>>1993846
>White slowly spreads across your haori as the blood staining it flows back into your veins, an eerie reversal of when it soaked into the fabric just a few moments ago. You can feel several pairs of eyes watching in fascination... you're not sure exactly when you gained that ability, but either way you need this back inside you. Maybe it's a residual effect of Rosa having been released, affecting your untrained use of Blut to heal your own body?
>Whatever. So long as it works.
That's creepy. Riku sucking her own blood back into her body from sheer will? The Riku/Rosa/Tenkotsuki synchronization rate is slowly accelerating

>>1993846
And then Apacci walks away.

“Where are you going?” Sung-Sun demands, only to have a hand stop her as she turns to follow.

“Let her go,” Halibel insists quietly. “She needs her time to think.”

“Mistress Halibel?”

“Trust me,” Halibel insists before crashing once more, and passing out.

“Would you two take her up to my office and put her on the couch?” you add, still lying flat on your back. “And have Tenri look after her. I would be willing to bet she has a trick or two up her sleeves.”

After the two follow your orders, doing something they'd have done anyway grudgingly for no other reason than the fact that you told them to do it, Rangiku takes a seat next to you.

“So what's wrong with her, really?”

“Perceptive, girl,” you chuckle, feeling the residual influence of your Bankai finally fading. “She possesses a small amount of divine reiryoku you know... I'm not sure how that reacted to the changes in her reiryoku, but it may have made her first time using that form harder than it would've been otherwise.”

“I see,” Rangiku frowns. “So what do you want to do now?”

>I want to rest... and by “rest” I mean beat the living crap out of Renji.
>I should speak with the Central 46 about this directly, sooner rather than later.
>Shunsui needs to know what's happened... when I've caught my breath.
>Other?

>>1993869
>>I want to rest... and by “rest” I mean beat the living crap out of Renji.

>>1993869
>other: I'll wait and see who comes to complain to me first. Be it Shunsui or Congress 46, first come first serve.

>>1993869
>>I want to rest... and by “rest” I mean beat the living crap out of Renji.

>>1993869
>I want to rest... and by “rest” I mean beat the living crap out of Renji.
Complacency is a slow and insidious killer... we can save Renji from it by being a much faster, scarier killer

>>1993869
“I need to unwind,” you sigh, slowly rising back to your feet. “That was too emotionally heavy, so you know what I'm gonna do now?”

“... is it beating up on Renji?” Rangiku sighs dramatically.

“Called it!” you reply with a cheerful clap of your hands.

>3d10, higher is better, best of four this time

>>1993869

>Shunsui needs to know what's happened... when I've caught my breath.

Rolled 5, 10, 9 = 24 (3d10)

>>1993935

Rolled 8, 9, 4 = 21 (3d10)

>>1993935
Riku pls. do you even know actual R&R?

>>1993946
>"... you mean 'runts and reprobates'?"

>>1993960
rest and relaxation. You have about 6 years worth of accumulated vacation time.

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

>>1993935

Rolled 8, 6, 6 = 20 (3d10)

>>1993935

>>1993944
Whelp, renji dead

>>1993960
I do like how, even after all this time, Riku doesn't really have a normal emotional range and everyone knows it. As well as making her interesting it makes the odd choices we make seem more IC.

Rolled 8, 5, 3 = 16 (3d10)

>>1993944

>>1993998
Alright, this isn't going well for the pineapple.
>writing

>>1993998
>renji tries to flee
>Riku: There's no escape!

>>1994003
well shit. we gave him a thorough beating, but he didn't learn anything. So that beating was useless! And it just made the red pineapple mad!

Rolled 2, 1, 3, 7, 2, 9 = 24 (6d10)

Come to think, there are two others who might stand a snowball's chance in hell of noticing Riku's arrival. So I'll roll those two publicly as well.

>>1994043
>6
>18
oh my

>>1994043
“Well, well, well...” you muse quietly to yourself. “How should I go about doing this...”

“How about full Onmitsukidō?” Rangiku suggests. “I mean, if you're trying to enjoy yourself and get a good response, that'd be how I would do it.”

“Excellent suggestion,” you smile, starting into the incantations required to completely erase your presence from the Seireitei.

After silently creeping in close to the Lieutenants, you spring your plan into motion. As Ōmaeda and Renji exchange blows you step between them and raise your hands to stop their respective shikais in place. Getetsuburi you grab by one of its spikes and Zabimaru by their curved, axe-like head. Then you spin in place, lifting both Lieutenants by their weapons and slinging them past each other before releasing their weapons.

Renji bounces once off his head before stopping himself against a tree, while Ōmaeda ends up in the moat.

“W-what was that?” Ōmaeda sputters as he comes back up sopping wet.

“Someone's here,” Miyako realizes. “My guess is either Captain Shihōin or Captain Kusajishi.”

“Good guess,” you reply aloud. “I stopped by to have some fun, and relax after helping with Tia's training.”

“So we've been demoted to chew toys now?” Renji grumbles, dropping back to the ground from his perch against the side of his tree.

“Silly Renji,” you chuckle. “You were always my chewtoy. Remember how we met?”

“Yeah, you crashed one of our lectures,” Renji recalls.

“This is how I teach,” you explain calmly. “Worked for Rangiku and Gin just fine.”

“How are they even alive?” Kira wonders aloud.

>Continue fighting from camouflage, test the limits of their senses.
>Fight from camouflage, push Renji to his absolute limits.
>Drop the camouflage.
>Other?

>>1994093
>>Continue fighting from camouflage, test the limits of their senses.
"that's easy that asked smart questions and they was clever with thier back sass."

>>1994093
>>Continue fighting from camouflage, test the limits of their senses.

>>1994093
>Other: "Here's a hint. This is how Aizen fights. He fucks up your senses. Except for one. Guess correctly and you might survive. You have 3-5 minutes to survive. If I take your Zanpakuto, You lose. If 3 minutes pass and you still have your zampakuto, You'll get a passing grade for getting by by the skin of your teeth. If you manage to reveal me and draw blood, you'll pass. However if you somehow do manage to disarm me..."
>Continue fighting from camouflage, test the limits of their senses.

>>1994093
>>Continue fighting from camouflage, test the limits of their senses.

>>1994093
>other: do your best "Aizen" Impression.
Does Tenkotsuki know a spell that lets Riku change her voice to sound like that of a different person? I want Riku with the voice of Aizen to spook the Lts.

>>1994093
So Riku is basically doing a "Toph the Melon Lord" training montage? I can dig it.

>Continue fighting from camouflage, test the limits of their senses.

>3d10, dc 16, crit 23, best of three
>as an aside I know what I'm doing for SSQ the weekend before Halloween

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

>>1994164

Rolled 6, 6, 8 = 20 (3d10)

>>1994164

Rolled 8, 5, 9 = 22 (3d10)

>>1994164

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>>1994177
the crit tease is real.

>>1994177
“This is how Aizen likes to fight,” you tell them, remaining hidden from their senses. “And his isn't the only power that can twist your senses and use them against you. Those sorts of powers are always among the most feared, and as Lieutenants you need to learn how to fight against them.”

“So this is a test?” Hinamori muses. “What are the terms of this fight?”

“I'll give you sixty seconds to think up a counter to my technique,” you tell them before quickly repositioning yourself. “During that time I'll mostly be toying with you, but after sixty seconds I'll start attacking you for real. Sixty seconds after that I'll raise the difficulty. If you can draw blood in three minutes I'll consider it your win.”

