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

>>2692012
AND WE'RE OFF.

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

>>2692012

Rolled 7, 9, 7 = 23 (3d10)

>>2692012

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

>>2692012
Wew

Rolled 2, 2, 5 = 9 (3d10)

>>2692012

>>2692023
Booyaaa!

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>writing
>This. I can do this with one arm.

>>2692012
At this point, you think you can see a little smirk on Wonderweiss' face. It's as if he's wondering what good Bambietta can do with one arm.

He's about to find out the hard way.

“Vollständig!”

A cross-shaped explosion of reiatsu envelops Bambietta's body, drawing obvious stares from a few of the remaining Sternritter before the reiatsu dissipates. When it does she's sprouted a pair of glowing reishi wings and a star-shaped light behind her head, like a halo or a nimbus. And you can tell by her reiatsu that the loss of an arm won't slow her down in the slightest.

“Fall!” she shouts, releasing a hail of bomblets with a powerful flap of her wings. The resulting explosions not only demolish several buildings around where Wonderweiss is standing, they pulverize the shattered steel and concrete before it even has a chance to collapse to the ground.

But Wonderweiss isn't going to take this lying down.

“For justice!” he roars back, far louder than any voice should be capable of. The shockwaves from his shout blast the crumbled concrete and throw the rain of steel outwards shattering windows and bringing down structural beams in nearby buildings that until this point had managed to survive relatively unscathed.

But this is what you were waiting for, what you were scattering the silvery ashes of your blade for. And you're more than ready to take advantage of this development.

“Enkōsen!”

Hundreds of glowing reiatsu shields emerge in a hemisphere around the Espada, shattering under the force of his shout... but easily breaking up the soundwaves before they can reach any other fighters on the battlefield. They even reflect some of the sound waves back inwards, buffeting Wonderweiss with the remnants of his own attack.

“Fuck your 'justice'!” Bambi shouts back, unleashing another barrage of bombs. This time Wonderweiss can't evade them all, taking a blast to his side that sends him hurtling to the ground where he leaves a deep impact crater veiled by a massive cloud of dust and debris.

>Lure him into attacking blindly through the debris cloud, take advantage of that.
>Mix Haineko into the cloud, try to infiltrate his lungs for a devastating internal hadō.
>Aim a bakudō for where he is, the strongest you can, and let Bambi bomb him.
>Other?

>>2692067
>Mix Haineko into the cloud, try to infiltrate his lungs for a devastating internal hadō.

>>2692067
I know it's gonna be hard to do, but
>lung infiltrating kido

>>2692067
>Mix Haineko into the cloud, try to infiltrate his lungs for a devastating internal hadō.
>other: Make a Rangiku sillouette inside the cloud and bait him into entering the cloud in order to sneak attack the sillhouette. Also make a some hazy shimmers around yourself to make sure Weiss thinks you've actually shifted positions.

>>2692067
>>Mix Haineko into the cloud, try to infiltrate his lungs for a devastating internal hadō.
Seems like an easy way to ensure a quick kill if we can get it off.

>>2692067
>Mix Haineko into the cloud, try to infiltrate his lungs for a devastating internal hadō.
I love it when she does this

>3d10, DC 19, crit 23
Crit threshold reduced because >>2692077
had a good idea.

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

>>2692105
IT AIN'T EASY.

Rolled 4, 1, 9 = 14 (3d10)

>>2692105

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

>>2692105

>>2692105
Also, for the choice of Kido: use Haien, Zangerin, or Tenran for maximum internal damage.

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

>>2692105

>>2692105
You disperse Haineko's ashes, deciding to make full use of your Bankai. A very convincing likeness of yourself appears, dashing into the cloud with its sword raised. But instead of taking the bait, Wonderweiss unleashes a wordless scream that blasts both the cloud and your clone away, dispersing them on the wind and revealing himself once more.

A deep wound has opened up on his side where Bambi's bomb struck him, not so much cracking his ribs as pulverizing them.

“How durable are you!?” Bambietta demands, producing a reishi sword in her remaining hand.

“Enough,” Wonderweiss stares back up at her, dribbling blood from the corner of his mouth.

“Heh, jury's still out...” Bambietta begins before you charge in, surprising her. “Hey, what're you...”

You take a heavy blow to the stomach and tumble across the ground as you let Wonderweiss hit you, dispersing your blade like a wisp of trailing smoke as his fist makes contact. Of course, the wound Bambi left is your target... but you doubt Wonderweiss understands that.

“What a useless attack...” he begins, raising his arm to charge a cero and exposing his ribs.

You cough up spit and a little bit of blood, your head swimming... but that's not enough.

“You should have gone for my head!” you hiss, raising your own hand in response. “Tenran!”

The hadō isn't so much a directed vortex as it is an outward burst, forcing his wound open and digging into his torso at the same time as the kidō explodes from a spot just inside where his ribcage should normally be...

>3d10, taking the second roll only

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

>>2692171

Rolled 9, 8, 7 = 24 (3d10)

>>2692171

>>2692171
Holy, we are in slasher territory now boys

>>2692177
Geez, he's gonna be a stump after this.

>>2692177
… and then he loses control of his cero on top of that.

The powerful blast loses coherence and washes over both of you, but mostly over him. He disappears in its purple reiatsu, which momentarily blinds you. Even Bambietta has her arms raised over her face when you can see again.

Wonderweiss stands with one arm raised over his own face, terrible burns from hand to elbow and all over his now-bare chest. His uniform hangs in tatters, and his charred left arm hangs uselessly at his side. It honestly reminds you a little of when Riku nearly burned her own arm off years ago mastering a kaizō bakudō technique using Kuyō Shibari as a base.

That has to hurt.

“You...” he growls, body still steaming from the heat. “The two of you...”

