>>2039621
“How did it go?” Rangiku asks as Tenri places a plate of toast and eggs in front of you.

“Thank you,” you nod. “Well. Both Halibel and Apacci managed to find new forms to fight in... if Apacci's is any indication Halibel's is going to be insane.”

“Hard to imagine them getting much stronger,” Rangiku sighs. “I'm actually a little jealous, you know? I don't have another dramatic transformation in me... and I don't wanna become a vizard just as a shortcut to getting stronger.”

“Apacci had similar concerns with Segunda,” you observe. “But that turned out okay. Mostly because the Seireitei has no laws against it, and because it seems like a natural evolution of an arrancar's abilities.”

“Speaking of, does anyone outside the Division know about this yet?” Rangiku asks. “I mean, aside from Yoruichi?”

>I haven't told anyone, but I'm sure there are suspicions.
>I was actually meaning to report to Shunsui... TWICE is too much to go unreported.
>I should really tell Shunsui AND the Central 46. Make an effort at transparency.
>Other?

>>2039627
>>I should really tell Shunsui AND the Central 46. Make an effort at transparency.

>>2039627
>I should really tell Shunsui AND the Central 46. Make an effort at transparency.

>>2039627
>>I was actually meaning to report to Shunsui... TWICE is too much to go unreported.

>>2039627
>I should really tell Shunsui AND the Central 46. Make an effort at transparency.

>>2039627
>>I should really tell Shunsui AND the Central 46. Make an effort at transparency.

Kusajishi Riku: Responsible authority figure.

>>2039627
>>I should really tell Shunsui AND the Central 46. Make an effort at transparency.

anybody have an idea whats up with the suptg descriptions for the last few threads?

>>2039627
>>I was actually meaning to report to Shunsui... TWICE is too much to go unreported.
I feel like reporting to the central 46 will just take up our precious time and come across as bragging

>>2039655
I do.

>>2039660
To be fair, two Arracnars getting transformations that push an elite Captain at minimum is a pretty big damned deal, and very good cause for concern.

Hallibel is way above Apacci in power though. They probably can guess that too, because Apacci was more like an average Captain minus a game changing bankai until now. Hallibel was a Vasto Lorde.

And Starrk is STILL probably stronger. Thank Inari they probably don't realize that.

>>2039621
>>I should really tell Shunsui AND the Central 46. Make an effort at transparency.

>writing

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>>2039627
“No,” you shake your head. “And I think that might be a mistake. I should probably speak with Shunsui about it, then inform the Central 46 of the change.”

“Do you think that's wise?” she asks.

You shrug, honestly unsure. “Too late for them to tell me I can't do it, and I doubt this will really shift the overall opinions about what to do with me. So I'd rather tell them, get a chewing out now and avoid any accusations later.”

“If you think that's best,” Rangiku sighs. “Asking forgiveness rather than permission I guess.”

“Well, let's not get carried away,” you joke. “Though an apology to Shunsui isn't out of order.”

After finishing your meal you say your goodbyes, and head for the First Division grounds. At the entrance to the administrative buildings you see a familiar face, none other than Okita. There's a smile of recognition, and the man bows.

“Captain,” he greets you formally, as you bow slightly in return.

“Old friend,” you reply. “Keeping well I hope?”

“Training for winter,” he tells you, “same as everyone else.”

“No kidding,” you chuckle. “In fact that's what I'm here. I need to speak with the Head Captain.”

“About what, may I ask?” Okita carefully inquires. “I'm afraid the Captain has a busy day today.”

“I may have done something that'll get him yelled at by the Central 46,” you sigh. “You know... again.”

“Because he enjoyed that so much the last time,” Okita sighs. “Go ahead, ma'am. He'll probably want to prioritize whatever it is you have to tell him about.”

“Thanks,” you nod. “And good luck with your training. If anyone in my Division can help, just ask.”

“I'll remember that, ma'am.”
>1/2

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>>2039712
“So what have you done this time?” Shunsui sighs, rubbing at the edges of his eyepatch. “I assume it had to do with that display of reiatsu I felt yesterday?”

“Yes, Head Captain,” you nod, your tone unusually stilted on this occasion. “I felt you should hear it from me officially... that it turns out arrancar can attain two states of release as well.”

Shunsui closes his good eye, thinking carefully. “You didn't tell me in advance?”

“I wasn't sure it would work,” you shake your head. “Last I checked helping our own subordinates with their training didn't require permission from the Head Captain or oversight by the Central 46. Why should it be the case for our allies?”

“This is a different situation and you know it,” Shunsui explains. “The Central 46 is far from unanimous in their acceptance of this... partnership.”

“And yet within the current arrangement there's no precedent saying I can't or shouldn't continue helping them grow,” you assert. “Either as fighters or as people.”

“That wasn't intended as an attack, miss Kusajishi,” Shunsui insists, glancing at you with a hint of concern finding its way creeping into his features.

“I know it wasn't,” you sigh, settling into your own seat in front of his desk. “And if this places you in a bad position I'm sorry. But I started into this assuming everyone knew how committed I was to them, that it was common knowledge how personal it is to me.”

“And so how do you want me to characterize this to the Central 46, then?” Shunsui asks. “As a personal effort?”

>Yes. It's inherently an issue of personal trust and a mutual sense of obligation between myself and the arrancars.
>No. All they need to know is how it fits into our strategic plan: Aizen doesn't know their abilities, unlike our Captains.
>You don't need to explain it to them. I made this decision unilaterally, and if they think it needs defending that's on me.
>Other?

>>2039744
>You don't need to explain it to them. I made this decision unilaterally, and if they think it needs defending that's on me.

We can handle ourselves, Shunsui doesn't need this

>>2039744
>You don't need to explain it to them. I made this decision unilaterally, and if they think it needs defending that's on me.

>going on a snack run
>post may be delayed

>>2039744
>>You don't need to explain it to them. I made this decision unilaterally, and if they think it needs defending that's on me.

>>2039744
>>You don't need to explain it to them. I made this decision unilaterally, and if they think it needs defending that's on me.

>>2039744
>You don't need to explain it to them. I made this decision unilaterally, and if they think it needs defending that's on me.
>Other: If you do want to help in my defence to the Central 46, feel free to do so. I've got so many things to juggle between, family, friends, and duties that extend beyond the Gotei 13. I could honestly use a little help.

>>2039744
>>No. All they need to know is how it fits into our strategic plan: Aizen doesn't know their abilities, unlike our Captains.

Honestly we need the time more than Shunsui at this point, who has enough to go around for day walks just to help his Lieutenant unwind a bit. I think he can handle this.

And I think the mutual obligation thing, while true, would unsettle C46. Although they can probably guess, this rationale may help them short-term.

Long-term....still a problem.

>>2039773
Has any of the C46 ever gone out of the way to introduce/personally visit an Arrancar? Because their seclusion and refusal to include themselves in knowing the domestic affairs is starting to irk me. Granted the staunch traditionalism is due to Yamamoto's influence having a 1000 year hold on the mindset and culture of the C-46. For the lack of a better reason I can't imagine the whole reason the C-46 existing out of appeasing Yamamoto's values and wanting to not be smote by OMG.

>>2039744
>You don't need to explain it to them. I made this decision unilaterally, and if they think it needs defending that's on me.

>>2039744
>>You don't need to explain it to them. I made this decision unilaterally, and if they think it needs defending that's on me.

>>2039744
>You don't need to explain it to them. I made this decision unilaterally, and if they think it needs defending that's on me.

>>2039784
Hey, maybe we should bring halibel and apacci to us when we talk to central?
You know, let them voice their opinion about aizen and their loyalty to us, which by extension is loyalty to the seireitei.

When they think about the girls, they're just thinking "Riku's hollows" rather than "apacci and halibel"
They don't know them as people, so why would they see them as people?
Just go full ham, have them state their likes and dislikes, favourite foods, favourite time of year, favourite books, movies and songs, what they're good at, what they're bad at and who (besides other hollows) that they're friends with.
Literally introduce themselves to the class, more or less.

