>>1721525
“Ah, so that's who that was,” you nod thoughtfully. “So who's in charge now?”

“That would be me,” he replies. “Nukui Mako.”

“Well then, Mako,” you muse. “Your first order of business when this is all finished will be to apologize to Lady Rurichiyo.”

“No seppuku,” you add, knowing full well what he was about to say. His jaw snaps shut abruptly.

“I suppose it would be too easy a way out,” he agrees. “Very well, we will see what Lady Rurichiyo orders when we confess.”

“Do you regret what you did?”

“Yes and no,” Nukui Mako admits frankly. “Hanza was not mistaken in his assessment of the young Lady, she doesn't have the personality to lead... perhaps the qualification should be 'yet'. But Kumoi was clearly the wrong person to lead us as well, and betraying our rightful leader tarnished our honor as retainers to the Kasumiōji.”

“At least, that's what I believe.”

>You're wrong. You should have given Rurichiyo a chance to grow into the position.
>You're assessment... isn't inaccurate. I've certainly broken with my own superiors in the past.
>You followed your own orders. I think Rurichiyo's mature enough to see it that way.
>Other?

>>1721542
>Were you suited to being a leader when you were a child?

>>1721542
this >>1721578

honestly guys, she's a kid who's parents died

>>1721542
>You're assessment... isn't inaccurate. I've certainly broken with my own superiors in the past.

>>1721578
>>1721542
supporting
>She needs the support. Her parents are dead and she was suddenly given this responsibility to handle alone. Be her adviser or a close figure.

>>1721542
Sure, I guess I'll go with this guy too >>1721578

I have way too many thoughts regarding this, and it's all just too scattered.

Maybe start with said retainers asking Rurichiyo herself if she's actually willing to take the task of being head of the clan first? If she's fully onboard and willing to be dedicated, then it's just a matter of a guiding hand being there.

>writing

WHOOPS, got dragged into something there for a bit.
>3d10 perception, DC 19, Crit 21

Rolled 10, 5, 3 = 18 (3d10)

>>1721754
oh shit.. not this. These high DCs scare me.

Rolled 6, 2, 6 = 14 (3d10)

>>1721754

Rolled 1, 8, 4 = 13 (3d10)

>>1721754

>>1721769
>>1721763
>>1721760
This is gonna suck. And a DC 19 of all things.

“She's a kid,” you tell the seniormost surviving Nukui. “Her parents died and she was thrust into a situation she hadn't been prepared for. You wouldn't be able to do it either.”

“So you expect us to simply suffer through poor leadership until the girl matures?” he demands.

“Yes,” you affirm. “I do. Kumoi's mistake was that he was determined to solve the problem by undermining Lady Kasumiōji. What you all should have done was find a way to prepare your mistress for the task. To support her instead of betraying her.”

“I... see,” the man nods quietly. Then he seems to glance upwards. “Do you smell something burning?”

Actually... you do smell something burning .That can't possibly be good.

You head up the stairs and are immediately confronted with an inferno. Someone must have set fire to the building in several different places at the same time, allowing the blaze to spread out of control through the wooden frames of the Kasumiōji compound, and you're pretty sure you know precisely who it is.

“Kumoi...” you spit.

This is bad. The fire's already spread everywhere, far beyond your ability to stop it... perhaps.

It may be possible to put the fire out using kidō, but the force of the spell may end up killing quite a few of the retainers upstairs. Speaking of which, your speed may allow you to remove everyone upstairs safely... or the assassins downstairs and a substantial amount of evidence.

>Put out the fire, deal with the consequences later.
>Focus on evacuating the innocent retainers, leave the assassins to fend for themselves.
>Focus on the assassins, they're the ones who you need to survive.
>Save an even split between the two categories.
>Other?

>sorry for the slowness, I should be getting back to a regular update schedule within the hour
>I'll have to compensate for it somehow

>>1721986
>>Put out the fire, deal with the consequences later.
>>Other?
The assassins want any redemption? They can start with saving the other household retainers.

>>1721986
This>>1722015

But we have no real way of enforcing this other than being scary

>>1721986
>>Put out the fire, deal with the consequences later.

>>1721986
>Other: "IF YOU WANT A FURTHER REDUCED SENTENCE OR EVEN RETAIN YOUR SERVICE UNDER LADY RURICHIYO'S FAVOR, YOU BETTER DO AS I SAY!"

>>1722015
Just some additions.

If we're in range of anyone outside and time permits, do a quick Tenteikura for additional help with evacuating innocents.

This might bolster the assassins that are in the fence about pitching in or not, if additional outside help can be secured.

>>1722052
supporting casting the Tenkeikura network to the assassins
>>1721986
>Other: If you want to prove your innocence and get an even FURTHER REDUCED SENTENCE you better damn well follow my orders. There is a fire raging about and everyone upstairs is gonna be roasted. I need you to evacuate AS MANY AS YOU CAN ALIVE. I'm just one captain and I can only do so much.

I'm also trying to recall if a tunnel version of Danku was in our repertoire (I think it was when we tried to catch some Blanks?).

Riku could try to secure a fire corridor for the evacuees via that modified spell, since putting out such a large fire is gonna be tougher. Might as well just secure a safe zone for an exit.

Gotta make up for any potential bad rolls with planning and ideas.

>>1721986
>Other: while the "recruited" assassins help rescue the retainers, use kido to create a barrier to contain/extinguish the fire via oxygen deprivation in small sections.

>>1722096
>>1721986
also supporting this idea. Maybe you can do this via Danku barriers green lantern style.

>>1722096
>dice+3d10, DC 18, no crit

Rolled 6, 8, 4 = 18 (3d10)

>>1722174
here goes everything

>>1722177
AYY FIRST TIME.

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

>>1722177
It's everything that could be hoped for.

>>1722174
Just roll filling here. Anon got a good pass.

Rolled 8, 5, 1 = 14 (3d10)

>>1722174

Okay, I finally got the IRL stuff resolved. I intend to run straight through until at least midnight PST if anyone's still around, because I've definitely not gotten in the time and effort I was aiming for.

>>1722278
We're still here. We know what it's like getting forcibly dragged away from the computer to do IRL chores.

>>1722278
Reaching out with Tenteikura you contact the assassins.

“I need you to come upstairs and evacuate any of the innocent retainers upstairs before the manor burns down,” you order them. “I know it's a risk to all your lives, and you can run if you like, but after all of this I hope you've learned something. I hope you'll try your best to do better, to be better, to be the sort of men your honor demands you should be.”

“I'll keep the upper floors cleared as much as I can.”

With that, you begin the grueling process. Smoke fills the corridors all throughout the manor, until you use Tenran to blast holes in the exterior walls to allow it to filter out. Timbers collapse in flames until you secure them with shimmering barriers of light and pin them together with beams of summoned steel. But it's not enough, there are too many places where your focus has to be divided.

“Prohibit, Tenkotsuki!” you roar, calling upon your zanpakuto to help you in the colossal task of maintaining so many bakudō at the same time even as you sling ice down flaming hallways to allow safe avenues of escape... but only so long as the ice holds. And of course with any more raw power the compromised sections of the building could begin to collapse under the strain, defeating the point of this entire exercise.

And so you continue like this for what seems hours, seeing one or two innocent bystanders at a time to safety. Some of them are burned, all are covered in smoke and soot... but to your relief some are also led by the assassins-turned-first-responder.

Finally, in a groan of timber, the sprawling structure decides it's endured enough. The ceiling falls in, raining down in places where you haven't reinforced the structure and falling through floors thinned and cracked by heat. Walls begin to slide away from each other and heavy wooden beams splinter under stresses for which they were never designed.

Cinders and embers dance in the night sky like so many fireflies.
>1/2

>>1722377
You watch that skyward procession from the green lawns of the manor grounds, with Yoruichi seated at your side. Having heard back from Rangiku that the situation at your own Division has been concluded with only a few casualties to report, none of whom had faces you could pick out of a crowd, you're left to figure out what this leaves you.

“He went straight for a failsafe,” Yoruichi explains with a tired sigh. “None of our reports mentioned it, but he had gunpowder and kerosene set up in the crawlspaces and in some of the closets. When he realized he'd lost the fight he ran for the fusebox and set it off.”

“Took the whole place with him,” you muse. “He couldn't have it all, so he burned it all down to make sure nobody else could have it either.”

“Surely it can't be surprising?” Yoruichi quips, sparing you a sidelong glance. “When such crass ambition first meets success beyond reason then meets failure, of course it would lash out. I've seen it plenty of times. Just never so...”

“Toasty?” you offer.

“Dramatic,” Yoruichi replies. “Your Division weather the storm well enough?”

“Fifty assassins, fifty bodybags,” you report. “As expected, none of them are Commandos, Lieutenants, or bratty nobles.”