>Give it a rest, Wonderweiss. We know how to counter your resureccion, you've already lost.
>Do you even realize the man you're fighting for just USED Tōsen? Same as he's using you?
>Don't rile him up. Prepare to take Wonderweiss down the same way you did Tōsen: feet-first.
>Other?

>>2692203
>Do you even realize the man you're fighting for just USED Tōsen? Same as he's using you?

>>2692203
>Do you even realize the man you're fighting for just USED Tōsen? Same as he's using you?
I don't think he'll change his mind at all, but this will work as a good distraction for
>Prepare to take Wonderweiss down the same way you did Tōsen: feet-first.

>>2692203
>>Do you even realize the man you're fighting for just USED Tōsen? Same as he's using you?

>>2692203
I wanna try
>do you even realize

>>2692203
>>Don't rile him up. Prepare to take Wonderweiss down the same way you did Tōsen: feet-first.
We tried to talk him out of this, now's the time to commit to an action.

>>2692203
>>Do you even realize the man you're fighting for just USED Tōsen? Same as he's using you?

>>2692203
>other: Do you want to see Tosen? As one of Tosen's closest friends, do you want to see his grave?
No need to rile him up. Just give him a simple question. A question that honors Tosen's spirit and Weiss's worship of him.

>>2692234
>>2692203
This.

>3d10, DC 22, no crit

Rolled 7, 3, 4 = 14 (3d10)

>>2692269
Remove ankles

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

>>2692269

Rolled 4, 8, 4 = 16 (3d10)

>>2692269
Wonderweiss either goes full REEEEEEEEEEEEE or he breaks into sobs. Dice

And now I need another round of 3d10, best of three.

>>2692275
>>2692276
>>2692277
Those rolls ...

Rolled 9, 8, 6 = 23 (3d10)

>>2692279
Hopefully this goes better.

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

>>2692279

Rolled 6, 10, 1 = 17 (3d10)

>>2692279

Rolled 8, 7, 9 = 24 (3d10)

>>2692279
well then. that means Rangiku dies. SHIT. why did we not just kill him.

>>2692286
You saved us

>>2692279
“Do you even realize who you're fighting for?” you ask, drawing a blank stare from Wonderweiss. “You're fighting for the man who used Tōsen's anger, who twisted his ideal of justice to suit his own ends. And now he's using you too... do you even know why he betrayed the Soul Society? Has he ever told you? Have you ever thought to ask?”

“Because the shinigami are evil!” he spits at you. “Tōsen said so himself! Aizen says it too! What they can't kill they just enslave, they did it to the Quincy and they're doing it to us arrancar now too!”

With a wordless cry he attacks... but he only makes it a single step forward.

It's a lot more brutal than you remember it being, now that you're able to see what it is that you've done. An upward swing using the same principle as Senmaioroshi, probably the most infamous multiple-strike zanjutsu known among practitioners at Lieutenant level or higher. Few seated officers outside the Ninth and Eleventh Divisions know how to perform it. You really aren't a fan, preferring more powerful blows delivered one at a time, but delivered through the ash of Haineko's blade it's too effective to turn your nose up at.

From the soles of his feet up to about his ankles, Wonderweiss' feet evaporate into a fine mist of blood and bone. His eyes widen as he falls, still unaware of the attack you launched from underfoot, and you only just manage to halt your blade before the rest of his body falls into the grinder.

Gods, you used to think of this as being like that game you played with Gin as kids, 'the floor is lava'... you're a little sorry you ever thought of it so flippantly.

“My... my feet?” he wonders aloud staring at the bloody stumps. “Where are my feet?”

“I cut them off,” you explain. “I'll say it again, Wonderweiss: this fight is over. I don't want to kill you if I don't have to.”

He forces himself to his knees. “Shut up.”

“Most arrancar sacrifice high-speed regeneration to improve their hierro,” you observe. “So unless...”

And of course he can regenerate.

His feet grow back almost instantly, though not what you'd call 'correctly'... they make his withered, wraith-like arms look normal by comparison. These new appendages look more like gnarled roots than anything you'd see on a human. Even the wound on his side from earlier writhes as though the flesh there has gained a mind of its own as it knits itself back together.

>Tsuzuri Raiden, turn the ground and the ash around him into a bug zapper.
>Hyapporankan, pin him in place and let Bambi decide. You're done with this.
>Use shunkō as a surprise attack, stick Haineko's blade in his side before it heals.
>Other?

>>2692372
>Hyapporankan, pin him in place and let Bambi decide. You're done with this.

>>2692372
>use shunko

>>2692372

>Hyapporankan, pin him in place and let Bambi decide. You're done with this.
So then by that logic would that mean he's okay with being Bambietta's little butler (aka a Quincy's slave)?

>>2692372
>Use shunkō as a surprise attack, stick Haineko's blade in his side before it heals
I think we should just end him honestly, he's not going to come around

>>2692372
>>Use shunkō as a surprise attack, stick Haineko's blade in his side before it heals.

>>2692372
>Use shunkō as a surprise attack, stick Haineko's blade in his side before it heals.

>>2692398
>>2692372
>other: if you're gonna shunko, at least aim for his spiritual nodes to turn him into a muggle!

>>2692372
>>Use shunkō as a surprise attack, stick Haineko's blade in his side before it heals.
Just chainsaw him to death.

Riku raised the two shinigami that would have the best odds at taking her out, didnt she.
Rangiku and Ginger, both have abilities that are ideal for assassinations

>>2692412
well Riku was raised in assassin school. it's fair that she passed on assassin teachings to her adoptive kids.

>dice+3d10, best of three

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

>>2692423

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

>>2692423

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

>>2692423

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

>>2692423

>>2692203
>Even Bambietta has her arms raised over her face when you can see again.
>arms
>when she's missing her left arm.
Queen. pls.

>>2692447
Isn't she missing her right arm?

>>2692461
>checks archive
whoops. My bad. you're correct.

