A Hopeful Induction [Open Social, R]

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    Adolf walked down the Hallway containing the Espada's living quarters, looking for the right door; the Octava's room. "Christ," Adolf muttered to himself. His hand was on the door currently, but he was hesitant to turn it. "How did we actually manage to get to this point?" After about a second of contemplation, he opened the door, and stepped inside. The first thing he noticed was that the room was huge. He'd heard that it'd be a lot bigger than what was let on from the outside, but this was a lot larger than he had expected. The room had to be about 600 square feet, perfect for setting it up the way that he wants in the future, if he should desire to. The next thing he had noticed was that it was surprisingly empty. There wasn't much in there other than a bed in the corner, and a light in the center of the room. He'd expect there to be something from the previous Octava, but there was actually nothing. Adolf let out a sigh of relief, and plopped down onto his new bed, jumping backwards and sprawling out, though being careful not to hit the wall.
 
  The green-haired boy lay facing the ceiling, thinking to himself. It wasn't about anything in particular, it was just about everything that had happened in the last few days, though it was hard to tell how many days had actually passed. Being accepted into the Espada was about the biggest surprise to happen to Adolf, though he did expect a few more in the future. Who knows what the Espada are going to think of me? I wonder who the previous Octava was. Hopefully he didn't set a bad rap for the position. Adolf sighed once more, and stood up. He turned around and straightened out the bed, making sure everything was neat, then stepped outside again. "If I want to make sure the others are going to like me," Adolf began to say aloud per usual, "I'll just have to introduce myself to them!" 

Adolf left his new living quarters, and stood outside of his room, leaning against the door. He admired the hallway around him, though mostly staring around to pass the time. Someone was bound to enter or leave, so why not catch them beforehand and spark a conversation with them? Hopefully it wouldn't be a bad time to do so, though, else that could potentially be a problem, and end up ruining any chances he had to converse. If someone was busy, that could end up screwing his plans to socialize greatly. Even then, he continued to stare at the walls, staying distracted, but perceptive enough to take in his surroundings.

[Ailene Haschiro]

Walking through the Espada living quarters, Kazuna looked around at the sterile environment. The pristine white walls that adorned the surfaces of the complex admittedly had Kazuna impressed. In life, he had little experience in areas such as this with his family being poor. That was a long time ago. Continuing to venture through the halls in search of his quarters, Kazuna began to speak softly to himself, "I wonder what idiocy I may have to deal with alongside my fellow members. I hate faiths, but god forbid if someone has a happy go lucky attitude". He shook his head and made it to his quarters. Opening the door he gazed upon a room of a fair size. Yet again adorned with a sterile look and atmosphere, the tone of the atmosphere began to make Kazuna uncomfortable. He sat down and relaxed for a moment. After around 5 minutes, he walked out again, his hands by his side under his robes.


Walking continuously in one direction admittedly left Kazuna rather bored. As he continued to walk, he became somewhat lost in thought as the image of a familiar woman popped up in his head. He winced for a split second and shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. "Now that....was a long time ago. I should just let go, but her memory haunts me...", said almost concerned. Memories of these bring him great discomfort and he tried to shrug it off by thinking of other things. He continued to admire the craftsmanship of the structure, although he cared very little for it outside of having a purpose. He just thought that doing something he normally doesn't do may get his mind off of the memory. As he walked, his hand brushed up against the hilt of Kurakusabyou and he smiled in response to the contact.

Kazuna continued on his way as he saw a figure in the distance. He could make it out to be humanoid, but not much more than that. As he drew closer, the figure became more distinct. A boy with green hair. Kazuna walked on and eyed this individual oddly. He thought to himself, "Well, he certainly seems quiet and rather lonely", as he drew closer and closer. He looked with an expression of irreverence and general lack of care. He stopped short of passing Adolf and stared at him with grey eyes. He looked at him from head to toe attempting to make any generalizations about his character be it good or bad. Kazuna shrugged his shoulders as he continued starting at Adolf waiting for him to see if he even wanted to initiate conversation.

