True Spirit (NDE, R, Hard)

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Quest Name:[/b] [True Spirit]

Who can participate?:[/b] [Shinigami Only]

Quest Time Frame (How long it takes):[/b] [Insert Here]

Quest Setting (NDE/DE):[/b] [NDE]

Quest Synopsis:[/b] [Night has fallen on the Seiretei, leaving only the night guards awake. All is silent in the World of the Dead, but not so well. Deep within the wilderness, there exists a lab, home to secret and terrible experiments. That night, something goes wrong. An explosion, unheard save for the few hermits existing in the Hollow-infested Wilds, wrecks the mountainside. A black cloud soon emerges from the wreckage, billowing across the landscape in an unstoppable wave. It is unseen in the darkness. In the Rukon, every living thing it touches falls into a deep sleep.

But it had a different effect on the Shinigami. Unseen even as it touches falls on the first of its prey, it changes them. In seconds, the ShinigamI is gone, and in its place stands their spirit. The Shinigami and the Zanpakutou switched places. The entire world is changed ...]

Maximum Number of Participants:[/b] [4, closed; Kyomei, Hotaru, Zeich, and Taien]

Overall Goal:[/b] [Insert Here]

Number of missions involved:[/b] [5]

BASIC Synopsis of each Quest mission:[/b] ["Awakening" - Awake as a physical being and get your bearings.

"Entourage" - You've made allies. It's time to put a stop to the fog.

"Infiltration" - You've reached your destination. Destroy your enemies and return the world to it's normal self.]

Recommended Class for entry:[/b] [Any]

Special Conditions:[/b] In this thread, you play your Zanpakutou spirit. Every Zanpakutou spirit is Class 1, Rank 3 (unless their wielder has a higher class rank). They possess the same amount of stats and skills that their wielder does, unless the overall is lower than the minimum for class 1. Each spirit has their own stats and skills, unique from the Shinigami.

Shikai is free for Spirits and may last indefinitely. Bankai costs the normal for Class 1, and lasts for the same amount of time. Since Zanpakutou spirits have unique physiology's, list any unique abilities they may have, such as flight, shape shifting, or the ability breathe fire. Additionally, list any techniques they may have. Techniques are limited by type. The Spirit may possess any techniques that are usable for a ShinigamI, including Kido. However, they are limited to only five techniques, but for techniques that are reliant on their nature. They may have up to seven.

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

I'll save a spot. Now I have to think....

[Zeich Yajuu]

Reserving as well for Zeich/Haiiro; timeline-wise, this will be before Conflict of Interests and all the fun Vizard stuff.

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

((this should hopefully be the last time I post this same intro))

It came in the night. A mist that crawled along the ground like a snake, black in color and completely odorless. In a matter of minutes, the entirety of the Rukongai was covered in it, where it abruptly stopped at the Seireitei gate, just lying in wait for the dawn. The first Shinigami to spot it immediately contacted the Twelfth Division for examination. And yet it waited. The Twelfth Division came out and looked it over to try and detect any malevolence or any sentience about it, but all they found was that it was simply waiting. Many Shinigami gathered on top of the Seireitei gate in order to look over at this black mist that had silently made its way around them. And when they did that, it waited no longer.

Suddenly the mist crashed against the Sekki Sekki walls like a tidal wave, pushing its way underneath and over top of the Gate. Every Shinigami that was touched by it started to spasm and pass out immediately. As they fell to the grounds, their bodies started to glow. The glow became blinding, and when it faded, the Shinigami had been replaced with their Zanpakutou Spirits. None of the Spirits were any larger than their Shinigami's own size, however they weren't forced into a humanoid form, remaining in their own natural forms that possibly were scaled down. Mass panic started to rifle through the ranks of the Gotei 13 as not even the Officers or even the Captains were immune to the mist that completely swallowed the entirety of the Soul Society.

The Soul Reapers found themselves waking up in their Inner Worlds, wandering as if they were their Zanpakutou Spirits, just waiting to be called on. It was a pretty boring environment, probably giving new respect for their Zanpakutou. On the other side, the Zanpakutou were waking up into a world that was completely foreign to them from this perspective, quite possibly a very unnerving first moment as their eyes were opened in a completely new way. For most of the Zanpakutou, they had never seen another like them, or any one else besides their Shinigami for that matter, so the less social ones were definitely more confused than others, most likely.