That'll go a long way to shattering the idea some of them might have about those two.

>>2039822
And just for a laugh, have one of them throw in "And i'm a virgin."
Should give at least one of those old men pause.

>>2039744
>finally back
>writing

>>2039822
pretty good idea. It's gonna take a LOT of convincing (and very high dice rolls) to get the C-46 to even gain the courage to brave those waters.

You also have to keep in mind that the Apacci and Haribel are still considered the "black sheep" among the Hollow community.

>>2039835
>many noble bachelors return with a broken pelvis from getting their ass whupped in a spar. "Worth it." they said.

Okay, give me a 3d10. DC 17, crit 24, best of 3

Rolled 9, 10, 6 = 25 (3d10)

>>2039850

Rolled 3, 8, 6 = 17 (3d10)

>>2039848
Well, more than just being horny old men, i was thinking back to when apacci was talking with isshin about raising kids.

"Sounds hard, remind me never to have any"
>Isshin looks like he wants to ask the obvious question, but bites his tongue

Just another thing that makes her seem more human. Nobody imagines a feral hollow being a mother.


>>2039850
rollan

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Rolled 5, 4, 1 = 10 (3d10)

>>2039857
WELP.
>>2039850

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

>>2039850

Rolled 13, 18, 13 = 44 (3d20)

>>2039850
Heyo King, What's this I hear bout you startin a Claymore quest? Because if it's true that rad as fuck, Sadly not a lot of representation in fanfiction for it really compared to other stuff.

>>2039870
Woops, Wrong dice, Outta range anyways though.

You know, i'm getting positive vibes from this OST.
Maybe good things happen somtimes?

>>2039870
Yup, that'll be a thing eventually. Just don't have the time to run it right now, but the new setting and important characters are mostly ready to go.

>writing
>Shunsui is convinced as fuck

>>2039896
>inside Shunsui's mind: "when did this loose cannon be so thorough in her plans? Its almost like she knew this would happen!"

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>>2039896
Awesome, Can only hope our character looks like a certain grey haired bloodknight.

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>>2039912

>>2039922
what is that? a jojo meme for ants?

>>2039925
Guilty of posting from phone.

>>2039862
While it's true that people like apacci and halibel are black sheep, having lived their entire lives in the hellhole of hueco mundo without turning into a crazy asshole, the fact remains that they do exist, and aizen has raised a whole army of arrancar who are at least reasonable enough to follow a leader, if not exactly personable while doing it.

We've even seen that, given time and a chance, some of aizen's soldiers can be alright folks.
They're not just crazy bloodlusting murder machines, not all of them anyways.
They have their own personalities, their own thoughts and desires, goals, ambitions.

They're just very, very unfortunate people, but people nonetheless.
And i think the only way we can get that through to folks is to show them directly, to essentially shove their humanity in their faces.

>>2039857
Holy shit. And it wasn't even the clutch.

If only we had gotten these for actually convincing the C46, instead of convincing Shunsui that we should convince the C46.

Eh, maybe we'll get a lowered DC for making such a good argument to Shunsui that he thinks yeah, this'll work on them

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>>2039896
“Look, it's not you that should be convincing them,” you sigh, rubbing the back of your neck. “It's me. I'm the one that made the unilateral decision without informing anyone, and if they think that's something that needs defending it's on me to do it.”

“My indiscretion shouldn't be your burden.”

Despite the fact that you can feel a twinge of silent approval from Tenkotsuki that lifts your spirits immensely, Shunsui frowns and leans over his desk. “You're not the only one the conservative faction in the Central 46 has in their sights, you know.”

“What do you mean?”

“There were three realistic candidates to replace the old man when he...” Shunsui falters for a moment. “It was me, Captain Unohana, and strangely enough you.”

You can't help but snort, expecting that to have been the punchline of a joke. Shunsui doesn't laugh. “Wait... you're not kidding?”

“Some of the more 'progressive' members wanted a younger, forward-thinking leader in charge,” Shunsui continues. “And you're practically the poster child for that. The largest number were in favor of my succession, while the most staunchly traditionalist members wanted Retsu, the most senior remaining Captain. But when she refused quite vocally to even consider it, the traditionalists voted for me as a bloc.”

“Ended up split about three to one.”

“But they were never happy about it?” you guess.

Shunsui nods. “An understatement. Many of the same people who think that every breath you take is a small act of rebellion hold me responsible for your breathing in turn... along with every other misstep anyone in the Gotei 13 takes.”

“Nobody's ever known a Head Captain other than old man Yamamoto, because there's never been another,” you shake your head. “Come on, Shunsui. One of these days nobody will remember a Head Captain other than you.”

“Yeah, maybe,” Shunsui scratches his stubble thoughtfully. “If the Seireitei lasts that long, that is.”

“Here's to being hopeful.”

“I'll leave the talking to you,” Shunsui nods. “You deal with your problems and I'll deal with mine. That sounds fair.”
>1/2

>>2039931
Also, it may help to frame this in a more positive light, go in with an air of "Check out the new war asset you just acquired" rather than "you're probably going to hate me for this".

It's no different a situation than a captain, really.
Anyone who's strong, regardless of who they are or their intentions, is considered a threat.
We know that, we're used to it. "Captains are especially dangerous" and all that.

We should frame halibel and apacci as the captain and lieutenant of the unofficial arrancar division, though perhaps not in those exact words.
The idea of hollows being captains would probably upset traditionalists a lot, so dance around that a bit.

>>2039943
Can you remind me what's the current partisan lines in Ghost Congress 46? We know there are Progressives, Conservatives, Traditionalists, and the Moderates. We just don't know how big each faction is.

>>2039862
>Well, more than just being horny old men, i was thinking back to when apacci was talking with isshin about raising kids.

>"Sounds hard, remind me never to have any"
>>Isshin looks like he wants to ask the obvious question, but bites his tongue

"So Apacci...."

"Don't say it."

"As your new and first father-"

"I'm warning you!"

"-to practice safe sex-"

"Wait what?"

"AND GIVE ME LOTS OF GRANDBABIES!"

*wham*

"SHUT THE HELL UP OLD MAN!" // "SHUT THE HELL UP OLD MAN!"


Because Ichigo and Apacci is funniest pairing. Although honestly, all three of the top contenders in Berrybowl are pretty good.

>>2039943
>But when she refused quite vocally to even consider it
Gee I wonder how bad the temperature dropped in that room when Retsu unleashed her the killing intent and said "no. I will not become head captain"?

>>2039960
"I refuse."
"But-"
[GLARING INTENSIFIES]

Almost makes me wish there were a series of "mini-omakes" consisting of numerous small scenes like this, too short for the full treatment.

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>>2039943
“Oh, and I want to arrange for Halibel and Apacci to accompany me.”

Shunsui stares at you in disbelief. “The hell kinda drugs are you on and where can I get a supply?”

“I'm serious,” you insist.

“So am I,” Shunsui retorts. “I could use about three months' worth.”

“None of the councilors have ever met an arrancar,” you explain carefully. “They don't know their stories, or what they're like, and so the fearmongers would have an easy time making Segunda Etapa out to be some special kind of existential threat.”

“Let them meet arrancars firsthand means the moderates will be less likely to wet themselves when they hear that the arrancars they've been entrusting me with overseeing are vastly more powerful than they were told.”

“How strong are we talking about?” Shunsui asks.

>Strong. What's important is that we have two such arrancar on our side, in case any of Aizen's are capable of the same feat.
>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.
>I have no idea, I haven't even seen what Halibel can do yet but Apacci can do things I didn't think possible before.
>Other?

>>2039984
>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.

>>2039984
>>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.

>>2039984
>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.
>Keep in mind that Aizen may have done the same with all the time he's had, albeit probably far less ethically.

>>2039984
>>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.

>>2039943
>“Come on, Shunsui. One of these days nobody will remember a Head Captain other than you.”

