Beginning of The End [DP, R, RAMPAGE]

[Santa Ajora]

Thread Title: Beginning of The End
Participants: Santaja Ajora, Valentin Acciai, Adrastos
World: Soul Society
Death Setting: Permanent Injuries Enabled
Rating: R
Location: The Wall of the Sereitei, North-Eastern side of the wall, away from any of the four gates. The surrounding area is covered by buildings of the inner, wealthier rukongai districts, as well as the interior of the wall, including the barracks and training areas once the wall is breached. On either side, buildings litter the battlefield, at most rising to a height of 2 stories, with the occassional 3 story building here or there.
Special Conditions:
Circumstances: Following Santa's previous, less successful assault on the soul society, the strongest Hollows have banded together to finally breach the great wall of Soul society, and for the first time, it is not Arrancar who infringe upon the Peace of Soul Society, but the lowly Hollows that so many shinigami see as mere fodder.

Drawn by their spiritual power, numerous NPC hollows are piling into the scene, causing havoc and occupying the NPC Shinigami responding to the threat. Outside of Consumption, the Hollow and Shinigami NPCs are mooks of the most disposable caliber, and once actual RPC shinigami engage the hollows, they are to be considered background and will not interfere with any RPC fights whatsoever.

A Loose Posting order will be observed, though once Combat with RPC responders has started, it will become more strict for those involved in combat.

A 72 hour window will be in place for responses. Outside of combat the poster will simply be set aside and ignored as the thread continues. If this occurs during combat then the person will be considered momentarily 'dealt with' as they are skipped. The first offense will merely be a non-injuring non-fatal 'brushing away' either by their opponent, or the nearby npcs and any attacks they attempted on their target will be brushed off. However, after this has happened twice in succession, their opponent may use non-lethal damaging means to dispose of them and continue with the Rampage.

[Santa Ajora]

It was....beautiful.

Not the physical kind of beautiful that one would attribute to some pretty forest or a lake. It was not the disguised lust of one looking at a particularly attractive potential mate. Nor was it a beauty by any visual sense of the word. But as Santa.... no. Saint Ajora stared ahead, and looked upon the expanse of wall before her, so impossibly wide, almost as dauntingly high, she could feel it. Something made everything so much clearer. So much more crisp. So much more potent. Which made the sight of her flesh growing slowly up the surface of that massive wall all the more breathtaking. The sight of every building in that inner rukongai district suddenly creeping with black flesh, and dripping with that onyx blood as citizens froze what they were doing.

Of course, the Wall was a spiritual barrier, in addition to a physical one. So while it crept up the surface of that wall, the area inside, while within her range, was not able to be exposed to the radiation from her that caused the growth. The sheer volume of the growth would be just as astounding, even just standing there and watching, Adrastos, and Val would both feel it creeping up their bodies, growing not on their actual bodies, but simply growing so fast from the ground that it would soon reach about three feet deep, and it would be more than double that depth in no time at all. Probably more alarming for Val than adrastos, given the monster's size of the latter.

And Ajora herself? She strode with confidence along a plate of bone that formed along the surface, continuing to walk towards her goal, and stopping after a few paces. If that mask hadn't been present, a smile would be seen on her skeletal face. As she.....drank in everything. The sounds of those weak, defenseless souls around them. And the shrieks as the hollows they had attracted began descending upon them. Now... they just needed to bust the wall. Looking over her shoulder, those glowing red eyes gleamed as she looked upon Adtastos. She did not feel the need to tell him. Given his earlier behavior, it would be very obvious that once he saw the home of the shinigami before him, he would charge the wall like a nightmare. No, she looked past Adrastos to Val, who would no doubt be reveling in the sheer scale of her power. As everything within seventy meters of her would begin filling with bone, flesh, and viscera, eyes, mouths, all growing in scattered heaps of andom bits and pieces.

She wasn't dedicating any mental focus, she let her garden grow as it wished, her mind processing the visual and auditory information from those many disembodied eyes and ears around. She could not affort to focus too much on that. The shinigami would be coming in droves once Adrastos broke through. " Stay by me. Little Marrow. And relax~" He would be able to HEAR the grin on her face even through her mask as she turned her gaze back to their target. "In the end. Even if they drive us off. We will only grow stronger from this. So start eating. But don't wander too far. This.... is what I have been waiting for. For longer than I can remember. I am tired .... of being chaff. I am TIRED of being waste. I am TIRED of being trash."

She slowly shook with rage as she spoke, and soon the mouths all around them joined in her angry speech, and everything around them was drowned in the rasping, hissing mouths that sang out in anger with Ajora. " For too long I have been looked upon with disgust and dismissal! This unbroken mask of mine will NO LONGER be seen as weakness! IT will no longer bring comfort to those who think that I am but an obstacle in their path!" The air shook with her hissing screech as that tail arched behind her like a scorpion's tail, whipping about angrily as thick, vicious spikes began growing EVERYWHERE, out of those eyes, as instead of flesh, her anger began growing nothing but spikes and blades of bone. And the screams of those unfortunate enough to be impaled by their growth would mix with her words. Even her body stopped sloughing flesh and began growing it's own spiny points as she lost control of her temper.

"I will etch a fear for hollows into Soul society with the bones of their Captains. And in the mangled bodies of their survivors."

[Adrastos]

How long had it been since he set foot in Soul Society? Centuries? Ages? The time spent away from this place was shrouded beneath the mask that the old Spartan wore now. The man that resided within was buried in the resentment that the Shinigami and their kind instilled into him. The hate and anger that swell deep within was what help to give birth to the Hollow that he is now. Hate incarnate. The years spent training and fighting as a Spartan and Shinigami helped to nourish the Spartan's body and spirit. Both lifetimes spent in constant struggle, fueling his never ending thirst to serve his people. To serve, to bring glory to Sparta, service was the best means in providing, and to spread the glorious name of his beloved Sparta. To live, to breath, to serve, and to die for the name of Sparta was the greatest honor that a Spartan could ever hope to attain. And though he may have perished as a living individual, his spirit continued to burn with the same passion, the same fire to serve as before.

However, in this life as a Shinigami, it wasn't able to be fulfilled. He was robbed of that honor, of his glory. Labeled a traitor to Soul Society, he and his fellow squadmates were to be executed as criminals. The name of Spartan was stained that day. Such a label tarnished the name of Sparta, the home in which produced the greatest warriors that the world had ever seen. The fools chose to impede the man's quest in furthering the great name of his motherland, Greece. Everything that he worked to build, the comrades that he made, and the bonds that were forged through their experiences; all gone. Everything that Adrastos had built was taken from him as he did what he could to insure that his new friends were safe. But, to the Shinigami, all that he had done was the same as treason.

Thus, when passing through the gates of the Garganta, the beast could take in the air that he was resided in; of that of Soul Society. SIGH "Why is guard duty so boring? I mean, we don't need to be here since the wall was reconstructed. It's just a waste of time now, especially when we have the Gate Guardians on patrol." A pair of Shinigami discussed the purpose of their venture along the outer perimeter of the great wall. The patrons of Rukongai went along with their own merry lives without much intrusion or troubles. Life went on as it should. At least, until their silence was broken.

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{Music}


"RRAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH"

"What... was that?" The first step into the so called "Paradise." The citizens immediately erupted into a startling panic as a Garganta ripped through the layer of open space on the main dirt street of the ghettos. From it's dark swelling miasma came forth the King of Beasts. The strongest Hollow in both strength and in name. His talons kicked the dirt from beneath his feet as he set himself on the grounds of Soul Society. The civilians fled the scene, rushing to escape what was intended to be a massacre for them. But in the eye of the Beast King, they did not matter. What did matter was what resided before him. The Seireitei. Adrastos snarled, ripping apart the lipless mask that remained shut through their travels to the Shinigami home world. That was his target, as promised by Ajora. He wouldn't take waiting any longer as this was what he wanted. No one was going to stop him from them suffer. Not as they did with him and his fallen comrades. This was for them just as much as it was for him. And with that notion, the beast charged.

Thunderous stomps rained down on the Earth as Adrastos went into a full frenzy. The humans threw themselves away from the Adjuchas' path as he made his way to the wall. "What the Hell is a Hollow doing here?" the Shinigami questioned. "I don't know or care. Just hurry and alert the Seireitei." his partner ordered. The two Shinigami bickered for a moment longer before the first spoke out again. "It is not going to matter. The damn thing won't get any farther than here. The wall will hold." How wrong they were. The beast kicked out with each leg, propelling his heavy body forward with each forceful push off the ground. The pair of Shinigami stood strong, drawing their weapons as they braced themselves for a confrontation. Although they were Shinigami, they were not the objective. What Adrastos sought out was within the heart of Soul Society. And nothing was going to stop him. The eyes of the Shinigami grew wide as the shadow of the beast overcame them, and a moment later, his strength.

