The Serpent's Lair (Open)

[Lincilla Hiedora]

The Serpents Lair, how drab it was. Simple four walls, a single window that looked at the false scenery that was given by Las Noches. The light of the false sun illuminated the room perfectly. The bed in the corner was rather lacking in design, a simple blanket, mattress and pillow set. More like a Cot than a bed at that. The walls were a simple marble white, just like the rest of the place. It would have been seen as heaven for the occupant, if not for the knowledge of what stayed outside the walls.

The knowledge that beyond the safety of the walls of Las Noches, lay Hueco Muendo. The land crawling with Savagery. Even there she could sense the wild nature of the beings out there, the beings she had been before. She had been at one time and will never go willingly back to being. She would never want to fall into that vicious cycle again. She still had nightmares of the times she could remember of being a hollow, though only brief glimpses alone. The feeling and knowledge that she used to devour unconditionally was making her worry, and drawing her more and more to pacifism.

She sat on her bed, the only real place to sit in her room, other than the undecorated floor. She sat there, and looked out the window, wondering why her room was so much like a prison? Why could the place not feel more like home? Why did it feel like she was still an animal, and that though she was intelligent, that this 'Las Noches' was but a prison made of glass? She could only think that there was someone else pulling the strings, but to speak up would be death, so she kept it to herself.

She knew of the Espada, but not well. She knew their numbers, which was ten. She knew that they were recognizable by tattoos, but she had no other knowledge other than that they were powerful Arrancar. The most powerful beasts in this cage. She would prefer the safety of her own lair, than to approach them. She knew from other numeros, that they could kill them just by raising their pressure on them. She did not want to die, let alone so helplessly. She would want to have a chance to escape, or to stop the attacks.

That meant she would need to train. It was all it meant, and it was something she did not want to face. To train was to prepare to fight, and though she wanted to be able to survive, she did not want to fight anyone. She could not bring herself to willingly kill anyone, not if she could get away, and also help them survive. She was not a medic, but she was not a murderer. She was a tactician. She only wished there was a Library here, so she could read.

She realized as she looked at that thought, how strange it was, that she could remember that she used to read. She did not know how she knew she could read written language, but she did. She knew it as if she had read a book recently. She thought it was strange but she realized she could read more than just Japanese as well. She could read many languages, and all of them seem to be written down, and from different eras. Her eyes widened at that realization. Could it have been the Hollows she ate when she was one? She did not know, but that brought her to looking out the window, and scribbling down something in a Grecian language, from Athens.

She was surprised she could read it, it was the spelling for her name in Greece, it was Hydra. She thought to what it meant to her, and blanched in disgust. It was a Snake. A multi headed serpent... Just like she was as a Hollow. She had a strange mixed feelings, for she loved, revered, feared and was grossed out by snakes. She had no idea why. The last one was the strongest though, it was like she was split on the subject. She wanted to gag at knowing she was secretly a multi headed snake. She felt insecure thinking about it, how was she to live with herself, if she knew she was but a snake in human form?

She felt a tear leave her eye, and land on the word, muddling it. Just why was she crying? Could snakes cry? She did not know. She just knew that her eyes were reflected in the water, and she could see the snake like gaze coming from them. She wanted to understand how a snake in human form could cry, and why she had a hole in her body that headed to nothing.

She realized then, that she hated herself, not for reasons that could be explained, but for reasons that were her being. She was a snake, with a hole in her body, one that she never wanted. Her green hair and snake eyes looked strange to her. She felt something was off looking at it. It was like looking at a stranger. Was that who she was, a stranger? This was who she was now, but did she know herself?

She could not say she did. She was Lincilla Heidora, Numeros Arrancar of Las Noches. Who was she though? She had an idea of what her wishes were, and some of her fears and worries. She knew she did not like fighting, and that she felt some things were silly while others were scary. Just why though? Why was she like that? She could not answer these questions, yet she was afraid to try to seek them out in Las Noches. She did not want either higher level to be angry at her.

She sighed as she looked out at the artificial sky. It was then noticeable to her, that the air lacked moisture. That sounded wrong to her mind, one that said that the air should be moist with the clouds in the sky. Just what was going on? She suddenly felt a wish to know. She wanted to learn, and that was drawing on her.

