Xiahou_Zhidan
Unseated Shinigami
12th Squad: Captain of the Asylum
Posts: 24
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Post by Xiahou_Zhidan on May 22, 2010 23:22:35 GMT 1
"Bawhahahhaa!! It shall work, it must work!!!" Zhidan proclaimed.
"Ah!" Zhidan spun to face Kiyoshi who was just leaving. "Thank you for the bandages, also, just so as you know we'll be needing you to wear bandages again, later..." Zhidan grinned.
"Now..." Zhidan reached inside his uniform, and pulled out what seemed to be a box with symbols carved in it. He touched a point on it and it opened out becoming flat. He placed his newly acquired bandages on it.
"Jōzan" Zhidan said, the symbols on the now flat box glowed.
The number of the bandages increased. "My limited Duplicator, it's only really good for small things like this, not any good with living matter..."
Zhidan activated the Limited Duplicator again, and chuckled evilly. He would make a deadly trap, the 4th headquarters, would look utterly ruined, and everyone would look completely weakened and demoralized, protected by an insufficient few , yes... A target no egotistical evil monster could resist, such beings love to torment others, Zhidan would use that against Kyuuketsuki, he would use every thing he could against it. All to reap the reaper of reapers...
"Ryoko, Saezuru would you two mind helping me destroy some of the 4th headquarters, to make it look like it was hit worse than it really was..."
Zhidan would transform it all in to a vision of hopelessness and weakness...
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kagurodraven
Unseated Shinigami
Mad Scientist, PHD
Posts: 13
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Post by kagurodraven on May 22, 2010 23:43:44 GMT 1
Kaguro looked over his notes slowly and carefully, trying to pin down exactly where he went wrong. As he looked over his notes a scowl grew slowly upon his face, when he finished reading through them he sighed and grabbed more paper to begin writing down a new formula for the shield he was making, designed to absorb at least low level kido. As he continued to write down a formula he swore loudly, he realize one of the chemicals he would need for it had restricted access, only the captain could give him permission to use it. Sighing as he rose from his desk he left the lab, barely noticing as he moved out of the way of some of his more dangerous unfinished experiments. He called over an unseated officer and handed them a note. "This is a request form for Xiahou Taichou, find and give this to him immediately" He said, barely noticing as the young man nodded and ran off to find the captain. He walked through the halls of their headquarters to his room to meditate and speak with Banshee, she was a wise ass but she helped him see things from another perspective.
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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 29, 2010 14:42:05 GMT 1
Saezuru rolled his eyes. "Sir, you don't think you should get looked at before you take off on your own?" He pushed his way out the door and followed Kiyoshi out in the hall. "I know you've been in bed for a while, but at least make sure that you're fit to walk around."
Honestly, he'd been unconscious in bed for weeks, he wasn't fit to just get up and walk around.
"Your muscles could have atrophied, or...something..."
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Kiyoshi
Unseated Shinigami
Squad 8 Captain || Captain BEEEEES
Posts: 13
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Post by Kiyoshi on Jun 7, 2010 0:07:07 GMT 1
Kiyoshi gave yet another stretch as his VC followed him out of the room, shaking his head slightly. "They've got much more critical patients than me, I'm sure... it'd be horrible of me to make them help me walk again. Besides, the best thing for tight muscles is a good stretch, so that's what I'm going to do." The catboy gave a soft laugh, thinking to himself. Was he really okay? Sure, he was a little sore, but there were no real injuries, right? Worry began to creep into the Captain's mind, but he threw it away as quickly as it came. Now wasn't the time to let others worry about him. It was never a good time for that... and especially not now, in a time of potential crisis.
"Don't worry about me, Saezuru. Cats always land on their feet, or so I'm told. I'll be back to full speed in no time at all. I've always been pretty good at bouncing back, so no worries!" He grinned, fighting off yet another thought whose words seemed to echo ominously throughout his mind.
...except you couldn't bounce back from your death, could you...?
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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 Jul 20, 2010 13:34:51 GMT 1
The 4th headquarters looked like it had been forsaken by a God, and cursed by another, then half demolished by a third. Pitiful moans echoed like the wails of the damned, a fel gust screeched, through open holes. Seemingly broken bodies lay on the ground, and strewn about the wreckage.
