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>>1254415
“It had to be,” Rangiku counters airily. “Otherwise I might not've survived being raised by you. Seriously, what would you have done if you'd adopted a squishier kid?”

“Point is you're not squishy,” you sigh, “and I want you to help me make your fellow Lieutenants here less squishy.”

“I don't particularly appreciate being called squishy,” Renji grumbles. “We're Lieutenants for cryin' out loud, haven't we earned some respect?”

“And there's the attitude again,” you round on him. “Do you know the purpose of a Lieutenant, Renji? Don't answer that, it's rhetorical... the answer is that as a Lieutenant you're expected to take over for a Captain some day.”

“Take over for Captain Kuchiki?” Renji frowns, considering the point.

“That's right. The rank exists because the Gotei 13 relies on the power of its Captains in emergencies, and when a Captain dies or is forced to retire we have to replace them as quickly as possible. Having skilled Lieutenants allows us to recruit from a standing pool of candidates in that eventuality.”

“At one point we had a sizable pool to draw on including some seated officers, but the last hundred years have taken a toll. Right now we have one Lieutenant who's capable of handling that sort of responsibility and it sure as hell isn't you, Renji. I've been there, Hell would agree.”

“And who might that one be?” Renji snorts. “Certainly not Ikkaku?”

“Renji, think about that carefully,” Hinamori sighs. “Of course she means Rangiku.”

“I'd heard she knows Bankai, but I've never seen it... and are her other abilities really so far beyond ours?” Kira muses.

>Rangiku, I think four-on-one sounds... well, ALMOST fair.
>I'm curious to see how you've improved, Rangiku. You versus me.
>If you doubt her ability I'm sure she can demonstrate.
>Let's work on kidō today, Rangiku. Just like when you were a kid.
>Other?

>>1254438
>I'm curious to see how you've improved, Rangiku. You versus me.
We've fought with best son. Now it's time to see how best daughteru stacks up.

>>1254438
>Rangiku, I think four-on-one sounds... well, ALMOST fair.
"Plus, they need practice in group fights anyway."

>>1254438
>Rangiku, I think four-on-one sounds... well, ALMOST fair.

I'm fairly confident best daughter can handle this many scrubs.

>>1254438
>>If you doubt her ability I'm sure she can demonstrate.

>>1254438
>>Rangiku, I think four-on-one sounds... well, ALMOST fair.

>will start writing in a few minutes

>>1254438
>>Rangiku, I think four-on-one sounds... well, ALMOST fair.
Fucking hell, browser just had to hang when I was about to vote.

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>>1254505
I'll let you take temporary control over Rangiku:
>Show your version of Riku's versatile, all-out combat style
>Focus on hakuda and kenjutsu
>Show off Haineko, she likes it when you do that
>Use your kido skills to full effect, that's a huge difference between you and a typical Lieutenant
>Other?

>>1254523
>>Show off Haineko, she likes it when you do that

>>1254523
>>Show off Haineko, she likes it when you do that

>>1254523
>Show your version of Riku's versatile, all-out combat style
>Other: Make sure you switch up those danmaku ash patterns!

>>1254523
>>Show off Haineko, she likes it when you do that

>>1254523
>>Show off Haineko, she likes it when you do that

>>1254523
>Show off Haineko, she likes it when you do that

>3d10, DC 18 crit 20
A little stiffer DC than 1v1 because Rangiku is MASSIVELY outnumbered.

Rolled 4, 3, 8 = 15 (3d10)

>>1254583
Here goes my rolls.

Rolled 7, 6, 10 = 23 (3d10)

>>1254583

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Rolled 2, 3, 6 = 11 (3d10)

>>1254586
>>1254583

>>1254583
>>1254586
Best daughteru best daughteru'd

amazing

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>>1254586
>IT'S RANGIKU TIME

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>>1254605
“I think four on one is as close to fair as this is going to get,” you shrug, making the suggestion to your daughter. “You game?”

“Make that five to one,” Yoruichi interrupts, having returned with Omaeda huffing and puffing dramatically behind her. “Surely one more won't be an issue?”

“The more the merrier,” Rangiku shrugs. “Renji, would you mind using shikai?”

“Why?” Renji demands loudly.

“It's easier for me to fight against all five of you without having to account for one of you who's way stronger,” Rangiku explains carefully. “You may think it's a point of pride, but this is still a training exercise, so it's pointless if nobody can learn anything from it.”

“I'd learn something from it,” you protest in jest, retrieving your haori from Miyako's hands.

“No, you'd be amused by it, Captain,” Rangiku rolls her eyes. “There's a difference.”

“Not to me there isn't.”

“I'll get straight to the point,” Rangiku offers, shrugging off her haori and tossing it to you revealing her bare shoulders and back.

“Hey wait a minute, Captain!” Omaeda protests loudly. “Why's she got the same uniform you do? Don't tell me she can...”

“Shunkō!” Rangiku declares, her body rippling with a pink-tinted aura of powerful, shimmering reiatsu. It's not like yours or Yoruichi's which cycle through your own body in a loop, nor is it like Little Bee's which rotates constantly. No, Rangiku's shunkō seems to vibrate not unlike...

“It's like Seele Schnieder!” Rosa confirms in wonder. “When did your girl pick this up?”

“It's lower frequency, and seems to take more out of her to maintain,” you observe carefully, “but yeah... I can see the comparison. It's her own unique completed form.”

“And I'm proud of it,” Rangiku admits. “So, who's first?”

“Smash, Gegetsuburi!” Omaeda roars, only to find Rangiku's fist thrust through the giant spiked flail that manifests in his hands. The sphere cracks and shatters, with the punch connecting with the new Lieutenant's sizable gut. He manages to take a step back to avoid getting the full impact, but his horror is obvious.
>1/2

>>1254640
So she can now turn her sword into a million little weapons and her body into a million chainsaws? Scary

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>>1254640
“It seems to soften reiatsu-hardened surfaces,” you observe, eyeing the relatively modest effects Rangiku's new form had on Omaeda's body compared to his weapon. “But she's not gonna let up.”

“Raise your head, Wabisuke!”

Kira gets a kick to the gut for his trouble as Rangiku intercepts his blade with Haineko, then immediately counterattacks. His eyes widen and he gasps for air as he rolls across the ground, and Rangiku takes a moment to reduce her own zanpakuto to ashes in an instant without calling on it. Just in the nick of time, as it happens.

“Snap, Tobiume!” Hinamori shouts, sending a burst of crimson reiatsu at her fellow Lieutenant only to watch it detonate early against a wall of ash, leaving an opening for her partner to attack with his own zanpakuto.

“Roar, Zabimaru!”

Renji's saw-like blade misses entirely as an almost imperceptible shunpō lets Rangiku step out of the way, while Miyako has prepared her own follow-up.

“Bakudō #30: Shitotsu Sansen!”

From the ground Kira finishes his own spell. “Hadō 57: Daichi Tenyō!”

As chunks of upturned stone, swords, and spears of light rain down on her, Rangiku's response is exactly what you'd expect it to be.

She smiles.

“Ōkasen!”
>2/3

>>1254676
hahaha, Rangiku you're fucking awesome

>>1254676
Haineko's ashes have gotten everywhere, it seems. The chunks of earth, seeded thoroughly before Kira could complete his incantation, shatter into harmless pebbles and dust and scatter on the blast waves. Zabimaru changes course and practically folds in on itself, its ligaments torn and frayed in places. The spears of light dissolve and Miyako herself is thrown backwards from the force of Rangiku's counterattack, and a web of kido hastily spread across the battlefield in secret by Hinamori has a hole burned through the center of it and loses integrity.

As the dust settles, one of the stunned Lieutenants manages a nervous laugh.

“Hey, you forgot about me!”

“Tsuzuri Raiden,” Rangiku adds, causing the ashes on Gegetsuburi's fragments to shock Omaeda's hands.

