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Welcome back to Advent Soul Quest!

>What is this?
A quest based on the setting of Bleach. Deviation from canon depends on the MC’s influence, and some other additions are to be expected as well.
>Who are we?
Tamaki Koharu, a 10th grade (high schooler) spiritually aware trap living near Osaka with developing spiritual powers.
>When are we?
Currently it is Summer 1981, ~20 years prior to the events of canon.
>Dice? Challenge?
Prompted after deciding on an action. Usually 3d10, best of 3 (Bo3), against a set DC and sometimes a crit-DC. Write-ins may affect the DC as well. If a character stat (in the pastebin) is directly related to the action, it will substitute the lowest die in rolls if it is higher (will be always explained when prompted to roll).
>Updates?
I will aim to update at least once per hour at first, and each time make a post when I start writing, or when I intend to if I will take longer. My timezone is UTC+2 (Euro), let’s see how good or bad that’ll go.
>I have questions!
Ask away and I’ll do my best to answer.
>What do?
Have fun, vote on what feels the best, roll some dice and chill.

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Discord: Coming soon
Archive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=advent+soul+quest
Char Sheets: https://pastebin.com/6FkNTn8E

Also, here’s my shitty attempt at a thread title card like in the anime episodes.

>>4447844
>>Do your school duties and then go train. (Potential to make friends spiritually aware, potential encounter)

>>4447844
>Do your school duties and then go train. but also make it clear that if Hisashi really needs your help you will help

>>4447853
Supporting

>>4447852
>>4447853
>>4447864
>Writing

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The next day you go to school as normal. The only difference now was that now you were actually looking forward to something. This didn’t go unnoticed by Akane, who used this as an opportunity to tease you a bit.

“So who’s the lucky guy?”

“What?” you ask perplexed, as Akane’s words snap you out of your thoughts. Her grin just grew wider and poked your forehead.

“That expression, the daydreaming, the sudden light in your eyes, it can mean only one thing: You’re going on a date with someone!”

“W-What? NO!”

“Oh come on, we’re your best friends! You can tell us!” Chie too, now joined in. You just buried your face in your hands.

“Look, just ‘cause I don’t look dead for a change doesn’t mean I’m dating anyone. So cut it out!”

“Wow, we really did hit something there!” Akane laughed. “But I’ll let it slide, Koharu… for now.” You rolled your eyes.

Once school ended, you bid farewell to Chie, but also Akane, as you are going towards the city today instead of home. Her normally nonchalant and humorous personality shifts slightly to a worried one upon hearing it. You do your best however to reassure her that everything’s going to be fine. As you part though, Akane of course wishes you the best of luck on your ‘date’. You can’t help but tell her to piss off.

>1/3

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The trip to Urahara’s shop was an odd one. You normally never travel anywhere unless it is absolutely necessary. Now that you’re alone, the alley where the shop is looks even more creepy and sends shivers down your spine. You take a step and…

“Yo!”

You instinctively throw a punch behind you, only to hit Hisashi, who falls down on his back, clutching his nose. Then you hold your hand, as that punch really, really hurt.

“Hey, what’s the big deal?!” he shouts as he gets up.

“Don’t you ‘Yo!’ at me, dumbass! Jeez, you almost gave me a heart attack!”

“Ugh, and here I decided to just come and make sure you’re all fine and good, and this is how you repay me?” Hisashi grumbles, but you just turn your head back towards the alley, ignoring him.

“Next time don’t be a creep, and you won’t get hit.”

The two of you find the shop once more, and politely excuse yourselves inside. There, instead of Mr. Hat-and-Clogs, you find a boy, probably some three or four years younger than you, moving stuff in the shop.

“Oh, a customer! Hello!”

>2/3

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“Umm, we’re here to see Urahara-san,” you explain. “Is he here?”

The boy stares at you for a moment, then quickly gives a glance towards where Hisashi is. You’re pretty sure he can see him.

“Well, owner’s out doing some biz, yeah!” he says as he comes closer and bows. “I’m Kuroda Jun, owner’s assistant! Pleased to meet ya!”

“Tamaki Koharu,” you introduce yourself, a little confused, sparing Hisashi a stray glance. Kisuke didn’t mention him… And based on this, you bet he didn’t tell this boy anything either.

>3/3

>Is Tessai-san here?
>Why aren’t you home with your parents?
>Kuroda-kun, can you… you know. See him? (Point at Hisashi)
>Ask something (write-in)

>>4447893
>Kuroda-kun, can you… you know. See him? (Point at Hisashi)

>>4447893
>Kuroda-kun, can you… you know. See him? (Point at Hisashi)

>>4447895
>>4447896
Guess we'll go with these two votes.
>Writing

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“Kuroda-kun,” you begin, scratching the back of your head awkwardly. “Can you, umm… see him?” you ask as you point over your shoulder at Hisashi. Either this’ll make things easier… or it’ll make you seem like a total idiot.

“Umm..” Jun looks at you, then over at Hisashi, then back at you. Yeah, this boy has no poker face whatsoever. You are about to say something when Hisashi just bursts out in a laugh.

“We’ve already met, Koharu-chan,” Hisashi says. He changed your honorific. God damn it.

“Poor lad just didn’t know if you could see me!” In response, you plant your elbow in his gut.

“Great, now that’s sorted out..” you say and move further in and give Jun a smile.

“If you can see ghosts, it must mean you’re not just an ordinary boy, right?”

Jun lightly chuckles, putting his hands behind his head. “Well… yeah! I help the owner out with all kinds of stuff! But mostly the shop. Especially that guy. He always loses stuff, but hey, more business for us!”

Hisashi, recovered from your elbow, looms over your shoulder, and Jun could swear Hisashi’s eyes turned into white stars, threatening him. You extend your arm to the side, blocking Hisashi’s way.

“No bullying!”

The front door slides open once again, with Urahara stepping inside with Tessai.

“Why hello! Looks like you’re already getting along with Jun-kun!” Kisuke says in that nonchalant voice of his.

>1/2

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After brief pleasantries, the five of you move to what Urahara says is the ‘training area’. And by that, he meant some corner of his establishment where he removes the lid, showing a long, very long ladder directly downwards.

While Urahara, Tessai and Jun went down very quickly by sliding, you can’t trust yourself to do that without hurting yourself, and probably dying. Hisashi, who’s getting more and more impatient, is right after you.

“That’s it, fuck this!” he said, and straight up jumped off the ladder and grabbed you. Screaming, the two of you fall down to the ground, but Hisashi fortunately cushions the fall somehow. You punch him and wrestle out of his arms.

“I thought I would die, you asshole!” you shout at him.

“You’re welcome, miss slowpoke,” Hisashi retorts. “At least now we’re here, and not spending the rest of the day climbing a ladder.”

Urahara coughs to get your attention, muttering something about ruining something.

It’s then that you finally get your bearings, and look at your surroundings. It’s a huge, enormous space with a fake sky, all lit somehow as if it was day.

“Wooow, who could have guessed there was this in my basement?” Urahara shouts into the distance, his voice echoing. You’re left staring at it with your mouth agape.

“Well then, Koharu-chan!” he begins. “We can finally start your training! Hooray!” he flutters his fan around. Then, his expression turns to a serious one.

“You’d probably start with theory normally… but perhaps going straight to the practical part will work better?” he muses, waiting to see what you’ll say.

>2/2

>Tell me first what’s what in this confusing spirit world. I have a LOT of questions. (Theory)
>Let’s get straight into it. That’s what I came for. (Practice)

>>4447920
>Tell me first what’s what in this confusing spirit world. I have a LOT of questions. (Theory)

>>4447920
>Let’s get straight into it. That’s what I came for. (Practice)

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>>4447924
>>4447930
Gonna leave it open for a bit longer for a tiebreaker. If no more votes, then I'll roll a die.

>>4447920
>Tell me first what’s what in this confusing spirit world. I have a LOT of questions. (Theory)
Seems more appropriate for someone who spends all their time indoors.

>>4447924
>>4447930
>>4447945
Thank you!
>Writing

>>4447920
>>Let’s get straight into it. That’s what I came for. (Practice)

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You sigh, dusting off some of the dirt that got on your school uniform due to the dust that came from Hisashi’s improvised landing.

“I’d rather listen to the ‘what’ and ‘why’s first. Things have happened but nobody has explained it to me all yet.

Kisuke nods, approving of your decision. Was this already some sort of test of his?

“Well, let’s get comfortable then!” he says, nodding to Tessai, who places his palms onto the ground, and suddenly a picnic table emerges from a cloud of smoke. You carefully poke it, as if to see if it’s real or not. Urahara invites you and Jun to sit, while Hisashi and Tessai leave for another spot of the huge training area.

“Well then!” Kisuke opens his fan and puts it in front of his mouth. “I guess we should begin from scratch!”

“First off, is this table real?” you ask, uncomfortable with how you can’t distinguish physical reality from spiritual right now.

“Well, you are sitting on it, are you not? Wouldn’t that make it real?” Kisuke explains, but it only makes you give him the murder-stare.

“In the physical sense, no. This is a product of Kidō, ghost magic if you will.”

“So if someone who can’t see ghosts would look…”

“We’d be floating in thin air.”

So spiritual stuff can still affect the physical world?” Kisuke nods.

“There is an imbalance though. If we were all just souls without a physical body, any shinigami with at least some skill in kidō could make us a table, and we’d be having a wee nice picnic.”

“But for humans with physical bodies… It requires a high level of skill. Physical matter is what dictates how things should be. And if you try to sit without a physical chair underneath you, you’d just look silly in a second. Anything without a physical counterpart will be violently reminded of the physical reality. A spiritual boulder wouldn’t kill an ant without enough power. A physical pebble can fatally wound a soul.”