“And if we can't figure it out?” Kira asks.

You realize that shrugging is kind of a meaningless gesture right now, but you can't help doing it. “Then you lose.”

“Begin.”

Renji starts by swinging Zabimaru at the last place where he heard your voice, which is actually rather sensible. But you're not there at all anymore, and you even manage to avoid the stinging smoke that Ōmaeda created to try and use against you. Hinamori seems to be doing some sort of kidō, which you watch carefully from a nearby treetop as Kira takes a knee... it seems that he's trying to listen for you.

Of all the Lieutenants' responses, Miyako's is perhaps the most surprising: she simply backs against a large rock, which she reinforces with a mid-level bakudō barrier. Simple, and against you maybe not a perfect strategy, but it's honestly a refreshingly simple solution.

“Not bad,” you call out before dodging a swipe of Zabimaru's blade. “But not enough either.”

“Sixty seconds are up.”

Of the various Lieutenants Miyako has taken concrete defensive steps, leaving you to...
>Go after Renji
>Go after Ōmaeda
>Go after Kira
>Go after Hinamori

>>1994291
>>Go after Hinamori

>>1994291
>Go after Hinamori
Gotta take out the mage first, that's what aizen would do.

>>1994291
>>Go after Kira
just cause he's being odd and I don't like it

>>1994291
>>Go after Kira
I think he's cooperating with Hinamori closely by being the lookout.

>>1994291
>Go after Kira
I hope Tenkotsuki can whip up a voice modulation spell to make Riku's voice sound like Aizen. raise the spoopiness factor.

>3d10, DC 18, Critical 22

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

>>1994346
sneaky Riku ain't so sneaky.

Rolled 7, 5, 8 = 20 (3d10)

>>1994348

Rolled 10, 4, 1 = 15 (3d10)

>>1994346

>>1994351
umm... I'll link yours to >>1994346
Or do you want to roll again?

Rolled 10, 5, 1 = 16 (3d10)

>>1994346

>>1994360
>>1994352
>>1994351
>>1994348
This bodes ill.

>>1994291
You're not sure whether Kira's actually capable of hearing your movements... either he's that confident or that desperate, but if he actually can hear you and respond quickly enough that could be a problem. If he handed a lucky blow on you this exercise could end before you even get the chance to press the Lieutenants at all, and that's something you can't allow as an instructor.


“That low stance,” Tenkotsuki muses. “Does he believe that will necessitate an attack from above?”

“Likely,” Rosa replies.

And you have to agree, so instead of attacking from the direction he seems to be inviting you to use, you step carefully into the blind spot behind his back.

“Kira, behind you!”

At Hinamori's shout the Lieutenant draws his zanpakuto, turns on one knee, and slashes through the air where your knees were a split second before. Ah, so that's how it is?

“Damn, I missed?” he grumbles.

“Of course,” you reply, sidestepping Renji's attack at the sound of your voice. “Well done, Hinamori. But how long can you maintain that technique?”

“What technique?” Ōmaeda asks, glancing around himself.

“She's figured it out already?” Hinamori grumbles. “Did I not hide them well enough?”

“You did a good job, but my reiatsu sense is better than yours,” you point out. “What may have seemed hidden to you could still be obvious to me... though it was almost enough to fool me.”

The hidden kidō filaments criscrossing the training grounds are like a spider's web, all connecting to a point near where she can rest a hand on it to interpret the feedback. It's actually a remarkably advanced technique, and performed quite a bit better than you might have expected, but still one you've seen before.

>Shift your focus to Hinamori, take out their “eyes”.
>Destroy the kidō web and Kira with a single attack.
>Ōmaeda's provided you a weapon. Use his smoke.
>Other?

>>1994414
>>Ōmaeda's provided you a weapon. Use his smoke.

>>1994414
>Shift your focus to Hinamori, take out their “eyes”.
i told y'all niggas

>>1994414
>>Ōmaeda's provided you a weapon. Use his smoke.
>>1994446
Well yeah, She used the same strategy in canon, and we used it against Aizen during our fight with him.

>>1994414
>>Ōmaeda's provided you a weapon. Use his smoke.

>>1994414
Oh, so it was the other way around. Kudos to the teamwork, it's bearing fruit. Omaeda, step it up.

>>Shift your focus to Hinamori, take out their “eyes”.
>>Other?
Overload the kido web with false readings.

>>1994414
>Shift your focus to Hinamori, take out their “eyes”.
>other: "I used this technique against Aizen. It won't guarantee success. Try something else"
>other: see if you can create a custom spell to modulate your voice to sound like Aizen's voice

>using the smoke against the Lieutenants is a freebie
>give me a 3d10, DC 20, best of four for something else

Rolled 3, 9, 8 = 20 (3d10)

>>1994498

Rolled 1, 4, 2 = 7 (3d10)

>>1994498

Rolled 5, 5, 4 = 14 (3d10)

>>1994498

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

>>1994503
welp
>>1994498
For funsies

>sorry for the delay, had to double-check something
>also you succeed in mimicry, but it's something almost meaner than Aizen's voice

>>1994552
Is it the sound of impudent whelps?

>>1994498
You decide to play around a bit more with the last few seconds in the second minute, and position yourself on the far side of Ōmaeda's smoke.

“Tenran!”

With a weak, unincanted spell you blast the smoke in a single direction: back into the center of the battlefield.

“Damn it Ōmaeda...” Miyako grumbles from her defensive position as she wraps a small cloth over her face. Kira begins to spin his blade to move the smoke a second time when you and Tenkotsuki put your plan into motion.

“Kira, to your left!”

This time it's not Hinamori, even if it sounds like her voice. Instead the words are yours in a voice you've borrowed for the occasion. Kira stops trying to cast his own Tenran and swings at where he thinks you're going to be only to find himself staring down a second kidō of your own device. His eyes widen and grow unfocused, then he falls flat on his back.

“Kira!” Hinamori shouts. “What happened?”

“You shouted at him!” Ōmaeda insists.

“Ōmaeda, behind you!” you shout.

“Shit!” he yells, expecting an attack that never comes.

“See, that's another problem,” you say, still using Hinamori's voice. “Relying on a single source of information means there's a single point of failure.”

“That's not me!” Hinamori shouts. “She's figured out how to mimic my voice!”

“Renji, to your left!” you shout. He overthinks it and refuses to respond, so you whack him in the side of the head and send him reeling. In the mean time Miyako manages to clear the smoke with a mild Tenran, before shooting Omaeda a dirty look.

“Two minutes,” you announce. “Play time's over.”

>Go after Hinamori, take out the strongest support.
>Press Renji harder, don't let up on him for a second.
>Time to deal with Miyako.
>Other?

>>1994591
Ok, now that's devious.

>>Go after Hinamori, take out the strongest support.

>>1994591
>Go after Hinamori, take out the strongest support.

>>1994591
>>Go after Hinamori, take out the strongest support.

>>1994591
>other:experiment with kyokko, if it can bend light and make it so that people will look the other way, can it make it so that it distorts the perception of the person seeing the subject to think it's something else? (optical illusion sillhouette to use in the smoke)
>Go after Hinamori, take out the strongest support.

>>1994591
>>Go after Hinamori, take out the strongest support.
This is even more enjoyable than I'd thought it'd be. Messing around and beating up scrubs is so relaxing after all those boss fights we've had to deal with.