“Better now?” she asks.

“You didn't have to take it so literally...” he moans.

“So, that's my shikai,” Rangiku continues cheerfully. “You also got to see my shunpō and hakuda. Not really so much my zanjutsu and kenjutsu skills, but they're there.”

>Suggest Rangiku shows off her kidō
>Give Rangiku a sparring partner for kenjutsu
>Kenjutsu AND kidō could be fun
>Let her continue playing with her cohort
>Other?

>>1254704
>>Give Rangiku a sparring partner for kenjutsu
Personal order of preference:
- Miyako
- Momo
- Kira
- Omaeda
- Renji

>>1254704
>>Kenjutsu AND kidō could be fun

we should prepare the usual snacks for Rangiku; that we gave her and Gin when they were small and just started learning from us

>>1254704
>>Kenjutsu AND kidō could be fun

>>1254704
>Suggest Rangiku shows off her kidō
>Other: have the kido be shown in a quickdraw-style match.

>>1254704
>Kenjutsu AND kidō could be fun

>>1254704
>>Kenjutsu AND kidō could be fun

Time to pick a strategy:
>Focus on fighting defensively and pinning her down with bakudo
>Use kenjutsu and kido up close to maintain constant pressure
>Try something new, something that will catch her by surprise
>Other?

>>1254749
>Use kenjutsu and kido up close to maintain constant pressure

Under pressure!

>>1254749
>Try something new, something that will catch her by surprise
MYSTERY BOX

>>1254749
>>Try something new, something that will catch her by surprise

>>1254749
>>Try something new, something that will catch her by surprise

>>1254766
>3d10, DC 19, Crit 22
>best of four

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

>>1254799

Rolled 5, 3, 2 = 10 (3d10)

>>1254799

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

>>1254799

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

>>1254799

we fucking suck this roll

I guess Rangiku sees this new thing coming. Or Riku kinda botches it.

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>>1254802
>>1254807
>>1254809
>>1254810
>>1254799

>>1254814
Well if we have to get pwned, let it be by our own daughter.

....Man that wasn't an easy DC but we haven't screwed the pooch that hard in a while, on Bo4 no less.

“Let's play together instead, Rangiku,” you suggest, drawing Tenkotsuki from your waist. “Just like old times?”

“You must be in a good mood,” Rangiku muses as her blade re-solidifies. “Alright, let's play. But don't be surprised if it's harder than you remember.”

“I'd be disappointed if it weren't.”

The first few blows are simple enough: a horizontal slash meets a flowing parry, an attempt at a shoulder slam is pushed away, a thrust is sidestepped. Then you start to formulate a plan: Rangiku is accustomed to your techniques, having seen many of them in the past as you were developing them. The best way to really test her ability is to try something new... but what? Something unusual, perhaps kidō... or a new version of one?

It's in the midst of that thinking that Rangiku suddenly manages to surprise you instead.

A circular step reduces the ground beneath you to soft, shifting sand and forces you to backpedal awkwardly to avoid tripping, and Rangiku's blade is at your neck.

“Point?” she smiles.

Clever girl.

“I was lost in thought,” you admit, “but yeah. You got me fair and square... good job.”

“I had no idea Rangiku was so good at kenjutsu,” Hinamori muses quietly to Renji. “She was actually holding her own against the Captain!”

“I feel like an asshole,” Renji admits gruffly.

>Let's try that again, shall we?
>Focus on kenjutsu
>Focus on bakudō
>Other?

>Sorry it took a while, my internets had some issues

>>1254899
>Let's try that again, shall we?

>>1254899
>>Focus on bakudō

>>1254899
>>Focus on kenjutsu

>>1254899
>Focus on kenjutsu

>>1254899
>Focus on kenjutsu

>>1254899
>Focus on kenjutsu

>>1254899
>>Focus on kenjutsu

>3d10, DC 16, crit 20, best of three

Rolled 5, 8, 6 = 19 (3d10)

>>1254979
pottery

Rolled 8, 8, 8 = 24 (3d10)

>>1254979

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>1254979

>>1254995
blood for the blood god!

Rolled 3, 5, 10 = 18 (3d10)

>>1254979

Rolled 6, 1, 3 = 10 (3d10)

>>1254979

Rolled 2, 1, 10 = 13 (3d10)

>>1254979
>>1255000

I am not a smart man

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>>1254995
>suddenly Riku recalls how to sword

>>1255020
>You gotta get back to the basics, Riku! Cut HARDER! Duck, weave and CUT HARDER!

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>>1255020
>cute rare Rangikus

>>1255020
>"Riku, try to remember the basics of CQC."
>"Yoruichi you are not The Boss."

>>1255020
“Well then, I suppose you have improved,” you muse. “And you studied with Kaoru too unless I'm mistaken.”

“You caught me!” she replies sheepishly. “I've been putting in extra practice lately, trying to find ways to hide Haineko's ashes better and catch people off guard.”

“Let's get back to basics,” you suggest, readying your sword again. “Kenjutsu against kenjutsu!”

Rangiku takes the initiative, flash-stepping behind you to attack your left shoulder with a downward slice. But you catch her just as easily, jabbing your sheath into her stomach while Tenkotsuki's blade stops her strike. You spin in place to strike back but your daughter has moved away, probably as soon as she realized that her attack had failed. It's a good instinct.

“You're taking this seriously,” she muses as you finish withdrawing Tenkotsuki's sheath from your sash. “I'm flattered.”

“You earned it,” you reply, lunging in with a thrust while the sheath protects your vulnerable left side from Rangiku's turning riposte. “You've improved a lot since I taught you shunkō... I'm proud.”

“Can't quite keep up though!” she admits, swinging Haineko at your right side to tie up Tenkotsuki and throwing a series of rapid punches at your left side that you parry in succession with the sheath. “You're always one step ahead!”

As if to prove the point she takes a crack across the jaw from the sheath that lets you disengage with Tenkotsuki, turn, and land a strike with her pommel that doubles Rangiku over and slides her across the ground several meters.

“Kamaitachi,” you announce, suggesting your next attack.

“Enkosen,” she replies, proposing her counter.

“Not enough,” you observe.

“I know,” she admits as her blade dissolves into ashes. “But with this it would be.”

“Then Rikujōkōrō,” you continue, and Rangiku's forced to nod. “Yeah, that'd about do it, wouldn't it?”

“Wait, are you still fighting or not?” Omaeda wonders aloud. “I'm confused.”

“They've got a good enough feel for each other's relative ability they can imagine the outcome,” Miyako explains with a frown. “I've never seen two fighters get like this with only shikai.”

“Any Captain could fight at this level, with varying degrees of success,” Yoruichi weighs in with her own analysis. “You Lieutenants could do it too if you were better rounded, more serious about your training.”
>1/2

>>1255094
“The four shinigami combat arts are all part of a comprehensive system,” you explain without lowering your sword. “Kenjutsu, hakuda, a zanpakuto's own abilities, kidō... each meant to fill the holes left by the others, overlapping and empowering each other. When one fails the other can succeed, when one leaves you open the other defends you. While the specific skills and level of ability each shinigami attains vary, using all four is mandatory for someone of Lieutenant caliber or higher.”

“Your ability makes it easier though,” Rangiku points out, lowering Haineko's hilt.

“Only in terms of its shape,” you nod, “and in terms of making higher level spells easier to cast quickly without losing power. Tenkotsuki's greater power lies with what happens with spells I can already cast that way, which is beyond the point of the lesson.”

“So that's what you were trying to do?” Rangiku asks. “Improvise?”

“It normally takes months to devise a new kidō technique,” Hinamori frowns. “I've been working on spreading Fushibi under Kyokkō for three years now, under Captain Ichimaru's suggestion... and that's more like dual casting, not true kaizo kidō.”