>1/2

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You take a moment to take this in. Reality, physical matter, spiritual… you sort of get it, but it’s unsettling nonetheless.

“And this brings us to Reishi!” Kisuke happily announces.

“Spiritual matter. Now that’s the tricky thing. Everything physical naturally develops, or grows, a Reishi counterpart, and they are bonded. If you rip it away, you’re in a sense, only left with the ‘memory’ of whatever thing it belonged to.”

“Memory?” you say aloud. “So this table.. is just a memory of a table? And these chairs too?”

“Bingo!” Urahara applauds. “Nothing more, nothing less. That’s why it’s relatively easy to shape it into whatever we want! Food, furniture, money!”

You facepalm. “Why am I not surprised you’d make counterfeit money?”

Urahara looks wounded. “I would never, ever do anything like that! Right Jun?”

The boy sweats for a moment before nodding. Right…

“Where were we? Oh right, Reishi! That’s why, for instance, if you were to separate from your body right now…”

“...I’d appear with my current clothes,” you complete his thought. He looks pleased at your deduction.

>2/2

>Hisashi says it’s weird that I can separate my soul so easily. Why?
>When we were fighting, I felt this pressure, almost squashing me, both from a hollow and Hisashi.
>Other? (write-in)

>>4447992
>>Hisashi says it’s weird that I can separate my soul so easily. Why?
Seems like a natural follow up.

>>4447992
>Hisashi says it’s weird that I can separate my soul so easily. Why?
Please tell us sandalhat-san.

>>4448001
>>4448005
I guess I'll go with this, if no more votes come.
>Writing

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“Speaking of separation,” you begin your question, “Hisashi said I’m weird. I mean, the fact that I can separate at will. Why?”

Kisuke pats his cane against his shoulder. “Well, for starters… the Chain of Fate that souls usually have, is literally their anchor to the physical world. A living human’s soul is meant to be inside its body, so if you drag it out, it should be connected to the body.”

“Souls with no body to return to have a broken chain. Fear, hate, regret… strong emotions and ties to the life before death keeps the souls anchored in this world, unable to move on. Leave one alone for long enough, and that’s how you get a hollow.”

Your heart sinks. While Hisashi didn’t say that directly, you did figure out the implications of what ‘losing one’s heart’ means.

“So these hollows we’ve killed… they were once normal souls?”

“Emphasis on were,” Kisuke says in a dark tone. “Minds driven only by regrets and other strong emotions.”

You swallow hard.

“Now, if a soul doesn’t have a chain of fate on them, what do you think that means?”

You ponder for a moment. “Nothing is tying them to this world.”

“Correct! Aren’t you smart!” Kisuke smiles widely. You can’t help but see it as him taking a piss on you.

“And if nothing is tying them to this world, they…” you continue.

“Pass on,” Kisuke finishes your thought this time. “The few that you might see are usually blurry, more what you’d expect from a ghost. Their soul’s memory is decomposing.”

“But you are still alive. You should have that bond between body and soul. The only times there’s none....” Kisuke makes an eerily long pause.

“...is if the soul doesn’t exactly belong to the body,” he finishes, now giving you an incredibly creepy, analytical stare, his eyes shadowed by his hat.

>That can’t be right. I know this is my body. When I’m separate, I look exactly like this.
>Let’s just assume you’re right. Where is my real body then? Whose body is this?
>Enough existential crisis. Let’s switch to practice, less headaches.
>Other? (write-in)

>>4448058
>That can’t be right. I know this is my body. When I’m separate, I look exactly like this.
>Let’s just assume you’re right. Where is my real body then? Whose body is this?

>>4448058
>>That can’t be right. I know this is my body. When I’m separate, I look exactly like this.

Slap or butt as we say this.
Also huh, artificial bodies are decently common in this setting but making one that ages normally would be a feat I think.

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>>4448067
Based on what Kisuke explained here, a Gigai is essentially reishi with very strong memory, enough to be physically visible.

For the life of me though, I'm not sure how to deal with the matter to reishi convertor that the canon main cast used to go into dangai. Should've just left their physical bodies there and given them gigais.

>>4448066
Dubs support

>>4448080
I was just thinking out loud didn't mean to question what you were doing with the story.

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>>4448066
>>4448067
>>4448081
>Writing

>>4448085
No worries! I just wanted to give some more of my thoughts on it, since you seemed to be interested. Consider that me also thinking out loud.

>>4448096
Thinking about it they had no way to just leave their physical bodies without severing the chain, which then they would have had to beat being hollowed like Ichigo did right? Though i never really understood what it meant that Ichigo was no longer linked to his body and just kind of piloting it around.

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“That… that can’t be right,” you object, poking your own body, even giving your backside a light slap. “I mean, I just know this is my body ever since birth. My caretakers would’ve noticed something, even though my mother-”

“Died? Curious. Did you happen to start seeing ghosts after her death?” Urahara prodded with more questions that made your insides turn.

“A-Anyway, let’s just for a moment, assume that you are right. Where is my real body then? And whose body is this?”

Kisuke doesn’t say anything for a moment, while fanning some air into his direction. “Well, one thing being true doesn’t mean the other one isn’t.”

“That is, that could very well be your body, but your soul could have some… additional baggage on it, if you catch the crude metaphor.”

“Like, something else that isn’t me?”

“Maybe… maybe not. One thing for sure is that it stabilizes your soul enough that your soul won’t pass on, but it also is just the wrong fit for your body that it doesn’t stick to it properly.”

That… can explain some things. Shit, is that why your body has been frail all this time? Because your soul is the wrong damn ‘fit’? This makes you upset for sure.

“Is there… any way to make it fit then?” you ask.

“Not without getting you another body. Technically, I don’t have a physical body, but a Gigai! It’s an amazing piece of ghost science, I’ll tell you that!” he eagerly explains, the tone shifting from glum to annoyingly cheerful. Kisuke notices your irritation and returns to a more serious expression.

“What I’m saying is, if I were to give you a Gigai, it would shape itself to be a perfect container for your soul. But it isn’t and never will be a physical one.”

“The living, physical body is unique.”

While you are thinking, Kisuke takes his cane and lightly pokes you with its end.

Instead, your soul is sent flying like from a cannon in the opposite direction of the cane.

>1/2

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You keep tumbling, until a boulder stops you. You groan in some pain as you try to rise up, your clothing ruined here and there, and a handful of bruises. That asshole…

“Koharu-chan…!” Kisuke shouts from the picnic table as him and Jun are running towards you. Jun gets there first, and helps you up.

“What the hell was that for?!” you shout at Kisuke, who is scratching the chin of his dumbfounded face.

“W-Well, I wasn’t expecting you to fly off like that at all!” he says, trying to sound cheerful. You punch him in the face.

“Apology maybe accepted,” you grumble.

Kisuke sighs. “Well, this does confirm it. Your soul doesn’t correspond to your body. Otherwise it wouldn’t have ejected you this violently.”

>2/2

>Great. Well, how do we find out what part is extra?
>I… need a moment. Gotta vent to Hisashi.
>Other? (write-in)

>>4448119
Yup. It's a headache.
>Thx, Kubo

>>4448140
>Great. Well, how do we find out what part is extra?

>>4448140
>>I… need a moment. Gotta vent to Hisashi.
We did not sign up for this abuse.

>>4448140
>I… need a moment. Gotta vent to Hisashi.

>>4448157
>>4448159
>>4448173
>Writing

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You take a few deep breaths, trying to wrap your head around all of this. You knew your life was a tad bit more fucked up than that of others, but add in this soul mumbo-jumbo, and you’re not sure who you are yourself anymore. The rumors that other shrine maidens had at the Kasuga-taisha flooded your mind. Maybe your family line was really cursed? Maybe your family actually did harbor a demon?

“Nope, timeout,” you announce, raising your hands up, and turn towards the approximate direction of Hisashi, whom you can sense pretty well right now, like his signal is boosted.

Kisuke just nods. “Take your time! We’ll have a nice picnic in the meantime!”

As you get to Hisashi, who was doing some training with kidō under the guidance of Tessai apparently, he looks at you with a confused expression, which turns a bit red as he notices the slight damage to your clothing, one of which was a small chunk of the skirt.

Nonetheless, you grab him by the ear and start dragging to the side, disregarding his objections. Tessai just looks with pity.

You get to a small rock formation to just sit.

“What’s the big idea?!” Hisashi demands, rubbing his ear.

“Just… shut up for a moment,” you say, still looking for words. It was enough though for Hisashi to understand your distress and frustration.

“Shit,” you mutter, “where do I even begin?”

>Tell him the same things Kisuke told you, maybe it’ll make more sense then.
>Just… ask for emotional support. This isn’t about logic right now.
>Deflect. Ask about his own life.
>Other? (write-in)

>>4448222
>>Tell him the same things Kisuke told you, maybe it’ll make more sense then.

>>4448222
>Tell him the same things Kisuke told you, maybe it’ll make more sense then.

>>4448222
>Tell him the same things Kisuke told you, maybe it’ll make more sense then.
>Just… ask for emotional support. This isn’t about logic right now.
Can we get emotional support after talking?

Also, fuck, third option looks interesting too

>>4448241
>>4448246
>>4448252
>Writing

>>4448252
We can try.

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“Okay, so, apparently, my soul doesn’t match my body.”

“Excuse me, what?” Hisashi asks, confused.

“Just listen, okay? Maybe if I say this stuff aloud myself it’ll make sense,” you sigh, trying to keep it together.