>>2692467
>Queen chose that arm so he could use her pic without change

>>2692423
“Shunkō.”

With a powerful burst of reiatsu you attack headlong into the Primera's charge, your thrust meeting the tips of his clawed fingers. But that's not all there is to his attack... he also screams, the blast slowing your momentum and threatening to shake your very body apart as he directs all the power his voice can muster straight at you in a tightly-confined cone of sound.

Until it actually does just that.

Your clone shimmers and dissipates even as the real 'you' thrusts your sword into his rapidly-mending ribs. His momentum carries him forward, pulling your blade through his own body with such force that it threatens to rip the hilt out of your grasp until you release the compressed ashes that make up the 'sword' in your hands.

“Rend, Haineko.”

The ashes rip out through Wonderweiss' back in several places, though it hardly betrays what must have just happened on the inside. Like a bomb blowing out the windows of a building Haineko tends to follow the path of least resistance when left to her own devices, regardless of what kind of soft tissue that happens to be.

The Primera collapses to the ground... you're not even sure there's enough blood left in his body for him to 'bleed' per se.

“Sorry,” you apologize, taking a moment to collect the ashes.

“Too late for that...” Wonderweiss coughs with what little is left of his lungs.

“No, not you,” you reply. “I'm apologizing to my Captain. I wanted to follow her example and spare our enemies whenever I could... she and Yoruichi hate the thought of being judge, jury, and executioner even on the battlefield. But they're stronger than I am. They can afford to be patient.”

“I can't. Not from here on. And that's why I'm apologizing.”

>>2692477
And I need to take a short break here, I'll be back in about 20 minutes.

>>2692474
Actually, that may be one of the ones I had to mirror so that it would match.

>>2692477
rip in pepperoni you adorable little autist. We'll bury you next to Tosen's grave when all is said and done.

>>2692491
Yeah I guess that would be a nice statement

>Alright, am back

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>>2692555
“Well, seems like we have a problem here,” Askin sighs as he watches the Primera Espada collapse facefirst in a pool of his own viscera. “They're a lot better than we were told.”

“It doesn't matter how good they are,” Gerard replies gruffly. “The loss of the Espada was accounted for in our orders.”

“Aint that a little cold?”

Gerard shakes his head. “Hardly. Trash like that can hardly be counted on in the first place, wouldn't you agree?”

“Welp, you got me there,” Askin admits. “Though I was being serious, they're working together a lot better than Aizen gave them credit for.”

“Again, it doesn't matter.”

“Aw, that ain't fair!”

Both Sternritters glance at the newcomer: Ichimaru Gin, wearing a broad smile across his face. A smile so obviously disingenuous that his expression may as well have been blank for all the good it did in displaying his actual thoughts or motivations.

“And here we put a lotta effort into planning all this for you!” Gin continues. “Least you could do is acknowledge that, you are the 'guests' in this scenario after all. Whatever happened to manners?”

“Aaah, what a display of tactical skill and coordination!” Askin replies with overblown astonishment. “Didja see it, Gerard ol' buddy ol' boy? Didja see how they did that? Shinigami an' arrancar an' quincy all workin' together like that? Hot damn am I ever impressed!”

“See, was that so hard?” Ichimaru's smile widens.

“Nearly killed me,” Askin stares back. “I'd roll my eyes, but to do it hard enough I'd need an extra damn dimension just to roll 'em through.”

“The powers you quincy are showing so far I wouldn't be shocked if you could actually do that.”

“I know, right? Whatever happened to the normal stuff, like bows and ransōtengai and hirenkyaku?”

Ichimaru shrugs and sighs. “You had a talking hand for cryin' out loud. Isn't it weird that he was so convinced he was a quincy?”

“Fair point,” Askin admits, glancing at Gerard. “Hey Gerard, isn't that weird?”
>1/2

>>2692477
Jesus fuck King, you've made Rangiku fucking metal and it's awesome

>>2692604
The banter between these three is so saturated with sarcasm it's funny.

>>2692604
You are Ichimaru Gin, Captain of the Third Division and highly-trained snake. You never did know what these two were capable of, unlike many of the weaker arrancar and even many of the more manageable Sternritter the fighters who had been in the former king's upper echelon of fighters are much more tight-lipped. You suspect that they're each quite powerful on their own, along with that dark-skinned man in the shady hat that the Head Captain dragged off into the Dangai. They may even be stronger than you are.

But as Gerard is fond of saying that hardly matters. Even if they are stronger than you you'll just have to find a way.

Being at a disadvantage never stopped your mother from cutting down her enemies, after all. You wonder how much you really take after her at the end of the day.

“Am I to take it from that look on your face that you want to fight me?” you ask Gerard, who glares at you menacingly.

“Ah, scary!” you mock him. “How will I ever survive?”

How will you survive?

>Rangiku, I know you just finished your own fight but I could use a hand with this guy.
>Miss Halibel, have you had a chance to rest? I'd like you to help me kill this guy.
>Give us a hand here, Miss Bambietta. I need more explosions in my life right now.
>Captain Fēng, if you would be so kind as to return to the field and make with the stabbings.

>>2692644
>>Rangiku, I know you just finished your own fight but I could use a hand with this guy.
I NEED this. Rangiku and Gin fighting side by side, battle buddies forever.

>>2692644
>Miss Halibel, have you had a chance to rest? I'd like you to help me kill this guy.
Soul suicide is a useful phenomenon

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>>2692644
>>Miss Halibel, have you had a chance to rest? I'd like you to help me kill this guy.

>>2692644
>Miss Halibel, have you had a chance to rest? I'd like you to help me kill this guy.

>>2692644
>>Rangiku, I know you just finished your own fight but I could use a hand with this guy.

>>2692644
>Captain Fēng, if you would be so kind as to return to the field and make with the stabbings.
As much as Miss halibel is useful against Askin, I'd say Gin's ability is better against Askin.
Soi Fon's one-hit kill is needed against Gerard.

