Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time [Closed, JT, R, NDE]

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Name: Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time

Participants: Shizuka Sanamizu / Nola Vilde

Location: Just outside Karakura High School

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Shizuka was busy reminiscing about her high school days. She remembered all of the fun she had with her friends and was incredibly thankful that it wasn't really a bad time. In fact, save for probably just a handful of instances, she had a really great experience during those four years. It had been quite an adventure, even if she never partied or did any of that stereotypical stuff. Actually, as she thought about it, she remembered she didn't do any of that in college, either. She was just devoted to studying and making sure she got her degree. Part of her strongly wished she had at least tried to be more social, but she wasn't the kind of person to do that back then.

As if she was even that old. She only recently graduated a couple of months ago. But high school, despite being four years in her past, seemed like something she was in just a few days ago. She walked around the halls and explored some classrooms before finding herself outside by the sports fields. Gym was a good time for her. She was already quite the athlete from her gymnastics training, so gym was a fun time for her to show off. That, and after she received her Fullbring at sixteen, she used her prowess as a spiritual being to gain an edge on the other students. Gym was meant to push physical abilities, right? So she would just push her own limits, too.

Still, she enjoyed thinking about those times. They were simple, free of worry and sadness, and very special to her. Shizuka was sitting on the bleachers outside just thinking about what it had been like. She was staring up at the bright blue sky with her hand over her eyes as she squinted to protect herself. The light was amazingly strong even if she wasn't looking at the sun. She wondered why the blueness of the sky was enough to hurt her vision and assumed it was just because of how the atmosphere worked. That was out of her field of study, anyway. It wasn't her job to question nature.

But, of course, she'd never be truly alone. The Fullbringer was as distracted as she could be, so that paired with her lack of Energy Sensory would give anyone the ability to sneak up on her. She sighed an unsuspecting sigh and breathed in the summer air. It was hot. She was using Soul Command just slightly to cool herself off with some air movement, but it wasn't really enough to make a huge difference. She was very warm. Still, it was fun. She loved sitting outside while the bugs couldn't reach her because of the air moving around her body. In all honesty, that was the best part of Soul Command. She didn't have to control the bugs to keep them away, so she could wear any outfit she wanted without fear of getting bitten. Oh, what a gift!

[Nola Vilde]

It was hard to really appreciate all of the changes. She had been part of the land of the living a mere thirty...to fifty years ago? She didn't even remember the exact number anymore. But even so, the changes since then were a little astounding. Even just the school was something to be impressed of. She had been wondering what to wear, and she was tempted to just wear something akin to her old suit. But to be frank that seemed inappropriate, she ....did not look as old as she was. If she dressed like some sort of administrator she might attract attention.

So... she decided to dress like a student. A short-skirted little uniform that, apparently, all students wore these days. It was oddly...breezy. She fidgeted, adjusting her skirt some. Thanks to Squad 12, she did not have quite the...eccentric look that she had been born with. Her skin was not quite as red, if anything she looked a little bronzed or sunburnt. But she was much more pale, her flesh looking a little cooked, but she could VERY easily pass for an albino who had had a little too much sun. They had even altered her eyes from blue to the usual pink that came with albinism.

She would always stick out, but at the very least she didn't look like some sort of Oni. She got startled looks here and there, but not the alarmed type that she had to deal with in soul society. It was actually rather...nice. And as she went, she even found that the bugs didn't really find her that appetizing. She received a nip here and there, but they seemed uninterested in her taste. And it wasn't long until she noticed something interesting. A girl whose hair seemed to be rippling majestically, despite the lack of a breeze. The kind of singular hair action you'd see in a movie.

A Mod Soul? Perhaps a Fullbringer? Bount didn't really have that much control of their environment... But even so, she was a little surprised to see what almost looked like a supermodel just lounging on the grounds. wSo she decided to make her way over. She put on a sheepish smile and adjusted her glasses, giving a sheepish wave. "Hey! Sorry to disturb you but do you mind if I sit? There's a really nice breeze here." She asked with a warm look, giving off nothing but a friendly vibe as she politely waited for permission to sit with them.

