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Post by Tahoshi on May 5, 2010 12:37:58 GMT 1
*ahem* Ryoko cleared her throat, and stood. "I'll head back to Seireitei and check on the planning." She said, heading to leave. "There is a lot still to be done."
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Ryoko appeared soon after at the fourth squad HQ, looking over the proceedings. The spirit masker had been, as usual, expertly set up perfectly in place. Ryoko flash stepped up to the top of the building, and looked around for Zhidan. The closer she got, the less steady and determined her steps became, until she reached the boundary of the masking field.
"Uhh... Zhidan-taicho, are you there?" she asked, hearing movement around her, but not being able to sense a thing. She collapsed to her knees, almost in shock.
"Wh-whats going on? I can't see anything..." She said, even going as far as tearing the blindfold from her face to see if that made a difference... All those looking at her would have seen her cold stare, blank white eyes glowing slightly in the sunlight.
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Xiahou_Zhidan
Unseated Shinigami
12th Squad: Captain of the Asylum
Posts: 24
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Post by Xiahou_Zhidan on May 5, 2010 23:45:39 GMT 1
"Ah!" Zhidan exclaimed, then was about to put a hand on Ryoko's shoulder, he thought better of it, the girl was quite distraught, no telling what she might do if something came into contact with her while she couldn't see.
He decided to speak instead. "My apologies Ryoko" he said (Ignoring his and her rank, he usually did that). "I'm afraid you can't see while we have the spirit masker functioning, Your sensing abilities won't function. Using the spirit masker has a price, those within the field are undetectable, but they can't detect anything either also those in the field do not have access to their full power, there's a few other problems too..."
Zhidan stared at Ryoko, she seemed calmer now. She stood up warily. Zhidan slowly placed a hand on her shoulder, just as so as she knew where he was, though she had already gotten a fair idea from his voice. She flinched a little when he touched. Zhidan rubbed the cloth covering his missing eye, Ryoko really didn't like not being able to see. She really hadn't changed that much.
"I'll see if I can fix you up something that will help... Ya' know, you've changed a bit since I last saw you, heh actually I haven't seen you since the academy, not that I saw much of you then, what with the testing and 'therapy' sessions I had, that and the fact they had to lock me up several times because I was really really mad, back then! Yeah my memories from then are a bit patchy! Ahahahahaha!" Zhidan rambled.
*ahem* Ryoko politely cleared her throat.
"Oh! I'm sorry! You have a message for me, or something, right?, oh before we get down to official stuff, I'll be your eyes for you while you're here!" Zhidan said smiling and patting Ryoko on the head.
It was possible that Ryoko might never get a word in between Zhidan's raving.
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Post by Tahoshi on May 6, 2010 12:36:24 GMT 1
Ryoko sighed as she regained her composure, and had to readjust to being properly blind. Soon, she was standing and walking with the same confidence as before, although her dodging of people came a lot closer to failure.
"Tahoshi is getting on well with his secret plan. I daresay he'll be back with us tomorrow morning... Potentially with strong reinforcements." Ryoko said, forcing her way into the conversation.
"Your spirit masker is even better than I thought it would be. I can't even sense your reiatsu, and you're standing next to me." She said, turning to look directly at him. It must have seemed like she had her sight back for a moment... And then the shock of seeing her glowing white eyes...
"oh! I'm sorry..." she said, replacing the blindfold.
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Xiahou_Zhidan
Unseated Shinigami
12th Squad: Captain of the Asylum
Posts: 24
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Post by Xiahou_Zhidan on May 6, 2010 20:14:47 GMT 1
"There's no need to be sorry, I should be the one to apologize, 'sides your eyes are prettier than the combo of my empty socket and my 'good' eye. Ahahahahaha!" Zhidan said jovially absent mindedly rubbing the half-mask over his empty eye socket.
