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“Dear students,” Instructor Konuma shouts, silencing the chit-chat between students. “We have been honored by Captain Komamura and his division. Lieutenant Iba and 3rd-Seat Asato will accompany us to the world of the living to oversee the field trip along with giving us their wisdom and insight. You should all feel honored.”

Captain Komamura then steps forward, speaking through his weird helmet.

“While I will not join you myself, rest assured that these two are the most capable my division has to offer. They have lived and survived through countless struggles and have upheld the honor of the Gotei 13 diligently.”

The Lieutenant and 3rd-seat both bow lightly to the students.

“Without further ado, make sure you get a hell butterfly so you won’t get lost on the way. Stick to the assigned groups of three and listen to senior members.”

“Isn’t this exciting?” Emika smiles beside you. You’ve been grouped together with her and Izumi, much to your surprise. Almost as if somebody has been watching you and with whom you’ve matched the best.

“Y-Yeah, I guess,” you respond.

“Yo,” Heizo pops out of nowhere, his zanpakutō on his shoulder.

“Huh? What are you doing here?” Emika asks, while Izumi is hiding behind you from being startled.

“I’m one of the seniors who’ll protect you, duh,” he responds with a cheeky grin, and leans over to right in front of her face. “So you can call me Heizo-senpai now.”

>2/2

>”Protect us? From what?”
>”Does that mean you’ve done this already? Any tips?”
>Other?

>>4525578
>>”Does that mean you’ve done this already? Any tips?”

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Welcome to a new thread of 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 former 10th grade (high schooler) trap training to become a shinigami of the Gotei 13 in Soul Society.
>When are we?
Currently it is end of Summer 1982, ~19 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 char sheet) 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?
So far it’s been 20 minutes per post at best. Generally I promise an update per hour at the very least. I post whenever I start writing, or if I’m held up for some reason. My timezone is UTC+2.
>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.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/QmTrippy
Archive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=advent+soul+quest
Char Sheets: https://pastebin.com/6FkNTn8E

So far I’ve survived the most dangerous drinks from my family, so we might actually get a working thread today. Wish me luck, boys.

>>4525578
>Protect us? You? Oh dear

>>4525578
>”Does that mean you’ve done this already? Any tips?”

>>4525578
>”Protect us? From what?”
>”Does that mean you’ve done this already? Any tips?”

>>4525578
>”Protect us? From what?”
>”Does that mean you’ve done this already? Any tips?”

>>4525582
>>4525591
>>4525596
>>4525601
>>4525602
>Writing

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“Protect us? You?” you ask blinking and then giggling. “Oh dear.”

“Huuh? What’s that?” Heizo turns from Emika towards you, poking your forehead. “You’ve still yet to beat me, you know.”

“That’s a completely different thing,” you push his finger away and cross your arms. “You’re a warrior, sure, but can you really protect anyone?”

Emika laughs at this. “Oh I’m sure he’ll do fine. Besides, he’s not the only one protecting us, as much as he’d love being the only one!” she teases Heizo, who whistles and looks away instead.

“What are you going to protect us from anyway?” you ask.

“T-T-That’d be h-hollows,” Izumi stutters behind you as she gets the courage to join the ‘ring’ you’ve formed among yourselves. “T-They’re notorious for suddenly a-attacking t-t-these f-field trips..”

“Yeah. We had a bunch in my first year too,” Heizo nods.

“So that means you’ve done this yourself already? Any… you know, tips?”

Heizo just laughs. “Not really, Koharu. Just do as instructed and show your skills.”

You roll your eyes. “Great, you’re sooo much help, it’s just amazing.”

Emika leans in to whisper to your ear. “He’d tell you if you praised him a little. Get him comfortable, you know, and he’ll become an open book.”

“What’s that?” Heizo narrows his eyes.

“I was just saying that I heard you beat a big hollow on your own field trip back then!” Emika gives him a poker-style smile.

“R-Really?” he laughs awkwardly. “Well it was a fine piece of work if I do say so myself! Got it distracted and BAM, I tore its mask to shreds!”

Emika winks to you with a smug expression of ‘see I told you so.’

>1/2

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This time the trip between the worlds is a far more pleasant one than when you journeyed to Soul Society from Osaka. With a hell butterfly to guide your way, you pass through a long corridor that looks like it’s from an old Japanese documentary. Finally you arrive in some desolate clearing with some abandoned buildings, but otherwise there’s a forest around and some mountains on the horizon.

Quite many tents have also been already set up around the area and your senses pick up a lot of barriers all around.

“This will be our base of operations for the duration of this field trip. Each team will get their own tent and you will be given their own schedule,” Instructor Konuma explains.

“We’ve prepared dummy artificial souls to populate the area, which will simulate recently deceased souls. You are to perform Soul Burial on them with your zanpakutō.”

“There are also dummy hollows roaming the area. They are by no means powerful enough to kill you, and have been developed to focus on survival and hunting the artificial souls. But beware, they are able to harm you.”

The students murmur among themselves about this, and Izumi especially looks terrified. You sigh, realizing there’s a high chance she’ll be more baggage than use during this field trip.

Instructor Konuma clears his throat, catching everyone’s attention. “Naturally that is why we have dedicated teams here to keep you safe. The barrier-team has put up wards around the area to keep us self-contained and to keep external threats away. But even if any slip by, the senior students are here to fend them off. Not to mention our 7th Division honorary guests. So rest assured, you are all in good hands.”

You, Emika and Izumi go to the tent designated for you. It's quite minimalistic, with just three bedrolls for sleep and a small container with rations and water.

“So let’s see,” Emika says, looking at the schedule that has been given to your group. “Our first ‘expedition’ into the forest is in about an hour. I think this is going to be exciting!”

“A-As long as we’re n-not attacked,” Izumi whispers, sighing.

>2/2

>Use this time to think about possible strategies, especially if you encounter a hollow dummy.
>Try to raise the morale, especially for Izumi. Right now she’s a liability, whether you encounter a dummy hollow or not.
>Other?

(write-in's encouraged for all options)

>>4525642
>Try to raise the morale, especially for Izumi. Right now she’s a liability, whether you encounter a dummy hollow or not.
She really needs a pep talk or the incentive of volume 1 of Sailor Moon, now on sale at your local bookstore

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>>4525647
Still nine years until Sailor Moon is first published
Promising her manga will actually do the trick very well, enough that you'll have a bit to strategise.

>>4525642
Well forming a strategy is almost pointless if we can't scout ahead to check the place so
>Try to raise the morale, especially for Izumi. Right now she’s a liability, whether you encounter a dummy hollow or not.

"We just have to do this by the book. Then we can fry some marshmallows."
Or something like that. Don't sugarcoat the issue, just promise a reward if they do well

>>4525647
>>4525661
Supporting both. Strategy-wise I think we can talk about general things I guess. We're clearly more frontliners, Emika is kido specialist and Izumi... well her only useful skill here would be healing

>>4525668
Medics are good. Even if they are shit at combat. The problem is that I don't trust her ability to heal us if we tank everything for her

>>4525642
>Try to raise the morale, especially for Izumi. Right now she’s a liability, whether you encounter a dummy hollow or not.

>>4525658
I forget what year the quest is on, but I would suggest Fist of the North Star for Izumi - if only because that's the only manga I know that might be time period compatible here.

>>4525658
Fuck I somehow read 91 as 81. Please forgive At least Cutie Honey is around right?

>>4525672
aaand NOW I see the quest's year written in >>4525589
Ugh, I need to go sleep

>>4525647
>>4525661
>>4525668
>>4525672
>Writing

>>4525672
>Fist of the North Star
1 more year for that, but it's a soon™ case.

>>4525675
>Cutie Honey
Bingo, that's around!

>>4525681
Oh, and give me a roll to see how effective your pep talk is. Stupid me keeps forgetting to prompt them.
>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 17, crit 25, Social (5) may replace lowest die.

Rolled 7, 6, 3 = 16 (3d10)

>>4525692

Rolled 9, 4, 9 = 22 (3d10)

>>4525692
GIVE ME YOUR WARFACE MAGGOT!

Rolled 2, 3, 4 = 9 (3d10)

>>4525692
By the power of manga!

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>>4525697
even when I succeed it's still not enough

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>>4525694
>16(18)
>>4525697
>22(23)
>>4525702
>9(12)

>Writing

>>4525702
...Im sorry bros, shoulda sworn to the power of yaoi instead..

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“It’s better to just live with the idea that hollows might lurk around,” you sigh, “I mean, that’s why we’re here in the first place, to get practice for the real thing in a safe environment. I mean, it can’t get much safer than this, can it? We have senior students, we have those 7th Division top guys, and even Instructor Konuma himself is here.”

“I-I guess,” Izumi sighs, not entirely convinced. You exhale deeply yourself in a bit of frustration. You consider something which might come to bite you in the ass. You lean in to whisper in her ear.

“...If you get yourself together, I might get you some new manga.”