>Implying that Shunsui will outlive Riku, Lisa, Nanao, the other Captains, plus the Royal Guard, including the Monk, will be dead and gone and nobody will even remember the time before Shunsui

Dark. Like wow that might be the worst end for Shunsui that doesn't involve him losing the war outright. Unless Aizen wins and successfully installs Shunsui as a puppet ruler.

That is the loneliest of ends. Why don't you just have Shunsui drinking over a preserved Ukitake's comatose almost dead body, hoping he'll someday wake up, why dontcha?

>>2039984

>I have no idea, I haven't even seen what Halibel can do yet but Apacci can do things I didn't think possible before.
>As a baseline, Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.

>>2039984
>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.

>>2039984
>>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.
>>Other?
Still haven't accounted for peak power as well as sustained usage, mind you.

>>2039984
>Other: "And that's not even mentioning Coyote Starrk. He said he tried splitting himself in two as an arrancar to get 'weaker' and have friends without people dying just from his reiatsu. And that's just his natural state without going into Ressurecion."

>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.

>>2039984
>>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.
>Be very, very, very ,VERY glad Stark is too laid back too even consider shooting for Segunda. He's likely make the old man look Tame.

>>2039954
Some of those overlap. The "Progressives" are a small minority group, the Conservative/Traditionalists are a larger minority, and the majority are Moderate/Traditionalists.

The difference is that the moderates are more open to things that clearly go beyond the intended scope of the Seireitei's current laws. The conservative traditionalists are of the mind that if you HAVE to be "open minded" about a situation you find yourself in you've already gone too far.

>>2039984
>other: Do you want me to tell you the shit Apacci can pull in Segunda?
>other: And that's not even mentioning Coyote Starrk. The man is clearly holding back even in Ressurecion and even he was a match for me. Let's be grateful he's not considering trying to gain Segunda.

>>2040013
Well that, and the Resurreccion training means losing Lilyette for extended periods of time.

So, he's pretty much never going to do it. He'd probably need to get beat the fuck down while going all out to his current limits before he would.

>>2040001
Remember that Unohana was (and in SSQ still is) the last of the old guard outside of the Royal Guard.

And that for most intents and purposes the Royal Guard don't count. They live in an extraplanar ivory tower and give less than no fucks about what happens below them so long as it doesn't break the universe.

>>2039984
>>Apacci is clearly Captain-strength, at very worst. Halibel's raw power is almost certainly a match for mine, maybe greater.

>>2040024
Yeah, but even the current crop of Captains, including Riku, still remember Yamamoto and should be around for a good long while. Shunsui outliving everyone who remembers the Yamamoto days personally is still depressing as all hell for Shunsui.

Also did Sasakibe die in this Quest?

And yeah, I know they usually just sit in the great retirement home up in the sky. The interpretation of things going so off the rails that even they aren't around bleakly amused me though.

>>2040030
Sasakibe is still alive. He left with Aizen during the grand betrayal.

>>2040013
supporting the mention that Coyote not going for ressurecion is a mixed-blessing for the paranoid muggles.

>>2040014
So the moderates have an actual majority (24+ members) rather than just a plurality then? (say 22 moderate 14 conservative 10 progressive)

>>2040037

Wait what? I am sure you're thinking of someone else. Yamamoto's Lieutenant would not betray his memory, and Yamamoto wasn't even dead then.

>>2040053
whoops. I read that wrong. You're right that I was thinking of something else. I'm sorry. Sasakibe's alive. He's being the C-46 appointed General Inspector to the Arrancars. Deleting previous post.

>>2040030
>>2040037
I'm pretty sure I remember Sasakibe being appointed as a representative to the Central 46

>>2040037
>>2040053
Sasakibe is a special advisor to the Central 46, as he was permanently crippled in the line of duty.

>>2040047
The moderates don't vote as a bloc usually, and I'd say they're a plurality. 22/14/10 actually sounds about right.

>writing
>3d10 again, best of three

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

>>2040067

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

>>2040067

>>2040045
This is a bad idea: Riku thinks that her friends getting stronger is a good thing and should stick to her guns on that.

Rolled 5, 5, 10 = 20 (3d10)

>>2040067

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

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>>2040070

Considering Starrk's loneliness issues and the problem his full power used to bring him, even with his improved control I don't think she'd blame him for wanting to just rest of his laurels.

>>2040067
“Apacci is clearly Captain-class, though I dunno how she'd fare against anyone but me,” you admit, choosing your words with the utmost care. “And she was an adjuchas. An adjuchas whose evolution was exceptional, but an adjuchas nonetheless.”

“And Halibel was a vasto lorde,” Shunsui mutters. “How powerful is she now?”

“If I had my guess,” you reply, taking a moment to think. “No Captain could handle her in a straight fight without the extra power of a resurreccion on their side. Unless your Bankai is something profoundly stupid, like the old man's or something.”

“In other words they've lost another 'check' on the arrancar,” Shunsui muses to himself. “They're not going to be happy about that.”

“All the more reason to convince them that my relationship with them is enough to rely on,” you insist. “Because whether they like it or not, that's what it boils down to. The arrancar like me, and I like them. They trust me, and I trust them.”

“Alright,” Shunsui sighs dramatically, “you win. I'll send a messenger and let you know when I hear back from them. But I do have one question I've been meaning to ask you, something that's been bothering me for a while.”

“And that is?” you ask.

“What do you suppose Aizen intends to do with the bulk of his force?” Shunsui asks, a question for himself as much as for you. “He has a small army of quincy and arrancar on his side if our intelligence is to be believed, on top of the elites he's chosen to retain. So where should we expect them?”

>Possibly a sacrificial attack, to soften up our forces wherever he intends to focus the bulk of his attack.
>Probably reserve, the same way we treat our own Division sometimes with clearly Captain-level threats.
>If I were him I'd stage a mass invasion of the Seireitei while our respective elites were engaged elsewhere.
>Other.

>>2040093
>>If I were him I'd stage a mass invasion of the Seireitei while our respective elites were engaged elsewhere.

>>2040093
>Possibly a sacrificial attack, to soften up our forces wherever he intends to focus the bulk of his attack.

They're nothing but resources to be burned for him.
Tire the enemy out with waves and waves of plebs, then send in the real fighters to finish them.

>>2040093
>If I were him I'd stage a mass invasion of the Seireitei while our respective elites were engaged elsewhere.

>>2040093
>>Possibly a sacrificial attack, to soften up our forces wherever he intends to focus the bulk of his attack.

>>2040093
>>If I were him I'd stage a mass invasion of the Seireitei while our respective elites were engaged elsewhere.
>>Other.
With Mayuri as a factor, we could expect the bulk to be numerous, temporarily enhanced and sacrificial in nature.

>>2040093
>>If I were him I'd stage a mass invasion of the Seireitei while our respective elites were engaged elsewhere.

>>2040095
>>2040097
That seems right. Have the biggest threats indisposed, then sacrifice the peons before sending in the ones he actually expects anything out of.

>>2040102
You know, that's entirely possible.
A whole army hopped up on powerful drugs, no pain, no fatigue.

Even if it burns them out afterwards, though i doubt mayuri would have such issues with his drugs unless they were intentional.

>>2040093
>other: "If I was a power hungry man with a growing god-complex I would make sure that I would be the last one standing and that all opposition would be crushed mercilessly in both short-term and long-term.
>other: hmm, with Mayuri's unethical science into the factor, he would make the bulk of his army a captain level threat. And have a kill-switch built into them when he's done using them.
>>other: "what would 'evil Riku' do?"

>>2040102
>supporting
Not to mention have a kill-switch built into them for suicide bombing and maximum shock effectiveness. Scratch that. He's going to have biological based and Hypnosis-based kill-switches (a la Manchurian Agent) built into everyone including his elites.

>>2040093
>>2040109
>>2040108
"If Mayuri's a factor and Gigi's alive, Expect Nazi Zombies."

>>2040123
oh, shit.

