My Little Gundam: Reiatsu is Magic [R | NDE | Yoko v Ludwig]

[Yoko Kusanagi]

Thread Title: My Little Gundam: Reiatsu is Magic
Participants: Yoko Kusanagi and Ludwig Cerrlicht
World: Human World
Death Setting: Non Death Enabled
Rating: R
Location: The thread starts on the streets of Karakura Town, where Ludwig recognizes Yoko. The actual battle will take place in a location to be determined in thread.
Special Conditions: None.
Circumstances: Ludwig is in the world of the living to buy some candy and sees a report about Yoko fighting his subordinate on TV. Embarrassed by the fact that his subordinate potentially endangered civilians without a clear reason, he seeks out Yoko to get more details and apologize. From there, Yoko demands a proof of strength so that she knows she can trust Ludwig to keep his underling in line going forward.

[Yoko Kusanagi]

Play This – Trigun OST 1: NOT AN ANGEL

Some time had passed since the last ridiculous thing had happened to Yoko, but it seemed like time had failed to move on for others. Everywhere she went it seemed like she heard idle chatter about it. In reality it was just one daytime news program that hadn’t shut up about it yet, but they were still making a big deal about it. She knew that this had been the goal all along, but it felt really weird to have it actually work out as intended. All the awkwardness she felt those days was her own fault, as it was the direct result of her attempts to elevate the Uzaki Enterprises name to a household savior.

Yoko had begun forming the Uzaki Enterprises Emergency Response Team with two goals in mind. The first was to save people, but the second was to get more people talking about her organization. There was no such thing as bad publicity, but how could you do better than people talking about how your company was fighting terrorists and saving lives? That was like, the best kind of publicity ever! But hoooooollllllllllyyyyyyyyy shit was it weird to have people talking about you specifically on the news. A little while back she had fought a Shinigami on a beach and had thought it was a great idea to scream “terrorist attack” to get people to run away.

Apparently someone had caught some of the fight on video, and the footage had circulated around the news agencies. Of course basic cell phone cameras couldn’t pick up a Shinigami, but given he was in a gigai that was a non issue. From there all it took was some “eyewitnesses” who wanted to be on the news exaggerating about explosions in the sand, and suddenly the Fullbringer was on everyone’s mind for a little while. Everyone who tracked her down was met with a simple statement. ”Uzaki Enterprises believes that ensuring the safety of mankind is an important part of our company’s mission. We are not a replacement for the police, but if we are in the right place at the right time to try and save people then we will do so.”

For the most part, the story had faded away in a day, but one sensationalized news channel just couldn’t shut up about how a little blonde girl had fought against a terrorist. Of course all anyone had footage of was the first few moments of the battle, and between the chaos of people running away and cameras lack of ability to see the actual powers at play it shouldn’t have gotten too far. Shouldn’t have is the key word. All it took was one spiritually aware civilian without a speck of power in their body as an eye witness. Their interview with this one news network, an exclusive of course, had been played on repeat over and over.

No matter how awkward it was for Yoko though, it was still good for the company. She was indeed fulfilling her purpose, even if there was some idiot on TV blabbering about how she turned into a robot and fought a half naked dude that grew cocaine trees. It sounded like complete and utter ridiculousness, because it frankly was. But it didn’t matter. At least some people believed the story, no matter how true or false it was. This was the era of #FAKENEWS, and while some people would call the whole thing a giant publicity stunt, others would see Uzaki Enterprises the way that Yoko did: as saviors.

On this day, the Fullbringer was wearing the same outfit as she was back then. She was dressed in a rather plain outfit, though it might have been a bit dark for such warm weather. Her tank top, shorts, and tights were all nice and black, as were the gloves and hoodie she had on. The last piece at least had some red for accents to break up the monotony. Yoko was out and about on another day off. She idly patrolled the sun-streaked streets of Karakura on her motorcycle. Half of her was looking for trouble, and the other half of her was just trying to numb her mind enough to forget about the publicity.

She wound through street after street on her bike, headed nowhere in particular. No matter how many turns she took, she never really seemed to leave downtown Karakura. Part of her had been attempting to get lost, but she simply knew the streets too well and familiar landmark after familiar landmark appeared before her. Of course it didn’t help that she had GPS on her phone nowadays, but she was at least able to turn that off. Part of her just wanted something interesting to happen. Something to take her mind off the social burden of being in the spotlight. For someone who typically didn’t care what other people thought, being talked about on TV just rubbed her the wrong way. Hopefully this would all finish blowing over soon.

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{Outfit Reference}

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{Stats and Skills}
Strength - [400(800)] Points

Speed - [250(375)] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [300(150)] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [100(50)] Points

Light Aura - [60] Points

Dark Aura - [40] Points

Instinct - [165] Points

Senses [185] Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Total SP: [1400]

• [Martial Art: Kunlun] {3}
  
  
• [Weapon: Sword {3}
  
  
• [Pain Tolerance] {2}
  
  
• [Battle Analysis] {2}
  
  
• [Calm Mind] {2}
  
  
• [Anti-Stealth] {3}
  
  
• [Weapon:Guns] {1}
  
  

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

"Thank you, have a good day ma'am." Ludwig waved towards the young cashier as he made his way to leave the store. Finally he'd found time in a day to sneak away yet again and grab some sour candies and soda. For the sake of simplicity Ludwig had gone to Karakura since it was the most patrolled city in Japan, as far as he knew anyway. The logs for where the Senkaimon sent teams too almost always had a few that were directed towards Karakura. Thankfully he didn't even have to given anyone a real reason as to why he would go there, another plus given he didn't have the heart to make up some excuse or tell another that wasn't in his squad about his "weakness" for sugary foods. Ludwig shook his head as he thought on his choice in snacks as a "weakness". Ridiculous, it was no such thing, he just couldn't find these things anywhere else in the Soul Society, let alone soda. THAT was a rarity at BEST, so there wasn't a chance in hell Ludwig was going to the human world without getting some of that also. All things considered though his plans had run smoothly today. He'd remembered to bring a gigai, human world cash and all his interactions weren't really questioned. It's a good thing I ran into Abaddon the last time I came here. If I hadn't I would have had the same blunders from prior. Thankfully however he gave me a few tips at how NOT to seem awkward in this day and age. I'll have to thank him when next, if at all, I see him. Ooo it's a TV wonder what's on, the living always hav-.....

And as though the universe heard his unspoken "What can possibly go wrong?" There on the TV was a human and his subordinate. And not just any subordinate his NEWEST one, Wycliff with his Zanpakuto released. A shiver ran down Ludwig's spine as he visibly paled at the short clip that he had watched. He'd taken the liberty of reading up on his Zanpakuto so he knew if he'd made the right decision only to realize he held a VERY dangerous zanpakuto. How ironic that his squad led the way with wierd Zanpkauto's such as his own, even Wycliff's was a weird one but on a whole new level. His ability to use and manipulate cocaine was terrifying, especially from the reports of those who witnessed his use of it, let alone what barriars it broke down for Wycliff. Because even better Ludwig was not alone in that his release broke a multitude of barriars for him in all aspects. Ludwig continued watching in horror as the clip was replayed a few more times while his knuckles went white from how hard he was making a fist. For the love of...They had best say there were no casualties... Alright he's off the hook there. Thankfully this...robot? Whatever it is was around and got the rest of the nearby humans away. I'll be certain to have a conversation with Wycliff when I see him next. This is NOT what I said when I meantioned he could pull shenanigans while in the human world. Hell he didn't even TRY to keep the humans away prior! By this point Ludwig was growling quietly to himself and once he noticed the look of a nearby customer in quiet fear he quickly moved to another set of TV's showing the same thing.

Thirty minutes later and Ludwig was finally leaving the superstore but now with a goal in mind. He'd found out that the human was an employee from Uzaki Enterprises, whatever that was. Clearly it was a company but was it important? Abaddon hadn't made mention of it yet the news announcer had certainly made it sound like they were hugely important. Especially with a segment where they'd gone to the employee in person in an attempt get a "scoop" only to be turned down with a somewhat harsh but neutral answer. Still they'd gotten a name and a clear show of her face so Ludwig had quickly made use of a spare pen he had and wrote it down on his left hand. Which brought him to the goal he now felt obligated to complete. This woman, let alone the company needed an apology. As much as Ludwig would have loved to give on for every person involved that just wasn't feasible. Hell even the higher ups would never spare a glance at Wycliff given it was so unimportant to them or their affairs. This left Ludwig with being self tasked to doing this for his squad given he was the one responsible for all their actions. He sighed heavily into his hand whispering to himself "Gottverdamnt" But the real question was how would he find this woman? He wasn't exactly savvy in the arts of trailing someone down nor about how he'd even confront them if he did. Even his technique for finding people wouldn't be terribly useful here given there were MANY spiritually aware beings and a few spiritually enforced buildings.

"Welp there's only one place I CAN go. Uzaki Enterprises. Because if all else fails I can just apologize to them directly, here's hoping though I can find that human along the way. I'd really hate to go to the company itself. Bright side at least I can enjoy my candy and soda on the way. Yaaaaay.. Ludwig sighed again before pulling out his soda and heading out. His only guides being those he passed by along the way, giving him vague directions at best since they hadn't heard of the company until recently. Before he knew it, he'd become lost in the city actually having gone towards the center with no sign nor hair of the company itself. Frustration by this point was evident in spades and finally Ludwig relented. Potential of being overwhelmed be damned he needed to find his damn company and get this over with so that he could go back to the Soul Society where no doubt he had a fuck ton of paperwork sitting on his used to be clean desk. Without a second thought he gathered his rieatsu in his finger tips and snapped them almost as quickly as he'd gathered the rieatsu. This let out a small wave that shot out to a quarter of a mile before he even knew it. Anyone who had a decent Energy sensory would figure out what happened but at this point at least he'd know if this employee or this headquarters was anywhere near his general vicinity. In the meantime Ludwig found a bench under a tree to rest at while the wave went off to hopefully find his intended target(s). If not he was going to have to keep walking around, and the mere thought of that was enough to start aggravating him again.

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Technique Name: Spiritual Pulse

Class: 5

Technique Type: Other

Usable By: All Races

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects:
This technique has one simple function that makes it applicable several situations. Essentially, for the price of 100 reiatsu, it releases a pulse of Reiatsu from the user that travels at a speed of 800 with a range of a quarter of a mile for ever 25 points in energy sensory. This pulse, however, doesn't do anything and can only be detected by an energy sensory of 100. It is intangible to all things physical and passes right through them, though any Reiatsu barrier such as Bakudo #81: Danku or even flexing Reiatsu strength blocks the pulse. If the pulse makes contact with any physical object infused with Reiatsu, the user will automatically become aware of that person.