The Hollow's claws snapped open as did his mouth. With a single push forward, the wall came to know the full might of the King of Beasts. The wall was strong, stronger than what he expected it to be during his time of service along the Shinigami. But, in his time of seclusion, and isolation from the Shinigami, he has become even more powerful than before. And for that reason, the wall that guarded the Seireitei would fall. The opposite end of the wall splintered, cracking from within it's solid interior at the full might of the Adjuchas. The impact with the wall itself, against full 1000 physical strength, caused the stern foundation from the ground to crack and tear away from it's stand, punching through the other side into the Seireitei. Upon it's destruction, the Shinigami behind it perked. Witnessing their beloved wall fall in just an instant sent a spine chilling down their backs, and as it should. For this, the Hollows now have a way inside, and there were a lot of them. "RED ALERT! WE HAVE HOLL-" the patrolling Shinigami was swiftly silenced as Adrastos closed his fangs over his torso, silencing the annoyance once and for all.

"SHINIGAMI, TO ARMS!" one rallied.

1 Class 4 Shinigami Eaten

[Valentin Acciai]

While Valentin might have wanted to comment on missing the smell of Soul Society his nostrils had been deadened by the putrid odor Ajora couldn't really help but let out with that body of hers. It was nice though to finally be out of the Garganta and stand face to face with their goal, even in the weaker Adjuchas didn't have any particularly personal reason for joining the attack. Santa and Adrastos both seemed to have personal reasons for why they chose to be involved in this insane undertaking but the human-sized Valentin really just was looking for some form of payback for all the times Shinigami had tried to slay him, not all that special for a reason now was it.

Regardless it was comfortable to be surrounded by giants whom he knew outstretched any small amount of power he himself had and it was also good to know he didn't have to compare to them, Valentin was just here as support, to keep the both of them alive with any odd trick his malleable body held in store. Being surrounded in more of Santa's rotting tissue as her powers swelled with the Reiatsu density in the air he slowly struggled his body a few more feet away through her flesh so that his movement wouldn't be impeded upon as he stood behind her, observing the utter chaos that had commenced. But while the murder of Shinigami was a sight for sore eyes most of his time was taken glancing at Ajora's strange body, the sheer mass of various things generated by her so uncontrollably making him just a little jealous although the less smelly hollow certainly was better at precision.

The nickname though, was a bit concerning. Little Marrow? it sounded like a name for a child, not that he amounted to much more when considering the vast height difference. ''Yes ma'am, i'll try not to die.'' he said briefly in response as she continued with her rather personal speech, Valentin didn't listen too closely to it beyond what he needed to hear though and instead took to observing Adrastos doing fully what was expected of him and even bringing the Adjuchas to a toothy grin when the likes of hollows had managed to make a dent in the Shinigami defenses, it's first layer of protection penetrated. Distracted by this the hollow failed to notice a trio of Shinigami having snuck up behind him, a small group who most likely had been enjoying themselves in the first district prior to the attack.

Their courage had been commendable, having dared sneak up from behind to strike at the Adjuchas  that seemed the weakest, or at the very least feasible to injure compared to the others. And with one hesitant thrust one of the Shinigami had pierced it's blade right through Valentin's chest, causing him to stagger forth just slightly before standing straight again, turning his head around to look at the terrified trio, the one who had struck him having let go of his sword in a panic as he fell to the ground. ''Why how brave!'' he commended them playfully as he turned to face the terrified fools, his prehensile tail wrapping itself around the hilt of the blade Valentin dragged the katana out of his back and placed it in his hand, his grip tightening around the handle as he familiarized himself with the weapon.

''But some small adjustments to keep in mind, shaky hands are no good to land a killing blow. You went right clean through me and didn't even get my heart, not even a lung! in fact-'' he said with a brief pause as the wound they had made closed in an instant as if nothing had ever pierced the Adjuchas ''This kind of injury doesn't even tickle me, but, i'll give you a C+ for trying!'' Valentin stated in a cheery fashion as he swung the Shinigami's own blade vertically, splitting the unarmed man in two as he dashed forwards to encounter the less brave men, those who had not even dared to strike him yet were foolish enough to have followed. 

''The two of you will receive an F however! you Failures!'' the hollow nonsensically continued with the two Shinigami raising their blades in self defence. They had some luck defending against the first blow, just in the nick of time managing to block one of Valentin's horizontal slashes but the hollow wasn't much for playing fair and rather than launching another swing he launched himself forwards as his next target was busy blocking the weight of his blow and opening his toothy maw he bit the second Shinigami's throat out, blood spraying Valentin's white carapace red. With a smile he turned to the remaining Shinigami of the three, daring the man to strike as he chewed on his comrades flesh.

But quite logically after having witnessed such wanton slaughter the third clumsily dropped his sword as he ran away in fullblown panic, his senses failing him and leaving him wide open as prey for the hollow. Next the poor coward knew his foot was pinned to the ground as he screamed in pain and looked down to see a large spike of bone having pierced through his flesh and pinned him to the street, he tried to struggle free but ultimately failed as the amount of spikes that penetrated his flesh grew until his brain matter was splattered through his skull, a messy way to kill someone to be sure but Valentin could surely afford to play with his food.

Doing as instructed the Adjuchas returned to stand behind Ajora having brought the corpses of the Shinigami with him. Eating enough on their corpses to harvest what he needed of them he dropped them one by one and loosened one of the spikes from his tail, shouting up at the tall creature above ''Here, shove this thing inside your body! it's how i do my stuff!'' he said as he threw the spike up near her head, Valentin doubted he could have made it reach her core on her own without having to go for a swim and he wasn't particularly big on that idea. But he knew it was a good idea to get the spike in her now, there was no telling when a real foe might appear and the thought alone had him make sure he had better attention to his back this time.

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{Organic Generation}
Organic Generation, Valentin has the ability to generate various tissues from anything carrying his Reiatsu signature, not always just from his body. This makes him quite adept at creating organic structures and regenerating himself from injuries as well as that of others and can with sufficient time and Healing Expertise regenerate from the most devastating damage to a body as long as there is Reiatsu to spare. There are 3 different types or tiers if you will of this regeneration, the simplest being the regeneration of muscles, skin or anything at the surface level which would take him 1 turn of healing. The second type being the more serious injury of major muscle and even limb loss where he would be required to grow back a large part of a body from where it is missing, taking the time of 3 turns before fully functional. And lastly the third type being the most complex and important is the regeneration of things such as internal organs which could take as long as 5 turns. All of this regeneration does have a Reiatsu cost of course, the first type being 25 Reiatsu per injury, the second at 100 and the third at 200 Reiatsu. For every 250 Healing Expertise Valentin possesses he can reduce the time to heal by one turn, meaning the lower tiers if he were to become supremely proficient with the healing arts could heal near instantaneously.

Should this regeneration be used to restore any natural armour or weapon then the regenerated spot will be half as tough as it usually was for 3 posts before properly hardening. He can make use of his abilities in others by expending his own Reiatsu at double the price for any technique usable in himself though it requires that a piece of his flesh has been inserted into their body to act as a beacon for his Reiatsu to stream into them by what would look like a thread for those good at sensing energy. While his power can allow him a great deal of comfort knowing that there is no such thing as a permanently lost body part for any he would deign to call friend his abilities do have one great flaw, it's a network and Valentin is the mainframe. Any relatively recent healing from his beacons (that being within 6 hours) he has applied to others will rapidly fall apart and unravel should he be put in a state of severe mental distress or unconsciousness, the whole system crashing with him.

-25 Organic Generation (torso)
1975/2000


3 Class 6 Shinigami Consumed

[Santa Ajora]

IT was over just like that~ The wall? Gone~ It was finally gone. IT WAS FINALLY GONE! She felt an elation rise up through her chest, coursing through her veins like fire as she all but wheezed in excitement. And the moment that wall went down, her ability surged outward like a plague, filling the immediate inner sereitei with her power. The first line of Shinigami, preparing to deal with her suddenly stopping in their tracks. She saw the looks of shock on their faces, stopped as the ground beneath them suddenly shifted and turned. They stumbled, falling before her as they were tangled up. Even the areas around Val and Adrastos would fill, making fighting a bit...jarring, but not impossible for the hollows.