"Speaking of secret plans, I was going to have everyone in the field of the spirit masker disguise, Oh thanks for your approval of it by the way!, disguise themselves as wounded unseated shinigami, often whoever has the element of surprise in a battle wins! Ha! It's a great plan, isn't it! eh?! Ahaha" Zhidan commented.
"Now..." Zhidan abruptly stopped laughing, his voice was now cold where it had been warm. "Can we trust these "strong reinforcements"? Who are they? I have an Idea, who they might be, but... *sigh* actually anybody would be help right now, I there isn't even any readings on Kyuuketsuki, apparently the systems overloaded... though it might be somebody messed up the equipment, I couldn't check myself, had to set up the masker, a saboteur is not what we need right now..."
Zhidan went silent.
"Dammit!" Zhidan roared. "If only I had been there! I could have helped, I've let everyone down..."
Zhidan shivered with rage.
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Post by Tahoshi on May 6, 2010 21:37:20 GMT 1
"There's no need to be angry with yourself... you're here now, and your devices are going to give us a huge advantage." Ryoko said, finally regaining all of her composure.
"The reinforcements are trusted by Tahoshi, and I believe right now he'll be sealing the deal. If we can't trust them, then we're dead either by them, or by Kyuuketsuki. Your choice, really."
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MidnightOverClouds
Unseated Shinigami
AKA: Saezuru Jiyuu, 8th Squad Vice Captain
Posts: 12
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Post by MidnightOverClouds on May 6, 2010 22:34:30 GMT 1
"Good Morning, all!" Saezuru called cheerfully from the Kiyoshi's window. He looked down from the second story window at Ryoko and Zhidan. "What's going on here? I normally wouldn't be concerned, but my captain has been wounded and he needs his rest." Saezuru's wide smile was cheerful and energetic.
He'd have to remember to badger Zhidan-taichou for answers later. The captain was a genius, but not even he could have information this early in the investigation, no matter how impatient Saezuru was. He'd more than likely be working harder on the Kyuuketsuki thing than he usually worked on other subjects (if that was even possible), so he'd probably have something soon.
Saezuru noted briefly that Ryoko didn't have her blindfold on. Does it count as a blindfold if she's already blind? Saezuru wondered. She also seemed upset, and a near instant curiosity flared up in Saezuru.
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Xiahou_Zhidan
Unseated Shinigami
12th Squad: Captain of the Asylum
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Post by Xiahou_Zhidan on May 6, 2010 23:58:16 GMT 1
Zhidan had been about to say something to Ryoko when a red haired male Shinigami (Zhidan was pleased by the hair, disappointed by the gender) Zhidan didn't know protested on his poor Captain's behalf.
"Ah! Hello! sorry! I forgot there was real wounded people here, not fake ones! Ahahaha!" Zhidan shouted to this Shinigami.
It was then that an idea occurred to Zhidan...
This was a bad thing.
"Excuse me, but what's your name lad?" Zhidan asked, a maniacal grin painted on his face (It was a mercy for Ryoko that she couldn't see it).
"Vice Captain of the 8th, Jiyuu Saezuru" Saezuru said.
"Ah! good, good!" Zhidan said. He hadn't a clue what the 8th did, he couldn't really remember who the Captain of the 8th was, It was ages since Zhidan had attended a Captain's meeting, that and some things slipped through Zhidan's mind like a sieve, others stuck, it was a bit random. Some experiments and people he would remember others... he didn't.
"Who is your Captain again?" Zhidan asked, with not a shred of embarrassment.
Saezuru could hardly believe his ears. "Captain Kiyoshi" He said.
"A yes! Of course, wait right there!!" Zhidan shouted. Zhidan then looked about, he spotted what he was looking for, a 4th squad Shinigami (who had eaten a bun given to him by a 12th squad Shinigami with a tentacled hand, he was now not feeling the best).
Zhidan grabbed the poor unfortunate. "Take us to where Captain Kiyoshi is!" Zhidan commanded.
The poor Shinigami was completely intimidated by Zhidan. "Yes! Taicho! please follow me" the Shinigami said. "Wait!, Uh Zhidan-taicho! What are we doing?"