Not only is this technique useful for sharpening sensory abilities and staying aware of nearby spiritual individuals or objects, but it has analytical value as well. It also maps the Reiatsu infused people and objects it passes through, giving the user a mental blueprint of their inner workings. He would know exactly how tall a person in, where each of their internal organs is placed, and where internal injuries may lie. He would understand the layout of a building constructed only with spiritual steel. He can see into the inner workings of a gun composed of Reiatsu-infused metal.

How to use technique:
Gather and release a thin wave of Reiatsu in ever direction.

Technique Drawbacks
Because of the analytical application of this technique, there is a possibility of the user simply being overwhelmed by the amount of data he or she collects. If there are more than 10 spiritually aware souls and reiatsu-infused objects that are larger than the size of an average person, the user becomes unable to pick out the information from pulse that he seeks during the heat of a fight. This can be ignored with skill points in Battle Focus, however.

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Stats and Skills

Stats

Base — Sealed — Released

Strength: 100 — 25 — 100

Speed: 200 — 50 — 200

Reiatsu Strength: 400 — 400 — 1200

Spiritual Pressure: 300 — 300 — 900

Instinct: 200 — 200 — 350

Senses: 100 — 25 — 100

Energy sense: 100 — 25 — 100

Healing expertise: 0 — 0 — 0

Light: 75

Dark: 25



Skills

Strength of Will- 3

Weapon: Cartoon Drawings- 3

Battle Analysis- 2

Learning- 3

Mental Incantation- 2

Damage Recovery- 2

15/15 Skill Points

-100 reiatsu for Spiritual Pulse
2900/3000 reiatsu remaining

[Yoko Kusanagi]

After quite some time idly wandering through the downtown Karakura landscape, the Fullbringer eventually found herself parked outside of her place of employment. Uzaki Enterprises. It all came back to this building. Her mission. Her duty. The money to afford a motorcycle. She owed it all to Kazura really. No matter how much she accomplished on her own, at the end of the day he had been the catalyst that elevated her beyond a pathetic wannabe hero. It was under his guidance, and with his resources, that she had actually made something of herself. Sure, it wasn’t usually the world’s most glamorous position, but some little part of her enjoyed being in the spotlight even if it was quite troublesome.

Without even meaning to, she had found herself back here even on her day off. It mattered little, as she honestly didn’t have a ton to do outside of her job, and her job was largely what she considered to be recreation. Now that she wasn’t in charge of security, she didn’t even have to worry much about the little details of day to day life inside the organization. Her job nowadays was simple. Become stronger. Protect the weak. That was it really. As long as she could help build up the reputation of Uzaki Enterprises as a force for good with her displays of strength then she was worth keeping on payroll. Besides, they had a competent person in charge of security now. Unless he decided to step down for some reason, Yoko was fine with leaving that to Zeich.

Schedule be damned, she made her way back into the office. Unbeknownst to her this occurred right as a spiritual pulse flew through the building. The Fullbringer waved at the person at the desk and made her way over into the break room. They knew better than to stop her at this point. She was one of the members that the normal folks just knew better than to mess with after the spat she had with Amy when the warrior first returned to Uzaki Enterprises after her hiatus. Once in the break room, she grabbed a cup of coffee and put it to her lips. Ah, the sweet nectar of caffeine. Kazura was even kind enough to buy some decent stuff for his employees. Apparently this one was supposed to taste like blueberry muffins.

Coffee in hand, she cursed the no smoking sign and made her way back out the front door of the building before she lit up. The girl leaned idly against the wall and alternated between long sips of the java and equally long drags at the tobacco. No one would really accuse her of being a master of good habits, but she wasn’t all bad. While she worked on her refreshments she let herself fall into a meditative trance. Her body, mind, and spirit were opened to the world around her. In those moments she drank and smoked on autopilot. Her consciousness was left open to the sensations nearby, and that was when she smelled it.

A new scent, yet a strangely familiar one. Hints of linen, wood, steel, coal, and graphite all came from the same direction towards her. The first three was a blend that she knew meant to expect a Shinigami. So many of the buildings were framed in wood. Their weapons made of steel. Their linen robes. It was a faint scent combination that was virtually unmistakable to her, and a hint of those scents were on all of them. With the aid of the natural Low Pressure zone that surrounded her, the scent drifted towards her a touch before it otherwise would have. She didn’t recognize the addition of coal and graphite though. The smells were all intermingled, so it was from one person, but she didn’t know just who the owner was.

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{Low Pressure}Technique Name: [Low Pressure]

Class: [8]

Technique Type: [General Reiatsu Skill]

Usable By: [All Races: Requires a 1 in Calm Mind or a Reiatsu Control Skill]

Technique Element: [Air]

Technique Description and Effects: [This "technique" is a passive reduction in the output of reiatsu that one gives off while not supressing their power. It can still look impressive and bright, but the output is reduced to the point that it is incapable of doing any harm to a living being. For those who know this technique, the only noteworthy effect that casually outputting reiatsu can have (beyond looking pretty) is to cause a very slight difference in air pressure. This difference in pressure causes a very slight breeze to blow towards the user of this technique. It is no more than a few miles per hour, making it barely even noticeable unless you're looking for it.

There is a very slight benefit to this. Scents drift more easily towards the user while this technique is active, as they float along the air currents that move towards the user of this technique. The use of reiatsu is so slight for this technique that it doesn't appear noticeable except to those with incredible (200+) energy sensory. When mastered, the output is so low that it is indistinguishable from a normal energy signature, and can even be used while reiatsu is being masked if the user has at least a two in stealth.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [When learned or proficient, this feat is only available by fluctuating one's reiatsu to create a difference in air pressure. Activating it feels similar to just building up the reiatsu for a technique, but the amount is very small. When mastered, this technique is passively active at all times unless willingly ceased, or in the case that the user is in combat and lacks the appropriate skills to maintain the focus on it.]

Technique Drawbacks: [Requires a skill to be learned, and requires rank 2 in that skill to be used in combat. It is a permanent replacement to the ability to pressure crush. That cannot be done unless this technique is unlearned. This technique cannot be learned by types that lack fine reiatsu control such as fighters or Kenpachi types.]

Made By: [Pie]

Reserved?: [No]

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

Ludwig had just finished a bag of shockers when the mass amount of info hit him. God he’d found so many spiritually aware people it was ridiculous and even managed to find a few spiritually powerful among them. Someone above must have been looking out for him however because he didn’t quite reach his limit and on top of that had found Yoko. The pulse itself sent him the general information about them and where they were, it seemed she was only a short distance away, maybe a few blocks at best.  Welp looks like I found her. Time to go talk and hopefully resolve this entire dispute. I can’t imagine she’ll be thrilled at seeing another shinigami so soon but hopefully she’ll at least hear me out. If not I tried and that will be that I suppose. With that thought Ludwig got up, threw away his trash and picked up his bag of snacks before starting his way over.

Ludwig truth be told was a bit nervous, the situation was odd to say the least. He’d never heard of a captain apologizing to anyone for anything. Let alone over a dispute like this which Ludwig could only imagine happened more often than not. He sighed some while he walked, even slouching some. This however only lasted a moment as he pulled himself back together. It would be embarrassing some but at the end of the day he needed to do this. He was responsible for Wycliff and his actions by extension were his to bear. The fact that other captains chose not to bear that responsibility was on them, Ludwig was going to show others that not everyone was so conservative in thought. Let alone prove that good relations with others would only serve to be of benefit to the Soul society.

About 15 minutes later and he’d found the person in question as well as the headquarters. Looking up the building itself was actually fairly impressive. It wasn’t a skyscraper or anything as Karakura didn’t really boast those kind of monuments but it was still fairly sizable. Let alone welp kept, hell the doors themselves actually looked rather nice being made of glass and all. Ludwig would definitely keep this in mind for a drawing later and immediately pulled out a notebook and a pencil to write down that thought before putting both away. Looking back over towards Yoko it was immediately apparent she wasn’t exactly “here” so to speak. Ludwig took this moment to make sure he was presentable at least given this was a formal apology. He was surprisingly well dressed considering his original intent was to just relax. Black slacks, a pressed white long sleeve button up that had been rolled up an inch past his elbows, dark brown loafers, with a black vest and a dark red tie. Ludwig couldn’t help but chuckle at himself, if this was casual god forbid he ever had to be in formal attire.

Reassured he was alright in dress if nothing else he relaxed and spoke up a few feet away from Yoko. “Excuse me, Yoko? My apologies if that is incorrect to call you by however the news report had said that was your name. Would you have a moment to talk, specifically about the incident with my subordinate? I saw what was shown on the news and wanted to come talk in person about what happened. As well as apologize on his and my squads behalf. If now isn’t a good time however I’m more than willing to find you at a later point.” His german accent was still a tad harsh but hopefully not so overpowering that his Japanese would suffer just because of it. If nothing else he imagined the fact he had a soft albeit embarrassed smile and non-threatening demeanor would help at least have her willing to listen or spare a moment. However he also expected her to be less than thrilled by shinigami in general so he also mentally steeled himself for the imminent insults or harsh commentary that could come his way. So help me God Wycliff if I can’t fix things here it’s going to you who apologies or suffer for this. That much I will make certain.

[Yoko Kusanagi]

The scent Yoko had been keyed in to grew in intensity while she waited outside. It was a clear sign that the person she was interested in approached. It didn’t seem to grow stronger very fast though. She had plenty of time to finish her cigarette and start another before they were close enough to matter. The Fullbringer had stayed outside to intercept the target. Well, those are awfully hostile words for someone she hadn’t even met yet, but that was kind of Yoko’s default. She had an awful case of resting bitch face and the attitude to match it. Besides, it was a Shinigami. Them showing up was never good news, and usually directly caused multiple problems. Hopefully this one would prove to be less of a pain in the ass.

Propped up on the wall as she was, Yoko honestly seemed a bit out of place. Men and women alike entered and left the building at a decent pace. All of them were dressed in impressively sharp looking suits. And there she was, smoking a cig and looking like a delinquent. And yet she sometimes had the nerve to wonder why she wasn’t employee of the month. The very thought of that, given her personality, made her giggle a little at the idea. But it seemed that the time for idle thoughts had ended. The target was upon her, and she took the time take in his appearance before he had said anything. Though some might think she was spaced out, her meditative trance had only made her all the more aware of her surroundings.

He was decently sharply dressed, and only looked a little out of place in front of Uzaki Enterprises. He looked decently strong at first glance as well, though Yoko knew that muscles were rarely an actual indicator of power among supernatural beings. As far as his face went, well, he was interesting for sure. Definitely not Yoko’s type. She got a bit of Wolverine vibes from the dude. Probably the chops. Too tall for Wolverine though, and he didn’t smell like maple syrup and hockey. Just as she had finished taking in his appearance it seemed that he had finished finding the courage to speak to the Fullbringer. She really did need to work on that resting bitch face if even Shinigami were hesitant to talk to her. Oh well.