>>2692644
>soi fon please

>>2692644
>>Give us a hand here, Miss Bambietta. I need more explosions in my life right now.

Man of Onions Phone would have fought Yammy it would have been the quickest fight ever. Especially if he did decide to go big. Big targets that you just need to tag twice in one place? EZ

>>2692696
kek, s o y is onions now? How pathetic. This censorship is so out of place here.

>>2692701
I mean in context it was a fair usage of s o y. What am I supposed to do if I'm talking about cooking with dairy alternatives, or joking about an anime character's name, or... presumably there's another non-/pol/ usage?

>>2692726
Can't even talk about Onions Green any more. /ck/ must be feeling seven shades of pain right now. Maybe this is actually about lactose intolerant people and not "current events" shit. Is this the deepest of conspiracies?

Besides, people will just say soiboi instead or something because it's phonetically the same.

>>2692749
Hot damn it even eats the ENTIRE WORD it's in.

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>>2692644
“Hey, miss Halibel!” you call out, deciding to give Rangiku and Bambietta a chance to rest and recover in case Askin decides to take his turn early. “Care to give me a hand here?”

“Asking for help already?” Gerard asks, cocking an eyebrow. “What a coward you turned out to be, Ichimaru.”

“You and I both know how this would go if I tried to fight you alone,” you reply calmly. “You'd insist that 'IT'S NOT FAIR TO FIGHT ME ONE ON ONE', and that if we wanted to have any hope of survival we should 'ALL ATTACK AT ONCE'!”

“Are you mocking me?” Gerard demands.

“No,” Askin chimes in, “he's mimicking you. And pretty well, too.”

“Please stop encouraging him.”

Halibel joins you with the faint sound of a sonido. “Captain Ichimaru.”

“Miss Halibel,” you nod in welcome. “It should go without saying, but the typical shinigami way of doing things where we start off easy and work our way up? That's not how this is going to have to work.”

“I have nowhere else to go to improve,” Halibel admits, gesturing to her now-twice transformed body. “I assume you know nothing of his abilities?”

“Was that an accusation?”

“Possibly a little.”

“All I know is that he's one of their strongest,” you admit. “I did hear some rumor to the tune that he's got some sort of similar story to Pernida. You know, the giant hand.”

You wiggle your fingers for emphasis.

>If you get in close I can support you with quick strikes from a distance. It may be less than ideal, but you have higher defenses than I do.
>If you can control his movements with Tiburon I can get in close. Shinsō is at its most dangerous when she can sink her fangs into the target at close range.
>We should both keep our distance. Gerard's strongest at melee distance, his archery skills are of secondary concern.
>Other?

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>>2692759
>If you can control his movements with Tiburon I can get in close. Shinsō is at its most dangerous when she can sink her fangs into the target at close range.

>>2692759
>>If you can control his movements with Tiburon I can get in close. Shinsō is at its most dangerous when she can sink her fangs into the target at close range.

>>2692759
>>If you can control his movements with Tiburon I can get in close. Shinsō is at its most dangerous when she can sink her fangs into the target at close range.

>>2692759
>If you can control his movements with Tiburon I can get in close. Shinsō is at its most dangerous when she can sink her fangs into the target at close range.

>>2692759
>If you can control his movements with Tiburon I can get in close. Shinsō is at its most dangerous when she can sink her fangs into the target at close range.

When was Shinsō a she? What thread did I miss?

>>2692759
>We should both keep our distance. Gerard's strongest at melee distance, his archery skills are of secondary concern.

Rolled 10, 9, 4, 3 = 26 (4d10)

>3d10 for getting close
>dc 19, critical 27

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

>>2692826
>Update

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

>>2692826

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

>>2692826

Rolled 10, 9, 8 = 27 (3d10)

>>2692826

>>2692838
jesus. why were you late? why did I roll? por que?

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>>2692838
11 seconds late.

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>>2692826
You have something approaching a 'plan' in mind right from the start: get in close and stab him.

But it's more complicated than that of course, at least the deisionmaking behind it is. You know that while he has some ranged abilities, as all quincy do, Gerard's skills are primarily at melee, same as yours. While you and Halibel could keep your distance you're aware that the further you are from your victim the greater chance of missing. And Gerard is on the short list of people you suspect could actually dodge Kamishini no Yari if given half the chance.

So the result is that you have to compromise. What has to happen is that Halibel should stay at range, using Tiburon and her cero to constrain Gerard's movements and give you cover if you ever need to withdraw, and you have to get closer. Close enough that when you extend Kamishini no Yari you're certain to hit.

“Are you familiar with what my Bankai does?” you ask Gerard. “I'm fairly positive I've never actually explained it to any of you.”

“No,” Askin informs you. “As talkative as you are you rarely say anything.”

“Well, today's your lucky day!” you reply. “My shikai can extend to one hundred times its length, which is why my old nickname in Captain Hirako's Division was the 'Hundred-Sword Kid'.”

“Interesting but irrelevant,” Gerard insists.

“Then I'll tell you something relevant,” you reply with a grin. “One of the rules which governs all zanpakuto is that Shikai and Bankai never have abilities that are unrelated, no matter how hard it may be on the face to see the unifying feature it is always true. So how long do you think my Bankai can extend?”

“A thousand sword-lengths?” Gerard asks.

“Good guess,” you admit. “Bankai: Kamishini no Yari.”

With a simple swing, you slice half of what's left of Karakura town in half.

“My Bankai can extend to a maximum length of thirteen kilometers.”
>1/2

>>2692890
For the first time since you met the man, Askin Nakk le Vaar actually seems visibly shocked by something. You can tell he's doing the math in his head, calculating the immense speeds at which your sword has to change size in order to do what you just showed him. In half a second it extended thirteen kilometers and then returned, meaning that on the initial expansion your tip's velocity reaches a little over 116,000 miles per hour.