>>1994591
>Go after Hinamori, take out the strongest support.

>3d10, DC 17, Crit 22, best of three

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

>>1994689

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

>>1994689

Rolled 10, 8, 10 = 28 (3d10)

>>1994689

>>1994704
Good job anon. You did good.

>>1994704
JESUS CHRIST LOOK AT THAT CLUTCH.

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>>1994704
It just keeps on happening, doesn't it?

>>1994704
Your attack on Hinamori abandons all caution for speed, momentarily revealing your position as your concealing spell flickers from the strain of your movement. But in exchange you easily slam her to the ground and pin her there with a pair of silvery metallic rods, one through each bicep.

Then, for good measure, you hijack her kidō net.

“Ōmaeda, move forward!” you shout in Hinamori's voice.

“No, stay where you are!” Hinamori tries to shout, but it's too late. Ōmaeda's shunpo places him firmly in reach of your attack... only to find that Hinamori has ended her spell.

“Wait, do you want me to move or not?” Ōmaeda demands.

“Fall back towards me,” Miyako declares, and her fellow Lieutenant obliges her. Interesting... what exactly is she planning?

“Got you!” Renji shouts, sweeping Zabimaru over Hinamori's prone form and very nearly leaving a cut on your leg as you dodge. In exchange you leave a shallow cut in his right shoulder.

“Nice try, Lieutenant.”

He retracts Zabimaru and swipes at you again, with similar results to every swing he's taken so far.

>Beat Renji down, that ought to last the rest of the time.
>Try taking on Miyako, she's had plenty of time to prepare.
>Go after Ōmaeda, see if you can spring Miyako's trap.

>>1994765
>>Try taking on Miyako, she's had plenty of time to prepare.

>>1994765
>>Try taking on Miyako, she's had plenty of time to prepare.
The enemy won't give you time to prepare your attack, and we've been pretty lenient so far.

>>1994765
>>Try taking on Miyako, she's had plenty of time to prepare.

>>1994765
>Try taking on Miyako, she's had plenty of time to prepare.

>>1994765
>>Try taking on Miyako, she's had plenty of time to prepare.
Might as well let her show off what she's come up with.

>3d10, DC 18, Crit 23

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

>>1994822

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

>>1994822

>>1994822
Never rolled dice on mobile before, hope this works.

Rolled 9, 10, 3 = 22 (3d10)

>>1994822

>writing

>>1994837
Autocorrect sometimes capitalizes "dice".

That is the usual culprit at least.

>>1994832
“Let's see what you have planned for me, Miyako,” you decide, dashing in towards the Thirteenth Division's Lieutenant.

It seems you've sprung her trap.

“Seppa!” she shouts, slamming her palm against the ground. Clever... she held back so late that you couldn't help but leave a deep footprint in the newly sandy ground in front of your sister-in-law-by-adoption. Warned of your approach she summons up a pyramidal kidō barrier just in time for your sword to collide with it. The simple slash bites deep through the glowing reishi, but also tells her where you're attacking her from. She lifts her head behind the barrier, and draws her sword.

“Scribe...”

Instantly, the situation changes. Having teased out where you are and ensured that you were looking directly at her, it seems Miyako was able to release her zanpakuto... meaning the absence of any people here is a dream.

“Tenkotsuki!” you call out, taking a sidestep as you feel the barest hints of a threat coming your way.

Your zanpakuto doesn't answer. This is affecting your mind... not as an illusion would, but rather by triggering your own brain to create the images you're seeing: in this case by erasing your opponents from your vision just as you had erased yourself from theirs. And since it's affecting your mind, clouding your judgment, it's made it hard to hear Tenkotsuki's voice.

You sidestep again, silently musing that while Miyako may have put you in a dream-like state with her shikai your body still feels the approaching reiatsu of the Lieutenants' attacks. It gives you a chance to use your ridiculous speed to dodge attacks you can't even see coming.

But that being said, this isn't going to last forever.

>Call the exercise here, you've seen enough and the time's probably up anyway.
>Play it out, see how long you can work under these conditions.
>There has to be a way out of this... maybe by trying jinzen while you're standing?
>A kidō that briefly puts you to sleep, just for a second, might snap you out.
>Other?

>>1994931
>There has to be a way out of this... maybe by trying jinzen while you're standing?
/
>Play it out, see how long you can work under these conditions.

Dont douse their fire once lit it, it wouldnt be fair and this is interesting.

>>1994931
>There has to be a way out of this... maybe by trying jinzen while you're standing?
>Other: let Rosa or Tenkotsuki take the wheel of the Riku mecha meatsuit.

>>1994931
>>Play it out, see how long you can work under these conditions.
it is a ladies proagative to play with her food

>>1994931
>>There has to be a way out of this... maybe by trying jinzen while you're standing?
Nothing quite as badass as beating people up instinctively while deep in meditation.

>>1994931
>>There has to be a way out of this... maybe by trying jinzen while you're standing?

>3d10, DC 19, crit 23, best of four

Rolled 7, 7, 1 = 15 (3d10)

>>1995021

Rolled 7, 10, 4 = 21 (3d10)

>>1995021

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

>>1995021

>will begin writing when we get the fourth roll
Also, Halloween Yoruichi is a real thing

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

>>1995021

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>>1995098
>queen's fw

>>1995098
You feel yourself exhale slowly as your focus turns inwards, deeper into your own soul, until you find yourself face to face with Tenkotsuki.

“Ah, so I see you figured it out on your own,” she muses. “That you are still awake.”

“It's a daydream,” you nod in agreement. “My reiatsu sensing still works and I still have some control of my body even if it's imprecise, but I don't think I can keep fighting them like this. Not without resorting to the sort of methods that'd lead to unacceptable collateral damage.”

“I believe I can be of some service, in that case,” Tenkotsuki tells you. “If you would be willing to trust me, I could take control of your body for long enough to counter the effect that has placed you into this dream-like state.”

>Agree to this plan.
>Other?

>>1995184
>>Agree to this plan.

>>1995184
>>Agree to this plan
As if there was any doubt in our faith in Tenkotsuki.

>>1995184
>>Agree to this plan.
>Other: Try not to get too huffy when one of them manages to land a cut on us. Being a sore loser does us no good.

>>1995184
>>Agree to this plan.
MIND SHUFFLE!

>>1995111
Even better, she's a goddamn walking blender that spreads paralysis like crazy.

>>1995234
>the Lts lose their minds over such a clear indication of the bond with our sword.
>they aspire to reach that level as well
>C46's face when we basically control the Seritei due to our charisma, power, and willingness to facilitate the growth of others.

>writing

You are Tamamo-no-Mae, daughter aspect of the august Inari-Ōkami, who currently fills the role of zanpakuto to a shinigami by the name of Kusajishi Riku.

She is a good-hearted woman, if rather unfortunate in her birthright. It was something of a gamble binding yourself to her all those years ago, though you feel that this ended far better for you both than you had any right to expect. Now she has placed her trust in you to continue a lesson she had intended to teach the Lieutenants who have been placed under her authority. Due to the effects of one of their zanpakutos she is currently in a state not unlike a waking dream, leaving her only able to dodge and weave to avoid incoming attacks at a greatly diminished capacity.

It is your intention to finish the lesson on her behalf.