She let him say his piece in whole. It had a lot to unpack, so she took a moment before her reply came. He was actually quite polite, especially by Shinigami standards. He had called her by her first name, but apologized for doing so. That show of respect did not go unnoticed. Even better he asked if she had time to talk, rather than assuming she would do what the man wanted. Basic social skills seemed to be something that an unfortunate number of the lords of death missed in their samurai boot camp. This was… refreshing. Even after asking, he continued the politeness to the point that it was clearly not fake. It appeared he was here to offer an apology. How interesting.

What was most interesting of all though was that he had claimed this was about an incident on the news that involved his subordinate. That could only refer to one thing: the cocaine wielder. The fact that this was an apology from someone else was interesting in and of itself, but the relationship was what really caught her attention. He had used the words “my squad.” Ownership. The man was a Captain. That meant that she needed to be careful. He was polite now, but Captain-class Shinigami were not something that she wanted to make an opponent out of if she could avoid it. They were in the same category as Espada and Sternritter. Dangerous.

As much as that’s what the rational part of her reminded herself of, the words out of her mouth were emotional. ”An apology won’t cut it, Captain.” Her reply was simple, and straight to the point. She had played through a scenario like this in her mind before she knew who the cocaine Shinigami’s supervisor was, and she had settled on some choice words for them. ”You’ll have to forgive the rudeness. It’s appreciated but saying sorry isn’t good enough. We have much to discuss, but not outside. Come with me.” The Fullbringer crusher her cigarette in her metallic left hand and deposited it in the bin by the door. With the assumption that the man would follow, Yoko made her way to the elevator and keyed in the hidden button for one of the deep sub-basement levels.

The elevator ride itself was an awkward silence on her end. She waited until the destination was reached. In only a few long strides she cleared the waiting room and walked out into the center of the floor she had brought the man to. It was a painfully bright white room that measured 100 feet on all sides in a perfect cube. ”No one will bother us here.” That was quite true. She’d had to swipe her access card once in the elevator and again to enter the main room. This was a secret training room that only the spiritually aware individuals in Uzaki Enterprises were allowed access. There would be no innocent bystanders here, nor would there be any prying eyes and ears.

”Sorry isn’t good enough, because what that man did is unforgivable.” She continued right where she had left off on the street above. ”Shinigami are the Gods of Death. Protectors of humanity and souls alike against the floor of Hollows that would make us their lunch. That’s the ideal I’ve been sold on for your purpose.” Her voice had been calm thus far. Icy cold in fact. She had recited what she knew was their proclaimed purpose, but it was painfully obvious that she didn’t think they always lived up to that. Her next words were filled with emotion, and her volume went up an order of magnitude. ”AND THAT FUCKING IDIOT RELEASED HIS ZANPAKUTO IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROWD AND ATTACKED A HUMAN WITHOUT PROVOCATION.!’

Yoko took a few breaths to calm herself after that one. She had lost her cool. Sure, she had done it rightly so, but she was dealing with a Captain who had shown her nothing but respect thus far. She needed to do the same. ”So no, an apology isn’t good enough. I need to never happen again. And that’s where you and this room come in. If you want me to avoid killing that man the next time I see him, then what I need is proof you’re strong enough to keep him in his place. That man in dangerous. Sure, he has value in fighting Hollows, but if you lack the strength to control him then you’re just as much of a problem as he is.”

With her feelings on the situation made clear, her last sentence was punctuated by her dropping into a fighting stance with her left side faced forward. Between her words and her actions it was clear she was completely serious about wanting a proof of the man’s strength. She appreciated the apology, but it really couldn’t satisfy her. That man was a perfect illustration of what was wrong with Shinigami. There were those among them that fought with reckless abandon. Civilian lives were beneath their notice. And then there were the good ones like this man. Their power was too weak, or their attention was too limited. Either way they couldn’t exert enough control over the problem children. Could he prove her wrong? Could this man convince her that one man could actually make a difference in that disastrous organization?

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

“An apology won’t cut it, Captain.” Shit. Welp I suppose I shouldn’t be terribly surprised...Realistically with his ability he could have killed let alone debilitated a great deal of humans. Let’s hope whatever would make it up to her or UE won’t be too much of a tribulation. ”You’ll have to forgive the rudeness. It’s appreciated but saying sorry isn’t good enough. We have much to discuss, but not outside. Come with me.” Ludwig only nodded at this point, he was fairly certain if he said much of anything, especially with the number of humans around, that it would result in the opposite manner than what he was hoping to achieve. However even despite the tense circumstances he was in awe of the building around him. Yoko would have to forgive him if he looked somewhat childish but he hadn’t seen much of the human world yet and this building was pretty incredible in his mind.



It didn’t get any better as they reached the elevator. He vaguely remembered hearing about these being an idea back when he was alive, now they were automated and rather sleek themselves. Hell they even held secrets in their own way given Yoko had to slide her card and punch in a number to go to wherever they were headed. However this was predominantly inside Ludwig’s mind as his outside stayed fairly the same calm, quiet, and perhaps uncaring given he wasn’t actually smiling. His eyes as always though showed otherwise by their seemingly bright appearance. Those same eyes were damn near blinded however once they reached a room that looked endless and would have been to him if it wasn’t for slight crevices around the room. Needless to say though it was big, huge even, and it hurt to look around at anything that wasn’t Yoko.



Once Yoko began speaking again Ludwig gave her his full attention. The emotions that were bubbling beneath weren’t terribly well hidden and honestly it was saddening to see that this is how others felt about them. But when you have interactions like Wycliff’s how couldn’t one be upset and to this degree no less? This organization and the Soul Society should realistically be on good terms as they seemed to have similar goals. Still this was the reality and if Yoko really wasn’t going to accept anything but a show of strength then Ludwig owed her that much he supposed. He chuckled softly to himself though his expression was more sad than anything before pulling himself back together and smiling softly in Yoko’s direction. “Let me first say I do not agree with this request. I feel there are probably other ways to resolve this however I understand where you're coming from. And I’d be lying if I said I don’t agree with you and don’t understand why you ask this of me. Whether this display is enough for you or not I will ensure my squad will not enact the same mistake nor allow such a reckless mindset again.”



Before Ludwig did anything further however he put his bag’s down near the room’s entrance/exit door. Last thing he wanted was for his candies and drinks to get ruined in this, hell they still might even. But if he tried to keep them away perhaps he would succeed. As he walked back over he cracked his back and neck then stretched out his arms. Something told him this was going to be very difficult on his end so he pulled out his combat knife holding the blade down. Draw out your soul’s desires, Karvaldia.” His knife immediately slimmed and shortened some until it was no different in form than a #2 pencil. Ludwig could only shrug and smile softly as he expected her to laugh at him because of all things a pencil to a fight.



With his free hand he pulled out his notebook, which subsequently was his real Zanpakuto but spawned elsewhere thanks to Karvaldia’s influence, and held it near him as though he were going to take notes. He chuckled to himself before steeling his expression into one more demoting of his rank and spoke boldly and clearly “I’m ready when you are. And please if possible lets refrain from harming my snacks. They aren’t something I can get often for various reasons.” His eyes by this point were much sharper and a good deal darker than the light spring green he usually had. His posture even while relaxed gave off the vibe he was actually in his own “stance” if you will but pretty easily showing physical prowess was not his strong point. And the last difference in all this was his smile, it’d changed from his soft caring smile to an excited grin showing off his pearly whites and larger than normal canines.

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{Rieatsu total}
-300 to release at class 3

300 total rieatsu used

2700/3000 rieatsu total

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{Shikai info}
1/16 posts used for shikai

0/2 posts before next stat increase

Speed and Rieatsu strength were increased

Current Stats

Strength: 25

Speed: 200

Reiatsu Strength: 1200

Spiritual Pressure: 300

Instinct: 200

Senses: 25

Energy sense: 25

Healing expertise: 0 

[Yoko Kusanagi]

((Noting here that I approved the refund of reiatsu for spiritual pulse via Discord. I thought it was dumb to spend reiatsu for purely story reasons and said Ludwig could recover it by the time he got to UE.))

Yoko smiled as the Captain as he defended his subordinate, and tried to argue against the show of power. He gave her a promise to go with the earlier apology. She liked this guy. As a show that he was actually taking this whole thing seriously, he deposited his bag at the door and spoke out what Yoko knew to be a release phrase. Yoko paid incredibly close attention, as it was easy to tell that it was not a normal zanpakuto that this captain wielded. Of course that much could be assumed just by the fact that he was a captain, but the shape of the blade, both sealed and released, indicated that the man had a truly bizarre kind of power.

A few possible references flashed through her mind when she saw his released form. Death Note: The notebook that killed someone if you wrote their name in it while thinking of their face. That would be an already ended fight, but Yoko severely doubted that his notebook and pencil were of that caliber. Even for a Captain, that level of strength was simply unthinkable. It could be something like Heaven’s Door perhaps. The ability to write down rules that must be followed or craft memories by scripting them out. Something like that could be problematic as well. She wasn’t sure what the exact ability of this release might be, but she was pretty sure that if he tried to stab her with the pencil that was a very bad sign.

Before the battle began, Yoko made her way back over to the door, having given a “one moment” gesture to the Captain. There was a waiting area outside the training room, and she had moved his bag into one of the lockers therein. A key was tossed over to the Shinigami on her way back into the room. ”I put it in locker number five. You’re an interesting one, I hope you realize that Captain. But ya know, you’ve already got me at a disadvantage, and I’m not talking about your shikai already being out.” She spoke as she casually walked back out into the training room. ”I never did catch your name.” Given how polite the man had been so far she figured getting that much out of him shouldn’t pose an issue.

Once she had made it back to where she started, she turned to face the man once more. ”Ya know, it’s a real shame that things have to be this way. You seem like a nice enough person, and I do hope you understand that I bear you no ill will. My words may have been harsh, but I speak them as a Guardian of Humanity. I act in the best interest off all humans, even if that means making an enemy of the very gods of death. Try not to take it personally, because it isn’t anything against you.” She had made her feelings clear once more. The Captain had seemed nothing but polite so far, and Yoko did what she could do explain her position more clearly so that the two of them might stay on good terms by the day’s end.

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With that said, she had only a few more words left before the battle began. ”Good luck.” She offered a bow to her opponent, and waited to see if he returned the gesture. Either way she rose to a fighting stance with her left side in front. She’d had several opportunities for dirty tricks up until that moment, but she hadn’t taken any of them. This was not a fight for her life. This battle was one of ideals. Of trust. Of justice. She couldn’t pull out the kinds of tricks she would against hollows and their ilk. This needed to stay an honorable fight if she wanted to prove her point. That was fine. She rather liked this man so far, and it would have left an awful taste in her mouth if she had resorted to trickery off the bat.

No, Yoko would lead with nothing but her raw might. That was all she needed to see if the man lived up to his title. Only seconds after she entered her fighting stance she bounded off towards the man with all of her speed. A single right cross was thrown straight at his face. It was a simple opening, but was intended to see how the man reacted to melee combat. Thus far, Yoko hadn’t shown off her actual strength to the man, so the only great indication of danger he had was the fact that Yoko had tried to punch him in the face at all. That said, she wasn’t holding back in a fight against a Captain. If she hit him, all 800 of her strength would be behind that punch.