Zhidan gave an evil chuckle and tapped Ryoko on the tip of her nose (Huh! without consent no less!). "Why, Bandages of course!" Zhidan said as if it was the most obvious thing in Seireitei. "Bandages?" Kyoko puzzled. "Bandages!" Zhidan affirmed.
"Bandages?" Kyoko questioned. "Bandages!" Zhidan answered. "They are essential to my devious stratagem! and Kiyoshi is injured, and where there is injured people, there are bandages, if all else fails we can steal some of his, I'm sure he's not badly hurt! Ahahahaha!"
Zhidan grabbed Kyoko by the wrist and they went off (Zhidan pulling) after the 4th squad Shinigami. "Hahaha! We quest for Bandages! and this time they will not elude us!!! Muhahahahaha!"
Zhidan was not going to forget about the Bandages it seemed...
It was unlikely Kiyoshi would be getting any rest. Not when Zhidan, hell-bent on getting the bandages that so far mysteriously eluded him, was descending on his location.
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Kiyoshi
Unseated Shinigami
Squad 8 Captain || Captain BEEEEES
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Post by Kiyoshi on May 8, 2010 19:47:48 GMT 1
"Hey, hey, don't tell them I'm injured, they might actually believe it! I told you, they're just scratches." The boy grinned lightly, shrugging into his jacket. It felt good to have the Shinigami garb on again; even with the bandages over his arms and waist, the cloth that had been tailored for him still fit nicely along his oddly-shaped body. He paused for a moment, resting his elbows on Dodonpachi, before closing his eyes.
"As far as fighting is concerned, I'm not sure what we should do... but I do know that we won't know until we try." He sighed, glancing at Saezuru gravely. "I know it's going to be risky, but we didn't make Captain and Vice-Captain for nothing. We'll go for it, and toss in our own strategies while we're in the field being worms on a hook." Kiyoshi gave a slight sway of his tail, standing up straight. "At least that way, we can go with the plan while relying on our own tactics as well."
It was only then that the boy seemed to realize he was hearing his name a lot. Coming from outside. His ears twitched, and he glanced towards the window as the voices began to move. "What the... is that Squad 12's Captain making all that hubbub?" Kiyoshi blinked slightly, sitting down on the bed he'd woken up on. What was going on now...?
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Xiahou_Zhidan
Unseated Shinigami
12th Squad: Captain of the Asylum
Posts: 24
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Post by Xiahou_Zhidan on May 9, 2010 0:28:31 GMT 1
"You sure this is his room?" Zhidan interrogated the poor 4th squad Shinigami.
The unfortunate man sighed, after this was dealt with, he was going to have some serious business with his stomach, namely emptying it, that bun he had taken was doing some very strange exotic and unpleasant things to his innards. Soon... Soon it would just be him... and a stomach pump, then bliss.
"Yes Taicho!" he answered. "Good!" Zhidan said, grinning widely. Zhidan then stood in front of the door, he turned his head sideways, as if measuring something. Then he cocked his leg back. Then he swung it forwards. "I" "Will" "Have" "My" "BANDAGES!!!!!"
Zhidan's Geta, (wooden sandals, Zhidan reinforced his with metal incidentally), slammed into the heavy door of the room, which was of course made to withstand a lot of punishment (patients need to be protected).
The door went flying inwards. "Zhidan-Taicho, did you just kick the door of a ward in?" Ryoko asked. "Maybe... Oh, before I forget! Call me Zhi!" Zhidan responded. "You kicked it in... didn't you?" "... Yes" "..." Well, Zhidan hadn't changed much, Ryoko thought. As to whether this was a good thing...
"Hmm I hope I didn't inadvertently injure somebody! Ahahahhahhaha!!!" Zhidan laughed.