“I just hope the damage wasn't too bad,” Yoruichi muses.

“Rangiku was careful not to mention it,” you realize aloud. “I... might need to spend the night at your place.”

“I'm sure that can be arranged.”

A few minutes later, you see a face: familiar despite the sweat and the grime.

“Well, now there's a surprise,” you muse. “Nukui Mako, part of me still assumed you'd flee the scene the second the evacuation was complete.”

“I gave it some thought,” he admits. “Final count is eight Kasumiōji retainers missing and presumed dead, fifteen seriously hurt, twenty-three with only smoke inhalation and minor burns.”

“It would have been worse without your help, Captains.”

“And yours,” you remind him. “How many?”

“Six,” Nukui informs you sadly. “That's all we have left. The others... well, they died for the right reason at least.”

>If you and your clan want to leave now, I'll tell Rurichiyo what happened.
>You six stay here. See to the others for now, I'll tell your boss about this.
>I'll take you to speak with Rurichiyo, have your men remain here.
>Other?

>>1722467
>>I'll take you to speak with Rurichiyo, have your men remain here.

>>1722467
Shame about the casualties, but the ones who volunteered made their peace in their own way at least.

>>I'll take you to speak with Rurichiyo, have your men remain here.

>>1722467
>I'll take you to speak with Rurichiyo, have your men remain here.

>>1722467
>>I'll take you to speak with Rurichiyo, have your men remain here.

RUN OFF VOTE!
>Let him speak for himself.
>Preface the discussion, describe what happened.
>Only let him ask if she'll have their service. Explain everything else yourself

>>1722592
>Let him speak for himself.

>>1722592
>>Preface the discussion, describe what happened.

>>1722592
>Preface the discussion, describe what happened.

That works for ne.

>>1722592
>>Preface the discussion, describe what happened.

>will give a few more minutes

>>1722616
The return trip to your Division is a somber one.

You take Nukui Mako in tow, still covered in soot except where the sweat has washed it away in long lines, who silently and obediently follows with full awareness of what he is expected to do at the end. It takes until nearly dawn to make the trip, Nukui's tired feet carrying him much quicker than Rurichiyo could ever hope to manage but far slower than either yourself or the famed “Shunshin”.

Finally, you get to see the extent of the damage.

There's some ground that's been ripped up here and there, trees have been uprooted and tossed around like toothpicks. Some of them very old, very beautiful trees, which have stood for a hundred years since you personally planted them where they were. They're dead now, dead and gone.

You suppose all things end some day, even here.

The bodies have long since been burned along with their swords.

Finally you see the damage to your own home. One roof has been blown away... yours of course. Several sections of the walls are gone as well, and the stones around the moat are cracked in places. But all told, it seems the defensive lines held.

Rangiku is standing outside the door, looking at you rather sheepishly.

“So there were a few... issues,” she admits.

“You can tell me about them later,” you wave her off. “Where is Rurichiyo?”

“She's just woken up,” your daughter tells you. “Inside. Could hardly sleep after all that excitement anyway.”

You head inside to find a little bundle of linens that Rangiku pulled out for Rurichiyo to sleep on. The young noblewoman herself is sitting on the couch nearby, in the process of combing her hair when she sees you.

“Lady Riku, Lady Yoruichi,” she greets you with a tired smile. “We hope that all went well.”

“Not quite,” you admit to her. “We found the evidence we were after, and we know now it was Kumoi after all.”

“We... must admit even after all is said and done we are surprised,” she nods quietly. “Such a betrayal... we hardly thought it possible.”

“That's not all,” you admit. “Kumoi had certain failsafes in place in the event his scheme was discovered. He destroyed the manor, Rurichiyo. All of it.”
>1/2

>>1722682
“All of it, you say?” Rurichiyo asks, her eyes widening slowly in recognition of what you're saying. “How many people were hurt?”

“All of them, to some degree,” Yoruichi tells her. “Eight of your retainers were killed. But the fatalities could have been much more numerous if it weren't for the Nukui.”

“The Nukui family?” Rurichiyo asks, her expression suddenly serious. “The Nukui? How do you know that name? We were told there were no living Nukui.”

“Was it Kumoi who told you that, Lady Rurichiyo?” the man you brought along with you asks carefully.

Rurichiyo nods quietly. “Yes... now that you mention it, we suppose nothing he ever said to us may be trusted. Are you one of the Nukui? What was your role in this affair?”

“I am the new Head,” Nukui Mako bows deeply. “And I am ashamed to say our family served Kumoi against you.”

“And yet you saved others?” Rurichiyo asks gravely. “At great risk?”

“None of us expected to survive,” he admits. “To us it was penance.”

“Then the remainder of your number will continue to serve the Kasumiōji clan, as you always should have,” Rurichiyo declares. “We would have you take us to the site of the manor. Our presence is demanded, and our leadership at this time expected.”

“We cannot be seen to be cowering. Kenryū, Enryū, we are leaving. Captains... thank you for your generous aid and your hospitality.”

>At least let us send a guard with you.
>Let us know if you need anything.
>Other?

>>1722713
Is Kumoi still at large? No body, no confirmation = no letting our guard down.

>>At least let us send a guard with you.

>>1722727
Oh don't worry about that, he's dead as shit.

>>1722730
Ah, alrighty then. Thanks for the heads up.

I think I'll still keep the vote though, see how it develops.

>>1722713
>Other: If you still want to come over for tea and playing with Yushiro, feel free to stop by!~
>At least let us send a guard with you. We provided hospitality, the least we can do is get you back home safely.

>>1722713
“At least allow us to send a guard with you,” you offer. “You can still do your duty, but we also have to mind ours.”

Rurichiyo considers it for a moment. “We suppose we shouldn't turn up our nose out of a petty sense of pride, especially not when our dependents are on the line.”

“Agreed... thank you, Captains. Really, for everything.”

“Let us know how it goes, Lady Rurichiyo,” Yoruichi smiles, offering a slight bow... slight, but generous given their positions.

“So you think she'll be okay?” Rangiku asks when the Kasumiōji are finally gone.

You consider the question for a few moments before reaching a tentative verdict. “Yeah. I think she'll be okay.”

>>1722759
And as much as I hate to do this, the Bakkoto arc is concluded and this is as good a place as any to call it for the evening. Archive's up, thanks for stopping in (as short as it was).

As announced on Twitter I need to take some time now to figure things out. I'm feeling pretty badly burned-out on questing in general, and I've noticed that tonight was particularly rough for me, slow for you. So I'll write a few omakes over the week, but in point of fact I can't do anything else this weekend in terms of actual plot updates. And if I'm being honest I don't know about next weekend either.

>>1722773
No problem King, and thanks for this arc's conclusion. If a wind down is needed to keep the story fresh, I'm all for it.

I can't even imagine the struggle to juggle the RL and quest stuff, so good luck with them.

>>1722773
Thanks for running King, take your time bud, your dedication to running this and Gundam is pretty inspiring.

>>1722773
Take your time. You did good finishing up the Bakoto arc. Quest Burn-out is something that should be taken seriously especially for someone like you who ran a Gundam Quest from start to finish, started another gundam quest which was a direct sequel to your first quest, and started SSQ. Take your time and recollect. No need to keep pushing the plot forward and juggle stuff between IRL and questing. We all know that feel. Point is, you deserve taking this break and it's a wise decision to do so. We won't hold it against you.

>>1722783
>>1722798
It's just felt kinda aimless to me for a while. Taking a step back has already netted me a good idea for how things could and should shake out from here, so I'll keep working on it. Next weekend is looking a little better already.

>>1723123
This guy is shitposting in various quests, ignore.

>>1722813
Poor ruri, it really went to shit in at the end.
I feel like we could have done better by her, somehow.

I can probably do some omakes. The one with Hanataro from last week's sessions is already on the list.

>>1723475
>The bad news: Some Squad 11 goons are making a ruckus at the Squad 4 hospital again.
>The worse news: It’s only been a few days since Unohana’s change in outlook and hairstyle.

>>1723475
what about an omake detailing Lady Rurichiyo arriving at the scene of her ruined manor and growing into her role as clan head? Noblesse Oblige seems to be really working out for her as really good advice.

>>1723208
we could've done better by actually making the fucking perception roll or critting it to prevent the fire from happening in the first place.

>>1723561
>>1723574
I like them both. I'll be taking it slow, but I think I'll get around to all three in time.

>>1723561
Wow. It wouldn't surprise me if all the medical wards started to act like a jaded Hanataro who's seen just about everything or even like the new Unohana.

>>1726537
>Riku: It is kind of amusing to visit the hospital and see Squad 11 members looking as if they’re going to be killed the moment they let their guard down.

Actually, has Riku taught her squad to never disrespect Squad 4 or their work?

>>1726641
Yes. Not in such strict terms of course, but not belittling the "rear echelon" is something Riku publicly espouses and a lot of that filters down.