The very first shinigami to reach her struggled. Numerous skeletal hands holding him down as he valiantly tried to close the distance between her. Of course he was nothing special, even as the splinters of bone slid into his ankles and caused him to cry out, she never stopped staring him in the face, watching as the very first of the shinigami came to the Gotei's defense. She knew that this wasn't what she was after. Even as that hand raised, bloody and shaking to aim at her. This was what she needed to work through in order to get what she wanted. "Shakkaho!" The shinigami cried out. As a spear of bone jabbed up, in the hands of a fleshless limb as that weapon, made on the spot, pierced through his forearm and yanked up his hand. The shinigami screamed as his spell went wide, streaking up and into the air to hit nothing.

The spear shredded downward and tore completely through the shinigami's arm, then his chest, before exiting in a bloody crunch through his ribcage, all but splitting him in half as he was eviscerated. Much to the startled crying surprise of his comrades, who were all struggling in that mess of limbs. They were all nothing. Almost powerless, and the sound of their limbs being bent the wrong way, their backs twisted out of place, and their bodies being crunched, twisted, broken, and balled up with one another filled the air with their agonized screams, as Ajora did what she always did. She rolled groups of them into large balls. Like snacks balls.

The sudden roar of a Sokatsui caught her attention, and with a shift, her gaze turned, a chunk of bony slab rising up between her and the incoming spell, the thing slamming into that wall of viscera only to fail to break through as more kido began to streak towards her. Those eyes narrowed as she felt a shudder course through her. Even as she heard Val's shuot, a new arm growing out of her body snatched the spike thrown to her, and dragged it into the 'flesh' of her body, keeping it inside of her ribcage where it would be safe. As that half-dome of limbs and flesh took the onslaught of Kido.

She located them. Her mind snapping to each instance. Those disembodies eyes and ears locking in on those shinigami, as the flesh grew up their legs and they fired on regardless. One....two...three. Three of them, making some sort of attempt to hold her down. Skeletal hands would reach up, and the very first didn't even get a chance to scream before that bony hand burst through his chest. His spell suddenly fizzling, falling back against the arm impaling him. The second wasn't so eaasily stifled, and as a long whip of sinew and bone wrapped around his throat, he screamed once before it suddenly tightened, wringing his neck before that bone finally snapped and his head dropped to the growing flesh at his feet.

The third seemed to lose her nerve. A pretty thing, with dark brown hair and green eyes. With that scream from her comrade, she vanished with a shunpo, a panicked look in her face as she raced away. While her comrades were slowly twisted into those big spheres. By now Ajora had collected at least two of the things. And as she approached the first one, she was a little surprised to see a struggling shinigami there, waving his Zanpaku'to as he tried to cut his comrades free, only to turn on her. That blade sliced through the air, aimed straight for her chest before her tail lashed out and snared the blade. He struggled only for a moment before the spikes of bone growing up and into his shins caused him to drop to his knees. With a firm STOMP, Ajora flattened his skull into the bony ground beneath him, as her tail dragged the first, and then the second ball of bodies towards her, little mouths growing from her underside as they began tearing into them, cnsuming both spheres in almost no time at all.

She had no real emotions as she consumed them. It was a bored sort of eating.It was just what she was doing to.... 'entertain' herself. She remembered that Captain's reaction. when he'd seen the balled up remains of his comrades. She wanted that again. She wanted to see that rage and disgust. and she wanted to snuff it out so very badly. Her body shaking just a little from the excitement as she felt a bit of a chuckle bubbling up from her. She needed more. More bodies. More screams. Surely they would start showing up soon? She kept a mild attention to those many eyes and ears of hers, keeping note of Adrastos's and Val's fights. She had to be watchful. If a Captain showed up, she was not above jumping on them with her newfound comrades. All she cared about, was killing and eating as many strong shinigami as was plausible. That's all she cared about.

2 Class 6 Shinigami Consumed

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru had been sitting in her office, thinking about what had happened in the past few months. It was all fairly routine, with some minor family business, but it took her away from her post for a little longer than she liked. Even though she knew that her Vice Captain was competent, she still liked to be there and see how well her division did from day to day. She walked into her office, left the door open and smiled.

Her office was still the same, but she opened the windows to let her office air out a little. She took off her Captain's Haori and put it on the back of her chair and set Rivu~aiasan on his holder. She felt a rumble coming off from his, feeling his contentment to be back where she loved to be, and where it seemed that he liked to be as well. Once the Haori was settled, she sat on her desk and looked over all the paperwork she needed to do.

Glancing over it, she grabbed the ones that were the most important and delved into those first. They were going over the defense patrols of the entire Seireitei. She looked over and made corrections based on the last piece of testing that was done with the squad, which she happened to miss. Reading over that and making the necessary changes to the patrols but it was worth it. This was her job after all.

Several hours later, she was starting to finish up the last of the paperwork. Dotting her last I's and crossing her last T's, she had finally finished it all. She leaned back in her chair and breathed out a sigh of relief. She definitely shouldn't stay away that long again, if not for all the backup of paperwork she had to do. She sat, breathing deep and enjoying some quiet time when she felt something off into the distance.

There were three reiatsu signatures, from what she could tell. Then, she had officers running into her office about a disturbance that was happening in the Rukongai districts close to the walls. Hollows shouldn't be an issue for the regulars, but she assumed that these might be giving them issues. She told her 3rd and 4th seated officers to run out there real quick to give her a summary of what was going on and come straight back.

They weren't gone for very long and they came back extremely winded. What they told her made her extremely angry. These Hollow were trying to test the patience of Soul Society and Hotaru was going to go and make them pay for their mistake. She growled out commands to her officers on to what to do next, in case something happened while she was out and about. She grabbed her Captain's Haori, Rivu~aiasan and immediately started to Shunpo out to meet the Hollow.

Her division shinigami and others were getting mercilessly eaten by these Hollow. She had defeated her own share of Hollows, but to have them show up on her home soil made her think a little more differently than she did before. In the Human World, the Hollows roamed and while they might take one soul, she tried her best to make sure she got to Hollows before they took a soul. They were also lower leveled and she didn't have to worry about them trying to best her.

But, for these Hollow, they had made it all the way to Soul Society and was actually doing damage. These Hollows were not the regular ones that she had run into before. Also, these Hollows also had eaten shinigami and those shinigami were more than likely from her division. This made her the angriest. She would get revenge on the shinigami that were lost today. There would be no second chances for them. They would leave or die.

Once she got in close, she quickly thought of her entrance. In one of her Shinpo stops, she stopped long enough to unsheathe her sword. Since she grabbed it in haste, she had never tied it to her side. After the last Shunpo, she would arrive in the middle of the Hollow and immediately, right when her foot touched the ground, use her gravitational pressure to push on them hard.

In the same instant that she would touch her foot down and let her gravitational pressure go, she released her Bankai. She would appear in a huge purple flame ball, with a large ring of fire spreading out from her. Once the flame ball formed, she would send something into the air, slithering high into the sky. In the next moment, they would see her standing there in her Bankai armor with a huge, purple dragon head roaring at them. She would open it and immediately have her liquid pour out of it, her armor and the wings that appeared at her back when she showed herself, starting to make a nice puddle around her.

Two seconds after they saw the slithering thing go into the sky, it would start to rain. They would notice that it wasn't normal rain, but fire rain. Her wings would immediately cover her and it would start to rain hard in the area of her Bankai. She would stare down at them. "I don't know how you got here Hollow, but you are not welcome. I will only let my gravitational pressure ease if you promise to leave. If not, I will end you where you stand. But, even if you won't agree, I'm sure my flames can easily end you without you having to move.

I would suggest you say something soon or I won't wait and kill you now." She would glare at them, holding them down while her fire rain beat at their bodies. If that didn't do it, the liquid coming towards them would or at the very least injure them. She wasn't going to let them come away from this scot free. They either left here alive or they would be found dead and incinerated. No lowly Hollows attacked Soul Society while Hotaru was the Captain of the Tenth Division.

OOC: Bankai 1/9, Taiki Hi No Ame 1/6
Remaining Reiatsu: 2150/3000, Bankai at Class 1 -450, Taiki Hi No Ame -400

Strength - 150 (112) Points.
Speed - 400 (800) Points.
Spiritual Pressure – 400 (300) Points.
Reiatsu Strength – 400 (800) Points.
Instinct - [150] Points.
Senses - [150] Points.
Energy sensory - [50] Points
Healing Expertise - [0] Points

[Weapons: Swords] 3
[Weapons: Whips] 1
[Pain Tolerance] 3
[Bleeding Tolerance] 2
[Damage Recovery] 3
[Anti-Pain] 3
[Special: Hoho] 3

[Adrastos]

The Shinigami were gathering their numbers just as the flood of Hollows swarmed through the broken wall behind. The two sides dedicated themselves in causing as much as possible. Adrastos was not impressed with either lot. Undignified, sloppy, lack of discipline. The Hollows were not as the Adjuchas' old team. They were not like the Squad 11 members that he served along side with. They were not like the Spartans that died beside him. Barbarians, the whole lot of them. More of their numbers grew just as Adrastos advanced further beyond the wall, the Shinigami numbers increased. Many of them frightened to go against the large Hollow while seeking the small ones to remove from the picture. A sound strategy before toughing up against a larger foe. Once removed, the humans would isolate the Beast King and commit to their hunt. They were like the wolves in the winter cold. Precise, cunning, fierce in their numbers, but ignorant when it came to practicality. The Adjuchas wouldn't allow for such a thing.

