Time To Learn a Lesson (JT Irina, Ruhe)

[Ruhe Krieger]

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I'm training for 30 TTP and then the rest CTP

It had been the first day of tutelage for the young Quincy Ruhe within Karakura Academy as a middle school student. So far, it wasn't the worst of places to be. She hadn't made any new friends in this place, but it was her first day after all. Also, she was a foreigner in Japan. School was over now, and she was headed back to the safety of her fellow Quincy. She knew hollow activity was insane within Karakura as she was informed this some time ago. Therefore, she had walked a bit faster as she really didn't want to stick around in the open.

Ruhe Krieger was a fourteen year old Quincy. Normally, this would mean a death sentence if a Shinigami were to find her, but she was under Asmoskon's protection. She was a young girl with a goal in life but no realistic way to achieve this. Her backpack was slung over her shoulder as she walked with a somewhat depressed look adorning her face. She felt so lonely as of late. Her oddly blue hair blew in the wind as she wore the standard uniform for the school. Karakura Academy took some getting used to and she was starting to learn a bit of Japanese lately. 

The sound of a Hollow's howl had filled the air as she had called out the name of one of her abilities. "Smite the enemy with hollow steel, Hohle Schneide." A twin set of blades had formed in her hand oddly as shortswords. She had learned how to manipulate the shape and length of her blades to some extent as she had been training with the power. Walking forward and turning a corner, she had found the Hollow. It seemed to be chasing a plus in its search for nourishment. Why did a Hollow require sustenance and what it ate the souls for, she didn't know.

The hollow was a large slender being with purple lines adorning its mask. It had curved and slanted eyes as its eyes flew a eerie yellow. It stood nearly eight feet tall and instead of hands it had razor sharp scythes. Instead of proper legs, it appeared to have crab ones to carry it instead. Ruhe had dashed forward as the Hollow had spotted her howling loudly. It ignored the plus as it turned quickly planning on slicing the child down. "Slice downwards." The Quincy had sliced the first scythed hand down and off with the first swing, and the second with a twirl of her body separating the weapons off of this beast.

Leaping backwards, she had avoided a face slamming down into her body as the concrete cracked from the force. The mindless hollow had cried out as Ruhe had thrown her twin blades at the beast. The plus was long gone at this point. The hollow had the odd legs sliced off of its being as it had fallen over on its side. Her twin swords had cracked and shattered upon their purpose having been completed. Ruhe still wasn't done here though. She still had to immobilize it and make sure that nobody would be harmed by this creature. 

Forming her Quincy bow, she walked closer to the Hollow as she looked at it with remorse. The beast twisted and squirmed on the concrete, and then Ruhe had leapt on top of the beast shooting a single arrow through its stomach pinning it to the floor. Then several through the remnants of its legs. "Farewell. May a death god find you and carry you to the afterlife. She had dispursed her bow as she had continued walking to her destination. She wanted to go to a park under the Quincy protection. It was too nice a day, plus she had homework to do.

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Class 6
Current SP Total: 400

Current CTP Total:770

Current TTP Total: 0

Current Ryo Total: 5000
Starting Techniques:
1. Hohle Schneide


Techniques Learned:

Stats:
Strength:(58x.7)=40
Speed:70
Spiritual Pressure:70
Reiatsu Strength:(62x1.5)=93
Light Aura:100
Dark Aura:0
Instinct:70
Senses:70
Energy Sensory:0
Wound Expertise:0

Total:400




Skills:
Learning:1
Battle Analysis:1
Pain Tolerance:1
Damage Recovery:1
Strength Of Will:1
Weapons(Bows):1

6/15 SKP

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[Irina Davayte]

Training for CTP

Irina left class at precisely 2:00 pm, and was excited to get started on her calculus homework. But it was time for her afternoon workout, so she changed into workout gear, and headed to the gym on her college campus. IT was her first week of class, and her classes were going well so far. She was in a good mood as she laced up her running shoes and walked to the track. She wasn't participating in any sports at her school; she didn't think she has time for that, but she hadn't ruled it out for the spring yet. She mostly just wanted to make sure that she was in shape. This was important to her not just because it made her feel stronger, safer, and healthier; she also figured that now since her job was pretty much fighting monsters, she had better be ready for it. "My job is pretty much fighting monsters," she thought, shaking her head and chuckling to herself. Other than that detail, her life as a student in Karakura town was pretty much what she had expected.