>>1726764
>9th division shinigami #1: "Kitchen duty? pfft, yeah right. like hell I would do kitchen-"
>Riku: *Riku glares* "Your Kitchen duty is now replaced with Latrine Duty. effective immediately alongside your standard patrol duties in the Human world."
> 10 years later
>9th division shinigami #2: "Kitchen duty? Why the hell do I have to do kitchen-
>9th division shinigami #1: "-Shut up and do your the job. You'll can thank me later when you get diarrhea."

>>1726822
Is OP kill

>>1726955
OP is not kill. OP is just resting.

>>1726955
You sound like a newfag. Here, take this.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Shinigami%20Savant%20Quest

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>Omake: Retsu//Yachiru

The attendants of Fourth Division's hospital have been having a tough time of it today. There's been the usual inflow and outflow of patients for relatively minor injuries and ailments, of the sort that a hospital in the living world might be expected to care for. Thumbs crunched under hammers, lost teeth, the odd dislocation or break here and there. Then there were the lacerations, deep sword wounds that are unavoidable when so many shinigami train against each other every day and safety rules aren't necessarily followed. Those who know shikai cannot train it with the shinai of course, but all shinigami must at least familiarize themselves with the feel of a live blade in hand.

The Eleventh Division takes that to an entirely unacceptable extreme.

In that division, the tendency is to swing your sword for any damn thing, regardless of how stupid or pointless the argument might be. That tends to lead to a lot of injuries, making a lot of work for the Fourth Division.

“Are they still causing a fuss in there?” one nurse asks her friend outside a room with three Eleventh Division members recovering inside. Her friend cocks an eyebrow as a loud crash echoes down the hallway.

“You tell me,” the young man in green scrubs sighs. “They've been impossible since they got here.”

“Under the influence?” the nurse asks.

The young man nods. “I'm not entirely sure how they're all still conscious other than pure spite towards each other... and maybe a bit just for us.”

“Lovely,” the nurse rolls her eyes as there's another, even louder crash from inside the room. “Someone's going to have to go in there and shut them up, the other patients on this floor have started to complain.”

“About what?”

The nurse looks up to see who the sweet-sounding voice belonged to, though her companion already knew and knew well enough to stand stock still instead of acknowledging it directly. If he acknowledged it, then he would have to be the one to explain to their Captain. And ever since she decided to change her hair...

The man gulped nervously.

“Well, Captain...” the nurse begins hesitantly.

If Captain Unohana is concerned about the situation at all, her warm smile masks any evidence of it in her expression. Then she too hears a loud crash, and her smile fades slightly.

“I see.”
>1/?

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>>1728310
“And that's why you're always gonna be a dumbass,” one of the Eleventh Division men declares drunkenly, having finished a long-winded and borderline nonsensical rant at his companion's expense.

“None of that made any sense,” the third man observes, having had somewhat less to drink. “Actually, speaking of not making any sense, why am I even here? I'm literally not involved.”

“You can't not take a side, coward,” the victim of the first man's rant counters. “That's why I smacked ya around in the first place, remember?”

“No, that was him!” the third man shouts, pointing at the first. “Man you really are a dumbass!”

“Watch your mouth, moron!”

Swords are suddenly drawn, and in an instant the door opens.

A trio of small knives catch the clothing of the third man, their momentum dragging him along and pinning him to a wall. His eyes go wide as he sees a blur of white charge into the room, as Unohana effortlessly disarms his two compatriots with swift strikes to the undersides of their wrists. Then, with a graceful turn of her body she catches their swords by the hilts and presses each lightly against its owner's neck.

The sudden outburst of violence from a normally quiet and restrained Captain would've paralyzed the trio from confusion even if they stood half a chance against her in the first place, and even more surprising was the fact that she's still smiling.

“Now, gentlemen,” she begins in an even, almost soothing tone, “if you're quite finished I'd like to remind you that you're in a hospital. Our mission is to see to it that each of our patients makes a full and speedy recovery, however part of that is ensuring that the environment is as suitable for recovery as possible. That means peaceful, quiet, and safe.”

“If any element runs contrary to those characteristics,” Unohana continues, her smile fading slightly as her gaze falls upon the swordsman who began the exchange, “then it is our duty to... remove it.”

“Do you understand what I'm saying to you?”

The three men each nod in turn as the Captain's gaze falls on them. Satisfied, Unohana sets aside the two zanpakuto she requisitioned and recovers her daggers from the wall, allowing the man she'd pinned there to fall to the floor gasping like a landed fish.

“I hope you all enjoy the rest of your stay,” she smiles, before narrowing her eyes. “And please do not forget what we just discussed.”
>2/3

>>1728361
The two attendants are still staring when Captain Unohana shuts the door behind her with a satisfied chuckle.

“That should be sufficient to last, at least for the duration of their convalescence.”

“Are you certain, ma'am?” the nurse asks before realizing what she just did and covering her mouth.

Captain Unohana shakes her head. “It's fine. I may have changed somewhat from the... image I once presented. But my loyalties and my convictions ultimately have not, and so long as you remain respectful, please feel free to speak your mind.”

There are a few long moments of silence, as if Unohana is waiting for either of the two shinigami to speak up.

“Well, please return to your duties then,” she concludes quietly. “Oh, and I expect the two of you to be present tomorrow morning for exercises.

“Exercises, ma'am?” the man asks in confusion.

“Correct,” Unohana nods resolutely. “The zanjutsu skills within our Division are sorely lacking: if you lack the strength to protect yourself, how can you protect your patients?”

“The first class will be at six tomorrow morning,” she declares. “Please don't be late.”

The two shinigami exchange a nervous glance. “Yes, ma'am...”
>3/3

>>1728555
Welp the Fourth is going to show the eleventh it's ass in a few months.

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>trying to get new Yoruichi in Brave Souls
>I've gotten two Fullbringer arc Byakuyas and Renjis each
Wtf

>>1728812
I tried already. Now saving for end of the month, because I got basically everything BUT the character I wanted.

>another omake tomorrow or Wednesday

>>1728817
I'm kinda tilted so I'm just gonna use the tens of thousands of EXP things I have to max out all the characters I haven't gotten around to yet. It's really easy since I'm pretty sure you're guaranteed 2 3* each time you do one of the 2nd Anniversary Quests.

>>1728812
>>1728817
>>1728825
>playing kusoge

>>1728842
>kusoge
It's a better time sink than getting called a nigger in Titanfall or getting invaded by a hacker in Dark Souls.

>>1728849
I'm just messing with you dude, I play FGO.

The biggest kusoge of all

>>1728911
Oops, didn't mean to quote kusoge. I was looking it up to figure out what it was and I guess I forgot it was highlighted. My bad.

>>1728924
np np

>>1728555
oh my. I can see where this trend is going...
>The 9th has a reputation of being the most fearsome "Modern" division when deployed in small squads while being the newspaper club of Seireitei.
>The 4th is the scariest division for it boasts the most skilled zanjutsu practitioners overall in Seireitei while acting as Seireitei's Doctors and Nurses.
>11th Division hold the best BBQs if you can get past their Bloodthirsty Fight-happy culture

I wonder what the other divisions pride themselves in for their mundane logistics functions in Seireitei...
>2nd Division Have a hidden reputation of being Seireitei's deadliest assassins while working as the Mailmen and Delivery boys of Seireitei during the daytime.
>6th Division pride themselves on having the best well maintained and beautiful gardens.

Any ideas on that Queen? I kinda like to see more in-depth detail on the going-ons and daily mundane activity in Seireitei as a whole in the form of the question "If Seireitei acted like a nation, which division does the medical service? Which division handles the media/printing press? Who delivers the daily mail? Etc."

I wonder what each captain does for the Seireitei connection thingy. Riku would know all about it being the one with the printing presses. I wonder if Zaraki can sit down long enough to give out BBQ tips.

>>1729009
Now I’m imagining Squad 2 making it a point of pride to never let anyone see them delivering the mail.

>>1729070
Can probably write something about that real quickly at some point. Busy tonight though.

>>1729070
>I wonder if Zaraki can sit down long enough to give out BBQ tips.

I would imagine he dictates.

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>>1729100

>Shunsui arrives at his office.
>Fancy box just sitting on his desk.
>Shinsui shuts the door, then checks the window, the rafters, and under the tatami.
>Not a soul.
>Opens box.
>2 bottles of Plum wine and a girly mag.
>Note on top reads 'Thank you for your order, Please Enjoy -Division 2'.
"I didn't even know I ordered this."

>>1734355
>If you have time, why not tell us how we're doing?
>Just fill out the included form and leave it on your doorstep
>We know where you live.

>>1734355
>>1734445
Of course, they don’t try it on Riku, Yoruichi, Sui Feng, or Unohana.