In the Commander's bunk in the Kidou Corps, something very strange was going on. The bed of the Commander, Kyomei Kuchiki, was rarely occupied these days, due to his adoption into the Noble Family, however on the night before he had chosen to join his subordinates in a game of cards that stretched far into the night. Rather than go back to the Kuchiki Mansion, he just retired to his bunk in the Barracks. If Kyomei had known about the mist and its effects beforehand, he would have laughed at it and probably bathed in it for the pure fun of doing so. Kyomei, since his time in the Academy, had grown a Spiritual Pressure so strong that it drowned out any sort of communication that could possibly be had with a Zanpakutou. Thus, he didn't have a Zanpakutou Spirit to trade places with. However, when the rest of the Spirits awoke from their beds, Kyomei was not the one under the covers of his bed.

What was in the Soul Reaper's place was a small creature, no bigger than a large house cat. It was pale blue in color, and its body was mostly round. It had rounded feet and a rounded head that tapered off to a point. Above the point of the tip of the head sat a yellow ball, and hanging down from the head were two small points that appeared to be like hair. The hands were not hands, but two pincer-like claws. The ends of the feet, hands, and hair-like spikes were a darker blue, and the creature had large, bright green eyes. At the center of its torso was a thin blue scar, stretching all the way from its neck to its hip. All-in-all, this was not the Kidou Corps Commander that the other Zanpakutou were looking at. Instead, it was the Zanpakutou that had been suppressed by Kyomei's Spiritual Pressure, now in flesh. The creature simply cocked its head to the side and blinked constantly in the sunlight, for it had never seen the light of day and also looked as if it had not yet figured out how to speak.

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{Kyomei's "Inner Spirit"}

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{Stats and Abilities}
Strength – [150] Points

Speed - [400] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [400 (x4.5)] 1800 Points

Reiatsu Strength - [400 (x4.5)] 1800 Points

Light Aura - 75 Points

Dark Aura - 25 Points

Instinct - [250] Points

Senses [125] Points

Energy sensory - [75] Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points

Total SP: 1800 Points




Abilities



[Special Skill: Kidou] {3}

[Weapon Skill: Staff] {2}

[Calm mind] {3}

[Battle Skill: Other: Acrobatics] {3}

[Battle analysis] {3}

[Charisma/Leadership] {3}

[Mental Casting] {1}

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru is asleep, fitful, but asleep in her barracks room. Most of her sleep now was fitful, due to all of the stuff she had going on in her mind. But, while Hotaru was asleep and unbeknownst to her, a mist was starting to fall over Soul Society. She had her own sectioned off area in the main room for seated officers and didn't hear anything that was going on around her. If she was awake, she might hear the sounds of the shinigami moaning or hearing them shake a little against their beds before hearing a loud release of breath before the people changed. 

But, Hotaru heard nothing. She was in her fitful dreams of Asmoskon, running after him and reliving the last meeting between the two of them. She always felt Rivu~aiasan in her mind, even in her dreams. He was always there, looking out for her and making sure that she was okay and not in too much trouble. He could only help her out so much, but she always loved the fact that he was always within arm's reach in case she needed him. But, while in her dreams, the mist hit her body and she started to see something different.

In her dreams, it went to darkness when the mist hit her. In the outside world, her body was starting to shake a little before it started to glow purple. While she was asleep, it went to darkness and Rivu~aisasn's form was pulled out. She thinks pulled out because she wasn't actively going into her inner world to see him like she had in the past. This was completely foreign to her. He was standing there and looking pretty lost himself. He was doing what he usually did, watching her dreams lazily, keeping his presence their just in case he was needed. He knew he wasn't, but she knew his presence was comforting, so he would be there, even if he was lightly dozing.

