>>1068145


Wait is Tora smiling? that's a rare sight but...what's going on here?

What do I do?
[]ignore them and go about my morning duties
[] Order the shinigami that rank lower than me to stop messing around and get back to work
[] Ask what's going around
[].....this is about the duel I had with Aizen isn't it? How did you find out about that?
[]Bow and find a sparing partner for morning drills
[] turn and walk away, obviously In my tired daze I've wandered into the wrong barracks
[] try and ask ginrei if I can see the kids I captured
[] Get a little embarrassed
[] write in

>>1068148
>[] Ask what's going around
>[].....this is about the duel I had with Aizen isn't it? How did you find out about that?

>>1068148
>[] Ask what's going around
>[].....this is about the duel I had with Aizen isn't it? How did you find out about that?
>[] try and ask ginrei if I can see the kids I captured
>[] Get a little embarrassed

Evening HM.

>>1068148
>[] Ask what's going around
>[].....this is about the duel I had with Aizen isn't it? How did you find out about that?
>[] Get a little embarrassed
>[]Bow and find a sparing partner for morning drills

>>1068148
>[] Ask what's going around
>[].....this is about the duel I had with Aizen isn't it? How did you find out about that?

>>1068196
This

>>1068148
>[] Ask what's going around
>[].....this is about the duel I had with Aizen isn't it? How did you find out about that?
>[] Get a little embarrassed
>[]Bow and find a sparing partner for morning drills

I blink once or twice, caught in a bit of a daze as I try to process what I'm seeing in front of me. This is usually the time when my fellows are drilling or taking part in practice spars. So why are they. I tilt my head as they stop as the clapping slows down, but doesn't die as a few of the more enthusiastic shinigami keep making noise as the more reserved ones simply stand at attention.

"What's going on here?" I ask frowning as Tora continues to smile, I can feel myself blushing in embarrassment from all this attention already"What are you"

Wait...no it couldn't be could it?

"This is about the duel I had with Aizen isn't it?" I ask as one of the higher ranking soul reapers nod and smirks "How did you all find out about that?"

"The captain told us" One of the officers above me, a man with a claw mark over half his face says calmly smiling almost proudly despite the fact him and I have never talked beside him giving me orders from higher up in the chain of command "just this morning, when a unseated member very rudely asked why you were late to drills"

"Yes" Tora says dully "we simply decided it would be...right to show you some much earned respect for...surviving I guess"

"Not many people would even think face lieutenant aizen in a duel, let alone be able to return to work in just a few days" an older woman with hair cut short says with a smile "Its just impressive"

"Always knew you were made of stern stuff"

"Its hard to keep you down isn't it"

"....lucky girl"

"And here I thought the scars were just a sign you weren't quick on your feet"

"I'd have loved to seen the fight myself"

I bite my lip as my comrades in arms continue to shower me in praises, even the ones who usually look upon me jealously...well most of them, in fact I can taste the sarcasm on a few of the voices, and the looks on their faces tell me their real feelings. but they're drowned out by real praises and impressed smiles and looks of respect. it just....why am I blushing so much, I ...this is just too much"

"Mhm" Ginrei says from the second story of the barracks "yes yes, thats enough praising for Kemuri, she fought with valor and honor that will reflect itself on the rest of us, BUT NOW is no time to celebrate her determination, get back to the morning drills"

And without a word it all stops, and the barracks return to normal.

"thank you" I say under my breath, gripping the hilt of my zanpakuto as I move to join my fellow shinigami, still feeling flustered and flattered.

Now, who do I spar with?
[] Tora
[] one or more of lower ranked shinigami
[] One of my betters
[] ask ginrei if I can spar with a soul reaper from another division
[] Duel with the people who are jealous of me
[]ask someone if it was really that big of a deal
[] write in

>>1068265
>[] Duel with the people who are jealous of me
>[]ask someone if it was really that big of a deal

>>1068265
>[] One of my betters

Get gud

>>1068265
>[]ask someone if it was really that big of a deal
>[] One of my betters

>>1068265
>[] One of my betters
>[]ask someone if it was really that big of a deal

>>1068265
>[] One of my betters
[]ask someone if it was really that big of a deal

>>1068265
>One of my betters

the older, refined woman walks up to me with a calm almost unnoticable smile. I think she holds the seventh seat, but I don't know her name since her manners are such she only speaks in meetings when she must. She's kind of like tora in that regard but...tora is just quite in general, not out of politeness or anything like that.

"May I request a simple spar?" She asks sweetly, bowing even though she's a higher position than I am, I smile and do the same

"Of course, I'd be honored to match blades with you" I say as nicely as I can as she smiles just a bit wider

"As would I, I'm interested to see how the girl who managed to match Aizen fights" She says, gripping her purple tasseled blade anxiously

"Is that really such a big deal? I didn't even last that long against him" I say frowning as she nods "Also I don't think he'd like the knowledge of our duel spreading"

"Well words spread, you can't stop them from doing that, but....the fact is Kemuri, you managed to keep up with someone with much stronger Reiryoku than your own" She says calmly as I step five paces away from her, and begin to pull my zanpakuto free of its sheath "You shouldn't have been able to cut him, or match blades with him"

"Skill has always outmatch pure power" I sigh shaking my head "Aizen has both, and I didn't last long against him"

"You lasted longer than anyone else, that I know of" She say says, drawing her polished blade

and then, she strikes

What do I do?
[] Match her 1d100
[] Bash her blade out of the way with my sheath 1d20+str
[] dodge 1d20+mob
[] Oni's smoke behind her 1d20+spirit
[] take the hit 1d20+endurance
[] Sweep my sheath into her feet and smack her neck with the blunt of my blade 1d100
[] write in

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1068358
>Bash her blade out of the way with my sheath 1d20+str

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>1068358
>[] Match her 1d100

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>1068358
>[] Bash her blade out of the way with my sheath 1d20+str

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1068358
>[] Bash her blade out of the way with my sheath 1d20+str

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1068358
>[] Bash her blade out of the way with my sheath 1d20+str

"Besides, no matter how skilled one is, if they cannot even harm their opponent, they will never win" She says smiling as she slashes her blade, aiming for my chest "I'm curious, how did you manage to wound him?"

"As I said" I say moving my blade to distract her as I drop my sheath to my side and swing it up, quick and as hard as I can like a club
-
19+10=29=success
-

It smacks into the blunt of her blade. I smirk as the metal reverberates. The sheer force of my blade forcing hers out of the way, pulling her arm away as I step forward and frown

"Skill, always beats out raw power" I say calmly as her eyes remain as calm and curious as ever

What do I do?
[] Try to stab her 1d100
[]continue smacking her with my sheath 1d100
[] pivot, swing my blade, bring it back around and smack her with the pommel 1d100
[] Tackle her 1d20+str
[] Lock blades with her 1d20+endurance
[] Use kido 1d20+spirit
[] ask if she could give me some pointers, while I fight with her
[] Tell her her weakness is a common fault, abandoning skill for that power, relying on power too much
[] laugh and ask if she's ever seen anything like that
[] write in

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>1068464
>[] ask if she could give me some pointers, while I fight with her
>[] Tell her her weakness is a common fault, abandoning skill for that power, relying on power too much
>[]continue smacking her with my sheath 1d100

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>1068464
>[] ask if she could give me some pointers, while I fight with her
>[] pivot, swing my blade, bring it back around and smack her with the pommel 1d100

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>1068464
>[]continue smacking her with my sheath 1d100

Just to probe and test her

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>1068464
[] ask if she could give me some pointers, while I fight with her
[] Tell her her weakness is a common fault, abandoning skill for that power, relying on power too much
[] pivot, swing my blade, bring it back around and smack her with the pommel 1d100

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>1068464
>[] Tell her her weakness is a common fault, abandoning skill for that power, relying on power too much
>[] pivot, swing my blade, bring it back around and smack her with the pommel 1d100

"Curious style" She says turning to try and bring her blade back down into my back "You certainly don't fight like a normal shinigiami"

"Well if you have some pointers for me, feel free to give me them" I say happily as I pivot around mid sentence, bring my zanpakuto up as she nods

"Well, never put all your Strength into a swing, the blade itself should be more than enough to cut through all but the thickest hollow hides" she shouts as she dodges away from my swing "There's no reason to leave yourself open from a missed strike, since if your foe is fast enough you won't be able to"