It was Tuesday, which was her cardio day, so she focused on speed work, running 5 sets of 1600 meters, at about 6 minutes each. She didn't always work this hard, but she preferred to really push herself once every week or two, just to stay sharp since she was no longer competing in formal sports. After this workout that made her quadriceps burn, she was about to change her clothes and had just taken off her running shoes when her phone vibrated, alerting her that there was a Hollow about 1.5 kilometers away. "Well, what's one more set?" she thought, lacing her shoes back on. She clicked her phone to indicate that she would head its way. Pulling the straps on her backpack tight so her textbooks wouldn't jostle around and hurt her back too much, she ran out the door.

Since she was still getting familiar with the area, Irina followed her phone to the area where the Hollow was located. She held the phone up check her route every few hundred meters, possibly making other people on the streets think that she was playing Pokemon Go. Her stomach knotted up nervously as she got close to the mark on her phone. She slowed her pace to a brisk walk when she was close. Turning a corner, she found a creature howling pathetically on the ground, with what seemed to be its own legs beside it. She cautiously moved towards the Hollow, hands up in a defensive stance. It certainly wasn't moving anywhere; even if it had its strange crab-like legs, it was pinned to the ground with an arrow through its abdomen. She was glad its mask was in place and she couldn't see its tormented expression.

On deciding that it was no longer a threat, Irina backed away quietly, hoping to avoid anyone else who might be interested in the beast. She marked it as "alive, but neutralized" on her phone, and since it was her first time chasing Hollows on her own, she texted Kazura, just in case. "Found Hollow, stuck to ground with arrow? Nobody is around. Is this normal? Not sure if you want to check it out. I'm staying close," she typed, never a woman of few words. In a compromise to wanting to be close, but not too close, to the monster, she went back to a park that she had passed on her way, leaving her GPS signal in the on position on her telephone in case she needed to be found.

Since she was still wearing the appropriate clothing, she decided to take a jog to cool down. She wanted to get rid of her backpack, though, having ran with it enough for one day. She looked around and saw a small girl sitting at a bench, seemingly doing homework. Irina decided to ask to leave her bag with the girl. She looked non-threatening enough, and anyway, Irina would keep her keys, phone, and wallet in her pockets. Her biggest risk was if the girl stole her textbooks, and since she didn't look nearly old enough to be in college, Irina figured that she wouldn't know how expensive they were anyway. She walked over calmly, not wanting to scare the girl, and smiled as she asked "Would you mind watching my backpack for me while I take a jog?"

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{Stats}
Strength - [50] Points

Speed - [55] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [50] x1.5 (75) Points

Reiatsu Strength - [50] x1.5 (75) Points

Light Aura - [70] Points

Dark Aura - [30] Points

Instinct - [70] x.75 (52) Points

Senses - [70] x.75 (52) Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Total SP: [345] Points

That's all for the template. There are a LOT of stats, but don't get choosy and just give some to all. The result could be quite negative.





Abilities


Weapons: Swords {1}

Lack of Fear {1}

Strength of Will {1}

Crafting/Forging {1}

Pain Tolerance {1}

Cold Tolerance {1}

Alcohol Tolerance {1}

Learning {1}

[Kazura Uzaki]

Training for CTP

For the busy CEO of a busy global company, getting a text message wasn't unheard of. In fact, he had to maintain multiple phone numbers of varying priority in order to best handle all the incoming messages. He needed to hire a Cell phone manager... But he'd mentally chew on that some other time. What was different about this text was it went straight to his top priority phone. His phone specifically built to tap into the radar network he had built on top of the main headquarters. It was a text from his newest hire, Irina.

"Found Hollow, stuck to ground with arrow? Nobody is around. Is this normal? Not sure if you want to check it out. I'm staying close."

No, that was not normal. Arrows suggested Quincy at work, but Quincy tended to kill and eradicate the hollow, not pin it down and disable it. Sounded like something he definitely should check out. "Secretary? Reschedule all of my appointments for this afternoon. One of our interns has found something particularly interesting that I must see to." And just like that, his afternoon was free. Sure, they'd be rescheduled for later that night which would keep him up late, but they'd be rescheduled none the less.