“I'm interested in seeing it too,” Rangiku muses.

>Show them a technique you've already modified with Tenkotsuki's help. That should inspire Momo a bit.
>Try something new based on Hadō #99's basic technique. A bit intense perhaps, but it serves your own advancement too.
>Create something that Rangiku might be able to use with Haineko as part of her repertoire.
>Other?

>>1255137
>>Show them a technique you've already modified with Tenkotsuki's help. That should inspire Momo a bit.
I'm trying to recall if Tenko modded Kyokko one time. I think we got good dice results for it.

>>1255137
Hmm. On one hand I do wanna get started on Hado 99. On the other hand it won't help anyone but us here, and the dice have been kinda swingy today.

Hmm...

>Create something that Rangiku might be able to use with Haineko as part of her repertoire.

>>1255165
We did, really early in the Quest. Sadly I'm not sure it would help this crowd too much.

Well...aybe Omaeda, but if we ever count on him to make the difference, oh boy.

>>1255137
>Show them a technique you've already modified with Tenkotsuki's help. That should inspire Momo a bit.
Let's get this girl some motivation.

>>1255137
>Show them a technique you've already modified with Tenkotsuki's help. That should inspire Momo a bit.

>>1255137
>Show them a technique you've already modified with Tenkotsuki's help. That should inspire Momo a bit.

>>1255137
>>Create something that Rangiku might be able to use with Haineko as part of her repertoire.

Pick one:
>Yuugure Kasou (severely dialed-back)
>Kurohitsugi Dantou (on a target dummy)
>Kyokkou (may not be applicable)
>Other (you'd have to name one)

>>1255242
>Kurohitsugi Dantou (on a target dummy)
Just cause I'm a fan of gravity based shinanigans and attacks.

>>1255242
>Kurohitsugi Dantou (on a target dummy)

>>1255242
>>Kurohitsugi Dantou (on a target dummy)

>>1255242
>>Kurohitsugi Dantou (on a target dummy)

>>1255242
>>Kurohitsugi Dantou (on a target dummy)
Eh, I only brought up Kyokko since Momo mentioned it anyway. But this is pretty good too.

>dice+3d10, DC 16, crit 19

Rolled 5, 2, 10 = 17 (3d10)

>>1255323

Rolled 7, 5, 1 = 13 (3d10)

>>1255323

Rolled 3, 1, 6 = 10 (3d10)

>>1255323

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

>>1255323

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

>>1255323

A 10 or a 1 in each roll. Geez.

>>1255326
>>1255328
>>1255332
*Sigh* back to medicoracy.

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Well, you may be able to demonstrate one technique... one which won't claim an arm or a leg even if they do it right. It's not like they can heal themselves the way you can.

“Well then, this is Kurohitsugi Dantō,” you explain, raising your hand and aiming it at a nearby boulder. With some effort you call a pitch-black box of reiatsu into being around the surface of the boulder, then close your fist. The spell collapses a small chunk of the rock under a torrent of gravity, crushing what had once been about the size of a human head into what looks more like a marble.

You pick it up with your fingertips, then for good measure you toss it into the nearby pond where it raises a plume of water several meters high.

“You collapsed a part of the rock?” Hinamori asks, absolutely enthralled by what she's just watched. “Does that use less energy?”

“It's a bit faster too,” you tell her, which you think nearly causes her to squeal. “But it also takes substantially more effort and control to pull off... so I doubt most practitioners could manage it. But you might be able to do something similar with a lower-level spell, if you're as good with kidō as I suspect you are.”

“I can barely control Shakkahō and Captains are modifying eighties-level spells?” Renji mutters. “Damn it all.”

“Maybe I've been going about it the wrong way...” Kira muses to himself. You can't help but throw in your own opinion, startling the poor Lieutenant.

“What, by not using bakudō to make it easier to land multiple hits in quick succession?” you ask, and his eyes widen as if he thinks you read his mind.

“No, I can't read your mind...”

He sighs in relief.

“... but I still think you're better off learning how to properly estimate Wabisuke's effect on specific victims.”

“So it's just that easy?” Rangiku cocks her eyebrow. “Well then, I guess I should try it at some point.”

>It'd be best to think of something that would mesh well with Haineko's movements.
>It would be best to try utilizing more different spells through Haineko's scattered blade.
>Let me take a try at something, if it works I'll help you replicate it.
>Continue on with the other Lieutenants.


>pic unrelated

>>1255435
>>It'd be best to think of something that would mesh well with Haineko's movements.

>>1255435
>Continue on with the other Lieutenants.

>>1255435
>Continue on with the other Lieutenants.

>>1255435
>>Continue on with the other Lieutenants.

>>1255435
>>Continue on with the other Lieutenants

>>1255435
>Continue on with the other Lieutenants.
I trust that Rangiku has enough experience that she can come up with somethin on her own, although maybe Suicide clones charged with a spell might be something.

>>1255435
>It'd be best to think of something that would mesh well with Haineko's movements.

>>1255435
>>Continue on with the other Lieutenants.

>Focus on developing their kidō and reiatsu control, they could honestly all benefit from it.
>Focus on drilling kenjutsu, though Miyako and Renji are already proficient enough.
>Focus on speed training and coordination, though you suspect Omaeda and Kira are fine.
>Other?

>>1255502
>Focus on developing their kidō and reiatsu control, they could honestly all benefit from it.

>Focus on developing their kidō and reiatsu control, they could honestly all benefit from it.

>>1255502
>>Focus on developing their kidō and reiatsu control, they could honestly all benefit from it.

>>1255502
>Focus on developing their kidō and reiatsu control, they could honestly all benefit from it.

>>1255502
>>Focus on developing their kidō and reiatsu control, they could honestly all benefit from it.

>>1255502
>>Focus on developing their kidō and reiatsu control, they could honestly all benefit from it.

>>1255502
>>Focus on developing their kidō and reiatsu control, they could honestly all benefit from it.
Had me at reiatsu control.

Are they doing jinzen in their own time?

>>1255521
Jinzen develops attunement with one's zanpakuto and control over its abilities. It only applies to a certain extent.

No rolls this time?

>>1255572
Unless you want to try using a spell as a demonstration... which yeah that makes sense IC anyway.
>3d10, DC 16, Crit 20

Rolled 6, 8, 5 = 19 (3d10)

>>1255588

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

>>1255588

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

>>1255588

>>1255598
>two 1's
Man dice just hate my guts

>>1255588
AMENDED:
>best of four because Tenkotsuki is applicable

Rolled 8, 9, 9 = 26 (3d10)

>>1255588

>>1255604
HOLY SHIT

And thus did RIku dole out Kido enlightenment.

>>1255602
>>1255604
AHHAHA!

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>>1255604
THAT CLUTCH.

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>>1255624
“Perhaps all of you could work on that sort of control,” you muse quietly, and together with Tenkotsuki you hatch a plan. For a few moments you and she puzzle out the details, before you decide you're ready. Drawing her blade and holding it edge-up at your side you begin.

“Shunkō.”

Your mind feels sharply focused, and Tenkotsuki's blade glows as if lit from within by a roaring flame as the reiatsu from your own aura pours into her. The world around you shimmers and your hair stands on end as the kidō builds a powerful charge, and once you're satisfied that the power is there you call out its name:

“Danmaku Tenyō!”

There's a bright flash and a tangible pulse of reiatsu from Tenkotsuki's blade, the corona rapidly coalescing in the air around you as many hundreds of points of multi-colored light like mad fireflies suspended in place. Rangiku's eyes widen at first in alarm as the projectiles weave and dance fantastic patterns through the air, then narrow as she realizes what you must have done.

“Curtain-Fire Translocation Dance,” Yoruichi mutters, the only one to have observed the whole spectacle through closed eyes and her sixth sense alone. “So Daichi Tenyō, except instead of lifting objects to fling around you've created the projectiles from your own reiatsu. When did you learn that?”