A vision of a place without hope, no more, a place in despair. There was no sign of anyone who could possibly defend the wounded shattered shinigami who were all that was left...
Zhidan's bleeding carcass lay in the center of a blackened crater, his robes were torn, his half-mask torn off, revealing the horrific hollow travesty that was where his left eye had once been.
"It's perfect!" Zhidan exclaimed, having no regard for how he appeared. It had been handy that there was an underground complex were all the real patients could go. It hadn't occurred to Zhidan, but there would probably be hell to pay when the 4th's Taicho found out what was going on.
"I think the empty gigai were the master stroke! Ahahahahaha" Zhidan laughed maniacally, leaping to his feet.
Ryoko got off the ground, a large wooden splinter was through her shoulder, it was of course fake. "It's very convincing Zhidan-taicho, perhaps, too convincing, I cannot imagine Tahoshi, will react well if he discovers this without being told of it's real nature."
"Ah!" Zhidan said "Do you think I should send a messenger?"
"It might be best" Ryoko said.
As Zhidan was looking about for a suitable messenger, one of his shinigami, appeared before him and before Zhidan could say anything, spoke.
"Taicho-sama! I have a message from Kaguro-dono" The shinigami said handing Zhidan a note.
"Who?" Zhidan replied with puzzlement.
His subordinate barely suppressed a groan. "He is your Vice Captain, Kaguro Draven-dono"
"Ah, right! him... the one with the popcorn machine?" Zhidan said. "No Taicho-sama, that would be Kageru Fuuka-chan, Kaguro-dono is a man" "Oh, That Kaguro!"
Zhidan tore up the note.
"Tell him he'll get want he wants when Kyuuketsuki is purified, Also, tell him to go to the Spiritual Wave Measurement Lab, find out why the hell, we haven't any information on Kyuuketsuki, I want to know what those guys were doing! Tell, him to report to me after that. Now after you have done that tell Tahoshi that, I have set the spirit masker up and created an illusion of helplessness, something no sadistic monster could resist torturing, it's sure to be attractive to our prey, got all that, good, now go!" Zhidan order briskly curtly and surprisingly lucidly.
The Shinigami left to convey Zhidan's messages.
"Eh? Were did Kittyman-kun go to?" Zhidan questioned, looking around. "Kitty? Oh you mean Kiyoshi-Taicho, I believe he went for a walk, and Saezuru went with him." "You mean to say they didn't help us transform this place into the appearance of a doomed wreck!?" "No they didn't"
Zhidan slumped a bit, some of the air having been taken out of his sails. "Well, I guess they've missed the opportunity now..." Zhidan pouted.
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kagurodraven
Unseated Shinigami
Mad Scientist, PHD
Posts: 13
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Post by kagurodraven on Jul 24, 2010 8:48:14 GMT 1
Kaguro opened one eye slightly as his door was pulled open by an out of breath member of his squad, he idly noticed it was the same one he sent to find Xiahou-taicho. Kaguro waved in the messenger and listened to the reply, sighing to himself at the answer, while wondering who this 'Kyuuketsuki' was and why purifying them was so important. Kaguro stood up and stretched from his meditation, smiling slightly at the all but transparent figure of banshee as she gained an annoyed look on her face from their talk being interrupted.
Kaguro moved quickly through the corridors of squad twelve's headquarters, practically a labyrinth at times due to how people kept on making more labs in seemingly random locations, and the fact the taicho before Xiahou was said to be more than a little paranoid. Kaguro looked around once he reached the door to the Spiritual Wave Measurement Lab, then he looked at the decently sized doors before deciding to take a note from the taicho's book and just kicked them open.
Kaguro smiled as several people in the room jumped, one even fell backward onto their tail. Kaguro shook his head to stop his mind from wondering onto what experiment made someone grow a tail, and why someone did said experiment.
Kaguro marched over to the lead researcher in the SWML before stopping and looking at one of the screens, an odd hollow was shown on the screen, fighting a captain, and winning.
"What in the hell is that?" Kaguro asked, slightly fearful at the idea of a hollow winning against a captain. "That would be Kyuuketsuki fuku-taicho, a reaper of reapers, from the reports we've gained it has the ability to gain some of the abilities of those it...well, reaps sir." The head researcher explained.