Hotaru then watched as Rivu~aiasan seemed to glow purple and fade slowly. She ran towards him, trying to scream but hand no voice. Then, Hotaru was falling. It seemed like forever, but when she landed, she looked around and noticed that she was in her inner world. She was at the beach. She saw the dojo in the distance and in the far distance, the volcano where Rivu~aiasan liked to stay, due to all the warmth. She looked around for him, trying to feel his presence there, but she felt nothing but alone. She looked around confused.

While this was happening, the glow faded and Rivu~aiasan appeared on Hotaru's bed. He slowly got up, stretching out his arms and legs, looking around his area. He expected to see the volcano that he liked to call home, but instead, it was a sectioned off corner of what he assumed was a larger room. Hotaru had told him of a place like this, where she lived in her barracks. He then started to look around for her and didn't see her. She did find her normal uniform by the bed. Worried, he walked around the wall and saw something incredible.

He witnessed another creatures in different beds, none of them looking like shinigami. The creatures would see Rivu~aiasan as a humanoid purple dragon and everything that comes with that, including sharp claws and teeth with the ability to breathe fire. He looked behind him and his liquid formed wings that looked like mother of pearl. It seemed that, if this was anything like the rest of the area, he figured that now these creatures were around. So, now, his question was where Hotaru was. He felt something and decided to take a breath and reach out to try to talk to her like he did before.

Hotaru, Hotaru! Are you there? Hotaru! Rivu~aiasan! Oh thank God! I thought something happened to you. They both breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the other was afraid that the other was seriously hurt. It seems that I'm in the inner world now. I have no idea what happened, but from what I can guess, you'll be able to walk around Soul Society now. If you need any help, just let me know. You'll have to tell me some of the tricks that you know to do all of your cool stuff too! Alright, will do young one. He smiled after their conversation, just happy that she was okay.

So, now that Rivu~aiasan knew where Hotaru was, he was definitely a bit more at ease. But, she did know that she held some sway here, being a Third Seat in this division. He looked around to see how the other spirits seemed to be holding up. While he looked, it seemed like the spirits were slowing starting to realize what was going on. He looked towards all of them and nodded, happy that things were okay. He slowly started to walk out of the room and to the main barracks. It was pretty much chaos. He quickly made his way out of the barracks and to the Seireitei proper. He walked all the panic that was happening and hoped that this wasn't going to last very long.

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{Stats and Abilities}
Strength – [150] Points
Speed - [400 (x.75)] 700 Points
Spiritual Pressure - [400 (x.25)] 300 Points
Reiatsu Strength - [400 (x.75)] 700 Points
Light Aura - 95 Points
Dark Aura - 5 Points
Instinct - [200] Points

Senses [200] Points

Energy sensory - [50] Points
Healing Expertise - 0 Points
Total SP: 1800 Points

• [Focused Eye] [3]
• [Heat Tolerance] [3]
• [Acrobatics] [3]
• [Analyzing] [3]
• [Battle Analysis] [3]
• [Weapons: Swords] [2]

[Taien Hadohou]

It was a late night at the Kidou Corps Complex, and Taien was still at work. Specifically, he was doing a part of the massive amount of paperwork the organization generated. Effectively, Taien was doing the paperwork for a small, independent company. Taien didn't mind though, he generally volunteered for this kind of work. It was when he didn't have much to do usually that he found himself at work on the Corps various pieces of legal work and the like, to free up Kyomei-san and the rest of the Corps to do more productive things. Like not be caught up in legal red-tape miles wide and such. It wasn't the best way to spend his time, but Taien got a certain amount of pleasure from doing it.

Anyway, Taien was at his desk, sorting and sifting through the massive, towering towers of paper. A normal night on the job, to be honest. Taien was really, really tired though, so he laid down for a little snooze before he would get back to his work. It was something he often did, and no one really complained about it. He was doing their paperwork after all, despite volunteering for it. They were the ones who gave it to him. It wasn't for very long whenever he did it, though, so he'd be back to work in an hour or so. Nothing major, just enough to sooth his cramped hands and such.

... Had he been awake, he might have been able to escape the chaos that was about to ensue. Maybe. We'll never know, though, because he was really, really out of it. And right about to be in the middle of the chaos as well. Dark, black mist poured in from everywhere around him. Through the crack in the windows, from under the floor, from the ceiling, hell, even the doorway started to pour in black mist! It covered the room so thickly that absolutely nothing could be seen. Darkness was all that was. Throughout the Complex, the Spirits of the Kidou Corpsmen woke up in place of their wielders, ensuing mass chaos and confusion.