I turn, gripping the hilt of my zanpakuto tightly the moment she steps forward. I slam the pommel into her face with a resounding crack, making her stumble and clutch her face looking shocked as I hit her

"Your weakness" I say calmly as she looks over at me angrily "Is abandoning skill for power...and relying on it too much, thinking your speed would allow you to rush me without any chance of being hit"

Her eyes narrow, and she strikes without a moment of hesitation

What do I do?
[] Oni's smoke allowing her blade to pass through me, then strike 1d20+spirit
[] Apologize, then block her blow and headbutt her 1d100
[] Enter a defensive stance, and show her speed isn't everything 1d100
[] Grab her hand and smack her with my sheath 1d20+str
[] dodge 1d20+mob
[] write in

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1068591
>[] Grab her hand and smack her with my sheath 1d20+str
>Apologize

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>1068591
>[] Enter a defensive stance, and show her speed isn't everything 1d100

Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>1068591
>[] Apologize, then block her blow and headbutt her 1d100


You know our fighting style is a lot like shuhei hisagi's shikai. batshit insanity wrapped in a blade.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1068620
>settle down doggo
I like this
Supporting

I drop my zanpakuto and grab her hand as she swings her blade down at me, aiming for my shoulder this time, no doubt to try and weaken my swing or sever my arm entirely. A very common tactic in Zanjutsu, when its used against a fellow soul reaper. I just hope I'm strong enough to stop her blow
-
17+10=27= success dc
-

I grit my teeth, straining my muscles as I struggle to hold her hand away from me, as she tries and force it down at me. She really does have a lot of strength in her body....even if she has little to no muscles

She pushes me back, but I keep my grip and swat her on the head with my sheath. She lowers her head and says nothing.

"Sorry about what I said and" I begin to say, trying to apologize before She glares up at me and smiles

Roll 1d20+endurance

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1068738

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1068738

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1068738

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1068738

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>1068738

19+11= 30=succcess!
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I gasp, as I feel all the air leaving my lungs followed by a sharp and sudden pain. It travels up my spine and into my stomach like a gun shot, but the pain sticks around much harder and wider than a bullet would. Did...did she just kick me? I blink and manage to keep standing, digging my feet into the ground as I tighten my grip and harden the muscles in my stomach as she kicks me again, sending me back a foot or two as she tries to force me to let go of her hand

Sighing, the pain sticks to my gut. She tries to kick again but I let go of her and grab my zanpakuto, pulling it from where it fell into the ground. She's still smiling, but her eyes look pretty offended.

I don't think she enjoyed my critisims.

What do I do?
[]Bow and ask for forgivness
[]Laugh, and attack her with my sheath and blade in an downward arc 1d100
[] Oni's smoke 1d20+spirit
[]Catch her blade with my sheath, stand fully and hit her shoulder 1d100
[]Block her strike, pivot around her and attack 1d100
[] Show her how I fought with aizen, and endure 1d20+end
[] writ ein

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>1068885
>[]Catch her blade with my sheath, stand fully and hit her shoulder 1d100
Don't apologize, she needs to be pushed in order to get better

>>1068885
>[]Catch her blade with my sheath, stand fully and hit her shoulder 1d100

>Try to apologize

Not everyone can take constructive criticism it seems.

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>1068885
>[]Catch her blade with my sheath, stand fully and hit her shoulder 1d100

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>1068909

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>1068885
>[]Catch her blade with my sheath, stand fully and hit her shoulder 1d100

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>1068885
>Catch her blade with my sheath, stand fully and hit her shoulder 1d100

C'mon mates, are we gonna start getting somewhat mediocre rolls? Kimi only deals in crits.

I act, don't think. Just go through the motions. No danger here, just a duel with one offended party. The worst I'll get if I slip up is a non scarring scar. My life isn't on the line here, but I should still fight like it is. Since even if she's prefers to use her strength and speed over skill with her blade, she's still a swordsman. Who has fought longer than I have, more likely than not...even if she's let her skill with the blade lessen slightly.

A dull thud echos in my ears as her blade meets my sheath. I press up and stand fully, swinging my blade at her shoulder.

The cold touch of steel....I can feel it in my cheek, cutting through my flesh like paper as I stab my zanpakuto into her shoulder.

She stabbed her blade forward as I swung. We step into each other, twisting around each other as we keep walking and both of us end up behind the other.


Warm blood soaks my cheek...its a pretty deep cut, but nothing that will scar. a drop of blood hits the cold dirt under my feet

What do I do?
[] Continue on the rythme of battle
[] Sheath my blade and thank her for the spar
[] Oh....so you took my advice then *Cheeky smile*
[]Hmm, trying to make your mark
[] toss my sheath at her 1d100
[] Kick dirt up when she turns around and strike she's blinded *taking Byakuya's trick* 1d100
[] Give Kotei some of the blood on my cheek
[]write in

>>1069044
[] Sheath my blade and thank her for the spar
[] Oh....so you took my advice then *Cheeky smile*
[]Hmm, trying to make your mark

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>1069044
>[] Oh....so you took my advice then *Cheeky smile
>[] Kick dirt up when she turns around and strike she's blinded *taking Byakuya's trick* 1d100

>>1069044
>[] Oh....so you took my advice then *Cheeky smile*
>[] Give Kotei some of the blood on my cheek
>[] Sheath my blade and thank her for the spar

>>1069044
>[] Oh....so you took my advice then *Cheeky smile*
>[] Give Kotei some of the blood on my cheek
>[] Sheath my blade and thank her for the spar

>>1069044
>[] Continue on the rythme of battle
>[] Oh....so you took my advice then *Cheeky smile*
>[] Give Kotei some of the blood on my cheek

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>1069044
>[] Continue on the rythme of battle

Heeey, I made it in time. Hi HM

"Oh" I say, stopping to touch my hand to my cheek, glancing back at my opponent, the 7th seat as I slowly smile cheekily in an almost monkey like fashion, grinning widely as she turns back to face me herself "Look took my advice then"

She frowns, her eyes narrowing like she's expecting me to turn back and attack her again, but I just smile, and she does the same, realizing our spar is over as I run my blood stained blade over my cheek calmly. I feel the blood lifting from my face, and soaking into the metal slowly. Like a soft kiss, and a greedy gulping all mixed into one.

Wincing as Kotei begins to pull at the blood in my face that hasn't been spilled, I pull her aay and set her and Bloody back inside their sheath, closing it with one swift press down.

I turn to face her, and bow

"thank you for sparring with me" I say, as she does the same, blood staining the shoulder of her kimono as she does so

"Sorry I lost my compsure" She says sweetly, smiling softly as she stands back up fully, and I do the same

I nod, and walk away from her, rubbing the bloodless cut on my face as I go along

What do I do?
[] see if I have any duties today
[] rest with other seated officers for a spell
[] commune with kotei and bloody
[] take a break to read in the library here
[] ask ginrei if I can check in on the kids I captured
[]plan what I'm going to do in my free time
[] find another person to train with/spar
[] write in

>>1069223
hey

>>1069253
[] rest with other seated officers for a spell
then
[] see if I have any duties today

>>1069253
>[] commune with kotei and bloody
>[] ask ginrei if I can check in on the kids I captured
>[] see if I have any duties today

>>1069253
> rest with other seated officers for a spell
>see if I have any duties today

>>1069253
>[] rest with other seated officers for a spell
>[] commune with kotei and bloody
>[] see if I have any duties today

Also, I have been theorycrafting on why Kimi was able to even cut Aizen, besides cop-outs like he was massively holding back, (that still wouldn't explain how she could overcome his natural background reiatsu.)

I am imagining that Kimi is just naturally adept at honing her reiatsu to an uncommonly extreme razor edge. Kind of goes with her personality and instinct.

For example: take the normal amount of reiatsu used by a jobber shinigami and cram it in distributed over, say, 1/10000th the normal cutting area of a sword and that would cut even Aizen, in theory.

Any thoughts?

>>1069336
I spilled a technique idea like that back in the earlier threads. Might go back and copy and paste those autistic ramblings to get the whole picture.

But yeah that also makes sense.