Though Yoko wouldn’t know this herself, even this basic movement would be tricky for the man to follow. Even in just her base state, with no release, and no reiatsu used, Yoko moved quickly enough from her spot that she was on top of him in the blink of an eye. Her base speed exceeded that of wild animals and even race cars. That alone wasn’t the whole picture though. The other side of things played a more important role. The man’s senses in his current state were so reduced that making out the details of Yoko’s movement would be utterly impossible. He could probably still tell that she had moved towards him, but until his powers kicked in and his power returned to normal levels, the man was on the edge of being declared legally blind. How would he compensate for such a weakness against the reality of a physical powerhouse trying to punch him in the face?

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

Ludwig watched curiously at what Yoko needed to do that was putting their fight to the sidelines given she had only proven just how important this was on multiple levels. However upon seeing her grab his bag of candies and soda he couldn’t help but let his battle ready side falter just a bit and laugh at her doing him quite the favor. He almost in fact didn’t catch the key she threw at him but thankfully it landed on his zanpakuto so all he had to do was put it into his shirt’s pocket. Although that didn’t nearly make him as happy as the words he heard after she threw him the key losing all battle excitement and instead giving a rather large smile in return. “I never did catch your name.” “Ah my apologies, it’s Ludwig. Ludwig Verrlicht, a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Also thank you, I appreciate your kindness. I feel the same, shinigami should be guardians of the living, at least to my understanding. If we can’t act as such then the capable among the living have every reason to be upset at us and take up the mantle from those of us who are incapable.” 



Ludwig by this point chuckled softly, more to himself than anything as he had calmed down from his elated emotions. It took a second but afterwards he bowed in to Yoko also before returning to his “stance” from before now though with a much softer and smaller smile. “Good luck to you as well, let’s enjoy this as much as possible.” With that Ludwig fully shifted gears back to his prior self with an aura of calm surrounding him as his eyes showed yet again he was analyzing and thinking up different methods of how to play his first move. Hado #41 He’d picked one out quickly and was in the middle of mentally casting it when surprisingly however Yoko suddenly and damn near fully vanished from his site.


Having seen her stance from before he imagined that what she was doing had to be a simple physical attack to gauge his abilities. Though knowing where or what she was currently doing would be fairly difficult given his sensory faculties hadn’t exactly returned to their full strength. Thankfully this kido was versatile in its use and could serve to give him a “rock hard” defense assuming he paid the necessary cost so with a fortunately quick mind he finished casting his kido. Kanji Taiho . Before Yoko could complete her initial attack at Ludwig three pillars of stone would rise out from the floor, each 3 feet in diameter and growing to 3 meters high as a solid wall barely 3 inches from Ludwig’s face. Given they rose at a speed even faster than Yoko could move her fist inevitably hit the stone barrier spreading cracks along a decent portion of the pillar that got hit however the pillar itself didn’t fall. That alone was a testament to Ludwig’s RS which was substantially higher than even Yoko’s impressive strength.


Ludwig could see the cracks even on the other end as well as almost feel the force from the attack. And this is why I told myself to make it a priority to learn a DEFENSIVE martial arts. I can’t even imagine how I’d come back from that if I’d taken it full on. Quickly calming himself he took a breath and started his first drawing as an idea he’d tried on Himitsu quickly came to mind. While drawing he mentally casted both Bakudo #55 Mutsohyo to imbue his creation with Hado #50 Mabarashi Dangan. I wonder if she can see this...if not I might have another card in my favor… Within seconds Ludwig had quickly drawn out a mouse, and not just any mouse, but Muscle Mouse from Tom and Jerry. However with Yoko’s lack of ES she’d never be able to hear or even see him and that would play greatly into his favor, especially given what he remembered about his little friend.


Once Muscle’s was on the ground and walking around the pillars Ludwig started moving the opposite direction. Not by a lot but just enough that if he needed to maneuver around he wasn’t going to be limited by his pillars, assuming they would even be around for long. Which begged the question of if Yoko had lodged her hand and possibly arm into the pillar. A snort came from Ludwig but even he had to admit that’d be almost worthless as even at it’s best that would only delay her but a few moments at best. After that it was yet again another game of cat and mouse. Except now Ludwig would have to start thinking up different ways to keep up given Yoko surpassed him in anything and everything physical. For the time being however he just did his best to keep an eye on either side of the pillars hoping for his sake that she chose to move to his right, her left as that would put her on a direct path into Muscles.

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{Muscle Mouses info}
Strength: 1200

Speed: 200

Reiatsu Strength: 0

Spiritual Pressure: 0

Instinct: 200

Senses: 25

Energy sense: 25

Healing expertise: 0

Durability: 1500

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{Shikai info}
2/16 posts used

1/2 posts before next stat boost.

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{Reiatsu total}
-150 for Bakudo #55
-300 for Hado #41 (3 pillars at 100 each)
-150 for Hado #50
-50 for Muscles

total: 650 rieatsu

2050/3000 reiatsu remaining

[Yoko Kusanagi]

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Yoko’s fist slammed into the first of the three stone pillars that blocked her path. The stone was incredibly solid, far more so than a natural rock formation. It splintered and cracked, but failed to cleave in two from the initial impact of her fist. That was problematic indeed. There was no way to ignore the fact that Yoko was at a disadvantage when it came to raw power. Had they been even equal then it would have been a wash, but she had failed to break through, or even deal significant damage to the rock. That meant that the Captain was considerably stronger than she was, and that meant she had overestimated her own power.

Just because she hadn’t fought someone way stronger than she was, doesn’t mean she thought they didn’t exist. That was a lesson that she realized in the first instant her hand had impacted the stone. Her fist reeled back only an inch and struck a second time with an open palm. This time was not the same as the first. It wasn’t just that the stone was already damaged, nor was the one inch punch some magical ability despite what Bruce Lee made people think. No, the difference was that this time she used Fist of Unbroken Air. There was only an inch of windup, an opening of her fist, and then the purest form of martial expression she knew came blasting out.

This was different than before not because she had used more strength. No, both attacks had used all of it. The first had been a punch though, whereas this one had been a push. Fist of Unbroken Air was the pinnacle of her martial arts talent. As a Class 1 technique, it simply could not be stopped by the likes of a 40s level Hado no matter how strong the reiatsu that made it was. The blast of wind swept straight through the rocks. All three pillars were ripped from the ground and sent flying into the far wall. All that had saved Ludwig from being caught by the pillars was that he had already planned to move to the side.

There were a few things to note that weren’t clear from Yoko’s perspective. At that moment, she had no clue that the drawing had come into existence. That said, given its proximity to the pillars, Muscle Mouse would have to use its strength to hold itself steady in the blast of wind, else it would be flung back into the wall just like the pillars. Granted, that wouldn’t hurt it given its durability, but it would certainly delay its approach compared to simply pausing a moment to brace itself. Either way, it wouldn’t change the outcome of anything very much. As soon as she launched the attack she jumped backwards a good dozen yards. She had already underestimated her opponent’s power, and she didn’t want to be caught off guard by recklessly rushing in.

Yoko’s attack had no reiatsu signature, but Ludwig might have already seen her use that in the video footage against Wycliff. It was possible he had predicted it, but even if it was only by circumstance, the man had moved out to the side of the pillars and stood no chance of direct injury by having them hurled back at him. However the flight of the pillars had a second effect. When they crashed into the wall they crumbled and broke. The sheer speed and force of Fist of Unbroken Air had smashed them enough to create a large cloud of dust throughout much of the room. Normally it would take a few moments to fill up the room properly, but Yoko had other plans in mind.

The hand that had just thrown both punches was pulled back to her side and chambered. With it came a second gust of wind, but this time it pulled in the opposite direction. This was the sister technique to Fist of Unbroken Air. The return of Yoko’s hand to her side had utilized Grasp of Shou-Lao, a technique that pulled air towards her instead of pushing it away. This wasn’t intended to hit Ludwig though. It was aimed to his side, directly above the crumpled heaps of the pillars that had slammed into the wall. The result was that the dust was forcibly spread back towards Yoko at a whopping 800 speed. There was no threat in the attack, but it had filled the hole room with a cloud of dust thick enough to impair vision within a fraction of a second.

That moment was how Yoko learned of the small creature. There was one section where the rapidly moving cloud of dust had run into something and gone around it. It was small, and low to the ground, but her hawk like eyes picked it out of the dust as there was no other immediate disturbances aside from herself or Ludwig. Given that she had no clue what it was, and given that Ludwig had already displayed wordless attacks, she had to assume that whatever was there was his doing. Seeing and defeating were entirely different problems though. She had no clue what was there, what it’s capabilities are, or even that it was mobile.

By the time she had seen something there the dust had already filtered around it. All she had really learned about was the presence of something invisible, and that wasn’t going to help her much. Yoko had a quick mental note to avoid that area in her head, but from there it was time to go back on the offensive. She had a considerable advantage in the moment immediately surrounding the creation of the dust cloud. Surely it would lend some momentary confusion to her advantage, but more importantly she could track her opponent through it easily enough by smell, and with her sharp eyes she could even see an outline of Ludwig pretty well.

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Even with his energy sensory as low as it was at that moment, Ludwig would sense the action Yoko took without any issue. The Captain had released already, and Yoko had seen the difference in their raw strength. It would be nothing but bravado to continue attacking unreleased. From within the dust cloud a single short sentence was uttered. ”I am Gundam: Aegis!” With those words she released the total might of her Fullbring. White Armor covered her skin, and weapons were visible in both hands. In her right hand was a gleaming red half-scissor: a perfect copy of Ryuuko’s main weapon from Kill la Kill. Her left held a rifle that looked like it was straight out of Halo. Mounted on her left wrist was a small, red, rectangular shield. Last but not least was the small silver tube for a beam saber on her right hip.

She didn’t dare pause any longer to start a monologue about her power or give her opponent time to think. Instead she got right down to work. In one fluid motion, Yoko jumped backwards all the way to the far wall of the area behind her. She was used to fighting in this room, having had many training matches in it. Maneuvering through the dust that filled the space wasn’t much of an issue given both her senses and her familiarity with the space. It was in that same moment however, that the tube on her right hip went the exact opposite direction. Thanks to her Fullbring, Yoko had perfect telekinetic control over her weapons. At her mental instruction, the beam sabre had flown forward as if she herself had carried it.

Only once it was directly in front of Ludwig’s chest would it ignite with a brilliant beam of golden reiatsu aimed right at his chest. If he couldn’t detect the flashlight-sized tube before it reached him, then the energy-laden saber would plunge straight into his torso, leaving a nasty wound. Given the small object moved with her speed, and struck with her strength, it would be a bit tricky for Ludwig to dodge it by merely running away. Even if he had the speed to outrun it with a Flash Step, the small room meant the saber would track him down quickly enough unless it was destroyed outright.