The work that Valentin and Ajora had done was quick and efficient. Not to his match his taste as Adrastos savored the struggle between two warriors. The taste of combat in the air, and the flames of glory that sprouted out when victory was obtained. War, fighting, combat, these were the only cases in which an individual's identity can be clearly revealed. Their traits and personality, their actions carry with them strong traces of their inner workings. War and struggle are a part of growth, of development. What came out of them only inspired beings to become better. It did not matter if his form had changed over the years, his spirit, in this environment, was that of a hungry Spartan. Though, in this case victory meant consuming another being. This was where the Hollow reigned supreme.

Those that surrounded the Hollow bared their fangs. Adrastos had done the same. Ten Shinigami surrounded him, striving to push him back with drawn Zanpakutou. Their formation was that of a crescent moon as they slowly advanced with shuffling motions back and forth. Each of them served a purpose to keep the beast at bay, keeping him from joining the fray. A good strategy while the other Shinigami went about to destroy the lesser Hollows. He could not maintain contact with that of Ajora, nor that of Valentin. They had their own cases to deal with, though, Adrastos saw this as no threat to him. Looking at their line, there already numerous flaws in it. His trained eye and experience triumphed over their exposed spaces between each other. They were too spread out. Easy picking really when it came against to the beast's incredible strength. They have never faced a Hollow quite like him. A single foot pound into the ground was what shook their resolve as the tremor spread across the land. A single step taken to send shockwaves through the Earth beneath their feet. The Shinigami stumbled, jarred from their lack of stability. Their lack of foresight and formation provided the opportunity for the Hollow to push forward, snapping a single Shinigami off from their bottom.

No further pressure was needed as the wailing man ceased further noise as a loud crunch over took the cries of that of his comrades. One whole became two in less than a second as Adrastos whipped himself around to swipe at those who were recovering. Only a pair were caught in his sweep while the remaining seven back ground to the monster in front of them. Afterwards, those lesser Hollow that entered the Seireitei walls flooded over the small group. Adrastos didn't like it. He didn't like the fact that there was no means for them to defend themselves. Picking a fight with such odds only left a dissatisfied taste in his mouth. At least, that was what he thought until the gravitational pressure erupt around them. A stronger foe had desired to make themselves known to the invading army. They wanted to be aware of as Adrastos stood strong, his legs remaining firm against the fierce pressure pushing down upon him. And unlike the others, he was much more advanced them the common Adjuchas. This was a Class 2 Hollow that they were dealing with.

The snout was directed upwards, up to the wall that had been broken down before them. This was ordinary foe that came. No. This strength belonged to that of a Captain. A sensation that could never be forgotten as long as he lived. Serving as a member of Squad Eleven, his Captain made no attempts at hiding his spiritual pressure when it came involving him into matters. A strength that tiered over others, and one that was distinguished quite clearly over the Shinigami around him. Before he knew it the skies darkened over them. Small flares shot down from the blanketing darkness over head as the sudden rise in temperature gave way to coming of unique release; a Bankai. Earth around the King of Beasts rose, not from the increase in the atmosphere, but mostly due to the rain of fire that fell on the creature's bone hide. It singed, just a bit, but none of that mattered to the Hollow as a new foe arrived to challenge. A greater foe. An exciting one.

A great beast appeared overhead. Unknown to the ancient warrior of what a dragon would seem to look like, it's cry rivaled that of Adrastos himself. Or rather, it seemed to challenge them; challenge him. Beneath the mighty beast stood the figure that kept it tamed. Her very existence kept the dragon at bay, as her word was law to it. She was the one that shifted the very nature of the Shinigami around the Hollows. "It's Hotaru-taichou. It's the Head of Squad Ten!" a single Shinigami cheered. And as if it served as a signal, rallied the others to fight harder in the presence of a Captain. ""I don't know how you got here Hollow, but you are not welcome. I will only let my gravitational pressure ease if you promise to leave. If not, I will end you where you stand. But, even if you won't agree, I'm sure my flames can easily end you without you having to move. I would suggest you say something soon or I won't wait and kill you now."

Her words carried the weight as any Captain would. Those words to inspire the Shinigami beneath her to rage on with newly inspired hope. A hope that Adrastos challenged as his jaws snapped around an unsuspecting Shinigami. A loud crunch gave away, breaking the focus of the few Shinigami around the Adjuchas. For Adrastos, it did not matter if a Captain or a Lieutenant came to the face him. All that it did was give the great beast relief that there would be a challenge. Someone to push him, to make him struggle once more as he too will come to evolve from it's results. The dragon's cry rattled the Hollows down below, only to wage war against the King of Beasts himself. And with his cry, as a horn meant to sound the drums of war, forced those Hollows who could stand against the pressure to rise to their feet around him.

Both himself and they felt the sting of the falling fire. Pools of liquid came gushing down, cautioning Adrastos to maintain a watchful eye. But this didn't mean he would back down. This was what he sought out. As the fire came raining down, the Adjuchas withdrew nearing the barracks closest to the shattered wall. He wasn't simply retreating, but positioning himself in a better situation. The buildings themselves were nearly just as a tall as he was. About a feet smaller than he was. If he pushed further back, then the larger towers would surely give him a better covering position. But thus far, his gaze was solely that on the Captain. Adrastos roared, emphasizing it further with that of his unmatched physical strength. This was surely going to be a much needed brawl that Adrastos sought out.

2 Class 5 Shinigami Eaten

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{Status}

Strength - 400 *[150%] = [1000]
Speed - 300[/50%] = [150]
Spiritual Pressure - 200 [50%] = [100]
Reiatsu Strength - 150 [50%] = [75]
Light Aura - 20
Dark Aura - 80
Instinct - 200
Senses - 200[/50%] = 100
Energy sensory - 50
Healing Expertise - 0

SP Total = 1500/1700

1. Battle Skill - Intimidation - [3]
2. Battle Skill - Pain Tolerance - [3]
3. Mind Skill - Strength of Will - [3]
4. Mind Skill - Battle Focus - [2]
5. Body Skill - Poison Resistance - [2]
6. Mental Skill - Lack of Fear - [2]
7. Utility Skill - Charisma/Leadership - [1]

Adrastos Point Bank

[Valentin Acciai]

Having dealt with the brave fools who had thought him easy pickings Valentin had been obeying Santa's words, keeping close to her even as she went about killing more Shinigami. Out of the three of them his hunger seemed to be the weakest as the Adjuchas deigned to observe the world around him rather than fight when he didn't need to. He had his role and when the time came he would take his spoils, he spotted a mother dragging her child back inside their home. When he gazed upon her she froze in shock thinking it was the end but he did not strike and turned his gaze away from her as he eyed the rising dust from the collapsed wall.

Valentin's grievance was with the Shinigami, he knew the hollows that they had brought along were sure to kill innocents but the human sized Adjuchas himself had no interest in slaughtering mothers and their children. He was odd like that, not wanting to harm humans and not being all that sure what to do about pluses. But what he did know was that he despised Shinigami from his long life as a hollow always being on the run from these emotionless killers and thus had no problem slaughtering them by the hundreds in joyful revenge. Were it not for that his diet would actually consist mostly of other hollow and even the occasional Arrancar who foolishly underestimated him.

With the woman gathering the courage to close the door and hide them within their home Valentin moved on standing just next to Santa as she chewed another Shinigami into her form. He had intended to make small talk as he usually did but before words could leave him and spill forth his childish wit he felt a strange, very foreign pressure upon his body. It felt as if he was being forced to bench press a Menos Grande or something, so stupidly heavy was the air that it began crushing him with Valentin trying to struggle himself to stand but bucking under it's weight. His forearms disappearing into the gross muck that was Ajora's body of waste piling just beneath him the repugnant odor became stronger than he was prepared for ''God, if you really do exist and just chose to be an absolute cunt for my whole miserable life i beg of you, fucking kill my sense of smell.'' the jesterly hollow said as his arms gave out and his body slammed down into the viscera and whatnot.