And just like that, Izumi’s eyes flare to life, her stutter disappears and she’s shaking you by your shoulders. “REALLY?! YOU WOULD REALLY DO THAT?”

Emika looks at you and Izumi with utter confusion.

“Y-Yeah,” you avert your eyes and scratch your cheek. Oh god, what did you get yourself into? How are you going to do that without leaving this area? You could theoretically also ask somebody to do it for you. Heizo is rebellious by nature, so he might not care about rules that much. On the other hand, you could be bolder and ask Instructor Konuma himself, in exchange for… something.

In the end, both are bad choices.

“Ohthankthereiō!” she squeals, but slowly her eagerness falters. She’s clearly still worried about this trip, but you do get the feeling that she actually has some drive now.

The rest of the minutes you have you spend by just thinking about the skills you all possess and how to apply them together. There’s just one problem: none of you know much anything about where to begin with teamwork, especially combat. You’re still greenhorns.

Once your free time is over, the three of you find the instructor.

“Alright, girls. Here’s a map with your patrol route on it. The task is simple, each one should find an artificial soul and perform soul burial on them. On top of that, you are to find and hunt down a dummy hollow with your group.”

Each one of you nod.

“You may go.”

>1/2

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The three of you simply walk for a while at the beginning of the forest to slowly go in. As much as you’d like to just use shunpo, Emika isn’t as fast as you, and Izumi… is Izumi. Which means no shunpo.

Still, with the forest comes a certain feeling of calmness, despite your reikaku warning you about hollow presences lurking around. It’s only when Emika pokes you that you refocus back to your actual senses.

“Koharu, what’d you think about the two 7th Division guys?”

“Huh?”

“You know, the two handsome ones that came to oversee the field trip.” she continues to poke, this time just verbally.

“U-Uh, this might not be the right time-”

“I-I think they’d go well t-together,” Izumi responds from behind, fumbling her hands together, a weird look on her face.

Oh no. It’s coming out.

“W-What?” Emika asks confusedly.

“S-She means that they look quite strong and nice together, right?” you glare at Izumi, to which she awkwardly nods and whistles.

“You two are funny,” Emika giggles. “But I meant them being here. I’ve heard that this is highly unusual. Do you think they’ve come here to maybe assess and recruit?”

You blink. That could be very much true. Every time somebody from the Gotei 13 has visited the academy, it’s been about recruitment first and foremost.

“For sure,” you nod. “Now that you mention it, I would be surprised if they didn’t.”

“That would also mean that were somebody to be flashy and show off, they might get noticed by them,” Emika muses.

As the three of you think about it for a moment, Emika continues.

“I am curious though, if we return to what you thought I asked you,” she smiles wickedly at you.

“Uh-oh,” you start sweating.

“This whole year you’ve not shown any interest in anyone, like some sort of monk. Who is your type anyway? Come on, you can tell us!”

“Y-Yeah!” Izumi chimes in.

Shit, they got you cornered.

>2/2

>”Nobody, really. I’m just not interested.”
>”I don’t really know, but maybe this type of person…” (feature details?)
>”Well, if you must know, there’s somebody I guess…” (who?)

>>4525781
>Focus on the job you gossiping hags

>>4525788
This
Maybe tease that we "have a special someone" in mind whether its true or not

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>>4525788
>>4525794
>mfw put a tiny romance prompt and lose 50% of players

>Writing

>>4525813
Fujos deserve no mercy.

Also, give me a performance roll for the task!

>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 14, crit 23. No stat bonuses.

Rolled 4, 3, 2 = 9 (3d10)

>>4525828
I was busy with food so I missed the vote itself

Rolled 1, 10, 1 = 12 (3d10)

>>4525828

>>4525832
What food did you get? I stuffed myself with smoked-reindeer-flavored cheese chicken. Yes, I know that sounds weird.
You may have missed the vote but you can still give your opinion

Rolled 2, 7, 7 = 16 (3d10)

>>4525828
Well time to die painfully

>>4525838
Just some noodles. As for the vote, I would just gone with the same thing as the others.

>>4525832
>>4525834
>>4525839
It's a mediocre pass, but a pass nonetheless.
>Writing

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“Girls… focus. We’re not here to gossip,” you groan. Both look visibly disappointed but don’t say anything. “But if you really must know, there might be someone. Not telling you anything though.”

You decide to just get on with this thing and close your eyes, focusing on your senses once more. Locating artificial souls proves to be quite easy, especially in this forest where there’s hardly anything else, besides the hiding dummy hollows.

The first artificial soul you find is an older woman who can’t let go of her children and grandchildren. Were this a real case, she’d most likely be anchored to her family, following them as a ghost. Both you and Emika push Izumi to take care of this one, lightly guiding her through the steps. To your surprise, she manages to calm the old lady enough to perform the soul burial correctly.

The second one acts like he’s just been in a bad car accident, while he was trying to get to a hospital where his wife’s giving birth. The acting is so good, that you get the feeling as if such memories were really planted in this artificial soul. You’re lightly considering just how ethical this would be by the standards of the living world. Alas, this isn’t within the power of the living world anymore. You let Emika take this one, and she does her best to soothe and calm the artificial soul down, even promising to take him to his wife, before performing soul burial.

The last and third one is a child, reminding you a lot of Tokiko-chan.

“M-Mommy? Where’s mommy?” the little boy cries. You come closer to him and kneel down. Inside you feel your emotions stirring, especially as his cries resonate with those of your own early childhood, shortly after your own mother died.

You gently embrace the child, letting a single tear flow down your cheek.

“I will take you to mommy,” you say, letting go of him. “She’s waiting for you in a nice place.”

“R-Really?” the tearful eyes of the boy look into yours. You nod, and draw Naimen no Daiza.

“Do not worry, this won’t hurt at all,” you say and move the butt of your zanpakutō towards the boy’s forehead. The seal pattern sticks to his forehead and begins to glow, and the familiar magic works its way, leaving behind only a single hell butterfly to mark the boy’s passage to Soul Society.

You sigh and turn towards your two friends. “Well then, let’s- what?”

Emika and Izumi are both hugging each other and look like they’re about to cry.

“T-That was so touching..!” Emika tries to explain.

“K-Koharu, y-you’re too sweet..” Izumi nods.

You facepalm. “You guys… Aren’t we supposed to be emotionally neutral?”

>Roll 1d100 for possible event, taking second roll

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>4525901

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>4525901

>>4525574
I choose rape.

>>4525911
>19
Interesting.
>Writing

>>4525916
I... what?

>>4525813
Lurking at work, cant really participate.

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With the soul burials done, there’s only one thing left to do, and that is defeat one of those hollow dummies. Considering that you’ve fought and defeated the ‘weak’ hollows back at Urahara’s basement, you think this should be a piece of cake.

Relying on your senses, you pick one of the hollow signals and move towards it. To get to one you can’t just walk anymore; it’s either run or shunpo. Problem is, Izumi gets exhausted with either, even if you go at Emika’s shunpo speed.

“Izumi, think about what I promised you. Only if you try and do your best though…”

Izumi’s eyes flare up, lit by motivation and she suddenly really does her best to keep up with you and Emika. It kind of scares you what potential she might have that she just hasn’t been able to access due to her… interests.

You get to the hollow dummy just in time, as it is about to charge at a fleeing artificial soul who’s screaming for help.

“Emi, get him to safety!” you shout, and use a flash step to get in front of the boar-like hollow, your zanpakutō locked against its mask. You’re unable to stop the monster’s momentum however, and your feet drag along the ground as the boar-hollow continues its path. Fortunately, just as you’re about to hit the artificial soul, Emika gets to him and grabs him out of the way.

With that, you disengage yourself.

“That’s our target now!” you shout to Emika and Izumi.

Just as you’re about to continue, you hear another voice, but a familiar one, and an annoying one at that.

“Hold it right there! That is OUR target!”

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And that’s sadly where I’ll stop for today. It’s a shorter session than usual, but I’ll try to make it up to you guys with tomorrow and tuesday. I’ve got work tomorrow, but it’s more or less office work, so I might be able to start at around same time as today, maybe earlier. I’ll write here and post on twitter what the plan is.

Thank you all and good night!


>>4525937
No worries mate. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better time for you then!

>missed the chance to vote romance
>misses the chance to vote for a certainly gentlemanly, earnest, thoughtful captain with awesome facial hair
[/spoiler]Koharu will take the knot

>>4525770 >in exchange for… something
waggling eyebrows.gif

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>>4525955
In regards to those who missed votes as well, you can always mention afterwards what you'd have voted or your opinion on it, I'll keep it all in mind with future updates and vote prompts.

>waggling eyebrows.gif
I have no idea what you are implying anon.

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>>4525967
GIVE ME THE FUCKING FLESH TOOTH

>>4525947
>a familiar one, and an annoying one at that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5quTVDGb1_0 Intensifies

>>4525967
My multiple failures at spoiling has *spoiled* my shitpost mood. Even if Komamura looks damn good in his human form, no we already got spider and deer all up in us we don't need dog.