Approaching the Hollow on foot, he was definitely curious as to the nature of the one who had cut it into pieces and left it pinned to the ground. He scanned around with his eyes and energy sensory but couldn't pick up on anything. With a shrug, he sent a message to some of his contacts in the Soul Society and let them know that it needed extraction. He claimed credit for it just so they didn't get suspicious of Quincy activity in the area. They were often quite racist, after all. He stood by as a nobody Shinigami finished the purification of the Hollow and returned to the Soul Society.

After making sure the coast was clear, the inventor headed to Irina's GPS location to catch up with her. Surely he'd be late to interact with her and Ruhe, but he'd show up eventually.

[Ruhe Krieger]

As a woman had approached the young Ruhe, she had looked up and readjusted her small cap. She needed Ruhe to watch her bag for her while she jogged? Well, this wasn't something that happened everyday but she wanted to be a good semaritan. Speaking in her German like accent, Ruhe nodded. "Yes miss. I'll watch the bag for you miss. My name is Ruhe." She had scooted aside so that the older woman may simply put her bag on the bench next to her. Ruhe was fourteen and just entering middle school at Karakura Academy.

As the woman would leave, Ruhe had continued working until suddenly another loud hollow howl had filled the area as a Hollow had been floating in the sky. It was a oddly shaped sack like being with a mask adorned on what it looked like it's body. It had six arms, and as it had seen Ruhe, it howled as she activated her bow yet again. She had seen the Hollow fly towards her way, and she would draw her fingers back on the thick cable like string. The hollow wasn't too strong, so this should have been something she could take care of with little to no difficulty.

Drawing five arrows from her reiatsu, she had focused on the movements of the wild beast as she had fired her arrows all at the same time. She had been training hard in the craft of the Quincy. Each five of the arms had been pierced and then the Hollow had been sent flinging back as the arrows had stuck into a tree pinning this beast too in place. It had howled in agony as it would snap it's teeth trying to reach Ruhe. "Shh. Quiet now. I'm sure a death reaper will find you and take you to where you belong. I apologize for causing your pain."

She had adjusted her cap as she had formed a blade within her hands using Hohle Schneide yet again. She had walked to the beast holding her blade at a vertical angle causing it's jaw to be jammed open. It had now been quiet as the hollow had muffled it's howl. It was when she heard two more howls that she had tensed. Quickly packing her bag, she had left leaving Irina's own bag on the bench. As a Quincy and one of Asmoskon's students, she had to keep up her duty as a guardian. Karakura sure had a ton of Hollow activity.

Later on, Ruhe had stood in front of two more bound Hollow. Irina's phone may be able to follow the tracks to see more and more trapped hollows...however as time went by, one of them would reveal that there was a sign of a fallen cap with a trail of blood revealed. Ruhe had been injured in one of the confrontations with a hollow and she had currently been holding her bleeding shoulder. Wandering around at different intervals, she had left twelve hollow captured. Sitting down on the sidewalk to the park, she panted as her shoulders bleeding was stopping thankfully seeing she tied it in exchange for losing a sleeve from her school uniform.

She needed a break as she couldn't be able to think straight. She despite her wound was smiling at her accomplishment. She ended up walking back to the bench as she would sit down taking out her work and continuing to work. She leaned back her head looking to the sky as Ruhe was proud of herself. Her training and work was paying off. She didn't do it for money or for much other reason other than for training and because it was the right thing to do. Thankfully her wound wasn't too serious as it was just a shallow cut. It stung a bit, but she would be fine.

[Irina Davayte]

”Thanks. I’m Irina,” she said with a grateful smile. After setting her bag beside the girl, Irina started on her jog. She didn’t feel the need to stay close enough to keep an eye on her bag and textbooks; Ruhe seemed trustworthy enough, even though her Uncle Lev (whose father had fought in the battle of Stalingrad) had always told her to never trust a German. The path in the park wound around into a slightly woodsy area. She would normally feel inspired to run faster and push herself to run harder, but she held herself back so she wouldn’t feel too sore the next day, and kept her jog at an easy pace.

She came to a stream with big trees full of leaves on either side, and jumped in, the water just coming to her shins. She wasn’t sure whether Kazura was coming since he hadn’t responded to her text, but she kept her word by staying somewhat close to the incapacitated Hollow until she heard more. She splashed around in the water, relaxing for once, when she felt a dark presence behind her. She instinctively reached for her pocket, realizing that she has accidentally left her cell phone in her backpack, and took a deep breath before turning around, hoping that the Hollow she had left hadn’t somehow managed to come after her.