The space shuttle's maximum re-entry velocity is less than 18,000 miles per hour, or so you've heard somewhere. For most people, dodging that at any range less than across town would be impossible. Death would be certain.

Even Gerard seems somewhat impressed.

“Quite the sword you have there,” he acknowledges you. “Let's see how it fares against mine!”

You sweep Kamishini no Yari towards him, trying to convince him that you do so because it's difficult to aim with pinpoint accuracy. It's not of course, if he stood still you could put out both his eyes and carve a smile onto his massive chin from here in less time than it would take the average man to blink. But he doesn't have to know that yet, and in fact the less he knows the better surprise it will make later.

He parries your edge with his own broad sword, somewhat short for his stature just like yours is, only for Halibel to join in.

“La Gota.”

A massive lance of compressed water careens through the space Gerard and your respective swords occupied a moment ago, and in an instant you bring down your sword against Gerard when his hirenkyaku ends.

“Your reactions are excellent and your arm is strong!” you compliment him.

“And you would never compliment an opponent unless you had some wicked plan in mind!” he counters, parring a second strike from Kamishini no Yari and charging you with another hirenkyaku.

This time a wide yellow cero sweeps down in front of you and forces Gerard to break off his attack... at least from the front. A second step puts him behind you... all to predictable, you're afraid.

“Gotcha!” you smirk, already aiming Kamishini no Yari around your side when Gerard does exactly what you expected him to do. You can feel him parry the rapidly extending blade, then he breaks off.

He means to attack Halibel?

>He's not expecting Kamishini no Yari's pinpoint accuracy. Now's as good a time as any to punish him for that.
>Use a bakudō while his back is turned, giving Halibel what essentially amounts to a free shot on Gerard.
>Wait and see what Halibel does so that you can take advantage of any openings she manages to create for you.
>Other?

>>2692963
>Wait and see what Halibel does so that you can take advantage of any openings she manages to create for you.
Gin is a clever boy, he'll think of something

>>2692963
>Wait and see what Halibel does so that you can take advantage of any openings she manages to create for you.

>>2692963
>>Use a bakudō while his back is turned, giving Halibel what essentially amounts to a free shot on Gerard.
Time to tag Halibel in.

>>2692963
>>Wait and see what Halibel does so that you can take advantage of any openings she manages to create for you.

>>2692963
>Wait and see what Halibel does so that you can take advantage of any openings she manages to create for you.

>>2692963
>He's not expecting Kamishini no Yari's pinpoint accuracy. Now's as good a time as any to punish him for that.
>other: leave a shard inside Gerard's body when you actually strike.

>Wait and see what Halibel does so that you can take advantage of any openings she manages to create for you.

>>2692963
>>Use a bakudō while his back is turned, giving Halibel what essentially amounts to a free shot on Gerard.

Rolled 4, 5, 8, 4 = 21 (4d10)

>>2692963
3d10, best of three

Rolled 1, 9, 1 = 11 (3d10)

>>2693031

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

>>2693031

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

>>2693031
One of these times I'll make a good roll...

Rolled 7, 4, 4 = 15 (3d10)

>>2693031

>>2693041
a 20 on a best of three. that's the best baseline standard for a dc 3d10 best of 3 with no explicit DCs.

>>2693031
Halibel fires a La Gota down at Gerard who expertly dodges it, only to find her actual blade sweeping at his side as the arrancar pivots just as expertly out of a sonido.

The Sternritter leans back to avoid the edge and sweeps his sword upward as Halibel rolls, bringing the two tails trailing behind her back around to lash the man's blade away while her back is turned.

“Bala!”

There's an explosion as his fist meets the blast, which hides Halibel's escape as she disengages from the so-far fruitless exchange.

Before he can pursue, you intervene with Kamishini no Yari.

“Whoa, now!” you insist. “You can't just go chasing after a lady like that. It's rude.”

As Gerard is opening his mouth to retort, Halibel very nearly fires another La Gota down his throat.

“I'm sorry,” she apologizes. “You were about to say something?”

“You two seem afraid to get too close,” he observes. “Any particular reason, or are you just that intimidated by my obvious superiority?”

With a single step you suddenly close the distance, your plan having finally gone into motion. All this time you've been keeping your distance, fighting the opposite way from how you'd intended to take Gerard on, and so now it comes as a surprise.

“What's wrong” you ask, almost casually swinging Kamishini no Yari using what the old books often call 'short-sword chopping'. Not the deep, severing slashes of a full-length sword but short, powerful blows intended to hack and mangle limbs.

“This is what you wanted, isn't it?” you press, never once letting up on your assault or falling into a pattern.

Finally you make it a point to aim as if to thrust, and as you suspected Gerard senses the danger and sidesteps... directly into the spot where you wanted him.

“Ōkasen!” you declare, firing a sharp arc of kidō from the edge of your zanpakuto which forces Gerard to parry with his own sword, essentially breaking your hadō by brute force...
>qm rolling

Rolled 3, 9, 4, 8 = 24 (4d10)

>>2693084
>I SAID QM ROLLING

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>>2693086
… and in doing so he lingers just a little too long.

A La Gota hits him squarely between the shoulders, sending him crashing to the ground. His body demolishes a four-floor parking garage, smashing through one concrete slab after another until the whole thing falls in over top of him.

“Man, those things are scary,” you realize the sheer force behind even the smallest and simplest technique in Halibel's arsenal. To think, Cascada is even stronger than that... it must be a simply tremendous amount of force considering the amount of moving water and the speeds it can hit.

Even that single shot wiped out nearly half a city block.

“He'll get up from that,” Halibel asserts. “I assume you have a plan?”

“I do,” you reply with a sagely nod.

“And that would be?” she asks. “How do you envision this ending?”