Dammit I missed the session
>>4525967
If I had been able to vote I most likely would’ve went with what ended up being picked but when talking about whether Koharu like dongs, cats, or both, I feel I’m in the minority in that I want Koharu to be a straight trap

>>4525947
>“Hold it right there! That is OUR target!”
No killstealing, git yer own hollow! I could point you to the nearest one if you behave. You can even bury the extra soul for free if you want.

>>4526028
Maybe minority, but not alone.

>>4526028
>Yeah I agree as well, though it won't be enough to make me drop this if it does go the gay route

>>4526028
>>4526092
>>4526600
>straight trap
Disgusting.

>>4526600
I agree with this anon
Would prefer the path of least gay. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there
Hopefully the skubstorm won't be too bad

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>>4525993
>>4526028
>>4526092
>>4526600
>>4526648
>>4526691
I'm open-minded to all options even though I have a favorite, and I'll do my best to give you guys the options and fair votes. I'll keep any possible romance that may happen low-key though as the focus of this quest is about other things, but enough to affect things, especially social dynamics.

Is a wholesome three-way best of both worlds romance kosher?

Also, we'll continue today, most likely starting 15:00 UTC, but with possibly slower updates until 18:00 UTC, after which I'll get home.

>>4525947
>Just as you’re about to continue, you hear another voice, but a familiar one, and an annoying one at that.
>“Hold it right there! That is OUR target!”
Oh god, it's IceQueen McBitchFace isn't it?
I say we ignore her and end the dummy-hollow as fast as we can, preferably in one blow.

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There’s only one person to whom this voice could belong to.

Yukiko, the wannabe ice princess of Seireitei. Alongside her are two of her ever-present minions whose names are irrelevant even to her greatness herself.

“I’m pretty sure we got to it first,” you groan.

“Unsurprisingly you’re wrong. Now shoo.”

“Do you have to be a pain in the ass everywhere I go?”

“Oh I am a pain? It’s not healthy to project onto others, street-rat.”

Looks like you are in a deadlock, and the boar-like hollow dummy is about to charge towards the artificial soul in Emika’s hands. You could just ignore Yukiko and her antics and just deal with the hollow yourself, especially if you’d release your zanpakutō, but that would defeat the purpose of teamwork training.

On the other hand, if you continue as you are, Yukiko might pull something that might endanger just about everyone.

If only there was a way to just remove her from this scene.

>Deal with the hollow by yourself, without letting Yukiko do anything crazy.
>Stick to the plan, this is training for all of you, deal with Yukiko if she does anything.
>Deal with Yukiko right away (how?)
>Other?

>>4526887
>Stick to the plan, this is training for all of you, deal with Yukiko if she does anything.
Just act like she's not there to drive her up the wall

>>4526887
>Stick to the plan, this is training for all of you, deal with Yukiko if she does anything.

Updates will be slower due to me at work, but it seems votes are also slower so it cancels out.

>>4526887
>>Stick to the plan, this is training for all of you, deal with Yukiko if she does anything.
>>4526713
I'm fine with poly.

>>4526891
>>4526907
>>4526912
Going by the book.

>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 14, crit 25 for dealing with possible complications. Offense (4) may replace lowest die

Rolled 3, 7, 1 = 11 (3d10)

>>4526926

Rolled 6, 5, 3 = 14 (3d10)

>>4526926
And yeah I'm okay with poly as well

>>4526926

>>4526933

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

>>4526933
>>4526934
My dice ain't rolling

>>4526930
>11(14)
>>4526932
>14(15)
>>4526935
>15(18)

>Writing, but slow-paced

>>4526691
That me

>>4526713
I'd prefer wholesome monogamy with copious amounts of cuddling and handholding

>>4526713
Im cool with that.

>>4526936
>Got a bunch of customers to the youth center
>Will resume once I get home, so expect next update in 40-50 minutes
>Apologies for the delays

>>4526600
Yeah same, this quest is too damn good to drop for something like that
>>4526713
I also prefer >>4526976

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“Sure, whatever,” you sigh and wave her off, and then proceed with a flash step just in time as the boar-like hollow begins its charge. Your sword clashes against it, and you sense Emika moving to assist you… Izumi is taking care of the artificial soul instead now.

The boar continues to charge, pushing you with it as you stand between it and its prey. Emika begins chanting a familiar incantation.

“Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south!" Emika shouts as she finds herself footing in the air using reishi platforms.

“Hadō #31: Shakkahō!” she finishes the incantation, and an orb of crimson red energy launches from her hands towards the hollow. It’s going to be done for sure!

Your senses however alert you that Yukiko fires off her own kidō spell, a ray of ice that deflects the red ball of destruction just enough away from the hollow, wasting the shot.

“If you think we’ll let you trash take our target just like that, you’re gravely mistaken!” Yukiko continues her tantrum. “I will NOT be disrespected by the likes of you!”

This is starting to frustrate you. There’s absolutely no point in this than for her to feed her pride. It’s clear she’s not going to give up on this hollow, and will do everything to hinder you.

You’re still getting pushed by the hollow swine, so you don’t have much time to think.

>Forget the hollow, it’s now your trio against Yukiko’s trio.
>Deliver a decisive blow to the hollow and then focus on Yukiko.
>It’s not worth it. Let go and leave, find another target.
>Above option, but use Hanran to enrage the hollow.
>Other?

>>4527074
Do we know any Bakudo? Can we just make her sit still for a moment so we can do our job?

>>4527074
>>Deliver a decisive blow to the hollow and then focus on Yukiko.
We need to do something that’ll spook her away for a bit after we deal with the boar, like steal her first kiss

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Alright folks I'm now properly home and able to fully focus on questing. Sorry for the earlier bumps and delays.

>>4527039
>compliment
A-Anon, these headpats.. I'll squeal
I'm really happy though that you feel that way. I guess I succeeded in something then.

>>4527078
Your kido is at the following levels (from the char sheet):
>Hadō – Highest with incantation #33, without incantation #13.
>Bakudō – Highest with incantation #30, without incantation #12.

>>4527074
>>Deliver a decisive blow to the hollow and then focus on Yukiko.

>>4527074
>Deliver a decisive blow to the hollow and then focus on Yukiko.
I really don't have the patience to try and play around Yukiko's ego and her possible superiority complex.

I also don't want to risk giving her an excuse that we *somehow* started a fight if we restrain her first.

>>4527074
>>Deliver a decisive blow to the hollow and then focus on Yukiko.

>>4527074
>>Deliver a decisive blow to the hollow and then focus on Yukiko.

>>4527084
None of the bakudo of that level can create a barrier so she can't fuck with us. Not without incantation
>Deliver a decisive blow to the hollow
Then fucking ignore her. Petty stuff like that is not worth getting mad over, let alone fight

>>4527078
>>4527079
>>4527085
>>4527087
>>4527088
>>4527089
>>4527090
Looks like it's get rid of the hollow first. That's gonna make her mad for sure.

Choose how you wanna do this:
>Release Naimen no Daiza. Release it and use zanjutsu to destroy the hollow.
>Go with good old hakuda, like in Urahara's pit of weak hollows.
>Blast it with kidō.

>>4527095
>Release Naimen no Daiza. Release it and use zanjutsu to destroy the hollow.
Maybe we can find out what it does this time

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>>4527095
>Hakuda. What else?

>>4527095
>Go with good old hakuda, like in Urahara's pit of weak hollows.

>>4527095
>That's gonna make her mad for sure.
Good
It's more fun when they're mad

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>>4527095
>Release Naimen no Daiza. Release it and use zanjutsu to destroy the hollow.
It's not even a real Hollow screwthisfucking THIIIING

>>4527095
>>Go with good old hakuda, like in Urahara's pit of weak hollows.

>>4527095
>Go with good old hakuda, like in Urahara's pit of weak hollows.

>>4527097
>>4527099
>>4527100
>>4527101
>>4527102
>>4527104
>A footilicious, kicking airstrike incoming
>Writing

...Y'know. I only now consider the option that Yukiko and her cronies were actually stalking this fake Hollow before we got to it.
Sure, it's unlikely given Koharu's skill in sensing Reiatsu, buuuut he WAS focusing on finding Hollow signals.

>>4527110
Fuck. Why do I always forget to prompt rolls.

>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 15, crit 21. Offense (4) may replace lowest die.

>>4527113
Well if she had a legitimate claim to it, I guess we could offer an olive branch and sense another one nearby

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

>>4527113
Then I wonder what the hell she was waiting for this hollow is an easy down.
>>4527114

Rolled 4, 9, 3 = 16 (3d10)

>>4527114

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

>>4527114

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

>>4527114

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

>>4527114

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>>4527119
>20(21)
>>4527120
>16(17)
>>4527122
>21(23)

It's a butt-kicking time.
>Writing

>>4527113
I highly, HIGHLY doubt it. We didn't sense them and there was no sign of fighting
Most likely the bitch has it out for us and was stalking us from the start
Plus a weak as shit dummy hollow is not a legitimate reason to fight over. She just wants to start a fight because she hates our guts

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Okay. Screw trying to make this about teamwork. This whole thing wasn’t intended to have teams shit on each other, at least you sincerely hope so. You let more of your reiatsu push out and with a swift zanjutsu technique you lightly cut into the hollow as you push yourself downwards into a spin, while momentarily stopping the boar monster’s advance.