[Lincilla Hiedora]

She realized more and more, that she needed to get out of her room. It was just crippling her that she was stuck in the room with nothing to do but worry about her nature. She realized she would have to go and find something to do, maybe learn her way around Las Noches? It sounded like a good way to start. She did not have any assigned situations or anything assigned to her to do to become stronger, so why not? She would be able to possibly figure out how to get out of the problems of this world. Maybe even discover who she was. That would be a wonderful thing for her.

She stood up, wiping her tears away, and started for the door, giving her room a look, and then going back and moving the pillow to a different position. "There, now I will know when I am back in my room." She spoke softly, with a soft smile at the thought, her serpentine eyes looking over everything, until she was satisfied. She then left the door, and prepared to explore this floor and the ones nearest it. She had no idea what she would do other than find out what was near.

-Time skip-(After the Events of "Future Potential")

The bandages felt stiff. She was stuck in her room again, unable to really move with the weight and the pain in her body. The thick braces and bandages kept her still, while she laid in her bed. She looked at the ceiling, wondering why almost everything seemed to be a Marble white. Could it not be another color? She had no one to talk to, nothing to see other than the ceiling, and yet it was just plain marble white, just like the corridors had been.

All except the red on the floor of her blood.

She did not know how she got back here, or why she was bandaged now, but she did know that thanks to someone, she would survive. She knew that if not for that, she would be dead. It was painful to think about, but her death had been taken away by a kind stranger, who did not even give her a way to thank them. She sighed from her position. She was not being held in place, but she could not put weight on her leg.

She looked at her arm, and saw how big the bandages were, the splint that held it in place, apparently from what she could feel, they had to bind her arm pretty badly. Both her arms had to be put into splints and wrappings, but her right arm had to be restrained quite a bit. It was almost as if she had found her arm ruptured.

The blood was no longer flowing out of her though. She could feel that someone had helped her somehow get beyond that. She could also tell that her body was wrapped well around the mid section, probably to help her not move much. She did not know if she could get out of them yet, but she realized that as she was, she had no choice but to lay there. She had nothing better to do. She did realize that the Septima Espada known as Magnus was still out there, and subconsciously looked to her door.

It was closed.

She sighed in relief, but thought about how close it had been. She was scared, she knew there were high level hollows on lower levels, and dangerous Arrancar out there, but she now knew how dangerous some of them were. She could not believe she almost died, and could do nothing about it. Was she really that helpless?

At this time...Yes.

She did not want to think about it, she tried to shake her head, tried to tell herself otherwise, but it was not coming to her. She could only admit, she was weak, and had no one to rely on, not like when she was a Hollow. No, back then she had some to rely on, they were comrades, even if not really all that well adjusted, they all sought to survive, they saw her as strong, she saw them as powerful, and they traveled together, yet only she avoided ever getting bitten.

How did she manage that as a Hollow? She could barely move as an Arrancar. Was that because of how she was changed? Or was that because she was weaker now? She did not know enough about Hueco Muendo or Las Noches. She would have to seek information, but how could she get information on such things? She did not know at all.

She did not want to bother the Ruler or Las Noches. No doing so would probably be a death wish. She could not ask Magnus, he would likely not know, and kill her just for asking. She knew of no one else. How does someone find information, if they are weak, and know no one to rely on?

She realized, if nothing else, she would have to seek someone, with out knowing where to look, it meant she would have to risk dying. She would wait till she was fully healed up. Then she would have to train a little bit, and then finally she could seek out some information, if not from those higher rank, from those amongst the Numeros, and the Fraccion.

She decided to attempt to take a nap for now though, not like she had anything better to do. She closed her eyes, unable to lay on her side like she usually did. It would take a while, but until then, she focused on her breathing. It was something that proved she was still alive. She was alive.

She was alive, and that meant she needed to keep trying to remain alive.

[Lincilla Hiedora]

To pass the time while healing up, she imagined just what it would be like if she had a child. Just what kind of world would she want for them? What would she do for them, and overly, how would she afford to raise them? She was ignoring the knowledge of where her Hollow hole was, as she thought this. She was mainly trying to keep herself from falling to despair due to being unable to move. She also did not want to hear the Hollows she had eaten, nor the humans she may have eaten. She knew enough that she did not want to give them a chance to make her feel guilty.