>>1069379

Well, I do know they talk about it a couple times in the soul society arc. They use it to illustrate how extremely powerful Kenpachi and Aizen are.

In the fight with Kenpachi for example, when Ichigo's fighting spirit wavered even slightly he was no longer able to cut through Kenpachi's unguarded skin as strawberry's reiatsu lost its keen edge. (implying when he had his shit together and made it as sharp as possible, he was able to cut him.)

Kimi could just be so comfortable in that state of mind and so natural at honing her reiatsu, she just cuts what she pleases.

>>1069424
Which supports my theory of upping spirit and will. Seems like the most important stats to me, though admiditly mobility is the easy second.

It aches, less from the cut itself, and more from kotei's kiss. Its an odd feeling, blood rushing to refill veins that just a few seconds ago were nearly sucked dry by the gluttonous and greedy half of the spirits in my blade.

hmm, well I don't have time to dwell on it, I'll have to see if I have any duties for today, if I'm needed anywhere or if there's any task I need to complete before I can rest. Without missing a beat, I walk up the stairs to the second floor, and head to the always open office down the end of the first hallway.

The duties officer is sitting there, going through, separating and filing away papers. Paying no attention to the world around

"So, are there any orders for me today?" I ask as I rap my hand on the doorway leading into his office, he looks up at me

He pauses, and flips through his papers calmly, not saying a word before he shakes his head and sighs. Pushing his glasses up with the back of his hands, he says in a dull voice

"No, you're on stand by in case a situation presents itself, to be called on if any threat or danger threatens the soul society directly" He says calmly, before chuckling 'like if some invaders decide to storm our home here in the seireitei"

"Tch" I click my tongue and laugh "Who'd invade the home of the shinigami? Seems rather suicidal to me"

"Hollows, but I doubt they'd get far at all" He says with a smirk, as I turn and head away from him frowning as I go

Damn, I was wishing I could go patrolling in the world of the living or something else like that.But I suppose a day of rest isn't so bad...I know there's a lounge for seated officers up on this floor

I think its down this hallway and to the left, no real way of signifying it besides a simple board listing its purpose and name, no art or decor around it.

I open the door, and instantly feel five sets of eyes on me. I smile weakly and bow, not saying a word as I walk into the room with a handful of other shinigami, three of them bandaged from recent battles and two as fresh and healthy as they could be. They don't say a word to me as I sit down at the table away from them, staring at it as they slowly turn back to their tea. they still haven't made a noise to acknowledge me or talk to each other...its almost like they're meditating

Meditating....I close my eyes as I draw my zanpakuto

"Oh?" one of them, a wearied eye'd woman chuckles "well if you're going to preform jinzen, please be careful"

"We won't disturb you if you do the same force us" the wide set man at the end of the table snorts

I nod, and calmly close my eyes as I carefully set my nodachi on my lap, pressing my palms on either side of it.

I feel the world around me fall apart, almost like its melting and burning up
-

And instantly, before I can open my eyes. I feel myself get pushed and forced to the ground, mad hungry laughter ringing in my ears
roll 1d20+str or will or endurance

>>1069469

>>1069336
>>1069379
>>1069424

Ooooh, I like that
and it does make a whole lot of sense

"Killer's instinct" does fit into it I think

Rolled 9 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>1069472
str

>>1069253
>[] see if I have any duties today
>[] rest with other seated officers for a spell
>[] commune with kotei and bloody

oh right, a vote

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1069472
Let's go strength

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1069472
Will, seems the most appropriate.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1069472

What this guy, who forgot to roll, said:
>>1069500

Will is more likely to get Kotei to knock it off.

>>1069547
These are the rolls I expect from Kimi. Based as fuck anon. Keep in Rollin.

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My eyes shoot open, as I reflexively push against Kotei to get her off of me as she tries to bite into my neck. The first thing I see is her glowing red eye and demonic looking face, the inhuman half of her grin curling as she smiles normally with the normal side of her lips. The trees with blood red leaves are above me, and I can see the smoke rising from the ground under me, into the dark red sunset above us. She's trying to bite into my neck, and I can't get her off, but I can keep her away from me.

"Wife's blood, wife's blood, wife's blood' she says dipping her tongue out to try and lick the side of my face, to guzzle down the blood still in the open wound "Can I have a drink love?!"

She roars, as I dig my fingers into the crucifix shaped holes in her arm and glare up at her coldly and sternly. She gasps and steps back lowering her head as she reluctantly pulls her hands away from my chest.

I stand up from under her, dusting my plain white kimono off as I look around the hill above the graveyard.

She growls and whines, lowering her head to the ground as she refuses to look at me.

"Ah,welcome home my empress" Bloody says, appearing out of Kotei as the girl cries out

"I want mooooore" She whines, reaching for my face as Blood pushes his oversized hand into her face to keep her away

"Hmm so, what have you come for?" He asks sweetly "Can we rip you to shreds yet? Sorry if I'm being too forward"

What do I do?
[] train with bloody
[] train with Kotei
[] train with both
[] visit the graves of my comrades
[] ask if either of them know how Yoruichi turns into a cat
[] visit Saigo sama's skeleton
[] ...wait, something is...different here 1d20+int
[] seek their...wisdom
[] reflect on the past with them
[] just chat for awhile
[]write in

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>1069624
>[] seek their...wisdom
>[] just chat for awhile
>[] ask if either of them know how Yoruichi turns into a cat
>[] ...wait, something is...different here 1d20+int

>>1069624
[] ...wait, something is...different here 1d20+int
[] seek their...wisdom

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1069653
Supporting

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1069674

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1069624
>>1069653

seconding

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1069624

Write in: If you want more, dear husband, you must learn restraint.

>[] train with both
Maybe we can earn their respect this way

>[] ...wait, something is...different here 1d20+int

almost missed this.

>>1069734
Write in: If you want more, dear husband, you must learn restraint.

>[] train with both
Maybe we can earn their respect this way

Both of these are also good.

>>1069734
>Write in: If you want more, dear husband, you must learn restraint.

Seconding this

>>1069751
Would be nice if we could eventually come to trust and depend on our Zanpakuto rather than being constantly wary of it. We gotta start somewhere.

And aren't all relationships based on a foundation of respect and boundaries?

Good luck finding a marriage counselor for this case, Kimi.

>>1069778
I'd say our Zanpakuto is 98% reliable overall, though that drops down to about 60% when we use any ability that lat's our lady-husband get at our blood directly. And I agree, we should try to spend enough time with them to establish so kind of boundary, get Kotei to ease up just a bit. Could we get an upgrade that let's other peoples blood taste as good as our to Kotei? I think that would make her happier at the very least. But ,we have to remember, Ryuketsu no Kotei is Kimi's hatred turned into her greatest weapon, and that will always be a part of their dynamic unfortunately.

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The giant oni grins, his blood red mane blowing in the wind as he shows off his yellowed fangs and tusks, practically leaning over me as he chuckles impatiently. Kotei climbs up on his back, pushing his head down as I look up at both of them and sigh.

Smiling I walk up to kotei as she glares at me hungrily, like a starved dog, digging her nails into poor bloody's flesh.

"Oh? Ready to feed me?" She asks, licking her lips as she cackles "Well you know I like to earn my blood sweetie, why don't you hold still so I can make the best cuts on you"

"If you want more" I say dully, as I touch her face, pushing her away as she tries to bite my fingers, smiling lovingly as she growls "Dear husband, you must learn restraint"

"Why?" She asks "You belong to me, and I can do with my things what I will....but fine, I'll try for you"

"Now if only you'd stop stabbing me" Bloody grumbles, as the two of them follow behind me closely "So will you be training with me to teach her this lesson"

"Bah, you don't have the guts to tear her up like I do" Kotei hisses as bloody stomps along behind me

"Oh you don't think I do?" He asks angrily "I'll show you if she'll allow me"

"HANDS OFF SHE'S MINE!" Kotei screams as I chuckle and shake my head

"Calm down you two, no reason to fight over who gets to rip me up, I came here to talk and find reason, not fight this time, so please calm down" I say sweetly as I look around and frown

"Its a little hard to do that, when I don't like this heathen near you" Kotei groans, glaring at Bloody as bloody snorts

"And I don't like her treating you like a toy" Bloody snorts "You deserve respect"

"Which I give, I just want to see her choking on her own blood at my feet" Kotei says, dreamily as I turn back at her "Well...you'd survive it, I don't want to lose my darling after all, just....break you so you can't run from me"

"Yeah I think that's going to take awhile, Kotei" I say calmly as she smirks and chuckles "Especially that breaking part, that's probably just an idle dream"

"Hmmm" Kotei says as bloody nods, crossing his arm

"Yes, no matter how much our empress is hit, cut and bit, she'll keep on her path" He says confidently as Kotei chuckles

"But that's half the fun, seeing if she can last" She says leaning on my back "Its been so long since she's cried, I want to see it, It must be beautiful sight, seeing her face like that"

"I don't cry, unless I drink sake" I say calmly as Kotei pouts "But it'd be happy to show you my crying face if you have some"

"But blood's so much sweeter than sake" She grumbles, lowering herself to the ground, sliding down my back "Especially YOURS!"