With your whole body spinning, you channel reiatsu into your right leg just as taught in hakuda, and land a dropkick onto the hollow’s mask, shattering it completely into pieces.

“N-No!” Yukiko shouts as she flash steps towards the disintegrating body, her sword ready. You block it, locking both zanpakutō together.

“Snap out of it!” you shout, letting anger creep into your voice. “You do realize how dangerous your behavior is?! If this were a real situation, you could’ve gotten us all killed!”

“You’re the dangerous one! Wild, unpredictable, unrefined!”

“What was that you told me before? It’s not healthy to project onto others?” you repeat her own words back to her. “If you were at all serious about this, you would’ve defeated the hollow already. I was faster and better, so I got the kill.”

“Get over it, crybaby,” you grit your teeth and push her away with your zanpakutō, both of you now standing across the field. Where the hollow dummy disintegrated now lies a black, round pearl.

“How DARE you! How DARE you talk to me like that!” Yukiko continues her tantrum, kicking the ground, as her two minions return to her sides, while Emika and Izumi stand a safe distance away from this whole thing.

“I dare because I can. If you want me to stop, then why don’t you do something about it? You are not frail, I’ve seen you fight. You’re not dumb, otherwise you’d never have cast a spell in your life. So what the hell is wrong with you and why are you obsessed with me?!”

This definitely struck somewhere deep within Yukiko, as she spends a moment trying to say something, yet no words come out. You feel as if she’s ready to attack you, but nothing ever comes.

“A low-born street-rat like you wouldn’t understand,” she finally retorts, turning her back to you, and begins walking away. “You will pay for this, mark my words.”

You sigh. “Yeah, right.”

>1/2

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On your way back you perform a few more soul burials just for good measure as they happened to be quite close. Were it not for your senses, you’d have easily missed all of them.

Instructor Konuma sits on a chair as you return, drinking some tea. When he sees you, he raises an eyebrow.

“What’s wrong girls? Why are you back?”

“Um, we’re finished.”

“Haa?” he tilts his head in confusion. “Wait, what? You’re serious?”

Instructor Konuma goes to a weird fleshy-looking thing with a weird TV screen on it, and looks over something, and his face starts sweating. Apparently they’re tracking the souls somehow.

“H-How the hell… how did you find so many of them? They’re supposed to be practically invisible unless one of the hollows attacks them!”

You shrug. “I’m good at sensing. They weren’t hard to find, especially if they were close.”

“A-And you defeated a hollow too?” Konuma continues to look at his screen.

“A boar-looking one!” Emika nods. “Though it was Koharu’s work… but in our defense, we were rudely interrupted by another team!”

“W-Well, why don’t you go back to your tent for now, heh?” Konuma awkwardly laughs. “I’ll come give you further tasks some time later.”

You overhear him mumbling something about doing half of the week’s tasks in just one day.

>2/2

>Go back to the tent with Emika and Izumi.
>You still need Izumi’s reward. Try bargaining with Konuma, while Emika and Izumi go.
>Excuse yourself from the girls and go look around the camp for anything interesting.
>Other?

>>4527174
>>You still need Izumi’s reward. Try bargaining with Konuma, while Emika and Izumi go.

>>4527174
>You still need Izumi’s reward. Try bargaining with Konuma, while Emika and Izumi go.
Promise him that if he gets us the mango we'll stop wrecking the exercise
Once that's done
>Excuse yourself from the girls and go look around the camp for anything interesting.

>>4527174
>>You still need Izumi’s reward. Try bargaining with Konuma, while Emika and Izumi go.

>>4527174
>You still need Izumi’s reward. Try bargaining with Konuma, while Emika and Izumi go.
>Well, since we’re so ahead of schedule...

>>4527177
>>4527184
>>4527187
>>4527188
Time to bargain. Oh boy.
>Writing
>Gonna go make some nice tea as well

A small complication, now all fixed.

>QM again is a stupid fuck and forgot to prompt a roll
>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 19, crit 26, Social (5) may replace lowest die.

Rolled 1, 5, 3 = 9 (3d10)

>>4527239

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

>>4527239

Rolled 8, 10, 8 = 26 (3d10)

>>4527239

>>4527244
That poor man.

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>>4527244
Yoooooooo

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>>4527240
>>4527241
>>4527244
>You succeed. You succeed successfully.

>>4527244
Wonder what the crit gets us

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You tell the girls to go ahead, that you need some fresh air to clear your head, especially after Yukiko’s shenanigans.

“Um, Konuma-sensei,” you begin, scratching the back of your head.

“Hm?” he turns around from that weird machine. “What is it, Koharu?”

“You see, I was in the library one night, in the Culture Section, and I read something rather odd, with many pictures. It's called, as I understand it... manga.”

“I beg you pardon?” Konuma raises an eyebrow as he shifts his full attention to you now.

“Manga. I came across some, but there’s not much to go with,” you do your best to fake ignorance and curiosity.

Konuma looks like he’s partially sweating. “I'm not sure what you were reading, Koharu, but this is very dark stuff. Very dark indeed.”

“Which is why I came to you!” you laugh awkwardly, knowing that you struck gold. If this geezer knows about manga, and even reacts this way to it, there’s no way he’s innocent.

“Me?” Konuma scratches his neck while looking around to see if there’s anyone listening or watching. “Why me?”

“Well, I kind of guessed that you might know about this, maybe even read such things,” you give him a slight wink.

“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he attempts to deny it.

“B-But Konuma-sensei!” you pout, giving him the cutest expression you can muster. “I-I saw you reading some back at the academy! The one with nake-”

“SHHHHHHHH!” Konuma closes your mouth quickly, while he’s looking around again, all paranoid. “I get it, I get it, just stay quiet, damn it!”

After a moment he let’s go of you and groans. “By the name of reiō… what are you aiming at, Koharu?”

You poke your index fingers against each other. “Maybe you know where to get, you know… newer manga? Purely for academic reasons?”

“I.. can’t, Koharu, that would violate so many laws!”

You pout again, sighing in fake resignation. “I understand, and I think others will too, hentai-sensei.”

Konuma’s expression is priceless.

“...Fine. I’ll get you some. But it will take a while. Just keep quiet about this, okay?”

You do a fake cheerful jump and thank him, before giving him a list of the exact manga that you’d like. You figured Izumi would especially like Cutie Honey, and you remember wanting to get your own hands on a newer one called ‘Stop!! Hibari-kun!’ back in Osaka. Something about a yakuza father and his crossdressing son.

“You know, I knew from day one that you’d turn things upside down. But going as far as blackmailing me? Oh what did I do to deserve this?” Konuma rests his head on his hands.

You just give him a fake innocent and nonchalant smile. “I’ll eagerly await the delivery, Konuma-sensei!”

>Return to the tent to Emika and Izumi
>Wander around camp, see if there’s anything interesting
>Try and find somebody specifically (who?)
>Other?

>>4527282
>>Return to the tent to Emika and Izumi
easy peasy lemon squeazy

>>4527282
>>Wander around camp, see if there’s anything interesting

>>4527282
>Wander around camp, see if there’s anything interesting

>>4527306
>>4527308
>>4527310
>Writing

>Roll me 1d100's to see what happens. Taking the second roll.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>4527330

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>4527334

>>4527339
Oh boy.

Give me a perception check.
>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 22, crit 28, Mental (7) may replace lowest die.

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

>>4527369

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

>>4527369

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

>>4527369
>22
Ouch

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>>4527370
>14(19)
>>4527379
>18(21)
>>4527380
>9(15)

Okay then.
>Writing

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After a solid social victory, you decide to stretch your legs and arms around the camp, to see if there’s anything interesting to offer, and if not, then just take a walk.

The evening has already set in, and the stars are visible in the sky. Some tents have their lamps lit, a sign that those teams are currently resting, while most of them are all dark. Some students are just out talking about this whole camp thing, while others are bored and are playing around with some dice.

You don’t really feel like going into any of the groups of people as they have their own thing going, but you stumble upon a girl who looks quite worried.

“What’s wrong?” you ask from behind her, scaring her. “Sorry, didn’t mean to startle.”

The woman sighs. “One of my teammates, he… he hasn’t returned yet from the forest,” she explains. “We got separated. It’s been hours!”

“It’s alright,” you put a palm on her shoulder. “Even if there’s any real danger, we’ve got the seniors here, right?”

“R-Right,” she sighs, but still looks unconvinced and… terrified?

“I’m Koharu,” you introduce yourself. “You can call me however you like. What’s your name?”