She saw the creature behind her, and it certainly was not the one she had seen earlier. The Hollow appeared to be a huge bear with four arms, and teeth the size of daggers. Its white mask looked like the sun, with yellow squiggly lines coming off it. It was the four-armed sun bear Hollow. The Hollow ran forward and punched with its two right arms, aiming to punch Irina in the face and stomach simultaneously. She dodged to her right, not as graceful as she would normally be due to being almost knee-deep in water, but due to her fencing training, she was still quick enough to avoid getting hit.

The “bear” wasn’t quick, and was somewhat clunky due to its size. Irina, being small even for a human, was in danger of its huge momentum if struck by it, so she kept her distance as she tried to disable it. She hoped that it might be at risk of sliding in the rocks under its feet and falling in the stream, so she called a mid-sized rock from under its foot, causing it to fly to her hand, just in case the Hollow got too close and she needed a weapon for close range. Of course, as a fencer, she would have preferred something more like a stick, but she hoped she wouldn't have to get close enough to use either object.

The Hollow slipped and fell, and Irina relaxed her shoulders. But then the “bear” turned its face to her, and a bright, blinding light came from its mask. She instinctively scrunched her eyes and turned her face away, eyes burning with pain, keeping her body pointed toward the creature. The Hollow spit out a Bala. The Hollow also could not see because of the blinding light, so it wasn’t able to hit Irina directly, and instead hit the ground right in front of her, sending a shower of rocks, mud, and water right at Irina.

She opened her eyes and tried to wipe them, but her vision was clouded with spots and she could only make out a blur that was the Hollow. That was enough, though, to see an old tree with a minimal amount of rotting at the base that grew at the side of the stream. She ran to the tree, and pushed it hard with her hands to manipulate it to fall toward the creature, with one foot at its base and one on the ground for stability. She managed to land the tree in place to pin the Hollow down, and after she was relatively sure it was stuck, she left before it could blind her again.

Soaked, Irina limped back to where she left her bag with the girl, aware that she was bruised or bleeding in several places due to the rocks that were flung at her. She hoped to get home and cleaned up without anyone on her route asking what had happened. On that topic, she was concerned that people at school might get the impression that she had some sort of abusive boyfriend if she wasn't careful to cover her bruises. The Hollow she had left behind back on the street was no longer a concern to her; she was in no shape to assist with fighting anything else at the present. As she walked, she applied pressure to a particularly stubborn scratch where her left wrist met her forearm, trying to get it to stop bleeding.

[Kazura Uzaki]

Kazura rubbed his temples in confusion and a little bit of consternation. He now had to clean up ten times the mess that there was before. He could explain one Hollow, easily, but 13? He decided to skip alerting the Shinigami and just wait for them to arrive on their own. However, he systematically followed Ruhe's path through the Hollows. He pulled out all of the arrows pinning them in their misery, knocked out the Hollows, and bound them with cord instead. That was it was more believable that he was responsible and not a rogue Quincy.

Suddenly, he sensed that Irina was in trouble as he felt her energy spike while that of a Hollow's also spiked. He started to run in that direction, only to have the energy spikes fade as the Hollow was subdued. Relief swept over the man as he could still sense his employee. He tried to locate her via her phone's GPS, but it was off in the other direction. Detouring over that way, he found her book bag just lying on a bench. He scooped it up and kept moving. He had to make sure that the Quincy and Irina were both safe.

He came across the four armed bear hollow that Irina had trapped under a tree and punched it in the face for good measure just to make sure it was unconscious. That one's for safety of the park..." And then kicked it in the back of the head. That one's for attacking my employee. He doubled back, only to see Ruhe and Irina in the same clearing again. "There you two are. Come, let me bandage you up." A burst of reiatsu later and his right arm's flesh was replaced with pure metal.

A cloud of nanobots emerged from his arm and ate away at the sleeve of his arm. The clothes grew back, thanks to Vandenreich self-repairing clothing technology that Kazura had purchased. The nanobots weaved the clothing into bandages that Kazura then bound around Irina's wrist and attempted to bind around Ruhe's shoulder. Only if she'd let him, though, but he hoped that she would be accepting of his first aid attempts. "I don't believe that we've met. I'm Kazura. You're pretty brave for a young Quincy, though a bit too brave, in my opinion. The Shinigami will come after you if you stay so conspicuous."