She snaps her teeth an inch from my face, grinning as bloody stands behind me

"Hey, you didn't jump, I want to see your body move, so I can see the blood pumping" She says, smacking my shoulder as Bloodly chuckles

"But it'd be much nicer to just see it pour out wouldn't it" He says with a grin
cont

>>1069824

This is true, but I think all three of them (kimi and her spirits) should be able to realize that by working together they are much more formidable.

There are a few ways for Kimi to reach that point, respect is probably just the least arduous.

She could also subdue them, for example.

>>1069892

"Of course, of course, but I'd get the honors" Kotei chuckles as I frown and look around "Since she is my wife after all"

Something isn't right here...it feels like somethings changed but I can't put my finger on what changed exactly

"Wait, something's different here" I say looking around as blood sighs

"You took an absolute beating my empress, it effected the insides of this, think of it as the pains of over exertion" Bloody says calmly "It'll be back to normal shortly but....well it was worse early

"Funner" Kotei cackles "Yes...well artsy and things like that, so much beautiful fire and chaos, the songs of battles were sung for us"

"Yes, she had a fun time with your fight against that man" Bloody says sadly as I shrug, the feeling still sticking to the back of my mind as I sit down

"Oh? Dinner for me already darling?" Kotei asks, practically climbing over me as Bloody sits across from me

"Hmmmmm" Bloody says scratching his chin as Kotei tries to make me look at her

"So, any secrets or wisdom you two can offer me?" I ask as both of them grin

"Oh? Well, blood is life as you know"Kotei giggles as she puts her hand over my neck "and stopping it will stop anything with both, but I'm guessing you want something more from me hmm"

"What exactly do you want to know"Bloody asks leaning in close "nothing is ever free"

"Yeah, prices to be paid, duties to be fulfilled" Kotei says licking her lips as she sit on my lap, and I try to keep looking at bloody

"How does Yoruichi turn into a cat?" I ask tilting my head a both of them frown

"Well...did you ever think to ask her?" Bloody asks

"Why?You'd make a better dog" Kotei says with a grin as she places her hand on my neck again, not choking me or digging her nails into my skin yet "But maybe we could figure it out, it'd have to do with your reiryoku right?

"Hmm yes, maybe if we pondered on it and tested you, we could make it work somehow" Bloody says "But we make no promises, my empress, it might just be meaningless pain for you"

"Well...not meaningless, I'd looooove it" Kotei cackles "But we might find a way, through our love, and your blood"

"and pain" Bloody says nodding "We might figure it out, but I'd recommend asking the woman herself, instead of trusting us two blood thirsty creatures"

"Don't listen to the heathen and be led astray, lets try it wife!" Kotei pants leaning close enough to nearly press her face into mine

What do I do?
[] throw her off 1d20+str
[] Use her blood to do it 1d20+will
[] Try and figure out this ability with these two
[] ask them something else
[] chat with them for awhile and "enjoy" their company
[] leave and try to ask Yoruichi, since i basically have the day off
[] write in

>>1069926
Subduing them might work, but it is always better to be respected than feared. Not to mention that these two are a part of Kimi's soul, though the parts she likes the least to be fair. I think we should try to befriend them or, barring that, at least try to get them to like us (in the traditional sense, not just the Yandere sense) as must as possible. Hopefully this little adventure will help us along that path.

>>1069926

We could also flip the script and abuse Kotei the point of borderline lewdness and break her to our will. Just thinking out loud, I actually don't really want this option.

I would much rather do something that would earn loyalty in Bloody and Kotei than anything as depraved as that. They are sort of the only beings that can truly empathize with Kimi's past and her sense of loss.

>>1070000
>[] chat with them for awhile and "enjoy" their company
>[] Try and figure out this ability with these two

I we can befriend fucking Aizen, I'll be damned if we can't befriend our own sword! Here's hoping we turn into a fox.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1070000
[] Try and figure out this ability with these two
[] chat with them for awhile and "enjoy" their company
[] Use her blood to do it 1d20+will

>>1070000
>[] ask them something else

Ask to spar with them

Oi, lay off the transformations Kimi, that's Yoru's shtick.

We like you as you are.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1070000
>[] Try and figure out this ability with these two
>[] chat with them for awhile and "enjoy" their company
>[] Use her blood to do it 1d20+will

It looks like I may very well be in the minority on this one, but I strongly caution against just suddenly bestowing Kimi an ability unique to Yoru in the series.

This seems a bit abrupt.

Besides, I thought Kimi's equivalent to Yoru's innate ability to be a cat was already her Oni's smoke.

>>1070000
Kiss her you fool!

:P

>>1070079

Hah! That'd either throw her for a loop, or make her eat our face.

But seriously, we gotta 'splain the basics that if Kotei learns a little restraint we wouldn't have to be afraid of sharing our blood more often.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1070068
Supportin

>>1070077
Notice how it says, figure out instead of learn

anyways writing

>>1070113

Oooh, actually here is a thought: if we get better at using our smoke ability, we could make ourselves look like almost anything as long as it was made of smoke, right?

Not endorsing this, just thinking out loud once more. A smoky animal form could just be an affectation of an alternate shape that could work out as a sort of compromise.

>>1070147
I like this plan, we still get all the benefits of turning into a small animal and it's still our own thing. Not to mention it will quell any potential arguments over which animal form we might take.

>>1070147
A smoky wolf form would be dope as fuck. Put kotei in our mouth and we'd basically that one wolf in dark souls.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1070000
>[] Try and figure out this ability with these two
>[] chat with them for awhile and "enjoy" their company
>[] Use her blood to do it 1d20+will

>>1070162
OOOOOHHHH SHIT then were legit kuchiki's hound. How bout that.

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>>1070190
Yes, YES. Holy fuck I need this now!

>>1070190
God that's dope as fuck. 100% sold right now.

"Get off of me, right now kotei" I say trying to pull at the blood I gave Kotei a few minutes ago, holding my hand a few inches from her stomach as she tilts her head and narrows her human eye angrily, slowly dragging her sharpened nails down the side of my face, digging them into my skin and cutting it open in three small lines as she grins widely

"Why should I?" She asks, whispering into my ear as I slam my hand into her stomach, and grab what little blood of mine that's still left inside of her, trying to drag her off as she stabs her claws deeper, making me wince before I finally make her own blood drag her off.

and she's back to my side, licking her fingers, staring at the streams of blood flowing down the side of my cheek from the cut she left there.

"You really need to learn how to behave, Kotei" I sigh as I rub my the blood with my pure white sleeves, staining them as I continue to sit calmly "So from the sound of it, neither of you have any idea how it works"

"Well, maybe its similar to oni's smoke?" Bloody asks "using her reiryoku to turn into a cat, it seems similar, just a different shape from the cloud of smoke you turn into, I'm sure with a bit of prodding and tearing we'd find out the truth"

"Why are you asking anyways sweetie? Cats don't have enough body or blood for me" Kotei sighs "And you're beautiful already, no reason to change, besides a few more scars and bites"

"I don't want to change, I'm just curious and it seems rude to me to just ask her" I say glancing at her as she sucks the last of my blood from her fingers, smirking playfully "And I thought you two might have an idea how to do it"

"Well, blood can only change so much" Kotei sighs, putting her gloves back on, the blood smudged leather glimmering dimly in the light of the constantly setting sun "and well, I don't want you to pollute your fine blood with that of a dirty animal, so I won't and can't help, my empress, shame isn't it? I was hoping I'd get to tear you up to try and see if that'd help you change at all"

"Oh course, I wasn't expecting any help from you, you only know blood and obsession" I sigh as I turn back to bloody "So you think it's like Oni's smoke then?"