She knew her reference in the line of arrancar, was that she was Intoxication. She was literally a poison type, when it came to her Classification. She was not much of a poisoner though, to her knowledge. She just knew that she found that classification was strange to her. Just why was she put as Intoxication? It was not her beauty, nor was it her mannerism, was it? Could the one who assigned that to her have known more than she did? She did not know. She did know that it had nothing to do with her broken bones though.

She went back to the thought on children though. Would she allow them to have pets? She could not imagine that being easy right now, since it was not likely that a pet would be easy to gain as an Arrancar. What about schooling? She could try to teach them herself, but if they turned out to be more intelligent than herself? She would be stuck. Feeding would be stuck to nutritious foods with sweets for deserts. She would want them to grow up strong. She really did not want to think on it, but if there was violence, she would need to step up for them, even if she detested it.

She then came to the realization, she had no space for children in this small room. It just was not big enough for her to ever keep a child, and that made her feel even sadder than the knowledge she could not move. That was something that hurt her, because it hurt her heart. The knowledge that something she wanted more than life, would be unable to be gained for lack of room... she would have to work on getting a bigger room when she could move.

She started kicking in anger, causing herself to get harmed by it. She cried out in pain, but then settled down. There was no one who would care enough to look for her, or ask her what was wrong. She looked up at the ceiling again, "Is the life of an Arrancar really just being anti social and solitary? Are we just the big fish in a small pond?" she asked aloud, not expecting an answer. She then shook her head, or at least attempted to. The hollows that had been her allies had spoken out with their memories of her.

They knew her, they had also sought her help, and they had formed a group. It was not unlike anything else, but they had been a group of Hollow together. A family that had bonded together to take down stronger and more numerous groups. They had bonded like that, with a promise that anyone who had gotten injured and could not take care of themselves, would be killed and eaten, out of respect for them and the entire group. Only Lin herself had not taken the oath on the possibility for getting eaten. She was the heart of their group though, since she had the heads.

She realized that she had gained a good amount of those heads from that group. She realized that in that, she had given some of them to a lesser extent the ability to live beyond their deaths. She wondered if that is why the group had allowed her in? Did they know that before she did? She could only contemplate it, as she was informed by their emotions, that Hollows and Arrancar are not all Solitary creatures, and that she could find a group.

She thought about the Arrancar she knew directly, and only really knew the name of one. Magnus. He would not make a good person to group with. He would likely kill her with out meaning to, than to actually help her, or provide a good situation for her. He had almost killed her just in his training and testing of her. She could only imagine that such a person was probably not that bright, and on top of that, that he had been a solo Hollow.

She did not really know any other Arrancar, not even the other numeros, who if they had groups, were already part of them. She did not even know if she had a rank among the numeros yet, or if she was just that Low ranked Numeros, with the highest number type. She did know she could get information from them at times, which was useful to her. On top of that she could always watch them, but that was not joining a group or being part of something bigger, like a group of friends, family or a pack. She was a serpent, but she knew that her own nature, she was not likely to stay alone.

She wondered just what it was, that made Arrancar live, since she could not imagine why she was alive. She had no will to live, yet she was. Did Arrancar have something that make them stay alive, regardless of how they felt? She could only ponder it, as she stared at the ceiling, and pondered things akin to the nature of Arrancar. Why were they, what caused them to be like this? Was it losing the mask? Or was it something else? Was their skin toughened like that, because they were meant to be predators? Or was it meant more for Prey defense? She could not understand it from her initial look into things.

She could only figure that by exploring when she was well enough to move, that she might be able to get beyond the room, and maybe into understanding other Arrancar. Las Noches and Hueco Mundo would be her study area, and she would be an observer, for a little bit. She could only smile softly at the thought of a possible plan, but then groan as she was becoming impatient with healing up. Why did she have to run into Magnus, of all the luck, she had a bad draw.