Was this gravitational pressure? it was his first time feeling it and he already decided that he hated it, almost as much as he did those pesky Hierro's. But that was just the beginning off it, shortly after colliding into Ajora's waste product he felt his ass warming up, steaming even. He got hot buns in more ways than one now! problem was within the initial first seconds of recognizing that his buns were indeed hot he yelled out in muffled tone ''HOLY HELL FUCKNUGGETS IT BURNS!!'' as his rear which had poked out above the viscera was set ablaze, Valentin soon straightening his body to disappear entirely under the muck as he made doubly, no triply!(is that even a word?) sure that he did not make use of his nose.

While he heard the woman speak to a degree, her words muffled by the sound of moving flesh and crawling blood there was also something much louder and far more horrifying to listen to. Screams, hundred upon hundreds of screams erupted from both hollows, pluses and shinigami caught within the range of the burning rain. Most innocents should have gotten inside by now but not all, it would have been impossible for everyone to know that outdoors would so quickly become a fiery hellscape and even then indoors was just delaying the terror as the wooden houses were set ablaze and people screamed in panic who weren't even on fire yet, some were screaming just fine from the spiritual pressure crushing their organs at an alarming rate thanks to the Captain's inconsiderate use of her powers.

Part of Valentin wanted to continue to hide himself from the flames despite the lack of breathable air in the safety of Ajora's muck but rare as it was Valentin had his morals, and with the wails of all around him they won out over his preservation instincts. ''THAT'S ENOUGH CAPTAIN CUNT!'' the Adjuchas screamed back at her as he stood up from sheer force of will and an expensive sacrifice of Reiatsu to defy the weight that had been forcing him to the ground. With enough gross muck to protect him for a short moment and paint his entire being with a stinking black Valentin had the piece of him within Ajora transform into a more parasitic nature and sap just a smudge of her Reiatsu to lend the weaker Valentin the strength to remain standing, hoping she wouldn't mind too much as he healed his singed, well roasted hams with his organic mastery, replacing worthless burnt tissue with freshly regenerated skin, even if soon enough he'd be burning again.

''I couldn't give a damn about the pressure, it's no big bother. I mean except for the copious amounts of innocents you're currently crushing to death! that bothers me.'' he said outraged to the captain as the singeing heat boiled and burned at the ever narrowing protective muck coating him, ''But in case you haven't fucking noticed while impressive all this fire is killing your own people at a rate we weren't even close to! wooden houses make for wonderful tinder you know. Are you just that big of a fuckup when it comes to reasonable thought or are you just cold hearted enough not to care about causalities caused by your willful exertion of power?'' he said berating her as his arms stretched wide as if to introduce her to the burning chaos that was the first district.

Hollows, pluses and shinigami alike crushed to the ground and unable to flee the raining fire as they screamed and wallowed in despair and pain. For the moment he wasn't attacking, even though he knew the flames were crawling closer to burning through the protective film, ready to lick his skin at any second now. Instead despite being below her he attempted to stare her down, trying to force her through guilt to ease up on her foolish actions before nothing was left of the first district but smoldering ash. It was partially a selfish ploy to aid his own position as he wouldn't be able to last for long under both the fire and the pressure but part of him truly did want to keep the causalities of innocents to a minimum despite his knowledge that the lesser hollows had not cared what they stuffed in their mouths. He had taken that as a necessary evil for spreading chaos.

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{Stats N' Stuff}Strength - 150 [50] (33%)

Speed - 200

Spiritual Pressure - 200

Reiatsu Strength - 250 [375] (150%)

Light Aura - 50

Dark Aura - 50

Instinct - 150 [50] (33%)

Senses - 50

Energy sensory - 50 [17] (33%)

Healing Expertise - 340 [510] (150%)

Total SP: 1390

• [Pain Tolerance] [2]
• [Bleeding Tolerance] [2]
• [Stealth] [2]
• [Swords] [2]
• [Acrobatics] [2]
• [Street Fighting] [2]
• [Cero] [2]

-300 (resist Pressure)
-25 Organic Generation (ASS)
-100 Parasite
+150 Parasite (taken from Ajora)

1700/2000 Reiatsu

[Santa Ajora]

A Captain.

The instant that she noticed that reiatsu, the shinigami she had been peeling off the ground with her tail, his body still bleeding from the spikes down below. He was a weak, frail little thing. He had been snared by the spikes growing up and out of the ground, having impaled his leg on one of them in an attempt to flee. He was horrible. Covered from head to toe in that black blood as well as bits of her garden. Flesh, bone, here and there little things. And he was panting, sobbing. That is....until he sensed that reiatsu. And like magic, a grin spread across his face.

"O...Our captain is here. You're a gonner." He said with a warm confidence that seemed to well from being around his superior. She simply stared calmly. A sort of lucid emotionlessness that came suddenly and abruptly. As something.....clicked. "You think so?" She asked lightly, to which the man nodded. "It doesn't matter if you kill me. She's the one that matters. And She'll stop y-" But she cut him off. When she saw the rain starting to come down. Immediately she raised the shinigami up and into the air, her tail TIGHTENING, the man gasping out as he squirmed, a sudden panic in his body.

She raised a skeletal hand, dripping with flesh and viscera as she pointed a single finger at the shinigami's chest. Her eyes narrowed as she stared squarely at Hotaru, and behind her mask. She smiled. "Cero Voraz." She murmured, there was a n instant of humming before a MASSIVE sphere of reiatsu suddenly BLASTED into existence above her head, completely obliterating the Shinigami she had been holding above her body, right where Hotaru could see it. Cero almost always formed a sphere while it was charging. But this one was massive. Twenty meters in diameter, the thing obliterated the fire raning down from above, persisting for only an instant, before suddenly.

!

The massive sphere suddenly compressed, and the air SCREECHED as suddenly, everything, including that rain of fire, was sucked into the Cero, as that twenty meter sphere suddenly shrnak down to the size of a Marble, and Santaja's OWN spiritual pressure SLAMMED outward like a wave, almost comparable to Hotaru's own as that little marble sucked up the remains of the shinigami that hadn't been immediately obliterated, crushing him into that same centimeter-wide little marble. Santa ptomptly turned, pointed directly at the wall as she suddenly was swallowed up, for all intents and purposes seeming to flee, heading for safety.

But a mere moment later, she emerged, not in the safety outside of the wall. But behind Hotaru, using the fact that she could change direction while using an ulcera to catch the captain off guard. Any of the raining fire that came within three meters of her was simply instantly sucked into that marble, having already cleared the air above Val before she had moved. And with the sudden relocation, she opened up a mere meter behind the captain. Putting her well within the Cero's range. If the Captain tried to Shunpo, she would have to do so against the force of that sudden insane pulling power. Ajora towering over the woman as she lunged forward and down at the Captain's back. Any and all liquid or fire emanating from that bankai was instantly sucked into that Cero voraz, consumed and only adding to the power of it's inward pull.

She didn't care about the rain. If the Captain allowed it to continue, then it would only make her cero stronger as she attempted to slam that marble into the captain's spine, as that incredible crushing pull of the attack sought to crush the woman's body into it, or at the very least take a chunk of them out. Santa didn't introduce herself. She didn't ask the Captain any questions. Not now. Not this time. All the while, the ground beneath Valentine would suddenly HEAVE, as sudden tendon strings with needles of bone at the end would worm their way up the hollow's body and begin burrowing into his flesh.

Assuming he did not resist, those strings would worm their way into his body, stringing his limbs. And after a brief delay, would connect to his brain. This technique, would be alarmingly similar to Ransotengai, only on another person's body. With these strings, Val would feel he was able to control his body with the strings, at Ajora's strength and speed. Of course, it didn't make his body any more durable. IF he attacked something at a strength so superior to his body, there was a high chance for injury. But she left that up to him. With her motion, he would be left without protection, so she decided to give him a little parting gift. In addition, the rest of that tendon wire formed a net over his head, ten meters wide, a sort of umbrella from the fire.

She hoped he was not such an imbecile that that would not be enough to keep him safe while she attacked the Captain.

-500 Reiatsu for Cero Voraz

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{Cero Voraz}
Technique Name: Cero Voraz (Voracious Zero)

Class: 2

Technique Type: Cero

Usable By: Hollows, Arrancar

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects : This technique follows the typical recipe for a normal cero, however rather than relying on pure finesse and strength, this technique is an attack using mass. Rather than using the normal conversion to turn one's reiatsu into explosive power, this technique is based around the spherical concentrated energy that Cero typically generate before firing; by focusing on this sphere, the user gathers reiryoku for a cero, generating an abnormally large sphere of reiatsu as a very large sum of energy is expended. Additionally, unlike a normal cero, this energy is not converted into explosive power, but pure mass. The sphere is physical and dense as it expands. At base, this sphere will be created with a diameter of five meters across, increasing by 100% for every 100 extra reiatsu pumped into the technique (at max 3 times, 400% mass (20 meters wide) for 500 reiatsu).