"Yes of course it is" Kotei groans "You just burn up beautifully"

"I'd say so, and agree with kotei for once, oni's smoke and Yoruichi's ability are...similar, her's just is the ability to turn into a cat, as I said just now" Bloody says calmly "You turn to your namesake, simple yes"

"I get that" I say nodding slowly as I press my hands into my knees "So its just a matter of what we turn into?"

"Yeah, she's like a cat at heart, and in yours...well you are kind of like smoke, a passing dream" Bloody says smirking "As you'd say in one of your poems you so love, the sign of great destruction, and a wonderful meal, just out of reach, ehehehehe"

"Speaking of meals, I am kind of huuuunngry" Kotei says, leaning closer to me "Wife, can I have you for dinner? You blood...and heart"

Cont

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>>1070197
>>1070205

>>1070251
Sif is best doggo.

I'll never forget your name again sif

>>1070239
"I just fed you Kotei, and I don't think you'd like the taste of my heart" I say calmly as I glance at her and smirk "So it's sort of has to do with one's spirit you think"

"Yes....but smoke is more malleable than a cat' He says grinning "they snaps and bleed when you try to make them bed"

Standing to his full height, kotei's yellow eyes glimmering like he's just had an epiphany

"Smoke changes, smoke fills up, it does not have a shape of itself" he says slowly, staring up at the sky "So....if we could figure out how to make your smoke contained how you wish...hmm"

"....Oh you've had an idea then?" I ask with a grin as I stand up, Kotei staring at me as Bloody chuckles "I mean, I suppose being able to appear as a beast made of smoke would be a lot better at intimidating people than simply walking out of a cloud of the stuff"

"Oooooh?" Kotei says smirking as she and bloodly lock gazes

"I might have an idea" He says calmly "but it will be very dangerous for you, hell, you might come out scarred or even maimed by it, but...it could work"

He places his massive hand on my chest

"If you're willing" He says, as Kotei grins

I think both of them have a plan for me right now...they're working together for once. Not sure if I should be happy for them or scared for myself

what do I do?
[] consent to the experiment/test
[] back out
[] ask him what exactly he's planning
[] shrug, and say I was just curious about HOW it worked
[]try and remember more about what the hollow that killed me looked like with these two
[] Laugh, and leave
[] write in

>>1070306
>[] consent to the experiment/test

>>1070306
>[] ask him what exactly he's planning
>[] consent to the experiment/test


After that

>[]try and remember more about what the hollow that killed me looked like with these two


This one seems important. But turning into smoke Sif is far more important right now.

>>1070306
>[] consent to the experiment/test

>>1070318
whatcouldpossiblygowrong.jpg

Supporting

>>>>>must get smoke sif form

>>1070353
Switching to >>1070342

>>1070306
>[] shrug, and say I was just curious about HOW it worked

It might be more prudent to just work on our control in smoke form first.

Smoke can indeed take any shape. Problem is, it never holds a shape for long. I am curious how they are going to tackle this problem, because I am almost definitely getting outvoted this time.

I will be skeptical if this works perfectly first try.

>>1070377
You underestimate crits. But otherwise I would agree, smoke is hella op but we haven't really invested in it much yet.

However

>Smoke
>Sif
>Form

>>1070404
just add a sword

>>1070377
Seriously, it's >>1070404 but with a sword! I'm sorry we're sort of copying Yoruichi's thing, but I think we're making it enough of our own power to be original-ish. And if it helps, this will probably hurt. A LOT. So we won't just get an amazing new power from nothing.

"What are you planning?" I ask as he grins widely and chuckles, standing over me and casting his shadow over me as he holds his hand out.

"Oh, its a simple test" He says calmly "A trial actually, since you learn best when in danger, I will simply seperate your body in this world from you, leaving you as nothing but smoke"

"And I will of course run off with it" Kotei says smirking as she runs two of her fingers down my back "Since that's part of the heathen's plan isn't it? riiiiight?"

"Yes, you will be the danger, and we'll simply try and figure out how to get our empress to control her smoke form better" He says with a voice as smooth as cheap sake "And longer, as smoke's form is always changing, we might be able to get you to be able to change the way your smoke moves and shifts, or maybe to be able to keep it from doing that on its own, and give it a constant, if....uncontrolable form. That's what I expect if you succeed but if you don't learn anything from it, at least enough to stop kotei"

"I might just rip a piece of your off, or ruin your pretty little face some more" She giggles as I stare at both their hungry, waiting eyes

Well?
[] Consent
[] Don't, bad idea, no bueno

>inb4 we have a seizure and explode into smoke in the middle of the room full of meditating comrades

This is fun

>>1070446
When in doubt say fuck it
(Consent)

>>1070422

Oh I agree we are on the right track. I mostly am just mildly protesting the whole stamping our feet and demanding the ability immediately.

I feel like it will seem worth more if we actually work for it for at least a little while. We also would be improving our general knowledge and control over our own reiatsu and smoke as a bonus.

>>1070446
>[] Consent

Activate hype thrusters, there's no stops where we're going.

>>1070446
>[] Don't, bad idea, no bueno

>>1070446
>[] Consent

>>1070446
>[] Consent

>>1070446
This is a terrible plan. I LOVE IT.

>[] Consent

>>1070461
>caution
Pffff. That's like, overated. Kimi is alright separating herself into little pieces right?

Seriously though this trial by fire will either be a glorious failure or noice gains.

>>1070446
>[] Consent

Only because I am, in my heart of hearts, an optimist. And I truly believe that our own spirits would never deliberately endanger Kimi to the degree where she would be permanently crippled.

I just want to DO stuff with them more. They are a major source of our strength, after all. Gotta have some time with them.

>>1070461
I think it's less demanding, more trying to figure something out with our sword spirits. I think this is more of a binding exercise than anything else, even if we don't figure out a new trick we'll all probably trust each other a bit more.

>>1070446
>[] Don't, bad idea, no bueno
I'd rather not, Sounds kinda like a stupid idea for no reason.

>>1070492
>And I truly believe that our own spirits would never deliberately endanger Kimi to the degree where she would be permanently crippled.
....You are an idiot, Have you not SEEN what they do?

>>1070492
>trust

That's the spirit! Listen to the voices in your head that advocate for self mutilation and general sociopathy! Nothing could go wrong.

I respect that there are anons who are hesitant to consent to this choice.

I am actually glad that people believe that there could be consequences worth considering. Shows that HM is doing something right.

>>1070492
Yeah, the worst that would happen is we pass out from in-explainable blood loss and get carted back to the 4ths barracks. And Unohana But the potential gain of smoke shapeshifting is way too good to pass up IMO.

>>1070512

Hmm, they show a twisted and dangerous form of affection.

I am just banking that they would rather keep playing with their toy than smashing it to pieces.

>>1070532
The alure of smoke sif is palpable though. Can't you feel it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y4yuG858KU
-

"Not much of course, don't want you dying on us" Kotei says, trying to look innocent as the demonic side of her face continues to grin widely like it usually does "Crippling you would kind of make it hard to get the blood I want...as much as I'd love to do it"

"Well Empress?" Bloody asks, bowing his head submissively as I weigh my option for a moment and look up at him, frowning as he smiles not so much as hungry, but more....like he's trying to reassure me he isn't going to try to hurt me too much "it may hurt"

"Do it, it should be interesting at least, and if I get hurt...well that's on my own hubris" I say calmly as he plants his hand on my chest and yanks it backwards, grabbing onto a mass of black smoke as I see my body from a different view, my eyes turning white as it crumples forward empty.

I feel...the smoke burning, the embers smoking and smoldering in this cloud of smoke, its like its running over my skin with a hot piece of iron

I feel it and...I try to figure out what's going on as my "body" is pushed along on the wind and struggles to stay close to my real body as Kotei walks up to it.

She grabs me like a doll, groping my chest like a butcher testing the meat of a fat pig, smirking as she glances up at me cackling as I feel every touch, as well as the burning heat of the smoke I "am" right now.