Within only a few seconds, Yoko had shattered some rocks, obstructed her opponent’s vision, unknowingly gotten out of range of a slowly advancing cartoon mouse for a bit, and threatened a mortal chest wound on her opponent. Oh, and to top it all off, the reiatsu usage of her Fullbring had already begun to recover. Though the room was full of dust making it hard to see, light still filtered into the space. As it was not pitch dark, one of her Fullbring’s passive properties had kicked in, restoring a portion of her reiatsu by converting the light around her. Even with all this, she was just getting started.

Fullbring Stage 2: 1/13

Reiatsu: 1300/1500
-500 Fullbring Stage 2 Release
+300 GN Drive

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{Fist of Unbroken Air}
Technique Name: [Fist of Unbroken Air]

Class: [1]

Technique Type: [Martial]

Usable By: [Anyone who meets the requirements: 800 strength AND have mastered Low Pressure AND have a 3 in either Kunlun or Baguazhang]

Technique Element: [Wind]

Technique Description and Effects: [This technique is something developed by Yoko after mastering Low Pressure, and reaching a truly high level of strength. Those with incredible strength are generally able to fire of shockwaves of raw power that can unleash terrible devastation. Such shockwaves have even been known to bypass Hierro. An unintended side effect of Low Pressure was that her shockwaves did not develop in the same way as most high-strength fighters. Instead of striking so hard that she shatters the air, her strength lets her "push" the air. At the most basic level, the difference between shockwaves and this technique is that the shockwave will "punch" things and this technique will "push" things.

Effectively, this technique allows Yoko to use her physical prowess to send out blasts of air. At learned or proficient status, it is only good for basic, ki-blast style gusts of wind from the hands or feet. The bursts of wind push things with force equivalent to Yoko's physical strength. That's the thing though. This technique doesn't cause direct damage, it just sends things flying. Granted, those who horribly neglect their strength may still get injured. If Yoko's physical strength exceeds that of the target by at least five times (ie: less than 160 strength target when Yoko has 800 strength) then they will still suffer bruising on impact. If her strength exceeds theirs by ten times (ie: less than 80 strength target when Yoko has 800 strength) then broken bones are expected. On the off chance that Yoko manages to exceed their strength by twenty times (ie: less than 40 strength target when Yoko has 800 strength) the impact alone is likely to incapacitate them. However, ALL impact damage is completely negated by any skin defense (ie: Hierro) or armor that can withstand at least one fifth of Yoko's strength (ie: Fancy Suit Mk 1 or Amaya's Tattersall Bindings). That won't stop them from going flying though, unless the defense specifically negates stuff like that (looking at you, Blut).

Regardless, the real risk of injury is what happens when they STOP moving. Slamming into walls at high speeds is rarely fun without high strength. If an emeny is hit by Fist of Unbroken Air, then they will go flying at a speed equal to Yoko's strength. The strength of this technique technically works off of impact strength, since it is a martial technique. That means it can be combo'd with techniques like Impact, and can bypass the 3x cap.

Mastery grants a finer level of control. The gusts of wind can be shaped to a degree. With mastery, Yoko can do things like change the gust to be a thin stream of air, a crescent, or even a sphere. Only simple shapes though. No sending any realistic drawings of Ben Franklin at anyone with this technique. The other advantage of mastery is that Yoko can launch the technique from any muscle she can flex. Tensing up everything at once can even briefly create a sphere of air around her that repels any weaker attack! Mastery also allows this to be used with weapons, assuming the user has a 3 in that weapon skill. Really though, the best perk of mastery in Yoko's eyes is the ability to hold back. With mastery the strength of this technique can be reduced as low as 1/10th of her current strength.

As a purely martial technique, this does not cost any reiatsu. Despite that, the gusts of air can clash with reiatsu. If the margin is close enough that the techniques cancel out, then the other technique will just be stopped in its tracks, and probably explode. If the margin is high enough that Fist of Unbroken Air completely overpowers the other technique, it will actively redirect it back along the path that Fist of Unbroken Air was following.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [At learned or proficient: punch or kick without holding strength back, and a blast of air comes out. With mastery, any movement or muscle flexed can send a burst of wind flying.]

Technique Drawbacks: [First, there are strict requirements to learn this technique. A minimum of 800 strength is required, as well as a 3 in one of two martial arts (listed above). A previous technique is required to be mastered, and that technique requires points in Calm Mind. Also, like Low Pressure caused Gravity Crushing to be lost forever, Fist of Unbroken Air causes the basic shockwave ability to be forever lost. Also, this technique will basically never do damage against a fighter of equal class unless they are standing next to a brick wall and have both low strength and no defenses. It's more of a defensive counterpart to shockwaves, which limits the damage output significantly. Oh, it can also be completely resisted (like, the target won't even move an inch) if they have strength 50% higher than Yoko. Others can resist being blown away by a variety of methods, including random stuff like Soul Commanding the ground they're standing on to be really sticky.]

Made By: Yoko Kusanagi

Reserved?: [Yes, but can be taught to, and mastered by, others if Yoko chooses to teach them all the secrets.]

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{Grasp of Shou-Lao}
Technique Name: [Grasp of Shou-Lao]

Class: [1]

Technique Type: [Martial]

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): [Anyone who meets the requirements listed in drawbacks.]

Technique Element: [Martial/Air]

Technique Description and Effects: [The twin to, and yet opposite of, Fist of Unbroken Air. The predecessor to this technique is only a subtle, though not unimportant, difference from what any physically strong being can do. This is one of the extensions that shows the true versatility of forsaking raw power for finesse.

Effectively, this technique allows Yoko to use her physical prowess to forcibly pull the air, and anything within that air, towards her. At learned or proficient status, it is only good for basic uses that pull things right towards her. The rush of wind pulls things with force equivalent to Yoko's physical strength. Unlike Fist of Unbroken Air, this one will NEVER cause direct damage. It will only pull anything in its path, including reiatsu based attacks that it is at least as strong as. In a tie, this technique will still be able to pull the other technique, because this does not directly oppose it, only guide it. Of note, there is no reiatsu signature since it's a physical technique, and it's just air moving, and air is invisible unless filled with smog.

Mastery is what makes this technique truly useful. It allows two other distinct changes. The first is that the path of the air can be controlled to a degree. Nothing elaborate like loop the loops, but it can be curved very slightly. The limit on this is about 45 degrees, meaning it can't take a corner unless it's a really lazy corner, or everyone is in exactly the right spot with a fairly wide hallway.

The second perk of mastery is a change to how it effects the space where the air is initially pulled from. With mastery, the control is so absolute, and the movement so precise, that every last molecule of air is pulled out, causing a vacuum no bigger than the users's strength divided by 100, in cubic feet. So, for 800 strength, you'd have (800/100)=8 cubic feet of vacuum. It will only last an instant, but any flames in that area will be extinguished, barring spiritual flames with a superior offensive stat, since they need oxygen to burn. Everything else, predictably, will briefly behave as it would in a vacuum, because it is in one. Within a second or two of the technique being used, the vacuum will fill back in, and everything will return to normal.

As a purely martial technique, this does not cost any reiatsu. It's generally a defensive or utility technique. The intended use she had in mind when she made it was to either pull allies out of the way of attacks, or pulls attacks away from allies. That being said, it can possibly cause harm in one of two ways. The first is by pulling someone into harm's way (such as pulling them into her fist). The second is the possible adverse effects of being exposed to a vacuum, but that exposure is brief enough that it would just feel like they got the air knocked out of them. While this technique is based on strength, it is NOT based on impact strength. It will work with pure strength boosts like pulley, but not with impact. Anything caught in the airflow of this technique will accelerate to a speed equal to Yoko's strength, unless it is already moving faster than that. If it's faster, then it will just maintain its current speed but alter direction.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [Physically pull the air backwards as hard as you can]

Technique Drawbacks: [First are the requirements. This technique cannot be performed without at least 600 strength and a 3 in a strike-based martial art. However, only Kunlun or Baguazhang users can master this technique. Additionally, one must have mastered Low Pressure and Fist of Unbroken Air to use this technique. The technique is limited to a range of Strength/10 feet, so it's not able to be used over incredibly large distances. It also telegraphs notably, so it's not that hard to avoid getting pulled if you just watch Yoko's movements and have battle analysis.]

Made By: Yoko Kusanagi

Reserved?: [Yes, but can be learned and mastered by others if Yoko chooses to teach them all the secrets of it.]

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{Weapon Loadout Info}

Name: HK-417 Battle Rifle
Appearance: Link
Slots Required: 1 Main
Effective Range: 500 meters
Power: 800
Speed: 800
Ammo Capacity: 20
Special Traits: Fire select can switch between semi-auto, 3-shot burst, and fully automatic.
Alternate Fire: None.
Spawn Cost: 200.
Drawback: Iron sights mean accuracy is poor unless two hands are used to aim. If fired from one hand, only one in two bullets (at maximum) can be perfectly on-target. This persists regardless of weapon skill. Standard Energy Shots ignore this drawback, but can only be fired at a semi-auto rate of fire
Name: Physical Sword
Appearance:] Varies. Any sword she's seen can be replicated in terms of form.
Slots Required: 1 Main Slot if length of the blade is >10 inches. Shorter blades use 1 Sub slot.
Effective Range: Melee.
Power: Based on wielder's stats.
Speed: Based on wielder's stats.
Ammo Capacity: N/A
Special Traits: Spiritual Steel Durability. Edges can be made blunt when swords are formed.
Alternate Fire: N/A
Spawn Cost: 50
Drawback: It's not a gun, and it doesn’t do anything beyond cut people.

Name: Beam Sabre
Appearance: Link, but color depends on the normal color of the wielder's reiatsu.
Slots Required: 1 Sub
Effective Range: Melee
Power: Based on wielder's stats.
Speed: Based on wielder's stats.
Ammo Capacity: N/A
Special Traits: Can be turned on and off at will by either Yoko or the wielder. This means that cutting through the blade doesn’t destroy it, since it can just be reactivated. Also, length can be made shorter than is pictured at will. Finally, rather than cutting like a normal blade, it cuts more lightsaber style, using thermal energy. This gives it some alternative uses like melting ice and such, but the power is still determined by the normal attack stat during combat, and the thermal thing is only really noteworthy for flavor or non-combat situations.
Alternate Fire: N/A
Spawn Cost: 50
Drawback: It's not a gun either, and it can be cut through with a single point of attack stat superiority.

Name: MMI-RG59V Mobile Shield
Appearance: Link
Slots Required: 1 Sub
Effective Range: N/A
Power: Based on wielder's stats.
Speed: Based on wielder's stats.
Ammo Capacity: N/A
Special Traits: Can freely convert between a buckler-sized shield for storage or skirmishing and a tower-shield for full-on tanking. Additionally, the shield can be forearm-mounted so that a hand is not needed, and orientation can be changed on the fly between parallel to the arm, perpendicular to the arm, or any point in between. Durability is that of spiritual steel, requiring an attack stat of twice Yoko’s reiatsu strength to destroy it completely or cut straight through it, but it can be damaged by any attacks with simple superiority.
Alternate Fire: N/A
Spawn Cost: 100
Drawback: High cost for no offense.]