>>2040093
>If I were him I'd stage a mass invasion of the Seireitei while our respective elites were engaged elsewhere.

>>2040125
And Zombie Hollows.

>>2040093
>>If I were him I'd stage a mass invasion of the Seireitei while our respective elites were engaged elsewhere.

>>2040093
Is Riku getting a skewed view of how strong arrancar from Apacci and Halibel?
compared to what's seen in canon they're completely OP.

>>2040115
>a la Manchurian Agent
Just ramped up the odds for Nel and Menoly's respective missions.

>>2040093
“Aizen... doesn't care, so far as I can tell,” you reply. “You remember back a hundred years ago, when I first became... whatever it is I am? He started with innocent civilians out in the Rukongai, then when that didn't suit him, what'd he do?”

“He moved up to seated officers,” Shunsui completes the thought.

But you shake your head sternly. “He used seated officers to draw in Captains and Lieutenants. Didn't really care, they were only ever a tool to him. A tool to get prime subjects to experiment on, and when that failed he tried to have the victims exterminated so he could take his twisted research in a new direction. He violates people's souls like it was nothing, like he has no conscience.”

“I'd expect him to attack the Seireitei in force, either while we Captains are out and engaged or in the event we lose,” you conclude. “And the ones that don't explode when they're beaten, expect 'em to come back as goddamn zombies to keep on killing.”

“And get rid of the shinigami?” Shunsui asks. “Then who would maintain balance?”

“Maybe not extermination,” you admit, “but I don't expect him to be the type to suffer disobedience.”

“On that I think you're probably right,” Shunsui agrees. “Thanks for your perspective, Captain.”

“Of course, Head Captain,” you nod.

>3d10 for Shunsui pitching the case to the Central 46

>>2040093
>other: I'd expect He'll unleash Mayuri's unethical scientific abominations and Nazi Zombies as an opening attack to soften up our forces. The Quincy Arrancar coalition army will be the reserve. And the elites will be the cleanup crew and bodyguard protection while Aizen makes for the Soul King.
>>2040138
As far as she and Yoruichi can tell, they're a pretty good baseline standard even though. The only other Elite Arrancar that was encountered was Grimmjow.
>>2040142
fuck. How are we supposed to do counter-intelligence? Interrogate Neliel and Menoly? Menoly's usefulness is pretty much gone. she's the one that provided the enemy army number intel. Neliel however I don't know. We should ask questions about Aizen's elites that she does know of. The best I can think of is making sure they aren't exposed to the psychological trigger that causes them to flip.

Rolled 10, 4, 9 = 23 (3d10)

>>2040159

Rolled 9, 4, 6 = 19 (3d10)

>>2040159

Rolled 2, 4, 5 = 11 (3d10)

>>2040159
Shunsui better be a smooth talker on this one.

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>>2040163
>>2040159
Ya did good Shunsui. Here's a pic for your fanfic fantasy.

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>>2040159
The meeting is scheduled for the next day, but even as smoothly as he talks getting a vasto-lorde level arrancar into the Central 46 is a tough sell... impossible, as it turns out. Which is why Halibel and Apacci will be going collared and cuffed.

You had argued that they didn't have to come under those conditions, but in response Halibel insisted it was not entirely unreasonable given her newfound power and Apacci seemed annoyed at your sudden wavering resolve. So you relented. What you never told them however was that seeing them so shackled genuinely pissed you off.

“This court recognizes the arrancar Tia Halibel and Emilou Apacci,” Yoruichi's father declares amid a sea of murmurs and quiet objections. “I apologize for your treatment, however the majority felt it should be a prerequisite for this unprecedented meeting to take place.”

“We understand your position,” Halibel inclines her head slightly.

“Even if it pisses us off,” Apacci adds angrily. “But we'll suffer through it if that's what it takes.”

“We're here to inform you that two of your arrancar allies, and two of my closest friends, have attained a released form equivalent to our own Bankai,” you explain. “However the scale of their power is... commensurate with their higher baseline.”

“You made even more deadly arrancar is what you're trying so delicately to say,” one of the faceless men raises his voice.

“You could say that,” you allow. “I prefer to think of it as personal growth.”

“You exceed your position,” another man insists. “And you have put our tolerance to the test.”

A third voice, this one belonging to an old woman, joins in. “Some of you reached the limits of your tolerance faster than others.”

That was the elder Fēng, unless you're very much mistaken. Still keen, that one.

“These arrancars represent a grave threat,” one of the men from before counters. “Their loyalty hinges upon personal dedication to a single Captain.”

“Whose own loyalty has been proven many times over,” Lady Fēng observes. “If Captain Kusajishi insists that these two arrancars are trustworthy who among us knows more about them, or about arrancars in general, to say otherwise?”

Halibel offers an appreciative nod in her direction while Apacci whistles, turning to you. “And here I expected them all to be total jerks. Some of them sound pretty reasonable.”

“What was that, arrancar?”
>1/2

>>2040257
“I said some of you don't seem unreasonable,” Apacci repeats, louder this time. “The bondage gear had me a little concerned.”

“How dare...”

“Calm down,” Lady Fēng snaps. “Really, I've had quite enough of your histrionics Sanosuke.”

“You went too far, Apacci,” Halibel cautions her companion. “Please exercise greater restraint.”

“I'm sorry, Lady Halibel,” Apacci replies. “But this is all so damn stupid, you know? They're treating us more like wild dogs than people.”

You sigh deeply... both of them have a point.

>Call out the conservatives on their intransigence. Arrancars are a new form of life to which their old prejudices should not apply.
>Appeal to the moderates. The Captains are a source of strength and stability, something to be trusted, and these two are firmly in your inner circle.
>Go for maximum dramatic flair, remove the spiritually-suppressing manacles and collars. There's nothing to be afraid of here.
>Other?

>>2040257
>“And here I expected them all to be total jerks. Some of them sound pretty reasonable.”
>“What was that, arrancar?”
Goddamnit. Half of them are gonna ignore the second half of Apacci's comment.

>>2040291
>>Call out the conservatives on their intransigence. Arrancars are a new form of life to which their old prejudices should not apply.

>>2040291
>Call out the conservatives on their intransigence. Arrancars are a new form of life to which their old prejudices should not apply.

>>2040291
>>Appeal to the moderates. The Captains are a source of strength and stability, something to be trusted, and these two are firmly in your inner circle.

>>2040291
>Appeal to the moderates. The Captains are a source of strength and stability, something to be trusted, and these two are firmly in your inner circle.

Moderates/Traditionalist are the largest political bloc, we should assuage their fears before anything, then show everyone how human they are.

>>2040291
>>Appeal to the moderates. The Captains are a source of strength and stability, something to be trusted, and these two are firmly in your inner circle.

>>2040291
>>Appeal to the moderates. The Captains are a source of strength and stability, something to be trusted, and these two are firmly in your inner circle.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>2040291
I'm split between appealing to moderates and dramatic flair. I'll flip and
>"If loyalty is the issue, then why don't other captains and council members try to build rapports with them themselves? You're all free to visit and talk to them anytime."

>>2040067
Which is still a long shot better than being dead.

>>2040291
>>Appeal to the moderates. The Captains are a source of strength and stability, something to be trusted, and these two are firmly in your inner circle.

>>2040313
By which i mean we should make it clear that nothing is out of control and that this isn't a danger to anyone but aizen, that we, one of the most powerful and highly experienced captains, has everything under complete control.

Our loyalty *should* go without question after everything that's happened and the choices we've made time and again. They haven't lost another check on anything, *we* are that check.

>>2040291
>other: If you're done with the ooh-ing and aahing, how about you ask these arrancars some Q&As to know what you're dealing with? Like "What hobbies do you have?" or "what's your favorite color?" I brought them here to assauge your fears and give you a chance to know them and not be fed lies and rampant speculation by fearmongers and paranoiacs.

>>2040291
>>Appeal to the moderates. The Captains are a source of strength and stability, something to be trusted, and these two are firmly in your inner circle.