“I didn't. I made this up just now.”

“Impressive,” Rangiku comments, “as usual. It's just like you, offense and defense all wrapped up in one.”

“It's yours if you want it,” you offer. “For someone with Shunkō it's really remarkably simple.”

“I can probably figure it out on my own... Suí Fēng's gonna love this,” Yoruichi muses. “You mind if I teach it to her when she gets back?”

“Go for it,” you shrug. “It's not like I'm making an effort to keep it a secret. The rest of you, Daichi Tenyō is where we'll start working on practice.”

>Focus on training Renji in particular, he may not even be able to make Daichi Tenyō work at all.
>Hand out advice as best you can, but make no exceptions in the training regimen.
>Use Danmaku Tenyō to force the Lieutenants to more precisely control their own debris as shields.
>Other?

>>1255687
>>Use Danmaku Tenyō to force the Lieutenants to more precisely control their own debris as shields.

Welcome to Kusajishi Riku's school of hard knocks.

Your body is not ready. But by the end of this, IT WILL BE.

More seriously, we have yet to go sadist sensei yet despite all the hype. Let us fix this.

>>1255687
>Hand out advice as best you can, but make no exceptions in the training regimen.

>>1255687
>>Focus on training Renji in particular, he may not even be able to make Daichi Tenyō work at all.

>>1255687
>>Use Danmaku Tenyō to force the Lieutenants to more precisely control their own debris as shields.

>>1255687
>>Other?
Could we come up with a modified version of Enkosen that works like our Reflector Danku? And could we teach it to the kiddies? The ability to reflect Ceros and Quincy Arrows might well be decisive.

>>1255687

>Use Danmaku Tenyō to force the Lieutenants to more precisely control their own debris as shields.
>Other: Lets make it a game on an excercise on reiatsu control. Like Touhou. Reiatsu bursts will be bombs, and you can only use them 3 times. Otherwise, control your own debris. They count as hit boxes.
>Other: Start with a easy danmaku pattern, then get more progressively complex. Make it an endurance contest.
Hey Queen, can you make it something like what you did back during initial training where we have them do opposing rolls?
>>1255758
this is reiatsu control exercise. And the lieutenants are going to play a live version of touhou.

>>1255687
>>Use Danmaku Tenyō to force the Lieutenants to more precisely control their own debris as shields.

Rolled 8, 4, 10, 2, 9, 5, 8, 10, 3, 9 = 68 (10d10)

>>1255772
I planned to do an opposed roll or two, yes.
>writing
>dice+3d10, best of three this time
>rolling for the first three npcs

Rolled 8, 9, 9 = 26 (3d10)

>>1255802

Rolled 4, 5, 10, 4, 9, 10, 8, 6, 4, 1 = 61 (10d10)

>>1255802
>rolling for the next three

Rolled 8, 5, 10 = 23 (3d10)

>>1255802

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

>>1255802

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

>>1255802

Rolled 10, 3, 8 = 21 (3d10)

>>1255811
>no mercy
>and the last one

Rolled 10, 3, 2 = 15 (3d10)

>>1255802

>>1255811
>>1255816

Riku is on FIRE.

And soon, Seireitei will be too.

>>1255836
In case you were interested the results were as follows, and I'll be writing up starting in a few minutes:
>Hinamori: 22 - PASS
>Omaeda: 16 - FAIL
>Yoruichi: 27 - HIGH PASS
>Renji: 19 - BORDERLINE
>Rangiku: 27 - HIGH PASS
>Kira: 11 - FAIL
>Miyako: 21 - PASS

>>1255857
>>Renji: 19 - BORDERLINE
Bravo Renji, Bravo. you got by by the skin of your teeth. And that says something.
>Kira: 11 - FAIL
we have a new jobber in town.

>>1255857
>Yoruichi: 27 - HIGH PASS
>Rangiku: 27 - HIGH PASS

The women in our life really are the best.

>>1255846
>Students develop a ptsd on bubbles and danmaku patterns.
>"It was devestating, like the gates of hell opened up with a storm of bullets. Terrifying, yet so beautiful to look at..."

>>1255857
holy shit Renji's learning things

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“The next exercise will be to avoid the bullets,” you explain, splitting the projectiles floating in the air around you into smaller, less powerful masses. “Get hit three times and you fail. Use your own Daichi Tenyō to block... and if you can't manage that use whatever you can.”

“Starting... now!”

Much to your surprise it's actually Kira who gets hit first... three times in rapid succession. The first threw him off so badly that his focus wavered and never recovered. Three burns make it obvious he's failed, though the onslaught doesn't relent. By the time it's all over he's taken a further four burns.

Omaeda fails spectacularly as well, eventually giving up on Daichi Tenyō and resorting to shunpō which ceases to work as you swarm him to score hits three through thirteen. You do let up on him after he's down however, so nobody better call you merciless after this.

Renji does you proud, though it's after dodging a few that he gives up and starts to rely on a spell he can manage: Seki. Number eight on the list of numbered Bakudō, it's something some noble children can use about as soon as they can walk... but here it's effective enough, and his ability to summon and maintain the little barriers grows impressively over the course of the exercise. He only gets hit twice before you land a cheap shot right at the end, so you'll call that a pass as well.

Miyako does even better, getting hit once but managing to control her Daichi Tenyō with remarkable precision so long as she focuses on a slightly lower number of objects. Hinamori also does well, receiving two burns but controlling a larger number of objects. The two Lieutenants congratulate each other excitedly at the end... while you, Rangiku, and Yoruichi continue.

Your wife and daughter learned the same spell you're using, having used shunkō and countered your reiatsu bomblets with their own. For what feels like ages the brightly-colored projectiles clash and swirl, some expanding to capture smaller attacking projectiles while others move in fast, brightly-colored formations to try and guarantee at least one has a chance of making it through the defense. Explosions blossom like an orchard of cherry trees in spring, more numerous than you can count.
>1/2

>>1256084
>suddenly Bambietta joins on the bomb-fun

>>1256084
“I love it!” you proclaim with a broad smile, ending the all-out brawl of disco lights in a series of larger bursts that consume the other projectiles and clear the sky of them. “I could do that all afternoon!”

“I'm beat,” Rangiku sighs, though a smile tugs at her own lips. “My shunkō takes a lot more out of me than yours do, can I take a nap?”

“Go ahead,” you nod, “but be back up in time for dinner.”

“kay.”

“Now then,” you continue, turning towards your students. “Omaeda, you're Yoruichi's problem. The rest of you... well, three of you exceeded my expectations. One of you challenged them and not in a good way.”

>The hell happened to you, Kira? You could be doing so much better.
>Get some rest. We'll continue later this afternoon.
>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.
>Other?

>>1256095
>The hell happened to you, Kira? You could be doing so much better.

>>1256095
>>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.
>Renji you did well, but your control is still iffy, Kira, the fuck were you doing? You cannot let pain ruin your ability to work.

>>1256095
>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.

>>1256095
>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.
>You wanna know what you two have in common? You're your own worst enemies.

>>1256095
>>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.

If Kira's still shit by the end of the day I'd say that's when we should pull him aside and question his life choices.

>>1256095
>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.
>Other: You wanna know what you two have in common? You're your own worst enemies.
>Other: Your swords reflect the weakness both of you afraid to admit.

>>1256095
>>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.

>>1256095
>>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.

>>1256095
>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.

I was thinking about Doggo's Shikai/Bankai. His shikai summons disembodied body parts from Tengen, right? It's kinda ironic that if you switched his Bankai and shikai abilities around, it would be much more useful.

>>1256095
>>Renji, Kira, we're doing another drill. Miyako, please spar with Hinamori.

This >>1256128 kinda makes sense. Kira's shikai is kinda a slow starter in a way.


