it

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>>1231996
Because Kubo gonna Kubo. You could have an entire novel just dedicated to accounting for things like that in the series that never got a proper explanation.

>>1231547
>>1231382
Since a shinigami's zanpakuto can have a solid physical manifestation, have there been any cases in history of someone having "intimate" relations with their sword?
What about gigai, is there possibly a black market for gigai of particularly attractive individuals, or even "special orders" for the exceedingly rich and powerful?
If not among the nobles, then what about the ronery scientists that make them?

>>1232132
And don't even start to be like that, you know you've thought about it.
urahara literally made a blow-up gigai

>>1232115
>things like that in the series that never got a proper explanation.

Like why Yoruichi is clearly too dark to be Asian. Or how Orihime and Rangiku don't break in half when they incline their bodies even twenty degrees forward. Or why the most Asian looking dude is a fat man who is largely considered nearly worthless. Or the fact that Rukia and Ichigo never fuck, I mean come on, hormones are hormones and they were living together for a rather extended period of time, everyone knows it would have happened.

>>1232132
>Since a shinigami's zanpakuto can have a solid physical manifestation, have there been any cases in history of someone having "intimate" relations with their sword?

Probably Urahara.

Where do you THINK that three day bankai idea came from?

It was more of a happy side effect.

>>1231547
Queen:
>It's... certainly something. A 29 is kind of hard to argue with.
>It gets worse: now I'm also sleep-deprived.
G-13 Lieutenants:
>General relief mixed with a healthy amount of concern for the lives of their comrades.
Renji, Kira, and Momo:
>R: I kind of expected it to be honest. She seems to enjoy meddling with me.
>K: Shocked and worried... though I guess I was the one who was looking for a way to get stronger.
>M: Kind of excited. I expect it to be tough of course, but Rangiku was right: her mother really isn't a bad person, and there's absolutely a reason they're both so strong.
Tia:
>I have noticed it occasionally, though it only lasts a few seconds.
Apacci:
>Not really.
>Maybe a six. It's more the way she heard me saying it.
>... you will say NOTHING.
Menoly:
>Not very, it just took some time to get it out of my outfit.
>Absolutely, though I guess that was the point wasn't it?
>Don't worry, if I weren't I'd have been screaming in agony that whole time.
Tenkotsuki:
>It is not about the form but rather the content. The way *we* understood things and the way *I* understand them are rather different I fear.
Rosa:
>I have no idea what the hell that spell is in the first place, so don't look at me. I just work here.
Riku:
>It's like... well, it's like kensho. Suddenly knowing more than you ever realized you knew, as if the whole world has suddenly become comprehensible all at once. It's wonderful and terrifying, strange but intimately familiar.

>>1232132
Not in recorded history, no. And the black market for any "military" technology would be extremely limited by the Onmitsu control over the supply side. Anyone who could possibly furnish such items would be flagged early on. Even Urahara has his own case file despite Yoruichi's personal confidence that he's not that much of an asshole.

As for gigai, the only way the Reigai uprising even happened in the first place is that they had access to the Dangai records: which are EXTREMELY restricted and incomprehensible to anyone who's not specially trained or Urahara. Even Mayuri might not fully understand how to manipulate them.

>>1232704
>or Urahara.

I love how all bullshit is somehow understandable to Urahara.

>"Yeah I made this paper which makes you into a cat."
>How?
>"Science!"

>"I invented and created a rock that can break down the barriers between shinigami and hollow!"
>How and why?
>"SCIENCE!"

Every goddamn time.

>>1232148
Because Orihime reminds him of his mom, and everyone wants to bang their moms.

Since it was already morning before I could get my upstairs neighbors to shut the fuck up, I've had next to no sleep and am struggling to get a session of SoZ planned. So I'll resume SSQ in three and a half hours, or noon PST.

The reason being I at least know more or less what's going to happen in SSQ's immediate future and can, to a certain extent, wing it while SoZ would need significant plot-related planning and consideration.

>>1232904
reminder that it's so easy to just cut your neighbor's tires

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>>1232904
I feel you Queen.

>pic related as yfw?

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>>1232909
>more like

>>1232904
Their loss is our gain I guess, but don't burn yourself out y'know.

Just wondering, does Starrk have shinreiryokou? He used to be a Coyote, so does that mean he had a speck of the divine like Tenri?

>>1233011
if he did, then he would stick out like Riku or Tia. Either that, or he's super good at holding back his true power to the point where he can literally hide his divine signature. Either that or it got lost somewhere in ghost mexico.