>>1735046
Well, for the three Executive-class Onmitsu veterans it'd be more of a performance review if they ever did.

For Unohana as she is now? It's kind of taking your life in your own hands.

>>1735105
Yeah, you might be able to sneak past Unohana. But do you really want to run the risk of her catching you in her office?

>>1735333
>>1735105
>tfw Unohana is the only client where the 2nd division delivery couriers show up in person to deliver.
>there is a betting pool on who has the nerve to deliver the mail to Unohana undetected. The one who executes a "successful stealth delivery" and returns alive takes the pot.

>>1735333
>>1735913

Easy solution there. Wrap the package in plain paper, draw the character for "Retsu" on it. Stake out her office while in hiding, wait for her to leave the office but return shortly, then leave it resting gently against the door.

She still never senses you if you're good enough, so it's still impressive and discrete. But you're also not crossing any private boundaries to potentially draw her ire.

>Guest Lecturer: Yamada Hanataro
“W-welcome, everyone!” Hanataro practically squeaks as his junior Division members stream into the dimly-lit lecture hall buried deep within the Forth Division's grounds. “Please, settle down! Um... I can't speak over you all if you...”

Captain Unohana gently clears her throat from the first row and the entire hall falls deadly silent, even as the last few members of the audience stream in. “T-thank you, Captain...”

“Thank you all for coming!” Hanataro begins awkwardly. “Well... I understand you were required to be here... but, you know... thanks for being here anyway.”

A projector in the back of the hall whirs to life, spreading the Division emblem across the screen to Hanataro's back. He clears his throat as the slide changes to one reading “First Response Training: Special Topics”.

“First... I'm supposed to ask you some quick questions,” Hanataro announces, as a new slide comes up on the screen amid several audible gasps of shock. The young officer on the other hand seems completely unperturbed by the graphic image. “This is Captain Kusajishi after a recent battle. She has a star-shaped through-and-through wound to her thorax, fourth-degree burns on her left arm from the elbow down, and more broken bones than we could even count upon admission.”

“Which wounds would you focus on first?” he asks. “Each of you has a remote device at your seat, the question is... well, it's multiple-choice, so please vote now.”

A few seconds later the results are displayed, and Hanataro smiles, rubbing at the back of her head. “Well... see... it's actually 'D'. Captain Kusajishi has her own regenerative powers, so unless she's going to bleed out in the next few seconds it's actually a better idea to just transfer reiatsu to her and let her do her thing.”

The slide changes to another intimidating image: a tan-skinned arrancar staring quizzically at the camera. “This is Miss Halibel, an arrancar. If an arrancar is severely wounded, you respond the same way you would for a shinigami: true or false?”

Another few seconds pass, before Hanataro speaks up. “Again, a difficult answer. Mostly arrancar are just like us... but some do have some unusual traits, such as the position of their 'hollow hole' and mask fragments. So you have to treat each on a case by case basis, particularly if they are in their released state.”
>1/2

>>1735913
> Unohana: One time, someone who had been slacking off in his stealth training tried it. Captain Sui Feng herself told me when he was coming; in exchange for letting her put a hidden camera in my office.
>I must say, the picture of his face right after I had slipped up behind him and asked if I could help him in any way was truly a sight.
>Mind, he did wind up spending a day or two here, but after being discharged, he’s been much more diligent in his training, so I dare say everything worked out wonderfully!

>>1736193
“Now, last question I promise!” Hanataro smiles awkwardly, displaying three very similar injuries on the same body... each a penetrating wound of some kind, with very few distinguishing characteristics. “One of these three wounds requires advanced surgical intervention... just click which one you think that is.”

“They look the same!” a loud voice from the back of the hall complains.

Hanataro presses a button on his own clicker, revealing that a third of the audience or so picked each image: no better than if they'd all been guessing.

“It's the third one,” he declares, indicating the far left image. “This one's clearly the result of a cero, you can tell by the even burn marks going all around the entry and the small amount of blood. The middle image is a shallow wound caused by the end of a jitte. The third, with the blood and a small amount of irregular burning to the surrounding tissue, is an entry wound caused by a metal projectile lodged two inches below the left lung, near the spine. That would require surgery.”

The rest of the presentation is... gruesome. Treating full-body burns, cleaning and treating acid wounds, partial-dismemberment and the question of when it's appropriate to amputate... each topic seemingly more nausea-inducing than the next, all appropriately illustrated in images of either cadavers or incredibly convincing simulations.

Finally, the relieved Division members are allowed to file back out of the hall, some still ashen-faced by some of the things they'd witnessed.

More than one would have trouble shaking how calm their new Third-Seat was when talking about it all... meanwhile, Hanataro was simply relieved at what he considered a job well-done.

>>1736311
>>1736193
>The slide changes to another intimidating image: a tan-skinned arrancar staring quizzically at the camera.
I wonder what it took for Hanataro to ask Tia for a picture. like most people would look at hanataro funny when he takes a camera to take pictures of harribel.

>>1737246
>"E-excuse me, Miss Halibel! S-sorry to barge in... but I need a reference photo of an arrancar... and... canItakeyourpicture!?"
>"... why would I object?"
>"KaythanksIgotitgottagosorryforbotheringyou..."
>"... he seems rather excitable, Lady Riku..."
>"... Lady Riku, please stop laughing."

>>1736193
i've gotta say, hes really filling into his new role rather well overall i think.

>>1736311
>>1736193
>tfw 4 division junior members gets shown a picture of Tia as a "typical arrancar"
>Tia being a dusky skinned blonde haired bombshell who looks very human save for the weird maskfragment that outlines/covers her jawbone and the hollow hole on her womb.
Queen. How many division 4 juniors get scared+aroused by that pic and were confused by that feeling?

>pulled new Yoruichi with my last multi
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>>1739880
If I don't I'm going to hate you forever.

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>>1740096
>4* Chad
It couldn't have at least been a useful character?

>>1740096
>>1740106
>tfw I almost 150'd her already
Also, new thread tomorrow evening for those who aren't into the Twitter.

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>>1740796
Don't test me, I'll downvote all the SSQ threads on suptg.

>will continue in 15 minutes

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You are Captain Kusajishi Riku, and one day has passed since the attack on your Division's headquarters by rogue assassins from the house of Kasumiōji. Already it feels that there's been a return to normality: the Lieutenants are training in the courtyard, the Division members are cleaning up the damage from the fight alongside their regular duties, the Commandos are tending to their respective responsibilities and projects. All with the unshakable feeling hanging over your heads, that of a slow-motion disaster unfolding around you.

In much the same sort of return to normal affairs, your office is an eye of perpetual calm.

Contact reports are filled out in triplicate and filed away with blinding speed and efficiency, Tenri has just slapped a fresh pot of coffee on, and the sounds of hammering and sawing yell you that there's been significant progress in replacing the roof that was destroyed during the fighting.

You wince, your anger briefly threatening to send you off shouting about the now-dead assassins, but you remain calm in spite of yourself. Not like shouting about it now would accomplish anything aside from making yourself hoarse.

No, instead you maintain the cool, professional attitude expected of a Captain as you propel yourself through the boring, everyday, painfully mundane duties of your chosen occupation as swiftly as possible so you can move on to other things.

“So, Captain,” Tenri asks you calmly. “What now?”

“Well, there are a lot of things that still need to happen,” you frown, going over it all in your mind. “The Lieutenants are making progress, I need to finish training in kidō, the vizards are still out there hanging in the wind, I have prisoners to deal with, and there are literal gods making moves that I can't even begin to predict.”

There it is again, that sense of tension.

>I think I should check on the Lieutenants, see how they've been progressing.
>It's time to finally finish my kidō training, after all these long decades.
>I want to check in on the prisoners, it's time for them to make some decisions.
>Other?

>>1744904
>It's time to finally finish my kidō training, after all these long decades.

>>1744904
>It's time to finally finish my kidō training, after all these long decades.

>>1744904
>I want to check in on the prisoners, it's time for them to make some decisions.

>>1744904
>It's time to finally finish my kidō training, after all these long decades.
Riki deserves some time to herselves

>>1744904
>Other: while I check in on kido training, I wanna talk with Rosa about what happened during the time I was fighting them assassins. Like how the fuck did I instinctively "know" where do go in the dangai? And did I "know" how to use a cero? I didn't even release Rosa's ressurecion and I still fired that cero. And why is that cero "white"? I thought most ceros were black/red.

>>1744904
>It's time to finally finish my kidō training, after all these long decades.


Then we should get the vizards back after that

>>1745003
Maybe a result of accepting and fusing with rosa, or forging her into a proper zanpakuto?
Maybe we've assimilated a little bit of hollow into our soul in doing some of that.

>>1745003
>>1745018
Didn’t Rosa say she had a few things she could teach us?

>>1744904
>>I want to check in on the prisoners, it's time for them to make some decisions.