Also King, Riku didn't exactly mention that the participants only need to protect themselves, eh?

>>1256147
Or if he got better at shunpo or Bakudo so speed was less an issue for him.

>>1256147
but then it wouldn't be as impressive. Shikai would give you a giant mecha, but bankai giving robot body parts?.

>>1256160
I guess that could help. He does only need to hit once with Tengen.

>>1256147
>>1256160
Cap'n doggo is a bit of an anomaly of his own, but working on the other fundamentals other than raw strength would definitely help him alot.

>>1256180
>>1256193
>Why'd he Shunpo past me.. OH SHI-----*giant dropkicking someone across the continent*

doggo needs to learn bakudo

>>1256223
“Miyako, please spar with Hinamori for a while,” you request of your sister-in-law-by-adoption. “You'd be a fine instructor while my attention is elsewhere.”

“I can do that, sure,” Miyako nods happily. “Come on, Momo. I'll teach you a few basic techniques... you use a pretty basic academy form, right?”

Meanwhile, you turn to face Renji and Kira. “Renji, you did surprisingly well with what you had at your disposal. Sometimes it's basic techniques polished to perfection that are the most useful.”

“Thanks for the compliment, I guess,” Renji sighs, rubbing one of his burns.

Then you stare Kira down, disapproval obvious in your eyes. “As for you... your technique was good and your control was solid... but you got distracted. It all fell apart from there.”

“Just like with your zanpakuto, it's like you don't know what it's like to actually have to do these things under stress, or even what the effects of your own techniques are.”

Kira hangs his head. “Maybe I shouldn't be a Lieutenant.”

Your head collides with his own almost before his own sentence is finished. “What the Hell are you getting so damned depressed about!?”

“I'm sorry!?”

“And quit apologizing!” you shout, butting heads with Kira again so hard it leaves a bruise... on him, at least. “Instead why don't you do something!? Your problem is you're so busy feeling sorry for yourself that you can't even take basic steps to sharpen your combat skills!”

“So we're gonna run that exercise again, just the three of us. And we're going to keep running it until you both pass to my satisfaction.”

>>1256281
And I need to sleep. Archive is up, and I'll be back tomorrow after SoZ. Keep an eye on Twitter for when that will be.

Thanks for playing, and see you next time!

>>1256300
Thanks for the run Queen.

>>1256300
Thanks for running.

You know I really loved Renji's "Yes ma'am" after we beat him down. Cause you just know he might have acknowledged us as stronger and a valid person to go to for advice, but I suspect it wasn't until we completely curbstomped him that he became willing to actually LISTEN to our advice, and fully acknowledge his own faults.

>>1256281
Since when was Riku a Krogan?

>>1255915
>side effect, they get REALLY good at danmaku battles

>>1257167
Starrk would actually be kinda good for this training.

>>1256095
>everyone in the seireitei's faces when they feel yoruichi, rangiku and riku all start using shunko at once in the same place
>their faces when they feel random massive bursts of reiatsu from the direction of riku's training camp at all hours of the day
>and strange glowing lights fill the air at night
>what the fuck are they doing over there

>>1257173
...Those are all cero, you know.
Just one would probably fuck them up if it hit.

>>1257201
He doesn't have to fire them off full power. And he could probably do the same with bala if he wanted to.

>>1257220
In that case, apacci might be better suited.
She developed a technique in which you bounce bala off surfaces at angles, or at least she had been working on it a while ago.

If she does it rapid-fire, you'd have bala coming at you from all angles.
Would probably be best to do that in the underground training room, since she'd have four walls and a roof to bounce them off of, and it'd also reduce collateral.

>>1257234
Starrk could get the same effect with more "bullets" by just sonido-ing around while firing.

But yeah, we probably shouldn't do this out in the open in case Renji or Kira goof and fuck something up.

>>1257241
Only problem is, sonido and cero in resureccion are a lot more stressful than bala standing still in a resting state, and starrk is a lazy-ass.

>>1257248
He's got plenty of power to use. It's not like he ever does anything with his huge guts. But it would probably be impossible to get him to actually do anything.

>>1257273
he won't really get dangerous unless Mirai's in danger, methinks

>>1257173
he would be if he weren't so lazy about it, or if he's not trying to get into Mirai's pants in his spare time.

I'm pretty sure Starrk's the kinda guy who can't really actually go all out without causing severe and irreparable damage to the surrounding landscape and anyone around it.

Seriously, he killed countless hollows by existing in their general vicinity. Unreleased. That's some Tamamo-no-Mae shit right there.

>>1257608
yup. and that thing in social about us not knowing ho much he's holding back makes me 95% sure he's got at least a little bit of shinreiryokou too

>>1257191
>marvelous, terrifying things
>>1257608
Absolutely true. Tia may have the edge in speed, technique, and flexibility, but the raw destructive power award still goes to Starrk.

>>1258591
But wait, I thought Yammy was stronger

>>1258903
there's been a lot of finangling on Queen's part. Yammy in this continuity is #10. No kubo asspull like a change from 1-10 to 0-9 ranking bullshit.

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>>1258903
In canon Yammy is angrier, with a zanpakuto that makes him stronger when he gets angry. Then he went and jobbed off-screen, so we really have no idea how Starrk and Yammy actually stacked up aside from word of Kubo that no really, the Espada go up to Zero.

>>1258591
>all the other lieutenant's faces when these four come back from riku-tier training and they realize that they might as well still be holding a goddamn asauchi
>their faces when every one of them comes back with bankai
>their faces when renji already had a bankai and he got a fucking new one from it

How satisfied will flowerbro be with the new lieutenants on a scale of 1 to 10?

>>1258938
also, would our danmaku be a good counter to bambi's bombs?

>>1258985
well the danmaku bullets are made out of reishi, so it would be a good counter, if Bambi had the fuse setting changed to proximity or contact fuse. It would be pretty useless if the fuse setting was timer based.

>>1257630
He is related to the god Coyote if you remember, like his cousin or somethin.

>>1259040
Starrk is Coyote's Younger brother.

>>1258912
The hell is with Bleach and all the jobbers?

>>1258591
>Absolutely true. Tia may have the edge in speed, technique, and flexibility, but the raw destructive power award still goes to Starrk.

What about Yamamoto? Seeing as he's mostly dead right now, which one of them has or is capable of more raw destructive power?

>>1259391
I got 50 on Starrk.

>>1259391
Starrk probably had more raw power than OMG in canon, he just had no combat experience, drive, or training. He's at least a little stronger in here, and actually might go all out sometime

>will resume in a bit

F5F5F5F5F5

>>1260290
oh shit i'm so fucking hyped i wish you could run more often

>>1260326
>>1260465
>writing after I take a piss

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>>1260497
“See, you both have different problems,” you explain, still pelting the two Lieutenants with barrage after barrage of half-powered reiatsu blasts. “Renji, you have a good head for battle. Your instincts are reliable and you've got a good grasp of tactics and the flow of combat. But you lack technical refinement... you see a difficult kidō or a high-level zanjutsu technique and treat it like it's beyond your ability. You prefer success to failure even if it means you never advance.”

“And you, Kira, have the opposite problem,” you continue, focusing on making the reiatsu blasts dance infuriatingly around the Lieutenant. “Your technical ability is quite high, but you have no sense of how to use those techniques. You lack an aggressive drive, you lose focus easily, and get confused in battle when things don't go as planned. In your case it's not wasted potential, it's mismanagement of what you do have.”

Having long since given up on the three-hit rule you've singed both of your students quite badly a number of times, and their breathing has grown ragged: Kira more so than Renji, since his stamina seems to be a little less impressive. Probably something to do with the fact that Renji has Bankai, and was tougher to begin with.