“And if they don’t match, it means I,” you say and look at yourself. Your body is probably still at the picnic table with Kisuke and Jun. While the thought of leaving your body there is revolting, you can’t help it for now.

“It means I have or am something that’s not what I should’ve been when born.”

Hisashi listens, and scratches the back of his head, holding his zanpakutō against his shoulder. While he didn’t have much to say, he continued to listen patiently as you continued to vent. You explained the rest of Kisuke’s explanations, your frustration with it all, and your resurfaced identity crisis.

“Well,” Hisashi began, “I say take a step back. You are still you, and you are in control of yourself. Whatever the reason is for this mismatch, I’m sure it can be made useful, one way or another.”

You sigh. He has a point, but it still doesn’t remove the tension you feel from it. Hisashi walks up to you and bends his knees to lower down and raises your head by your chin.

“A battle not won ain’t lost either. So cheer up,” he attempts to lift your spirits, and gives you a genuinely warm smile, in contrast to his usual bleak and serious face.

>Thank you Hisashi. This… really helped me.
>Look at you, acting mature and all. I’ll win that battle for sure.
>Kisuke-sensei is probably waiting for me, I should go.
>Other? (write-in)

(You will return to Kisuke after this)

>>4448296
>Thank you Hisashi. This… really helped me.

>>4448296
>Look at you, acting mature and all. I’ll win that battle for sure.

>>4448296
>Thank you Hisashi. This… really helped me.

>>4448301
>>4448346
>>4448347
>Writing

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You breathe in deep, and return the smile.

“Thank you Hisashi. This… really helped me. I don’t know what’d I do if I were alone right now.”

Hisashi stands upright again and extends his hand to you. You take it and use it to get up as well.

After a short and awkward silence, Hisashi scrambles a bit. “Oh would you look at the time! Duty calls, heh, I’ll see you later.. Koharu, yeah?” he said after looking at a weird clock in his pocket.

You sigh and shake your head, but in a way you’re glad that he’s like that. Certainly lifts the mood.

“Hey Hisashi,” you call out as he’s about to run towards the ladder, “If you really do need my help some time, don’t… hesitate.”

Hisashi gives you a thumbs up and continues his sprint. Considering he could use that flash step of his, it looks additionally comical.

“Right, here we go…”

You return to the picnic area where Kisuke, Jun and now Tessai are all drinking tea.

“Ah, Koharu-chan,” Kisuke says with a wide grin, holding his arms open. “We were beginning to get worried!”

“Yeah, right,” you shake your head. “Anyway, I’m back for round two.”

Kisuke lowers his head a bit, his striped hat shadowing his eyes once again.

>1/2

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“Well, I think it’s nigh time that we actually do something!” Kisuke said, rising up from the picnic bench. “We could talk all day, but some things are easier to show than explain.”

The four of you make your way to an empty… well, emptier area. Kisuke stands some twenty meters away from you, and Jun sits further away watching with Tessai standing behind him.

“Reiatsu. Spiritual pressure. The very same your Reikaku picks up, the pressure you felt during your and Hisashi’s fight against that angler hollow, and…”

“What you’ll feel now.”

With that, Kisuke begins releasing more and more reiatsu. Slowly, the air surrounding him tints red, and you feel like suffocating. Soon enough, you fall on your knees.

Kisuke diminishes his reiatsu by a step, but keeps enough that you’re not having it easy.

“When tampered with intent, say… bloodlust…” he continues his demonstration, and suddenly you see a black void coming from behind Kisuke and tendrils of the same blackness reach towards you. It’s pretty damn terrifying.

Before it gets too far, Kisuke again stops it.

“And when tampered with technique…”

Kisuke charges his arm and punches the ground, splitting the ground in front of him almost to the end of the room. The noise from the mayhem is deafening.

“This is what we’ll practise now. Focus on the inside, and reach out to the core of your soul. Bring outside the power that is yours!”

That man… he is beyond terrifying.

>2/2

>Roll 3d10 for releasing your Reiatsu for the first time. Bo3. Result will scale with the rolls, but a general DC is 15 and crit 25.

>This roll relates to your Mental stat, which is a 6. This means that the lowest of your roll is replaced with this IF it is lower than 6.

>This is a new and still experimental mechanic. Let’s see how it works out.

Rolled 5, 4, 6 = 15 (3d10)

>>4448390
INITIATE 3 EPISODE LONG SQUAT AND SCREAM

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

>>4448296
Lets gooo

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

>>4448390

Rolled 6, 5, 7 = 18 (3d10)

>>4448390
Well thanks to >>4448411 we succeeded at least

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>>4448411
>5, 4(6), 6 = 15(17)
>>4448414
>4, 1(6), 5 = 10(15)
>>4448426
>6, 10, 5(6) = 21(22)

This is how the stat affects the rolls, to make it clear.

>22
>Writing

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You calm yourself, as much as you can with Urahara’s reiatsu still flooding your sixth sense and your whole soul in general. That fear you felt, he was ready to kill you, no, butcher you here and now.

Among this all however, your sixth sense… no, something behind your sixth sense brings you calmness. Like a steady stream of water that will flow no matter the circumstances.

You metaphorically extend your two arms towards these two feelings, reaching in to find and grasp the power that Kisuke wants you to find. You reach deeper and deeper, until finally, you feel something akin to a door unlocking.

And open the floodgates it did.

You hold your arms downwards and find yourself howling like the wind as your reiatsu builds up. You feel strong, stronger than ever, like you could take on the world. Yet something feels very wrong, like two hurricanes spinning in the opposite directions grinding against each other.

>Meanwhile

“Tessai-san…” Jun asks, sweating, “Isn’t reiatsu supposed to be… you know, single-color?”

Tessai, who’s holding and in a way protecting Jun from the reiatsus of both Kisuke and you, nods. “Usually..”

“Why the hell is her reiatsu shifting between green and purple?!” he shouts.

>Back to you

While you do your best to keep your reiatsu up, it all dissipates in an explosive flash. You fall down to your knees, breathing heavily and coughing occasionally. Kisuke slowly walks up to you, kneeling beside you.

“Lesson one, clear!”

>1/2

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Kisuke sits down on the ground and seems to analyse you for a solid minute while you’re catching your breath.

“How did it feel?” he asks.

“It… it was like I was being towed in opposite directions,” you try to explain, “I felt like I was about to split into two pieces.”

“Well you certainly put up quite a show, Koharu-chan! And I must say, I’m very impressed! This level of reiatsu isn’t something you develop overnight… less so in an hour.”

He again narrowed his eyes at you, something you’ve noticed he does when he’s analyzing things.

“What did you reach out to, if I may be curious?”

>2/2

>There were… two. One felt calm and steady, and the other violent and explosive. (Truth)
>I saw a steady stream, calm but powerful, and I reached out. (Half-Truth)
>Fear, a primal, violent storm that beckoned me to use it. (Half-Truth)
>I’m not sure. There were so many things I… I became confused. (Lie)

>>4448477
>There were… two. One felt calm and steady, and the other violent and explosive. (Truth)

>>4448477
>>There were… two. One felt calm and steady, and the other violent and explosive. (Truth)

>>4448477
>There were… two. One felt calm and steady, and the other violent and explosive. (Truth)
No reason to lie just yet

>>4448477
>There were… two. One felt calm and steady, and the other violent and explosive. (Truth)

>>4448484
>>4448491
>>4448492
>>4448493
Looks like a unanimous vote.
>Writing

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You do your best to recall the surreal moment.

“At first, it was just one feeling, but it quickly split off into two. One was a calm, steady, flowing like feeling. Like if you were to watch a steady stream of water, feeling where every drop of water is at any given time. And I reached out to it”

“The other one came from deeper within. When you directed your bloodlust at me, a primal fear surged forth. That’s what I also reached out to.”

Kisuke again didn’t say anything, thinking to himself. After a moment he just sprung up, going back to his joyous expression. “Alrighty then! Onto the next lesson!”

What a frustrating man. He doesn’t intend to tell you his thoughts, does he?

“Jun-kun!” he beckoned the boy to come to the two of you. He brings some weird training gear as well: a white headband and a pair of white gloves.

“Boxing gear?” you ask suspiciously.

“Maybe!” Kisuke smiles. “Koharu-chan, I want you to fight Jun-kun! The lesson ends when one of you gets knocked out!”

Kisuke wants you to fight Jun? But he’s a kid!

...Okay, not much younger than you, but still!

“With this outlandish gear?” you ask, confused.

Jun, meanwhile, quickly puts on the gear and looks ready to fight.

“Ready? Set…”

>”Hey just hold on a minute…!”
>Take it easy, it probably won’t be too hard.
>Put the gear on and prepare.

>>4448520
>>”Hey just hold on a minute…!”

>>4448520
>”Hey just hold on a minute…!”

>>4448531
>>4448536
Down to two once more.
>Writing

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“Wha- Hey, just hold on a minute…!” you exclaim.

“Go!” Kisuke casually says and Jun rushes at you at a speed that you wouldn’t expect at all. He throws a punch at you which you just manage to sidestep, and upon contact with the ground, it is obliterated, raising a cloud of dust in its wake. You are lucky enough with just getting flung out of there by the explosion.

You gulp, and run to get the gear. This is Kisuke, so no doubt they’re special or something. Fortunately for you, Jun lets you take them all good.

Urahara and Tessai meanwhile comment on this show like two grandpa’s watching a horse race. It doesn’t take long until Jun resumes his assault. He was such a nice boy just a moment ago, how the hell can he turn into such a machine of destruction in a mere moment?!