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{GN Drive Info}GN Drive is the most straightforward of the three properties. While it sounds like GN Drive could be a great racecar engine, it's actually better known by fans as a Solar Furnace. The GN Drive’s sole purpose is to generate more reiatsu. As far as gathering reiatsu goes, this is where the name Solar Furnace comes into play. The GN Drive is capable of converting light energy into spiritual energy at a rate of up to 600 reiatsu per post. While this may sound impressive, it still lags behind the capabilities of a Quincy by a good deal. The Solar Furnace requires sunlight to function correctly, and this means that it only works at full capacity outside, during the day, in the world of the living or Soul Society. Hueco Mundo and Hell have no sunlight, so the GN Drive can never function at full capacity there. Furthermore, its reiatsu generation is halved in fully cloudy weather, at night, or indoors, assuming there is still some kind of light source. It won’t function at all in complete darkness, or if the only light source is emanating from the wielder. However, the half-effectiveness cuts don’t stack. It’ll always pull in at least 300 reiatsu per post so long as there is a light source. Still, this means that anyone with an ability to manipulate the weather can seriously impact the drive's reiatsu generation. It also doesn't help her stamina at all, so using too much reiatsu too quickly will still knock her out. Her reiatsu also cannot exceed more than her maximum. Any excess is wasted.

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{Psychoframe System (Telekinetic Weapon Control) Info}
The Psycoframe is a brain-weapon interface system. To put that in English, it links Yoko’s mind to her weapons that are created by Stage 1 of her fullbring. So long as her second stage is active, she can control the weapons as if they were in her hand. Melee weapons have strength and speed as if Yoko herself was wielding them. Guns and shields have a static speed of 600. Up to six weapons/shields can be controlled at a time. When this property is active, anything controlled by it is equipped with a forward-looking camera so that it can aim properly, but she cannot access all the cameras at once. Without her secondary fullbring (the advantage of which is explained later) the cameras can only function by replacing the input to one of her eyes. That means she can use two cameras at once, but loses her own eyesight to do so. If they are left more than a mile away, her connection to them is lost.

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

Upon initially hearing Yoko’s fist make contact with the stone pillars and see that none of them even faltered let alone cracked on his side gave him a small piece of relief. If nothing else he had ample strength to actually defend and attack however the fact she still dealt some damage meant her strength was not something to be ignored. This was only doubled by the fact that he had accidentally moved out the way of what would be a barrage of boulders, made from his own pillars. His surprise was not well hidden and if anything he was surprised at just how destroyed the pillars had been however ever the cautious one Yoko lept back. Which was honestly the smart play here due to Muscle Mouse having withstood the force made by her attack. While Ludwig couldn’t initially see what she’d done he didn’t need her second attack to tell him that he needed to hinder her arms as much as possible as those things were terrifying.



Without hesitation Ludwig mentally casted Kanji taiho again as Yoko was mid swing into her second attack. The vacuum made would still form however Ludwig had not only made more than one pillar but had one of the specific pillars form directly under her elbow in an attempt to smash into it at 500 speed. He doubted something as simple as that however would work effectively and thus placed another pillar from behind Yoko however this second one was delayed so that when she’d dodge, if that was even necessary, the pillar would spawn from directly behind Yoko’s backside whenever she moved. If she didn’t it’d simply spawn from behind her at her current location. In the meantime he gave a mental command to Muscle Mouse to come near him and keep his front guarded so that if anything came by he could punch it, and utilizing a shockwave, knock it away. His gaze however did not leave Yoko but he neither approached no matter if she avoided both attacks. This was because he was watching and waiting for an opportunity to catch Yoko with Mabarashi dagan.



By this time however two things happened. The first was the room had dust from the boulders now spread throughout the room, a clever ploy but one that could be dealt with appropriately. The second that would be a bit more noticeable to Yoko was that another set of internal barriers broke. The first was his limiter over his reiatsu and thus the sheer volume of reiatsu he gained was akin to a small flood revitalizing him in the process. The second was that his senses went back to their peak. While not super impressive it did help him manage with the dust cloud though just to be on the safe side while Yoko released Ludwig utilized spiritual pulse. Charging a small amount of reiatsu between his fingertips he snapped his fingers and let loose a pulse Yoko probably couldn’t sense due to the fact she couldn’t even see Muscle Mouse and this pulse took two times the ES necessary to sense it. By the time it reached Yoko she’d already gotten into her gundamn suit with all the goodies that came with it. Very fortunate considering that his spiritual pulse would tell him the entire makeup of her suit as well as the weapons.



So she had all ranges of fight covered and a suit of armor for what could only be a release. Ludwig sighed as he could already tell he’d need to do more than cast simple Kido to keep Yoko on her toes and even win against her. With that said he’d almost gotten a chest wound simply due to what could only be called a lightsaber coming directly at him. His saving grace in all this was muscle mouse who had followed his orders to a T and had uppercut the very same saber with a shockwave that threw it and the cloud of dust into the ceiling. Without a moment’s delay and knowing he needed a safe haven sooner than later Ludwig quickly used his own special technique, Dimension Door. It took quite literally 2 seconds for him to bring forth a door, an seemingly the senkaimon door at that, open it and walk through it with the door shutting behind him. Though it was decided mentally Ludwig had quickly made the decision to appear 30 feet from Yoko’s left side. Yoko’s lightsaber wouldn’t even have the chance to attack him, her only hope was to aim quickly another weapon at him but considering his door also had durability equal to him and Muscle Mouse was still present to defend him it wasn’t likely anything else would be able to close the distance and hit him before he’d enter the door.



In the meantime Muscle Mouse proceeded to head towards Yoko’s direction, invisible as ever to her and with every intent on giving Yoko a punch she’d never forget. Ludwig on the other hand in the safety of the Dangai took a moment to draw out his favorite bag of shenanigans and tie it around his waist. He knew for a fact he’d need it considering he’d nearly been punched into oblivion, twice, and stabbed in the chest. He was going to have to give more forethought to Yoko. Which currently held the obvious answer that she was absolutely geared towards physically kicking his ass. There’d hardly be anything that he didn’t outright create that could match her in that department so he’d have to be clever and use his drawings more carefully. In this case he’d need some range on her to help lock down where she could move so then the answer was obvious he’d need draw a couple more companions to help him out. As he walked towards the end of the small Dangai made by his technique he’d quickly drawn up two more cartoon figures. Yosemite Sam and Marvin the Martian, each with their respective guns and each quickly imbued also with Mabarashi Dangan via Mutsohoyo as they had been drawn. It’d been apparent that Yoko couldn’t see Muscle Mouse so if he could keep an advantage of her inability to see both his cartoons and place them around the training room, he’d be golden.



When Ludwig had finally exited the Dangai via the same door he’d entered prior his two new cartoon companions almost literally jumped out the pages. Marvin using his jumping behind Ludwig and Yosemite jumping to his side, his command for them was simple, maintain a distance of about 60 feet from him and fire at will at Yoko when an opening was present. As Ludwig looked over at Yoko he simply waved as though it had been too long since they’d last met. In the meantime however he was using Mutsohoyo to yet again seal away a kido but this time aimed specifically at his pencil. . A dream within a dream, a heart within a soul, a core within a nucleus which in turn is within an atom. Within all there is still more. And within thee, I place this seal. Bakudo #55 Mutsohoyo. Seeping crest of turbidity. Arrogant vessel of lunacy. Boil forth and deny. Grow numb and flicker. Disrupt sleep. Crawling queen of iron! Eternally self-destructing doll of mud! Unite! Repulse! Fill with soil and know your own powerlessness! Hado #90 Kurohitsugi! For this however he was imbuing what would most likely be his ace in the hole if he ever got within fighting distance of Yoko, Kurohitsugi. So long as he could have contact made between their respective weapons he’d be perfect for activating it but until then he wasn’t about to use it for anything short of life or limb. Lets not forget Muscle Mouse however because by this point he’d be fairly close to Yoko also and without warning start punching shockwaves directly at her once within 50 feet of her front.

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{Stats}
Ludwig:

Strength: 25

Speed: 200

Reiatsu Strength: 1200

Spiritual Pressure: 900

Instinct: 200

Senses: 100

Energy sense: 25

Healing expertise: 0



Marvin:

Strength: 0

Speed: 200

Reiatsu Strength: 1200

Spiritual Pressure: 0

Instinct: 200

Senses: 100

Energy sense: 25

Healing expertise: 0



Yosemite:

Strength: 1200

Speed: 200

Reiatsu Strength: 0

Spiritual Pressure: 0

Instinct: 200

Senses: 100

Energy sense: 25

Healing expertise: 0

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{Reiatsu}
+6000 for SPPR increase
-450 for Bakudo #55 Mutsohoyo x3
-190 for 4x4 feet summons of Marvin and Yosemite
-300 reiatsu for Mabarashi Dangan
-600 reiatsu for Hado $91 Kurohitsugi
-50 reiatsu for Muscle Mouse
-200 reiatsu for Bag of Comic Relief
-200 reiatsu for Dimension Door

Total cost: 1990 reiatsu

8050-1990= 6,010

6,010/9000 reiatsu remaining

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{Shikai}
Stat's increased: SPPR and Senses

3/16 posts used

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{Picture references for two summons and my bag}
Yosemite:

Marvin:

Bag of Comic Relief:

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{Dimension Door }
Technique Name: Dimension Door

Class: 4

Technique Type: Shinigami Technique

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): Shinigami Only

Technique Element: N/A

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):

In order to bring some life and individuality to his squad, Ludwig began looking over what his squad was most known in an effort to apply it to more areas. What better place to look at than the massive doorway they manipulate? With this in mind Ludwig took his knowledge of how the Senkaimon works to apply it to a more short use and combat efficient pathway. The first of these is what he calls Dimension Door.

This technique is the most simple of all the techniques of this series but also the most fundamental as the other techniques cannot begin to be learned without understanding the operation of the Senkaimon itself and what it is. It is a means of going from point A to point B, a pathway except between worlds. Dimension Door takes this idea but simplifies it by making it a shortcut to another zone in the same space, making it a sort of mini-senkaimon. The door produced however appears in the form of whatever the user pleases but lasts only a few seconds, maximum of 10 since its purpose is to be a quick entry point. On top of this the area that the door will appear at must be selected by the user prior to entering the space, this is done mentally. Upon initially learning the technique the Dimension Door can take the user a maximum of 100 feet in any direction by forming a small path in the Dangai. The exit door appears once the user is within 5 feet of their maximum distance and lasts until the user exits the door completely. Once the user becomes proficient in the use of Dimension Door they can travel an extra 50 feet totaling to 150 they can travel. Emphasis on CAN because they can also choose to open the door earlier with no extra cost. At the mastered level the user can then on top of the extended range and choice of where the door opens along the way can bring a companion or two maximum due to the Dangai being stable enough to support more than just the user.