>Call off the training for now, let the two rest with the others.
>Tell them to keep at it.
Also pick one:
>Check in with Yoruichi and Omaeda
>Check on Miyako and Momo
>Give Shunsui a brief report
>Check on Halibel and Apacci's progress

>>1260640
>>Tell them to keep at it.
>Give Shunsui a brief report

>>1260640
>Give Shunsui a brief report
>Tell them to keep at it.

>>1260640
>>Tell them to keep at it.
>>Give Shunsui a brief report

>>1260640
>Tell them to keep at it.
This is what kaido is for. You train until you're almost dead, we heal you, then you do it again.

>>1260640
>>Give Shunsui a brief report

>>1260640
>Tell them to keep at it
>Check on Halibel and Apacci's progress

>>1260640
>Tell them to keep at it.
>Check on Miyako and Momo
No one slacks off in Riku's Gym.

>>1260640
>>Tell them to keep at it.
>>Check on Halibel and Apacci's progress

>writing

>>1260640
Gin isn't going to murder her again right?

>>1260772
Depends on how on point Aizen's illusions are.

>>1260772
He probably won't need to. Hiyori's pretty wimpy, about on par with a fraccion I think

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“Don't slack off yet,” you tell them sternly. “I'm going to go file a report to the Head Captain, when I'm done with my work you can eat and rest.”

You leave the two Lieutenants to continue their own training, with Kira using Daichi Tenyō against Renji's improvised defenses. Settling down upstairs in your office, you call Tenri over to you.

“Please see to it I'm not disturbed,” you request politely, and Tenri bows deeply.

“Of course, ma'am.”

Dialing up Shunsui's office, you wait for him to pick up. “Yes? I take it this is a report?”

“You'd be right” you sigh. “You want the good news first or the bad?”

“Let's get the bad news out of the way and end on a positive note.”

“The bad news is that none of them are good at everything,” you explain. “Renji's kidō is tragic, Kira's a hot mess, Hinamori's practically too afraid of her own sword to cut anything with it, and Miyako's raw power is a step behind the curve set by the others.”

“And the good news?”

“The good news is that Renji's a good fighter, Kira's technical abilities are respectable, Hinamori's excellent at kidō even by Captain standards, and Miyako would give Rangiku a run for her money were it not for the difference in their reiatsu.”

“And do you have an estimate for how ready they'll be by winter?” Shunsui asks.

You sigh, not really happy with the answer you have to give him. “That depends entirely on them.”

There's a moment of silence. “Well, I can't say it's going any better or worse on my end. I guess it really depends more on how our Captains develop in that time.”

“I'm not too worried,” you admit. “But every bit counts.”

>Discuss his own plans for preparing for Aizen, see if he has any suggestions.
>Check up on Yoruichi and Omaeda
>Check on Halibel and Apacci
>Relieve the Lieutenants and give Hadō #99 some effort.
>Other?

>>1260905
>check on Halibel and Apacci

Can.. we talk about Aizen shit or is it going to be an ass pull where, "HAH YOU SPOKE OF IT AND IT TURNS OUT I WAS LISTENING!"

>>1260905
>>Discuss his own plans for preparing for Aizen, see if he has any suggestions.

>>1260905
>>Relieve the Lieutenants and give Hadō #99 some effort.

>>1260905
>>Relieve the Lieutenants and give Hadō #99 some effort.

>>1260905
>>Check on Halibel and Apacci
No plan discussions over the phone, goddammit.

>>1260905
>>Check on Halibel and Apacci
subtle hint Queen.

>>1260905
>Discuss his own plans for preparing for Aizen, see if he has any suggestions.
>other: Tell Shunsui about Aizen's end goal using information gleaned from Artemis's diplomatic visit. He is a head captain of Seireitei.

>>1260905
>Check on Halibel and Apacci

>>1260905
>Check on Halibel and Apacci
>Other
Ask if he wants to swing by the Valley of Screams sometime so we can talk about anti-Aizen plans in relative privacy

>>1260970
>>1260905
supporting the private closed-realm meeting

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>writing

>>1261028
dayum, Tia is rocking that shinigami haori.

This call is essentially over already, though you take a few minutes to end on a polite note rather than simply insisting that your duty has been seen to. Next you turn your attention to the arrancar you've left in their released states all afternoon, their reiatsu familiar and powerful.

“So how are we feeling?”

“Not much different,” Apacci admits. “Though I have to admit that it's been harder to get used to this than I thought.”

“She broke three coffee mugs,” Halibel informs you, having donned a shihakusho over her skimpy bone-based attire that features heavily whenever she releases. “Along with one bent spoon, two damaged plates, a shattered glass...”

“I think she gets the picture, Lady Halibel,” Apacci groans.

“It's a learning curve,” you shrug. “It's understandable that you'd have some trouble at first until it becomes more normal.”

“Good to hear you say that,” Apacci grins nervously. “One of the mugs was yours.”

“You little piece of...” you grumble before catching yourself. “Well, you just have to replace it then. And stop using my stuff until you get things figured out.”

“Might be wise,” Halibel agrees.

“So other than that, how are you doing?”

“Tired,” Halibel shrugs.

“It's hard to see any progress,” Apacci shrugs as well.

“Then let's go get something to eat,” you suggest. “Even the Lieutenants are ready for a break.”

“I think we can spare the time,” Halibel nods, turning to lead the way to the mess hall.

>And since I passed out briefly just in the time it took to write this, I think it might be a mistake to try and continue.
>I'll see about next week, but no guarantee I'll be available.
>Also accepting Omake suggestions, I'll do one or two.

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>>1261208
g'night queen. we'll prepare some Qs and omakes while you sleep.

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>>1261208
>interactions between lieutenants and their divisions when they come back looking like this

we should replace Renji, Kira, Momo, and Miyako's division numbers with the Ninth, see how long it takes them to notice

>>1261260
Also i like the sound of
>Punished Renji
>Punished Miyako
>Punished Momo
>Punished Kira
>Punished Omaeda

Together known as the "Punished Lieutenants"
Why are we still here, just to suffer? The body i've lost, the comrades i lost, they're still hurting. I'm gonna make Aizen give back our past.

>>1261208
Cap'n doggo and Best Cat have a conversation? St. patty's day in the seireitei.
That's all my brain can manage to think up atm.

>>1261293
These are separate ideas btw, i just suck at making text look nice.

>>1261208
Kinda interested in what Rukia's up to if that's not plot-related, we haven't seen any of her in a while

>>1261208

>Riku accidentally learns/adquires the ability to become a cat.

>Riku gets jelly of best cat and learns how to become a cute and small fox. Then becomes pet hat of someone.

>Riku the mad doc!

>>1261208
Canon Gin gets displaced in SSQ for a day. Has to deal with a chipper LT, confident Rangaku and doting Mother.

>>1261357
Hah, i'd pay money to see that.

>>1261208
Gods being gods?

>>1261208
Drunk rangiku confesses to Gin

>>1261639
this

>>1261208
Questions:
>Lieutenant's reactions to suddenly playing EXTREME DANMAKU dodgeball?
Apacci and Tia:
>So what's are the changes in daily routine being in 24/7 full release? "is it like living in a world of cardboard"?
>Apacci: which mug did you break? the Tea mug or the coffee mug?
Riku, Rosa, and Tenkotsuki:
>your thoughts on creating Danmaku Tenyō and it's use in terms of difficulty in casting, tactical use, pros/cons, and versatility in spell modification
>What kido level would you rate Danmaku Tenyō in and in what category?
>What's the full spell incantation for Danmaku Tenyō?
>is it possible to make different bullet patterns?