By the way Queen having just read omake on how the tres bestias died I was surprised with Apacci having been Sami in her previous life. Didnt really figure anyone outside of Scandinavia and Northen Russia being familiar with that group of indigenous people.

>>1745059
Hell who knows, maybe it'll even help with learning our kido.

>>1744904
“I've been a student of kidō for as long as I can remember,” you muse, a note of exhaustion creeping into your voice. “It's long past time for me to finish what I started.”

Tenri sets down the pot of coffee, apparently deep in thought. “Shall I inform Captain Shihōin?”

“Would it help?” you shrug. “If it kills me it kills me... but I'm tired of dancing around the issue. It's not like me. If something needs doing I've always gone ahead and done it.”

“Like I said... long past time.”

“Very well, ma'am,” Tenri bows. “Then at least allow me to wish you luck.”

“That's fine by me,” you nod in return. “I'll probably need it.”

You leave your office behind, walking slowly, almost strolling, out into the open training courtyard where the Lieutenants are busily sparring. It seems they really are coming along nicely, having picked up a few tricks from each other to reinforce their weakest points when it comes to combat. You only hope it's going to be enough to see them all through what's about to come, that their heads are in the right place to allow them to make the most of what they can do irrespective of any questions of pride or personality.

It's always felt like a big ask, but maybe this time the stakes are high enough.

Eventually you settle down, seating yourself on the gravel and focusing inward until you're greeted by a familiar panorama.

“I see you have decided to commit yourself wholly to this attempt,” Tenkotsuki muses quietly as you sit across from her beneath the ancient, weather-beaten tree standing high on a cliff... which strangely, you've never seen experiencing any sort of weather other than thick, offshore fog.

“That is good. Now we can begin.”

>Explain this last lesson to me... what am I missing? How should it feel?
>You mentioned the mechanics. Let's start by trying to apply what I already know.
>Bankai training required... stakes. Maybe that's what we've been missing until now.
>Other?

>>1745062
I get around.

>>1745071
It's not impossible.

>>1745072
>You mentioned the mechanics. Let's start by trying to apply what I already know.

>>1745072
>You mentioned the mechanics. Let's start by trying to apply what I already know.

>>1745072
>Explain this last lesson to me... what am I missing? How should it feel?

>>1745072
>Explain this last lesson to me... what am I missing? How should it feel?
>You mentioned the mechanics. Let's start by trying to apply what I already know.

We already know that every spell has been nothing but training for another spell down the line, and riku has always just felt things out, filling in the blanks on instinct. It's probably best if she just knows more or less what she's supposed to do, and then tries to do it.


>>1745077
helping with kido confirmed oh shit time to learn hollow magic

Also, are we sitting near the lieutenants? Please tell me we are, and that this is going to be like when ichigo was training in the dangai and every time he got cut in his inner world it'd physically appear on his body, so every time we cast a massive fuckoff spell the lieutenants feel it, and every time we get injured they can see it. That'd be some good shit.

>>1745072
>You mentioned the mechanics. Let's start by trying to apply what I already know.
Start with this, but make note that the high tier kido does seem to increasingly run into risks.

>Bankai training required... stakes. Maybe that's what we've been missing until now.
In which case, this line of thought does have some merit.

>>1745154
Tenkotsuki suggested that there were methods of casting high-level kido like itto kaso without sacrifice, we should ask her more about that.

>>1744904
>0/10 APPLY YOURSELF!
3d10, DC 18, Critical 23, best of four

>tfw coming up with a kind of goofy idea for a "next quest"

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

>>1745181

Rolled 8, 6, 4 = 18 (3d10)

>>1745181
>next quest
a-are we gonna die
>0/10 APPLY YOURSELF!
did we fuck up, did we make a wrong choice here, oh jeeze

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

>>1745181
check this crit (fail)

>>1745192
Breaking Bad memes, anon.

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

>>1745181
If #90 spells onwards like Itto Kaso require a sacrifice. Then going by the same principle, how the fuck can one cast #99 without killing themselves? There's got to be something behind the scenes that lets one live unscathed and cast it without a sacrifice. A sacrifice seems to be a crutch.

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

>>1745181
A future society based on professionally playing games like Brave Souls?

>>1745200
Oh. I guess i'm not normie enough, i haven't watched breaking bad, game of thrones or any of that shit.

>>1745202
>Bleach Build Fighters

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>>1745200
“So I already know the basics,” you muse thoughtfully as Rosa finally deigns to join the two of you beneath the flowery tree, still avoiding eye contact like a pouting teenager. “And you said there are ways to cast spells without sacrifice... I guess the only way to make any progress would be to apply what I already know and see where I stand.”

Tenkotsuki motions for you to stand, and so you do. “Show me, then.”

You draw the blade at your side, gaze into the light that plays off the slightly hazy, almost starry steel of its side, and give it a test swing out towards the ocean. Then you focus your reiatsu into it, and repeat the process.

“That was like a weak getsuga tensho,” Tenkotsuki observes slyly. “I thought you said you were applying yourself?”

“Warm-up,” you wave her off, repeating the process with a little more oomph added with hakuda.

“And that was kamaitachi,” Rosa says, rolling her eyes and falling onto her back. “Try again.”

“You're really starting to piss me off!” you retort, slinging what looks like a half-baked, fire-based getsuga tensho out over the water next.

“The feeling's mutual,” Rosa fires back, staring at the iron-grey sky. “We're gonna be here all week, aren't we?”

“I didn't realize a zanpakuto could have a period,” you growl, firing off what looks like a wave of shimmering ice and snow. “But, here we are. I learned something new today after all.”

“Oh, you're in rare form today,” Rosa compliments.

“Thanks,” you reply calmly, compressed electricity arcing from the edge of your kodachi as you sling it yet again. “But I feel like I'm not really getting anywhere.”

To punctuate your admission the next swing, where you try to combine the crushing gravitational manipulation of spells like Kurohitsugi into a zanjutsu, comes out as another kamaitachi... like the comical puff of dust from a cartoon spigot that's out of water.

“Performance issues this early in the day?” Rosa asks, smirking as she sits up.

“I had a rough night's sleep,” you scowl.

>Rosa, the fuck was happening in our last fight, anyway?
>Tenkotsuki... which spell was meant to teach using two elements?
>Keep plugging away at the “Kurohitsugi Getsuga” for a while.
>Other?

>>1745181
Didn't we have those handwritten notes? Why don't we read/recall those notes to use as guidance?

Also green text insight revelation.
>tfw realizing the reason why canon OMG sacrificed an arm to cast itto kaso (single blade cremation) was because of the spell name.
>Itto Kaso is #96 in the spell list
>manifesting a giant burning blade of reiatsu go burn a target to ashes (cremation)
>cremation can't work unless there is something to use a fuel for the fire.
>cremation: the act of burning something to ashes
>burning = fire.
>Spell #99 uses an element of fire, Spell #96 is a stepping stone on mastering the fire affinity portion of Spell #99
>reiatsu is the fuel, the spell is the fire.
>lvl 90s spells use raw reiatsu in any form in order to work.
>OMG had to burn an arm because he didn't completely understand the principles to use Itto kaso safely
>OMG sacrificed an arm because the sacrifice was a suitable crutch and catalyst to quick-cast the spell.
>OMG could've slowly built up power and reiatsu to cast the spell with his ambient reiatsu as fuel, but had to burn the arm because his arm is jam packed full of raw reiatsu power already in the form of flesh and bone, and the spell would easily catch and activate faster if he burned the arm.

>>1745265
>Keep plugging away at the “Kurohitsugi Getsuga” for a while.

>>1745265
>Rosa, the fuck was happening in our last fight, anyway?
She wanted to talk about it, and this might help us learn.

We could use a sounding board, bounce ideas off these two, learn a little something about ourselves, how *we* do things as much as how things are *supposed* to be done.

>>1745265
>Rosa, the fuck was happening in our last fight, anyway?

>>1745265
>Rosa, the fuck was happening in our last fight, anyway?

>>1745292
supporting the sounding board idea.
>>1745265
>Other: This is the strangest bitchfest We're experiencing. One us is playing the "coy" bitch, one of us is playing the "snarky" bitch, and I'm playing "the bitch that's on her period

>>1745267
Good point, everyone considers spells like itto kaso to be sacrificial, but like tenkotsuki said, are they *really*?

Or is it just that almost nobody in history, not even genryuusai, never finished learning how to properly cast them. So few people that those who could successfully cast it and survive always lost a limb, and nobody was around who knew any better and could tell them they were just doing it wrong.

Why is that the case, though? Shinigami live for a damn long time, and genryuusai was an exceptionally well powerful and well trained shinigami, so what exactly keeps people from just throwing themselves against the problem until they eventually manage? Is there a special reason you can't just figure out how to cast it properly? Is there something to it that so well hidden you can't just figure it out through intense training? A secret key of sorts?