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    Adolf smiled towards the man in front of him, standing up straight. "Oh, hello!" Adolf said in a positive tone, now holding his hands behind his back, "I'm Adolf Reinhard, Octava Espada! Pleased to meet you! I'm assuming you're also an Espada?" Adolf held out his hand, waiting for it to be taken by the man in front of him. Finally, Adolf thought to himself, someone's finally here! Adolf stared into the Arrancar's eyes, his own practically gleaming in excitement. His smile was wide, and he was glad to have a chance to talk to someone so early. "So," Adolf began to say, trying to make conversation, "how long have you been an Espada? Anything enjoyable happen during the time? What should I expect being here?" Adolf continued asking a large amount of questions, not sure how to really go about a conversation. Adolf's people skills were never really that good, though he tried to make do with what he had known.[/span]

[Ailene Haschiro]

Kazuna looked surprised at Adolf. He looked at his hand with a degree of confusion. After a few seconds of awkward silence, he reached out his hand to shake Adolf's hand. "Kazuna Hashiro, Noveno Espada." Kazuna noticed the Espada look at him directly which Kazuna met with a degree of disdain. He continued looking at Adolf with barely any joy nor emotion. "This kid is a slot above me? He barely has the look of an Espada." Kazuna sighed quietly. He thought back to when he became an Espada recently, but then he thought back way before that on the day he became an arrancar. The thought was met with a wince as he remembered the sudden pain of tearing his mask off. He sighed and looked at Adolf again, "I have not been in my position too long nor does it truly matter if I am to be honest.". He let go of Adolf's hand and began looking up at the ceiling and moving his eyes back down again still displaying the little emotion he generally shows. He thought for a moment, "In terms of what to expect I can tell you this. Just do your job and do not get killed.", his voice somewhat verging on annoyance due to Adolf's attitude.

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"Noveno? Nice!" Adolf said in a still positive way. Adolf was still smiling towards Kazuna, hoping that he'd acknowledge the two of them as friends either now, or soon at the least. He let go of Kazuna's hand the same time that he did, and stepped back with his hands now behind his back, curled around each other. He gently swayed side to side, same way a shy child would to someone they were infatuated with. Granted Adolf wasn't feeling this way towards Kazuna, but the situation was still vaguely similar to that.

"In terms of what to expect I can tell you this. Just do your job and do not get killed." Adolf was a bit taken back by the tone of Kazuna's voice, surprised to hear the slight aggression. He looked concerned for Kazuna. Is something wrong, mister Hashiro?" Adolf tried to sound as polite as possible, willing to do what he could to help out his fellow Espada. Though he wasn't aware that he was the cause of the annoyance, Adolf still wanted to help him out to get Kazuna to be his friend.

[Rio Demonliogalgo]

Thud. Thud. Thud.

The sound of heavy footsteps filled the hall, and a figure came into view. Rio towered over the other two Espada at about 6 feet, four inches in height. A mane of shaggy black hair covered the Quinta's head, and the Arrancar bore signs of a recent battle. Gone to the Human world, he had faced a rather petulant Fullbringer, with colossal physical strength that had even outmatched Rio's. Not that it had ultimately mattered in the end, but Rio had still emerged with a few scrapes, bruises and some burns on his hands. The Quinta advanced down the hall to his quarters, a sour expression on his face. Well. That was pretty normal with Rio anyways. Eyes fixed ahead, he almost didn't even look at the other two until he was practically on top of them.

"...Who are you two?" He growled out. If nothing else, these two had guts hanging around in the Espada's quarters. Were they new Fraccion or something? Kashmir didn't seem the type to take Fraccion though. Myza's wouldn't likely last long before succumbing to one of her experiments. Rio didn't know much about Sargon or Shiki, so maybe one of theirs? Whether or not they recognized Rio was unknown as well. Although Rio was among the oldest-ranking Espada in Las Noches, his Espada tattoo was invisible to them, on his stomach beneath his shirt, and he did not immediately note the tattoos on either of them. The fight in the human world against someone who had actually stood up to Rio after a hit or two had put the Quinta in a better mood than usual. Which was why he was even asking the two who they were. Sharp eyes looked over the two other Espada, taking in every detail about them.