Omake ideas:
>Seireitei has a hidden association: The Shinigami's Zampakuto association where zampakuto spirits manifest and gather in the dead of night at a secret place (courtesy of Yoruichi's zampakuto Shōsōtō) to have a meeting discussing the state of things and generally complain about the glaring flaws/incompetence of their wielders.
>THE HUNT FOR THE JAGERWOLF HOLLOW: A look at Aizen's many attempts to hunt and capture the wolf menos he deemed suitable to replace the loose cannon Grimmjow jaegerjaquez... hopefully the power and potential the wolf menos possesses is worth the trouble...
which leads into the next omake idea
>FLIGHT OF THE WOLF WOMAN ARRANCAR: The capture of the wolf menos, the arrancarization of the wolf menos, and the carnage the wolf arrancar wrought on her way out. Turns out the wolf arrancar was an even looser cannon. "Mistakes were made" quoted Aizen, making a rare gesture to nurse a phantom headache unseen by anyone.

>>1261639
make that SSQ Rangiku confessing to Canon gin and we're good for the moment of this continuity...unless we're pushing for Adopted daughteru dating adopted son in a weird twist of incest by adoption which is relatively tame compared to the scandalous rumor of Yoruichi being a lesbian and married to Riku of all people in the noble circle.

>>1261639
there better be a "the morning after" sequence where they wake up together.

>>1261723
our adopted daughteru and adopted son are straight-up in love, they just don't know what to do because they've been together forever.

>>1261769
As always, the correct answer is to get SUPER drunk

>>1261723
Lieutenants:
>Renji: This is stupid... ow... ow... shit... this is actually kinda hard.
>Kira: THE FUCK IS THIS!? THE FUCK WAS THAT!? THE FUCK ARE YOU!?
>Momo: Huh, this is actually kinda fun. Except when it hurts.
>Miyako: This would be fun if it weren't so glaringly obvious I was behind the curve.
>Omaeda: WHY DO THESE THINGS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME MAMAN!?
Tia:
>Very much so, though to me the world has always seemed somewhat fragile anyway.
Apacci:
>Coffee, please. I wouldn't touch the good teacups, what, do I LOOK like an idiot? Don't answer that...
Tenkotsuki:
>Danmaku Tenyō as a modified spell is not very powerful, but may be dangerous in terms of its versatility. It can serve as ablative defense as well as flow around most of the common barrier techniques such as Danku and Enkosen. It remains hadō, and is probably along the lines of a 60's or 70's series spell in terms of its performance. There is no incantation for kaizo kidō, as the changes are solely testament to the skill of the caster.
Riku:
>Well, duh.

In progress:
>Backstory: Liltotto

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>>1263841
1231: the entire archipelago that would eventually be known as Japan is in the midst of the most severe famine it's ever experienced. The sun is shrouded often by rainclouds even in the middle of summer, plants rot in the vast mud wallows that were once fields, and thousands starve each day. Some even claim that the disaster is the result of Amaterasu having been frightened off a second time, perhaps offended by some mortal misdeed.

The nobles complain about the dreary weather while the priests and undertakers labor tirelessly to count the dead and dying.

It is in this climate that the akuma beset the city of Kyoto.

They came from the temple of Enryaku-ji, on the slopes of the great mountain Hiei-zan, led by influential and highly-skilled sōhei warrior-monks and the mercenaries whose service their monastic wealth helped to retain. These monks of the 'mountain order' battled ceaselessly against their rivals at Mii-dera, the 'temple order' based at the foot of Hiei-zan, and times being lean turned their attention to the city in hopes of securing the food required to feed their men.

Of course in such times nothing comes without cost to someone else, and the people of Kyoto paid dearly so that the akuma could eat.

One day, in a small village outside of Kyoto, the sōhei of one of Enryaku-ji's many subordinate temples decided they wanted some yams... and one resident tried to take a stand.

“This is... all we have...” she pleaded weakly, sheltering the last few pathetic-looking yams beneath her emaciated body. “We'll die...”

“Then you'll die!” a sōhei barked, kicking the girl in her ribs with one armored sandal. She grunted in surprise, but didn't scream... she just curled up on the ground and continued trying to do the best she could to cover the yams. “But we'll all get to eat... no sense in letting us all die. So just give them up already! Be reasonable!”

“How is it... unreasonable...” the pale-haired girl muttered into the mud, “to want to live?”

Instead of answering the question the monk gave the girl a much harder kick, audibly cracking her ribs. This time she did let out a brief scream, which she managed to stifle on her own. Then a foot weighed heavily on her temple, pressing the side of her head into the muck.

“These things are barely edible anyway,” a nearby mercenary scowled, picking up the sad excuse for a pile of yams. “But we'll take them unless anyone else has anything to say about it?”

“Thanks for the meal,” the sōhei sneers, pushing the girl's head into the mud one last time for emphasis.
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>>1264010
The girl nursed her wounds in a sodden lean-to, beside a flooded field full of rot. Two stones set in the middle of the sea of mud were the only discernible features.

“Are those your parents?” a voice greeted her.

She nodded silently, too weak with hunger to even speak. She knew that she had nothing left but the straw mats that covered over her sleeping spot... the only modestly dry spot in sight.

“I'm a quincy,” Bambietta introduced herself, crouching next to the girl. “But then again with your latent power I suspect you know that much already. I've been sent to recruit others like us... you have nothing to eat, do you?”

The girl shook her head sadly.

“If you don't eat, you'll die.”

The girl blinked away fresh tears and smiled.

“... when?”

With a sigh, Bambietta set a small glass vial next to the starving girl. “This is the blood of our King. It gives our kind power in exchange for loyalty: I was sent to recruit those who could use such power and were desperate enough to take a risk to do so. I won't lie, it's not always pleasant.”

“But I have to think it's better than this.”

Bambietta stood, leaving the vial where she set it. “This is a choice you have to make for yourself. Meet me at the top of Hiei-zan with your reply. If you do take the blood rest assured, you'll be easily capable of getting there.”

Then she disappeared, using hirenkyaku to keep herself up out of the mud so that her white uniform was hardly soiled. Such ability, such pride... the girl still had enough energy to be awed by the Sternritter's presence. She then considered the people in her village, who her parents once protected and who merely watched in cowardice as she was beaten and abused at the hands of the same men who stole their food. The leeches who lived off the livelihood of those they believed their lessers.

That made the decision for what to do next a simple one.
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>>1264090
A howl went up on the chill air that night, a battle-cry which slowly gave way to screams of horror. The girl, now possessed of a strength great enough to sate her own hunger, showed no more mercy than the sōhei had earlier that day. She killed without remorse, “the weak feed the strong” she told them.

“What the hell are you, monster!?” a familiar warrior-monk challenged her, sword shaking in his trembling hand. “And why take the shape of a little girl?”

The girl stepped over the legs of a fallen monk, just the legs cut off just above the man's knees. “What do you mean, taking the shape? This is my shape. I'm the little yam-girl from the village, remember?”

“I'd remember something that could do what you've done here, monster!” the sōhei shouts wildly.

“I just wanted my yams back,” she told him calmly, “and your man on guard refused to give them to me. Said he had eaten them, so there was only one way to get them back.”

“You're insane!” he roared, charging with his sword raised high. In response the girl's mouth distended, a grotesque mockery of human anatomy that lashed out in a wave of fangs and flesh. The monk was mauled in an instant, his armor rent and his flesh shredded from his shattered bones as the starved girl concluded her feast... the first substantial meal she'd had in weeks.

Her maw, having achieved its purpose, reasserted its usual shape and reformed her face. She was then obliged to cover her mouth to disguise a belch.

She glanced down at the sword the monk dropped, then picked it up and thrust its point into the ground.

“Thanks for the meal.”

Having reclaimed her precious yams from the thieving akuma who had taken them from her, Liltotto Lamperd turned to join the Sternritter woman responsible for giving her this power.

“You made it,” Bambietta greeted her new comrade as she appeared at the peak of the sacred mountain. “I take it you concluded any business you still had here?”

“Of course,” Liltotto nodded with a calm smile. “So what shall we do next?”