>>2040291
>>Call out the conservatives on their intransigence. Arrancars are a new form of life to which their old prejudices should not apply.
In politics it's always better to attack than defend.

>>2040291
>Call out the conservatives on their intransigence. Arrancars are a new form of life to which their old prejudices should not apply.

>>2040333
It may also do to state that the seireitei is their home, all of their friends and loved ones live here.
Really make it clear the extent of their personal reasons for defending the seireitei.
Some of them (Starrk) even have romantic interests here.

If this place fell, they'd lose everything.
At best they'd be killed alongside us, at worst they'd be exiled back to hueco mundo, forced to live the life they had finally escaped.

I know they'd all die before becoming his slaves.
This is their home, i think they'd protect it and the people within against that bastard aizen even without us around.

>3d10, best of three

Rolled 6, 6, 5 = 17 (3d10)

>>2040385

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

>>2040385

Rolled 2, 1, 8 = 11 (3d10)

>>2040385
oh dear god.

Rolled 10, 6, 5 = 21 (3d10)

>>2040385

>>2040333
You can sort of understand their issue when you consider that Riku's very existence is, in and of itself, completely regardless of her good intentions, a coercive influence. If she decided to just... walk away, or something, then everything is fucked. EVERYTHING. It's a complete no-sell which automatically means Aizen wins. I'm choosing to believe that the C46 is smart enough to know that, but they have enough resolve to oppose her anyway. She has literally all the power in any negotiation she enters with the C46, so in their eyes, they're basically standing up to tyranny.

Way I see it, it's very much a situation where they know that they have no ground to stand on, but they need to fight anyway because they need to make the point that might doesn't make right and that they cannot be coerced, because the second they allow that to happen, they inadvertently lose all control.

>>2040372
Honestly, it makes no sense at all.

Why are you afraid?
Because they're hollows, of course.

Great, any other reason?
No. All they're doing it ignoring everything else about them.

Why would they attack you? They wouldn't. They don't eat people, and they don't hate shinigami.
Why would they betray you? They wouldn't. They hate aizen with a passion, they don't want to be slaves or tools, and they enjoy living here, interacting with the people who live here.

So what is it that you fear? Why do you hate and distrust them?
What have these two ever done to make you feel this way?
Nothing. They haven't done anything.

You're just waiting for it, for them to do something that they never have and never will, and using that idea as an excuse to hate them.
Putting them in chains as if they were wild beasts when they've never shown any sort of hostility beyond snarky comments.


>>2040418
That's stupid. Just another hypothetical. What if unicorns started flying out of her ass?
She has no reason to walk away and every reason not to, just like everyone else.
Even if she did, she'd take them with her, and fight against aizen anyways.
Fear for the sake of fear, just because you recognize your own powerlessness is pointless.

If they think that we only care about our own power for some reason, we should call in ichibe, let him voice his opinion about us, how he thinks we feel about recognizing authority when it really matters, regardless of our own desires.

/REEEEEEEE

Rolled 1, 4, 3, 2 = 10 (4d10)

>after the third damn rewrite, QM needs to roll

>>2040552
we feel your pain.

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>>2040552
“It's not just me,” you sigh, frustration coming to a head after months of this nonsense. “All of the Captains either have some faith in them, or else enough faith in me to serve as a check if their interests ever came into conflict with ours... which I doubt will happen. So do you really not share their faith, or do you not trust our Captains?”

“I'm not sure what you think you are implying, Captain,” one of the councilors contends.

“Then let me clarify my position,” you insist. “Where you still see hollows I see a new kind of life, something that old prejudices and conventional wisdom don't apply to. So if you're waiting for them to do something so you can say “I told you so”, you're going to be waiting a long time.”

“She has a point,” one of the men admits.

“Agreed,” the woman next to him adds, joining in. “These obviously aren't hollows... not anymore.”

“I understand the mistrust,” Halibel admits, using that quiet tone she uses that gets people's attention as if she were yelling. “However it is misplaced. Hueco Mundo is no longer our home... this place is.”

“How do you mean?” Lady Fēng asks. “Please speak your mind.”

“We searched the colorless wastes for decades,” Halibel explains, “searching for others like us.”

“For menos with some sanity,” Apacci adds. “Who wanted to have something more meaningful in their existence than feeding.”

“And?” Yoruichi's father asks.

“We found none,” Halibel admits. “All I care for, and who care for me, are here.”

“Like Lady Halibel said, that makes this the only home we have worth fighting for,” Apacci adds again. “So whether it's Aizen or quincy Nazis or our psychotic cousins under Aizen's thumb, we'll fight 'em off same as any shinigami.”

And not a single councilor has anything to say in response. Not even the loudest, most aggressive reactionaries can offer a rebuttal... they may not even be able to process the notion that a hollow could think of the Seireitei as a home worth fighting for.

>Thank the Central 46 for their time, and leave.
>Make a point of removing the restraints, then leave.
>Ask the Central 46 to consider officially recognizing the Arrancar.
>Other?

>>2040552
>>2040559
The Central 46 can't even.

>>2040592
>>Make a point of removing the restraints,
>Ask the Central 46 to consider officially recognizing the Arrancar.

>>2040592
>>Make a point of removing the restraints
>>Ask the Central 46 to consider officially recognizing the Arrancar.
>>then leave.

>>2040592
>Make a point of removing the restraints, then leave.
>Ask the Central 46 to consider officially recognizing the Arrancar.
>Then leave.

>>2040592
>Ask the Central 46 to consider officially recognizing the Arrancar.
>"Or you can continue to ignore them and have the Shihonen's and Shiba's continue to pay for their expenses out of pocket."
Because clearly that's a completely untroubling precedent.

>>2040592
>Ask the Central 46 to consider officially recognizing the Arrancar.


There's something i'd like to consider, though i'm not sure on whether it'd be a good idea personally, and it's not something i particularly like the thought of.

What if, instead of being aggressive, pushy and just generally confrontational... we just bow.
A nice, deep bow, a show of fealty, and essentially beg, despite our pride, that they allow us this.
I would hope they would recognize it as fealty, and not as weakness.

>>2040592
>Ask the Central 46 to consider officially recognizing the Arrancar
>Bow deeply full 90 Degrees.
>Then leave.
>>2040627
supporting this.

>>2040592
>3d10, DC 19, critical 25, best of three

Rolled 3, 6, 8 = 17 (3d10)

>>2040666
>crit 25
Jeeze.

I guess we can always hope for a miracle.

Rolled 9, 1, 7 = 17 (3d10)

>>2040666

Rolled 1, 4, 7 = 12 (3d10)

>>2040666
fail train in bound

Or RNGesus could always just fuck us in the ass.
You know, for funsies.

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>>2040678
>>2040676
>>2040671

>>2040592
It's kind of sad that in Riku's 3 trips to Ghost Mexico she found Halibel & co. Then Stark then the shinigami whose name I can't remember but in decades they didn't find anyone.

Ah a good story moment yet again ruined by rng fucking us all in the ass.

>>2040707
Gotta roll for everything, dawg.
For some reason.

>>2040692
Most hollows that might even be capable of reason either go full murderhobo to survive or fall into camps under the vasto lordes, of whom the only one who could be considered truly benevolent is Halibel. The others are either superpowered nihilists or megolomaniacs.

Good recruiting grounds for Aizen. Really disheartening for Halibel. Part of why she doesn't even consider Hueco Mundo her "home" any longer.

Finally started playing Bleach Brave Souls, I get a 5 star Captain Fluffy. Yay, I guess?

>>2040442
A better and slightly more realistic hypothetical would be Riku just deciding that the C46 has no say in any of her decisions, but even that would be based on the idea that she is basically carrying the war effort on her shoulders. She could, at any time, decide to invalidate the C46 completely, so they're fighting against that idea by standing firm and not submitting to the inherent coercion of the situation.