[Ailene Haschiro]

Kazuna continued to look at Adolf with a rather meek expression. This partly stemmed from Kazuna's disdain for excessive forms of happiness. He could handle a little, but just not a ton of it and Adolf was beginning to get on his nerves. Kazuna tried to force a smile as Adolf swayed back and forth. Deep down, Kazuna was deeply embarrassed to have to force a smile, especially as someone who despite his looks had a higher ranking than him. He hid his hands under his robes. 

"Is something wrong, mister Hashiro?", had Kazuna startled for a moment. The constant and perpetual happiness made him close his eyes to hide his anger. He couldn't believe that someone as naive as this could be an Espada, much less higher ranked than him. He tried to suppress his apparent anger by breathing out slowly. "Why is he affecting me this badly? I never become this agitated" he thought. He slowly began to calm and looked at Adolf with a look of blatant curiosity. "There exists no issue. I can promise you that. I only speak the truth in regards to not dying." He began to force another smile until he began hearing thudding. He quickly looked over at the source.

Kazuna did not acknowledge the brutes question and simply inspected him. He could notice some battle wounds ranging from low to high severity. Kazuna smirked slightly. "Now now. No need to be met with such hostility." He sighed and looked at Rio with an interested look. He presumed that those wounds had either been sustained at the Soul Society or the Human World, but he could not put his finger on it as he knew little of the current issues between the Espada and other groups. He looked off to the side and then back at Rio, clearly showing genuine lack of interest although if anything, Kazuna did not really care about the brute in front of him. He did, however, try to deduce if he was Espada as if so, he would a higher rank and this was some that Kazuna, in particular, wished to avoid.

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Adolf let out a sigh of relief. "Well, glad to hear it!" He was usually good on picking up on the emotions of others, though he was fairly distracted at the moment. "Well, not about the dying part. That's not particularly enjoyable." Adolf laughed to himself, assuming from Kazuna's personality that there wouldn't be a laugh to follow his. What could I possibly do to make this situation turn in a more favorable way?There's gotta be something, but what'd actually be able to do the trick?

As Adolf was thinking to himself, he heard the loud banging of footsteps against the floor. He quickly glanced over to see where the banging was coming from. He noticed the taller Arrancar coming down the hallway, and was a bit intimidated by the man. He was wounded, though from what was unknown to Adolf. It could've been from loads of things. Oh well, those things can be answered later on. After hearing the man's question, despite the way it was said, Adolf perked up. Adolf Reinhard!" he said, a smile still on his face, interested in the much taller man, "Pleased to meet you!" Adolf quickly glanced at the man's arms. Maybe offering to shake his hand isn't the best option, he thought to himself, as he bowed towards him, "And who might you be?" Adolf said this in the most sincere way possible, trying not to sound disrespectful in the case that this man was actually his superior.

[Rio Demonliogalgo]

Rio's eyes pierced right through Kazuna. There was legitimate killing intent in his eyes, and a green aura formed around the Espada and trembled. Regardless of how skilled either Adolf or Kazuna were at sensing reiatsu they would detect that Rio's reiatsu strength was considerable. Definitely dwarfing both of theirs "You're either new here, or you're idiots. Fortunately for you, I'm in a good mood." Rio retaliated at Kazuna. "Otherwise you'd be nothing but a stain on the wall behind you." He snapped, glancing at Adolf, who introduced himself. "I didn't ask your name. I asked who you were, and why I should care." He stated, and his eyes then showed genuine surprise at the statement. "...I'm Rio Demoniogalgo, Quinta Espada." He snarled. He wasn't sure how long these two had been in Las Noches, and so while it was doubtless they recognized his rank at least, he didn't know how much more they'd know by his name and rank alone.

However, anyone who had spent a decent amount of time in the white halls of the Hollow city would recognize Rio as a name to... at least be wary of. Of all the Espada, Rio had the aspect of Destruction, and true to his name, had a reputation for violence. There were stories of the Espada killing lower ranking arrancar just for getting in his way. Above everything, Rio respected strength alone. Strength and ambition and a desire to get stronger. The Quinta was one of the oldest and longest-lasting Espada in Las Noches. Only Kashmir had been in the Espada longer than Rio, and only Myza came anywhere near him as a veteran member of the order. "And I guess my next question would be, what you two are doing here? Are you waiting on your commanding Espada?" Rio snarked.