Shiba Miyako, a woman whose relationship to your partner and wielder is more fictive than anything else due to the complicated series of adoptions and marriages involved, is the one whose zanpakuto has become a problem. She swings her blade only to find your own parrying it.

“Captain?” she asks, likely realizing that Kusajishi Riku should still be under the effects of her zanpakuto's release. “Are you...”

You do not allow her to finish the question, instead planting a kick in her stomach that knocks her back several feet.

“Lady Riku is currently unavailable,” you inform her with a polite bow. “In her stead I shall serve as your opponent.”

“Wait... don't tell me that's Tenkotsuki?” a familiar voice greets you.

“Zabimaru!” the red-haired shinigami who has joined Shiba Miyako in this sparring match exclaims. “I had no idea you could still manifest!?”

“We can't,” a childish voice interrupts. “Least not for long.”

“Then save your energy and do it the normal way,” Zabimarus wielder grumbles.

“They are correct, Lieutenant Abarai,” you inform the young man with a pleasant smile. “I am indeed Tenkotsuki. Lady Riku was growing annoyed with Lieutenant Shiba's shikai, and so she passed off temporary control of her body to me.”

“That's insane!” Lieutenant Ōmaeda complains.

“I find your tone somewhat insulting, Lieutenant,” you chastise the man. “However, to address your point, such cooperation is far from unprecedented in my relationship with my wielder.”

>Focus solely on breaking Lieutenant Shiba's influence on Lady Riku's mind.
>You have legs again... Lady Riku would hardly mind if you stretched them.
>Other?

>>1995411
>You have legs again... Lady Riku would hardly mind if you stretched them.

>>1995411
Is Tenkotuski!Riku still invisible?

>>1995411
>You have legs again... Lady Riku would hardly mind if you stretched them.
"Ohohoho~"
Is an ojou laugh appropriate?

>>1995411
>You have legs again... Lady Riku would hardly mind if you stretched them.
Fuck yeah, time for the fox to play some tricks

>>1995426
Time to screw with those grape-headed fools.

>>1995411
>>You have legs again... Lady Riku would hardly mind if you stretched them.
Ready the Ufufufufufus

>>1995411
>other: un-tie your hair. It's been so long since you've had the sensation of free-flowing hair. Surely Lady Riku won't mind if you indulge in a few "personal liberties"
Writing this in because I want to see Riku with fox ears.
>You have legs again... Lady Riku would hardly mind if you stretched them.
>>1995420
Save the ojou laugh when Tenkotsuki exits the stage.

>>1995439
Supporting, have tenkotsuki let riku's hair down for once.

>>1995411
>>You have legs again... Lady Riku would hardly mind if you stretched them.

>3d10 for foxy trickery
>dcs are lower because Tenkotsuki is fuckery incarnate if she puts her mind to it
>DC 15, Critical 19

Rolled 1, 9, 9 = 19 (3d10)

>>1995496

Rolled 6, 7, 9 = 22 (3d10)

>>1995496
not really need but we do need to finish it off

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Rolled 10, 2, 2 = 14 (3d10)

>>1995496
prepare for the haughty ufufuus~
>>1995501
and on the first try. Have a fox.

>>1995501
“While I do appreciate your skill at manipulating dreams, you are still an amateur,” you smile, effortlessly stepping forth into the space between you and Lieutenant Shiba to perform Hakufuku. Her eyes droop, and in her moment of weakness you strike.

“Welcome to my dreamscape, Lady Shiba,” you declare.

“What have you done?” she demands, glancing around at the familiar-yet-unfamiliar surroundings. “And more importantly... if you've done what I think you did... how?”

“It is not in my nature to accept rivals,” you tell her, taking a step away from her. “However I find myself lacking the ability to induce dreams even if I can still manipulate them as easily as breathing. Which is why I would like to express my gratitude, your zanpakuto has made my task so much simpler.”

“So this is a dream?” Renji realizes aloud. “I can't believe Lieutenant Shiba's technique was hijacked so easily...”

“And now you will learn your lesson for the day,” you tell him, eyes falling heavily on the young Lieutenant. “I apologize, my... sensibilities are not like those of a mortal. This may not be pleasant, but it is necessary.”

As Renji tries to continue the fight, you allow him to dream that his blow strikes true... only to find that he has impaled Lieutenant Hinamori by mistake.

Hinamori dreams that she has been attacked by Ōmaeda and Abarai, forced to fight them off under the mistaken belief that they are being manipulated.

Ōmaeda sees his Captain, and dreams that she has been so disappointed by him that she threatened to expel him from the Onmitsukidō unless he can land a hit on her in a match. He believes that he is being totally outclassed and beaten, with his career and pride on the line.

Kira is truly unconscious, so you leave him be for now. As things stand you are unsure that Shiba Miyako's shikai is capable of influencing him.

>Use their disorientation to land knock-down blows to each of them.
>End these dreams for now, you have made your point.

>>1995575
>>Use their disorientation to land knock-down blows to each of them.

>>1995575
>only to find that he has impaled Lieutenant Hinamori by mistake

HAH

>>1995575
>End these dreams for now, you have made your point.
no need to rub salt in the wound.

>>1995575
>>Use their disorientation to land knock-down blows to each of them.
There's probably not a whole lot to gain in continuing the fight. I don't think we could top this and I don't think Tenkotsuki is sadistic enough to try when this is supposed to be a training session.

>>1995575
>>End these dreams for now, you have made your point.
>>1995586
You've gotta appreciate the classics.

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>>1995593
>>1995586
>>1995575
>only to find that he has impaled Lieutenant Hinamori by mistake.

>>1995603
To be fair Aizen could have made berry boy effectively mute for that fight since lol total control.

We're still waiting on a tie-breaker. it's currently 2 votes for End the lesson and 2 votes for making them go to bed.

>>1995645
>>1995592
Fuck it I'll change my vote to ending the lesson instead

>>1995575
>End these dreams for now, you have made your point.

Tie breaker.

>>1995575
>>End these dreams for now, you have made your point.

>>1995575
>Use their disorientation to land knock-down blows to each of them.

You could land a blow on each of them when they are in such a state... but you also believe that might be considered a step too far, assuming the Lieutenants would not already consider your actions so far to be such. So instead of that, you allow the dream to end with your blade pressed lightly against Abarai's throat.

He looks down at you in shock, then over your shoulder at an equally shocked Hinamori.

“I even went so far as to tell you explicitly,” you observe with a cool detachment most mortals could never hope to maintain in such a situation, “that this was all dreaming. That it was not real. And yet you fell for the tricks, you believed the images I showed you. You did not think, you panicked.”

“How could we have possibly...” Ōmaeda begins, still glancing about as if his Captain might materialize out of thin air and snap his neck.

“As we have learned in our battles with Aizen Sōsuke firsthand, his Kyōka Suigetsu does not affect reiatsu-sensing abilities,” you explain to them. “As such I allowed you to utilize that sense normally. Had you bothered to check what your senses were telling you against that critical line of evidence, you might have noticed the discrepancy.”

“In addition,” you continue, “the sensations I was creating in your mind through Lieutenant Shiba's shikai were imperfect. Had you maintained a calm, collected state of mind you would have noticed this as well.”

“Were this a battle against Aizen himself you would all have been struck down, effortlessly, save perhaps Lieutenant Shba.”