How to use technique (How is it activated?):

Charge rieatsu into the hand intended to come in contact with the door then thrust your hand into the space in front of you. This is similar to how a zanpakuto must be stabbed into the space in front of the user to summon the original Senkaimon. Once the door appears, open and walk through.

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

To start the technique costs more than a normal class 4 tech at 200 Rieatsu everytime the door is used and can only be used every other post. This technique counts against the number of steps one can use in a post. The second and arguably biggest flaw is the door has a durability, if someone is quick enough to harm the door as it appears or before it disappears the user if inside, entering, or exiting the Dangai will be thrust out with a force equal to the OS used to destroy the door, this applies to all who enter with the user. The doors Durability is equal to the users highest spiritual stat. Lastly the user must be taught this technique in a training thread by another that knows it.

Incantation and Effect: N/A

Made By: Ludwig Eisenhart Verrlicht

Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): Reserved to those of Squad 13.

[Yoko Kusanagi]

Play this - Dragon Ball Super OST - Strongarm Battle (on repeat)

Well damn this had turned into a messy encounter quickly. Ludwig gave Yoko no time to compose herself. The moment that she had jumped backwards after the pillars were shattered, she was under attack again. One pillar popped up just to her right, and was swiftly avoided by a slight pivot as she chambered her arm. Thankfully the aim of that first one had been off a little bit. Ludwig still had a few moments before his full faculties had returned to him, and trying to track someone moving at Yoko’s speed that precisely was simply impossible when he could barely see. Still, the sheer size of the spells that he was throwing around meant that even an utter miss had forced the Fullbringer to sweep her back leg around to pivot and dodge it.

And that’s where his second pillar came into play. It had been aimed for right behind Yoko, and she had pivoted right into it. As the pillar began to form out of the ground, it threatened to go straight through her right leg. Even though she was no master analyst, she had seen the earthen pillar technique enough times that she knew how to deal with it just fine though. All it took was a simple stomp, utilizing Fist of Unbroken Air with her right foot, and that second pillar crumbled back into the ground before it could even reach its full size. That was an old trick by this point in the battle, and Ludwig was going to have pull out something new.

That said, he had forced a response with both of those. Grasp of Shou-Lao had still been pulled off in the midst of that, but Yoko was feeling quite pressured by his onslaught. Even if the pillars weren’t a major threat, she knew that was only because they were a low class technique. As soon as Ludwig busted out some of the more powerful techniques in his arsenal, she was done for in her current state. And so the Fullbringer did what she knew she had to do, and released her latent powers. A mere moment after the second pillar had struck, she had revealed her power: Gundam Aegis.

As soon as she had released, she had been struck by some kind of pulse before she even had a chance to move. Now Yoko on her own couldn’t have detected this technique, but that’s where her Fullbring came in. Her Warning System chirped out a quick reiatsu reading just as the pulse washed over her. ”Non-lethal reiatsu pulse detected. Evasion impossible.” The voice echoed inside of her helmet, but couldn’t be heard outside of it. By the time it had started talking, the danger, or lack thereof, had already passed. Regardless of it being detected, Yoko jumped backwards and sent her beam saber out, per her original thought.

The next thing to occur was that her beam saber and dust cloud were sent sky high by the invisible entity that she had noticed earlier. It didn’t take Warning System to alert her that something was there, but it did anyway. ”Two signatures detected.” Well that confirmed something at least. With no more than a mental note, the signatures were marked as Ludwig and simply “1.” In a fight like this, the extra time to even say “unknown number (one)” could probably get her hit. Between that and shockwave though, she had a pretty good deal of what she was up against, and it was definitely a good thing that she had released against Ludwig.

One thing hadn’t gone quite as well as Ludwig had planned though. He, or rather his summon, had uppercut the beam saber with a shockwave, but it neither destroyed it nor sent it quite as high as he expected. The Saber had strength and speed as if Yoko herself held it, and that meant that while the shockwave was stronger than Yoko’s own strength, it didn’t have enough oomph to shatter a release weapon in one go, nor did it have the easy task of simply hurling around a forceless hunk of metal. The movement was resisted by all of the Fullbringer’s 800 strength, which prevented it from being completely blown away, but it was nowhere near enough to keep it in place either.

For just a few moments, Yoko had stood still to process all the information that had been given to her. There had been a lot to take in, and with her analytical ability not being perfect, it required her to take advantage of that momentary lull to figure out everything. Ludwig, on the other hand, had kept going. He had moved right into his next technique. A door had been summoned in the middle of the air. Yoko could have made a move for it, but not knowing what it did and assuming that attacking it was safe was a good way to get killed. She let Ludwig step into the door, and instead spent her time preparing for what would happen when he exited. Surely he would come back eventually after all.

Ludwig had already achieved his goal in the battle. He had proven he was more than capable of subduing someone like Wycliff in Yoko’s eyes. This was no longer a battle for that purpose. No, this was now to send a different message. No matter how strong the Shinigami Captains might be, Yoko now needed to prove that she too had the power that was needed to protect her world. Right now, she felt like a mere ant struggling for her life against a God. It took every last bit of her power to stand up to the raw strength he possessed, and it didn’t seem like he was even trying yet.

”One approaching.”

All she could actually do at that moment was hope to buy a bit more time. She willed the beam saber back down towards the energy signature that was headed her way. It spun end over end like a buzzsaw, threatening to saw straight through whatever that invisible thing number one was. Of course it wouldn’t be enough to actually stop the thing, but it could certainly delay it for a moment by forcing it to respond. The gap in power wasn’t great enough that it could completely ignore the beam saber after all. If it tried to just walk through it for some reason, well, it wouldn’t die because of its cartoon durability but Yoko didn’t know that.

Still, it would make a lot slower going then simply blowing it away. If it did that though, then the beam sabre would be back on top of it again only a moment later thanks to its near double speed compared to the mouse. Yoko had other problems at that moment though. A door had appeared where Ludwig had reemerged. Yoko had her back literally against the wall when Warning System helpfully chirped out ”Targets 2 and 3 identified.” And she couldn’t see them, the same as the first. Fuck. He wasn’t making this easy. Her left arm was raised up and emptied the clip of her battle rifle in the direction of Ludwig and his two newest summons. It was a sweeping arc that covered across all three of them, with only a few bullets in each of their direction as they tried to spread out.

The magazine was emptied, the rifle dropped. She had no hopes of dealing significant damage to anything but Ludwig himself, given that his summons durability far surpassed the damage she could deal with her guns. As if on cue, warning system chirped out a warning only a moment after she saw the incoming danger herself. ”Projectiles incoming!” She swung her left arm around so that her forearm crossed her chest. At the same time the small buckler on her left arm expanded into a full tower shield. The soldier planted her shield into the ground and ducked behind it. Thankfully it was big enough to cover her entire body thanks to her relatively small stature.

But it wasn’t all good. She felt thud after thud slam into her shield. Not just the projectiles she had originally detected, but shockwaves rocked into it as well. Even with the attempted delay on the first summon, she hadn’t been able to halt its advance into shockwave range. Tough though her shield was, given that it was made of spiritual steel and carried the durability of her Fullbring itself, it wasn’t tough enough to withstand an onslaught from three summons at once for very long. She had to do something to change the circumstances before it was too late, or she was going to end up as a bloodstain on the wall behind her.

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{Change Music - Dragonball Super OST - The Power To Resist}

Even with her Fullbring released, Yoko knew that she was no match for Ludwig’s raw power in her current state. She had to go further. One deep breath in, and her reiatsu swelled up within her. Her muscles burned and ached as her power grew far beyond where it had been. Ludwig would even observe her Fullbring undergo a change, thanks mostly to his energy sensory. Pieces of the armor popped out and red lines reminiscent of runes traced its alabaster surface. Her aura of reiatsu changed from a brilliant gold to a firey, blood-soaked red. If she was going to defeat this opponent, she needed everything she had in her. Truly, he was strong.

”Gundam Aegis. DESTROY MODE!”

Confident that her power would be sufficient now to at least deal with one thing, Yoko curled her right hand into a fist and struck out at the air in front of her just around the edge of her shield. She couldn’t tell the exact location of the energy signature, but she at least knew it was in front of her thanks to Warning System’s directional audio cues. Whereas this object, whatever it was, had the strength to resist before, their strength was now equal. It no longer had the raw strength to resist being blasted away by something like Fist of Unbroken Air, let alone the strength to resist the difference in class on top of that.

Though the invisible little bugger had a good deal of physical strength, and could throw shockwaves with the best of them, it was burdened by that strength not truly being its own. It was the result of Ludwig’s Shikai power. Though that was a tremendous power indeed, only the might of a Bankai could hope to compare to Fist of Unbroken Air on an equal playing field. Still, even her best attack wouldn’t be enough to crush it. Not because it lacked the raw power, but because Fist of Unbroken Air simply wasn’t designed to do damage. All it could do is send the energy signature, whatever it was, backwards.

Sure, it was sufficient for now, but Yoko had silently acknowledged that if Ludwig released his Bankai then she’d have no way to do much against it. That didn’t stop her from continuing to fight. The remaining projectiles that slammed into her tower shield no longer threatened to puncture it. Their strength equalled her own now, and equal strength could not hope to shatter a Fullbring. With her shield still locked in front of her, she picked the edge of it up off the ground and kicked off with a step of Bringer Light. Her target for this step was straight ahead. She charged directly at Ludwig with her step, intending to slam into at a blinding 5625 speed.

Pulley had increased her prowess not only in strength. It was a technique that enhanced all physical aspects equally. Her speed has risen from its earlier value of 375 to 562.5, nearly three times that of Ludwig’s own. This was the one area that Yoko had a considerable advantage in, and she had extended that advantage even further with Pulley. Between that and Bringer Light, it would take only a tiny fraction of a second for her to clear the 30 feet between them. If Ludwig didn’t have some kind of trick left up his sleeve then the sheer force of being slammed into by Yoko’s shield at those speeds, backed by her strength, would probably be enough to put him out of commission.

It was a real shame that Yoko had given him enough time to defend himself from the earlier gunfire and then sit around thinking over the incantation for a pair of Kido while she’d been hunkered down behind her shield right?

Reiatsu: 1150/1500
+300 GN Drive
-400 Pulley
-50 Bringer Light

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{Pulley}[Stage Two: Pulley]: This causes physical output to increase based on draining spiritual energy. It costs 400 reiatsu. When activated, it increases physical stats by 50%. However, it causes the skin to begin to blister from pumped out Reiatsu. Essentially, skin begins to burn. It's a quick burn. Within 5 posts, burning will start to become quite serious. On top of that, statistic gain is lost by the post, starting after the second post of this being active. After that time, 10% of the gain is lost every post. It can only be restored by sacrificing 150 Reiatsu per 10%.