You shuffle with the headband and try to figure out how to put it on.

“Kisuke you bastard, how do I put this thing on?!” you shout to him.

“Listen closely Koharu-chan! You have to put it on like this!” he shouts back, showing you an example of the movement.

“And then you say the incantation: Take this! Power of justice! Armor of justice! Justice headband! In place!” he dramatically shouts.

What the hell is that outlandish phrase?

>Roll 3d10 for dodging Jun. DC is a low 12, crit is 20. He’s letting you off easy for now.
>Mobility would be the stat here, but given that it is a 1, it won’t affect the rolls.

Also, choose one:
>Use the incantation
>Don’t use it

Rolled 5, 9, 6 = 20 (3d10)

>>4448560
>Use the incantation

Rolled 8, 5, 8 = 21 (3d10)

>>4448560
>Use the incantation
For justice!

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

>>4448560
>Don’t use it

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>>4448572
>>4448577
>>4448579
Looks like the power of justice prevails.
>Writing

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You do your best to dodge and prepare for the most daunting task ahead.

That is, swallowing your pride and actually saying what Kisuke said.

“Take this! Power of justice! Armor of justice! Justice headband! In place!” you shout while holding the headband to your forehead.

Nothing happens.

“Oh my. Koharu-chan actually did it,” Kisuke whistled, while holding his fan in front of his mouth.

“I’LL KILL YOU KISUKE!” you shout while fiddling with the headband, until suddenly it actually attaches to your head, the weird strings behind connecting. Then the gloves, and now you’re finally ready.

When Kisuke did that reiatsu demonstration, he showed you the different ways one can use it. If it’s supposedly so malleable, perhaps you can use it to help you out here.

You once again reach within and push out the now familiar power, but at a much lower intensity. It seems that if you don’t draw too much, the reiatsu is stable.

You don’t wait around long to think, and instead focus on using the reiatsu to move you instead of your feet. Sort of like a ratchet. Your memories dwell on the times you’ve seen and felt Hisashi perform shunpo. And then it happens.

At first it completely disorients you as you perform a crude version of the flash step technique. To Jun’s credit, he keeps up with where you are and continues his assault without giving you an inch of breathing room.

But you are dodging him. And it’s time to take it from defensive to offensive.

>Roll 3d10 for attacking! DC is 13, but crit is 18 due to your previous crit.
>Offense stat would be used here, but it is too low to have an effect just yet.

Also,
>Mobility has been increased!

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

>>4448612

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

>>4448612
Yeah lets go, powerup our trap

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

>>4448612
Strike!

>>4448618
>>4448625
>>4448633
>Writing

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Keeping your reiatsu steady, you keep using our imitation of shunpo and set yourself on the offensive now. Jun notices this and decides to step up his game as well, and you notice a rise in his reiatsu. He begins to use shunpo himself, no doubt taught to him by Kisuke. This kid is much stronger than he lets in on.

By all means you are no martial artist, you’ve hardly thrown any punches or kicks, and when you did, you usually hurt yourself.

You exchange strikes and dodges with Jun. The only problem is that Jun is clearly an experienced fighter and knows how to dodge just enough, while you have to rely on getting distance to dodge. This makes landing any proper hits on him extremely difficult.

Then you get the brilliant idea: Instead of flash stepping near him, why not try to flash step into him? Surely he can’t dodge that.

You squeeze out some more reiatsu and envelop your punch in it, much like what you think you saw Kisuke do, and flash step pretty much into him. The punch connects just barely, as Jun is just able to shift the blow to his left arm. Jun, panicking, extends his right and punches you square into the chest, and you are sent flying.

After the concussion wears off, you find yourself cushioned by Tessai, but your chest hurts like hell. Upon closer inspection, you are actually bleeding from there. Your eyes refocus on Jun, who’s kneeling a bit of a distance away, and you see now what happened: His arm is covered in blood.

Whatever you did, it seems to have worked.

>1/2

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Kisuke and Tessai tend to your wounds, bringing you to a single area near what looks like hot springs. You wince as the first-aid is applied.

“Sorry, Koharu-chan, I.. I panicked,” Jun asks for forgiveness, a little teared up. You’re not sure whether it’s from his own wound, or because he feels bad. Considering how sweet he’s been, you do think it’s the latter.

You sigh. “I should be the one apologizing. Your arm.. is it going to be okay?” you say and cough.

“Oh you’ll both be all fine and dandy, not to worry!” Kisuke nonchalantly assures you.

“Lesson 2 clear! I must say, you’ve yet to disappoint me, Koharu-chan. Imitating both Hohō and Hakuda by just seeing it once or twice is no small feat.”

“It’s all just… using reiatsu? Just in different ways?”

“Bingo! Though that’s a very crude way of saying it. Don’t let the shinigami hear that, they’ll be very angry!”

“I feel… hungry. Is that normal? I mean, as a soul?”

Kisuke nods. “It means you are low on Reiryoku. Spiritual energy. While your body will regenerate it on its own, reiryoku-rich food helps with that.”

“Reishi food?” you ask. “Reishi, reiatsu, reiryoku… just how many rei-things are there?”

Kisuke laughs. “Oh don’t worry. Those three are the foundation to understand the spiritual realm. Matter, force and energy. Isn’t that just like the physical world, hmm?” he winks.

Tessai finishes with your injury and helps you sit upright.

“Well, go on, the hot springs will do you wonders! Then you should head home,” Kisuke says as he again opens up his fan. “It’s getting late, and you should rest.”

“You’ll need it for tomorrow’s lesson.”

There’s that creepy and ominous look of his again.

You hate that look.

>2/2

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That’s as far as I’ll go today. Tomorrow we’ll continue, starting same time as today (I'll inform on twitter too!), this time with some very dubious training… with hollows! Something may also be stirring within the school, whatever may it be?

Thank you guys for participating, hope to see you tomorrow too. Any thoughts and feedback is very welcome as always.

Also, question: Should I make a discord server for this quest?
>Yes
>No

>>4448677
Thanks for running.
Dunno if discord is necessary, but I'd join I guess.

>flash stepping already
Fast trap is fast
>>4448677
Eh it's not necessary.

>>4448677
>No
Suffers all the weaknesses of a public Discord while alienating the people that don't use it.

>>4448677
Personally I have no preference about there being a discord server but unlike >>4448699 I probably wouldn't join it

>>4448677
>>No
I see little in the way of benefit.

>>4448699
>>4448701
>>4448768
>>4449134
>>4449151
Makes sense. No discord it is then.
>Writing

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The next day your body felt like a wreck, yet it didn’t hinder you that much. Maybe this is how those sports-enthusiastic people feel when they talk about work-up aches.

Hisashi waves you goodbye from the roof as you leave for school with Akane. It really looks like he’s using that spot as his base of operations, if you can call it anything like that.

School time has moved from being boring to being sort of like a movie playing in the background for you. Now that you are keenly aware of the spiritual happenings at least within a kilometer or two, it gets hard to focus on things you’re not interested in. You make a note that you should figure out a way to turn this useful but mentally exhausting power off and on.

On lunch break, Chie brings up something quite interesting.

“I heard Miya-chan and Nami-chan went to the basement yesterday, and.. and actually saw a ghost!”

“This shit again? The ghost of this school’s notorious principal? Do you really believe them?” Akane sighs, scratching her forehead.

“I don’t think they’d skip class today just for such a thing!” Chie insisted.

“Seriously, first Tomoe, then Uzuki, now these two. They’re literally in the same circle of friends. I’m not buying it.”

Chie sighs. “I’m worried though… Koharu-chan, what do you think?”

Akane looks at you as well.

>It’s probably nothing. If it was, I’m sure the adults would be involved. (Don’t investigate)
>I don’t think you should worry. Ghosts aren’t real. (Investigate alone)
>Well, they could have been on to something. Maybe we should look. (Investigate together)
>I don’t know, but… I can ask somebody to look into it. (Investigate with Hisashi)
>Other?

Investigating this means doing it after school instead of going straight to train at Urahara’s.

Also, welcome back!

>>4449470
>I don’t think you should worry. Ghosts aren’t real. (Investigate alone)

>>4449470
>Well, they could have been on to something. Maybe we should look. (Investigate together)

>>4449470
>Well, they could have been on to something. Maybe we should look. (Investigate together)

>>4449476
>>4449482
>>4449488
>Writing

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“Well,” you scratch your head a bit. Thing is, you think you’ve seen this ghost once or twice, watching ongoing classes. Lately though you’ve not seen him do that.

“They could’ve been onto something,” you say.

“You… can’t be serious, Koharu,” Akane says, holding her hand in front of her.

“Look at it this way. We could argue about it all day, or we could just go there and see for ourselves. At least it’ll give us a concrete answer and not just speculation.”

Akane groans but ultimately agrees with this plan. Chie however becomes problematic as the time comes closer to evening and the end of school: She’s frightened.

Chie keeps asking all kinds of questions such as ‘What if it eats us’ and ‘What will her mother think when she doesn’t return’. All in all, not a very positive outlook, nor does it help you or Akane with your own nervousness.

“I’ve got a flashlight at least,” Akane says as the three of you make your way to the basement, avoiding any teachers who would make you go home. You get to the lowest floor. There’s no windows here, but you flip the light switch on.

“Oh hey, the lights work!” Chie exhales in relief.

“Why wouldn’t they?” Akane asks.

“Well, y-you know… in the movies, they u-usually don’t…”

And of course, the lights flicker a few times. Way to jinx it, Chie.

This does make the atmosphere a bit more tense than before.