>Now if you will excuse me, I will be returning to Lady Riku's inner world for tea.
>Since I rarely get the chance to use a body like this, I would like to speak with Zabimaru.
>Other?

>>1995684
>>Since I rarely get the chance to use a body like this, I would like to speak with Zabimaru.

>>1995684
>>Since I rarely get the chance to use a body like this, I would like to speak with Zabimaru
Zabimaru keeps popping up and I want to know what their deal is. Even if I have to miss a posh ojou-esque comment

>>1995684
>>Since I rarely get the chance to use a body like this, I would like to speak with Zabimaru.

>>1995684
if
>Since I rarely get the chance to use a body like this, I would like to speak with Zabimaru.
then
>Other: Let down your hair. Surely Lady Riku won't mind if you indulge in a few "personal liberties" now that the lesson is over.

>>1995623
Wasn't Ichigo never actually under Aizen's shikai throughout the entire series?

>>1995722
Yes, but everyone else WAS, so in essence Ichigo's warnings were only going to be heeded if Aizen let them.

>>1995684
>>Since I rarely get the chance to use a body like this, I would like to speak with Zabimaru.

>>1995722
>tfw Ichigo was under Aizen' shikai the entire time
>tfw Aizen reveals his bankai let him alter a person's sense of time as well and Ichigo is still at the end of the rescue Rukia arc.

>>1995684
“Since I am so rarely afforded the opportunity, I am certain Lady Riku would not mind if I spoke with Zabimaru for a few moments... one zanpakuto to another.”

“Is that so?” Renji frowns. “Well... I suppose...”

“If Tenkotsuki wants to speak with us,” the familiar voice speaks again, “then we'd be fools to deny her request. Manifest us, Renji. We won't be long.”

Renji grumbles some more at the notion that he is being ordered around by his own sword, but he abides by Zabimaru's request. A chesty, monkey-like woman chained to a snake-like brat appear at Renji's side.

“Sup,” Monkey greets you.

“Ah, as refined and elegant as ever,” you bow. “Let us reconvene somewhere more... isolated. Perhaps the tea room overlooking the Division grounds.”

“Fine by me,” Monkey sighs, “Come on, snake, let's get this over with.”

Once clear of any shinigami, you spring your question on them:

>Why do you manifest as two beings if you are a single zanpakuto? I am confused.
>Why do you still refuse Abarai use of your true Bankai? Surely he is not that weak?
>What are your thoughts on Lieutenant Abarai's abilities and growth? Will he be ready?

>>1995786
>>Why do you still refuse Abarai use of your true Bankai? Surely he is not that weak?

>>1995786
>What are your thoughts on Lieutenant Abarai's abilities and growth? Will he be ready?

>>1995786
>>What are your thoughts on Lieutenant Abarai's abilities and growth? Will he be ready
This is a more diplomatic way of asking the second option. Don't think Tenkotsuki would straight up question their judgment and imply it's faulty. At least, if she was going to be polite about it as seems to be the case.

>>1995786
>>What are your thoughts on Lieutenant Abarai's abilities and growth? Will he be ready?

>2am here, so calling it now
Archive's where it always is:
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Shinigami%20Savant%20Quest
Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoyed Tenkotsuki's brief adventure as Riku. I'll post a few updates through the week, so keep an eye on Twitter for word on when that'll happen. It's still @QMKingofHearts.

I'll also deal with questions and stuff when I'm awake again.

>>1995786
>What are your thoughts on Lieutenant Abarai's abilities and growth? Will he be ready?
and potentially
>Why do you still refuse Abarai use of your true Bankai? Surely he is not that weak?
depending on the answer to (1)

>play Brave Souls for the first time in months
>second Halloween summon 5* Soi Fon
>Cat ears
>Cat tail
>Fishnet stockings
>Sideboob
>Can't believe anything can be this perfect
Is this what normies feel when they find a girlfriend?

>>1995932
I'm pretty sure what normies feel is something we can never feel. Also your phone can't suck your dick yet so it'd never be the same.

>>1995932
>first multi-summon was Yoruichi
>no further need to summon
>like, ever again

>>1995938
>that spoiler
You know I wouldn't be surprised if there was already an app for that. After all the UK had a problem recently where people figured out how to hack "smart" sex toys.

>>1995932
She's even power and the only 5* power character I have is Uryuu. She's like the singularity or something.

>>1995938
Actually, robotic prostitute dolls are so common and popular regular prostitutes are complaining they're taking all their business.

>>1995897
I enjoyed the part where Riku gets to switch drivers on who gets to steer the meat bicycle. That part was fun.
Question:
>Did Tenkotsuki's Fox Trickery drive the point home?
>Will Starrk ever get a Segunda? Or is he that bullshit strong that he doesn't need a Segunda? Come to think of it we haven't seen nor heard from him aside from occasional scenes of him chasing Mirai's tail.
>How much of a shock is it to the Tres Bestias from witnessing the process and training needed to complete the rite of 'ascending to Segunda'?
>To Tenkotsuki: So how was your brief stint of having a mortal vessel to control? Refreshing? If you had control of Riku's body for a day, how would you spend your day?

Omake idea: Riku somehow goes out cold from an accident, leaving Tenkotsuki and/or Rosa to control Riku's body for the day.
Omake AU: What happened if Tenkotsuki did manage to have kids with the Emperor, but still died in the Tamamao no Mae story (leaving her direct descendants alive somehow unnoticed by the Royal Guard).

>>1995962
So when is Jushiro and Yamamoto's funeral? will we ever get a chance to try and revive one of them?

>Bambietta's jaw hurts, but she feels good inside.
>Kai'd be wondering if you'ev all bit off more than you could chew... if he thought that would help.
>Neliel seems a little happier, like she has a goal again.
>Menoly was touched that you seemed to sincerely believe her abilities could be useful.
> The Femritters are starting to mend old wounds. Candice looks a bit like she has a perpetual hangover.
All this feel good healing.
Poor Candice.

>>1995976
>Did Tenkotsuki's Fox Trickery drive the point home?
It did. Renji in particular realized how little he actually thinks in battle generally, and until that point only Miyako was really aware of how fucked they'd be against Aizen.
>Will Starrk ever get a Segunda?
He still spends most of his time sleeping, and unlike Halibel and Apacci wasn't in Resurreccion this whole time. So one of the prerequisites for even trying to reach a Segunda isn't met.
>How much of a shock is it to the Tres Bestias?
Apacci expected this when Halibel brought it up, but it blindsided the other two a little.
>To Tenkotsuki: So how was your brief stint of having a mortal vessel to control?
"Pleasant. I can see why Lady Riku would swear by it."
>If you had control of Riku's body for a day, how would you spend your day?
"The funny thing is I would not do anything extraordinary. I would have tea, and a meal with friends. I would listen to music, and feel the sun on my skin, and the hilt of a sword in my hand. I would watch the moon rise and rest my head on a pillow... all the things that I replicate for myself on occasion, but never truly experience anymore."

>>1997439
Sometimes you forget that Tenkotsuki was Tamamo no Mae, and actually was a renowned courtesan who more than likely loved her king. Shit's sad, especially when you're reminded that she can't /feel/ real stuff much anymore.

>>1997439
>I would have tea, and a meal with friends. I would listen to music, and feel the sun on my skin, and the hilt of a sword in my hand. I would watch the moon rise and rest my head on a pillow.

Sounds like an extraordinary day to me.