>>2040592
You take the momentary silence to unfasten the restraints around Halibel and Appaci's necks, allowing them to clatter loudly to the floor.

“There was never anything to fear,” you tell the Central 46 quietly and taking a carefully-calculated bow. “I'm asking you as humbly as I know how, please just acknowledge that they're not a threat to you.”

Halibel and Apacci join you as there's a sudden outburst from the stands. “You've gone too far, Captain!”

“They never did anything to warrant such treatment,” you reply, as calmly as you can. “It has no basis in the laws of the Seireitei, it has no basis in reason... and it flies in the face of all common decency. They're just as willing to fight and die as I am, as any of the Gotei 13 are, for the same basic reasons.”

“So I couldn't keep stomaching it,” you explain. “I can't stand watching you treat them like criminals for no other reason that baseless fear.”

After a few moments of letting your accusation sink in, Yoruichi's father speaks. “I believe that a recess is in order. Thank you for your report, Captain Kusajishi... and for your presence as well miss Halibel, miss Apacci.”

“And I know this is a sentiment not all my colleagues will share,” he continues, “but thank you for your honesty.”

As you leave the floor, heading up the stairs to the main entrance, you mutter under your breath. “Some of them will never consider the possibility that they're wrong about you, you know. I'm sorry.”

“Thank you for arranging the opportunity anyway,” Halibel replies quietly.
>1/2

>>2040738
http://bravesouls.fyi/
You can look him up here to see how good he/ any other character you get is and what abilities and killer effect they'll have as a 6*. They also have lists of all the items and such, along with the gacha schedule to see what's coming up for you to summon, but it hasn't been as good at showing what's coming up next lately.
And something that took me forever to figure out, don't use immutable balls when upgrading items unless you want that specific item with that specific element. You can upgrade without them. Felt really retarded when I figured that out.

>>2040760
Late October.

There's an undeniable chill in the air, the sense of approaching winter, of time growing short. Your own skills are sharp, your kidō technique comprehensive, your allies stronger than ever. And to top it all off, the Captains who left to train in the Royal Realm are set to return this afternoon.

You lift the arm on your record player and shutter your office window against the chill breeze, pondering what to do.

>Go to formally greet your fellow Captains the moment they arrive.
>Arrange a celebration to welcome them back properly, including booze.
>Remain where you are. If anyone wants to find you they'll come to you.
>Go for a stroll. Stretch your legs a bit, get some fresh air.
>Other?

>>2040804
>>Arrange a celebration to welcome them back properly, including booze.

>>2040804
>Go to formally greet your fellow Captains the moment they arrive.
>Arrange a celebration to welcome them back properly, including booze.

>>2040738
The only advice I can give is to go in as hard as you can for Kenpachi in the current gacha. There's a reason people call him BroKen.

>>2040804
>Arrange a celebration to welcome them back properly, including booze.
I wonder what kind of booze doggo drinks. And how much.

>>2040804
>Arrange a celebration to welcome them back properly, including booze.
>other:Ask Retsu about Kenny. Last time you met him, it ended in broken bones and a broken heart for the man.

>>2040804
>>Go to formally greet your fellow Captains the moment they arrive.
We have to see how they've improved. Final destination no items.

>once more with feeling!
>3d10, best of four this time
>higher is better

Rolled 4, 3, 4 = 11 (3d10)

>>2040875

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

>>2040875

Rolled 2, 4, 5 = 11 (3d10)

>>2040875

Rolled 2, 6, 9 = 17 (3d10)

>>2040875

Rolled 5, 1, 5 = 11 (3d10)

>>2040875

>>2040875
Alright, now that we have that I'll be calling it here for the evening, it's getting late and I'm at a natural stopping point. I'll be back Monday for some updates, so thanks for playing and see you then!

Until then feel free to post omake ideas, or suggest any last-minute stuff to deal with before the Aizening, because otherwise... it's close. And I mean I'm already pre-writing the opening shots. So this may be your last chance.

>>2040877
>>2040879
>>2040883
>>2040884
>>2040886
All that mediocrity

>>2040899
One thing I was considering was a weaponised form of the anti-mindfuck serum, in case we find a Quincy that we might want to save in the midst of battle and don't have the time or opportunity to obtain consent, like Askin, Cang or Robert. I think those are the only three left worth going for, anyway.

>>2040899
There's always Yin and Yang. Not sure what they're up to.

>>2040899
>Still haven't found Mimihagi
>Still haven't held Yamamoto's and Jushiro's funeral.
>still haven't gotten our 9th tail.
>still haven't gotten around to putting "The Question" and BG9 through rehab.
>haven't asked the Privion Espada if they wanted to fight for their lives in the Aizening.
>Still haven't eaten Kukaku's arm for the extra Shinreiryoku.
Why do we still have an arm in the freezer? Weren't we supposed to eat it/destroy it/wear it for the shinreiryoku boost? It could be useful as a spare appendage when we get our right arm blown off from the modded Kuyo Shibari spell, but other than that it's just a lump of flesh with a divine fragment of a key.
>still haven't gotten to do actual preparations on our warplan.
I'm especially beligerent on this. It seems that we're all just doing the usual prep ourselves and wait for the coming storm instead of trying to come up with the "mythical 3rd option" that we discussed once in the past threads. It's been touched upon once with Kaoru which turns out to be the canon "Fake Kurakara Town" plan, And I do remember that even though we didn't vote for active warfare with small skirmishes in Quincyland or even scout out Quincy City, we could at least try to come up with some battle plan based on terrain. We did get some good intel on the army numbers/strength/composition, but not a whole lot on Aizen's elite save for what Gin, Bambi, and Menoly could provide. I kinda want an actual proper Captain's Meeting to discuss actual battle strategy.
>Where's the other Regai?
>What happened to Senna? She's like Tessai where she's there but she's almost a wallflower who's near the state of becoming Shrodinger's soul.
>So what's Kisuke up to?
>So have Yin and Yang made up their minds about what to do with themselves?
They can't possibly stay in Riku's personal world and hide there forever like a bomb shelter. Eventually they'll have to come out at some point.

>>2040899
Riku somehow becoming Head Captain instead of Shunsui.

A character as they were in different arcs and timelines get wibbly wobbelyed by time and meet each other. Someone like Ichigo, Tatsuki, Soi Fon, etc.

>>2040899
An omake where Rosa somehow had kids/descendants that survived the Quincy war of the 1800s before biting the dust fighting against Yoruichi (had kids at age 16, died at age 20). Fast forward to 2001 where Riku meets her biological descendants from her Quincy side.

>>2041016
>Still absent. This will come up in time.
>Still not technically dead yet, though First Division held a brief service.
>Still hasn't been enough years, though truly extraordinary circumstances could accelerate it
>One is still catatonic and the other is hostile, neither is in a place where they can consent
>They're still physically a mess. If their presence is required you'll be in some DEEP shit.
>There's still a hangup there, emotionally speaking, though that may end up resolved.
>This will happen once the other Captains are present to participate.
>In custody/containment
>Rangiku still has her hidden away. Central 46's rules are still in effect regarding her existence, so until that changes expect not to see much of her except possibly in an omake.
>Coming up with backup plans for his backup plans in the event the Gotei 13 fails.
>This will come up.

>>2040899
Damn, I had wanted to go for seeing if Kobara no Tachi has a Segunda as well, guess scheduling didn't really work out... though that could be an omake, of Riku's bullshit going even further beyond

>>2041185
We'll unlock that mid-battle with aizen, just watch.

>>2041185
Im more curious if Stark could do it. He's pretty crazy already and his origin is even divine. I have no idea how nuts that could end up.

>>2040899
Honestly kinda wanna hear more about the claymore quest, Like what's our character looks like and what her starting personality might be and other stuff.

>>2042379
>yfw Starrk's Segunda is just turning all the air in a ten mile radius into double-super-powered ceros and the giant cero field it creates instantly explodes

The nuclear option.