“R-Really? Koharu from the first class? I’m Honomi. It’s.. nice to meet you Koharu-chan.”

“Wait, you’ve heard about me?” you ask, scratching the back of your head.

“Y-Yup! They say you’re a genius!”

“Well, that might be a bit too much credit, heh,” you lightly chuckle.

“Did you really awaken your zanpakutō only six months in?” she asks.

“I did, but it wasn’t easy, believe me.”

After a little bit more of smalltalk, you get the feeling that something is still amiss. You saw what the dummy hollows are, they’re nothing like real hollows. So why is she so terrified?

“Honomi-san, what separated you and your team?” you ask cautiously.

She sighs, and looks back towards the forest. “We were chasing a hollow. But then it suddenly roared really loud, we couldn’t move, and charged my comrade deep into the forest. We couldn’t find him, so we returned, hoping that somebody else would find him.”

You narrow your eyes.

“I just.. wonder, are we r-really safe here?”

Suddenly, the camp’s alarm bell rings, and your senses pick up a nasty presence in the distance.

A proper hollow, and a strong one at that.

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And that’s where we’ll stop for tonight. I’ve got work tomorrow a bit earlier than usual so I need the sleep. As promised, I’ll continue tomorrow evening as well, most likely around 17:00-18:00 UTC, but I’ll post here and on twitter the exact details tomorrow.

Good night, hope you’re having fun!

>>4527428
good night

>>4527426
>muffled keikakus in the distance.gif
worry
>>4527428
Thanks for the run!

Continuing in about an hour. A change in schedule happened, and I've got more time for questing!

I'm currently eating in a buffet though, but I'll start working on the update already.

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The camp is suddenly filled with light panic as students come out of their tents to figure out what’s going on. Instructor Konuma and the senior students are doing their best to round everyone up, especially those who are still in the forest.

This is extremely strange. You can sense the hollow clearly right now, along with the battle… Heizo is fighting it? Nonetheless, how could a hollow of that caliber escape notice? As arrogant as it might sound, you’re certain your sensing abilities are beyond that of other shinigami. To escape their notice you can understand, but yours?

Emika and Izumi naturally come looking for you, and you gather with everyone else at the main clearing of the camp.

“W-What’s happening?” Emika asks you.

“I’m not sure,” you hesitate, “but I think it might be a hollow. An actual one.”

Izumi looks absolutely terrified now. “H-H-H-Hollow?!”

You put a hand on her shoulder. “We’ve got actual shinigami with us, Izumi, don’t worry.”

As everyone is round up, Instructor Konuma quickly grabs everyone’s attention and silences the worried murmurs.

“Please, do not panic. A proper hollow has entered the training area, and we are dealing with it as we speak. We’ve prepared for situations like this, so you do not need to worry. Stay in your tents and await further orders.”

“But what if we get attacked?!” a voice shouts from the crowd.

“Then I’ll die protecting you if it comes to that,” Konuma answers with a calm resolution that you’ve never seen before.

“I-I guess we just h-have to wait,” Izumi sighs, trying to calm herself down.

Emika on the other hand looks more worried than before. “Where’s Heizo-san? I didn’t see him here!”

>Just wait it out, the seniors should have this under control.
>You know Heizo is fighting the hollow, you could be of help.
>Other?

>>4528278
>>You know Heizo is fighting the hollow, you could be of help.

>>4528278
>You know Heizo is fighting the hollow, you could be of help.

>>4528278
>You know Heizo is fighting the hollow, you could be of help.

>>4528280
>>4528282
>>4528283
>Writing
>Now back home and properly ready to rock

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You frown. You sensed earlier Heizo fighting against the hollow, but it’s all mixed up now with the other seniors flaring their own reiatsus and especially the two 7th division guys shining through everyone else.

“I sensed him earlier fighting,” you admit, glancing at the worried Emika. “We could go after him to help, though the instructor wouldn’t like that.”

“Heizo-san is strong, but.. I’m still worried. Please, Koharu, can you lead us there?”

You close your eyes, probing to see if you can still follow the trail.

“I think so,” you reply and turn to look at Izumi. “You don’t have to go with us if you don’t want to.”

To her credit, Izumi genuinely considers the option instead of cowering right away. But in the end, she hesitates.

“I-I… I’m not strong, or fast, or g-good at spells. I’d just be… in your way. B-But once y-you come back, I-I’ll be sure t-to heal your w-wounds..!”

You give Izumi a warm smile. “I’ll take your word for it, Izumi!”

And with that, you quickly leave with Emika while there’s still commotion around the camp. Since the seniors are focused on bringing others to the camp and being on the lookout for any threats, it’s not hard to leave undetected.

“A-Aren’t you scared? I mean, we’re going straight, y-you know, to a hollow,” Emika asks as you run through the forest, taking flash steps from time to time, all to avoid possible confrontations with those who’d take you back.

“Not really,” you say bluntly. Of course, this made you think about the question. Why don’t you feel fear? It’s strange in a way, but the answer is obvious: Zilya. Not only was she a powerful hollow over a thousand years ago, she’s responsible for the power to paralyze and control hollows. The academy has shown you how much everyone fears hollows and their unpredictability, the chaos they represent.

Since you can control that chaos, you also control that fear.

“K-Koharu?” Emika snaps you out of your train of thought.

“It’s hard to explain, but you don’t need to worry about it.”

“It’s nice that you’re so confident about it,” she smiles.

>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 15, crit 23. Mobility (5) may replace lowest die.

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

>>4528314

Rolled 7, 5, 10 = 22 (3d10)

>>4528314

Rolled 9, 9, 7 = 25 (3d10)

>>4528314

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Rolled 5, 6, 3, 2 = 16 (4d10)

>>4528326
>17(21)
>>4528330
>22
>>4528333
>25

Fast trap is incredibly fast. Also rolling for Emika.

>>4528335
Something came up, had to fix shit, now back.
Apologies for the delay.

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“Let’s pick up the pace,” you tell Emika, “he’s not far!”

You push yourself to go faster and faster. You don’t doubt that Heizo is strong, but you’ve got a bad feeling about all this. Emika does her best to keep up with you, but she barely sticks to your tail. It doesn’t help that Heizo and the hollow are quite far away from the camp, much further than what the practice zone is.

Finally you catch up to him with Emika slightly lagging behind. The hollow Heizo is facing is a monstrous amalgamation that you’re not sure what animal exactly does it take after. It looks like Heizo has the upper hand, but after watching a moment it is clear the hollow is letting Heizo push him away. The end of the barrier is also close by. Is he luring Heizo away?

Shit, this situation might be much worse than expected. You have no idea what the hollow is capable of, and if the angler-hollow had anything to teach you, it’s that do not underestimate them.

Your reikaku also tells you that one of the 7th division guys is making his way here.

You have a bunch of choices in front of you: Either you can stick to the backlines and try to do something from there, or you can go in and fight with Heizo. Whatever you decide to do though, you need to prevent the hollow from further luring Heizo away from the camp.

>Go in and help him in close combat by flanking the hollow.
>Stick to the sides and focus on supporting with kido
>Remain in the background, attempt to influence the hollow through Hanran
>Other?

>>4528486
>Remain in the background, attempt to influence the hollow through Hanran

>>4528486
>Stick to the sides and focus on supporting with kido
I think strong bakudo’s with incantations would be best, and Emika should follow our lead

>>4528486
>>Remain in the background, attempt to influence the hollow through Hanran

>>4528486
>Remain in the background, attempt to influence the hollow through Hanran

>>4528487
>>4528492
>>4528499
>>4528500
Hanran it is. Now this begs the question...
>Attempt Hanran as you are
>Release Jorōgumo where Zilya might help
>Other?

>>4528507
>>Release Jorōgumo where Zilya might help

>>4528507
>Attempt Hanran as you are
Anons there are witnesses. Sure their sensing might not be top-tier but using the zanpakuto would be showing an awful lot that might not be necessary.

>>4528507
>>Attempt Hanran as you are
Don't doubt this is meant to provoke so showing off is a bad idea

>>4528507
>Attempt Hanran as you are

>>4528507
>Attempt Hanran as you are

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>>4528510
>>4528515
>>4528524
>>4528533
>>4528541
Come as you are then.

>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 20, crit 27. Mental (7) may replace lowest die.

Rolled 6, 1, 6 = 13 (3d10)

>>4528558

Rolled 2, 2, 8 = 12 (3d10)

>>4528558

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

>>4528558

>>4528568
>>4528565
oof
>>4528574
Saved.

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>>4528565
>13(19)
>>4528568
>12(17)
>>4528574
>21(24)

Clutch save. Looks like hollows are back on the menu, boys.
>Writing

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The most efficient way to stop the hollow is to just do that: make it stop. And you have the right tool for that: Hanran.

The problem is, you’re pretty far away and you’ve never used it at such range before. Ideally it works through touch, but you don’t have that liberty right now, if you want to keep to the back. Which means you’ll just have to do your damnest best.