Both Akane and Chie look to you to lead on, which kind of surprises you. Looks like Akane isn’t as confident about this as you thought she was.

>Stick together while you search. Slow but steady.
>Separate. Cover more ground that way.
>Other?

>Roll 3d10 for finding anything with Reikaku. DC 16, crit 26. Mental stat (6) will replace lowest die of each roll if it is lower.

Rolled 8, 5, 5 = 18 (3d10)

>>4449511
>Stick together while you search. Slow but steady.

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

>>4449511
>Stick together while you search. Slow but steady.
Never split the party, especially in classic horror scenarios

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

>>4449511
>Stick together while you search. Slow but steady.
We're not the Scooby-Doo crew, no splitting the group!

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>>4449514
>>4449518
>>4449520
>Writing

>>4449520
We don't need to, covering more ground is pointless if you can just sense the ghost

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“In any case, we should stick together,” you say as you begin going forward. “Akane’s got our flashlight, and we all know stupid shit happens in movies where people separate.”

While the two girls look around not knowing what to look for, you have a much clearer picture in your mind. You’ve seen and felt this ghost before, so you know his spiritual signature. Focusing on your Reikaku, you suddenly see white ribbons materialize in front of you and around. Some thinner and translucent, others wide and opaque. Looking at Akane and Chie, they both have a thread coming from their chests towards you.

Well, then. It looks like you’ve managed to figure out something new.

You feel through the different ribbons mentally, until one of them matches the memory you have of the principal ghost. Once you lock onto it, the other ribbons disappear, leaving you with a single one, a guide that takes you to your target.

The closer you get, the more of the lights begin to flicker and soon enough, the ceiling lights are out. Chie is freaking out, while Akane does her best to stay headstrong and takes out her flashlight.

You’re pretty sure the ghost is in the next room, and you’re also sure he knows you’re onto him.

Talking to him would be the easiest way to figure out what’s been happening, but Akane and Chie probably won’t be able to see him.

>Go in together. You’ll have to explain ghosts to them sooner or later anyway.
>Tell them to say back, you’ll deal with this yourself.
>Exit your body. Give them something else to think about while you deal with the ghost.
>Other?

>>4449531
>Go in together. You’ll have to explain ghosts to them sooner or later anyway.

Besides the sooner we give them spiritual power the more time Kisuke will have to train them as well before leaving

>>4449531
>Go in together. You’ll have to explain ghosts to them sooner or later anyway.

>>4449531
>Exit your body. Give them something else to think about while you deal with the ghost.

>>4449531
>Exit your body. Give them something else to think about while you deal with the ghost

>>4449531
>Go in together. You’ll have to explain ghosts to them sooner or later anyway.

>>4449531
>Go in together. You’ll have to explain ghosts to them sooner or later anyway.
Better that they learn now and not when something big attacks.

>>4449534
>>4449535
>>4449536
>>4449540
>>4449543
>>4449548
Going in together wins!
>Writing

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Well, you’ll have to tell them sooner or later, so it’s better to be sooner.

“Chie-chan, Akane-san…” you begin, turning to look at them. “I want you to make sure not to panic. The ghost we’re looking for really exists and he’s behind this door.”

Chie looks like she’s about to panic despite your request, but Akane puts a hand on her shoulder to keep her from doing it, while she’s struggling to believe your words.

“I haven’t told you because I didn’t want to involve you, but, the fact is I can see ghosts. So just… stick to me and let me handle this, okay?”

The two of them nod. While Akane is still skeptical, she no doubt feels the tense atmosphere.

Ever since you got closer, the air feels more and more stale. You feel this guy’s reiatsu from behind the door, and it’s filled with an eerie dark calmness.

You open the door to find a storage room of all kinds of school furniture and supplies, but the center is open, and there’s an armchair on the opposite side. And on that sofa, sits a man in a navy suit, round glasses, black hair, and most importantly…

His chain of fate is barely noticeable, with only a single chain link left on it, and the area surrounding it looks like it’s bleeding darkness.

He looks at you, and slowly claps. “Well, well, well, somebody that not only can see me, but knows how to find me.”

>1/2

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“Who are you?” you ask, “Are you the former principal?”

“So you’ve heard of me,” he answers. “Matsubara Kinji. Though that would be Matsubara-sensei for you, Koharu-san.”

Your heart sinks. “How do you know my name?” you demand.

“Please, you’re smarter than this. This is my school. A good principal knows his students.”

Akane and Chie are sticking close to you, with Akane moving her flashlight around, trying to find anything.

“He’s sitting on the armchair, keep still,” you tell them.

“So, you’ve found me. With two other students who can’t even see me. Well, here I am,” he says as he crosses his legs and puts his arms together, watching you intently.

>2/2

>Why are you here?
>What did you do to the other girls?
>How did you die?
>Other?

>>4449574
>Why are you here?
>What did you do to the other girls?
>How did you die?

>>4449574
>>What did you do to the other girls?

>>4449577
Support. Gotta know everything.

>>4449577
>>4449578
>>4449586
Everything it is, with an emphasis on the second option.
>Writing

>>4449590
Actually, since this is a social task
>Roll 3d10, Bo3, higher better. Social stat (5) will replace the lowest die of each roll if it is lower.

Rolled 6, 1, 9 = 16 (3d10)

>>4449600
Rollan

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

>>4449600

Rolled 6, 5, 7 = 18 (3d10)

>>4449600
rrrrroll

>>4449608
>20
>>4449609
>13
>>4449611
>18

>Writing

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You swallow hard, considering how to deal with him. The former principal doesn’t seem to be aggressive, but that could change. While you have more experience under your belt than before, it still isn’t much.

“If I remember right, you were principal some twenty years ago. Why are you still lingering here?”

Kinji closes his eyes for a moment before looking again at you. “This is my school. This school is what it is because of me, and I’ll make sure to look after it.”

Something feels wrong about this. Sure, in a way it checks out, him watching over classes during the day, but the few times you’ve seen him, you just know his intentions weren’t as pure as that.

“And by that you mean stalking students?” you ask, crossing your arms. “What have you done to them?”

Matsubara-sensei narrows his eyes. “Now why would you care? It’s not like they were your friends. Why would you defend those who bullied you?”

This guy reeks of bad omens.

“Because friends or not, you should keep your hands off the living.”

Kinji rises up from his chair, irritation visible on his face. “That’s no way to speak to your superior, Koharu-san. If you’re so eager to defend them, maybe you should then take my full, undivided attention? Or maybe I should show you what I did, but with your close friends?”

His reiatsu begins to rise, and your stomach begins to feel bad. His spiritual signature… it feels a little like a hollow’s!”

>1/3

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“Leave them out of this!” you say and straighten your arms to the sides, protecting the two.

“If focusing on me will keep the others out, then so be it,” you say. Akane and Chie of course are ready to protest. You notice only now that they’re feeling nauseous and it’s getting harder for them to breathe.

“Oh? You’re intent on protecting them too?” the principal smirks. “Aren’t you the saint.”

He’s definitely intent on escalating the situation, but you still want to try and talk sense to him.

“Matsubara-sensei,” you begin by addressing him politely, “please reconsider. You’re clearly here because something is tying you here. Something that keeps you from passing on. Just how.. did you die?”

Kinji scratches his chin and begins to laugh. It looks like Akane and Chie can hear something by their scared reaction.

“How did I die? Right, they want to keep it a secret…”

>2/3

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“When I was principal, I gave this school my everything, my all. I defended it, I fought for it, I innovated,” he boasts confidently.

“Doing so much work, having such a big burden… yet all the reward I got was simple gratitude. But gratitude doesn’t always cut it, does it?”

He gives you a creepy smile as he adjusts his glasses. You absolutely don’t like where this is going.

“So I decided to take my own ‘rewards.’ I am the school’s principal afterall, the supreme authority in this building. What place does a student have to refuse me?”

You feel like vomiting.

“But then, those bitches decided to group together and rat me out to the police. Suffice to say, I didn’t go down without a fight.”

“You asked what I did to those girls, well I’ll tell you. I gave them something to remember, and something to tell their treacherous mothers. That ‘daddy’ is furious.”

As he says that, his final chain fragment begins to devour itself while he’s laughing and screaming at the same time, his voice changing into a more reverberating one.

>3/3

>Time to run. Take Akane and Chie and leg it.
>Tell your friends to run, you stay.
>Tell Akane and Chie to keep your body safe, and separate your soul.
>Tell your friends to run, and tell them to take your body.
>Other?

>>4449669
>Tell Akane and Chie to keep your body safe, and separate your soul.

Keeping them nearby is dangerous but best to know where they are

>>4449669
>Tell your friends to run, you stay.
Oh joy ghost rape
Well it takes a moment for hollows to form if I remember correctly and we should be the only one to catch his attention, I hope

>>4449669
>Tell your friends to run, and tell them to take your body.
If he goes poof here in the basement were fucked. We should try and lure him outside

>>4449669
>Tell Akane and Chie to keep your body safe, and separate your soul.

>>4449680
>>4449690
>>4449692
>>4449696
Leaving your body with Akane and Chie wins.
>Writing

In the meantime, you can start thinking about strategy and how to deal with the forming hollow.

Honestly we should blitz him right away. Once he forms there's no guarantee he'll even be in this room but he should be at his weakest right after forming.

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Kinji’s maniacal laugh and scream reverberates throughout the room and probably beyond. Akane and Chie can hear or feel a fraction of it, as they are holding their hands to their ears in an attempt to block it off.

“Akane, Chie!” you shout, and push them out of the room from where you came from. Kinji’s body begins to get surrounded by a dark void, and in a blinding flash it disappears, leaving charred marks in the room.