[Kyouga Minamoto]

Kyouga was just around the corner when he heard Lin say; "Is the life of an Arrancar really just being anti social and solitary? Are we just the big fish in a small pond?" This fairly accurate assumption drew upon his curiosity, and he walked into her room. It was generally made from the same white marble that he had seen in the hallways. His crimson eyes went directly to her, and according to the age of her wounds, she was still recuperating from her wounds. "To answer your question, it is truly up to the individual. Whether or not an Arrancar converses with others is entirely their own choice. Some will openly socialize with others, and some might be reserved exclusively to themselves. There might also be a few that let their actions speak instead of their words." Kyouga explained calmly to her.

[Lincilla Hiedora]

OOC: Sorry, you should have PM'ed me, I would have seen it on one of the few times I got through to look.
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Lincilla was surprised to be awoken from her thoughts by the voice of another, in her own room of all places. That meant not even her room was truly safe, was it? She looked towards the individual. He seemed to think that Arrancar mostly had their ability to choose. She did not know if this was true or not, but she could only look at him, as either a potential ally, or potential enemy. If he was like Magnus, then enemy it was, but if he was not, if he was actually friendly and nice... then he could indeed be the beginning of the group, the first ally, the first friend? That would be wonderful it would.

"I do not know if Arrancar society allows for such graces, but is it not polite to knock, when entering a ladies room? I seem to remember that being educate, yet I do not remember where I learned it from." she spoke, her voice quiet and small. She looked at him though, still wanting to know who he was, and how come he came in. "My first real interaction with another Arrancar, and he almost killed me, trying to test my limits... It is this reason, why I wonder if we are all solo creatures." she looked at the injuries, and the bandages. She was not in the best ability to look or watch most things.

She then looked back at him. "Well, if you are going to stay in here, I suggest you sit down somewhere, you are making me nervous, sir, also if you are curious, my name is Heidora, Lincilla, put in the japanese context." she spoke, softly and with her eyes half closed. She did not like the pain in her body at all. She felt squishy. She also felt quite vulnerable. It was not fun at all for her. She just kept staring at him, hoping he would introduce himself. "I would be more polite, and formal, but I can barely move." she added.

[Yuki Ayumu]

The clicks of heels could be heard walking down the hallway of the chambers. This was where the Espada had used to live before she went missing. She remembered these places very well, and wondered what had happened to her plain old room after she had left. It might have been taken by another Arrancar in this palace. But the Espada didn't care, she intended to have her room back. Ayumu kept walking, in a solid, steady pace. She arrived at the door to see another female Arrancar and an Akki, from the looks of the chains. She had encountered some of these new demons that have spawned from out of the blue. Yuki didn't know what they were or who made them, but they were similar to Hollows and Arrancar. They were interesting, and had different kind of powers, similar but different.

The Espada would head towards the throne room to talk with Sounken Kouhai after she had finished matters in her previous room, well soon to be her's again. "So I assume, this room used to belong to you? Ayumu said boldly. She had weak reiatsu sensory and knew these two were weak. But then again in this state she wouldn't look that much stronger. She had the numbers '32' tattooed on her chest, meaning she couldn't be that much of stronger Arrancar. But Ayumu only spoke like a bitch, because she knew she had to be strong in this life. She wasn't going to be the weakest link and fall off. Ayumu, though had no intentions of killing randomly and pointlessly. She had to have as many allies, Hollow or Arrancar, as possible if she wanted to succeed in destroying the Gotei 13.

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Short, but just wanted to rp with you guys

[Lincilla Hiedora]

After the intrusion of the strange looking male Arrancar, another Arrancar showed up, but this was a Privaron, and on top of that, a high ranked one. Thirty two was emblazened on her chest. This was not well with what she stated. She was posing a threat, and it was annoying how often they pushed their wait around. She was already struggling, and it was not an enjoyable thing to have someone with such a demeanor enter her room, and state that it "Was" her room. She did not enjoy that at all.

She stared at her, and wondered just why she was stating in such ways? Privaron had higher up rooms, not numeros rooms like she had. Was she planning to take her room, and make it a base, even though it was inhabited by someone who was taking a while to heal up. She looked at her, noting a slight bit at the beauty of the Arrancar. She closed her eyes for a second, and that was when she felt it. The woman was tough, a power house in both physical and spiritual power. She was not the best at sensing right now, but she was still better than most. She could tell this was one Battle Hardened Chick.