You let your instincts slowly take over as your gaze is fixated on the hollow even with you running to keep up with the two. The inner chaos within you rises up, the familiar presence and power of Zilya. You can’t hear her voice, but you are sure she’s present, noticing your call. It’s like she’s daring you to use her power, daring to go all out.

Daring to abuse your power.

You grab onto that feeling and extend your now purple reiatsu like a beam towards the hollow. You narrowly hit it and the connection is formed. Not as strong as if you’d have physical contact, but enough that your mind is momentarily staggered by its chaotic emotions, before you push your own newfound bloodlust and will to dominate into it.

The effect is evident right away. The hollow’s movements falter, and Heizo scores a proper hit against it, but unfortunately not on the mask. Staggering and confused, the hollow attempts to continue to focus on Heizo, but is clearly looking for you.

The connection still holds and you are making it harder for the hollow to do anything, but it is taxing you as well. Emika joins you at this point, but you aren’t able to register her presence nor voice at this moment.

“WHERE; WHERE; WHERE? GONNA KILL YOU, WITCH, WITCH, WITCH!” you hear the anger-packed thoughts of the hollow.

Heizo and the hollow continue to battle. Heizo’s zanpakutō is released naturally, as he fights best with that pole-arm. The hollow on the other hand relies on sweeping motions with its hands and occasional bite: so far nothing extraordinary.

Keeping up Hanran starts to strain you too much. With one last push of energy, you go for one last stagger to give Heizo an opening, but in a moment of fatigue, the hollow instead finds your presence.

“FOUND YOU!” it screeches as it lunges towards you.

But it was just the weak spot that Heizo needed to deliver a decisive blow onto its head, destroying its mask.

And so the threat disappears.

>1/2

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With the situation over, your technique fades away and you slump onto the ground.

“Koharu, are you alright?!” Emika yells, catching Heizo’s attention as well.

“Y-Yeah,” you lie.

“You… what was that?” Emika whispers, clearly worried and somewhat terrified.

“Ask me on a better day,” you deflect her inquiry for now, as Heizo reaches your position.

“Emika-chan? Koharu-chan?! What are you doing here?!” he asks. Now that you see him closer, you see that he’s bleeding from the side of his head.

“We came to look for you, you dummy!” Emika now yells at him, looking like she’s about to cry. “When Koharu said you’re fighting, I was sooo worried! Why were you here fighting all alone?!”

“That’s what I’d like to know as well.”

The voice comes from behind you, and you suddenly feel great shivers down your spine. Turning around, you find the 3rd seat of the 7th Division, Asato Junichi, staring at Heizo with calm, murderous eyes.

“H-Huh?!” Heizo responds to the threatening tone of the shinigami. “What’s your problem?”

Asato closes his eyes. “I’ll tell you what the problem is once we get back to camp. Until then, take one of them and head back. That’s an order.”

Heizo’s clearly not liking this guy’s attitude at all. He’ll probably pick a fight with him if nothing is done.

>2/2

>Don’t involve yourself in this.
>Side with Heizo. The shinigami is clearly being mean.
>Side with Asato. There’s probably a reason why he’s pissed.
>Tell both to keep their shit together, there might be more threats out here.
>Other?

>>4528627
>Tell both to keep their shit together, there might be more threats out here.
It’s obvious the test has been compromised so we have more important things to worry about

>>4528627
>>Tell both to keep their shit together, there might be more threats out here.

>>4528627
>Tell both to keep their shit together, there might be more threats out here.

>>4528627
>>Tell both to keep their shit together, there might be more threats out here.

>>4528632
>>4528635
>>4528636
>>4528642
The "fuck you both" diplomacy option.

>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 15, crit 24. Social (5) may replace lowest die.

Rolled 6, 7, 4 = 17 (3d10)

>>4528644

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

>>4528644

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

>>4528644

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

>>4528644

>>4528644
>17(18)
>>4528649
>14(18)
>>4528652
>17(21)

It's a pass.
>Writing

>>4528655
Meant to link >>4528647

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You cough to get their attention, but end up coughing for real. But it does get their attention.

“Look, guys, you can bicker all you want, but if one hollow managed to get past the supposedly secure barriers, there’s no knowing if there’s others too. So let’s just.. get going, okay?”

You can feel Asato’s irritation, but he just nods. “Agreed. Let’s go.”

Heizo sighs. “Alright, Emika, time for your favorite past-time: piggybacking.”

“H-Hey I’m not a child anymore..!”

“But you’re still slow,” he says and picks Emika up. “See you at camp, grumpy old man.”

And with that he’s gone. Leaving you with Asato. He doesn’t say a word, but it’s clear that he strongly disapproves of Heizo, but keeps his mouth shut. He picks you up without a word too, sending you off into a protest.

“H-Hey, what are you doing? I can go on my own!”

“Stop being annoying,” he sighs, "I can see that you're exhausted." He then proceeds to flash step towards the camp.

Holy shit he’s fast. So this is what seated officers are capable of? Just how ridiculous are the Lieutenants and Captains then? But then again, remembering Hisashi, he didn’t really impress you that much.

Another thing that scares you, is that Asato feels strange. With physical contact, you can clearly sense something that you didn’t before: hollow reiatsu.

Very quickly you find yourself back at the camp, with Heizo arriving with Emika a few seconds later, much to Heizo’s frustration. The camp seems to be peaceful right now.

They both set you and Emika down, and of course, Heizo proceeds to do what he does best: piss people off.

“So what the hell’s your problem?” he demands.

Uh, oh.

>1/3

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Without warning, Asato grabs Heizo by his head, and sends him off sliding face-first across the dirt of the ground with great force that raises dust and deforms the soil.

“I’ll tell you what the problem is,” Asato says as he begins walking towards where Heizo stopped. A crowd instantly forms around the scene, with everyone shocked, especially Emika. “You abandoned your primary duty, that of protecting the students. And for what? Heroics?”

“RIP OPEN THE SKY, ARASHITORA!” Heizo releases his zanpakutō as he rises from the ground, his face bleeding. “You want to mess with me asshole?! After I did us all a favor by killing that hollow?”

“I sincerely doubt the glory is yours,” he says, sparing a quick glance towards you and Emika. “Fulfilling duty is the lifeblood of being a shinigami,” he continues as he walks towards Heizo unfazed. “If you fail it, or worse, falter, you become a dangerous traitor.”

“You’re not making any sense, you piece of shit!” Heizo charges towards Asato, who simply sidesteps his attack and hits Heizo’s neck with the side of his flat-open hand. Heizo slumps onto the ground. Everyone is watching in horror, especially Emika who’s protesting.

“Please stop!” she yells.

“Only one fate awaits emotional and temperamental idiots like you: death. Do you know how true hollows prey upon shinigami? They use your fear, your anger, your hopes and your dreams, your love. They play you like a fiddle and when you think you have the upper hand, they feast upon your corpse.”

Asato grabs Heizo by his bloodied jaw and lifts him up into the air. “But the worst sin of garbage like you, is putting your comrades in danger. One emotional slip up, and you cannot be trusted with keeping the backs of your friends safe.”

“F-Fuck you,” Heizo struggles to speak and spits blood onto Asato’s face.

“Mark my words, students,” the 7th division 3rd seat addresses everyone watching, “lest you become the reason for not only your own death, but the death of others.”

“There are hollows far worse than what’s in your textbooks, who will enjoy manipulating and abusing you, just like the Fear Eater.”

>2/3

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“Enough!” Instructor Konuma finally arrives with Lieutenant Iba. “Release the student at once, 3rd Seat.”

Asato looks at the two approaching figures from the parting masses.

“I said release him,” Konuma repeats, flaring his reiatsu along with his own murderous intent. Asato finally complies and releases Heizo, who falls onto the ground in a way that makes you wince.

“My lesson is over anyway,” he waves off and walks away.

“My deepest apologies, Konuma-sensei,” Lieutenant Iba sighs and bows. “I will reprimand him appropriately for this.”

Emika rushes to Heizo, crying, and the medical team comes to help him as well. All at the same time, you hear murmuring among the shocked students.

“What’s wrong with that guy?”

“He’s the one that, you know, is obsessed with that fairy tale..”

“About Kiga no Kage? That’s kind of.. sad.”

“Didn’t the 7th division have a great tragedy during the war?”

“I think he has just lost his mind.”

All in all, you feel exhausted enough that you’d like to just pass out on the spot, but for Emika’s sake, you can’t just yet. So you go to her and comfort her, while the medical team heals Heizo.

You’re left with a feeling that the troubles at this camp are far from over.

>3/3

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And that’s where we’ll stop for this session. Thanks once again for participating, hope you’ve enjoyed it. Comments, questions and critique welcome as always, I’ll be around to answer and respond. Char sheet and social link updates will come somewhere along the week.

Next session is still up in the air, but I should be able to do it on the weekend, regular time. But I’ll confirm it in the thread and twitter.

>>4528731
Thanks for running Trippy, bussy threat level?