Now, Taien was different. Save for Kyomei-san, Taien was basically unlike every other Shinigami. He didn't have a Zanpakuto, or a Spirit to go with it, so he shouldn't have been pulled in to the mist like the others. Except he was. Taien's body vanished from his desk in the darkness, being replaced with... Something. It was hard to make out in the mist, but whatever it was, it wasn't moving either. After a few more moments of this, the black mists started to fade, its shape became more distinct. It was humanoid in appearance, but sort of... liquid as well, if that made sense. It wasn't quite static, more akin to how water flowed.

As the mists further cleared, and then vanished, Taien's 'spirit' was revealed. It was an aqua blue hue, humanoid in apperance, with pure light green eyes. What looked like a gem of some sort was lodged in its head, though it didn't seem to mind. White 'bubbles' floated through it, giving it the apperance of living water or some such, and it stood at something like three feet tall. For the longest while after the mists had faded, it had stood still doing nothing. And then it did something. Its head jerked to the side, as if surprised that the world was actually there. It stared at the wall for a few moments longer, then slowly looked down.

It flexed its 'hands', and it slowly, deliberately got down from the chair Taien had been sitting on. It 'blinked', its eyes flashing lighter and darker for a few moments, before it became more animated. Its movement became more fluid, more precise, more deliberate. It walked around the room a few times, intently staring at things. Its eyes blinked at each one, before it turned to the door. Slowly, carefully, the strange spirit opened the door, and began to survey the chaos going on outside. From the depths of its newly formed conciousness, a single word sprouted, taken from the mind of its creator.

...Troublesome.

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{Taien's "Inner Spirit", Immature form.}

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{Stats & Abilities (Spiritual Genius)}



Strength - [160] (52) Points

Speed - [300] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [240] (600) Points

Reiatsu Strength - [400] (1000) Points

Light Aura - [100] Points

Dark Aura - [0] Points

Instinct - [150] Points

Senses - [75] Points

Energy sensory - [400] (1000) Points

Healing Expertise - [75] (50) Points


Total SP: [1800] Points

Abilities

• [Reiatsu Control Mastery] {3}
  
  
• [Charisma/Leadership] {2}
  
  
• [Learning] {1}
  
  
• [Analyzing] {2}
  
  
• [Battle Analysis] {2}
  
  
• [Mental Incantation] {2}
  
  
• [Calm Mind] {2}
  
  
• [Pain Tolerance] {2}
  

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{Techniques Known}

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{1. Soukahou}

Technique Name: [Hado #86: Soukahou (Eternal Flare)]

Class: 2

Technique Type: Kido

Technique Element: Fire

Technique Description and Effects:

Soukahou (蒼火砲, Blue Fire Cannon) is an advanced hadou based off of "Sokatsui" that requires a blood sacrifice to activate. Just like how the Kuchiki is well versed in Sokatsui, the Kanzaki specializes in this kidou. Instead of firing one single burst of blue fire at the opponent, it creates a concentrated mass of blue flames around the user's hand that can burn or incinerate anything that fire touches. This can be used for enhanced melee as a flaming fist but that is not its main function. The main ability of this hadou is automatic firing of blue flares, similar to a blue fire machine gun.

Once this is activated, the user can fire blasts of "Sokatsui" out of the hand engulfed in blue flames as many times as the user wishes. In other words, infinite ammunition. The fastest firing rate of this technique is about 600 blasts per minute. When this technique is mastered, the user can use this in many creative ways such as applying the concentration of blue flames to a weapon, fire multiple blasts simultaneously like a shotgun, creating explosive blasts out of the user's hand, or even change the color of the flames to the user's preference. Once this technique is activated, it doesn't end until the user dies or wills its end.

How to use technique:

Activate the technique. From there, aiming and firing is all that is required.