"This is my room, I was assigned it upon becoming an Arrancar, by the king himself. I would gladly leave this room though, if it was not for one espada named Magnus." she stated softly, her eyes looking unfond at the name. "He decided to train and test me, but almost killed me in the process..." she added. She wanted it known that right now, the bandages were not able to come off, it did not happen too long ago, and it was starting to drive her crazy as she thought about how people were just entering her room...dangerous people. She needed allies, and as yet had none.

She could only look at her, and wait. She hoped that the privaron was more than just a Tough gal. She could only hope there was a heart beating in that bountiful chest of hers, one that would at least be a little less of a tight end on her. She wanted to live, and to survive, she could only hope that things would be better when she could move.

[Yuki Ayumu]

Ayumu stood against the frame of the door, leaning against it in a nonchalant manner. Her eyes were cold and unwavering, not looking away from the other female Arrancar. Yuki had a cold aura around her, but it was something that couldn't be helped. She looked at the female Arrancar, and noticed she seemed to be lifelessly laying there. Almost as if she had just had gone through battle. Ayumu knew a weaker being when she saw one, she could be fooled many times, but she could tell this one wasn't that strong anyways. Besides she was in the Numero dorms, what Yuki was suspected to be by her number. Not many people knew of her leave from Las Noches, it was just another Espada missing and being replaced. But if this girl had done her homework she would know who Ayumu was.

"You're telling me you fought someone and didn't devour you?" Ayumu asked, wondering who this girl had fought. It must have been another Arrancar, although she knew of Arrancars that were ferocious enough to devour others even after gaining the power of breaking through their masks. Maybe it was out of habit? Hollows had a hard time changing their ways, breaking habits weren't easy, especially if those habits were part of a lifestyle. Ayumu could tell by the look in her eyes it was this Magnus person that had fought her. It was then when she listened closer to what she said, everything came into the clear. An Espada named Magnus had trained on such a weak Arrancar, clearly this Espada seemed to have some superiority issues.

"Huh... What has Kouhai-dono done to the Espada ranks?" the female muttered to herself as she walked over across the room. Pass the male on the floor, and Lincilla's bed. She punched softly, well softly for the strength she possessed, but otherwise a strong punch of an adult male into the wall. It didn't create a dent or anything, but triggered the wall to open. It was like a secret drawer, as something pulled itself out. White smoke could be seen coming out of it, but that was simply the cold air in the warmer room. It was a refrigerator, to keep all of her alcohol fresh. Ayumu was an alcoholic, and she wanted this room back because of all the things she had secretly done to it. The female grabbed a bottle, a large glass bottle with little markings. There were some words on it, and it looked like alcohol one would get at dance clubs or parties organized by celebrities. It even had a ribbon tied in a bow near the neck of the bottle.

Ayumu popped it open and started to pound the hard alcohol like it was water. In couple of seconds there was a slight blush on her cheeks and she walked away from the refrigerator that came out of the wall. "You know what... I want to meet this Magnus guy, I don't really appreciate him hitting a girl that's a lot weaker than him. You say he's an Espada, let's see how strong this dog is, heh!" Ayumu said with a devilish smirk on her face. Yuki had superiority issues herself, probably the worst when it came down to looking down on others. But that was what the irony was, she hated a lot of people especially people who would get in the way of her ultimate goal. Ayumu didn't care for this girl's sake, it was almost as if she simply wanted to pick a fight, and this was a very good reason to start one. That was who she was a nihilistic, deceptive female with power that wanted to test it out on an Espada. "Don't take this the wrong way, kid, I'm not going to fight this guy for you, I want to see how strong the Espada's have become," Yuki said, taking another large swig out of the alcohol.

Ayumu did not create many relationships, because she wasn't good at that kind of thing. But maybe this weaker Arrancar had a chance of making an ally with someone that no one would ever think of. Ayumu wouldn't mind with having a Fraccion, an Arrancar under her, as long as they didn't get in her way. But that topic never came across her because she was always a lone wolf.