>>4528740
>BTL
This session, I'd say around 4 or 5. The camp is still a semi-safe environment for now
Will probably get higher next session though. Blackmailing a perverted teacher might have long-term consequences too.

Also, if you guys have ideas for omakes, I'm writing those down too.

>>4528731
Pretty cool, looking forward to Saturday(?)
I hope if Hanran gets used again we try to interrogate the hollow to see if this is a coordinated attack and if so by whom.
Poor Heizo got dabbed on, but at least he's one half of a pretty cute couple.
How much longer is the camp again?

Also I must compliment you Trippy, for fleshing out a bit of worldbuilding regarding large-scale wars in the living world that didn't get brought up in canon. It does make quite a bit of sense that they'd lead to issues with a surplus of ghosts and presumably hollows due to the sheer rate of dead racking up so quickly in so many gruesome ways.
Especially when entire cities get firebombed or blasted with atomic weapons.

>>4529444
>Especially when entire cities get firebombed or blasted with atomic weapons
That's true. But it sounds like it was one or two hollows that did something. Wasn't one of those in that rumor we heard in school?

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>>4529444
Cheers for the kind words, I try my best.
I try to include real world stuff and history with the setting as Bleach does take place in a way in our world, if not alternate.
I may have some nice additional source material that helps with that too

>>4529621
If you're talking about the 7th division one, that tragedy happened in Europe.

>>4529444
>How much longer is the camp again?
Missed this question. This is a week-long camp, of which this is the first day.

Regarding next session, I don't know yet if I'll be able to run on Saturday. I just got some student reports dumped on me that I need to fix before next week, so shit. Gonna try to deal with that on Friday, but some of it might bleed over onto the weekend for me. On the other hand, I might be able to continue the next session over to monday/tuesday.

I'll keep you guys posted!

Next session Sunday 15:00 UTC! No char sheet and social link updates for the last session as not much is different this time around.

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You are Nakashiri Koharu and the shinigami-training field trip faced a problem right on its first day. A stray hollow had somehow made its way through the outside barriers without anyone’s notice, causing the whole camp to become alarmed. The hollow was vanquished by Heizo, with discrete help coming from you, but by chasing the hollow he earned the wrath of one of the 7th division guests.

After assessing the situation, Istructor Konuma announced that the field trip would continue, despite suffering casualties. You saw poor Honomi-san crying over her lost classmate, who had the misfortune of meeting this hollow head-on, mistaking it for one of the practice dummy hollows.

Emika is still shocked by the cruel actions of third-seat Asato, and Izumi is frightened in general by this turn of events. You are yourself just exhausted from using Hanran for the first time at such distance and time.

The next day Instructor Konuma makes new arrangements for the practice teams. In order for Emika and Izumi to properly do their training, they are put together with Honomi and her remaining teammate, while you are to assist the lookout team, given your earlier show of skill in sensing. The lookout team is separated into a few outposts built onto trees, one of which becomes your new station.

Unfortunately for you, this turns out to be really, really boring.

>1/3

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The third through sixth year students doing this work aren’t that good at sensing as they should be, which somewhat explains why the hollow was discovered so late. Your own reikaku exceeds their combined abilities and beyond, which means that you’ll be the first one, and most likely the only one to notice any threats if they appear.

The lookout students don’t really like the idea either that a first-year is better at their jobs than they themselves. At first they try to bully you, but you show enough resilience that now they just ignore you.

Which again, means boredom.

Until you hear some liquid splat onto the wooden wall right next to you, as you are resting. Like blood, the red stuff flows downwards and reveals text…

“Urgent. Meet me at this tree’s top. -Hatter”

Your initial feelings of confusion turn into embarrassment and cringe, but the message continues:

“...P.S: If you're thinking that this message is like some written in the victim's own blood cliché from some TV show...then you obviously have no sense of humor!”

Slowly, the message fades away completely, leaving no evidence behind.

“Smartass,” you sigh and mumble.

At least that last part confirmed it for you that there’s only one idiot that could give birth to this kind of an idea.

>2/3

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Excusing yourself, you reach the top of the treetop where you see the horizon well, and the lights of a city in the distance just below the dark evening sky. This place is actually quite nice, you think to yourself, at least you don’t have to share the same space as the incompetent pricks whose job you’re doing for them.

“Koharu-san!” you hear the unmistakable voice of Urahara Kisuke, your former mentor from the living world. This startles you incredibly, as you cannot sense his presence. Looking around, you can’t even see the man, nor his iconic hat.

“I’m right here!” his voice speaks again, until you lock your eyes onto something flapping its small wings next to you.

A hell butterfly.

“K-Kisuke? What’s this?” you ask, confused. “Where are you?”

“Oh I’m somewhere, don’t worry! You like my new invention? It’s just a regular hell butterfly, though I’ve tampered with it somewhat!”

“I can see that,” you sigh.

“Anyway, long time no see, err, hear, Koharu-san! I hope you’ve been good?”

“Could be better, but could be much worse. So quite decent. I don’t think you’re risking things just to ask about my wellbeing?” you raise your eyebrow.

“Oh you hurt me!” Kisuke responds with clearly fake feelings of hurt. “Okay, you got me. I’m curious about your current situation in Soul Society and any possible developments.”

“Maybe I can help you out somewhere too, hmm?”

You can practically hear the smug face behind this freakish hell butterfly-radio connection.

>3/3

>Tell him about the Captains you’ve met.
>Tell him about your zanpakutō.
>Tell him about the hollow attack on the camp.
>Other?

(write-in details encouraged)

>Tell him about the hollow attack on the camp.
Is it normal for big ass hollows to show up out of nowhere at training camps?

>>4535666
>Tell him about the hollow attack on the camp.
>Tell him about the Captains you’ve met.
In that order. I honestly don't think telling Kisuke about our Soul Cutter is important for the time being.
Also, we've no idea how much time we've got for talking. Better stick to the actually important stuff.

>>4535666
>>Tell him about the hollow attack on the camp.
>Tell him about the Captains you’ve met.

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>>4535668
>>4535671
>>4535686
>Writing
>Just finished food too, stocked up on that sweet sweet fuel

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“Well,” you begin, keeping your senses sharp for anything unusual, “is it normal for hollows to show up out of nowhere at these training camps?”

“Out of nowhere, you say?” Kisuke asks, following up with a moment of silence.

“No, it’s not normal. Though such things have been more frequent in the past decades. One time it was flooded with large hollows, though I hear a captain was conveniently there to save the day. Since then the camps have had much higher and tighter security, with an instructor as well.”

There used to be camps without an instructor present? What the hell?

“I couldn’t pick up the hollow’s presence until it started fighting,” you mention.

“That’s expected. It is the handiwork of our lovable conspirators, you see. They really like to experiment with hollows.”

“Is that how they got past the barriers too?”

“Most likely.”

So you might be dealing with not just normal hollows, but experimental ones?

“That’s not good,” you bite your lower lip.

“If you meet any, be very careful. There’s no telling what hidden special abilities they may possess,” Kisuke warns you, as the hell butterfly keeps flying around your head. “We’ve sighted such hollows all around Asia.”

You nod. “Thanks for the heads-up. I’ve met some of the captains too, the 4th, 5th, 10th and Kidō Corps ones.”

“Good. What do you think? Any tickle your fancy?” Kisuke asks in his goofy voice.

You facepalm internally. “Not that much, but… Captain Aizen and Captain Shiba felt like nice people. Captain Unohana gives me… mixed feelings, but I suppose she’s nice too.”

“Unohana, huh… that name still gives me the creeps.”

“W-What?” you ask in surprise.

“Nothing, nothing, just recalling the good ole memories of the past!” Kisuke laughs. “Keep it up Koharu, all’s going good so far. I gotta run now though, bye!”

“Wait-”

But the butterfly disintegrates in front of you, leaving only ashes to fly away with the wind.

“Great…”

>1/2

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Nothing unusual happens for the next few days. Occasionally something tries to enter through the barriers, but fail. You return each time back to your tent to Emika and Izumi between shifts, who tell you about their progress. They even manage to score a dummy hollow kill, despite Izumi’s shortcomings. On the fourth day of the camp, you return back to your team for the next part of the exercise. This time, instead of a dummy hollow, you are supposed to track and hunt down a shinigami ‘deserter’, a senior student that will play the part.

“There are many reasons for which shinigami attempt to desert,” Instructor Konuma explains to the whole camp. “Greed. Fear. Love. Hate. Even boredom. There however does not exist a single justified excuse for desertion. An act of treason is punishable by execution.”

There’s some murmuring among the crowd, along with tense glances at each other.

“As wielders of a zanpakutō, the soul cutter, you are bound to the Gotei 13, sworn to protect Soul Society, the innocent souls of the world, and fight hollows. It is a great honor, and you should feel great pride in being a shinigami.”

“If, however, your fellow shinigami deserts, or worse, commits treason, it may fall upon you to exact justice. A rogue shinigami is extremely dangerous, and by not answering to the Gotei 13 and the Central 46 they pose a great threat.”