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MidnightOverClouds
Unseated Shinigami
AKA: Saezuru Jiyuu, 8th Squad Vice Captain
Posts: 12
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Post by MidnightOverClouds on May 9, 2010 4:24:30 GMT 1
Saezuru turned from the window to face Kiyoshi, determining that there was nothing more to be observed about Ryoko or Zhidan.
"It's a bit late for that, sir." Saezuru, who had already had a small smile, grinned wider when he saw Kiyoshi in his Shinigami robes. "And as for fighting, I'd like to see what Zhidan finds out before we make any real decision. Any attack we make is doomed to fail without forethought, and currently, we don't have much to think about." Saezuru shrugged good naturedly. He leaned back against the windowsill, drumming his fingers against the wood.
"Yes, actually, he's come out of hi--" Saezuru was interrupted by a muffled bellow and a monstrous crack as the door was kicked in. Out of reflex, Saezuru flitted to his captain's side, placing his hand on Fushichou's hilt.
Standing in front of the carnage that was previously the door, was Captain Zhidan, one foot extended. Saezuru's eyes widened as they jumped from Zhidan's crazed expression to his metal reinforced sandals, and back again.
Then, he glanced up at Kiyoshi, apologetic and sheepishly shifting his weight and fidgeting.
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kagurodraven
Unseated Shinigami
Mad Scientist, PHD
Posts: 13
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Post by kagurodraven on May 16, 2010 21:11:23 GMT 1
Kaguro whistled a little toon to himself, waving slightly to any other squad members in the area, as he headed towards his personal lab. As he entered the lab he absentmindedly ducked under an arc of electricity that shot out of an older experiment, an attempt to create the effects of byakurai using technology, before grabbing some chemicals off the walls and taking a beaker off of the fire it was over. He poured a single drop from the beaker onto a piece of steel he had on the work table before gently putting a single drop from each chemical he grabbed onto it as well.
He put the steel under a microscope and smiled widely at seeing the result he wanted before running over to grab a small shield and pouring the chemicals onto it, covering every inch of its surface before putting it on a wall and aiming his pointer finger towards it whispering "Byakurai" to fire said spell at the shield. His smile grew as the shield absorbed the attack, then it began glowing brightly and his eyes widened. "Crap" was all he said to himself before a powerful concussive force shot the shield from the wall and it slammed into him, knocking him to the ground.
He swore under he breath as he stood back up and grabbed the shield before tossing it into a pile of failed experiments. He walked over to his desk and began looking over his notes to see where he went wrong.
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Xiahou_Zhidan
Unseated Shinigami
12th Squad: Captain of the Asylum
Posts: 24
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Post by Xiahou_Zhidan on May 20, 2010 15:34:04 GMT 1
"Ah!" Zhidan exclaimed, lowering his leg.
"Sorry for intruding"
It was then that Zhidan noticed Kiyoshi's ears... and tail.
"You're a kitty!" Zhidan said, then frowned. "Wait, you're also a man... hmmm" Zhidan looked over Kiyoshi with his one eye. "I thought I told my squad not to experiment (intensively) on other squads anymore!" Zhidan blinked, a thought had just occurred to him.
"If this is the room Kiyoshi is in, then kitty-person must be Kiyoshi, rather than an experiment!" Zhidan babbled ignoring rank.
Zhidan grabbed Kiyoshi's hand and shook it enthusiastically. "My apologies, Kittyoshi! My name is Xiahou Zhidan! call me Zhi, Ahhahahahahaha!" Zhidan laughed while scratching the back of his head.
"Sorry I mistook you for an experiment! Now... I don't suppose I could borrow your bandages? All the 4th division shinigami I asked fainted away! Hehhehe!" Zhidan smiled eerily, and his hands were outstretched making grabbing motions.
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Kiyoshi
Unseated Shinigami
Squad 8 Captain || Captain BEEEEES
Posts: 13
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Post by Kiyoshi on May 22, 2010 1:39:10 GMT 1
Kiyoshi's hand had flicked quickly to the hilt of Dodonpachi when he heard the screams nearing, but he still jumped back slightly when the door flew past his line of sight. Upon seeing the shinigami's robes, however, his muscles relaxed; he let a hand raise to his chest before calming his expression. Kiyo sighed gently, giving his Vice-Captain a nod and a smile-- he'd appreciated the intention after all-- and then climbed off the bed, trying to settle his fur.