“Yes, I'd be interested to hear that myself,” a soaking-wet Gerard adds.

“Simple,” you reply with a calm smile, turning to point one long finger at Gerard's chest. “With a hole through your heart.”

>>2693149
And that's where I have to call an end for the night. Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed, and I MAY be back next weekend depending on my schedule.

Tomorrow I'll be running Claymore for anyone interested, so hope to see some of you there.

>>2693158
thanks for running! watching Riku's two kids in action is awesome to see.

>>2693158
Can I still beg for an omake of Gin and Rangiku on a cute date? I'm a sucker for true romance.

Dang. No easy-ish win against Askin now.

>>2693194
he's basically downloaded almost everyone's skills and abilities by now. We'll need a complete newcomer to deal with him.

>>2693205
Should shunt him through time and space. Take the problem and put him somewhere else. But Gerard isn't dead yet. Maybe. His abilities are fucky.

>>2693211
on the flip-side, he actually wonders what kind of place Riku would create if she got the big chair instead of Aizen.

>>2693169
ditto! PLEASE KING

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Is it just me, or has there been more attention this last "arc" on how powerful Riku is? Seeing from the perspective of the quincy that viewed her as some unkillable freak of nature, Rukia explaining just how much of a monster she is, demolishing the basket quincy and freaking Grimmjow the fuck out, Ichigo describing her as almost teleporting around... It seems that there's an unusual amount of focus on it. Maybe this is just a side effect of hitting 8 tails, but I also feel like something is being hinted at here...

>>2699221
And were that the case, what would such a thing be?

>>2700711
The preparation for her final step into the realm of gods?

>>2699221
>>2700711
>>2700725
>Maybe this is just a side effect of hitting 8 tails
>8 tails
>fully divine Kitsune have 9 tails
>tfw Riku has ONE MORE power spike to go before reaching her final form.

>>2700895
As I recall, the power boost from the jump from 8 tails to 9 tails is supposed to be vastly greater then from 1 tail to 8.

I don’t remember, when did Riku hit 8 tails again?

>>2700920
the real question is when Riku will get her final 9th tail. If I remember, Queen said that Riku's original growth curve is gaining a new tail for every 100 lunar/solar years for each aspect of Riku (Riku,Tenkotsuki, and Rosa) has lived since Riku's creation/conception. It was originally slower when it was just Riku and Tenkotsuki (Rosa's lifespan didn't count since she was a hollow power/mask) with about an equivalent of 6 tails around the year 1944, but the process of turning Rosa into a second sword greatly accelerated the power curve.

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>>2700895
>One more tail
>Remainder of Ura Hado techniques
>Whatever that technique Rosa wanted to teach us was
>Working on the modified Hado 99 that incorporated Zanjutsu
>Less important but I think learning to manipulate cero like Apacci does could lead to some fun possibilities, especially with how bullshit powerful we could make ours
Riku's approaching it but she's still a ways off yet from her plateau

>>2700711
>>2700725
Stepping into the realm of gods or into her final role of perfectly hybridized Bodhisattva/Divine being doing... whatever the hell she wants, I guess, who would stop her? The Royal Guard, of course

>>2701428
>all of these techniques Riku has yet to perfect
somehow I get the feeling Aizen is just the Disc 1 final boss.

>>2701493
I want off disc 4's wild ride

>>2701493
>tfw you beat disc 1 without any issue and the moment you boot up disc 2 it starts with disc 1's final boss but with an extra stage and none of your party members with you

>>2701493
>Aizen first fight was end of disc 1
>ichibe was optional boss of end disc 2
>we are closing in on disc 3 end boss Aizen 2.0
Disc 4 is gonna blow our minds

>>2701650
>most of disc 2 content was scrapped dlc content

>>2701428
>>2700711
I wonder how much of a disaster would Riku cause if she really lets herself go in restraint (as in kicking the rules to the curb and going all out in combat no holds barred) after getting her final tail?

>>2702155
I don't think it'd be all that different than it is now, she's already pretty terrifying - raw power isn't the concern. Although there could be some secondary effect to the ninth tail I suppose, merging has been hinted at occurring in the future but not what would cause it so that could be part of it
Really I think the most damaging from that list is the Ura Hado. If she learned all the ways then went around wrecking deities' respective shops that'd be a MUCH bigger disaster. Although there's a non-zero chance that whoever Artemis orchestrated the whole fucked up death-rebirth shitshow that resulted in Riku's being was aiming for that exact outcome

>>2702155
Depending on the story a kitsune can be capable of possession, manifesting in dreams, elaborate illusions, reality warping, inflicting insanity, and extreme acts of shapeshifting like turning into landforms or celestial objects. And that's in addition to the supernatural abilities Riku already knows through training, like invisibility, flight, and creating fire and lightning.

Then imagine this being is also an expert in swordplay and fistfighting. There's a damn good reason the Royal Guard has been varying degrees of concerned about this, because while neither they nor you know yet what the ninth tail does there's every reason to believe that it's going to take a special kind of monster to even slow Riku down by the end of all this.

>>2703625
basically Riku could become a reality bender.
Though I don't see her doing much other than maybe making a pocket dimension for some privacy and just going about her life as a captain as if nothing has changed.

>>2703625
>"Riku stop the shenanigans!"
>"I can't! I gotta shadowrun! There's dragons afoot! Conspiracies to be revealed!"
>"No Riku, you're the conspiracy"
>And then Riku was a dragon

>>2703709
she already has a private pocket dimension. It's located in the 9th division basement and it looks like Okinawa.

>>2703787
>captainamerica.jpg

>>2703625
And now I have an omake.

“Huh, so I can warp reality to my every whim now.”
“That’s kind of cool.”


“Wait a minute…”
>Warps reality
>All the paperwork is flawlessly completed
“This is awesome!”

Would hitting 9 tails cause Riku to have kitsune ears and tail at all times?