Kaguro's hand tightened around Banshee's handle, the slight fear from seeing the creature growing. Kaguro closed his eyes and breathed deeply before turning and glaring at the researcher. "Would you mind explaining why such an abnormality among hollows, something that in theory has the potential to continue to grow stronger by an infinite amount and thus eventually easily wipe out not only all of soul society but the entire living realm as well, was not found by this lab? And if it was found why was no one warned about it? You incompetents are either not worthy to be in this squad for not noticing such a creature, or not deserving to be shinigami at all for not warning everyone! Especially since it had been in conflict with captain level shinigami already!" Kaguro said, speaking calmly at first but his voice slowly rising until he was screaming at the man, unconsciously pushing down on the researcher with his spiritual pressure.
Kaguro calmed down slightly as Banshee whispered into his mind, calming him down. Kaguro walked over and knocked one of the incompetents out of their chairs. "Get out of this lab and find more competent researchers to come and help me, and send me a hell butterfly so I can contact the taicho." Kaguro stated before getting to work on analyzing all data the SWML had collected on the creature.
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Post by Juno on Aug 11, 2010 21:13:36 GMT 1
"I'll gather together some of my best to bring over as well." Jin replied. Grinning devilishly, she turned to face her second and third in command. "CHUUJI! KISUKE! You two are coming with!"
Chu blinked, stammering and fidgeting like a child "W-what!? Y-you can't be serious, Boss! can't go back there! Most of us can't! We're enemies, dammit!"
"It's an order, my girl! And an excellent chance to show Seireitei the power of what it's let go!" Still grinning, Jin playfully entered a battle stance, jabbing lightly at the air. She seemed more excited about this than she really should be...
"Ah... If you really think it's a good idea, then... fine. Whatever. I'll go back to that hellhole."
"Excellent! Now I need you two to go round up who you think is best suited for this job. About twenty or so should do. There haven't been many Hollow around here lately, anyway. And until we're back... the Central Officers will be in charge. Dismissed!"
The ex-shinigami bit down on her lip, still not too keen on this entire scenario. But she sucked it up and did as she was told, bowing before leaving the Dojo to go round up her share of fighters.
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Post by Tahoshi on Aug 12, 2010 20:27:07 GMT 1
Tahoshi grinned a very cunning grin. His VC, Ryoko, was already back in Soul Society by now, and although Tahoshi hadn't got everything he had come for, he got the most important part of it.
Well, the most important part for Seireitei, anyway.
The Senkai gate opened at the eastern end of Seireitei, and allowed the hyped up Tahoshi to step forth. He made his way to the site of the plan, Squad Four's HQ.
"Is everything going as planned?" He asked as he arrived.
Zhidan let rip with a roar of a laugh, which seemed to turn into more of an evil cackle by the time it petered out. Tahoshi could only grin in reaction.
"We'll get that bastard back for what he's done to us. Then we can rebuild." He said quietly to himself.
Zhidan slapped him on the back at just that moment, snapping Tahoshi from his Reverie instantly.
"Captain!" Ryoko called, hearing his voice. Her vision was coming back slowly, but she needed to get back in tune with her Zanpakutoh and reiatsu before it would be up to scratch. For now, she was able to move without bumping into people, but things were another matter.
"Ryoko. Good work. I've left messages with the Senkai gates to allow Jin and her squad through. They should be here soon, if they're coming." Tahoshi said, his Zanpakutoh, Ryuujin Tiamat, was hungry for a fight, hungry to burn his enemies to the ground. This was rubbing off on Tahoshi too, as his Reiatsu, although under control, was rather warm at the moment, and threatened to burn anyone that tried to touch him.
"Can you turn it off completely easily?" Tahoshi asked Zhidan, worrying about his VC's combat potential in such an area. "We don't want to risk being caught off guard if we're at below maximum strength."
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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 Aug 12, 2010 20:46:07 GMT 1
Zhidan grinned, and waved his hand about (it had been mildly burnt by slapping Taoshi's back). "Ehhe heh he hee! Instant shut-off, the monster'll never know what hit it!, besides, it should be affected too!"
Then Zhidan seemed to go completely serious, his tone was harsh, cold and his sole eye glared with intensity. "It might however be in our interests to fight the Kyuuketsuki for a while under the field, a sham of desperation, and then turn the masker off, disorientating it, if we do than, it'll be hit by several captain-class Reiatsu at once, the only one being caught off guard will be that abomination!"