>>1233014
>inb4 Lilynette has it

>>1233032
That would be a kubo moment that somehow makes sense.

>>1233045
Then it wouldn't be much of a Kubo moment.
>update in a minute or two

>>1233168
Nah some of the Kubo moments make sense looking back. The good ones anyways.

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>>1231360
Not bad, for such an impromptu event. You've managed to learn that Miyako stands up to the Shiba reputation after all, with an acceptable talent for kenjutsu and kidō worthy of recognition as a Lieutenant and an effective shikai at her disposal in Yumesuzuri. Though you also suppose that inducing daydreams has its limitations... as with Kyōka Suigetsu it no doubt has a trigger of some manner. You also suppose there are some serious limitations to the effects of its dissociation, perhaps that Miyako must correctly tailor the daydream to her opponent.

“Do you do this often?” Miyako asks you, leaning in a little closer to peer at you like a mother trying to determine if her child is sick or merely faking. “Deliver a punchline then zone out, I mean?”

“Occupational hazard,” you shrug. “I was digesting what I learned from that exchange, trying to figure out what sort of training would serve you best.”

“I see,” she sighs, with a rare smile tugging at her lips. “You remind me a little of Captain Ukitake... he never stops thinking either.”

The present tense. As if he were still alive: which for all you know he could be again if things don't go awry. That optimism is good, it'll serve your adoptive-sister-in-law well.

>1d3, taking the third roll

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>1233195

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>1233195
Alright, I'll tank the 1st worst roll.

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>1233195
And so the suff- er, TRAINING begins.
I cannot contain my boner.

>>1233202
aww.... you broke the chain of 2s...

>>1233202
Renji next?
When do we steal his sword and use his own bankai on him for shits and giggles?

>>1233208
Next up is Momo.

>>1233216
Momo a cute, breaking her will be easy
Is Momo possibly weakest Lt?

>>1233216
Hmm, tempted to rig a punishment game for who arrives last.

>>1233014
It might also only be there if he's fused, which is extremely rare. It it'll show up when/if he gets segunda etapa

>>1233224
*Or it'll show up, rather

>>1233221
nope. she's a mage fighter. her sword channels kido like a lightning rod channeling lightning

>>1233216
It isn't long before you sense the arrival of another Lieutenant.

“I've been expecting you, Lieutenant Hinamori,” you declare, not even bothering to face her until after you offer a greeting. “Welcome back to my Division. I trust that the trip here was pleasant enough?”

“Am I only the second one here?” she muses, glancing at Miyako. “And I thought I was going to have to apologize for being late.”

“You're actually a few minutes early,” you observe. “Good form.”

“Thank you, Captain,” Hinamori bows respectfully. “Captain Ichimaru always insisted on arriving a few minutes early... not too early as to draw attention to yourself, but to never risk being late.”

“Gin's got a certain wisdom to him, always has,” you muse. “So, I take it you understand why you're here?”

“The Captain explained it to me,” she replies. “Says you wanted to train me for the battle coming this winter. I suppose you wanted to bring Renji and Izuru here too?”

>I thought you could help me train them... especially Renji.
>The three of you can learn from each other's strengths.
>I brought you here to remedy your respective weak points.
>Other?

ALSO, pick one:
>Spar with me, at least briefly.
>Spar with Miyako here for a bit.
>Let's wait for the others.

>>1233264
>>The three of you can learn from each other's strengths.

>Spar with me, at least briefly.

>>1233223
>I thought you could help me train them... especially Renji.
>The three of you can learn from each other's strengths.
>I brought you here to remedy your respective weak points.

>Spar with Miyako here for a bit.

>>1233264
>I thought you could help me train them... especially Renji.

>Spar with Miyako here for a bit.

>>1233264
>Other: How far have you gotten with your zampakuto training? Can you manifest your sword yet?
>Other: I've got plans for each of you. Just need to know where you stand at in terms of and shikai progression/mastery.
>The three of you can learn from each other's strengths.
>Spar with Miyako here for a bit.

>>1233286
Don't forget the shame
>can you AT LEAST manifest your sword yet?

Should be have rangiku over for a minute to show them what a Lt. should be like?

>>1233300
That IS an idea. But better used when ALL the students are present.
>writing
>3d10, DC 17, Crit 20

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Rolled 2, 6, 7 = 15 (3d10)

>>1233305
Oh boy

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

>>1233305