This sphere is then condensed, shrinking down to the size of a marble (a centimeter in diameter). This sudden displacement of mass causes a very sudden and powerful vacuum that drags in surrounding material to occupy the emptied space, with a pull strength equal to half of the reiatsu used in the technique, an individual can resist this pull by speed or strength superior to this value. The entire process generates a Cero Voraz marble, which persists for three posts. When a spiritual body comes within 3 meters of this marble, other than the user, they are subject to a pulling strength equal to double the amount of reiatsu used in this technique. Again, this can be resisted by Strength or Speed.

When a target attempts to use their reiatsu strength to resist, the expended spiritual energy is pulled into the marble, increasing the Stored Reiatsu by 10% of their Reiatsu Strength (Actual reiatsu is not drained, but this effects the pull strength of the technique as though it has). Likewise, reiatsu techniques aimed at the marble are drawn in and half of the technique's cost is added to the total of the marble. Both of these instances can bring the reiatsu amount above the usual 500 reiatsu limit. Reiatsu techniques are considered a class lower than their actual class when clashing with Cero Voraz (A class 3 technique is treated as class 4), and quincy arrows are considered two classes below normal (a class 5 arrow is considered class 7).

Technique Drawbacks High Cost for a cero. A base of 200 reiatsu, up to 500 reiatsu. Additionally, this technique cannot drag in or endure an opposing technique with class superiority. Additionally, Physical techniques are considered 2 classes stronger than normal when attempting to destroy a Cero Voraz. Additionally, when used by an arrancar in Ressureccion, this technique is considered a release technique, and it's reiatsu cost is deducted normally rather than being suspended until the end of release.
Made By: Santaja Ajora

Reserved? : Yes

Total Reiatsu in Cero Voraz: +500 from casting, +200 from Taiki Hi No Ame (half of the reiatsu used) = 700
Gravitational pull within 3 meters of the Cero Voraz Marble: 1400


-150 reiatsu from Val's parasite
-150 reiatsu for Maestro in Nervum class 7

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{Maestro's Sinew}
Maestro in Nervum
(Maestro's Sinew)
Class 7-1

Effect
This technique causes a sudden burst of ligaments and tendons from any surface seeded with her Cannibal's delight. This tendon obstructs an area rapidly, allowing it to form wire-barriers up to 10(+10 for every class above 7 (70 at class 1) square meters in size. Each tendon and ligament not only has durability similar to Ajora's bone, but also can be attached to the body of an ally and strung through a willing ally's body, lacing their flesh and bone like a puppet. The ligament and tendons then neurally connect with the target, allowing them to control their own body via these strings, allowing them to move normally without having to worry about mobility restrictions as a result of injury or negative reiatsu effects. There is, however, a brief delay before the neural connection is made, and as such if an ally needs to be moved immediately while this connection is still being made, Ajora cna move their body at a speed and strength equal to her own while it is still linking up. In addition, an ally using these strings has access to both Ajora's and their own speed/strength, and can use whichever is higher so long as the strings are in their body.

Drawback/Cost
Delay from the neural link. Additionally has a considerably high cost of 150 reiatsu(+50 per class above 7 (450 at class 1)) and requires Ajora's concentration if she is manipulating her ally during the neural connection process. An unwilling victim can immediately resist this technique if their strength and speed are superior to Ajora's.

-75 Reiatsu for Ulcera

total deduction of 875 Reiatsu
2875/3750 reiatsu remaining

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{Stats}

Strength:200 points
Speed: 300 points
Sppr: 250 points x1.5 (375 points)
Rei strength: 400 points x1.5 (600 points)

La: 7
Da:93

Instinct: 200 points x 0.65 (130 Points)
Senses: 150 points x.65 (97 points)
ES: 0 points x0.33 (0 points)
Healing Efficiency: 0 points

Weapon:Firearms 3
Crafting- Firearms and Munitions: 2
Crafting-Traps: 2
Biochemistry: 2
Battle Analysis: 1
Anti-Stealth: 2
Stealth: 2
Disguise: 2

Cero Voraz post 1/3

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

OOC: Since this is post two of the fire rain, everyone except Santa will now be suffering from 4th degree burns. Also, I should've mentioned this before, but everyone's RS is now debuffed down to 25% of normal due to the new ruling.

IC:
Hotaru was trying her best to feel out if there were any others besides the two hollows in front of her. She could sense another strong presence in the buildings. But, the fire still raged and it seemed like everyone but one has been hit by it. She smirked. The longer they stayed in the fire, the more pain they would endure until they're bodies could no longer stand up to the pain. She hoped to take them all out that way, but this was going to be a little bit trickier than she thought.

One of the hollows was yelling at her, but she paid no attention. She knew what was going on around her and planned to write the report up right after she was done here. Since she didn't sense the one behind her move and it seemed like the one that was yelling was going to continue to yell while it heals and then burns again, she focused on the one hollow that looked like it was ready to make a move.

She was still oozing out her liquid, so there was a fairly large puddle forming under where she was standing. Since her wings were made out of the same scales that covered her other whip, which was roaring angrily at the hollow that was screaming at her, moving and letting her liquid spread by its aggressive movements. Every time the whip moved, her liquid got spread over a wider distance. It was one of the reasons that she let the whips ooze all the time.

Watching as a cero formed by the hooded hollow, she tried to watch as best as possible. It could it use something like Shunpo and run to a different location? Could the cero be redirected? Would it just shoot the cero at her? She hadn't fought a lot of strong hollows like these and had barely fought any of the Espada. The last time they were here, she tussled with one for a bit before they ended up leaving. She assumed that they had got called back to Hueco Mundo.

The cero turned into a tiny marble, which surprised her and heard the loud screech when it shrank. It was now marble sized and sucking in everything, including the rain that was falling from the sky. This couldn't be a good thing. She knew immediately that she didn't need to throw her fire into it. There had to be a way for her to try to break that thing. But she had to do it without throwing her fire at it.

She noticed that another liquid pool was forming near her, realizing that it had to be the whip coming back to her. It slowly started to make it up to her hand and thinking on how to defeat the marble, she thought back to her wings. She had two of them and had never used them for combat before. Why couldn't she? They were scaled and she assumed would be hard enough to break the marble, but she wanted to add flair to it.

Using the left wing, she let liquid ooze out of the scales before some of the rain hit it and ignited her wing. Since the outside was effected only, Hotaru didn't feel the heat. Once the hooded hollow disappeared, her instincts kicked in. There were three ways it could go, but from her past experience, most people attacked her from behind. Based off her instinct alone, she pushed off the ground and moved.

This hollow was not one to run away, at least from what she had seen of the hollow. She would step to her right, extending the wing slightly before stepping away. Once she was a wing's length away, she landed and extended her wing fully using her speed. Once the hollow landed, she would use all her speed to make the flaming wing try to smash it. For added effect, she used the Speed Hana #6 of the Kuchiki, letting the speed go from 800 to 2400 for jerking the wing down to smash the marble.

Hoping that speed was enough to smash the marble and let the rain land on the hollow, she would face the hollow. Her right wing was still above her head, protecting her from the rain and her right whip was now formed in her hand, snarling and ready for use as it too started to ooze out her liquid. "Tell me hollow, why are you here? Why come to the stronghold of your enemy with only three other hollows as backup? I figured it was the Espada that had come here since you've been giving my division such a hard time.

But, I can see why they had issues. You are strong, the strongest hollows I've seen. But, you ate shinigami and destroyed the wall that is the first line of defense for the Soul Society. Because of this, I can't let you leave here alive and uninjured. I took my position to defend the Soul Society and that is what I'm prepared to do. What say you?" She glances, making sure that the hollow is standing in the pool of ooze, which she is.

Hotaru figured that if all else failed, she could light the hollow on fire. She would say this if the marble was smashed or not. She hadn't seen hollows be this bold before and was actively curious as to why they would just randomly come here. Only the Espada, she thought, had the strength to actually come here, but she guessed that hollows could come here as well. The pool under her feet was growing rapidly, thanks to the other whip reforming. One of the whips watched her back (moving near her and slightly to the side to see behind her) while the other looked back and forth checking her sides. No one was going to sneak up on her while she talked to this hollow.