>>1997439
>
"The funny thing is I would not do anything extraordinary. I would have tea, and a meal with friends. I would listen to music, and feel the sun on my skin, and the hilt of a sword in my hand. I would watch the moon rise and rest my head on a pillow... all the things that I replicate for myself on occasion, but never truly experience anymore."
I wonder what would our friends and family think if Riku and Tenkotsuki regularly swapped seats on the meat bicycle on a daily basis? One day Riku sounds like she's the usual Riku, the next day she's acting like a posh noblewoman.

>>1997439
>It did. Renji in particular realized how little he actually thinks in battle generally, and until that point only Miyako was really aware of how fucked they'd be against Aizen.
Wow. It really says something when our Nephew shows better tactical awareness and uses better tactical/strategic knowledge than Renji. No wonder Zabimaru is willing to jump ship during the Muramasa arc.

>>1997439
so aside from Mirai, would the thought of sparring against a Tia Halibel in Segunda rouse his interest and raise him from his sleep?

>>1997580
Strawberry is not stupid just impulsive and it doesn't help that his "inner Hollow" tends to work better that any thinking he can do.

>>1997608
>>1997580

Working by instinct isn't the same as working by impulse.

>>1997756
His impulse tends to be "winging it and hope my inner hollow or the old man help me."

But to be fair is not like he had any real training.

>>1997787
Ichigo doesn't act impulsively, he acts instinctively. If anything his 'impulse' is to sit around and over think everything while the opponent who vastly outmatches him sits there taunting him forever.

His instinct doesn't even actually win him fights though, it just keeps him alive long enough for one of two things to happen. Either someone he befriended earlier in the arc shows up to pull his ass out of the fire, or he asspulls another bloodline power whilst on the verge of certain death.

>>1995932
>tfw can't actually do extreme co-op because people are too fucking retarded to figure out melee guard enemies and you don't have a single ranged character of your own

Anyway, in the process of writing the next update.

>>2002405
“What are your thoughts on Lieutenant Abarai's current abilities,” you ask in a low tone, “and more importantly, do you believe that he will be ready for the battles this winter?”

Monkey takes a few seconds to think of her answer before speaking. “At this rate I can't be sure.”

“His reiatsu is still too weak,” Snake adds, hands held behind his head as he stares resolutely anywhere but at you. “Our actual Banaki'd just chew his body up, like that Kurosaki kid.”

“You calling someone a kid?” Monkey snorts dismissively. “But he's right, Renji still isn't ready... the strength of his will is unquestionable, but it's the strength of his tendons that worries me.”

“So what does your Bankai do that would cause such harm to him?” you ask. “If it is not too bold to ask?”

“It's... the term would be 'clad-type' I think,” Monkey tells you. “It'd make him stronger and faster beyond what his body could handle. Each movement would tear tendons and break bone.”

“How long do you estimate it would take for Abarai to be capable of using Bankai without risk of injury?”

“Months,” Monkey tells you, shaking her head grimly. “Maybe even a year of nonstop training, the kinda time we don't have.”

On the one hand you do not doubt the truth of Zabimaru's words, or the accuracy of their assessment. However, you also cannot help but think of all the possibilities for cheating, increasingly elaborate and dangerous beyond any reason aside from desperation. While the young Lieutenant may be the reckless sort to pursue such methods, you doubt that Zabimaru matches that recklessness. While their own desire is doubtless to see their wielder grow strong they must also understand as you do the basic reality of the situation: strong and dead are mutually exclusive conditions.

>Suggest that they might direct Abarai to contact Captain Urahara about the more... “unusual” training methods available.
>Suggest that Abarai is not so reckless to use a Bankai that could kill him unless he was likely to be killed anyway.
>Other?

>>2002618
>>Suggest that they might direct Abarai to contact Captain Urahara about the more... “unusual” training methods available.

>>2002618
>>Suggest that they might direct Abarai to contact Captain Urahara about the more... “unusual” training methods available.

>>2002618
>Suggest that they might direct Abarai to contact Captain Urahara about the more... “unusual” training methods available.

>>2002618
>Suggest that they might direct Abarai to contact Captain Urahara about the more... “unusual” training methods available.

I have faith in Kisuke's ability to bullshit everything. Send Renji down to Urahara's funhouse, what could possibly go wrong?

>>2002618

>Suggest that they might direct Abarai to contact Captain Urahara about the more... “unusual” training methods available.

>>2002618
>>Suggest that they might direct Abarai to contact Captain Urahara about the more... “unusual” training methods available.
I mean I would pick the other option but it IS Renji.

Something I ate messed me up, so that's it for today. I'll try for more tomorrow.

>>2002618
>Other?
Time dilate the valley of screams?
Or hell just turning it into a trainning pit designed to force the people living in it to grow.

>>2002405
>tfw you don't have 16 5* characters to ascend
Anyone know they best way to farm characters?
Also Soi Fon's great. Her basic attacks hit 3 or 4 times each.

>>2002618
>Suggest that they might direct Abarai to contact Captain Urahara about the more... “unusual” training methods available.

>>2002885
That actually might be safer than the stuff Ichigo did for "training" in canon.

>>2002618
>>Suggest that they might direct Abarai to contact Captain Urahara about the more... “unusual” training methods available.
I don't trust Renji's judgment. Does Tenkotsuki even see him as anything other than an unusually strong-willed hooligan?

>>2002899
>Anyone know they best way to farm characters?
Kon’s bonanza on very hard.
One 4* each time, plus drops.

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>>2003249
Huh, I thought I was just really lucky. Thanks.
I'm pretty sure this hasn't been posted before.

>>1997439
>"The funny thing is I would not do anything extraordinary. I would have tea, and a meal with friends. I would listen to music, and feel the sun on my skin, and the hilt of a sword in my hand. I would watch the moon rise and rest my head on a pillow... all the things that I replicate for myself on occasion, but never truly experience anymore."

This NEEDS to be an omake

>>2003551
Working on it.
>>2002899
For characters to level, raid drops. For fodder, >>2003249 has it right.
God DAMN HW Yoruichi is a beast, pulls weight on a PVP team and carries teams in Co-Op.

>>2002618
>Suggest that Abarai is not so reckless to use a Bankai that could kill him unless he was likely to be killed anyway.

>>2005624
No offense, anon, but why even?

>update in a bit
>omake a bit after that

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>>2005741
“You may wish to have Lieutenant Abarai speak with Captain Urahara,” you suggest. “While I have every confidence that I could be of assistance I am unsure that any of the methods I could utilize would work on Lady Riku, let alone one who is not my wielder.”

“And you think maybe Captain Urahara'd have a way to train Renji faster that would work?” Monkey muses, considering your suggestion carefully.

“Renji'd never go for that,” Snake sighs. “Too proud.”

“He's also an idiot,” Monkey shakes her head. “So what he'd do isn't the best indicator of what's a good idea.”

“I'll... consider it,” Monkey eventually nods to you. “Thanks.”

You return to the center of the training field, where the Lieutenants have been chatting. Renji is the first to notice your arrival, and looks to Zabimaru.

“You done?” he grunts. “Then come on, let's get back to it.”

“Yeah, sure,” Monkey sighs, resting her hand on Zabimaru's hilt and disappearing. “I'm getting tired anyway.”

“Well, that was all rather invigorating,” you smile, “but I believe it is time I handed control back over to Lady Riku.”
>1/2

>>2006020
You are Captain Kusajishi Riku, and you're now back in control of your own body.