>>2703912
You'll find out if/when it happens, because that will be determined both by a variety of hidden factors and by player choices at the time of apotheosis.

Avery important question has been answered: who can touch the fluffy tail
I'd give the following rulings:
>Yes please: Yoruichi
>Sure, but too much makes it weird: Rangiku, Gin, Halibel, Apacci, Mirai, Kaoru, Kukaku, Tenri
>I will allow it ONCE: Kai, Isshin, Rukia, Ichigo, Starrk, Bambi, Mila Rose, Sung-Sun, Tatsuki, Masaki, Karin
>...I can't be mad at you: Orihime, Yuzu
>I'll kill you dead: anyone else

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>>2703989
>Lisa falls under "I'll kill you dead"
Poor Lisa, cockblocked until the very end

>>2705162
We liked Lisa, right? I think she could reasonably be given a freebie, get into the
>I will allow it ONCE
category.

>>2707996
It's less about "liking", more about familiarity and personal boundaries. Think of it as being similar to a massage: with Yoruichi it can just be a "you're sore, lemme fix that" nicety, or it can be foreplay. "Everyone else" on the other hand is mostly about not being close enough for any significant physical contact to be acceptable.

Lisa however is a corner case where she and Riku would both know that she's a fellow "appreciator of the female form". So while Riku and Lisa get on better than any of the other vizards, they both know Lisa'd be a little too into it.

>>2703625
Is genderbending yourself on the list? I mean Look at Riku's divine mom Inari. She split herself in two and genderbent one half just so she could have sex. And have Tenkotsuki.

>>2710550
It's actually, to the best of my knowledge, never happened in Japanese mythology. Male kitsune always disguised themselves as men, females as women. And Inari never "had a daughter" in the sense that mortals mean, because Tamamo no Mae is also "Inari".

So I'd say that while it's entirely possible it's without precedent, and would make Riku/Tenkosuki a total weirdo. And lest we forget, Shinto deities have been murdered for being "too weird" and accidentally offending one another.

>>2710344
>tfw Lisa is also a les.
>tfw Shunsui has a crush on Lisa.
Either Shunsui knew Lisa appreciated women more than men or he's clueless, but nevertheless it sucks to be Shunsui.

>>2710617
Such things could be blamed on Riku’s contact with western deities.

>>2712562
Deviant gaijin deities. Especially those greasy Greek fuckers.

Except Hades. Hades is cool.

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>>2693149
Every fortnight for at least the last century, the Lieutenants of the Gotei 13 have held official meetings. These officers are among the few who regularly meet with members of Divisions not their own, owing in part to the vast amounts of distance between the headquarters of even those Divisions whose grounds are adjacent.

These meetings are, as a rule, exceedingly dull.

Eleventh Division's Lieutenant often doesn't even bother turning up, though she sometimes sends one of the other seated officers in her place: today it's Ayasegawa. Formalities are observed, food and tea are brought in (usually by the cooks of the First Division, on whose grounds the meetings are held), and empty pleasantries are exchanged. The business at hand is normally the operations of the various Divisions: who has sustained some losses in the last two weeks, whose operations may be encroaching onto whose 'territory', who may have made some promises to whom regarding non-combat work, and so forth.

The only part of the meetings which manages to routinely be even the slightest bit interesting is when Lieutenant Matsumoto of the Ninth Division inevitably has to hound one of her peers over a late submission to the Seireitei's regular magazine.

“But you promised!” she pouts at Lieutenant Kuchiki, who seems to be taken completely off his guard by the twinkle of tears in the corners of her eyes. “We're really counting on you here, Sōjun!”

“Well... I guess I can get it to you by tomorrow morning if it's that...” he begins, only to be interrupted by a complete swing in Rangiku's mood.

“Thank you so much!” she tells him cheerfully. “You just finish it up as quick as you can and we'll handle the rest, okay?”

“Yeah!” Sōjun replies, still somewhat stunned by the whole situation. “Sasakibe, are we finished here? I'd like to get this wrapped up as soon as possible.”

Lieutenant Sasakibe nods. “Yes, Lieutenant Kuchiki. I believe there is nothing of any substance left to review.”

Thus excused, Kuchiki immediately leaves to return to his family manor. Rangiku wipes the tears from her eyes, her expression having returned to normal.

“A woman's tears should never be used as a weapon,” Sasakibe insists sternly.

The older Lieutenant of the Third Division, Iba, scoffs lightly as she produces a long stem pipe. “Nonsense, Chōjirō. For some women they're the only weapon available.”

“If he didn't want to be guilted,” Rangiku sighs dismissively, “then he could simply have done the work he promised to do, Sasakibe.”
>1/2

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>>2713272
“Well, that was boring,” a voice greets Rangiku after she too has left the room.

She leans over the railing, looking out on the pristine city that extends as far as her eyes can see. “Is it ever not boring? You'd think being able to see officers from the other Divisions would be something to look forward to, but it's just a few hours where we have to listen to how all the same boring things that happen in our own Divisions happen everywhere.”

“Well, it is nice getting to see people,” Gin admits. “You know. People we'd like to see more often.”

“I suppose there's an appeal,” Rangiku admits with a smile and a sigh. “At least when those other people see it the same way.”

After a few seconds Ichimaru sighs dramatically. “Tell you what, let's go get something to eat. All this boring talk has gotten me hungry.”

“What, like a date?” Rangiku replies, cocking an eyebrow.

“Nothing like that!” Ichimaru insists. “There's nothing so unbelievable about two colleagues sharing a meal together, is there?”

“I guess not,” Rangiku shrugs. “Alright, where did you have in mind?”

“There's a place I've been meaning to try,” he replies, gesturing for Rangiku to follow him. “It's not too far from here. It's supposed to be quite good.”