I try to move towards her and
roll 1d20+will or spirit

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1070586
Spirit

Blow on those dice boyos.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>1070586
spirit

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1070586
Spirit please

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1070586
will

>>1070559
Yes, I can. It feels all the more poignant given the fact that it requires a degree of risk. I would also be happy with hard work and effort, but it seems like people are leaning towards risk.

In Bleach, the theme is that there exists a cost of gaining power: risk, or hard work and sacrifice. (Before it flies off the rails and nothing is consistent anymore, anyways.)

You take away all the risk and effort, and then you're SSQ.

>>1070610
>18
I think we got thiiiis

>>1070626
>19 will
Whew lad.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>1070586
spirit

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1070586
Will

>>1070636

I actually immediately felt bad for taking that dig at SSQ. It is a beautifully written and well researched quest with a lot to recommend it. It just is a bit light in the previously mentioned area.

>>1070638
I think this'll take more than one roll for victory. But it's one hell of a start.

>>1070636
To be fair, SSQ is fun in it's own sort of way.

Struggle. The wind is pushing against me, and it doesn't help that Bloody is fanning himself right under me, making my "Body" Swirl around itself, fighting against both the wind and his fan.

Kotei continues molesting my body as I watch her from above her head, seeing her press her fingers into the skin of my thigh as she grabs my face, holding it close to her as she licks the dried blood off my face hungrily, coating it in a thick sheet of spit and wet blood. She begins to open her mouth, pulling my head back by my pony tail. My eyes are closed, I look so defenseless as she traces her finger over my neck, and the scar there
-
19+6= 25= success!
And then suddenly the smoke surges forward, managing to maintain shape and coil around itself as I force my "Body" to move, controlling the reiryoku making it up. It moves like water rolling over a dried stream, against the wind without a body inside of it. The smoke moves and fluctuates as Kotei glances up at me and tilts her head curiously.

I drop down closer to her as she hoists my body onto her back and starts to walk away, humming to herself.

what do I do
[] try to choke her by hanging around her head 1d20+spirit
[] try and maintain a form and grab onto her 1d20+will
[] try and make my body move outside of it 1d20+will
[] Try and pick up one of the weapons of my fallen comrades and attack her with it 1d20+spirit
[] write in

>>1070684
>>1070688
We talkin shinigami savant here? Just wanna make sure we're on the same page, cause I'm lost.

>>1070684
TO be fair Most of Riku's power ups have taken a Long time coming, or taken a lot of risks. We just don't feel it as viscerally? Like getting her hollow power? Remember how we almost got outed and got ripped up too? Or how we have had to walk a delicate line to avoid squad zero ganking us? Or how about us risking sword loss forever to get Rosa as blade?

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1070711
>[] try and maintain a form and grab onto her 1d20+will

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1070711
>[] try and maintain a form and grab onto her 1d20+will

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1070711
>[] Try and pick up one of the weapons of my fallen comrades and attack her with it 1d20+spirit


>>1070712
Yep, Shinigami Savant.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1070711
>[] try and maintain a form and grab onto her 1d20+will

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>1070711
>[] try and maintain a form and grab onto her 1d20+will

>>1070684
Speaking of well researched, I gotta make a minor nitpick, HM. "Kimono" is just flat out not correct. (this is nowhere near a deal breaker, just pointing it out.)

The black upper part is called a kosode, the pants are called hakama, and the white under part is called a shitagi. The whole outfit worn by a shinigami is collectively called a shihakusho.

read all about it, anyone interested:

http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Gotei_13#Uniforms

>>1070740
>17

Neat

>>1070755
Ah, I can feel my weeb levels rising from this post. Such a pleasant reminder of SSQ, thanks for that.

>>1070755
Huh, see the weird thing is when I was reading through that page near the start of the quest, I SWORE it read kimono.

Maybe I'm just going crazy?

anyways, writing

>>1070711
>[] try and make my body move outside of it 1d20+will

because I am curious what this means.

>>1070712
Yea, SSQ is Shinigami Savant.

>>1070714
I didn't say it was always that way, just that it was light on it. The sad part is the few times it does go there it is pretty well done.

I'll refrain from further discussing another quest in this one though. Sorry bout that.

>>1070755
I want to post a homer Simpson 'nerd' gif. But I actually don't have one. Sad.

>>1070803
To be fair anons are savvy enough to avoid major risks if possible. Like a centuries old captain would be.


Opinion on Last Sternritter?

>>1070820
I haven't read as much of that one.

Is it pretty good? I only briefly read a little and wasn't immediately engrossed so I continued to binge on HM's impressive archive.

>>1070836
All I can say is, if you like well handled Kubo levels of crazy shit, well thought and events and situations based on the actual characters, and all the historic and cultural Japanese info you can handle, it's well worth the read.

>>1070836
It's decent, it got a lot of Arthurian lore tied into it and Never anon put thought into the beginning. Premise starts off as you being the Last Sternritter of the Quincy race with the Shinigami pressing down on you for genocide.

I focus on her back as she walks down the rows of headstones, humming a rythmeless tune as she steps over the soft mounds of dirt. A feeling of rage and exploitation whells in my chest as I watch her continue to grope and grab my body as she carries it along like a piece of meat. Its hard to focus with that, along with the pain of being nothing but smoke, and the stings of hurt she keeps giving me by stabbing her gloved fingers into the skin on my thighs.

I want to stop her, to slap her, to punch her teeth in for daring to touch me like that and treat me like nothing but a piece of meat. The burn in my heightens as I try and make something to grab onto her with, it just doesn't work no matter how much I focus, as she walks through the graveyard of my past, and the fort of shiroyama comes into view.

And then it happens, I manage to create a vague hand out of my smoke, its a sickly weak looking thing that barely manages to keep its form as it creeps out of my "body" and reaches for the back of Kotei's breast plate


"Try harder' Bloody says, fanning it, breaking up the fingers and making them wave as I put all my focus and will on keeping it in one piece

What do I do?
[] try to define its shape 1d20+spirit
[] keep up at it, and don't give up, I can touch her 1d20+will
[] try and different shape 1d20+spirit
[] Move through the fan, and try again 1d20+will
[] write in

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>1070877
>[] try to define its shape 1d20+spirit

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1070877
>[] try to define its shape 1d20+spirit

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1070877
>[] try to define its shape 1d20+spirit
>Find a shape that feels natural.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1070877
>[] try to define its shape 1d20+spirit

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1070902
Good point, this also if possible, even if smoke sif is out of the picture

Also rollan for shape

>>1070896
>16

Don't think it'll cut it...

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1070877

Probably easiest to try and make a humanoid hand to grab her. Other than that, seconding:
>>1070902

Real talk: stoked we are finally progressing on the Oni's smoke path.

We might not be able to "Alan Wake" someone yet, but maybe someday.

...y'know oni smoke'ing into somebody's lungs then tearing our way out in wolf form would be a BADASS way to secure a kill.

I try and change focus, to making it define itself, to hold a shape that can't just be pushed away with an oni's lazy fan waving. Bloody smirks as he steps closer, my fingers trailing off as the wind picks them up and drags them away from my hand, I bite my lip trying to focus on making the hand stay in the shape of my hand, but the wind just keeps forcing it out of its shape. Making it look more and more deformed as I try to force it, while I slowly drift behind Kotei as she calmly strolls towards the ruined memory of Shiroyama.

It won't stay in one shape, the fingers just get fanned away to easily and drift apart, especially with Bloody's help. I'd grit my teeth if I had them right now, this is maddening, I can't keep the hand together long enough to clench them into a fist and when I try the resulting fist gets messed up and muddled by Bloody's efforts...I can't grab her like this.

I need to change how I'm approaching this, the sheer effort of trying to make a hand with the constant blowing wind from the fan and sky is distracting me and stopping me dead in my tracks.