Technique Drawbacks

400 reiatsu is consumed upon activation. The blue flames are extremely hot and it will cause slight burns to the user's hand for every post this is active. Generally, the user will have first degree burns by first the 5 posts. If the arm is severed, the blue flames will go out of control and will engulf the user whole if the one fails to defend against it.

Incantation and Effect:

Reiatsu strength increases by 35% for use of incantation. (I.E. Reiatsu strength of 100 is instead worth 135.) ("An eye for an eye, A tooth for a tooth. Evil to fight evil. Fire to fight fire.
Hath withstood pain to create many flames of vengeance. And yet, those ephemeral works of art will never be remembered.
I hearby offer my blood in an indestructible contract with the flame of atonement.")

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{2. Enkosen}

Technique Name: [Bakudo #39: Enkosen (Arc Shield)]

Class: [5]

Technique Type: Kido

Technique Element: [None]

Technique Description and Effects:

A medium sized round shield fashioned from yellow, condensed spiritual energy instantly forms on the caster's wrist. This is not unlike Seki, however it does not paralyze, it only blocks. This can be used on low level physical strikes and low level Kido-like spells.

How to use technique:

Instantaneous cast which requires either thought of it, verbal speaking of the technique, or an incantation.

Incantation and Effect:

The size of the shield is tripled, though the duration is halved, for use of incantation. Incantation unknown.

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{3. Rikujukoro}

Technique Name: [Bakudo #61: Rikujokoro (Six Rods Prison of Light)]

Class: [4]

Technique Type: Kido

Technique Element: [Light]

Technique Description and Effects:

Summons six thin, wide beams of light that slam into a target's midsection from all sides, holding them in place. This technique also results in total paralysis, and can even suspend targets in mid air.

How to use technique:

This requires the user's eyes to be focused on the target, and their casting hand to be aimed at the target as well. The six beams will then close in, but those who are quick enough or instinctive enough will be able to dodge.

Incantation and Effect:

The incantation increases the reiatsu strength of this technique by 25%. (I.E. Reiatsu strength of 100 is instead worth 125.) ("Carriage of Thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six!")

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{4. Advanced Air Ground}

Technique Name: Advanced Air Ground

Class: 7

Technique Type: Spiritual Technique

Technique Description and Effects:
This is a technique designed especially for breakdancing and parkour, utilizing a more advanced version of air ground. While in a terrain where air ground exists, the user can create more complex surfaces like air walls, air ceilings, air ledges and even an air push. This allows the user to perform handstands and windmills on air as if it were normal ground or even stand upside-down on air as if gravity was reversed. The air push makes the air ground very elastic so that the user can jump higher and allows for slight movement even when restrained by a bakudou.

For a reiatsu cost of 25, the user will be able to momentarily cast an "air ground" on areas such as soul society and heuco mundo, allowing the user to "double jump" or cast shunpo in midair. If this technique is mastered, the user will be able to create air grounds that last for as long as a post. This can be used in creative ways to improve acrobatics and visual impressiveness.

Drawback: No drawback.

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{5.Raikohou}

Technique Name: Hado #63: Raikōhō (Thunder Roar Cannon)

Class: 4

Technique Type: Kido

Technique Element: Thunder

Technique Description and Effects: This spell is an advanced lightning-based technique, far larger than basic spells such as Byakurai, and its destructive force is increased as well. Upon release, this spell fires an enormous blast of electrical energy in a concentrated blast that devastates all before it.

How to use technique: Speak the spell and point hand towards the target.

Incantation and Effect: “Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle!” With the incantation, this spell gets a 25% increase in Reiatsu Strength (i.e. if Reiatsu Strength is 100, this is treated as 125 with incantation).

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{Spirit Techniques}

1. Due to Taien's spirit just recently awakening, it possesses no Shikai or Bankai techniques, both lacking a name a form for his power. It does, however, have some aspects from Taien himself. The first ability it has is Class 4, and manifests as a wavering, flame like aura around the spirit's hand. This can be 'stored' for up to five posts before it needs to be released. The Reiatsu is almost caustic to the touch, burning away whatever it touches. The true power behind this technique is how insane the control behind it is. Any number of shapes, up to anything ten feet in length/width, a great amount of control even after fired, and other such feats are well within reach.

More to come as the story progresses.