[Lincilla Hiedora]

OOC: He has not replied, skipping him again.
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She looked at the Arrancar female, ignoring the quiet Akki, as he had not spoken once since his initial comments. She could tell that the women was strong, but was she strong enough to take on Septima? She could not help but wonder that. "Magnus Wonderwizz, Septima Espada... he almost killed me just by having me hit him a few times, and then using his pressure to almost crush my body, thinking I was strong enough to survive it, the fact that I came out of it alive.... is short of miraculous..." she spoke. She realized it had been almost a week of her being bed ridden. She also had no idea what had been happening outside of her room. She did not know that Magnus had left Hueco Muendo after she almost died.

She looked at the Arrancar female, as she opened up a panel, and revealed a fridge, and knocked back some sort of strange beverage. She could smell it enough to tell it was alcoholic in nature. The next time the Lady Arrancar spoke, she had a slight intoxicated touch to her speech, and was blushing. It was barely noticeable if at all, but she picked it up. She could only look at her, and then gave a sigh. "Intoxication, being in a room with Alcohol." she could not help but find that ironic, as if it was some sick joke played on her. Did the king of Hueco muendo know that, when he gave her this room? Probably, no one could ever trick the king, as he seemed to know all, just like she was certain he knew she was at the door, and at the right amount of weakness to accept his offer, when he had offered to help her, and made her into a weak Arrancar, from a strong Hollow, one that had almost died of starvation due to hating the fights.

She then noted what the lady had said, and nodded. "I understand, you do not know me, so why should you fight for me, though I would like to request that if you fight him, do not kill him... I want that honor to be my own." she said that last part quietly. He was a danger, but she also wanted to prove to him, prove to herself that she was not so weak. She was a Tactician, a Strategist, and maybe one day, a field general. She also preferred the good over the bad. Magnus, he oozed of bad. Though in a way, this girl also seemed dark. She ignored it, she would not judge by first impressions. If she had judged by first impressions, she would have died by Magnus's hands, instead, she had survived by being polite, and careful. Her body may have been almost destroyed, but she was not likely to face such things again, if she could help it.

She did not know why, but she wanted to seek some sort of alliance with such an Espada, but she realized, that would prove difficult for two reasons. One was that she was too shy to speak in such a manner, the other, was it would be too forward, and might offend the Privaron. She did not want to offend her, especially now that she had drank down some booze. She would not be able to avoid getting struck if something like that had happened, nor would she survive the blow, if she was not mistaken.

She could only look at her, and force herself to be slightly less annoyed, and restrained, so she began to speak, in that slight, soft voice of hers. "I would offer my hospitality, Privaron-sama, but I am still healing up, sorry for being so rude." she cast her eyes down at that, in an attempt to simulate bowing, as she could not do so right now anyways. She wanted to be certain to be nice as she could about it. She was definitely shy around the higher powers right now, since she was once a high powered hollow, she also knew she was now the weakest of Arrancar. She would not make mistakes if she could.

"When I heal, might I offer you my assistance? I am Heidora, Lincilla, Numeros Arrancar, and Tactician and Strategist, I do not know much of my powers anymore, but I wish to serve someone who would be willing to use my talents, and help me regain the power I lost." she spoke clearly, and quietly, but forcing the words to be loud enough that the Privaron might hear it. She did not want to make assumptions, but she also did not want to miss out an opportunity. She could not threaten a higher power, but she might ally with them, and who knows, she might even make friends with them.

If she can survive being near them.

[Yuki Ayumu]

Ayumu looked at the girl as she chugged down some more of her alcohol. She looked at her wondering if she wanted a drink. The Arrancar walked over to the other female, pushing forth the bottle toward her hand. Drinking was something that got her by through the tireless, boring days in Las Noches. After traveling for such a long time, she didn't always have time to simply relax and have a drink. Or even finding alcohol was the hard thing to do. Yuki listened to what she had to say, as Lincilla laid there almost lifelessly. Ayumu's interest in this girl sparked slightly, wondering who she was and what kind of powers she possessed. It seems she hadn't unlocked her Ressurecion yet, or why else would she have been smashed by an Espada so easily. If she was crushed by his spiritual pressure, it meant that the female was quite weaker.