It takes twenty minutes to get to the restaurant Gin has in mind, only for Rangiku to stop dead in the entrance. This is a much nicer place than she anticipated. “Are you sure about this? It seems like the sort of place where you'd need a reservation.”

“Well, you never know until you ask,” Gin observes, flagging down a man in uniform who seems like a waiter. “Excuse me, but might there be a table available for two?”

“Of course, sir,” the waiter replies immediately. “There's a private table upstairs that's free, if you'd like that.”

“Well, it seems we're in luck,” Rangiku replies, throwing Gin a suspicious look before a second waiter arrives to guide the two upstairs. As he passes the first waiter Gin frantically draws his finger across his throat, and the waiter offers a quick and silent nod of acknowledgement.
>2/?

>>2713340
>Got interrupted, will post more tomorrow
>have to prep for Claymore

>>2713463
>Cannot post today, am the jet lag and the bad internet
>Will update when I can but it may not be until friday for the Omake, then new threads on the weekend

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>>2717097
Gin and Rangiku each make a few separate orders, which amount to a plate of Cantonese-style fried rice, sweet potato with caramelized sugar, braised spare ribs, and steamed scallops with a variety of vegetables. While definitely good, especially when served alongside two cold beers, there's something... lacking.

“It's good,” Gin admits. “But there's somethin' about it.”

“It's because it's not Yoruichi's cooking,” Rangiku realizes. “She always spices things a little stronger than they probably should.”

“And she adds flower peppers to things too,” Gin agrees. “Guess I got used to that before... you know.”

“Leaving for Fifth Division?” Rangiku sighs. “Don't tell anyone about this, unless you want a couple of Captains nagging you about your eating.”

Gin shudders. “Could definitely do without that.”

“Still, for a restaurant it's not half bad,” Rangiku admits. “Too bad they only serve beer, I could go for something a bit stronger.”

“Funny thing, that,” Gin replies with a sly smile. “It just so happens that there's a place I've wanted to try for a while... a nice bar.”

“Funny thing,” Rangiku agrees. “What are the chances of that... so are you sure this isn't a date?”

“What, can't two coworkers go out for a well-deserved round of after-dinner drinks without it being about sex?” Gin protests his innocence.

“... in theory,” Rangiku admits. “Whatever. Let's find this bar of yours then.”

The bar isn't far from the restaurant that Gin picked, and is similarly far nicer than the usual hangouts Rangiku has gotten used to. The drinks on offer are mostly sake and shochū, but there are also a few different whiskies available and the house's own specialty umeshū. Rangiku and Gin both start with the umeshū, a light, fruity, and slightly syrupy glass of golden liquor served over ice. But from that point Rangiku escalates... first to a bottle of sake, then to a pair of whiskies back to back. Finally she returns to an umeshū, something light and refreshing to leave off on.

Unfortunately by this point she's quite drunk, where Gin has held back and avoided the same outcome.

“Giiiin~” Rangiku slurs cheerfully. “You picked a good one, ya know.”

“Yeah, happy to hear it,” Gin replies carefully, somewhat taken aback at Rangiku's state.

“Sly move, getting me drunk like this,” she presses, leaning against her fellow Lieutenant's shoulder.

Gin's expression shifts ever so slightly, and his voice betrays his mind even more subtly. “I... think we need to get you home, Rangiku.”
>3/4

>>2719110
>Gin's expression shifts ever so slightly, and his voice betrays his mind even more subtly. “I... think we need to get you home, Rangiku.”
Gin wasn't prepared for this lol

>>2719110
Rangiku glances up with a sly smile. “Lieutenant Ichimaru, I do believe that you're blushing.”

“That happens when you drink,” Gin insists, regaining a little of his customary calm.

“You're a great liar,” Rangiku sighs, “but I've seen you do it too many times to fall for it, you know.”

“Either way, we do need to get you home,” Gin changes the subject. “Come along, Lieutenant.”

Gin escorts Rangiku quietly towards the Ninth Division's barracks, and she has to lean heavily on his shoulder to keep up with his shunpō... though for all intents and purposes he's actually carrying her. Eventually he manages to slip past the sentries by going over top of a wall, and finds his way into the heart of the grounds where the Commandos, Lieutenant, and Captain all live.

On the lower floor he leaves Rangiku on a couch in the meeting room, then goes to work laying out her futon and pillows. Thankfully they've been freshly laundered, and so Gin can carefully princess-carry her into her room and lay her down to sleep.

“Yer not gonna... undress...” she mumbles, losing coherence as her voice drops off.

Pausing for a moment, Gin takes a knee to give Rangiku a quick kiss on her forehead. “Not on the first date.”

Stepping outside, Gin finds himself abruptly confronted by a slight young woman with dark hair and a white sleeveless haori. “My, your senses are quite exceptional, miss...”

“Mirai,” the newcomer fills in the blank. “Would you mind telling me why you are sneaking through our grounds, Lieutenant Ichimaru?”

“Lieutenant Matsumoto had a little too much to drink I'm afraid,” Gin informs the commando, “so I wanted to sneak her back home to rest without causing a commotion. This Division should see her as a the... formidable woman she is, not passed out and thrown over a shoulder."

“And you did not plan to report to the Captain?” Mirai presses.

Gin simply shakes his head. “You're a clever woman, you and I both know that Captain Kusajishi already knows I'm here. If she had anything to say it'd be her confronting me, not you.”

After a moment's thought, Mirai seems to relax slightly. “Technically that is true.”

“Then do me one favor?”

“Depends on the favor.”

“See to it that Rangiku gets some uninterrupted rest,” Gin nods subtly. “Please.”

Mirai sighs. “Of course.”

“Thank you.”
>4/4

>>2720674
That's adorable and very warm, thanks king

>>2720674
>Lieutenant Ichimaru
Goddamn, how long have they been not!dating

>>2721944
This is post WWI, but before Gin was promoted to Captain. So less than eighty years, but more than 40.