I need to relax, and be simpler, I was making it all just too complicated...I should go with the flow of the wind, go with the way of nature and be calm. Don't force a shape I know, just try and make something that feels....natural, easy. Take the path of least resistance and then grab her

Slowly, the smoke in the front of the cloud begins to bulge and shake as it sharpens itself to a point and slowly reach forward, twisting in the wind but keeping its shape. Looking like a fat tentacle or fluffy tail made out of smoke, slowly curling towards Kotei's neck but the tip just keeps getting blown off course by bloody's "Help"

What do I do
[] Focus on controlling it and wrapping it around her neck 1d20+will
[] try to move it past her fast enough to harm her 1d20+Spirit
[] curl it around and under the wind avoiding it entirely 1d20+spirit
[] "Harden" it, so it can't be move 1d20+will
>>1070966
first time I played that game
I played it on hard
and finished it in one sitting
great fucking game btw

>>1071006
Imagine how terrifying it'd be for strawberry

>>1071006

That's an awkward trip to the doctor.

But seriously, not so sure about forming a shape in a confined space like that. Maybe after we unlock the ability to use smoke to cut people. That might allow us to do a synergy thing and do our best "chestburster" impression.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>1071057
>[] try to move it past her fast enough to harm her 1d20+Spirit

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>1071057
>[] Focus on controlling it and wrapping it around her neck 1d20+will


>Imagine how terrifying it'd be for strawberry

Oh we need to do this now. Fucking with the ginger is one of the things I'm looking forward to the most.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1071057
>[] "Harden" it, so it can't be move 1d20+will
INDOMITABLE WILL!

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1071057
>[] Focus on controlling it and wrapping it around her neck 1d20+will

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1071057
>>[] Focus on controlling it and wrapping it around her neck 1d20+will

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1071057
[] Focus on controlling it and wrapping it around her neck 1d20+will

my god. At least it's not a critfail, but still

Do you wish to spend luck to reroll the batch?
[] yes roll 1d20+will
[]Nah, it'll be fiiiine, Kotei won't hurt us right?

>>1071146
>[] yes roll 1d20+will

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>1071146
>[] yes roll 1d20+will

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>1071146
>[] yes roll 1d20+will

We will not be defeated so easily! At least we have to work for it, Smoke Sif will feel so much sweeter once we finally attain it.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>1071146
oh, forgot roll

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>1071057
>[] Focus on controlling it and wrapping it around her neck 1d20+will

>[] "Harden" it, so it can't be move 1d20+will

>>1071057
>first time I played that game
>I played it on hard
>and finished it in one sitting
>great fucking game btw

Heh, nice. Full disclosure: been looking forward to this since the first time it was brought up back in 11th thread.

Remember this?
>No, I admit I was kind of thinking something similar. Smoke pours out and surrounds an area turning it into an Alan Wake like nightmarescape . . . and then the dreadful and dire visages of eerie looking soldiers/warriors come looming from the shadows.

>Yea, that qualifies as pretty bad-ass. I was talking about cool stuff that the smoke could do at the end of last thread. Seems like a decent candidate.

>>1071146
Fuck it let's go


>>1071167
Oh damn it all...

>>1071167
fuck -_-

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>>1071167
Do you want to spend two luck on this update?
or just let it slide?
think about it, would it really be worth spending two thirds of your rerolls on one action?

Yea, reroll batch. Please.

>>1071146
Wish we'd just take the failure for once.
>[]Nah, it'll be fiiiine, Kotei won't hurt us right?

>>1071167
Didnt' Hm say that ones don't count on rerolls?

>>1071203
>>1071202

It costs two? Crap. Nevermind. Let the struggle continue.

>>1071212
it cost 1 for re-roll and 1 to negate the 1. 2 in total.

>>1071210
For batch rerolls or normal ones?

>>1071202
Let's keep the mediocre luck over the "get molested by Kotei" luck please.

>>1071202
>>1071205

Oh, yeah. I would prefer not to reroll, let alone double spend.

>>1071227
You did it before for all rerolls, SInce y'know, It's kinda bullshit to just have a cascading failure like that since the point of rerolls are to fix shit.

Anyhow, at this point if we spend no luck: we just get low roll no crit fail, right? We just use the original first five, I think.

>>1071239
Well it comes up so rarely, so I do need to be reminded when it comes up
Since that much bad luck is kind of....well astounding

thanks for reminding me though

so I'm guessing your want the 15 over the 9?

writing

>>1071257
It's fine, Everyone's got shit they forget sometimes, Hell I basically have the short term memory of a goldfish most of the time.

I focus on it, just trying to move it forward to reach her, putting more and more of my smoke into it, not wanting to spread it to thin to make it easier for bloody to fan it away and ruin this chance I have here. it twirls and curl on itself, but a bunch of smoke is harder to move. Slowly I creep it towards her, moving forward and expending more and more of the main cloud to reach her as she reaches the destroyed gates of shiroyama

Just got to focus, just got to focus and will it, I need to grab her, I need to grab her, I need to grab her or ...she's going to be free to do what ever she wants to my body, and I can't stomach the thought about that. It makes me feel sick and a little scared. but it also makes me angry, and that's the fuel I use to keep my smoke moving and "Burning"

the wispy end of the tail or tentacle of smoke touches the back of her neck, as Bloody leaps next to her, swinging two fans down to push the smoke away from her neck as it begins to flow around it

so close...I just need to keep it around her and...and grab her somehow

roll 1d20+spirit or will

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1071323
Spirit

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1071323
Just curious, whats the difference between the two? Aside from a score of 6 and 4, respectively.

Spirit I guess?

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1071323
Spirit, though our will is unbreakable

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>1071323
spirit

>>1071345
with saves with a choice, it changes how you do it and what it ends up doing

Like a save to avoid getting hit by a rock

say, str is just smashing the fucker
spirit is oni's smoking before it hits
Endurance is to just tank it
and mobility is dodging out of the way

here, spirit is controlling the smoke and over coming the wind
and will is pure stubbornness, and just not quitting when the smoke gets moved, thus moving it past the wind

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>1071323
will

>>1071323
Will

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1071323

Will, rolling anyway.

>>1071367
Hmm.. Alright. Thanks

Think 14 is good or should we spend luck to roll a new set?

I worry that our window of opportunity could be closing.

I stare at her neck as she digs her fingers into mine, pain shooting through me as the burning daze falls over me again as I try and bend the smoke around her neck as she just calmly keeps walking forward. I can see the veins on my neck bulging and pulsing as blood gets sucked through and out of them, pooling under her gloves in thick puddles that stick to my skin.Small arms crawl up her hand out of the puddles, forming small streams as I struggle to focus with the pain and bloody's constant fan assault. but somehow, I manage to move the smoke despite the wind, controlling it enough to just barely be able to wrap it around her neck like a thin ribbon, as the smoke behind it starts to drift away.

So close, I just need to....I just need to make it choke her somehow, I just need to stop her somehow...I need to...I NEED TO

what do I do?
[] Define it into something that can hurt her 1d20+spirit
[] Bunch the smoke up and harden it 1d20+will
[] whip it around her neck as quickly as I can 1d20+spirit
[] use it to grab my blood that's in her body 1d20+will
[]Push more smoke into that part, and form something to choke her1d20+spirit
[] rush all my smoke to the anchor around her neck 1d20+spirit

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>1071487
>Define it into something that can hurt her.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1071487
>[] Define it into something that can hurt her 1d20+spirit

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1071487
>[] Define it into something that can hurt her 1d20+spirit

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1071487
>[] Define it into something that can hurt her 1d20+spirit

>>1071500
>Dubs
>Whips the piss out of my own okay roll.
I appreciate and approve of you as a person.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1071487
>[] Bunch the smoke up and harden it 1d20+will

Behold, as I ruin everything!

>>1071487
>[] Bunch the smoke up and harden it 1d20+will

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The Kuchiki's Hound comes?

18+6= 24= success
-

I need to hurt her, I need to harm her, I need to make her let go of my body, to stop draining and drinking blood out of it like a hopeless drunk. I need to stop her. I NEED to stop her or she's going to have free reign to take as much as she wants. and what she wants is my body...a piece of me, or the chance to give me a new scar. I can't let her have her way, or I'll never be able to make her heel again, and she'll just keep demanding more and more and more!

The white kimono I wear in this world begins to stain red, darker and darker as she carries me up the steps to the finale resting place of saigo, my lord when I was living. The one man who earned my respect and admiraton enough to make me pledge myself, body and soul to his cause.

the man I failed to serve....to save. Rage and killing intent burn through me, embers sparking and lighting in my smoke from nothing as the pain from the heat becomes my fuel. the feeling of being used, being defiled, the feel of her fingers in my neck, the feel of her lips reaching for mine

all these feelings help me focus, and give me the edge I need. The pure fury and intent to harm Kotei gives me the power I need.