“Hey kids!” you greet the battered Lieutenants with a grin. “Didja miss me?”

“Literally how!?” Miyako demands loudly.

>Irrelevant. I... have to go talk with the Head Captain, can you clean up Kira while I'm gone?
>It's complicated... like the conversation I need to have with the Central 46 right now.
>Explain that it's second nature for you, and ask them if they really couldn't manage the same.
>Excuse yourself, go see how Apacci is faring
>Other?

>>2006041
>>Explain that it's second nature for you, and ask them if they really couldn't manage the same.

>>2006041
>Explain that it's second nature for you, and ask them if they really couldn't manage the same.

>>2006041
>>Excuse yourself, go see how Apacci is faring
I like the idea of Riku just wandering off with no explanation.

>>2006041
>>Explain that it's second nature for you, and ask them if they really couldn't manage the same.

>>2006041
>Excuse yourself, go see how Apacci is faring

>>2006041
>To Miyako: "Carefully."
>Explain that it's second nature for you, and ask them if they really couldn't manage the same.
>Excuse yourself, go see how Apacci is faring

>>2006041
>>Explain that it's second nature for you, and ask them if they really couldn't manage the same.

>>2006041
>Explain that it's second nature for you, and ask them if they really couldn't manage the same.

>>2006041
Also, can tenkotsuki manifest and hang out just to prove the point?
We... should let her out more often.

>>2006041
“Well... to me at least it's second nature,” you shrug, briefly manifesting Tenkotsuki at your side.

“Hello again,” Tenkotsuki bows gracefully before disappearing.

“Captain Kusajishi, if I may be so bold as to ask,” Hinamori begins in a low, almost concerned tone. “How much time do you spend in jinzen every week, on average?”

“At least an hour or two every day,” you guess. “I've actually taken to doing it during my morning exercise routines.”

“Wait, you can move while doing jinzen?” Renji asks skeptically.

“She can use zanjutsu with her bare hands and that's where you draw the line?” Miyako cocks her eyebrow at her pineapple-haired peer. “Seriously, why are you even surprised?”

“It's from sheer repetition,” you explain. “I mean I basically helped write the hakuda curriculum you three used in the Academy, and I've been practicing the same style of kenjutsu since the Bakumatsu. So it's almost easier to meditate while doing kata.”

“That's broken,” Ōmaeda snorts. “Must be nice being a Captain.”

“You could do the same,” you point out. “All it takes is clearing some time at the beginning or end of your day, and keeping at it every day.”

“Now if you'll excuse me, I need to...”

>Speak with the Central 46.
>Speak with the Head Captain.
>Speak with Apacci.
>Other?

>>2006615
>>Speak with Apacci.

>>2006615
>>Speak with Apacci.

>>2006615
>>Speak with Apacci

>>2006615
>Speak with Apacci.

>>2006615
>Speak with Apacci.
Sometimes I even prefer deer over cat.

>>2006677
Apacci for berrybowl victor

>>2006615
>Speak with Apacci.

>>2006687
this

>>2006615
So how big of an eye opener is it for the Lieutenants from seeing the long-term end results (Riku's ability to let Tenkotsuki take control of her body) of doing daily jinzen workouts?
How Jealous/awestruck of Riku/Rosa/Tenkotsuki are the zampakuto themselves?

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>>2006677
>Sometimes I even prefer deer over cat.

>>2006687
damn skippy

>>2006615
>Speak with Apacci.

>>2006615
>Speak with Apacci.

>may only be a single update tonight
>baking mini-cheesecakes for a social event

>>2006687
I disagree: Apacci can do much better than berry boy.

Apacci is for Hanataro

>>2009591
Tia is for Hanataro you dolt.

>>2009591
>>2009615
>Not "Hanataro is for X"
Please, anons. That is not the natural order of things.

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>>2009389
You are Emilou Apacci, an arrancar who has aligned herself with the Soul Society... but not because of some grandiose overarching philosophical agreement or anything. Instead it's a bunch of personal loyalties that have drawn you into this whole mess, all centered around the shinigami Kusajishi Riku. She was the one who helped you become an arrancar in the first place, freeing you from the cycle of hunger and killing which had defined your life as a hollow, and more than that has always treated you the same way she treats her own family.

If it weren't for that, you're sure that you and your fellow arrancars wouldn't be in this position... you'd probably be working for that prick son of a bitch Aizen and fighting against the Seireitei. Hell, if Captain Kusajishi asked you to throw down with a Captain you'd probably do it.

But something happened today that you're not quite sure what to make of.

The training you've been going through together with Lady Halibel has reached its final stage, and after all this time you're not sure whether you really want to go through with it. By becoming more familiar and comfortable with your resurrected forms, which see you become more like you were as hollows, you set the stage for a remarkable new transformation.

Two aspects of that caught you off guard: that it took Lady Halibel honestly believing that Lady Riku was trying to kill her to trigger the change, and that once that happened Halibel became even more hollow-like.

Captain Kusajishi's told you to leave, to spend some time sorting out your own thoughts now that you know what this process involves, and before she passed out Lady Halibel voiced her total agreement, so that's what you've done.

The only question is... where does someone like you go to think about such a serious matter?

>To speak with Starrk, the oldest arrancar you know of... and MAYBE the wisest. You think.
>To find that Kurosaki brat and his friends, you could use the 'human perspective' right now.
>To speak with Bambietta... you're NOT friends, but she's done things for power in the past...
>Other?

>be back later, making cheesecakes

>>2009974
>>To speak with Starrk, the oldest arrancar you know of... and MAYBE the wisest. You think.

>>2009974
>>To speak with Starrk, the oldest arrancar you know of... and MAYBE the wisest. You think.

>>2009627
Hantaro is for cleaning :^)

>>2009974
>Other?
>Speak to Unohana, she's supposed to be one of the oldest living shinigami. Her perspective should be unique.
I like to live dangerously.

>>2009974
>>To speak with Starrk, the oldest arrancar you know of... and MAYBE the wisest. You think.

>>2009974
>To speak with Starrk, the oldest arrancar you know of... and MAYBE the wisest. You think.

>>2009974
>>To find that Kurosaki brat and his friends, you could use the 'human perspective' right now.

>>2009974
>To speak with Bambietta... you're NOT friends, but she's done things for power in the past...

>I'll start writing another update when my cheesecakes are done in about 20 minutes

It's actually fairly disturbing that Apacci's thinking of Riku as "Captain Kusajishi". It really speaks to how much the whole fight to the death thing has shaken her.

>>2009989
Hah. I'll second this, but not because I actually think it's the best option.

>>2010217
Is also the fact the Segunda Etapa is becoming more Hollow like. She doesn't want that.

>writing
>3d10, higher is better

Rolled 8, 1, 5 = 14 (3d10)

>>2010337

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

>>2010337

Rolled 6, 10, 10 = 26 (3d10)

>>2010337

>>2010359
CLUTCH

>>2010337
>writing
>have an early morning meeting tomorrow so this will be it for this evening

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>>2010392
You decide that short of talking to Lady Halibel about her experience, the best thing to do is try to talk to Starrk. After all he was an arrancar before any of the rest of you were, and so far as you can tell he's old. In fact when you stop to think about it he's almost certainly older than Halibel, so clearly he must have a useful perspective on this whole process.