While it seems like he’s gone for now, your guts say he’ll come back very, very soon. And considering you were the one to agitate him, you have a strong feeling his target will be you.

Chie is a sobbing mess, so you focus on your other best friend.

“Akane, listen to me!” you say while shaking her a bit by her shoulders. She gets herself composed again. “Koharu, what the fuck is this? What’s happening?!”

“Akane, you have to stay calm. I need you to trust me, alright? I’ll explain everything when this is over!”

“I need you to stay put here with Chie and… with me.”

Akane looks at you, completely confused.

“I’m able to separate my soul from my body. Think of sleepwalking, but without actually moving. But while I do that, my body will be in your care, do you understand me?”

Akane is at a loss of words, but to her credit, she does muster up enough courage to give you a nod. You return the gesture, and sit beside her, and begin dragging yourself out of your physical confinement. Your body, now completely relaxed, falls softly on Akane’s shoulder.

Poor girl.

>1/2

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If that monster will hold onto its threat, it will for sure target you. So the best you can do is get enough distance from Akane and Chie so that whatever happens won’t endanger them.

You manage to get to the third floor, when your reikaku picks up a clear, strong signal, filled with bloodlust.

Located on the roof, the deformed soul of Kinji appears. He no longer resembles a human, instead taking various aspects of animals and bugs, but the most prominent being the mosquito. His mask forms last, the white bone-liquid substance flowing out of his mouth to cover his face. Thus, his transformation is complete. His lust for blood, stronger than ever.

You could’ve gone outside, but your instinct says that would only make you an open target. The school corridors gave you the best chances of survival right now. He’d have to find a way inside first, and assuming he’s as big as the other hollows you’ve seen so far, he’ll have a hard time moving in here.

You probably only have a few seconds to figure out a plan.

>2/2

>Focus on running and dodging with your crude shunpo. Buy time, figure him out.
>Take the fight to the hollow. Cannonball into him like what you did to Jun accidentally.
>Other?

>>4449736
>>Take the fight to the hollow. Cannonball into him like what you did to Jun accidentally.

>>4449736
>Focus on running and dodging with your crude shunpo. Buy time, figure him out.
Maybe someone *cough* Hisashi *cough* will notice.

>>4449736
>Take the fight to the hollow. Cannonball into him like what you did to Jun accidentally.

>>4449736
>>Take the fight to the hollow. Cannonball into him like what you did to Jun accidentally.

>>4449736
>Focus on running and dodging with your crude shunpo. Buy time, figure him out.

>>4449747
>>4449750
>>4449756
>>4449759
>>4449760
Looks like the offensive route wins. I'll use a bit of the other too, though.
>Writing

Also:
>Roll 3d10, Bo3 for the upcoming struggle. DC 17, crit 26.

Rolled 4, 7, 7 = 18 (3d10)

>>4449764

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

>>4449764

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

>>4449764

Rolled 5, 9, 7 = 21 (3d10)

>>4449764

Damn, I shouldn't have rolled

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>>4449774
Eh we passed with the first one.

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You didn’t even have two seconds. Like smoke, the hollow seems to vanish, only for a void to open on the wall beside you, from which the creature lunges, aiming to impale you with that creepy long nose-thing.

Fortunately, your reikaku serves you well even here, and you manage to dodge this attack. As the mosquito-like hollow recovers, it turns to look at you.

Up close, you can see his mask much clearer. It looks like the face of a madman grinning, with spiked teeth, and a long nose-like protrusion that you’d expect from a mosquito, with the color changing to black at the very end. But what’s most odd, is that the mask extends far behind his head as well, and a large slightly translucent sack sticks out from there, with some redness inside. You’re pretty sure that it is meant for blood, and that nose of his is how he gets it.

You definitely don’t want to see what happens if he gets you with it.

The hollow chases you throughout the hallway, laughing in its distorted voice. You keep dodging him with your crude shunpo, but just barely, and he knows this.

“What’s wrong, rabbit? Ehehehehe! Getting tired? Want a rest?” he keeps taunting you.

If this keeps up, you won’t have any stamina left. So you decide to switch towards the offensive. And what’s better than a surprise attack at that too?

>1/2

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Just as the bloodsucker is about to taunt, you reverse your direction with shunpo and gather reiatsu around your fist like last time. It doesn’t matter how you deliver your punch, you muse, but how much reiatsu you can focus in the direction of the punch.

You aim for the head as that’s what you were told a hollow’s weak point is, but unfortunately you instead connect with its abdomen. Your attack packs a very generous wound, singing a lot of flesh.

The hollow is quick to smack you away, sending you flying towards the end of the corridor. You manage to cushion the impact with reiatsu just enough that you don’t lose consciousness. As you look at the hollow, you see the wound you made sizzling close, regenerating.

Shit… so damage anywhere else won’t last much at all.

“You piece of shit, you think you’re hot stuff, yeah? Well I’m going to ENJOY abusing, skinning, violating, and then finally eating you!”

He quickly closes the distance between you two and puts his hand to your throat before you manage to get away.

“Thank ‘you’ for the meal, bitch!” he laughs and impales his nose into your shoulder. You scream out, the pain something completely different than anything you’ve felt before.

Not only do you feel a disorienting wave wash over you, which you assume is from his venom, but like your life force is being drained.

This is not good at all.

You might actually die like this.

You reach deep inside again, pleading for anything to save you from this predicament.

>2/2

You…
>Reach for the calm river, beckoning it to become a torrent of power.
>Reach for the deep abyss, resigning to primal fear and unleash it.

>>4449792
>>Reach for the deep abyss, resigning to primal fear and unleash it.

>>4449792
>Reach for the deep abyss, resigning to primal fear and unleash it.

>>4449802
>>4449817
Well, gonna go with these two then.

>Roll 3d10, Bo3 for effect. DC 14, crit 25. Mental stat (6) will replace lowest die of each roll.

Rolled 2, 10, 9 = 21 (3d10)

>>4449836

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

>>4449836

Rolled 1, 10, 3 = 14 (3d10)

>>4449836
>>4449837
Thanks for making me irrelevant.

>>4449837
>21 -> 24
>>4449840
>22 -> 23
>>4449842
>14 -> 19

>Writing

>>4449847
>>4449837
Wait, I fucked up.
>2(6), 10, 9 = 21(25)

So it's actually a crit!

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Deep, deep inside, below your thoughts, below your senses, are your primal emotions. And within those, power stirs.

The world crawls to a stop, as time doesn’t pass as quick. Then it all turns to black, and you only see a void around you. Shadows moving back and forth that you just manage to separate from the pitch black background.

“Give me power!” you affirm your thought, and you feel the energy surge within you. You swear you can hear faint laughter from your surroundings.

“I said give me power!” you shout out, even though your mouth doesn’t move. More laughter comes from around you, until a feminine voice calls back from the abyss.

“Ask, and you shall receive..”

As the hollow of Kinji’s soul readies to suck out your blood, he freezes in place as your reiatsu spikes enormously. His nose stuck inside of your shoulder, he feels the full effect of your presence, and the purple-black reiatsu surrounds him, as if choking him.

He let’s go of his hand from your throat as he struggles to find whatever is suffocating him, and you slide off of the mosquito-nose-thing on his mask, which is left with a bloody trail.

You’re on your knees on the ground, but your gaze is fixated on the hollow, like the web of a spider keeping him in place as he struggles to break free of it.

You’ve channeled your fear… no, not just your fear. Your anger, your frustration, and much more into this. The creature in front of you no doubt feels the full scale of your primal emotions.

And then you feel it. The bloodlust of this hollow. His consuming hunger. His regrets. His desires. His mind is like an open book to you right now, free to be violated and ripped apart.

Your mouth curls into a wicked grin.

>Use this opportunity and try to destroy his mask.
>Experiment: Try to make him do your bidding. (write-in for details)
>Experiment: Try to meddle with his mind. (write-in for details)
>Other?

>>4449871
>Use this opportunity and try to destroy his mask.

>>4449871
>>Experiment: Try to meddle with his mind. (write-in for details)
He likes to be control but he isn't, he never was. He threw everything else away but his desire. He was a slave to his desires. We are his desire. He is our slave.

>>4449871
>>Use this opportunity and try to destroy his mask.

>>4449896
Sounds interesting. Supporting

>>4449890
>>4449896
>>4449906
>>4449907
One more vote needed to break the tie!

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>4449911
Well, then it's up to the dice gods.
>1: Use this opportunity and try to destroy his mask.
>2: Experiment (with anon's idea)

>Roll 3d10, Bo3. Higher better.

Rolled 2, 8, 9 = 19 (3d10)

>>4449929
Bah, spider themed magic lady with her mosquito butler was tickling my SoulEater memories.

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

>>4449929
Why dice gods..

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

>>4449929

>>4449930
>>4449934
>>4449938
>Writing

>>4449930
If it's any consolidation, I was rooting for that option, but I wanted to be fair.

Buuut I'll do a little something.

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He is completely paralyzed and vulnerable right now, and you won’t let this opportunity slide. You muster your reiatsu once again into your arm and throw one last punch at the hollow’s mask.

The effect is violent and explosive. The hollow is sent flying down the corridor, damaging the interior as he tumbles. You broke his mask alright… but apparently not all of it.

You can see Kinji’s face now, who screams in pain for a solid minute before growing numb enough to take in his surroundings. He looks confused as hell, as if he was woken up from a nightmare. You limp towards him, your eyes still fixated on him. On his side, in his haze, he only makes out a pair of purple-glowing eyes.