"Septima Espada, huh..." she muttered to herself. Of course Ayumu had no clue that this male Espada was missing from action. She was going to challenge the Espada to a fight, to show Kouhai that she deserved her rank of Tercera back. As far as she knew, Ayumu didn't know who held that rank. She didn't know who still was in the Espada ranks since she had been gone. Was Cero still here? Well Yuki couldn't sense a hint of her reiatsu, she only seemed to recognize a trace of Kuroi and Adalo's reiatsu. The only familiar ones from the most she could sense. "Don't fool yourself, kid, I'm not fighting for you, I'm fighting for myself," Ayumu told the other female. What a ridiculous idea that was. She didn't know what Lincilla was thinking, but she felt pity for the girl. She remembered once she was a weak Hollow like her, before she broke her mask as a Vasto Lorde.

Yuki started to chuckle, then it turned into loud laughter as she listened to what she had said. "Hospitality?" Ayumu asked, as she started to laugh again. "Damn, you are one funny girl," the Arrancar replied, as she swigged her alcohol again, standing above the female, next to Lincilla's bed. "Now look, I don't usually use my room a lot, so I'll offer my hospitality, and let you stay here, until you recuperate," Ayumu commented to her. Ayumu looked at Lincilla and couldn't help but find herself in the weak Arrancar. That part of her was long time ago, the weak side of her. Ayumu looked at the Akki and wondered what he was doing just sitting there. No matter.

"Yuki Ayumu, Tercera Espada," she simply replied to her introduction. Ayumu was already taking upon her rank, before officially retaking it. That showed her determination and her serious attitude when it came to her ranking. She had to be a top Espada if she wished to command an invasion against Seireitei. This was one of her goals, that would soon be accomplished, hopefully. "Hmm, I guess I could use some help, but to me it seems like you'll be the one needing help," Ayumu said. "Strategist, and tactician? What do you know about that?! Let me tell you a thing or two about battling, it's not all about speed or power, it's about analyzing, if anybody knows a thing or two about that, it'll be me," Ayumu said with a harsh voice, of course it was the alcohol that made it seem more of a bitchy attitude than she usually was.

[Lincilla Hiedora]

"I do not mean to be insulted, nor to insult, but I know that all in strategy when it comes to battle and war, involves careful calculations, and proper adjustment mid battle, you need to watch the enemies and your own allies, and work through them." she spoke quietly. She did not like that the woman had assumed that she would believe that tactics and strategy were all speed and power. "To succeed in battle, you must have understanding, not just of yourself, but your enemies, and your allies, if you do not, you are doomed to failure, there is no perfect strategy, for if there was, there would be no need for war and violence, even if I detest it." she added. It was true, she was a strategist and tactician, but she hated violence with a passion. She only wanted to know how to fight and regain her power, so she would not need to fight.

She wished she had a copy of Sun Tzu's art of war handy, but she did not. She looked at the Arrancar women, now calling herself Tercera. "I am sorry for speaking so boldly, Tercera-sama, I just wanted to make sure you understood, that I am by no means one of these young tacticians, who believe that the only way through a battle is to out speed and power my enemies. I have had my share of failures in battle already... Those cost me valuable friends and allies when I was still a hollow." she pointed out, as she felt them speak up, once again from inside her, about how it was not her fault that they failed to avoid getting hurt or killed, that she had done them a favor by feeding on them. She did not like that she had to do that, and realized, that was probably something that dragged her into a hatred of fighting.

She looked at the soon to be espada again, as she decided. "I have no where else to go, so I will accept your hospitality as long as I am able, if I can ever repay you, I wish to." she stated bluntly, as she looked at the beautiful woman, ignoring the Akki on the floor. She wonders if the Akki was alright, but decided not to ask, since she could not look at him. She just hoped he would not get in the way of the Lady Arrancar. She could not understand though, how people had come to her room.

She decided she would wait, and find out about things. She needed to find out how she might be of use. She also needed to figure out where she could go, after she had healed up. She knew she was not the best at keeping out of trouble. She wanted to survive, and get stronger, she did not feel like she could survive and get stronger on her own.

