Let's drink till we forget (closed Social R)

[Wycliff]

While the Gotei did offer protection there was one thing they lacked, a bar. Because of this fact Wycliff was leaving the Gotei, and going into the rukongai. He had a particular bar in mind that he was going to, he was a frequent visitor to this bar mostly due to the laid back atmosphere and cheap drinks. However today Wycliff wasn't going to the bar to drink alone today, no instead he had invited a fellow squad member to meet him there at the bar. With that in mind Wycliff arrived at the bar a bit earlier than he said to meet him there. He wanted to get started with a few drinks before actually interacting with Musuhina.

[Musuhina Kesshino]

With her foot and toes reattached, Musuhina had finally regained enough blood cells to enjoy a night at the bar without being completely hammered in a few glasses before nearly dying of liver failure. But she wasn't here to stress about alcohol poisoning. She was here for a well deserved drink after recovering from some hard fought training. And on the other hand, she was also here to share a recent goal of hers, one that, until now, she didn't fully understand how important or hard it would be too achieve. So she entered into the bar with her black leather jacket, tennis shoes, black tank top and some gray pants on before finding Wycliff already getting started. So she decided to take a seat next to him and order herself a drink before parting Wycliff on the shoulder to let him know she was here.

[Wycliff]

By the time Musuhina  had arrived at the bar and patted him on his shoulder Wycliff had been on his twelfth drink. He hadn't planned on drinking so much before she got there, however the bartender poured him a drink for free for scarring off some ruffians who wanted to rob the place and then a few guys decided to treat him to a drink as well and one thing lead to another so by the time Musuhina  had gotten to him, it was safe to say that Wycliff was officially drunk. Now while that wasn't a bad thing for Wycliff Musuhina  would see a side of him that for lack of a better word was less civil than his normal self.



“Hey~ you.....” Wycliff slurred his words as he looked over at what Musuhina  was wearing and smiled. “So ya finally got yer cute butt down here~” He noticed the clothing that she was wearing and smiled, while he just came in his uniform it looked as if she was dressed for a date. “Ya got all pretty for me~ Now I feel alllll special. ” Without warning he placed an arm around her and pulled her close before yelling at the bartender to get another round for him and one for Musuhina , ignoring the fact that she already had a drink.

[Musuhina Kesshino]

"'Special'? Pfft this is what I usually wear when I get a drink. Speaking of which...it looks li-WOAH!". Before she knew it, Wycliff had yanked her over before ordering them a few more drinks. Not wanting to get too hammered, she also asked for some water as well before downing her share. "Well I guess I did come for drinks, might as well start now." Musuhina said before downing another glass that came her way.

After another two, she'd decided to place her glass down and tell Wycliff what was on her mind. "I'm gonna go for the Captaincy.". Sure, it sounded crazy when coming out of the mouth of someone so low on the metaphorical ladder, but nonetheless, she was every bit as serious. Of course she was telling this to a guy who was drunk off his ass right now, so she didn't really know how he'd register what she'd said. Either way, it'd...probably be interesting?

[Wycliff]

Hearing that she proclaimed that she was going for the captaincy Wycliff let out a small giggle at first. Slowly the giggle grew louder and louder with each passing second eventually growing to be a full on laugh that would road through the bar. It was clear that him being this drunk wouldn't get the same response that she was looking for, but at the same time he found that her just bursting out saying that she was going for the captaincy out of nowhere was down right hilarious and unexpected.


As he calmed down a bit drinking what had to be his fifteenth drink he stopped and looked her in the eyes. "Look cutie, I don't mean to offend ya, but ya aint ready for that sorta responsibility and even if Rose is god knows where ya aint strong enough to be a captain just yet. Look ya healing power is good, but I've seen Rose bring a man back from the dead, if you can't even do that there's no way the other captains will even think about accepting ya as one." His arm would go around her neck and pull her close to him for an embrace. He didn't want any hard feelings he just wanted to let her know the reality of trying what she was trying to do.

[Musuhina Kesshino]

And of course he laughed. Why the Hell wouldn't he? Musuhina was at the bottom of the barrel at this point in terms of rank, telling a seated officer that she wanted to be Captain of there squad. But with a slightly irritated grunt, she slipped under his arm before downing another drink in a few seconds before asking for another water "I'm guessing you haven't heard of 'long term goals' before. Why in the Hell would they name me Captain right now? Its called getting better and that's just what I'm aiming for.". She let out a sigh before speaking again as she felt the eyes of the other patrons on them. "And if you're not gonna do it, and no-one else will, then you can bet your ass that I will. Last time I checked, we're practically in shambles. Most of our Captains are either dead or missing, we have a lack of seated officers, the Espada could be growing even stronger than they used to be, Kuroi is still out there somewhere AND THE VANDENREICH ARE PRACTICALLY AT OUR DOOR!." she yelled out before smashing a glass on the table, setting the whole bar quiet as she picked out the pieces of glass from her hand.