She was off the clock after all, why not enjoy herself?

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

It took a moment for Shizuka to notice anything. She heard the voice, but she didn't quite pick up on any of the words. She was distracted, so her surroundings were a bit of an afterthought at this point. She breathed a heavy sigh and allowed her mind to wander for what felt like an eternity, but was probably only just a few seconds. Her eyes were closed and she was sitting back on her hands as they braced up against her sides to support her weight. Her heavy eyelids lifted open slowly as she turned her head in the direction of the voice, allowing her body to follow suit for full motion. A stranger had decided to join her.

"You're more than welcome!" Shizuka smiled.

Nothing particularly odd really stole the Fullbringer's attention, especially since this woman seemed a bit younger than her. Well, truthfully, they looked to be about the same age. Maybe she had a bit of an older face and was a high school student here? What a time that must be. Shizuka was known for having a young appearance, so she thought it was amazing when someone looked their age or older. But, still, the only noticeable thing about this woman was her skin color. If she was out in the sun for too long, she might want to consider going inside. Well, it would have been a good suggestion, but Shizuka wasn't her mother.

She was lost in thought for a moment before she decided to get up and stretch. She went through a few patterns, like stretching her arms and legs and neck in various positions. Every now and then, one her her joints would make a loud popping noise and she laughed sheepishly. She didn't mind the sounds, but sometimes other people weren't really fans of that kind of thing. But when Shizuka finished up, she put her hands on her hips and turned around to the school girl. She didn't remember how long she had been out, but she figured it might be best to start heading home. She had someone waiting for her, after all.

"Well, I guess I should think about going home. It's getting late her and I've been out all day. Do you live around here?"

The Fullbringer figured she could walk this girl home. With all of the weird things going on lately with Hollows, maybe it would be for the best. She seemed like a normal person, and Shizuka didn't really get anything like a red flag. She had a weird feeling about her, but that could mean she was a spiritual being and simply didn't know about it yet. Shizuka was like that for some time. She developed her powers in her teen years, so it was very possible that this girl was the same way. If that was the case, maybe it wouldn't be too long now before she figured out what she could do. That, or Shizuka was just overthinking it.

[Nola Vilde]

Nola was a little surprised by that friendly response. They didn't even seem all that put off by her looks. Nola gave a sheepish smile and nodded, moving herself into the shade, looking a bit nervously up at the sun. "I do. And I probably should get back." She murmured, rubbing her cheek a little as she looked the girl over. Now that they were looking directly at her she was a little blown away at how pretty they were. Perfect skin, long blonde hair, pretty blue eyes? Nola actually found herself looking away, feeling....self-conscious of her own gross looks. Burnt-looking skin, granny hair..

"Name's Nola. I'm...kinda trying to get in. I was supposed to transfer, but my transcript got ...well... messed up." She murmured, rubbing her forehead and sighing. " Sorry, didn't mean to vent on you, it's just been a really long day and I've had to deal with a lot of very stern-looking staff today." She mumbled, hoping that the blonde would take some sort of pity on her and not be too harsh. Especially given how Nola was staring just a little. Damn she wished she could get her hair to be that color. She wondered if Squad 12 did that sort of thing.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

"Oh, gosh. Yeah, I remember them being pretty bad at keeping records when I went to school here. You want to transfer, though? That's awesome! It's a great place to be."

Shizuka didn't think much of it when Nola moved herself into the shade. It's possible that she had some kind of sensitivity to the sun. Actually, it wasn't impossible for people to be allergic to it, and that made them get sunburns and sun poisoning significantly more easily than average. The Fullbringer hoped that wasn't the case with this girl, especially since that kind of a condition was just awful. Instead, it was more likely that she was just an albino, which was super cool. Shizuka had never met an albino before. She had only seen one briefly when her high school's marching band was advertising themselves at different elementary and middle schools.