[Yuki Ayumu]

Yuki Ayumu kept pacing back and forth in a slow manner now. She was doing this as she kept taking swigs out of her alcohol. She had a strong alcoholic tendencies that would get her into trouble sometimes. But it seems at this moment her complexity against inferior beings didn't rise to its highest as usual. This time she was more relaxed, that was why she drank in the first time, but she usually didn't feel this comfortable. Maybe it was the feeling of returning home, the comfort of it. But anyways, Ayumu was in a good mood and it was smart not to disturb that at this point.

"It's much easier said than done, Lincilla," Ayumu replied. The strategies in a battle and war were very different. She had the basic components of learning to be a great strategist, but it was putting those thoughts into play. Making the strategic moves a real move. Carrying it out was also the hard part of it. One could easily read movements, but if they didn't possess the skill to counter it, it was as good as not being able to read it. Ayumu simply chuckled as she lifted her bottle all the way up, drinking the last amounts of the alcohol.

"Here's what I'll tell you," Ayumu said, before placing the empty bottle on a table. She stopped pacing and stared at the girl, leaning against a wall. Her eyes moved up towards the ceiling as she talked. "I'll train you, I'll take you on as one of my Fraccion, don't ask why or I might change my mind. I'll protect you until you are strong enough to fend for yourself," Ayumu told the younger Arrancar. Something poked out and told her to help this young one, and she couldn't help but react on those emotions. Something about this younger female arrancar reminded Yuki of herself, and if it wasn't for that, Lincilla could've ended up simply being a statistic of many Arrancars that were slaughtered.

(OOC: Running out of ideas to post about >_>
We can start a new topic with a new plot idea/training topic if you want)

[Kyouga Minamoto]

"At least you two seem to be getting along well. I couldn't say the same for the others though…"[/color] Kyouga said plainly as he sat down. He had been daydreaming earlier, having at some point strayed too far in thought. Yet, he managed to pay some attention in the scenario. As far as his kind went, they were expected to team up with some Arrancar in combat situations. To be more specifically, Envainar were to team up with Espada. However, that had little concern in Kyouga's mind as long as there was a good fight every now and then. Kyouga didn't normally keep himself in the company of women until now, and he had to admit that he was perfectly okay with it; even if he was an indecent pervert from time to time.

[Lincilla Hiedora]

OOC: Sorry for taking so long, health issues again x.x
Oh, and funny tidbit, when I started making Lin, I was tempted to aim for Espada, and had initially went for third ^^ So this thread is funnily Ironic xD

She could only wonder if she had unnerved the once espada. She looked at her, as she paced, and was taken a back by her statements. She would take her on, and teach her, and train her, till she could stand on her own again? That was similar to what Magnus had said, but the emotions displayed, and the style of it... they were different. They made her feel safe. She wanted to follow this lady, and she knew that this was one that she wanted to serve. To Fraccion for the once and future Tercera Espada, that seemed like a good start.

The other guy moved finally, and said something. What did he mean? She could not figure out why he said what he said, but she looked at him as best as she could. She could tell he had been day dreaming though, but not what about. She was not a mind reader. She would rather just be able to read his combat abilities, though she was good at reading things none the less. She could tell he was decent, if not better, but specifics, not much she could give.

She then spoke again, finally after taking in everything. "I-I would not mind being your fraccion, and learning from you." she stated, as she looked at Yuki. She would be honored, plus such a person could help her learn what she needed, and even help her gain a group of her own to lead at a future date, if needed. She gave a slight smile, but kept her face passive for the moment, to try to be both honoring and respectful.

She then looked at the Akki, and studied him, his spiritual stuff was weak. Stronger than her's, but weaker than a lot of people here in Hueco Muendo. She could tell that much, but not how much weaker he was than most people. She could only hope that eventually she could learn about his people. For now she had to get some rest, and get better. She wanted to get healthy, so she could get some power, and avoid a future beating like the one she had taken.

She closed her eyes slowly. "I will try to get better soon, so that I may start my training, and be of use." she stated softly, under her voice. She did not know why, but she hoped to gain an ability to recover faster one day. She was no medic, but she knew things like her might have the ability to recover, and even Hollow and Arrancar were known for it as well. She hoped that they would understand if she fell asleep.