[Ailene Haschiro]

Kazuna looked at Rio unimpressed. He noted the killing intent, but did not particuarly care for it. Kazuna eyed Rio with irreverence after the threat, choosing to not try and provoke the big brute who he suspected to be a hulking behemoth. Kazuna sighed as his suspicions seemed to be true of not only his demeanor, but the fact that he was a full-fledged Espada. Kazuna sighed and stared at Rio continuously with little emotion nor any particular sense of fear despite the obvious size difference.

Kazuna sighed at the remark of his "commanding officer". "Given my name is irrelevant and frankly, yours is insignificant as well...you may know me as Noveno Espada. As such I have about as much of a commanding officer as you do. On that note, I could care less as to wether youre in a good mood or not since an empty threat has little bearing on me.", Kazuna said with complete sarcasm and uniterest. If it was his choice, he would have just told Rio to go away, but since he wanted to avoid fighting or any other conflict, further brought on by the violent nature of Rio, he just decided to let it go. He leant against the wall, continuing to glare at Rio.

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Adolf, now terrified of what's to come, managed to speak. "Um... I'm actually the Octavo Espada." He was trembling standing in front of the Quinta, mostly due to Hashiro's response, which hopefully wouldn't mess with their chances to live. "G-Glad to hear that you're in a good mood, sir!" Adolf said, forcing a smile, though that might not have been the best option right now. He stepped back a bit to put some distance between him and the larger brute in front of him. "Now, I don't believe there's any need to get violent? So please," Adolf said sheepishly, "don't kill me."

Adolf continued to take steps backwards every now and then to continue putting distance between them and himself, not wanting to get involved in any conflict to happen. Though he was missing out on continuing what little was going on between him and Kazuna, there was no sense in possibly getting beaten to a pulp and slaughtered over it. Some things are best to be waited for. After he was a sufficient distance of about 20 feet away from them, he turned around and briskly walked away, not wanting to be involved in what was to come.

[Rio Demonliogalgo]

A vein popped in Rio's forehead. "....Noveno you say? Octavo you say!?" He growled out. Granted, Rio was only moderate at sensing the reiatsu of others but he could still detect that the strength of these two was above average. And Kazuna's indifferent attitude.... That needed to be corrected. But Rio didn't rage or rant or scream. Actually, for a moment he seemed very calm. "Then.... Let me teach you a rule about Las Noches." He said, in a tone that was far too even, causing a serious dissonance with his aggressive tone from before. Then an invisible wave of force would go to slam into Kazuna with devastating strength. Not quite enough to break his bones, but certainly sufficient to feel like he'd been hit by a heavyweight boxer across nearly every square inch of his front. Had Rio even moved?! Granted, with senses of around 150 either of the two might have noticed a minute ripple in the air, triggered by Rio tensing and flexing the muscles in his body. "In Las Noches, power rules. Even if you're an Espada, if you're too weak to survive you might not have any authority at all. You think you have equal authority to me?" Rio snarled, leaning in.

"I could kill you right here and now. That is where authority in Las Noches comes from. From the top all the way to the bottom. We Espada are given our authority because we can kill anyone beneath us with ease, unless they're under the protection of someone strong enough to keep us off of them." Rio snarled at them. "That's a lesson you should have learned long ago." Then he gave a toothy look that was somewhere between a sneer and a genuine grin. "But.... you were ballsy enough to stand up to me. Between that and your Espada ranking, I'll let you off this time. With a little work, you might become an Espada worth the name. But..." Rio lifted a hand, and struck a colossal white stone column beside him. A devastating wave of force ripped through it and threw the column across the hall, before it crashed to the ground in pieces. "The next time you think about snarking off to me, you'd better be prepared to back it up, because I will hit you with my full strength. Good thing you're an Espada. I'm sure you can take it." He snarked.