OOC: Remaining reiatsu: 1950/3000, -50 for Shunpo, -150 for Speed Hana; Bankai 2/9, Rain 2/6

[Adrastos]

Buildings tumbled as the hulking body mashed into their frames. Charging through the barracks of the squads, and that of their guard towers, the Hollow ran amok through the Seireitei. With every step only brought him further away from the wall. But still, he could feel what was going on. Fire rained from the skies as they had before feeling bits of his strength leaving him as whatever held influence over the area plagued him. None of that mattered as his desire to destroy the Seireitei was his priority. The Adjuchas' tail swiped into the base of a tower, crumbling its foundation to expose the side of its adjacent building. The Shinigami within cowered as others rose up to defend the fleeing herd. None of the weaker individuals did not matter to Adrastos as the ceiling overhead came down over them. The talons found the roof tiles, pushing them down into the structure.

Adrastos didn't find this to be sporting to him. Where that came from were those who rose up to fight. Hacking and slashing, the little humans gathered their numbers to ward the Hollow away from their living quarters. A single swipe of the beast's large tail keeps them from drawing closer, closing the gap between them and himself. The Hollows that came to follow him charged recklessly into their lines which provided the necessary space that Adrastos required to push further into the Seireitei. However, it wasn't what drew him to do so. In fact, it actually angered him all the more. What came to be a desire to destroy the Seireitei became something else. Vengeance and hate, the pair remained. But doing so without a challenge did not feel justice. For a warrior such as himself, there would be no greater shame than to run in the opposite direction of a battle being waged. For that reason, he could not maintain his current course. He had to go back and fight.

The distance away from the wall wasn't that great. The barracks that he savaged were that of Squad 2's and some of Squad 3. Both were fairly close the walls while those of Squad 10 would retain some well enough distance to them. They were not of importance, but the threat that resided on the wall behind him. Claws dug into the base of a barrack housing unit. Muscles bulging as their tendons and fabrics push themselves to tear away the seams from the ground. What Adrastos was doing in the commotion was simply astonishing in the eyes of the lesser Shinigami and Hollow. What he was doing was a feat that ordinary Hollows were incapable of. His larger body mass and unrivaled physical strength tore the small building from out of its foundation, leaving much of the building to be falling apart. Crumbs of its building material fell from the bottom and sides. Heavy yes, but not heavy enough for the King of Beasts.

The building was roughly around the size of a single story house. Patio and back den included. Most of its additions were falling from the entirety of its structure, but remained intact altogether. But none of that mattered. As the beast arched his back upward the building left his hands. About 80% of his strength was applied here throwing the building over his body towards the wall. The distance wouldn't was a concern to his level of strength as per his size. The large chunk of the building would collide with that top surface of the wall, crashing into it and forming cracks in its material. But more than that, should the Captain and Ajora remain on the wall, then it would come to be that they would meet with a very large visitor that would be a bit heavy for the two of them.

His little stunt was merely to gain some attention as the King of Beasts does not take second place to none. When he was present, there was something about to happen. He reigned in both terms of strength and in presence. The Shinigami and Hollow pushed and shoved, all engaging their own specified enemy as Adrastos charged through the blending lines. It called to him. The arise in conflict called to the old Spartan spirit that housed within the bone made body. Those that stood in the way of it knew the limited mercy that he was known for. A single Adjuchas stood before him in his charge. A single Adjuchas who fought against what would seem to be a 3rd Seat Shinigami. He did not know. But little did it matter as the Hollow's neck collapsed with the closing fangs of the Beast King. A single Hollow who did not know when to step aside for its ruler. Blood and bone snapped as they were grounded into dust. Nothing stood in the way of the calling. It beckoned to him as his legs kicked about against the ground. The immense pressure of a thousand strength off the ground caused the Hollow to propel itself into the air. What came next would not be short of explosive as a Hollow came from the sky, crashing into the wall weight it's heavy weight.

The wall shattered, though not entirely. It's building blocks weakened by the weight of the beast's landing. There, his single good eye peered through the slit of an eye whole. There he stood once again, peering at the struggle between both a Captain and a Hollow. He too will stand up against her. His skin burned with the heat of the fire from the rain. More so than before. The pain that could only come from it had to be blocked by his level of Pain Tolerance. Adrastos knew no fear, only hunger. The hunger that he held as a Spartan. The hunger that he knows as a Hollow. They both cried out to wage this war with the Captain. Only will they be satisfied. Only then, only then may they know a time of rest. Only his strength knew what it meant to resist, and to fight.

1 Class 3 Adjuchas Eaten

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{New Status}

Strength - 400 *[150%] = [1000]
Speed - 300[/50%] = [150]
Spiritual Pressure - 200 [50%] = [100]
Reiatsu Strength - 150 [50%] = [75]25% = 18.75
Light Aura - 20
Dark Aura - 80
Instinct - 200
Senses - 200[/50%] = 100
Energy sensory - 50
Healing Expertise - 0

[Valentin Acciai]

OOC: Debuffed to the new ruling of what?

IC: So the answer was stone cold mass murderer for a captain was it, why did it always have to be women who were such heartless psychopaths? it was starting to set a bad trend in the Adjuchas mind that he wasn't proud of. Beginning to look down on the supposed fairer sex as the crueler sex, which didn't sit well with him at all, how was he supposed to find himself a gal in the future if he would suspect them all to be psychos only capable of having murderboners? Of course despite all the crazies he had met of recent he didn't believe that were the case with all women, if it were so males would be extinct followed by women themselves one generation further.

''And you Shinigami dare ask why every race that walk the earth looks at you with distain and disgust. Unworthy to care for the dead i say.'' Valentin continued to mock despite her deaf ears, he could afford it since his regeneration outpaced her fires and the burns that formed on his regenerated carapace with not a nerve to hurt almost too fast for any burns to appear on his body now that he put his mind to it. but it was still a pleasant and welcome surprise to see Santa warding of the flames with her cero, a peculiar version of it he had never before seen. He wanted it to be honest, in time he would have it too he knew, perhaps she might even be the one to teach him later so certain was he becoming of her superiority.

Watching the battle go on patiently Valentin at first a bit spooked recognized the reiatsu of the thread as Ajora's and allowed it to spin itself around the inside of his body and infect his nervous system, intrigued by it's function. Moving his arm as a test as his medical prowess analysed the reaction of his tampered with nerves he noted the speed and vigour his limb now moved with, useful, and quite similar to a trick of his own. It was unfortunate though that her true form was naught but bones or he would have repayed the favour to be sure and granted quickness to her step and oomph to her blows but she had no muscles for him to set into overdrive and... too be frank that Adrastos fellow was too much of a mindless brute to waste his Reiatsu on no matter how swoll the density of his muscles would become from it.

The tiny armed brute was more likely to flex and show off than be of much use against the Captain in Valentin's eyes and even then he didn't expect the small potato of a brain the Adjuchas had to figure out which muscles are used for flexing nor if it was even capable of understanding the concept. But that was all irrelevant, this technique of his wouldn't be useful for the current situation. Instead Valentin being the insultingly ignored underdog that he was pulled back from the fighting temporarily to chew up a few Shinigami intelligent enough to have hidden inside a building but none the less unable to move thanks to the heavy gravitational pressure in the air. The soldiers of the Seireitei weren't even able to scream properly with the weight forced on them by their own Captain as Valentin tore them up and ate the best bits.

Quite confident the Captain was preoccupied with Ajora Valentin got himself back out into the streets, running through the masses of charred corpses as he took a little detour behind the Captain with light and quick steps standing a good bit behind the woman who had so far only payed attention to Ajora. Once behind her the one part of his body not covered in carapace turned to face the shinigami and unloaded a barrage of 5 spikes shooting out with a speed of 600 followed by a disproportionately faster bala which was accompained by another spike and a moment later another bala as Valentin sent his attacks forwards at disproportionate speeds towards the shinigami to both correct his aim and throw her ability to react in a jumble with some luck. His intent was mostly just to give Ajora an opening, but he wouldn't complain if the captain took a solid hit.


-300 (Resist Pressure)
-175 Organic Generation (pretty much everything)
+150 Parasite
-100 Bala

1275/2000

3 Class 6 Shinigami Consumed

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{Living Spike Shots}Technique Name: [Living Spike Shots]

Class: [4]

Technique Type: [Hollow]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [Hollow]

Technique Element: [Organic]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): [This technique allows Valentin to fire off spikes that can be grown from any part of his body in front of wherever he's aiming the spikes to a penetrating power equal to his Reiatsu Strength and a Static Speed of 600. The spikes on average are the size of a short punching dagger or 5 inches long and 1 inch wide so they can do moderate harm however there is a limited number of them. On his tail he has 10 spikes usable for that purpose and regenerates them naturally by 1 spike per 50 healing expertise a turn when it comes to those on his tail. Expending Reiatsu he can generate these same spikes from any part of his body with a cost of 25 Reiatsu for two spikes.