The memories were extremely welcome at this point. She adored her high school career. It was so much easier and simpler than college, but she didn't hate her college life, either. In fact, she considered herself blessed to have successful times in school. She was definitely the kind of student who actually needed to study, but that just meant she'd make more friends. She would pull people aside who performed better than she did and force them to study with her. They would always end up being friends anyway, so what did it matter? It was just a simpler way to get by. Everything worked out.

"So what made you want to come here?"

[Nola Vilde]

It was a fair question to say the least. "I like the area. Not only that but it's close to where I live. I figure the easy commute would be the best option since I don't have a car or anything. Plus you always see this place on the news right? The rent is super cheap because of all the crazy accidents that happen here all the time so it was a win-win." She noted with a soft smile. " I've always loved that sort of paranormal mystery kind of thing. I always imagined being in a movie or some fantaswy world where that stuff was true, you know? I figure living here is as close to the real thing as you can get." She chuckled, rubbing her neck sheepishly as she laughed it off.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

"Ah, yes! Exactly! I was raised here but I completely agree. I have suspicions that these events aren't actually just natural disasters like the other humans seem to think they are!"

Shizuka noticed a little too late that she specified "humans" rather than just people, but this girl didn't seem to be the kind who would care much for specifics. Maybe that was just a silly gut feeling, but it made sense. This was just a school girl looking for a way to fit into a new place. The Fullbringer glanced around and admired the world around her before looking back towards the new friend she hoped to make. It was uncommon for a stranger to be this nice, typically, so why not make some connections? Besides, there was no harm in it. It was Shizuka's day off. Sort of. She took days off whenever she wanted.

"Oh! By the way, my name is Shizuka. I probably should have told you that before." Shizuka took the young woman's hand in her own as a friendly greeting. "What did you say your name was?"

[Nola Vilde]

Nola couldn't help but.....

Smile.

How could she?
"Shizuka. I think I've heard that name before." She murmured, staring off into the distance as her memories drifted through her skull. And so many of them as well. How could she possibly keep track of all of them? For just a moment, she felt something familiar. She didn't even know if it was real. Alte Furcht never gave her that luxury. For all she knew she and Shizuka could have been sisters and they could have just erased those memories. She would never know. She never knew whether to trust what was in her head.

"It must be what they call Deja Vu. My name is Nola." She murmured softly, even as she sensed something off in the distance. And the low yowl of something snared her attention. That vying call she knew so well. After all, how amny times had she had to watch a loved one turn into those things? She'd killed enough of them now that the false memories were tremendous. And who knew how many more she'd been made to forget just to make room for more? "I um.... have to go actually. There's something I forgot." She explained.

She had a suspicion that Shizuka was perhaps not a normal human. In which case, her bad cover-story would invoke a connection. That Nola was using it as an excuse to deal with the hollows. Something that no doubt Shizuka herself had done countless times. Nola was a shitty actor. And this time that actually paid off for her goals. There was no way that Shizuka would buy her story. Not if she really was the kind of woman she thought she was. And Nola was curious. She needed to know more about this strange human.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

She heard it. Shizuka heard the terrible growl coming from somewhere, anywhere, and she hated that she couldn't locate it. The Fullbringer relied so much on her natural Senses to find these things rather than her lack of Energy Sensory, but the noise was enough to make her ears twitch in response. Ugh, great. If Nola didn't notice anything before, she would now. There's no way she was that stupid, either. Shizuka wouldn't be able to cover anything up. She was so quick to react to things and kept forgetting about how to be discreet. God, Shizuka was an idiot. After they were having such a nice conversation, too.

"I um.... have to go actually. There's something I forgot."

Great. So she did notice.

"So soon? I hope it wasn't something I said!"

Small talk was fine, but Shizuka was already getting up and trying to find where this Hollow was with her own hearing. Even though her Senses weren't anything supernatural, they were on par with or, perhaps, even better than an animal's. She would be able to track down this monster without too much effort and take it down before anyone got seriously injured. If someone was already hurt, well, she'd make sure no one else was. It was obvious she was being a bit fidgety, and the fact that her eyes were darting from side to side wouldn't help. She was trying to find the location of the Hollow so she could get moving.