>>1745265
>Rosa, the fuck was happening in our last fight, anyway?

>>1745265
Hey Queen, did you homebrew some of the missing lvl 90s spells?

>>1745322
all these spelling mistakes
please don't pay attention to my embarrassing retardation, it's late here

>>1745317
>tfw the period joke was about Rosa

>>1745317
>3d10 to glean something useful from Rosa's explanation
DC on this one is 17, critical is 22, best of three on this one since it's just Riku's side of the brain.

Rolled 7, 5, 2 = 14 (3d10)

>>1745322
Maybe it's something that goes against common sense, something that nobody in their right mind would try.

A concept that just doesn't make any sense unless you already have a grasp of it, like orbital mechanics.
What would you do if you were a once in a millennium genius master of kido, writing up a system of 99 spells, unraveling the secrets and mechanics of the universe, driven to the brink of insanity in your attempt to uncover the final secret?

You'd do something stupid, wouldn't you? Like bathe yourself in raw magic or something.
Now i'm not saying to do that, or even that this is the right line of thinking, but it's a possibility.

>>1745357
I really hope this goes well.

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

>>1745357

>sitting here wondering how my rolls are gonna go tonight
>roll my d10 irl
>5, 4, 2, 4, 2, 1

I'm just gonna hold off on rollan for tonight.

>>1745357
Just a quick reminder that Ikkaku wanted to ask us something but we ended up putting him off for something else. When would we be able to get back to that?

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

>>1745357
Well if no one else will, I will fail us all.

>>1745357
Is the explanation gonna be something that we players could manually glean the useful bits from?

>>1745389
Eventually.

Ssshhhhh... sword time now.

>>1745392
Probably not?

>>1745265
Heavy on the banter today, Tenko.

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>>1745398
Aw man, riku doesn't deserve the shit that happens to her.

>>1745401
I hope this isn't an implication that we're all retarded, which we are.

>>1745401
>>1745391
>>1745373
GODDAMMIT.
>>1745401
Aww....

We're rolling so shitty today. Will there be an opportunity to try again? Or will this forever remain a mystery to Riku on why she keeps on firing ceros randomly?

>>1745413
It'd be fine if someone else rolled. I have legendarily bad luck. I'm talking a nat 1 streak in the double digits. Basically people should be rolling before I do.

>>1745357
“Rosa, what's happening to us?” you ask suddenly, lowering your sword to your side. “What happened when I used that cero?”

“Nothing's happening to us, Riku,” Rosa grins wickedly. “Something's happening to you. After all these years it's finally startin' to sink in!”

“What is 'it'?” you demand again.

“Instinct!” Rosa replies. “The pure, destructive instinct of a hollow! You've been so busy poppin' in an outta reality for decades, never wondering why you could do it without usin' a mask, or releasing my sword, haven't you?”

“I just assumed it was like any other technique,” you admit. “Like once you knew the trick to it you could repeat it.”

“It's nothin' like that!” Rosa insists testily. “You're usin' hollow abilities because you're finally beginning to understand the mindset of a hollow. All drawin' on my abilities gets you is stronger reiryoku, an it lets you tap into my instincts and technical skill.”

“That white cero though? Descorrer? That was all you, with your own reiatsu.”

Pure destructive instinct, ruled by no real technical knowledge... nearly the opposite to kido in every meaningful way, you suppose.

“And the way I could navigate the Dangai to and from the Royal Realm?”

“Acclimation to shinreiryoku,” Tenkotsuki explains. “Again, that would now be considered part of your own innate skillset by this point.”

“So where do I end anymore, and where do the two of you begin?”

“Wherever you please, my dear,” Tenkotsuki muses thoughtfully. “At least I suppose that is the nature of the situation. You do not wish to permanently merge with the two of us, am I correct? The thought of ego death, of losing “Kusajishi Riku” as she exists now to be replaced with a different individual, disturbs you?”

Rosa too seems to lean in, curious to hear your answer.

>I wish to avoid it if I can. I don't want to be someone else.
>I'll fight and die as a mortal. If I begame a goddess in full, my efforts would feel meaningless.
>I'm not strictly opposed... I suppose what happens happens.
>Other?

>>1745420
If you claim to have legendary bad luck, then don't roll at all. Someone will fill in the position. A reminder that /qst/ is a slow board.

>>1745436
Too bad. Besides, /qst/ might be a slow board but that doesn't mean King has all day.

>>1745434
>>I wish to avoid it if I can. I don't want to be someone else.

>>1745434
>I'm not strictly opposed... I suppose what happens happens.

But that mindset in and of itself could be the result of that merge already starting.

It's a thought exercise with no real conclusion. Probably best not to dwell on it, because otherwise you begin to question if the decisions you make are actually 'yours'.

>>1745434
>Other: It's a bridge all three of us will have to cross together at some point.

>>1745434
>>I'm not strictly opposed... I suppose what happens happens.

>>1745434
>Other?
Losing her sense of self is disconcerting in and of itself, but it wouldn't help anything to deny the other two-thirds of herself. What happens, happens.
Basically option three but more nuanced.

Basically

>>1745434
>I'm not strictly opposed... I suppose what happens happens.

>>1745434
>>I'm not strictly opposed... I suppose what happens happens.

>>1745434
>I wish to avoid it if I can. I don't want to be someone else.
Looks like Shadow of War took some pointers from Brave Souls and has character collection.

And microtransactions which is putting me off the game now.

>tfw there comes a point in time where Riku becomes "Goddess Riku"
>tfw Riku retains much of her core "Riku" personality
>tfw Riku randomly starts monologuing to some imaginary person and holds a conversation talking to herself as a goddess only to realize/remember that it was a habit held over during her time when she, Tenkotsuki, and Rosa were once separate aspects of the same soul sharing a single body.
>tfw "they" could never go back to that time when Riku is driving the meat bicycle for three, Tenkotsuki gets to relax under the Jinzen sakura tree and provide snarky commentary, and Rosa naps quietly.
Queen. Pls. you're giving me feels.

>>1745434
>Other: I already had a taste of that merging when I released Tenko in Bankai, and Rosa in Ressurecion. So I know what to expect. Still. I'm gonna miss those days.

>writing
>>1745530
>Yoruichi status: 166

>>1745434
You sigh, a long, deep, pensive sound. “I guess the three of us will have to cross that bridge together some time, won't we? Nothing lasts forever.”

“Quite astute,” Tenkotsuki agrees quietly. “Surprisingly so, in fact. That day is a long while off I believe, but you are correct. At some point, likely in the distant future, the self-imposed divisions between us will... end.”

“However I also believe this will not become irreversible for... several thousand years, if we last that long.”

“By that point everything we know now will be gone anyway,” you realize aloud. “Even the oldest shinigami can't live that long... I think I can live with that outcome.”

“Then we have your answer,” Tenkotsuki nods solemnly. “But for now, we have work that needs to be done.”

“Right,” you nod, slowly settling back into a more focused state and repeating your exercise from before.
>3d10, DC 18, Crit 21, best of four

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>>1745541
How about you just kill yourself, OK?

And to shove a dick in my ass I got Nanao off the 5* summon ticket, which would be great, but literally all but 3 of my 5 and 6 stars are purple or blue. And two of those are characters you get out of the monthly focus events.

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

>>1745552

Rolled 7, 6, 10 = 23 (3d10)

>>1745434
>I'm not strictly opposed... I suppose what happens happens.

It's not something i'd go for willingly, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if it happened either.
You two are already a part of me, but separate in your own ways. It's one's memories, choices and general experiences that make you who you are, and indeed if i fused with you i wouldn't be myself any more than you two would, though the person we become would still be a general reflection of who we all were. We aren't all that much different when we do it temporarily in bankai, because we're still basically the sum of our parts, at least mentally.

I just wouldn't want to lose either of you any more than i would want to lose myself.

>>1745552
rollan despite my best interests, dice gods take me

Rolled 3, 4, 1 = 8 (3d10)

>>1745552
Dice be a cunt tonight. rng talk is bad. especially when it comes to gacha from other gaems.
>>1745563
shh.....no salt....just rng dreams.

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>>1745568
AYYY

>>1745563
I know the feel. RNG is a cruel, unforgiving mistress sometimes.

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

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>>1745602
wew

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>>1745589
No, RNG is, above all else, fair.

>>1745589
You're not sure how long you keep hard at it, but after some time you seem to get the hang of a gravity-based zanjutsu-kidō hybrid technique. It's not clear at all whether it would even be usable outside of this realm, but you eventually develop a knack for it.

Next you begin working on adding things: gravity and fire, gravity and ice, ice and lightning, each permutation you can think of. It's during this process that you feel something familiar.