The ribbon of smoke flows, waving around and splitting into two dark strands, bits of it breaking off as Bloody swings his fans down.

Kotei gasps, four red lines being cut in her neck as she turns to face me for for the first time.

She drops my body, holding it close as she rips the released form of my zanpakuto from my neck. Its already stained dark scarlet with my blood, the red tassel wrapping around my neck as she holds it out as a challenge

"DO IT, TAKE FORM MY WIFE, I WANT TO FIGHT YOU BEFORE MY MEAL!" She roars confidently, pridefully "DO IT, GIVE YOURSELF A BODY, IT WON'T SAVE YOU FROM MY LOVING TOUCH!"

Roll 1d20+will

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1071612

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1071612

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>1071612

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Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1071612

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1071612

>>1071648
Phew

>>1071648
The savior, thank fuck.

>>1071652
>>1071658
your welcome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mobtxEJHhY4
-
Her grin widens as I use her taunting against her, reflecting on the rage and the urges and primal need to reach out and attack her, to hurt her, to beat her. To make her bleed for every drop of blood she stole from me, for every embarrassment and unwanted touch and grab on the walk up to this memory of a fort.

the orb of smoke I've become slowly twists and turns, as I mold it with nothing but my will and force it into a shape I can manage, a shape I can use. Any shape besides a useless ball or tendril of smoke. She stares at me and tilts her head, grinning wider and wider to the point the human half of her smile looks exactly like the demonic side of it.

I become a silhouette, like a shadow from the corner of the eye, just a basic shape without any defining features, until my eyes form in the mist of shadow, glowing like purple coals as I glare down Kotei

She tosses my body aside as Bloody gasps and covers his mouth, rushing to my comatose body with a look of worry in his eyes

"This wasn't in the plan kotei!" He hisses as she laughs

"You didn't tell me the plan ya big red heathen" She cackles as she rakes her blade across a grave stone, the spark lighting up her face as she continues laying madly and says....something in that damn gajin language...english

I can't understand it but...it sounds like "Day oos voo loot?"

She rushes me, blade held high, laughing loudly.

What do I do?
[] rush past her
[] try and pull one of the weapons from the ground 1d20+spirit
[] try and Make this shape...more menacing 1d20+spirit
[] hold this shape, and force it to stay like this 1d20+will
[]Trick her 1d20+int
[] try and get into my body
[] write in

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>1071726
>[]Trick her 1d20+int

bitch just Deus Vulted us.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>1071726
>[] try and Make this shape...more menacing 1d20+spirit

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1071726
>[] try and Make this shape...more menacing 1d20+spirit

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1071726
>[] try and Make this shape...more menacing 1d20+spirit

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1071726
>[] try and pull one of the weapons from the ground 1d20+spirit

Hmm, just pondering the potential advantages/drawbacks of a stable smoke form. Would it be speedier? Less substantial? Less durable? Things like that.

Also pondering the wisdom in keeping this particular trick as secret as possible, at least if we want to continue to have it as an option to move freely and anonymously. Might be futile though, depending on factors like how well we mask our reiatsu and how much it resembles our normal smoke.

>>1071726
>>[] try and pull one of the weapons from the ground 1d20+spirit

I glare at her as she runs towards me, hollering madly as she gets ready to cleave my smokey body in two. Her human eyes burns with hunger and excitement while her demon eyes just burns. I don't budge and start to try and focus and change my form again, I feel my vision rise up as the smoke expands and grows larger and larger, turning dark like its coming from a great blaze rather than a simple fire. My shape turns and twists into something inhuman but kotei doesn't budge even as she's staring down the jaws I've made out of smoke, heat rising and making the air around me wave and shake.

She raises her blade to cleave down my middle, grinning widely as I move to try and attack her with nothing but smoke. I mean I've injured her before, but it wasn't much. If I can just focus on these feelings of rage I can

"STOP!" Bloody shouts, catching Kotei by the back of her armor "She's managed to get a bit more control over smoke somehow, it isn't much but she has progressed, not she can actually change its shape I think, isn't that right my empress"

I nod with the body as I force it back into the rough silhouette, staring down at kotei as she grins, laughing without a shred of remorce

"Its a good start, but I think we've pushed our boundaries for today, being able to change your shape, even if it doesn't last is good progress, as is being able to cut with it, if only slightly" He says calmly nodding calmly as he grabs my body carefully, keeping it as far away as he can from kotei "We can work on stability and being able to make it hold a shape better another time, as it stands....you need to rest, my empress"

"Thanks for the blood, I hope we can play again soon" Kotei says with a wicked grin as Bloody grips my smoke and with a clench, sends it back into my my body

I gasp as I see through my own eyes again, pain coursing through my body as I gasp and wheeze for air
-
I wake up, still struggling to breath, my betters staring at me as I lay on the table, I think I just slammed into it. I calm my breath and frown, trying to move, but my body feels like its made of stone, I'm exhausted and covered in....in dried wounds, exactly where Kotei stabbed her fingers into me

I manage to slowly sit up, feeling my bones ache and creak...if my hair wasn't already white I think it would've turned grey

...still it was worth it...all this pain and suffering, the struggle I had...but my head is tired, my body is spent, I can't find the strength to even stand, I can barely breath right now...but I think I've done good.. I think..I can't focus right now I just want to sleep and...rest. I can't do anything else anyways.

I try to stand one last time, and slump against the table, pain pulsing in little bunches around my body

It feels like I just forced my body to train for days and days, just to master one simple swing.
-
Ability gained
cont

>>1071817
Oni's Hide: able to control your smoke form better, enough to take on different shapes/forms and even effect physical objects from time to time. However it is still Smoke and isn't very stable
-
else where
"My...my daughter and son were captured?"

"Yes my lord, we saw no signs of their deaths in the fields, no corpse or blood, not even their crosses were found"

"So they were taken then? Unlike their older sister who died for her stupidity, they were taken"

"Should we mount a"

"No, it will be suicide and they are probably already dead or worse...there is nothing we can do besides get revenge on the monsters who took them from us"

"You mean our prey"

"The shinigami yes, but...in particular, the only one who has bested our kin in combat, when they chose to make her their prey...that wily dog, the hound of the kuchikis and last samurai as she calls herself"

"Kemuri"

"Kimi, will die by our hands, for all that is good and wholesome, amen"

and we'll end here
I've archived
and will answer questions

>>1071817
Hahaha, what the hell must those other shinigami must think of us

>>1071817

Oh boy, how do we explain this one away...

"Sorry everyone, my sword likes to play rough."

>>1071829
Oh yea, what was Aizen's impression of our fight? I asked last time but I think I was too late.

>>1071829
Great thread as always HM, thanks for running. I'm starting to think we should get a permanent room in the 4ths barracks, with how often we wind up back there. Soon we will be Smoke Sif, and it will be GLORIOUS!

>>1071840
I think we can just sleep it off this time.

>>1071836
Rumors begin to spread.....

>>1071834
What sort of spirit does she have in her sword
why is she acting so oddly
so this is that supposedly gifted and hound of the kuchiki?
...is she all right
...what an odd girl

>>1071839
How did she cut me? and how did she stay standing for so long
impressed and needing to know more

>>1071845
>How did she cut me? and how did she stay standing for so long
>impressed and needing to know more

Hmm, good question. How DID we stay standing so long? Mind-over-matter? Something else? Questions to explore.

>>1071845
You read Last sternritter yet boss?

>>1071844

Ah yes, I seem to recall that Kimi is a fast healer . . . for some nearly hollow reason. Thank goodness for that.

>>1071855
Kimi has ungodly pain tolerance and was running on adrenaline and her pride to keep moving. Her body is used to punishment and hardships.

the reason she survived shiroyama, despite being in the thick of it was she got shot three times and survived unable to move due to injuries until they began going through the bodies

Basically, it's because of her high endurance and scarred, as well as smidgen of nearly hollow and killer's instinct. All held together by her personality and honor
>>1071859
isn't it on anon kun? the format their hurts my eyes

>>1071866
you can switch to dark background with white print if it helps. just go to the menu tab and hit the light bulb picture.