"Well, I hope we're able to meet again soon! And don't worry about the school. They'll take good care of you."

Shizuka took off running. She didn't go at her full speed, but instead took it a bit slower. She was probably running about as fast as a high school track athlete, but she was able to find the Hollow's general direction by listening to its sounds. She hoped Nola would have time to get away and go do what she needed to, and she prayed the poor girl didn't get stuck in the crossfire. Shizuka was not nice to these beasts. She had never met a Hollow who didn't want to eat her, and none of them were ever very friendly. She didn't mind making friends with almost any race, but Hollows were a challenge. Well, that, and she refused to talk to Shinigami.

The blonde ended up at the edge of the woods close by to her high school. She didn't even notice these woods existed until recently when she was fighting someone else, but that's what she gets for not exploring these areas properly. After sniffing the air and listening around for more Hollow calls, she caught something and decided to follow it. She made it to an opening in the trees where she assumed a battle had already taken place, but there was enough around her to where her Stealth kept her hidden from the beast. She heard another roar from close by, so she knew she was about to come into contact with it. Keeping herself hidden among the trees, she waited to spring on it.

[Nola Vilde]

Nola frowned as she finally came up on the hollows themselves, and as it were her luck, the things were rather large, massive even as it came to pass that she was having to fight her least favorite enemy. Menos. Three of them, massive hollows that each were about twenty feet tall, hulking over her as they lumbered about and shredded through the surrounding buildings. Already they were causing a very considerable amount of damage, and Nola narrowed her eyes as she remembered. She could not use Shikai.

Lifting her hand, she instead focused, condensing the reishi in the air into threads connected to her fingers and swung. Those long threads slashed outward, using the strongest type she could as she watched those strands snare on the nearest big hulking beast. And with a grunt she yanked, forming a firm panel between her and the beast themselves. She repressed the urge to dodge as it fell, and then slammed into the panel. Those threads had cut in a little, but once the beast slammed into that panel, the thing promptly cracked and detonated like a claymore, bursting outward as a massive hole suddenly was blown through the menos's neck and lower portion of it's head, the best slamming into the ground with a shriek as it died.

The other hollows promptly turned their attention to Nola, hissing loudly as they began to stop whatever it was they were doing and head toward her, the newest threat to the lot of them. She pulled the threads free from the hollow's body, cutting through flesh as she locked her eyes on the advancing enemies. This was going to be a bit of a trial to say the least, and she took a step back, swallowing audibly as her eyes began to scan through the three of them. They didn't seem especially unique. Hopefully she'd be able to kill them without much trouble. Though it would be far worse if they were unique type gillian. That meant she'd have to worry about their powers.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Shizuka was finally able to see the group of Hollows she had to try to defeat. Unfortunately, it wasn't just a single one. Of course her luck was bad enough so that there would be three. Why on Earth wouldn't it work that way? Whatever. All she could do now was make sure they didn't do anymore damage than they already had, which was a lot. Like, way more than the Fullbringer should have ever allowed to happen. She felt guilty for a moment as she thought about how lax she had gotten. She didn't expect to be this rusty and out of touch, especially since she had since been sparring and fighting with other people, but Hollows were another story. They were a bit uncontrollable. Usually.

As she watched, she noticed the same exact girl she was talking to earlier come into play. She started using some strange spiritual abilities to take down one of the Hollows and Shizuka immediately smiled. She knew it! She knew this girl was special somehow! She had no idea what her abilities were, but by the looks of it, she had to have been a Fullbringer! That's crazy! She was just barely weaker than Shizuka, herself, but that's pretty much all the Fullbringer could tell about her new acquaintance. She forever cursed herself for having no Energy Sensory, but it was something she never worked on developing. She basically forgot about it during her time training when she was younger.

Sadly, she knew she couldn't sit idly by forever. Shizuka watched as Nola took down one of the beasts with ease, or what seemed like ease, and she grew anxious. It was about time she helped, but she had no idea what to do! Nola seemed to be doing well enough on her own, but did Shizuka want to risk Nola finding out what she was? Did it even matter? Probably not, but sometimes she wondered how others would handle things like this. Deciding that this thought was a bit irrational made Shizuka convince herself to throw everything she could think of at these Hollows without wasting her Release. She didn't want to have to use it if she didn't need to.