“Yoruichi?” you muse, turning to stare up at the sky as you reach out with your senses.

“Your wife is giving you her reiatsu,” Tenkotsuki explains with a faint smile tugging at her lips. “You have been training here with us for nearly two days. She must have been concerned for your well-being.”

“I see...” you sigh, taking a moment to bask in the welcome feeling.

A thought occurs to you.

“Pure destructive instinct,” you think aloud. “Antithetical to kidō... at least on the face of it. But resolve... and Descorrer...”

“You're on to something?' Rosa asks, seeming to wake up from a catnap she's been taking while leaned up against a rock.

“Powerful, primal motivations,” you continue. “That's what's missing from all of the previous iterations. Some of them put you in a specific state of mind with their incantations, and they all build off each other, but what none of them teach is how to match raw emotion and instincts with that technical knowledge. The sense that you need something to succeed instead of simply knowing that it should succeed.”

“To make a kidō that functions more on primal, hollow-like tendencies,” Tenkotsuki nods thoughtfully. “Though perhaps you are misconceiving the requirements... this is not abandoning a specific frame of mind within which one must reason their way through the principles of kidō and reiatsu control, but adopting the most intense possible mental state: one of a single, pure emotion.”

“So which emotion?” Rosa asks. “I mean assuming you two are even REMOTELY right?”

SOMETHING KIND OF DANGEROUS WITH THIS VOTE:
>Write in

>>1745674
Pride? This is the culmination of kido, where you go from learning it to being a master, so you should feel great about accomplishing it, right?

>>1745674
>“So which emotion?”
Queen. Is this the actual question we're gonna have to base our write-in answers on?

>>1745674
Fear? It's the only emotion I can think of that provides a true sense of primal need.

Maybe Dark Souls style - In order to possibly control the flame, you need to fear it.

I'm firing into the dark, mostly.

>>1745694
Of course. You've been playing/reading the same character for 110 threads, what do you think Riku's response will be?

>>1745674
Rage, pride, motivation... my thoughts turn to when we lost tenkotsuki's blade, what we did to that hollow and what we felt in that moment, and what we did to get her back.
Was it just pure rage? Was there also sadness and desperation?

What do i want?
I want to protect my family.
I have to kill to protect them. I have to hunt the prey, with all of my strength, with all of my focus, with all of my will.

Is the desire to kill an emotion? The desire to win? Can you really call determination an emotion?
I don't know for sure what makes emotions what they are, but i know that feeling, that desire. All too well.

>>1745692
No wait, it's supposed to be primal. Is there even a primal version of pride?

>>1745707
Well if it's a personal response instead of a general one dictated by the guy that made kido, it'd be love. It's why Riku's done everything she's done and why she's fought so hard against Aizen.

>>1745718
Love is something primal. It's the reason why even hollows form bonds and establish communities out in Hueco Mundo. Even if some of them don't know what love is, it's instinctual to all of them.
I'll agree with your idea.
>>1745674
Love is a passive yet very intense emotion. Riku's feelings for Tenkotuski, Rosa, Rangiku, Gin, Yoruichi, even Seireitei and her own 9th division. Even when undergoing hollowifcation, our first thoughts and instincts was "Find Yoruichi" because deep down our need for love was that great we threw caution to the wind and went to find her despite the risks knowing that she might have a possible solution to the problem.

>>1745710
It's love.

>>1745740
This does sound like a case where we don’t have A Right Answer, but rather, Riku’s answer.
Looking at it that way, Storge, the love of family does sound right.

>it seems we have as close as we'll get to a consensus
Dice+3d10, DC 17, Crit 21

Rolled 2, 5, 7 = 14 (3d10)

>>1745760
Well then. This will all go to shit on RNG.

>>1745747
That's the kind of person riku is. That's what makes her move, in the end.

>>1745760
it's happening

Rolled 6, 6, 10 = 22 (3d10)

>>1745760
>we're all wrong
>the correct answer is flatulence
>the guy that invented kido's a massive douche

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

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>>1745769
AYYYYY

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>>1745767
>>1745769
NOT TO FUCKING DAY
I'm glad my luck from that session I carried is back.

>>1745760
I hope you're using LOVE as the answer. It feels the most IC.

The power of goddamn love
feels anime as fuck

>>1745804
Since when were you under the impression Bleach wasn't anime as fuck?

>>1745821
I know, i know, but every time i say it, i still get that feeling.

>>1745760
If it's strong enough... you suppose any old emotion will do. Rage is an easy one of course, and probably one of the first most people would leap to. But then again most people also aren't capable of using this technique. So maybe the answer is something else...

Then you feel something else.

“Gin and Rangiku now?” you muse, sensing that your adopted children have both shared their reiatsu with you, probably on the same day on the outside.

Then you feel more familiar sensations. Apacci and Halibel and Starrk, Mirai, Kai, and Rukia, and even Bambietta each take turns sharing a little of their reiatsu with you as you sit in deep meditation for what must be day after day.

“Love?” you muse quietly. “Yes... that's it. A lover, siblings, children, friends... humanity itself, even. That's the strongest, most primal emotion I've got... love for the people I choose to surround myself with, and who choose to remain at my side.”

“All those people who stand to be killed if we fail.”

“Then go with that feeling, Lady Riku,” Tenkotsuki nods sternly. “You know the technical aspects, you know the feeling you must harness.”

“Now, do it! You must not fear, you must not doubt!”

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNTwpYg3Jkc

“Hadō 99: Goryūtenmetsu!”

Your eyes fly open, the world heaves up all around you and powerful winds swirl in a massive storm of pale reiatsu... all of it yours. And amid that storm, which threatens to scour half the Seireitei down to the dirt it's built upon, you see them: the heads and bodies of five rampaging dragons forged of pure white reiatsu, their eyes set aglow from within and their voices carried on the wind like the tides booming against distant shores.

Shinigami brace themselves against the tempest, all except for one figure in white who laughs like a maniac.

>Aim the spell towards the Sōkyoku hill, where it shouldn't harm anyone.
>Allow the spell to dissipate gradually, taking no risks.
>Aim the spell skyward, release it all at once in a safe direction.
>Try to recapture that energy somehow, maintain control of it.
>Other?

>>1745903
>Aim the spell skyward, release it all at once in a safe direction.

So Riku starts concentrating on how much she loves her family and friends, and suddenly everything makes sense.
Move over Ichigo, you’ve just been out-shonened

>Allow the spell to dissipate gradually, taking no risks.
Failing that,
>Aim the spell skyward, release it all at once in a safe direction.

Gorutenmetsu cannot be controlled.
Although, there's tenkotsuki's version to be considered...

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>>1745903
Also, forgot my image of the one who's laughing her ass off.

>>1745903
>Aim the spell skyward, release it all at once in a safe direction.

Hoo boy, we're gonna have some splainin' to do after this, whatever happens.

>>1745924
yoruichi in all white?
is that referring to her haori? to her resureccion?

or did something terrible happen when she gave us reiatsu

>>1745903
>>Aim the spell skyward, release it all at once in a safe direction.
Let's fucking go.

>>1745924

>Allow the spell to dissipate gradually, taking no risks.
>Other: Can we channel it through a blade? Didn't Tenkotsuki said something like channeling Spell #99 through the blade like Getsuga Tensho? She called it Gozan Tensatsu or something like that.

>>1745942
Dude, you're also letting Aizen know that Riku knows Spell #99.

>>1745934
It's just her haori, calm down. Damn son you paranoid, save that for Aizen.

>>1745949
I refuse to let Aizen cow us into avoiding a badass moment like this. We even have the music to go with it.

>>1745903
>Aim the spell skyward, release it all at once in a safe direction.

Dispatch squad four

I think half the Seireitei just got knocked unconscious

>>1745949
literally fucking everyone knows
people in the goddamn living world feel that right now

>>1745957
too bad fourth is extra, extra unconscious.
I like to think tears are streaming down riku's smiling face right now, out of sheer love.
It's a good feel.

>>1745903
>Aim the spell skyward, release it all at once in a safe direction.
I want to see what happens when it hits something but we can try that in the valley of screams

>writing
>will probably go until 11pm PST then call it a night for now

>>1746001
With a massive amount of effort you aim the spell straight up into the sky, sending five dragons winding and snaking around each other as they climb ever higher into the sky. Then, they abruptly begin to coil around each other in an increasingly tight knot until the entire world goes white.

It's not painful.

Not nearly like having had your eardrums blown out, neither in terms of pain nor in the accompanying disorientation. Instead it feels comfortably warm, like slipping under a thick blanket on a cold night, or like an embrace from someone you've missed for a while. Then the white light fades, revealing your surroundings once more.

It's hard to tell how people feel about that display, most of them probably didn't even realize what was going on. To them this probably came out of nowhere, since you've been in jinzen for... well, for gods only know how long.

Also, most of them appear to be unconscious.