It doesn't take long to find him with your pesquisa, quickly sussing out his reiatsu with your own and tracking him down to a hammock out in the garden of the Ninth Division's printing press offices.

“Hey, Starrk,” you grumble. “I gotta talk to you.”

Starrk doesn't move. He doesn't even respond at all.

“Oi, Starrk,” you repeat, prodding the man in his ribs. Still no response.

“Starrk, wake up dammit!” you raise your voice. Still nothing?

“Man, you got some kinda talent,” you sigh. Instead of prodding him again you reach under the hammock and push upwards, rolling him out onto the ground where he lands limply on his face.

He's still asleep? “How do you even!?”

Finally, you decide you have no alternative. Building some reiatsu in your fingertips, you tap him lightly on the nose and deliver a sharp electric shock... not quite enough to be an effective attack, but sufficient to wake him up with a yelp.

“Hey dumbass, I have somethin' I've gotta ask you,” you grumble.

Starrk sits up and wipes the dirt off his face. “Damn... you coulda been gentler.”

“Tried that, didn't work, said 'fuck it',” you recount. “So you know that Lady Halibel went and found a second stage of release?”

“Yeah, I felt that fight,” Starrk sighs, sitting down on his hammock with his hands on his head. “That was some crazy shit.”

“Well, it means drawing more hollow power,” you explain carefully.

“And the problem with that is... what?” Starrk asks lazily.

“All these years I've wanted nothing more than to be less like a hollow!” you insist loudly, louder even than you intended. “And now the way to get stronger is to do the opposite!?”

Starrk shrugs before lying back down on his hammock. “Only thing I'll say about it is that we are hollows. Whether we seal it or release it doesn't matter.”

“Your call what to do with that.”
>1/2

>>2010482
And then he falls silent again.

“Starrk?”

The lanky arrancar doesn't move.

“Oi, Starrk!” you repeat, raising your voice.

Still no response.

“Ah, to hell with it.”

>Speak with Kurosaki and his friend, get their perspective on what they would do as humans.
>Speak with Bambietta about setting your preferences aside to get shit done when you have to.
>Find Captain Kusajishi... Lady Riku... whatever.

>>2010491
>>Speak with Kurosaki and his friend, get their perspective on what they would do as humans.

>>2010491
>Speak with Bambietta about setting your preferences aside to get shit done when you have to.

>>2010491
>Speak with Kurosaki and his friend, get their perspective on what they would do as humans

>>2010491
>>Speak with Kurosaki and his friend, get their perspective on what they would do as humans.

>>2010482
If the roll was for waking this fucker up, I'm glad we rolled real high.
>>2010491
>>Speak with Kurosaki and his friend, get their perspective on what they would do as humans.

>>2010513
That and getting a useful answer out of him.

>will start again tomorrow with speaking to Kurosaki
I'll be around for a little bit to answer questions, etc.

>>2010711
Why can I get 2 5* Swimsuit Renjis in one summon and a Blood War Love off of a premium ticket but can't ever get a Yoruichi of any kind?
I guess I can't complain too much, dancer cat Soi Fon is perfection like I said.

>>2010711
What is the meaning of life?

>>2010800
42.
Non-smarmy answer, if you meet the Buddha on the road kill him.

>>2010727
Cat dancer a good, Cat-Hoodie Yoruichi surprisingly meta. It's literally what I wanted Thundercat Yoruichi to be.
So who have you been praying to before your multis?

>>2010878
At first it was Kubo, but that didn't work so I switched to Yoruichi. Now I'm asking Soi Fon for help.
So far that's manifested in me getting 12 raid Soi Fon's yesterday while only filling the raid meter fully 3 times.
Also I have like 80 2 and 3 stars after 30 or so story missions and 3 summons. Somehow.

>>2010711
So by the end of this training, how close will the Lts be to Rangiku's level? I ask because the vibe I've gotten is that she could easily be a captain if it wasn't for her preference to stay as her mom's Lt and politics at work. Which brings to mind what qualifies as Lt level anyway? Rereading the quest reminded me that Riku said Lts were meant to be an easy pool to draw from when replacing captains, but that the last 100 years had been harsh in that regard. If by the end of Riku's training any of them attained a full bankai, would some of them be shunted into an empty captain spot (assuming they also fulfilled the other prerequisites)? Would politics come in again due to yet more Riku approved/trained shinigamis reaching positions of power and actual personal power? Is it taken as a sign of new standards taking root for the Lt and Captain positions? I mean, Riku learning about the numbered kido being meant as an actual curriculum in and of itself sounds somewhat important in terms of schooling and improving your skills, instead of just brute forcing a handful of useful combat spells. While I don't actually expect these revelations and how Riku consistently trains people into high-level fighters to change a whole lot anytime soon (not everyone can become a captain), what would the far-reaching implications and knock-off results be?

>>2010878
is there any meta version of rangiku? I've never touched the game

>>2011149
Rangiku has been captain level for a long time, she's explicitly staying as Riku's Lt because she likes it. Which might have to end sometime soon, we still have empty spots iirc

>>2011156
Don't bother with it, it's utter garbage.

>>2011254
I know, I just kinda want to see the cheesecake art

>>2011156
If by "meta" you mean viable at the upper tiers of PVP, then no. The "tag team" version that uses cooperative attacks with Haineko is pretty good, easily her best version, but her strong attacks start up too slowly and she has an attribute disadvantage against one of the top three most common units (Fullbring Ichigo - if you get into the game start hating him now).

>>2011149
Yes, Lieutenants are essentially meant to be Captains-in-training. Rangiku's position is a political one however, and at the moment the Central 46 still would have issues in promoting ANOTHER Shiba to Captain.

The main result of treating numbered kido as a PROGRESSION is that it's a new point of merit for promotion: no more seats being jointly held between ten or more people. The average seated officer may end up more skilled not just in absolute terms, but because the bar would be raised on getting those seats in the first place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRptNCYX99A

Since I know Queen is musing on a claymore quest, which has me all the hype.

>>2011397
Could you or King explain to me what claymore is about? It's one of those classics I never read


did read all of berserk though

>>2010711
Is Mizuiro going to dome Aizen with a pipe bomb in this quest?

>>2011497
Monsters called youma roam the land. Virtually undistinguishable from human until they strike and morph in aberrations. Silver haired and eyed women from an organization hunt them down for money wielders the eponymous claymores. The story follows the saga of Claire the then weakest of the current generation of claymores in her travels and through intrigue.


Avoid the spoilers unless wanna read
Claymores are orphaned girls with surgically implanted youma bits in them to let them sense them and give them powers beyond human ability using their energy. If a claymore overdraws they start to awaken which turns them into the claymore equivalent of a youma, which are all fucking cannibalistic and strong as fuck, called Awoken beings. The organization actually wants this because they are a sciebnce branch of a kingdom of the mainland(the entire island is there to use as the please) trying to create a stable and not insane and controllable super solider to fight a war against the Asarakarum, creatures that can morph into Descendants of dragons, similar to awakening in claymores. Infact Youma are parasities that get into normal people, made by the organization from mixing the flesh of a captured Asakarum and a captured descendant.

>>2011553
Huh, so that's where attack on titan got the inspiration, at least the spoiled bit

>>2011576
and that's just the main plot ignoring Claire's absolutely HORRID backstory.

>>2011576
Actually, I am quite sure Puela Magica Madoka is older.