The blonde came out of hiding and ran as fast as she could over to one of the two remaining Hollows. With a quick jump into the air, she used her body weight to drive herself down onto the face of one of the Hollows. She was able to kick it hard enough so that it turns its face away from her, so she landed on the ground just next to it. She knew Nola would see, but what was she supposed to do? The girl looked like she needed help. It was Shizuka's job to help those in need. Well, kind of. Her actual job was to do Satsujun's bidding, but she still saw it as helping people in one way or another.

As the Hollow became disoriented, Shizuka commanded the soul of the ground beneath her to give her a slight boost as she jumped up towards it again. The energy wasn't enough to cause a huge change spiritually, so she didn't have to sacrifice any Reiatsu on this Soul Command. The Fullbringer crushed her right hand into a fist and let it drive itself straight into the other side of the Hollow's face. It let out a massive roar that was so loud Shizuka had to cover her ears as she landed again on the other side. She stood there for a moment with her hands over her ears until the Hollow stopped. It wasn't moving much, but punches couldn't possibly have killed it or anything. She probably just knocked it out. With a sigh, she wondered what she was going to do with the last one while she figured out how to finish of this one.

[Nola Vilde]

Training for CTP

Nola blinked, surprised when she noticed that stitching in the ground, a tremor that burst up and shoved Shizuka up into the air, Nola's eyes lazily drifting up into the air as the girl flew, averting her attention from the girl's skirt as she delivered that powerful punch, surprising Nola a little when it actually had an effect on the massive beast. A bare punch going anything to a gillian was a feat to say the least. But it wasn't down yet.

The air rippled as she collected reishi, leaping forward and twisting as she formed a thick blade, grasping it with both hands before swinging forward, that big thing cleaving into the hollow's shins and tearing clean through, causing the beast to cry out before she ran up next to it, and then hacked down, cringing as a sudden burst of plood spattered some of her clothing. Though that final hollow gave a tremble, as if sensing Nola and Shizuka's power.

Unlike the normal, mindless Gillian, it stood back, and suddenly the back of it's big black robe burst open as tywo massive wings unfurled behind it, spanning overhead, almost blacking out the sun as it let out a loud screech. The air around those wings suddenly sparkled as tiny little sparkling gems seemed to fill the air, floating through the wind before it gave a powerful burst of wind. With that tremendous gust, one that sent a shuddering shockwave outward, it flung those tiny shards of glass and countles plumes of dirt burst along the ground as the force and speed of those glass bits were like bullets.

Nola had no idea if Shizuka would be able to dodge, but she did know that Humans had terrible durability. Shifting herself very slightly, she held out her palm and let out a burst of reiatsu as she formed a massive defensive panel to take that hail of glass bits, the ground around both her and shizuka shredded with that sudden peppering. The hollow, meanwhile, was airborne. That enormous body riding up and into the air, two mighty flaps of it's wings lifting it up almost 40 feet into the air, all the while massive spears of glass began forming near it's wings, making it clear that this beast did have it's own unique abilities, and would doubtlessly be a hassle to fight.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

She sighed. There was no point in hiding her abilities at this point, and Nola obviously knew how to fight well enough, too. Shizuka didn't know what the Hollow was capable of, but she did know she needed to defeat it somehow. She didn't care if she had to work with someone else. She never really came into contact with too many Hollows, so defeating them was a bit unknown to her. It wasn't necessarily her job to take care of them. Actually, wasn't that reserved for Quincy and Shinigami? Wasn't that something they did? Well, whatever. For now, all Shizuka could do was think of a plan.

"Thanks for the save, Nola. I'm normally much quicker with my reaction time."