[Ruhe Krieger]

Now when Ruhe had seen Irina coming down the road just as beaten as she was, she planned on making an excuse for the way she earned such wounds. "Gutentag. Aheh...funny meeting you here miss. It seems fate has brought us here together. I apologize, but on a emergency I had left your bag behind at the bench. So sorry miss." Hopefully, she wouldn't be too mad at Ruhe as she knew she wouldn't be able to fight a fellow human effectively. Besides, Irina was bigger and stronger than Ruhe based on appearence. It was not too long after Irina's response did she hear another voice out of nowhere seemingly call.

Turning to the source of the voice, she had seen a man who seemed overly friendly and familiar with her and the older woman. It was when he offered to bandage Ruhe and Irina that she was confused. Why would this man want to bandage her? Was she someone she knew but didn't recognize? The man's face and appearence wasn't ringing any bells whatsoever. However, when his hand had triggered in a burst of reiatsu, she had grown heavily concerned. It was when when the man's nanobots had formed did Ruhe speak.

"Why what are these things?! Huh?" It was when the man's sleeve had broken apart and began to bandage both Ruhe and the other person. For what purpose why she was healed, she didn't know to be honest. She had however remained silent as she let the little droids wrap and bandage her wounds. The young teenage Quincy had looked awfully confused at this. Who was this person and what kind of odd power did he have? He wasn't a death god that was for certain, and he wasn't a Quincy as far as she could tell. This troubled Ruhe greatly.

However, he must have been familiar with what Quincy were as he seemed to recognize she was one right away. How he did such a thing puzzled her, but she remained silent. He called her brave but was worried that if she continued pinning Hollow like the way she was, the death gods would come for her? Ruhe had readjusted herself as she wondered if what Asmoskon had informed her about had some issues? She thought as long as she didn't kill them and left them pinned then she wasn't breaching the alliance pact that the free Quincy of the Masurao had made? It was time that Ruhe introduced herself and explain the situation to the man.

"Excuse me sir. I am a Quincy, but I work for a man named Asmoskon Masurao. I was told that I would be able to pin the Hollow and help the death gods that way. May I inquire how you had found out I was the one responsible for the Hollow?" The young girl had looked curious as she stood prepared for a fight if needed. However, another sudden realization had come through her mind. The woman near her was associated with the man, so the question Ruhe had was what powers may she possess? Was she a possible enemy to her?

[Irina Davayte]

Irina knew there were more important things going on, but she was mostly concerned about her book bag, which was missing from the spot where she had left it to Ruhe. She wasn't angry; she was primarily unhappy about potentially needing to restart her week's homework and buy new books. Those weren't cheap, after all. She initially scrunched her mouth to the side, rather than respond to Ruhe. The girl was, like her, looking quite beat up, and Irina certainly wouldn't expect her to prioritize a backpack over her life. She smiled, empathetic, and said "No problem. It looks like you had bigger priorities," as she gestured to the girl's wounds with her left hand, the right hand still holding on to her scrape.

She was relieved when Kazura joined them. Irina was not excited about the prospect of being alone there, with two disabled Hollows (that she knew of) nearby, a little girl, and seemingly a Quincy around somewhere, if they were still near. She mentally relaxed, knowing that she no longer had to watch her surroundings so carefully. Noticing that Kazura had her bag, she breathed a sigh of relief. After he bandaged her wrist and she was able to use both hands again, she took the bag back from him, and inspected its contents, just in case. She assumed the girl had also been in some sort of fight with Hollows (although she didn't know how Ruhe had escaped). Irina didn't think any Hollows would be interested in learning calculus, but figured she couldn't be sure that her things hadn't been misplaced in the chaos.

She first located hand sanitizer, disinfecting her hands and wiping the remaining mud on her pants before she reached for her books. Calculus I, Physics I, and a research writing manual. Her homework was also intact, as well as her pens and supplies. Check, check, check. Check, check. She thanked Kazura for the safe return of her things, as well as the first aide. As an engineering student, she was quite impressed by the technology he demonstrated, and made a mental note to ask how it worked later. Now that this was taken care of, she turned to the conversation of the other two.