Zhidan smiled and returned to his goofy maniacal self. "Anyway, have I not transformed this place into a vision of hopelessness?" he said, gesturing at the ruined structure before them.
"Tell, me honestly, if you were a sadistic monster, would you attack it?" Zhidan looked inquiringly at Tahoshi.
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Post by Tahoshi on Aug 12, 2010 20:52:37 GMT 1
Tahoshi grinned, matching the maniacal vision of Zhidan. The two of them exchanged a glance, then a laugh.
"If I were a sadistic monster, I'd already be here." He said, glancing over it again.
"It's a work of art. If I ever need to make a vision of hopelessness again, You'll be top of the list."
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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 Aug 12, 2010 21:03:56 GMT 1
"You're too kind!" Zhidan said, giving a flamboyant bow, smiling broadly. Zhidan froze, the smile slipped from his face. "Wait... what did you say... If you were a sadistic monster? you'd already be here?" Zhidan's Reiatsu went wild, you could almost hear it causing howling. "Damn it all! What if it's been watching this all, what if it's here! what if it already knows!"
Zhidan turned towards the 4th hq, then he turned back again. "We need a back up plan.., something else... this isn't enough!... maybe... a reishi bomb?, soul trap? Gigai puppet matrix?, maybe something with that armour I was making...?" Zhidan paced back and forth, chewing his arm, his eye darting wildly about.
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Post by Tahoshi on Aug 12, 2010 22:26:50 GMT 1
"He's not here." Ryoko said, stepping up to the two. "Trust me, He's nowhere near." She added, looking around to make sure.
"How can you be sure?" Tahoshi asked, but the only reply he got from Ryoko, and that was her indicating her blindfold.
"Ahh, fair enough. hear that Zhidan, we're safe. If you want to make a backup plan just in case, might I suggest we leave the explosives out of it... This is still our fourth squad barracks after all." Tahoshi replied, happy with their plan for 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 Aug 12, 2010 22:46:55 GMT 1
Zhidan still twitched a bit, but he seemed to trust Ryoko, It was probably something to do with her being one of the few to have talked to him while he had been going through his recovering therapy.
"Right... good, I'll come up with a backup..." Zhidan thought for a moment, then grinned. "There's this armour I'm working on, I call it the deathguard armour, currently it drains the user of all power, it's supposed to absorb attacks and give the aborbed power to the user, but I haven't got it working... If we get Kyuuketsuki into the armour, it'll be easy pickings!"
Zhidan frowned. "The only problem is, how do you trick a hyper intelligent being to it's doom?"
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kagurodraven
Unseated Shinigami
Mad Scientist, PHD
Posts: 13
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Post by kagurodraven on Aug 14, 2010 22:53:05 GMT 1
Kaguro sighed to himself as others, and that hell butterfly, finally arrived to aid in this. He quickly gave them their orders and they got to work immediately as he took a moment to record his message onto the hell butterfly. "Xiahou-taicho, apparently we had a bunch of incompetents working in the Spiritual Wave Movement Lab as they apparently didn't notice this.....annomily or if they did they mentioned it to no one. I ordered them to leave and sent word to a few researchers who I know are not as incompetent to help me work on this, unfortunately this means that we still no almost nothing about the anomaly.". As he finished as waved off the hell butterfly with it's message he laid his head in his hands.
He sighed to himself and stabbed Banshee into the table near him, her 'apparition' appearing behind him and whispering to calm him down before he started screaming in sheer frustration. He breathed slowly and deeply to calm himself before getting to work on attempting to figure out some kind of weakness about this creature.
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Post by Tahoshi on Sept 6, 2010 13:14:04 GMT 1
"That's easy. Triple bluff. We tell him exactly whats wrong with it, and what it was meant to do, in a way that sounds like we're trying to get him to get into it, because its broken. Most intelligent beings will take it as a free ticket to superpower." Tahoshi grinned, and ryoko sniggered.
"We leave it off scene, and at some point, i'll whisper a little too loudly to get out the secret weapon. Then you wheel the armour in, and he'll question it. Guaranteed."
At that moment, the Senkai gate opened on the other side of Seireitei, unknown to all of the captains and vice captains congregated on the roof of the 4th squad HQ.
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