"Ah, please, there are nicer ways to enter an infirmary... you'll make everyone think we're being attacked again with that kind of noise." The boy sighed gently, perking his ears curiously as he looked the other man over, before laughing.
"I'm no experiment, I came here this way," the boy smiled. What a silly guy... but he was still a Captain, he could tell. He shook the man's hand back, bowing sightly. "It's a pleasure, Zhi. I'm indeed Kiyoshi Monogatari, 8th Squad's Captain. As for my bandages..." The boy swayed his tails alternately, glancing over his arms. "I don't know what you'd do with used bandages, but I suppose you're welcome to them. I'd recommend you find some clean ones to use, lest you make someone sick." The boy shrugged out of the bandages on his arms, however, grateful to get rid of them; though still pink in color, the cuts on his arms were healing quickly. He held them out to Zhidan's grabbing hands, allowing the man to take them with no resistance, before turning to face Saezuru.
"Think I'm going for a walk," the catboy murmured, swaying his tails gently. "I want to see if I can't find our other comrade. That, and I really need to stretch... I'll be back in a little while." With that, the boy took his goggles from a nearby table, fitting them to his head as he began to walk out into the main halls of the ward.
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Post by Juno on May 22, 2010 3:56:45 GMT 1
The two remained as they were, an unspoken bond from many, many years ago flaring back to life. Then, after a few minutes of silence, a look of determination flared up in Jin's eyes. She clamped one hand on Tahoshi's shoulder and offered the other for a shake. The Captain of Second Squad firmly took hold of her hand, the rogue soul's grip just as sure. She then flashed a confident grin.
"I'll do it. For you. And for our old dreams. We'll wipe the floor with him."
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Juno slumped back against the pillows on the cot once the medic shinigami had finished his current round of poking and prodding. She was frowning, more in annoyance than anything else. But, Hotaru just reached down and gently tousled her dirty hair. Her Seated Officer was smiling, and it seemed to be contagious. Slowly, Juno's frown wavered, transforming into the slightest of smiles as she looked up to her brunette friend.
"So how ya' feeling?" Hotaru asked, pulling her hand away only to have it grasped by her Captain and pulled back down. It seemed Juno required a grounding in reality, the warmth from Hotaru's hand reassuring her that she wasn't dead. Yet.
"Still out of it, huh?"
Juno nodded. "It's hard to concentrate..." she whispered, wincing as she spoke. "Everything hurts." Her eyes were watering. "And... I'm scared."
Hotaru could see the fear in Juno's eyes. It wasn't painfully obvious, but it was indeed there.
"Hey hey... Don't worry, Juno! I'll stay by your side forever, you know that. And Tahoshi and Buzzcut-kun are trying their hardest to clear your name."
"Clear my name?" A soft sob. "I... I don't-" The Officer cut her off.
"Juno... Don't. Worry. We're gonna take care of this."
They went back and forth a few more times before Hotaru managed to calm Juno down. The two sat together in silence, waiting for word from someone, anyone, of what was going to happen.
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Post by Tahoshi on May 22, 2010 20:51:46 GMT 1
"For old times sake." Tahoshi replied, tightening his grip on her hand. He soon let go, and instead wrapped his arm around her.
"I've missed you... Seireitei hasn't been the same without you." He admitted, before letting go of her again.
"If there's anyone you think can help, More help will be better... Also, you'll need members for your squad.... I'll make sure you have a home there when this is over." He finished, helping her to her feet.
"Shall we?"
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"You know, Zhidan-taicho, I think this plan of yours might work..." Ryoko said, smiling slightly. She didn't normally, but Zhidan's exhuberance seemed to be rubbing off on her.
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