This technique acts as a stepping stone for further abilities as the spikes fired from his body are still alive and connected to him for a time, his Reiatsu visibly still present in them. They are made from an outer layer of bone structure with a fleshy inside akin to an organ though initially inert and malleable until another ability makes use of them and gives them purpose. Should there be no resistance from the body it hits for example a friendly and aware target then the spikes will upon penetration sacrifice their bone exterior to heal the wound made upon entry after the organic part has gone inside. Even if they do not strike a target they will still become a beacon for his spiritual energy and just as capable to transform to suit his purposes. this flesh eventually dissolves within twenty minutes whether or not having a host to sustain itself from and would have to be replaced to continue it's duties.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [By aiming the concerned body part in a chosen direction and simply forcing them out by contracting his muscles, in short flexing them out.]

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) (Insert Below)

Supply of fired spikes must be regenerated.

Always go straight so they can be easy to predict.

If the relevant muscle structure is notably injured this technique cannot be used from there until healed.

Incantation and Effect:

Made By: Valentin Acciai

Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): [Yes]

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{Bala}Technique Name: [Bala] (Bullet)

Class: [6] [Cannot be learned until class 6]

Technique Type: [Hollow Technique]

Technique Element: [None]

Technique Description and Effects:

A straightforward and simple technique that hardens the user's Reiatsu and releases it like a swift blast of spiritual energy. While the technique is not nearly as powerful as a Cero, its speed is 20 times faster and allows for it to be fired in quick repetition. The orb of reiatsu fired varies in size and strength, some Arrancar creating one the size of a basketball with the rough power of a massive punch, and others creating Bala with enough power to blast holes in adversaries. Some Espada can create Bala as large and powerful as an average Arrancar's Cero.

How to use technique:

The user must first aim and then fire the technique, as is custom of any projectile type.

Technique Drawbacks:

50 Reiatsu cost.

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru waits for the hollow in front of her to do something and watches as the other hollow that was yelling at her stand beside the cloaked one and shot off attacks at her. She watched as the attacks came towards her and harmlessly hit her. She didn't know if the other Hollow noticed but her Bankai was her armor as well as the whips. Because of this, she was stronger than the attacks that tried to hurt her.

After the shot was fired, she watched as that hollow, being exhausted from all the healing, passed out in the grass. She stopped her gravitational pressure and looked towards the huge commotion that was several feet away from her. It seems to have stopped abruptly. Hotaru figured that was the other hollow that she had sensed but it was too much of a chicken to actually try fighting her head on.

The clocked hollow made no move to attack so the remaining members of her squad and others, started to come at it from behind. The fire landed on her body, creating horrible burns all over it. The cero spent from trying to hit her, Hotaru let the burns start to form all over its body before she stopped the rain. Once it was stopped, the shinigami came and tried to contain her.

"Get out of the way, I'll finish this beast." Once they were far enough away, she flicked her right wrist and the dragon mouth that was already open opened wider and shot a huge flaming blast at the hollow. She let the fire burn at it until she thought it was enough, which equaled out to about five minutes of continuous flame. She figured if it could heal, it wouldn't be able to heal quick enough for that.

With this hollow now a black, smoking husk of what it was, the other shinigami had went to work. She had signaled to the others to take care of the current passed out hollows. It wouldn't take long for this many shinigami to kill the hollows, but when she was done with this one, she would make her way to the other hollows. When she reached them, she made them stand back and deal with the injured shinigami in the area.

She made her way to the hollow that wouldn't shut up at her and glared at it. Her rain kept falling down around her and she looked at it. "Obviously you're not as strong as you thought you were Hollow. Maybe next time you should focus on fighting your enemy then trying to berate them. You aren't even worth the time it would take me to char your body." Third degree burns popped up on its body, which was fitting for this hollow.

She made her way towards the last hollow's body and made sure everyone was clear. Five minutes at the last hollow's body of continuous fire spray, it was blackened just like the other one. She grabbed the bodies of the hollows and carried them with her. Her liquid had stopped flowing awhile ago, so it was safe for people to move. She watched as the shinigami got busy dealing with the damage from her attack against the hollows that were stupid enough to come here.

She quickly sealed her sword and immediately Shunpo'ed towards the Twelfth Division. When she reached the Fourth Division, she ran in and quickly told the front desk what had happened not too far from their division's area and they needed to have all hands on deck for this. She quickly bowed and apologized and kept moving forward. Not too long after that, she arrived at the front of the Twelfth Division.

Moving at a brisk pace, she walked into the building, with people quickly moving out of her way and eyeing what she was carrying on her shoulder. She went to the main area of the Division and asked for any ranked member of the division. When one came, she dropped the charred bodies on the floor. "These three hollows tried to infiltrate Seireitei and rampage through Soul Society. The wall is broken near the Second and Third Division areas and the most damage is in that area.

I figured since I charred them, this division would probably be the best place to take them for them to be permanently destroyed, or do whatever you want with them. Give Aramis Tezuka-taichou my best." She bowed towards them and then Shunpo'ed back towards her own division. Once she reached there, she filled her officers in on what had happened and that there needs to be guards on duty at the hole 24/7 so hollows don't break through again.

She suggested that a newbie and a veteran would be a good combination so the newbie could get some practice. They bowed in compliance and started to make the necessary preparations to have a guard detail and rotation set up for that area. She took a deep breath to steady herself and then wrote out an extremely detailed report on what just happened, since the entire Soul Society would know that something happened and that Hotaru did it. There aren't many that have fire rain like she does.

Once the report was written as detailed as she could make it, she sealed it report and locked her office back up. She told her officers she was leaving and that the Vice Captain was in charge. She gave him all the details about what was going on and what she wanted him to do and he agreed to follow it. She walked quickly through the division, trying to lift her shinigami's spirits, but this was something most had never dealt with before.

She stopped and turned around to face them. DIVISION MEMBERS! TODAY SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT I NEVER WANTED TO HAPPEN ON MY WATCH. THE WALL WAS BREACHED. HOLLOWS HAD NEVER BEEN THIS AGGRESSIVE BEFORE, AT LEAST DURING MY TENURE AS CAPTAIN. NOW, WITH YOUR HELP, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN! WE WILL GROW STRONGER FROM THIS! WE WILL BE BETTER!

Smiling, she quickly Shunpo'ed off, not hearing what they said after her speech. She really hoped that it helped their moods to lighten. Either that or it lit a fire under them (she laughed a little at that) so that they would try their bests to improve themselves. She made it to the First Division barracks where she looked for the Vice Captain or any other high ranking officer. "I have a report of what just happened for the Captain Commander. I'm sure that he has several questions and I hope I can answer them."

She waited to speak to him. She knew that there was a lot of damage that needed to be fixed and strategies talked about to make sure that this doesn't happen again. But, they will get stronger, she will help fix what was damaged and the wall will stand the next time. But, if that time comes, Hotaru will be there in her fiery glory, ready to burn anyone stupid enough to try to get into Soul Society again.

OOC:

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She sends one of her whips into the atmosphere, converting the liquid in the atmosphere above her into her liquid fire. The whip will shed its coating, making dragon wings that will appear on her back. These wings can be used for defense and offense, as well as helping her jump, but she can't fly with them. She can also use them to block out her fire rain.

Then, after the liquid joins with the atmospheric liquid, it immediately starts to rain. This process happens in two seconds. Hotaru will let it burn, making it rain fire. The rain is heavy that has a radius of half a mile and will last for six posts. If a person stays in this rain for one post, they will get third degree burns. Two posts is fourth degree burns. If they stay three posts or longer, with no defenses, they will be too damaged to continue fighting, i.e. pass out/dead.
Cost: 400 Reiatsu
Weaknesses: If they get out of her range of attack, it won't work. If they can block out all the rain, it wouldn't effect them. If they have Heat Tolerance, each point in it will lessen burns. For maximum, one post is no burn, two posts is second degree burn and they have to stay in for the FULL six posts to pass out/die. One of her whips would be unusable for two posts.

Now due to this, Adrastos and Valentine are now passed out from the pain/exhaustion. Because TV quit, she has been hit with fire and dealt with as described in post.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Adrastos:

• 20 paragraphs = 200 TP
• 1 Class 3 Adjuchas = 100 TP
• 2 Class 5 Shinigami = 200 TP
• 1 Class 4 Shinigami = 200 TP

700 TP Total


Valentin:

• 21 paragraphs = 210 TP
• 3 Class 6 Shinigami = 300 TP

510 TP Total


Hotaru:

• 37 paragraphs = 370 TP
• +100 TP for victory

470 TP Total