"Wait, stop," Irina protested. "What do you mean, 'work for'? How old are you? Where are your parents? Do they know you are getting mixed up in all of this?" Irina, with a stable home life and protective family, couldn't imagine not constantly having someone to keep an eye out for her at Ruhe's age. Sure, she was happy to have more freedom now as an adult, but if her mother knew what dangerous things she was up to, Irina guessed that she would get on the next flight to Japan to bring her daughter home safe to Cheboksary.

"Perhaps this is how Germans run their households? Or how Quincy do? Or is this normal in Japan?" she puzzled. She didn't mean to stereotype; she was just trying hard to rationalize why such a young lady would be permitted to have a job, let alone one so dangerous. Sure, Irina had a paper route at age fourteen or fifteen, but even then, her mother hadn't allowed her to pick up extra routes in what she deemed to be dangerous neighborhoods. She hoped sincerely that someone was looking out for Ruhe.

She addressed Kazura. "How much risk of more Hollows showing up do we run by all three of us being here?

[Kazura Uzaki]

"Peace, Irina. Quincy often mature young."

Kazura held out his hand to heel Irina's barrage of questions for Ruhe. If the young Quincy was under the tutelage of Asmoskon then she must be safe and protected. The German had unknowingly done a very smart thing as the fullbringer inventor was great friends with her boss. Nearly the best of friends, though Kazura often disagreed with Asmos' methods. "It's good to see that the old soldier has adopted less violent methods, then. I was unaware that you were under his protection. He must have told you of his old friend Kazura? I would hope, at least."

In response to Irina's question, Kazura could only shrug. "I've been studying the beasts for years now and I couldn't begin to tell you a reason for many of their actions. Sometimes they will seek us out for our power, sometimes they will prey on the weak. You can never know with Hollows. Do you have anything to add, young Quincy? As for how I managed to know it was you, I sensed your energies and that of the Hollows. It doesn't hurt that my radar picked up all of the Hollows becoming active and I could track you and your subduing of them."

[Ruhe Krieger]

Ruhe was glad to see that Irina wasn't mad at her about the bag although now she felt awfully guilty about having left the books. As Kazura had appeared returning her bag, Irina had looked relieved as Ruhe was slightly less guilty feeling now. She still felt as if she should have been responsible for watching the bag. As she was conversing with Kazura, she was surprised to hear her question and look of surprise as she mentioned her "job." She never really thought about why she did it other than the fact it was just her general duty. She just found it her newfound responsibility as a Quincy defender.

She had listened to each question she had asked, and had felt heavily uncomfortable at the mention of parents. Ruhe had never been loved and appreciated by her parents whatsoever. However, she was working hard to see if she could earn their affection. She didn't know how to answer any of those questions with a definite answer. However, she decided she would answer everything but not too much in specifics. After all, she barely knew these people. She honestly didn't feel too comfortable answering all of these at once as it was a bit much to keep track of.

"I meant exactly what I said miss. I restrain the Hollows I come across so that death gods may finish them off and send them to the afterlife. Although, I am not paid for doing so. I am thirteen years old miss." When Ruhe was asked about her parents and if they knew about her current job, Irina may see that Ruhe didn't look too happy. However, Ruhe would push herself to begrudgingly answer. She probably was best leaving that bit of knowledge unspoken. After all, she didn't have the happiest childhood past.

"My parents essentially told me that they didn't care if I lived or died miss. My father told me I was a disgrace and that he didn't want me. I was told that I would be killed if I ever came back. Then Asmoskon-Sama...took me under his wing. The young girl oddly enough had seemed calm saying that out loud with a small smile on her face. She was gritting her teeth in all reality because she didn't want to cry right now. It was then at that point Kazura had stopped the flow of questions now, and frankly Ruhe appreciated that tremendously as things were getting uncomfortable. She was currently residing within a small residence on her own as it was her responsibility to take care of herself in several rights.

It was when Kazura had asked her about if Asmoskon had spoke about him before she shook her head no. "Unfortunately, I don't believe he has talked about you mister Kazura, but if you are a friend of my mentor, may I refer to you as uncle?" The young girl had slowly stretched her sore body as she groaned. She felt more comfortable around the man now that she knew that he and him were good friends. Although...she wondered what his abilities were still. He didn't seem like anything she had ever seen with those weird nanobots of his.