>>2042586
I just hope it's not Riku part dos, like Queen writes amazingly well and competently, but his MCs aren't typically that interesting on their own. Bar shadows of zeon appelion, who's MC was an established side character. I just hope that she acts different than riku, and maybe has an actually feminine demeanor, not that I hate Riku or anything, I love this quest.

2 cents from a faggot who doesn't matter

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>>2042586
The character's name is Noel, ranked #13 at the start of the story. Her personality isn't set in stone yet.

This is the model I've based her physical appearance on, with blond hair and silver eyes of course.

>>2042772
huh that almost looks like Mordred from Fate, neat

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>>2042772
Looks kinda similar to Karasuba from Sekirei, Except y'know, Her eyes.

>>2042772
Also kinda happy that we aren't you know a bottom tier scrub like how other quests usually do it, Let's us do more stuff immediately.

>>2042772
Also another quest I have is does Noel have a/any BFF's?

>>2042773
>>2042785
The character is from League of Legends actually, matches my mental image aside from her hair and eye color, thus the grayscale.

>>2042792
At the start, most of her fellow warriors will consider her "Bad Luck". So no, not really.

>>2042795
>At the start, most of her fellow warriors will consider her "Bad Luck".
Damnit king! You're really making me want this quest soon!

>>2042795
Also since we're already #13 do we already have an epitaph/nickname? Specifically since we're apparently "Bad Luck"?

>>2042795
>Number 13
>Bad luck

Off right in the tropes. So what kinda of bad luck we talking about? "Hunts she participates in always seem to have more/stronger enemies than expected" or "Anyone whose been around her for any length of time dies and/or awakens"?

>>2042800
That's why "Bad Luck" is in quotes. That's the nickname other people have given her.

>>2042801
Without being too specific, the rumor is that every time she's on a team mission her teammates all end up dead. The rest you'll find out in time once I start running it.

>>2042810
Offensive defensive or sensor?

>>2042816
Since our nickname is Bad Luck it'd make sense if we're an offensive since I think defensive and sensor's can heal people can't they?

>>2042821
Defensive have great regen and can regrow limbs without losing yoki or accumulated strength. Offensive can't but are faster and have higher damage potential. Defensives can only heal themselves.


Sensors can heal but it's rare as fucking up means body horror or worse. Off he top of my head only Galatea showed any degree of skill in it and she was the strongest Claymore of her generation not specifically engineered to turn into a pocket abyssal one for the organization. To the point of taking on high level awakened beings solo and making fools of them.

>>2042831
Really? I could have sworn one or two of the ghosts could use it?

>>2042816
She'd officially be considered Offensive Type.

>>2042834
I mean it's been years since I read so probably, but it's still fairly rare and requires stupid high precision most sensors never get.


>>2042840
And unofficially?

>>2042842
Probably a special type, Might have something to do with her Bad Luck.

>>2042840
Question, If you are using generations what generation will Noel be a part of?

>>2042849
121.

>>2042864
>we don't get to pick anything
RAILROADING

looking forward to seeing what your plan is, better be good bub

>>2042864
Last question that I can really think of for now, You got Noel's symbol picked yet?

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>>2042911
Yes. Like this, but not drawn on a touchpad by someone with no artistic talent.

>>2042795
Riven eh, at least she's not completely androgynous

>>2043296
Yeah, I think that's what the character's name is.

>>2043347
I had to ask my friends who played league and they all responded "Cancer" almost immediately.

So good choice

>>2043478
No clue dude, I don't even play the game. She just had the right hair.

>>2043629
And a shit jawline!
I reject this woman and her poor genetics!

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>>2043644
>I reject this woman and her poor genetics!

There is another way.

>>2043939
quit shilling your waifu bro, not even the best girl from that manga

>>2043968
But I’m not >>2042785

>>2043629
>pineapple ponytail.
That pineapple hairstyle is gonna be the one thing that makes Noel instantly recognizable among the claymore girls to the point where it's unnerving to see her without that pineapple ponytail.

>>2045190
>yfw noel is genki instead of a blackpilled nihilistic edgelord

>>2045202
I'd love that, a whole bunch

>>2045202
TO be fair many of the Claymore were fairly upbeat considering their circumstances,

>>2045318
Noel's gonna spread some straight up christmas cheer.

>>2045322
>>2045202
>Noel at some point in the quest Awakens
>Absolutely no physical change aside from smelling completely like a Youma.
>Noel's still genki as ever.

>>2045370
That'd imply she's in the ballpark of Teresa's level.

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>>2042989
photoshopfag to the rescue

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and here it is huge with transparency in case you wanted to use it in something

>>2040899
You take a few minutes to try and recall what everyone in that list of Captains actually drinks. Sui Fēng only ever drinks whatever it is Yoruichi is drinking at the time so she's easy, but you're not actually sure when the last time you've seen Toshirō drink was. Despite his diminutive stature he's certainly old enough, and despite his reckless tendencies he's probably mature enough to handle a bit of alcohol and yet inexperienced enough not to be too picky. Sajin is basically too devoted to everything about the former Head Captain to drink anything but sake, which thankfully is in overwhelming supply within the Seireitei. Zaraki would probably only care about getting drunk, so shochū should suffice. If he were a serious enough drinker to not get drunk you might have been obliged to break out some of your good whiskey.

“Tenri, please put in an order with the kitchen,” you call downstairs. “Twenty large jugs of sake, five of sweet potato shochū or awamori, whatever's available, and five bottles of umeshu.”

Then you place a call to Gin for dried fruits and other snacks, and to Yoruichi to confirm that you can use her Division grounds for the purpose... your own surroundings are practical and pleasant, but centuries of Shihōin money have gone into making Second Division's grounds something entirely different.

“This is the right place, isn't it?” you ask Rangiku as the two of you glance around the promenade leading up to the official Senkaimon a few hours later.

Your daughter takes her denreishinki out of a pocket to check the time. “It's the right time too.”

“I'd assume we'd know if they were here,” you sigh. “They might be setting up to send them back... it's not supposed to be as easy to get there and back as it is for me.”

“Do you hear something?” Rangiku asks, looking up as you hear something rumble in the distance like thunder.

“Ah,” you nod. “So we're doing this again.”
>3d10, best of three

>>2045804

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

>>2045804
>>2045810

Whoops, ignore that. It's been a while.

Rolled 4, 8, 10 = 22 (3d10)

>>2045804

Rolled 4, 5, 2 = 11 (3d10)

>>2045810

>>2045804
“DOOOOOODGE!” you shout. “They're aiming at me!”

Rangiku follows your advice and flash-steps well clear of the impending disaster zone, shortly before something lands in the spot where you were standing moments before with a resounding crash. The wide stone paving tiles are shattered and thrown into the air, and even before the pale ejecta tumbles back to earth you're forced to dodge again as a second impact rattles your teeth. The third impact is noticeably smaller than the first two even though you can't see it through the debris and the dust, and the fourth barely even registers.

Coughing, you draw your zanpakuto.

“Sorry 'bout this,” you apologize, giving your blade a twirl. “Tenran!”

Your hadō is just strong enough to clear the clouds of dust with a single gust, revealing four coughing Captains standing in a wide triple-impact crater.

“Welcome... back!” you greet them between coughs. “So which son of a bitch tried to drop you all on my head?”

“That punk-haired freak, I think,” Zaraki replies, finally seeming to have cleared his lungs. “Dick move.”

“You all okay over here?” Rangiku asks as she rejoins you.

“Yeah, just inhaled about a half ton of Seireitei,” you reply, sheathing Tenkotsuki at your side. “God, it's all in my hair too...”

>Why don't we all clean up, take care of business, then meet at the Second Division? Party's set up.
>Well, we shouldn't keep the other Captains waiting... though I doubt they've really WAITED per se.
>You know... you four do you. Come and party with the rest of us or don't, your call.
>Other?

>>2045855
>Why don't we all clean up, take care of business, then meet at the Second Division? Party's set up.