“W-What the fuck is going on?!” he demands. As he looks down at his arms, he notices his monstrous change.

“You lost yourself,” you say, coming closer.

“S-Stay away!” he shouts.

“You thought you had control,” you almost whisper, “but you are not, never were.”

“You could not live with your own failure. In the end, you lost everything to your desire to be a ruler, and became a slave instead.”

Kinji is panicking, trying to escape, but finds that he is still, at least partially, paralyzed.

As you stand in front of him, you raise your open palm towards him, focusing your reiatsu.

“And a fly trapped in a spider’s web has nowhere to go, and thus becomes its slave.”

Your power and words seem to have a profound effect on him as you still feel his mind, parts of it restructured. His eyes briefly glow purple like yours, and then subside, with foam coming out of his mouth.

You don’t know exactly what changed, as the link is severed. Kinji remains limp, barely conscious, while his mask is slowly reforming. You also feel that same weird void appearing around him.

>Kill him
>Spare him

>>4449968
>Spare him
Either we'll have to kill him later or he'll become an asset.

>>4449968
>Spare him
I mostly went with breaking the mask because i was worried he might escape at some point but controlling him seems easier then I thought

>>4449968
>>Spare him
noice minion get

For clarification, you don't know yet how well the thing worked. He might still be enemy, might be not, but you definitely changed something.

>>4449973
>>4449975
>>4449978
>Writing

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You decide to do something which every fiber of your body tells you you’ll regret:

You spare him.

Kinji’s hollow body fades into the dark void, and you are left alone in the school building, the corridors damaged and walls broken here and there. With the adrenaline subsiding, you slump down onto the ground.

“Heh, looks like I’ve lost a bunch of blood…” you say to noone in particular. You lose consciousness.

You only see darkness around you, until suddenly you find a tree stump in front of you. Slowly but surely some land begins to expand from its root, and from there, water. Beyond the pond, a vast forest.

Shaking your head for a moment to reorient your senses, you find yourself standing on an island in the middle of a lake, which is surrounded by a forest. The sky is clearly dawning, and you hear whispers all around you.

The tree stump that you saw initially has one half already growing new sprouts and vegetation, facing towards the lighter part of the sky, while on the opposite side is just decay and some fungus growing.

“Hello?” you call out, but don’t hear a response.

>...

“Helloooo!” Kisuke greets you mere inches away from your face as you come back to your senses. While by reflex you would have punched him in his annoying face by now, your body doesn’t listen, and instead you just remain lying down.

You glance around a few times and recognize this place as Urahara’s shop. At least, it matches the rest of the interior when you were there. Plus Mr. Hat-And-Clogs being here kind of confirms it.

“What the hell were you thinking?!” you hear Hisashi’s voice as he enters the room. “Going after a hollow on your own, are you INSANE?!”

“Loud…” you mumble as you stir in the bedroll. Based on the feeling, this is your physical one.

He sighs. “Still.. I’m relieved you’re okay.”

>Where’s Akane and Chie? Are they okay?
>Yeah? Well where were you when that hollow attacked?
>What happened after I fell unconscious?
>Other?

>>4450020
>>What happened after I fell unconscious?

>>4450020
>>Where’s Akane and Chie? Are they okay?

>>4450020
>Where’s Akane and Chie? Are they okay?
>What happened after I fell unconscious?

>>4450023
>>4450029
>>4450033
>Writing

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“My friends… Akane-san, Chie-chan, are they okay?” you ask as you try to sit upright with Hisashi’s assistance.

“They’re all fine,” Kisuke waves his fan around, “They’re drinking tea with Tessai right now.”

You sigh in relief. It pains you however that you had to involve them like this, but at least they’re unhurt.

“What happened after I lost consciousness?” you ask, moving your fingers in succession to get a feel on them.

“Hisashi-kun?” Urahara nods at him. He scratches the back of his head.

“I arrived a little too late. The moment I sensed a new hollow, I bolted towards its direction. But by the time I got there, it was gone, and you were out of your body, lying with a wound.”

“So I put you back into your physical body. That girl, with the long brown hair, could see me. Well, not exactly but almost.”

“Hat-And-Clogs-san happened to be close by so we brought you all here. Since then, you slept for two days straight.”

Wait. Two days? Fuck.

“Shit, I was out for that long?! Oh man, the teacher’s gonna kill me..” you complain.

“Oh, your school’s been closed since then,” Kisuke explains. “The humans are trying to figure out what happened. Silly creatures, aren’t they!”

Well, that does help things out.

“My friends stayed here for two days as well?”

“No, but they insisted on coming to visit so they’d be here when you wake up.”

>Well, I’m awake. I should go see them.
>Hollows… are they truly mindless creatures?
>Something weird happened when I fought. (Tell about the fight)
>Other?

>>4450066
>Hollows… are they truly mindless creatures?

>>4450066
>>Hollows… are they truly mindless creatures?

>>4450070
>>4450071
Two it is.
>Writing

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“Kisuke-sensei,” you ask, wrestling with your thoughts.

“Regarding hollows… are all of them truly mindless creatures?”

Instead of Kisuke it is Hisashi who answers instead.

“Of course they are. Hollows think of nothing other than eating innocent souls. That’s why we fight them, and return them to the cycle, along with the souls they’ve eaten.”

You glare at him for a moment.

“What?”

“I didn’t ask you, dumbass.”

Hisashi groans.

“Well, Hisashi-kun is right-”

“See?” Hisashi gloats.

“-but he’s kind of wrong.” Kisuke finishes his sentence.

“Tell me, have you ever been completely taken over by an emotion?”

You dig into your thoughts, doing your best to recall anything like that. There are some faint memories from your childhood, especially the few times you got angry at other kids teasing you.

“Not particularly,” you admit.

“Hollows are driven by two things: Firstly, their burden to this world; and secondly, their extreme hunger for reiryoku which they cannot generate themselves.”

“As long as they are afflicted with these two obsessions, they are the mindless creatures that shinigami, such as Hisashi, hunt.”

You narrow your eyes. “But if those two things are fixed somehow, even temporarily… then they could be capable of reason?”

Urahara’s eyes are once again shadowed by his hat.

“In theory. I’ve yet to see it happen.”

>I see. I really should go see my friends now though.
>Speaking of hollows, something odd happened…
>Technically I lost the fight. I need more training.
>I need a break. All this has been exhausting.
>Other?

>>4450089
>>I see. I really should go see my friends now though.
We must hug friends and heal.
goodnight OP

>>4450089
>I see. I really should go see my friends now though.

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>>4450095
Good night man.

I think I'll hit the bed myself too, since it seems the players are.

I'll see about making a few extra posts tomorrow to wrap this session up, hopefully people will be around. This has been incredibly fun for me at least, so thank you all for that. Hope it's been fun for you all too.

>>4450089
>>I see. I really should go see my friends now though.
>>4450104
Night QM, thanks for running

>>4450089
>>I see. I really should go see my friends now though.

>>4450089
>>Speaking of hollows, something odd happened…

Sorry for being a lurker.

>>4450089
>I see. I really should go see my friends now though.
>Speaking of hollows, something odd happened…

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>>4450095
>>4450098
>>4450133
>>4450246
>>4450379
>>4450637
Friends win.
>Writing

>>4450379
Everyone's welcome regardless whether they lurk or participate. But I do encourage voting, even if it's just once or twice a thread!

Also, since it's a weekday, the updates will be more spread out time-wise.

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That did get you thinking. Your memories are hazy at best regarding your fight with the hollow Kinji, but one thing is clear: When you connected to his mind, it was definitely a large chaos with hunger and obsession with control at its head. But there was also a lot more beneath all that, shreds of humanity.

“Did anything interesting… happen, Koharu-chan?” Kisuke asks you, his voice changing into that of a scientist wanting to see the results of an experiment. That is, your guts are saying he probably knows much more than he lets on.

“Kind of,” you say without really revealing anything.

“I really should go see my friends now though, they’re probably worried sick,” you deflect, doing your best to get up. Your balance is off and you feel like just falling back onto the bedroll, but Hisashi keeps you stable enough for you to readjust.

Kisuke nods and points behind him towards the door. “They’re in the lounge, Tessai’s probably making you some tea as we speak!”

Akane and Chie are being entertained by Jun, who’s having a blast telling them all kinds of outlandish stories. As they notice you, Chie instantly jumps up and attacks you with a hug. Akane follows behind shortly, patting you on the shoulder.

“We thought you died!” Chie bawls.

“...She’s exaggerating,” Akane rolls her eyes.

“No I’m not! I was sooo scared!”

“In any case, we’re glad to see you in one piece,” Akane gives you a warm smile.

>1/2

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After enough hugging that was making your back hurt, you all settle back on the table, where Tessai brings you a cup of tea as well.

“So, um,” you scratch the back of your head, “How much do you know?”

“Tessai-san here explained things,” Akane says, “I mean, I sort of get it, but at the same time I don’t.”

“But we do know you saved us, Koharu-chan!” Chie interjects.

“More like got you into trouble…” you mumble.

“Nonsense!” Akane waves her hand and then leans back, sipping on the tea.

“But who knew that ghosts were really… real?” she muses, more to herself than to anyone in particular.

>2/2

>Well, now that you know… what are you going to do?
>You’re involved now, we should ask Kisuke-sensei to teach you too.
>It’s best that you try and forget, and continue a normal life.
>Other?

>>4450780
>Well, now that you know… what are you going to do?

>>4450780
>>Well, now that you know… what are you going to do?


Oh shit, are we going full SMT-Summon on the Hollows?