As he asked her if she had anything to add about Hollows, she had spoke quietly almost in a sophisticated and scientific mind. "It depends on certain aspects of a Hollow's evolutionary state and their intelligence. Most Hollow that are wild and mindless simply rush with reckless abandon to the largest source of spiritual energy to devour. Ones with human like intelligence tend to be more logical and go for meals they can overtake. Is this your first time meeting a Quincy miss? If so, it is an honor to be in your presence." Ruhe was awfully polite as she stood to full height.

[Irina Davayte]

Irina removed her foot from her mouth. Frankly, she still wanted to put the girl on a plane and send Ruhe to her mother (who was always happy to take in anyone who needed her) in Cheboksary, because of course, every girl needs a mama. But she was still young enough to understand that there is no sense in trying to tell a thirteen-year-old that they are taking on too much. In fact, when she was Ruhe's age, the fastest way for one of Irina's brothers to make her mad was to protect her just a bit too much. And Irina knew that tragedy was one of the fastest ways to force someone to grow up fast. It wasn't that Irina thought the girl couldn't take care of herself; it was just that she thought that she shouldn't have to.

So she decided that while she was not comfortable with the responsibilities the girl had apparently taken on, nor with her family situation, she would keep quiet about that. And since she had already pressed her with enough questions for one day, she decided to keep quiet until she was addressed. "No, I haven't met a Quincy before," she admitted. "I really don't know much about them at all."

[Kazura Uzaki]

"Uh, sure. You can call me Uncle if you want. I'm an only child, so I won't get any blood nephews and nieces."

Irina and Ruhe were getting along, both being polite to each other. Which was good. Kazura had the whole afternoon off, so he might as well spend it with them. Irina had gotten quieter, though, asking less questions in a barrage at the Quincy. Was she just being more respectful or was she just waiting and observing? Kazura thought this would be a good time to fill her in on Quincy while also getting ready for training. "Basically, Quincy are capable of eradicating Hollows while Shinigami purify them. It has caused quite a bit of conflict between the two groups. Would you like to fill in the gaps of my knowledge, Ruhe, and give Irina a quick lesson?"

While Ruhe talked, Kazura knelt down and placed his titanium arm into the ground. The nanobots were directed into the earth and began to eat away at it. They consumed basketball sized chunks of dirt then brought it back to the arm and stored it before going back out again. This continued until Kazura had a human sized chunk of dirt cut out of the ground all around him, forming a small moat. "If you want, Ruhe, you can participate in the training exercise I'm about to start with Irina. Given I have my afternoon off, it's what I want to do and what Irina is contractually obligated to do."

He said "contractually obligated" with a wink, reminded Irina that he's just joking and she can choose to not participate if she deems it necessary. However, he was pretty sure that she'd like this particular idea that he had. The dirt that he had gathered started to emerge via the nanobots and formed an exact replica of himself. Just... brown and dirt-y. "This is my Golem. My puppet. We can train with this and not hurt each other so much. You can go all out and all it will do is break up dirt. What do you say, Ruhe? Irina? You two in?"

[Ruhe Krieger]

Upon being able to call Kazura uncle, she was rather pleased to call him uncle. "Thank you very much! I've never had an uncle before!" While Ruhe had been listening to what Kazura's basic explanation of a Quincy was, she had been left to fill the gaps of it as best she could. Ruhe had thought for a moment about what to say as she herself didn't know much of the Quincy history although she was learning more and more each day among her fellow Quincy students. "We Quincy use an ability known as Lezt Stil to manipulate the reiatsu around us in order to form bows from this energy. We Quincy based on what I've been told should not kill anything with our bows for our powers destroy souls when we hit Hollows in the mask. I haven't learned much history or details of the Shinigami Quincy war however."

The girl had thought for a moment before she rubbed her stomach area. It was then she had formed a thick and condensed bow in her hands. It was rather stiff and compound...much so for any longbow. Ruhe's how had been bigger than she was on most accord as she looked to the woman in front of her. "This is an example of Lezt Stil the ability of us Quincy. I know my bow isn't exactly...the best but I was self taught." The bow appeared to have a thick cable for a string and looked rather difficult to use. There were no intricate designs as it seemed rather plain for the most part. Ruhe's bow had vanished in a blue flash as she suddenly heard the sound of earth cracking and shifting.