She was mostly just shocked. How was she supposed to take down this thing if she knew nothing about it? Judging from its wings and how they were forming crystals or something on it, that had to be its source of power. If Shizuka could try to stop them from working, or perhaps remove them from the Hollow's body, maybe she could stop it from being able to attack. But that seemed risky. For now, she chose to use Movement to appear behind the Hollow in a single step. Before it had the chance to turn around, Shizuka drop kicked it as hard as she could right over the top of its head. She didn't send it flying down towards the ground or anything, but she hurt it enough to make it scream.

Using her momentum, she drove the knee of the leg she used to kick straight into the back of the Hollow's head. It leaned forward and looked like it was going to get ready to attack again. Shizuka dropped herself down to the ground after she finished her attack and stood herself next to Nola. She didn't want to use her powers yet. She wasn't sure if she needed to, but this Hollow was stronger than the average run-of-the-mill types she was used to. She figured she may be able to take it down with just her hand-to-hand combat, but it depends on what she wanted to do. For now, hurting it was all she wanted to try.

"Any ideas?"



Shizuka's Remaining Reiatsu: 4975 (-25 for Movement)

[Nola Vilde]

Nola's eyes narrowed slightly as she observed Shizuka, intrigued by the woman's direct and physical means of attacking, curious that the woman had such an interesting tactic, she had always assumed humans to be too frail for direct physical combat, but Shizuka clearly revoked this assumption. Nola's eyes locked to the big hollow and she did feel.... an option come to mind. Yea.... yea she had an idea of how to beat this fucking thing. She didn't like it though.

" Yea... I'm gonna need you to get me close to that thing. Close enough that it will take a swing at me." She stated calmly, stepping in beside the woman as she kept her eye on the beast as that big lumbering behemoth slowly rose back up to it's feet. It let out a dull groan as those shards of glass suddenly burst, an enormous plume of lights bursting around it as it obliterated everything about it, clearly under the impression that Shizuka was still near her. Those little glass shards seemed to be some sort of photon explosive, creating powerful pillars of light when they were set off.

Nola felt sweat beading on her forehead. "Without letting it do that. Prefferably." she noted with a nervous shiver in her voice, scooting just a bit closer, and slightly behind Shizuka as even with shinigami durability, she didn't think she wanted ot be caught up in one of those eruptions. Not without releasing, and that was not an option at present. "Can you fullbring to make the air thicker around it? So that light doesn't pass through as easily? If you do that, I think we can sneak up on it more easily."

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

"I think I might be able to do that."

Shizuka raised her hands in front of her face and held her stance. Manipulating the air to chance densities like that wasn't exactly the easiest thing in the world, so it required a bit of concentration. What she was trying to do was slightly alter the chemistry to create somewhat of a fog, though all it'd be able to do would be blocking light as much as possible. Shizuka couldn't make anything particularly opaque, so she was hoping Nola thought of this to be enough. Within a relatively short amount of time, perhaps a minute or two, the air around the Hollow was foggy and ready for the girl to use.

Truthfully, the Fullbringer felt pretty useless. She did frequently feel this way when she tried fighting stronger opponents, especially since she preferred to show off her strength and knew it was more difficult against things like this. Well, it was more polite to call it a Hollow, but Shizuka didn't really know if they supported genders. That kind of escaped her frame of mind from time to time. She'd never met one that actually spoke, so it was hard to tell if they even cared about these kinds of things. Anyway, the basic point was that Shizuka wanted to help more than she was able to. She felt like her powers weren't enough even if she was able to do what Nola wanted.

"Is there anything that a Fullbringer can possibly do to help?"

For all she knew, Nola was a Fullbringer, too. She wasn't sure what kind of person this girl was, but since it didn't seem like Shizuka's life was in danger, she chose to not care. Besides, maybe Nola would tell her eventually. Maybe they could relate over their Fullbring powers together. Whatever the case, it would hopefully work out. The blonde waited momentarily for Nola to execute her attack before deciding to make any additional moves, especially since she was much more of an observer. She needed to see what this Hollow was capable of rather than run into battle without any knowledge.



Shizuka's Remaining Reiatsu: 4925 (-50 for Soul Command)