Post by ☾ Aevus | Umbra ☽ on Sept 6, 2022 5:51:27 GMT -5
The night was a friend to the former Shinigami. It had clad him away from prying eyes in its black embrace so many times. He welcomed the setting sun, as the light of day was cast in the darkly shadow of night. It had been months since he had properly hunted. He could feel the cold nip of wind at the back of his neck as he skulked within the shadows. He was silently leaping from rooftop to rooftop, keeping both his senses and energy sensory keen to possible prey. “Your Hollow is powerful, but is also a tool. A tool is meant to be wielded, controlled and in measured amounts. Use the tool, and do not let it use you. Are we clear?” He could hear Zeich’s words even now.
Was it possible for him to make that power his own? Would Umbra allow him to dance without her for once? He hated the idea of asking for her permission, but he knew he had stagnated. If he was to strengthen his resolve he needed to manifest that mask; regardless of what he became while doing it. This was now his lot in life after all - the path he had decided upon. In the end he would have to either die or live with it. But he was not about to waste away like he had been for months. Acting as if nothing mattered to him anymore. Especially not after his pathetic encounter with Zeich.
Aevus's hand brushed through his trimmed beard as he eyed a darkly alleyway. Nearby a streetlight was out casting the alley in total darkness. Yet thanks to the moonlight and his animal like senses he could see perfectly fine. Like a cat in the night Aevus could see everything while being totally hidden. Stealth was a talent of survival he relied upon in the Rukongai as a thief. A valuable skill he had nurtured as a Third Seat of Squad Two, and one that he had perfected as both an assassin and vice captain of the Onmitsukido.
[smear:ffd700]Relish it, thrive in the hunt~[/smear:ffe34d] He could hear Umbra’s whispers. She had a habit of showing up whenever his thoughts turned dark. She wasn’t wrong though. He truly did thrive in this element. His animal like sensory picked up the scent of something foul in the air. His targets were so close wandering amongst the trash and darkness of that alley. A couple of Hollow clearly unaware of him watching. They had congregated together in mass for a reason. Were they hunting together perhaps? Yet why was that? It was then Aevus spotted them. Bodies of seated officers littered that alley.
Aevus felt sick yet quickly composed himself. Death was not an uncommon sight in his line of work. Even so he would soon turn to the mask to escape those dark thoughts. For now he analyzed the situation. Not a menos in sight. These are just scavengers... Something else took them them out. No matter in the end they were but prey. [smear:ffd700]Easy Prey~ [/smear:ffe34d] Reach deep, and claim that power for your own. Like a hawk swooping down for the kill he fell from that building with Zanpakuto held tightly in his left hand — while at the same time he tore his right hand across his face.
A darkness would take him and with it a black Hollow Mask bearing a resemblance to a fox formed over his face. Narrowed blues would shift to a golden hue in that black alley. With the doning of that mask he felt himself sink away, and something else take the surface. Performing a downward thrust the Vizard pounced upon the Hollow closest to the entrance of the alley. Landing on its shoulders violently so. The Vizard dug his blade into his preys neck and with a twist of his Zanpakuto he would rend the life of the Hollow before it could throw him away.
Falling carefreely to the ground the Vizard would pull away from the Hollow. Using the monster as but a stepping stool. Whipping his Zanpakuto he would splatter his surroundings with the remnants of ichor that now stained spiritual steel. Golden eyes; hollow eyes met the surprised stares of several beasts glowing brilliantly in the darkness. [smear:#008b8b]"Take a breath~”[/smear:ffe34d] He would tilt his head as if inspecting them. Like a golden eyed fox eyeing a mouse. [smear:ffd700]"Now, who's next?” [/smear:#008b8b] The Vizard taunted shifting his Zanpakuto reverse-gripped. One brave Hollow lunged forward, and with that the onslaught would begin. The vizard tore through them easily — dancing between each Hollow with blade in hand. Making his way to the end of the alley the Vizard would purify each Hollow in turn.
As the Vizard tore through them the sound of pattering steps on water had made there way to that alley. Something foul filled his nostrils as he turned hearing a creature running on all fours. He noted that he couldn't see it yet heard it from the splashing of water and smelled it from the foul blood. [smear:#008b8b]So it was you then~[/smear:ffe34d] The last one would fall as those splattering footsteps appeared at the entrance of that narrow battlefield. Golden eyes would turn meeting his invisible prey, and with a single shunpo, and a reverse gripped thrust he’d embrace it without warning. Pinning his last target to a nearby car. [smear:#008b8b]"There you are Adjuchas."[/smear:ffe34d] The Menos's invisibility disappeared and its body thrashed violently before suddenly disappearing, as it utilized Úlcera to escape death.
[smear:#008b8b]A pity...[/smear:ffe34d] The Vizard thought to himself... But something would interrupt that thought. "Those were my comrades Hollow! He would turn to meet the gaze of a Shinigami. Bloodied and injured the man rose to his sandaled feet stumbling out of that alleyway. "I don't know where you got that Zanpakuto, but I won-" Aevus would cut the Shinigami off - killing the distance between the two in an instant without even a shunpo. His blade flashed from the ilk of Hollow and a Shinigami had become his next target.
[smear:#ffd700]Reiatsu: ∞
Shunpo: - 50
Vizard Mask (1/3)[/smear:ffe34d]{Stats/Skills}Aevus
Strength - 250 (150) [smear:#ffd700](300)[/smear:ffe34d]
Speed - 400 (700) [smear:#ffd700](1400)[/smear:ffe34d]
Spiritual Pressure - 400 (800) [smear:#ffd700](1600)[/smear:ffe34d]
Reiatsu Strength - 100 (50) [smear:#ffd700](100)[/smear:ffe34d]
Light Aura - 50
Dark Aura - 50
Instinct - 300 [smear:#ffd700](600)[/smear:ffe34d]
Senses - 150 [smear:#ffd700](300)[/smear:ffe34d]
Energy Sensory - 200 [smear:#ffd700](400)[/smear:ffe34d]
Healing Expertise - 0
•[Weapon: Katana] [4]
•[Stealth] [3]
•[Battle Analysis] [3]
•[Strength of Will] [3]
•[Hoho] [3]
•[Acrobatics] [1]