Turning, she had seen Kazura use his metal arm to form some sort of earth doppelganger of himself as she widened her eyes in surprise. Now this wasn't something she expected. It was when Kazura had invited her to participate in some sort of odd training exercise that she was rather happy to accept. "Why thank you very much for the offer Uncle. I'll accept that offer...as I'm eager to see what bizarre power you have." Instead of Ruhe forming her bow however, she had called out. "Smite the enemy with hollow steel. Hohle Schneide." It was then twin swords had formed in her hands as she manipulated them to be shorter in length as she held them much like shortswords for up close combat. She had a loose stance as she crouched observing this golem and had spun her blades left and right in her hands.

She would await Irina to also be prepared for combat as Ruhe was sure her new adult friend surely had powers like Kazura. It was then Ruhe got an idea. Looking to Irina, she called. "Smite the enemy with hollow steel. Hohle Schneide. Miss Irina. Please use this." Then she had formed a third blade a normal length sword before throwing it near Irina's feet. It would embed itself into the ground for her use as Ruhe had slipped back into her stance preparing for the golem's assault. She wasn't the best with blades, but she's been practicing. "Let's do this.

[Irina Davayte]

Irina nodded politely in response to the lesson about Quincy. Still afraid to say something offensive, she didn't ask any more questions, although she could think of quite a few. She had played with quite a few weapons in her youth, but had never used a bow. She was interested to see Ruhe in action, even if she wouldn't learn the skill herself. Ruhe seemed to find her own bow unimpressive, but Irina was extremely interested because she had never seen anyone summon an object out of thin air. It defied the rules of physics as she knew them, and she was fascinated. But still, she kept quiet.

Irina, not one to show her emotions on her face if she could avoid it, actually smiled when Kazura joked about her being "contractually obligated" to participate. It reminded her of her brothers, who were known to tell her that she would no longer be part of their family if she wasn't involved with their shenanigans. ("You have to go down this waterfall in a barrel; everyone in our family does it once. If you don't, you won't be our sister anymore," Demir, at approximately age nine, had told her. "You didn't do it," Demyan pointed out, lifting his seven-year old sister out of the large brown barrel. "But still," Demir said emphatically.) Being teased a bit made Irina feel at home.

She was delighted. Of course she wanted to play with the big dirt-ball! She calmly said "Of course. I'd like that." But she wasn't quite sure what she was going to do, until Ruhe offered her a sword. Irina squirmed with happiness to be reunited with her favorite tool for combat. She thanked Ruhe, deciding in that moment that she liked her, and picked up the weapon. Its blade had the bulk of a regular sword, but felt light, much like the fencing foils that she had spent many years using in competition. It felt natural in her hand, and she took a careful practice swing in the air to balance it properly.

Ruhe seemed ready to take on the Golem, so Irina followed suit. Confident in Kazura's assessment that they could fight the Golem without too much risk of injury, Irina took a swing at its arm, staying a fair distance away, mostly trying to assess the way it moved. If it stayed exactly where it was, she would cut the arm at the wrist, but she had a feeling that even though it was made of dirt, it had comparable reflexes to Kazura. Although she had some powers of soul manipulation, since she was so comfortable with fencing, she would stick with using her sword for combat for at least a moment.

[Kazura Uzaki]

Irina and Ruhe were armed with three swords between the two of them, and Kazura's Golem was just armed with his fists. But that would be more than enough. Kazura was better at fighting with his fists than any weapon anyways. He filled his golem with his nanobots and gave them the command "mirror me". As he moved, so too did the puppet move. With his high processing speed, he'd easily be able to analyze the distance between the golem and the girls and move accordingly. Irina moved to attack first, slashing down at the Golem with her hollow sword.

The Golem snapped a punch to counter the sword strike, punching right at Irina's wrist to stop her downwards slash. This would hurt quite a bit if she didn't have the reaction time to avoid it. Moving at 300 speed, it would be very difficult to dodge and would most likely result in Irina's attack being countered. Following up with the punch, Kazura jumped in the air, hooked his leg, and spun around. This would hook Irina by the neck and fling her towards Ruhe. They would land in a heap together if Ruhe didn't dodge the flying body. "Don't forget to work as a team!"