>>4450780
>>Well, now that you know… what are you going to do?

>>4450824
>>4450853
>>4450856
>Writing

>>4450853
I.. I must confess I haven't played SMT titles. Pls explain?

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You feel bad for them. Before they could just live through life without worrying about ghosts and hollows, but now, you don’t think they can just return to that life.

“Well, now that you know about this… what are you two going to do?” you ask.

The two remain silent for a solid minute, listening to the clock in the room tick with every passing second.

Finally, Akane sighs loudly. “To be honest, even if I’d go back to school life and pretend nothing happens, it won’t change the fact that I’m aware of things I shouldn’t be.”

“You know me, Koharu, I’m not good at ignoring things, especially ones that threaten me or my friends.”

Chie stares down her cup of tea, at the circular waves that bounce off the edges to the rhythm of her own heartbeat.

“I just.. want to forget,” she finally says. “I’m not brave nor strong. I just… want things to be like they were before.”

You expected this pretty much, that’s just how their personalities are.

CHOOSE ONE FOR AKANE:
>You don’t have to ignore. I’m learning to fight bad ghosts, you should too.
>I feel you, but you shouldn’t waste your time alive dealing with the dead.

CHOOSE ONE FOR CHIE:
>I understand, Chie-chan, but if you do nothing, you’ll be in danger again someday.
>That’s completely okay. I’m sure Kisuke-sensei can help with that.

>>4450895
Hmm, broadly speaking, entering a negotiation/intimidation/control thing with them and then summoning them for battles. In other words, i meant as in controlling them and using them as Pokémon.

Hell, in Persona 5 they are even stored in masks.


>>4450926
Akane:
>You don’t have to ignore. I’m learning to fight bad ghosts, you should too.

Chie:
>That’s completely okay. I’m sure Kisuke-sensei can help with that.

I don't think we should try to force her hand. Also, Akane is waifu material. When are we dropping the trap bomb?

>>4450895
Mon catching games with demons, fusion of demons replacing evolution

>>4450926
Akane
>You don’t have to ignore. I’m learning to fight bad ghosts, you should too.

Chie
>I understand, Chie-chan, but if you do nothing, you’ll be in danger again someday.

>>4450940
Fuck, your way of explaining is better. Yep, basically that.

>>4450926
>>You don’t have to ignore. I’m learning to fight bad ghosts, you should too.
So she can keep Chie out of trouble.
>That’s completely okay. I’m sure Kisuke-sensei can help with that.
Because poor girl is gonna freak out and get someone killed.

>>4450938
>>4450940
>>4450943
>Writing

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You nod to both, sighing. You’re not exactly a seasoned veteran of the ghost world yourself, but you are more experienced than them, and it’s about time you return the favor for all the help they’ve given you so far.

“You don’t have to ignore, Akane,” you say, looking straight into her eyes. “Kisuke-sensei is teaching me how to fight bad ghosts. I’m sure he can help you with that too.”

“Tessai-san… is there anything in the shop that can, you know, help with Chie’s decision?”

The big man strokes his moustache as he thinks for a moment. He answers you in a deep voice.

“Well, we do have memory-altering devices,” he explains. “The shinigami usually use them on humans who got in unintentional contact with spiritual matters. Or when they need to make somebody disappear.”

Chie looks at him, sort of hopeful. She’s definitely conflicted about this though, whether she should resort to something like that.

“Well, probably don’t have to decide now, Chie-chan,” you assure her. “Just know that it’s possible, if you feel like you can’t forget on your own. Will hollows come after her, Tessai-san?”

Tessai nods. “As long as she can’t see the spirit world, she should be fine. It’s hard to say.”

You turn back to Akane. “And if something ever comes up, me and Akane will keep you safe. Right, Akane?”

“Damn straight!” she says, patting Chie on her back.

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And so concludes this weekend’s (plus a little extra) session. We’re halfway through Urahara’s week (it’s the beginning of day 4 of 7), and you got a closer sneak peak at one of your main powers through that lucky crit.

Suffice to say, that won’t be the last time we’ll see mosquito-man.

I’ll update the character sheets and social links for this thread.

Next session will be on Saturday, using this same thread, since thread lifespan on /qst/ is much longer than I anticipated. Sadly we’ll be on permasage though.

Expect more training, helping out Akane with hers, potentially seeing Hisashi’s shikai for the first time too. Stay tuned!

Feedback, questions, thoughts, ideas are all welcome as always. I’ll be around to answer anything.

Nice one, thanks OP.
Btw, which Division does Hisashi belongs to?

>>4451007
>Btw, which Division does Hisashi belongs to?

It's still to be decided. Originally, I planned to have you roll 1d13 to choose a decision and go with that.

But on the other hand, there are some divisions that would suit him better than the others, such as 1st, 6th, 7th, 9th and 13th, based on the division descriptions and their captains.

So I'm thinking whether to let everyone discuss and vote on a division instead.

Thoughts?

>>4451115
I’m fine with you choosing whichever division you think would make the most sense for him to be in

>>4451115
> Will Kurotsuchi ever come after us? After all I mean we have rather unique Reiatsu and abilities.

>>4451115
>>4451154
Agreed, i'm fine with you deciding.

>>4451159
Fuck. True that.

>>4451159
>Will Kurotsuchi ever come after us? After all I mean we have rather unique Reiatsu and abilities.
For sure. That, and he's probably not the only one to be very, very interested in Koharu. Cough, Aizen, cough

Considering Mayuri dissected various specimen, both live and souls left and right, I'm surprised he was never sentenced to anything by central 46. Especially considering that Kisuke pulled him out of the Maggot's Nest, so technically he should've been very suspicious. Very much after Kisuke's sentencing and escape with the visored.

>>4451172
I mean, why would they complain when he brings results? Just turn a blind eye and that's it.

Him and Kenpachi are my favorite captains, so... Yeah, i'm hype.

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>>4451176
>I mean, why would they complain when he brings results? Just turn a blind eye and that's it.
Very much true. And since he's dissected mostly blood-sworn enemies of the Gotei 13, the nobles don't mind.

>>4451115
I wonder if we can control visored

>>4451185
When were you under the impression that the ability applies only to hollows?

>>4451182
A big reason why would be Hueco Mundo. Especially in this AU, where it will be quite different from canon. Because we have an additional source material

>>4450994
Bussy threat level?

>>4451603
>Bussy threat level?
>1.5
Your actions have slightly nudged it higher this thread.

>>4452005
>principal wasn't going to rape us
Rude!

>>4452753
Yeah I was thinking 1.5 was a bit of a lowball given that encounter

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>>4452753
>>4452769
Ah, I was thinking more of what the level was at the end of the thread, my bad. But I can do total too:
>6
Especially because of the ghost of the principal.

So to plan a bit ahead, I had a couple ideas:

1) Would it be reasonable for Koharu to get a few dumbells to workout some? It would make sense that if the astral body is a copy of the physical one, that strengthening the physical one should also proportionally strengthen the astral one. Emphasis on ab-workouts.
(Full-disclosure I mainly think it would be funny for the character to have a shredded six-pack but a mostly slim/unimpressive physique other than that).

2) If it comes up, I'd prefer to figure out how to use the power that didn't get used against the mosquito monster next time training with Urahara.

2.5) Since the spooder-power is kind of creepy, Koharu should keep it to himself for a little while just in case it's considered taboo by Shinigami after Hisashi got assmad hearing Koharu asking those questions about Hollows. Maybe try practicing it in secret.

>>4453469
I’m all for all 3 ideas, especially 1, although I feel like Koharu needs to be more fit, become a lean trap who can defend his bussy physically when needed

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>>4453507
Getting some muscle-definition would be fine too, just don't want him getting bulky like that one Arrancar.

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>>4453546
Oh dear god no. Koharu will stay a trap.

>>4453469
>1) workout
There'll be chances to bump up physique for sure. Doing it with the astral body is pretty easy as Koharu has no problems in that body. It's the physical body that suffers from fragility, partially because of the mismatch between the astral and physical body.
>2) using the other power
There'll be a definite chance to explore this next session. Urahara has a very devilish lesson in mind, reminiscent of the pit where Ichigo ends up in his training.
>2.5) keep power secret
Sounds reasonable. Given the laws of SS, anything that allows to harness or control hollow or hollowlike powers will trigger the central 46.

These questions and thoughts are good, I will definitely do my best to keep them in mind while writing the quest and present you with a diverse set of opportunities.

>>4453563
>Doing it with the astral body is pretty easy as Koharu has no problems in that body. It's the physical body that suffers from fragility
Even if the "gains" are meager, I wouldn't think exercising with the physical body would be a total waste of time if it was done routinely, even if it's just light jogging/calisthenics/dumbells. Better than doing nothing anyway.

Got to say I feel like physical exercise with our real body will be useless. We are starting out so far behind that training will cut into out spiritual training, social life and ghost hunting. Going to have to sideline out a noticeable chunking of our life for it. It would be best if we focused on spiritual ways to cover those bases, learning Kido would be the best idea as we already seem to favour spirit energy.

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Oh hey a new Bleach ques-
>trap MC
>implied rape in the second thread
>followed by implied INCESTUOUS rape

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>>4454300
Oh shit it's Spoops oh god what do
I'll have you know this quest is specifically sponsored by degeneracy™ and shitposting™

>>4454393
I eagerly await investigating "the mysterious haunted hole in the bathroom stall".

>>4454393
Damn that brings back memories
Anyway boss I just read both threads and couldn't help but wonder: This is going to get very weird if/when we reach Giselle

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>>4454300
Oh damn your alive. How long has it been?