After paying for the glass, she rubbed her forehead and continued "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling really tired about everything going to shit. Right now, everyone needs our squad and we can't do that without leadership. I don't care if its me or not, I just want our squad to have someone at its head. Then we can do what we always do; we mend things and keep everyone from completely falling apart.".

[Wycliff]

Wycliff fell silent as she screamed out about Kuroi and the Vandenreich. He placed down the glass that he was going to drink from and looked at her in her eyes. His still covered up by those damned sunglasses that he always wore. “ Look it ain't like I'm not doing anything.... I don't like it but I can fight, but I don't want to.... People get hurt when I fight, people I care about... ya know how I acted when ya took the pop rocks? How I came out at you like a bat outa hell?......” He took a long pause before drinking the last of his drink leaning on Musuhina  “I was like that all the time long time ago, back when I was.... well alive... I can't tell you what I did back then to live, but it ain't pretty. That me, that person, thought I left them behind when I died. I saw this as a second chance, a chance to be better, be a better person, but that me. It never left, it followed me, grew with ma power and when Chudoku started to speak to me I knew, I knew he was back. Look, ya never wonder why a guy like me is in squad four in the first place?”



“I messed up, I killed tons of people, made many more go crazy for the white stuff. I was suppose to protect a town and I fucked up. Instead of dying to a menos, they died by my hands.... by my power. So ya tell me do ya want someone like me standing up? Someone who's just as likely to harm ya or save ya? Rose.... Rose ain't gone,.... she's just missing I think..... couldn't tell ya.” He stopped for a moment and took a heavy breath. “Either way tomorrow ya could die to a hollow or a punk on the street, so why worry ya know? It's better to have fun and live in the moment.”

[Musuhina Kesshino]

"Nobody's perfect, Wycliff. We all have something inside us that we aren't proud of, even me." she said as she rested her hand on his shoulder "I'm not saying you shouldn't have any remorse, but instead of wallowing in guilt and focusing on all of the bad things you've done, maybe you should try thinking of ways to help people instead. When we fought, you thought that you'd done a severe number on me, I could feel your guilt, I could feel every ounce of it press on your shoulders. But I ended up learning not to be so damn reckless all the time, I learned that being a hotheaded idiot wasn't gonna solve anythings, I had to have a plan. And thanks to you, I do. You wouldn't be as bad of a leader that you'd think you'd be.".

"But on my end, I'm not asking you to have faith in me. Believe me, I know my chances are slim and, odds are, someone-else will get that spot instead of me. So if you won't believe in me or yourself, then believe in your squad, believe in the others, believe in the countless other shinigami that could pull us out of this slump. I'm asking you to, at least, believe in the Gotei 13. And if they need a small-fry like me to make them believe too, then I'll do it. I know what I'm after and I know what I want; I want to help lift them back up no matter what it takes. And if that means me having to train and work like crazy to do it, then I will." she would say as she stood up, finishing her last drink. Before walking out of the bar she'd leave him with these last few words, hoping that she'd at least have some kind of effect on him after all of this "Besides Wy, would me being Captain be such a bad thing? You seem to love my ass so much, I would've figured you'd enjoy following it wherever it went.".

[Wycliff]

He laughed off the comment about him being a good leader, why would anyone want to follow him? He was lazy and laid back, besides him caring for his squad members there really wasn't anything that redeemable in his own eyes about him. Still she had a point about believing in his squad members, he knew for a fact that there could be some there with the power to help save and bring back the squad and the gottei to it's former glory. “Don't know I'd have to see more of your cute butt to see if I'd really want to follow it all day long. It might not be good enough to follow~” He was drunk and being playful at the moment, not really meaning anything about it. As he saw her stand up and try and walk out of the bar he reached out to her and hugged her from the bar seat. His arms wrapping around her stomach as he was leaning towards her. “Stay for more drinks~”

[Musuhina Kesshino]

As she started to walk out, admittedly satisfied with the line she'd delivered, Musuhina figured that she could get back to the estate to get to bed early. Oh how wrong she was. As she started walking off she'd felt Wycliff's arms around her stomach. before asking her to drink some more. She thought for a few seconds before winding up her leg and using her new speed to deliver potent kick to his nuts that he wouldn't walk off anytime soon. She had also braced her hand on the bar to make sure that Wycliff wouldn't drag her down with him before politely asking for some sake. "Man my boss is probably gonna kill me, but oh well, as long as I'm up on time.".