Adolf was lucky though. He had backed up when he'd seen the attack, and had been outside of the range of one of Rio's unfocused shockwaves. However, Rio looked at Adolf with a scathing look. "As for you.... Octavo..." Rio stepped towards him. ".....The last person to hold your rank was a disgrace to the name Espada. Make sure you don't follow in his footsteps." He growled. "And fix that weakass attitude! You're the Octavo! The eighth strongest arrancar! ACT LIKE IT!" He roared. Rio placed immense pride in the Espada. Along with wrath, probably his major sin. The Espada were the pinnacle of the Arrancar race. The strongest of the strongest race. Cowardly wimps like Cierro who ran, and hid and killed you in your sleep disgraced the name to him. Rio was an unpleasant, nasty piece of work. But he had his pride and honor. He respected the rank of Espada, and those who met his standards of it. Men like Kuroi Naito and Kashmir De'Mona. Were these two able to measure up though?

[Ailene Haschiro]

Kazuna recoiled the sudden burst of force hitting him. He winced and stood his ground, although it was noticeable that he could not take another wave of force like that. He blinked quickly and looked at Adolf keep his distance. Kazuna stared at Adolf with a stare of annoyance rather than hate. He stood straight, still wincing slightly from the sudden burst of force. He looked at Rio with curiosity. "So this is what the pressure of the 5th strongest Arrancar feels like.", he thought with a blank stare. Looking at Rio, he continued staring with irreverence. He quickly spoke, "I will be sure to remember that, Quinta Espada", his voice a mixture of a faint sense of admiration as well as disdain.

He quickly darted his eyes back to Adolf and stared at him with a look that spoke more of hatred than irreverence. The tone was naturally purposeful. "I'll admit that you're pretty quick on your feet when it comes to retreating.", he began to chuckle. "In the future, however, watch out who you turn your back onto. Fate can be rather unkind.", his stare returning back to his typical nihilistic attitude. He wiped a hand down his robe, returning it to a somewhat orderly manner.  He felt under the back of his robe, feeling Kurakusabyou and he flashed a faint smile of reassurance. He continued to look at Rio, still trying to shake off an odd sensation of dread that he felt ever since Rio had encountered the two of them. "Rio Demoniogalgo....I'll be sure to remember that name", he thought with a sigh of interest.

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Adolf took a deep breath, trying to keep himself calm without freaking out after Rio's shouting. He didn't do very well in loud situations like that, though something about it made him want to stick around as long as he could. Perhaps it was learning more about both of the fellow Espada in the room? It was too early to really tell. Either way, he began to slowly approach the two again. "Disgrace?" Adolf asked, wondering what the Quinta had meant by that, "What exactly happened that made him a disgrace?" He was still fairly new to the way things worked around Las Noches, and didn't really know much about the past of the place.

"Kazuna, what exactly did you mean by watch who I turn my back onto?" Adolf was rather confused by the comment made towards him, considering he didn't really turn his back onto anyone as far as he knew. If the comment was meant to be taken literally, he did back away facing the two of them, so there wasn't really an issue there, and if the comment was meant to be taken figuratively, well, he would never do that! Trust is one of the few things that keep living enjoyable for him, so there's no way he'd let anyone else lose trust in him, and there was definitely no way he'd leave someone behind or abandon them.

[Myzaraphiston Synderfell]

A slow clap would emerge from further down the hall after Rio's shockwave connected with Kazuna, followed by a light chuckle. Emerging from around the corner was a tall, statuesque woman who stood just barely shorter than the Quinta himself. She wore a skintight white outfit, one that left very little of her figure to the imagination. A viciously spiked black chain was wrapped around her waist. Even with it wrapped it was clear that the chain was quite long, possibly equaling her own height. What was most immediately noticeable though was the spidery tattoo of a seven upon her face, placed upon the cheek opposite of a hollow mask seemingly trapped in a perpetual rictus grin.

"I don't believe I could have put that better myself Lord Rio," Myza said in a surprisingly bubbly tone, dipping into a light bow as she spoke. "Although I believe I would have lost my temper during that little talk. Be glad you can't feel what I feel in this instance. It's making Cierro seem like a paragon of strength and ability." She turned her head towards the two Espada, a smirk coming to her face once again. She would begin to saunter closer to the pair, stopping in front of Adolf first.