Bambietta rose from the stone on which she had been sitting in wait. “For now we wait, and gather more recruits. Are you ready to see your new home?”

“I have no home here,” the girl told her comrade. “The sooner we leave this miserable place the better... I just hope it's quiet wherever we're going.”

"A girl of simple pleasures," Bambietta nodded happily. "I think we'll get along just fine."

>>1264213
rip douchebag monk, you will be remembered.
as a douchebag.

>next up: Canon Gin's excellent adventure

>>1267799
check those double dubs
I'm ready for it.

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- SHINIGAMI SAVANT: A GIN BETWEEN WORLDS -

“Ah... my achin' head...” Gin mumbles, rolling out of bed and thumping to the floor. “Damn that Tōsen, beggin' me to drink with him like that. Doesn't he know you just can't turn a guy down when he begs?”

He takes a moment to look around himself at the strangely familiar walls and furnishings... oh no. Oh how the hell did this happen? Not good, this is seriously not good...

“Ah, Captain!” a voice greets him from the other side of the door. “Are you alright? I heard something that sounded like a body hitting the floor.”

Wait, is that... “Miss Hinamori?”

“Of course, Captain, who else would it be?” the young Lieutenant replies. “Were you expecting someone else?”

Actually, he was expecting Kira to be the one to respond if this really is his Division headquarters, not Hinamori. That difference could be explained by unexpected shuffling of personnel, but the downright chipper tone in her voice? And calling him “Captain” what's more? That cant be explained by anything Gin could imagine, she should be trying to kill him... or at least report his presence to the Gotei 13.

“May I come in?” she asks nervously.

“Sure... I guess?” Gin replies, also uncertain as to just what the hell is going on.

The door opens, and Lieutenant Hinamori steps in with two cups in her hands. She smiles when she sees Ichimaru sitting at the little table in his own quarters, having reoriented himself. “I thought you might have been hung over. Here, I made you something.”

Ichimaru finds himself much more readily accepting of the coffee than the entire rest of the scenario, but despite his hangover notices the badge at Hinamori's waist: the number Three and the marigold. Though she's wearing it in a different place than he remembers, it's definitely his own Division's insignia. Just what the hell is going on?

“Thank you kindly, Lieutenant Hinamori,” Gin tells her, hiding his misgivings behind a sly smile... as he always does. “You're a real lifesaver, I thought I was done for!”

“Don't mention it, Captain Ichimaru,” she replies, sipping at her own cup. “But please, promise me you'll be ready for the Captains' Council meeting? Don't tell me you forgot?”

“How could I?” Ichimaru lies. “Days like this are the reason I drink in the first place.”

Hinamori raises a skeptical eyebrow, all but calling Gin a liar to his face. She acts like she's his Lieutenant and has been for fifty years, as if he never betrayed the Soul Society alongside Aizen.
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>>1268564
hnnnng, oh god yes this is going to be good

Sorry to everyone who was following the omake, but my computer shat itself a little after an update. I was able to fix it, but not before it wasted two hours out of an already late evening that's gonna be followed tomorrow by an early morning.

So I'm going to have to put the omake on hold until tomorrow. I know it's shit, but I really don't have that much alternative.

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>>1269072
there there. We'll be patient.

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>>1269072
Was wondering what happened, rip.
Looking forward to it though!

>>1269072
Questions:
Candice: The following questions are important as your opinion is important for the benefit to the modern prostitution and porn industry due to your career as one of Edo's top tayū who set the standards to prostitution and porn in general in Japan. Please answer these as seriously as possible.
>what are your 3 sizes? In regards to the cup-size, please give out both the Japanese measurement as well as the western measurement for clarification. You have some fans out in the Americas.
>Name your three favorite fetishes and three fetishes that instantly kill your mood.
>If you survive this whole "war" ordeal, are you going to resume your career as a prostitute or a pornstar?
>What's your thoughts on the current prostitution and porn industry?
>How much do you charge for 1-night without snuffing the client? Give the answer in Japanese Yen and its equivalent in U.S. Dollars
>what's the record for the longest time a sexual partner lasted in bed without being snuffed?
>how many men (and cute boys) do you go through on average just to sate your sexual appetite?
>what's the highest number of men you've out-fucked before tiring out in one session?
>have you ever created a dildo out of reishi and have it vibrate at a rate of 2.4 million cpm (cycles per minute) just to get your rocks off? If not, are thinking of trying it out now in easing your boredom?
>how big of a dick is too thick for you to take? do you have a preferred dick size? Please give the answer in inches. I mean, bigger is better in bed but a woman does have a preferred size to fit while hitting that special spot inside.
I feel super horrible for being this autistic and horrible in making Queen answering the above questions IN CHARACTER as Candice of all things.
Liltotto:
>do you always keep a snack at hand?
>do your powers affect your daily appetite?
>If given the option, would you keep your current power or would you trade it away for something else? it's one thing that the trauma of nearly starving to death is understandable, but having your powers manifest in the form of turning your insides into a demonic lamprey and flipping your body inside out through your mouth in order to use it? isn't that inconvenient and unnerving?

>>1269828
>I feel super horrible for being this autistic and horrible in making Queen answering the above questions IN CHARACTER as Candice of all things.

I mean, Queen could just decide you're not worth answering, hide your post, and pretend he never read that shit to begin with.

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>>1269828
Um... no.

Just... no.

>>1268564
To Gin's great relief, Hinamori doesn't try to press him for any additional information... because quite honestly, he doesn't have anything else to offer. Instead she allows him to take a few minutes to straighten up and put on his haori, then follows him to the First Division's barracks. Inside the meeting hall he's in for a shock.

Instead of an empty hall where Captains are expected to stand there's a long table in the middle of the room, with cushions all along its length: twenty-six in total, enough for the thirteen Captains with one set slightly back for their respective Lieutenants. Even more shocking is who's sitting around that table, starting with Captain Kyōraku taking the place of Head Captain with Ise Nanao sitting where old Sasakibe should be. Second Division's also represented by a strange face in Captain Shihōin Yoruichi, who was banished a hundred years ago, and Lieutenant Omaeda taking up quite a large space behind her. Gin takes his own seat with Hinamori opposite Yoruichi, with Lieutenant Hisagi sitting to his right wearing the badge of Fifth Division: none of whom seem at all shocked to see him.

In fact, Yoruichi seems rather cordial this morning. “So you know when Captain Kusajshi's going to turn up?”

Gin pretends that he's not confused about how little Yachiru must have managed to kill that brute Kenpachi, and keeps an impassive face. “You know her... she'll be along in her own time.”

“You're telling me,” Yoruichi grumbles.

“I am certain she is dealing with something suitably... important,” Captain Unohana replies, in her familiar position with Lieutenant Kotetsu sitting behind her. Strange, did she change her hair?

Next to Unohana is Lieutenant Abarai, whose Captain seems to be absent, and next to him sit... Urahara Kisuke and Kurotsuchi Nemu? This has to be a dream, that can't possibly be right. Then another Captain absent for Tenth Division, who's being represented by Kira? The blonde Lieutenant clearly notices Ichimaru's presence, but offers no real reaction to it beyond an all-too-genuine polite nod. Twelfth Division's represented by Tetsuzaemon? That's different, and it also means that Captain Kurotsuchi can't be serving in that Division... it's probably Komamura, for some reason.

To Shuhei's right sits a total stranger, a woman with dark hair, a noble bearing, but a calm smile... if Ichimaru had to hazard a guess he'd pin her as a Shiba, but there is no such candidate for the Captaincy and hasn't been for at least a hundred years. Then there's a gap for Ninth Division, another gap for Eleventh, and finally a familiar face.

But isn't Shiba Miyako supposed to be dead? And where is Captain Ukitake at a time like this? It's increasingly a struggle for Gin to hide his shock at the whole situation.

And then she arrives.
>2/?