The only real exception is Yoruichi, who's still beaming.

“I see you've been busy” she observes with a quick peck to your cheek.

“I suppose,” you yawn, stretching your arms. Rangiku finally arrives as you do, and sees that all the commotion was just you.

“Jeez,” she sighs dramatically. “You really had me going there for a moment.”

“Thanks for your help,” you nod quietly, meaning her feeding you reiatsu some matter of days ago now. “How long?”

“Six days,” your daughter informs you warily. “Better or worse than you thought it'd be?”

“Actually... not as bad as it could've been,” you admit.

>Check on the Division's readiness.
>See to the Lieutenants, get caught up on their progress.
>Ask Rangiku if anything happened with the Vizards or prisoners.
>Other?

>>1746035
>Ask Rangiku if anything happened with the Vizards or prisoners.
vizards #1 important
many lieutenant and captain much strong

>>1746035
>Other: Quick phone call to Shunsui, tell him stop worrying about the five dragons that suddenly appeared, flew up to the sky, and then exploded in a burst of warm fuzzies and comfy.
>Other: Check on prisoners.

>>1746049
Yeah, should probably let shunsui know what happened.
He had no fucking idea about any of that, and may or may not be shitting his pants, along with anyone who's still awake.

Six days, though? Pretty short, i was thinking maybe two weeks.

>>1746035
Fuck, this scene popped into my head and now i can't stop laughing.
https://youtu.be/6TNF9YRTKlg?t=197

>>1746035
>>1746049
I'll back this.

>>1746035
>See to the Lieutenants, get caught up on their progress.
We're supposed to be coaching these slackers, but we keep putting them aside.

>>1746035
>Ask Rangiku if anything happened with the Vizards or prisoners.

>>1746079
You know, we basically just shot a love beam over the seireitei.
Is this when we have one of those "our capacity for love is just as great as our capacity for anger" moments, after what happened with zaraki?

>>1746090
We gotta play it cool. Have everyone panic and come running to us asking what the hell that was while we're slapping those scrubby lieutenants back into consciousness. They aint allowed to sleep during training time.

>>1746093
"WHAT IN THE EVERLOVING PISS WAS THAT"
"I trained for like, a whole week."

>>1746035
>>Ask Rangiku if anything happened with the Vizards or prisoners.

>>1746101
"Now get me some fucking smelling salts, these pansies are foaming at the mouth."

>>1746110
Weren't we sitting right by where they were training, actually?
They would have got the brunt of it, then. I wonder if being there for it will affect their training at all.

I wonder what they'll say when we tell them aizen can do it too.

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>>1746090
>Riku having final battle with Aizen
>Set up Goryūtenmetsu to end it
>In her haste she messes up and calls it Love Beam instead
>Yoruichi doesn't let her forget for the rest of their lives

>>1746114
If their response (after the obligatory disbelief, shock and fear) isn't some kind of speech of determination and newfound desire to step up their training, I'll be heavily disappointed. Riku didn't train no quitters.
>>1746118
Worth it, just for the look on Aizen's face. 10 bucks says that's the reason Aizen dies, his surprise at such a dumb and sissy name coming from Riku causes him to not block or dodge in time.

>>1746118
"No, Aizen, you just don't get it. Do you know how much i love everyone?"
"No, i cannot say that i do. Just how great is your love for them, my dear Riku?"
"This much"

>>1746118
not necessarily. Me thinks that #99 can be cast with many different flavors of emotions for different effects. True. Riku shot a love Nuke over the entirety of Seireitei, but we could've used a different primal emotion which would've had a different result. If we used raw anger, then #99 would've had an anger flavored warhead and would've destroyed Seireitei and whatever morale it had left in it's inhabitants.
>>1746129
>>1746147
>Aizen gets hit by love beam
>A man who has zero love for the world and hates everyone under the thin mask of a smug smile get hit by 5 dragon shaped nukes of love
>Dies from getting hit by that spell
>Literally death by overwhelming love. was gonna say death by diabetes but there was no cuteness involved.

>>1746154
This is basically the Eragon series all over again,
make that fucker commit suicide over a memory of a bird.

>>1746035
The first order of business, in a rare moment of responsibility for you, is to find your Denreishinki and place a call to the Head Captain. The phone only rings for half a second before he picks up on the other end.

“Don't worry, that was just me,” you explain quickly. “I've been training for nearly the last week, you know.”

Rangiku bites her lip as Shunsui gives his reply.

“What the hell was that, Captain Kusajishi?” he demands, his tone serious enough to catch you off guard. “We're getting reports of people collapsing all over the Seireitei!”

“Look, it's not my fault people couldn't stand all the warm and fuzzy feelings,” you contest. “That was Goryūtenmetsu by the way, finally figured out how to make that one work right.”

There's a pregnant pause. “I'll be there in an hour or so.”

Then he hangs up.

You do the same, and shove the phone back into your sash.

“What'd he have to say?” Yoruichi asks curiously.

“Just that he's going to be there in about an hour,” you shrug. “No idea why.”

“I can give you five reasons,” Rangiku quips.

You spare a glance towards the small prison complex at the center of your Division's grounds, and you can't help but wonder.

“Anything on the prisoners while I was... you know.”

Rangiku shakes her head. “No change I could notice.”

“Well, that won't do,” you frown, taking the first few steps in the march over towards the building in question. “They can't just keep delaying their decisions about what they want to do with themselves from here on. We're out of time.”

>>1746169
And that, friends, is where I have to call it for the evening. Archive's right where it always is, and thanks for stopping by!

Just a few loose ends here before the final plunge, as it were.

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>>1746169
>“Look, it's not my fault people couldn't stand all the warm and fuzzy feelings,” you contest.
Beautiful.
>“Well, that won't do,” you frown, taking the first few steps in the march over towards the building in question. “They can't just keep delaying their decisions about what they want to do with themselves from here on. We're out of time.”
It's time.

>>1746169
Kek, i hope we didn't piss him off too bad.
Maybe he's mad we didn't leave the seireitei for our training on this one, considering how dangerous setting off that kind of kido is.

Wait.
Oh, shit. The shield. Did we fuck up the shield over the seireitei? CAN you even fuck it up if it's generated by all that seki stone? I didn't even consider...

>>1746185
>Just a few loose ends here before the final plunge, as it were.
well shit. I knew the end of the quest was coming. It's right on the horizon.
Also Pastebin updates? Are you willing to answer some questions after this?

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>>1746185
Thanks for running. This has been a hell of a ride.

I still hate you forever btw.

>>1746191
Yeah, I'll be able to answer sooner or later.

Pastebin when I have the time.

>>1746197
>to every major character, 4th division and anyone spirit sensitive out in the rukongai: thoughts on what just happened?
>to the riku crew: thoughts when you were taking care of poor ol' riku?

>>1746197
>Who survived Riku's Love nuke?
>To the Survivors of Riku's Love nuke, what was the sensation like?
>How big of a shitstorm among the G13 and the C46 did Riku cause with spell #99? Are they conflicted from the fact that Riku's Spell #99 blew up in the form of a nuke of pure love leaving much of Seireitei intact instead of expecting to see Seireitei being a huge crater?

>>1746185
>Just a few loose ends here before the final plunge, as it were.
Damn, hope we have enough time for all the shit we need to do before the happening. Thanks for running queen

>>1746237
I get the terrible feeling that we split our time a little too evenly, and we won't be able to get some stuff done, which sucks a lot and is really disappointing. I really want to see us get all our shit together before the final battle, especially if that's the end of the quest.

>>1746197
What would've happened if it'd been cast with other emotions like anger, sadness, loneliness or lust?

>>1746245
And Riku still hasn't gotten tail #8 or tail #9. We still have a severed arm that has the Oken key in it in the fridge that needs absorbing/destroying for shinreiryoku boosting, and there hasn't been word from the other pantheons.

>>1746035
Did we just shower seireitei with the white essence of our love, with only Yoruichi being able to handle it?

Methinks you are all taking this love bit a tad too literal. Most of the people probably just felt an absolutely crushing reiatsu and promptly collapsed. Sure, Riku knows it was there, but it doesn't seem like anyone else had the overt reaction of saying it felt preddy gud like she did.

I don't know man, I'm just a fucking anon.

>>1746486
Mostly this. Fury for example would have been more unpleasant for a VERY limited number of people, but most people were just knocked out or blinded.

In all practical terms there wouldn't be a difference.

>>1746815
Aww. I guess it's just not nearly as cool, then.

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>>1746197
Is R&D studying the Bakkotos brought in by Riku and from the assassins that attacked 9th division to develop a new tool for shinigamis. I know alternative soul cutters are forbidden, but support items like soul pills, Denreishinki, and Gokkon Tekko aren't.

Could they make a neat Bakkoto if Riku found the need to break the rules again?