>>2045855
>other: flip a middle finger at the sky.
>other: get a bucket for Tenkotsuki in case she needs to manifest and puke her guts out. It's shameless but you know she needs it.
>Why don't we all clean up, take care of business, then meet at the Second Division? Party's set up.

>>2045855
>>Why don't we all clean up, take care of business, then meet at the Second Division? Party's set up.

>>2045855
>Why don't we all clean up, take care of business, then meet at the Second Division? Party's set up.

>>2045855
>Why don't we all clean up, take care of business, then meet at the Second Division? Party's set up.
>Free shochuū on me, zaraki.

>>2045855
>>Why don't we all clean up, take care of business, then meet at the Second Division? Party's set up.
>>2045862
I know Tenkotsuki gets dizzy but I don't think it's that bad. Also I think she'd be pretty annoyed if you suggested it was.

>>2045855
>Why don't we all clean up, take care of business, then meet at the Second Division? Party's set up.

>>2045935
she stays dizzy for hours. no one in their right mind can have nausea that lasts that long just from spinning that much.

>>2045959
...couldn't we fix it by spinning her the other direction?

>>2045961
Have you tried spinning yourself in place in one direction and then reversing direction suddenly? It just makes the nausea worse.

>>2045970
Yes, for a moment, but the dizziness stops.

>>2045855
“You okay, vixen?” you ask, shaking your head.

“This is one of the few times I am truly happy to not have a physical body,” she replies in your head. “Otherwise I might... I might...”

The retching noises cause you to wince. “Aw, don't... literally how!?”

“Still insane I see,” a white-haired young man chuckles. “The more things change.”

You peer at the man, who seems familiar somehow but who you're fairly sure you've never met. “Who are you? I don't think we've been introduced.”

“Hitsugaya Tōshiro,” the man introduces himself.

You freeze in place. “No. There's no way you're Tōshiro.”

“I can assure you that I am,” he sighs. “Several weeks of the 'Hikifune diet' had a profound and unexpected effect.”

“So this is...”

“Yeah,” Hitsugaya nods. “I may have... developed a little.”

Rangiku looks over your shoulder at the Captain's new form. “Hey, he's actually kinda handsome.”

“Didn't realize he was your type,” you smirk. “You-know-who's gonna be so disappointed...”

“Hey, no fair...” Rangiku pouts. “You can't just go for the jugular like that.”

“I know,” you shrug. “Sorry, but I can't just let you get away with it either.”

“Anyway,” you continue, “if you all want to get cleaned up and caught up, there's going to be a welcome back celebration at the Second Division.”

“Why would I wanna be a part of somethin' that...” Zaraki begins before you cut him off.

“Free booze.”

Kenpachi is gone almost before you finish the sentence.
>1/2

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>>2046034
pic related

>>2046034
WHERE'S THE HANDSOME TOSHIRO PIC? WE NEED THE HANDSOME TOSHIRO.

>>2046034
>“I can assure you that I am,” he sighs. “Several weeks of the 'Hikifune diet' had a profound and unexpected effect.”
So you're telling me Toshiro's training was more or less feeding him food, making sure he eats his veggies and drinks his milk? kek.

>>2046034
Byakuya, who was the quietest impact, walks away without saying a word... presumably to clean his uniform. The others at least give you some passing degree of recognition before leaving as well.

It takes you some time to wash the bits of Seireitei out of your hair and throw on a new shihakusho, but you're still only a few minutes late for the start of the celebration. Kenpachi made a beeline for the Second Division, apparently having run through sprinklers at some point to wash himself off and the air movement caused by his own running to dry off. Sui Fēng isn't far behind, having brought along some back paperwork left for her attention by Shūhei, and Hitsugaya puts in an appearance a few minutes after that.

“Who...” Shunsui frowns, narrowing his eyes at the third newcomer. “Tōshiro? Is that really you?”

“Yes,” Hitsugaya sighs. “It's a long story, Head Captain.”

“Well, sit down and tell me about it over some sake,” the Head Captain suggests, motioning to the beverages lined up on a long table. “Good views upstairs.”

Sui Fēng meanwhile heads over towards a low, covered bridge across the Executive barracks' garden pond, where Yoruichi and her brother are sitting and admiring the evening light as it falls on the scene. Rangiku and Gin are also sitting nearby, though out of earshot.

Zaraki has found Unohana and your sister Kaoru, who were having a conversation, and seems to have settled nearby with a plate of food and a small jug of sake to himself.

When Komamura arrives, he takes a seat near Kisuke in under the veranda with a comically small cup, and when Byakuya finally shows his immaculately-groomed face he settles down by himself with a single cup of sake.

>See what Hitsugaya and Shunsui are up to upstairs.
>Check in on Sui Fēng... you'd also be interested to see Yūshiro.
>Zaraki's awfully subdued for some reason. Go talk with him.
>Komamura and Kisuke? That's an interesting duo.
>Byakuya is drinking alone? How inappropriate of a Clan head.

>>2046034
>“This is one of the few times I am truly happy to not have a physical body,” she replies in your head. “Otherwise I might... I might...”
>The retching noises cause you to wince. “Aw, don't... literally how!?”

>>2045971
Told you Tenkotsuki needed a bucket.

>>2046067
>>Zaraki's awfully subdued for some reason. Go talk with him.

>>2046067
>>Zaraki's awfully subdued for some reason. Go talk with him.

>>2046067
>Byakuya is drinking alone? How inappropriate of a Clan head.

>>2046067
>Komamura and Kisuke? That's an interesting duo

>>2046067
>>Zaraki's awfully subdued for some reason. Go talk with him.

>>2046067
>Zaraki's awfully subdued for some reason. Go talk with him.

>>2046067
>>Check in on Sui Fēng... you'd also be interested to see Yūshiro.

>>2046067
>Zaraki's awfully subdued for some reason. Go talk with him.

>zaraki wins
>writing

>>2046416
Also, this needs to happen.
>3d10, DC 20, best of four

Rolled 8, 6, 10 = 24 (3d10)

>>2046453

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

>>2046453

Rolled 4, 6, 9 = 19 (3d10)

>>2046453

Rolled 7, 8, 7 = 22 (3d10)

>>2046453

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>>2046459
>>2046462
>>2046466
Well then.

>>2046474
Sorry this is taking so long. I had to track down Riku's last fight with Kenpachi in the archives to make sure I was remembering a couple of details right.

>>2046665
When we stomped him because we were busy looking for oetsu?

>>2046665
It strikes you as odd that Zaraki hasn't said very much in the whole time he's been back... also that he hasn't tried to kill you. But even odder is the fact that he's alone. Not that he's drinking by himself in a corner of the room, but after a few moments you realize that he's alone. Before today the last time you saw him you'd crushed his chest in with kidō in a fight, but that wouldn't account for this.

“You okay?” you ask, taking a seat on the wooden bench next to him.

Zaraki takes a gulp of shochū from the jug. “Fine. The fuck kinda question is that?”

“Couldn't help noticing,” you admit. “No pink.”

“Yeah,” Zaraki grunts, glaring at a spot on the floor a few feet in front of him. “Imagine that, no pink.”

“So are you okay?” you repeat.

It takes him a few moments to respond. “No.”

“Right...” you frown, not really sure what to say next. Of all the people you've ever met Zaraki is the absolute last you'd ever expect to be so reticent.

After a few more moments he finally volunteers a bit more conversation. “The fuck do you even want?”

>I want to make sure you're okay, seeing you like this makes me feel like I kicked a puppy.
>You know the booze isn't what you need, what you need is a fight. And you'll get one soon enough.
>You know she's still here, right? They DID teach you how to perform jinzen?
>I don't fucking know, Zaraki. I just can't let you sit here and drink yourself stupid alone, I guess.

>>2046697
>>I want to make sure you're okay, seeing you like this makes me feel like I kicked a puppy.
>You know she's still here, right? They DID teach you how to perform jinzen?
>You get good enough at it, she can and will pop out on her own. You've seen mine manifest of their own will after all.