“Today your tasks will be to find and capture a ‘deserter’ which our seniors will play the part of. They will assess you and surrender when you’ve done enough. However, do not go easy on them. Fight like your life depends on it, with the intent to kill.”

The crowd shuffles around as the targets are determined.

“I wonder who we’ll get?” Emika ponders. “Wouldn’t it be funny if it were Heizo-san?”

“I hope they’ve taken that into account so we don’t get him,” you explain, “I doubt you would be able to attack him seriously, nor him attack you.”

“Heh, you’re right!”

“U-Uh, g-g-girls…” Izumi’s face is flushed as she’s handed a piece of paper, on which is the target’s name and picture.

You both look at it, and swallow hard.

It’s 3rd seat, Asato Junichi.

A quick glance at Emika confirms your worries. She looks ready to kill him for what he did to Heizo on the first day.

>2/2

>”Calm down, Emika. We need to keep our heads calm.”
>”Use that anger, Emika, but focus it properly. Don’t do anything rash.”
>Other?

>>4535738
>”Use that anger, Emika, but focus it properly. Don’t do anything rash.”

>>4535738
>”Calm down, Emika. We need to keep our heads calm.”
Hate him all you like, if you don't focus he'll mop the floor with us

>>4535738
>>”Use that anger, Emika, but focus it properly. Don’t do anything rash.”

>>4535738
>”Use that anger, Emika, but focus it properly. Don’t do anything rash.”

>>4535738
>”Calm down, Emika. We need to keep our heads calm.”

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>>4535741
>>4535747
>>4535748
>>4535751
>>4535754
>Writing

Damit! Now the lovebird will fall to the darkside and we'll have to clean up like always!

>>4535767
Actually, might as well leave it up to dice to see how well you can focus her blade of anger.
>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 15, crit 23, Social (5) may replace lowest die.

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

>>4535773
Rolling

>>4535772
We might as well apply for the 4th Division since we'll be stuck with janitorial duties anyway, cleaning up after the side characters!

Rolled 9, 5, 9 = 23 (3d10)

>>4535773
This time with the correct die

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

>>4535773

>>4535774
>20
>>4535779
>23
>>4535780
>21(23)

Koharu forges hate into a blade as if it were iron.
>Writing

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“Emika, I know how you’re feeling,” you say, putting a hand on her shoulder, “use that anger, but direct it the right way. Hate him all you like, but if you don’t focus properly and work together, he’ll mop the floor with us, you understand me?”

Emika closes her eyes for a moment, breathing deep in and swallowing hard, before reopening her eyes with a fierce, tempered fury. “Y-You’re right, I won’t let you two down, I promise.”

Looks like she really got it under control, surprising you. You nod approvingly. “Good.”

Your team’s turn comes up only in some four hours, during which you try to discuss strategy to some degree, but to no real progress. You still remain the team’s skill-wise most diverse member, Emika is the kidō specialist, while Izumi sticks to a support role, providing healing when possible.

Otherwise, you spent some more time just chit-chatting and gossiping. You survive through another round of them trying to learn about the existence of your romantic life. You give them none of it, of course, denying everything adamantly.

Then it’s finally time to go, and you leave the camp behind and enter the now somewhat familiar forest once more. It’s morning, so it’s easy to see in here. Question is, what exactly is it that you’re looking for?

>Roll 3d10 for reikaku tracking, Bo3, DC 19, crit 27. Mental (7) may replace lowest die.
>Possible write-in details on what to look for may give bonuses

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

>>4535803

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

>>4535803
We should probably keep an eye out for traps.

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

>>4535803
Try looking for any struck down "civilians" I guess?

Rolled 5, 2, 9 = 16 (3d10)

>>4535803
>Look for broken branches, Junichi may have taken to the trees to avoid leaving tracks on the ground.
People have a tendency to not look up anyways.

>>4535803
Also is that now the canonical look of Emika?

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>>4535809
>13(18)
>>4535810
>17(22)
>>4535812
>21(25)
>Writing
>Unfortunately no bonuses acquired

>>4535816
No, it was just something I found while looking for an angry redhead. This is the one I use for Emika, though if you guys have other ideas for a reference I'm all open to suggestions.

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>>4535823
Nah Morgiana is good
FEET

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You close your eyes for a moment to reach out with your senses. There’s a little bit of everything around you, with other teams tracking their own respective targets. Ironically, you manage to find a few of their targets, as they are alone, but your own target eludes you. You’ve felt his reiatsu clearly before, but you just can’t properly locate him. However, you do feel just a small bit of his reiatsu lingering, giving you a general direction to follow.

“Damn that pervert-sensei,” you sigh, realizing that he probably gave your team a much harder target for a reason.

“W-What’s wrong?” Izumi asks, as you walk deeper into the forest together.

“Nothing. I think the third-seat is that way, but I couldn’t exactly find him.”

“Then that’s where we’ll go,” Emika nods.

It feels like ages combing through the forest, acting on your reikaku and instinct as a compass. Asato clearly moves around, trying to get you to walk in circles by the looks of things, but you still keep your pace.

“He knows where we are,” you sigh. “We might have to switch to shunpo if we really want to get to him. Izumi, do you think you can keep up with us?”

“I-I don’t know, b-but… Emika did h-help me with it a bit…”

Your eyes widen a bit, as you look at Emika. “Really? Let’s put that to trial then!”

It’s finally time to put this chase to a higher gear.

>Roll 3d10, Bo3. Mobility (5) may replace lowest die.

CHOOSE ONE:
>Stick together, go at Izumi’s pace. (DC 23, crit 30)
>Tell Izumi to follow your trail, go at Emika’s pace. (DC 20, crit 27)
>Tell Emika and Izumi to follow, you’ll stop Asato first. Full speed ahead. (DC 17, crit 24)

Rolled 5, 7, 10 = 22 (3d10)

>Stick together, go at Izumi’s pace.
We split up and he'll pick us off one by one.

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

>>4535838
>Stick together, go at Izumi’s pace. (DC 23, crit 30)

Rolled 7, 3, 5 = 15 (3d10)

>>4535838
Guess we go slow.

>>4535842
>22
>>4535845
>19(22)
>>4535857
>15(17)

Oof. One off.
>Writing

I also realized I should've prompted to roll after choice, since it's a Bo3 the later votes could swing the vote to something else. Trial and error, trial and error.

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You pick up the pace. You feel the wind on your face, some of the falling leaves gently brush against your cheeks. As much as you’d like to go faster, you hold your foot off the gas pedal, and stay at Izumi’s pace, who’s trying her best.

“We’ll stick together,” you tell them both. “Nobody is left behind.”

Izumi clearly appreciates this and it drives her to go forward, but unfortunately it’s just not enough. Asato of course picks up on your new speed and stays one step ahead of the game. You suspect he’s been asked to move much slower than what he could really go, but he’s still not making it one bit easy for you and your team.

Damn it, looks like you’ll have to figure something else out.

“This isn’t working,” you sigh, stopping at the base of one tree, resting your hand against it while taking a deep breath. Emika is more worked up, while Izumi looks like she’s out of breath. At least she kept up with her pace.

“He knows we’re onto him,” you turn to face your teammates, “and we can’t catch up to him like this.”

“Well,” Emika begins, taking a deep breath herself, “what would a deserter do? If we can’t catch him, how can we lure him out?”

“W-W-Well, I read that d-deserters will do anyt-thing to guarantee their s-safety…” Izumi says between heavy breathing.

>”You’re not going to like it, but we need bait. Living bait.”
>”Maybe we should ‘offer’ him safety, false promise.”
>”It might get dangerous, but if we push him towards the barrier edge, technically he’d be cornered.”
>Other?

>”Maybe we should ‘offer’ him safety, false promise.”
Nothing fights harder than a cornered rat and he seems like the guy who'd get mad if we used a friend as bait

>>4535892
Damn this is actually a pretty tough situation. The target is faster, has more stamina, and his only apparent goal is to not get caught.
Can Koharu or Emika chant any hado that could be used as saturation-fire like artillery?

>>4535900
Not a bad idea but I'd rather use it after we caught him so he can't escape

>>4535904
I was thinking Koharu and Emika could try to up our apparent threat level by blasting the area and his escape paths while Izumi tried restoring reiatsu with kaido (if she can do that) to keep our batteries full, then going Shikai while Emika switches to restraining bakudos to debuff if Asato decides to close the distance and attack.

>>4535892
>Maybe we should ‘offer’ him safety, false promise.”

>>4535897
>>4535900
>>4535904
>>4535907
>>4535912
Fake diplo wins.
>Roll 3d10, Bo3, DC 19, crit 28, Social (5) may replace lowest die.

>>4535907
I'll keep these ideas in mind for when/if you get to Asato, good stuff though!

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

>>4535923

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

>>4535923

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

>>4535923
Oh no
We're gonna miss by 1 again aren't we