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{Stats with Pulley Active}
Strength - [400(800(1200))] Points

Speed - [250(375(562.5)] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [300(150)] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [100(50)] Points

Light Aura - [60] Points

Dark Aura - [40] Points

Instinct - [165] Points

Senses [185] Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points

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{Warning System}Warning System is a defensive property to balance out the offensive power of the Psycoframe System. It’s based on the principle that all giant robots are usually coated in a pile of various types of sensors. Warning System has a number of different sensors wired into it, but all function in the same general fashion. Every tenth of a second, a pulse of energy is sent into the surroundings. The pulses then bounce back to Yoko, revealing information about her surroundings. The pulses travel at 1200 speed. Anything moving faster than that (so almost anyone using a step technique) will be completely undetectable by this property. Additionally, while the pulses don’t have a very limited range, they do take time to reach farther distances, and they fade out after two miles.

So, now that we’ve covered the basics of the system itself, we can talk about the individual sensors and what they can detect. The first is an obvious one: reiatsu sensors. These detect any foreign (non-Yoko) reiatsu in the area. They’re roughly as accurate as 100 points in energy sensory, but feature a computer-like accuracy in their calculations. This sensor can identify known targets, and apply labels to unknown units. The second sensor is Sonar. This one just hits stuff and bounces back, so it can map an area in the dark. The biggest use for this is that it can detect projectiles as long as they have either mass or energy… which basically means anything. Even invisible projectiles will register since they have some kind of energy behind them, and that will disrupt the pulse. The downside of that is that it takes a second pulse to confirm that it’s a projectile, and not just a stationary object, so the warning might not come until it’s too late with exceptionally fast projectiles.

The third sensor is thermal. It’s pretty self-explanatory. This one can be set to look for a specific temperature range, but it looks for extreme temperatures by default. Generally, it’ll trigger a warning if it detects something like a fireball or an ice-blast. So, with all those methods of detection, there’s gotta be some kind of downside right? There are plenty! The biggest one is the method of alerting Yoko is simply an annoying beep for extreme temperatures or a projectile. That beep will come in surround sound in the direction the threat is in, but it doesn’t give a lot of clear information. For energy sensing, it’ll give a beep if it detects a projectile, but a robotic voice will read out an identifier if it notices a person. Neither method of communication is as efficient as all those people with their mentally controlled releases. This aspect is improved slightly when Yoko gets her secondary fullbring, but that’s within that property, and we’ll get to that later.

One of the other drawbacks is that, while this power does work with Yoko’s anti-stealth, the energy sensing part still can’t detect Rank 4 stealth users if they’re actively concealing themselves. In addition, it also can’t detect very minute changes that well. If someone is below 100 speed, Sonar won’t create a warning about them. If their combined reiatsu strength and spiritual power are below 400, the energy sensing will completely miss them. If their techniques aren’t stupidly hot or cold, thermal won’t get them unless it’s specifically reconfigured to search for a different setting. All the sensors have ways to be bypassed. The final drawback is the basic design of how they function. Since they are all sonar-style, they don’t give information as fast as normal senses or energy sensory do, and those fractions of a second can easily be the difference between life and death.

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

It was safe to say that not everything Ludwig had hoped for was going according to plan. Muscles was struggling to close the distance as that pesky lightsaber continued to make it’s way towards him only for him to quite literally back hand it away like it was a fly. Throwing the occasional shockwave at Yoko. Marvin and Yosemite didn’t actually make it terribly far having only gone maybe 15ft at best before Yoko reacted by spraying and praying in the general direction of Ludwig and all his cartoon companions. However seeing her gun arm move outward Ludwig already knew what he had to do in order to avoid being hit by her bullets. So when her gun came within range of him, he yet again casted Kanji Taiho, narrowly avoiding 3 different bullets that would have hit him center mass. 


The reason for this was simple, he’d casted it under himself and given Kanji Taiho’s smooth surface didn’t have him flinch even as it came up. However it didn’t grow very tall as said bullets had enough penetrating force let alone speed behind them to absolutely butcher the poor pillar. Thus despite helping him evade the bullets he ended up having to jump off the remaining chunks and land behind the remains of his pillar. Marvin and Yosemite on the hand literally didn’t care about the bullets. They hit them, crunched up and fell. In the meanwhile Marvin and Yosemite had continued their assault alongside Muscles to ensure Yoko was pinned. Even more so as she had produced a shield into a greatshield and hide behind it. 


Ludwig didn’t even need to be told he had a golden opportunity to draw and prepare for his next encounter and thus needed to get his ass on it. Using his full speed to draw out a cartoon he made a greatshield of his own albeit with goofy hands and legs and a large wacky smile. The little dude even had a top hat for no good reason than because Ludwig was that skilled and fast about his drawing while in the same time imbuing it with Bakudo #81 Danku. As a shield it needed to defend him but say an attack came from another side? Ludwig would be safe, at least momentarily due to his shields ability to use the spell when needed. However contrary to his other cartoons he willed this one to remain in his notebook, he needed it to come out only if things got dire which at this point were close but not really that bad yet. He wanted this defensive blockade to be another ace in the hole for him. Especially with his other summons being used as an offensive force. 


Ludwig at this point still had a short few moments before Yoko would realize she needed to charge at him so what would be have time left to do? She was pinned sure but even he knew this wouldn’t last. He did the only thing he could currently to empower all his creations, convert his radiating reiatsu into a more sharper, condensed form. This in turn would increase the strength and durability of all his creations to a point that even Yoko couldn’t handle. The conversion took those last few moments for him but the outcome was significantly obvious, the sheer force behind each attack hitting Yoko’s shield steadily grew stronger until it finally stopped at 1500 OS worth of attack. No doubt if Yoko had been any slower in activating Pulley Ludwig’s creations would have begun to significantly damage her equipment but as his power increased so did hers and it was basically back to the same game as before until she disappeared.






Not blurred. Not snuck away. Not redirected his attention. She was GONE. To Ludwig Yoko had all but vanished in the blur of a moment. However even his vaguest sense of ES knew she was moving at him but at speeds he couldn’t interact with. Ludwig had no ability to dodge. It was simply too late. No move of his would save him now which is where his cartoon greatshield came out. Quite literally. It spawned out of his notebook only to headbutt and slam it’s hands against Yoko’s own greatshield dead on initiating a force that crushed and cracked the floor around them due to the sheer force behind either side as his greatshield held 1500 OS of strength behind it with a durability of 1875 to boot. It was not moving whatsoever nor was Yoko however and Ludwig by this point couldn’t even move physically due to just having his cartoon still partially inside his notebook. However this did absolutely nothing to stop Marvin and Yosemite from literally firing away with everything they had at Yoko’s flank with surprisingly good accuracy now that Yoko was actually being held in place by the greatshield cartoon which at this point held a devilish version of the large smile it held onto. Even Muscles would be hurling the occasional shockwave at her when the saber gave it the moment after continuing to be batted away. Unless Yoko dropped her greatshield and stepped away she held very little chance of getting away unscatched.


As far as Ludwig was concerned in all this once he’d managed to overcome the initial shock his grin grew and grew until he finally held something of a crazed look. He hadn’t been given a fight this good in ages and he knew exactly what the wanted to use, Kurohitsugi. The problem was he could take a chance or practically guarantee a direct hit by utilizing his current greatshield companion. It didn’t even take a millisecond for him to decide and while he held onto part of his shield companion, he’d transfer another Kurohitsugi to him. Instead this one activating the moment it fully transferred due to already being in contact with Yoko via her shield, assuming she hadn’t let go. About as instant as one could imagine the coffin of death appeared around and engulfed Yoko inside it’s dark walls. It’d only take seconds for her to begin being skewered by the numerous attacks that occured inside said box. If Yoko had let go of her shield prior to this moment Ludwig would refrain from even transferring it over as there’d be no point given unless he was guaranteed a hit, she’d evade his attack in its entirety. On top of this once she’d let go the shield would fully grow outside the notebook standing partially in front of Ludwig in an attempt to shield him from any further attacks directed at him.


No matter what happened however Ludwig would calming himself down while maintaining his attention back on Yoko. This one, he understood completely how his subordinate got his ass handed to him. There was simply no way Wycliff in his current state could come close to challenging her as she was taking him on practically toe to toe while he remained in his Shikai. While he didn’t realize she was actually in a stage equivalent to bankai he wouldn’t be able to stop chuckling to himself at the idea. If nothing else he’d definitely need to spar and train against this one again after all was said and done. He needed more fights like these. He just hoped he hadn’t overdone things given he had a weakness for fighting when he faced someone that pushed him. It wasn’t the usual and he didn’t have the time anymore but he had to keep finding new strong beings to keep him from losing his edge. His squad honestly depended on it anymore. Regardless at the current moment he’d lost the crazed grin and had reverted to his more calm self with a large smile waiting to make certain Yoko was going to be fine in either situation, once given the opportunity.


After getting some sign whether it was movement, commentary, or something else entirely he’d put up both his arms and hands and then cross them. His attempt at trying to show they needed a time out or at least to stop what they were doing currently. Things had more than honestly probably gone on long enough considering what they’d each done already, especially considering the damage he'd done around the training facility via his cartoons who had missed shots, aimed at the ceiling, literally anything they interacted with seemed to be damaged in some capacity. Ludwig really didn't want to continue to harm both the room nor Yoko, who may not have taken any damage at all, any further than he had already. Hell his cartoons had done most of the damage to the room via their missed shots, lasers, and muscle's shockwaves. Not even the ceiling had been left completely damage free. And god forbid one looked at the floor, one could easily tell where the fighting was taking place at, especially the area that Ludwig was still standing in, the crater.


But looking past the damage to the room itself Ludwig was more concerned with Yoko. He wasn't a martial artist or really a knowledgeable person on the body and what it could do at all. However he knew there were some pretty steep drawbacks from various physical techniques and he was certain with their last couple attacks there was probably some damage on her end. Hopefully minimal but even still he didn't want to have dealt anything serious, granted if he hit Yoko with Kurohitsugi then that'd be almost next to impossible given he'd lost himself in that moment. Which was part of the reason he needed to stop also, he didn't want to get lost in that moment again over a spar. Sure it was a fun moment but it was dangerous to those he wasn't trying to kill and if he lost control, it'd be possible. That would be the last thing he wanted given his entire reason for being here was to apologize, not beat the shit out of Yoko or even really fight her beyond proving his worth...which if he was honest? He was certain he'd accomplished at this point. If he hadn't even he didn't know how else to prove it. So despite his wants he tried to end the fight or at least pause it long enough to stall and end it that way. Especially if Yoko was harmed in some capacity.

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{Reiatsu}

-50 for Muscle mouse

-50 for Bag of Comic relief

-285 for 3 summons (Marvin, Yosemite, and greatshield.)

-300 for RS conversion

-150 (300) for Mutsohoyo. (This depends on if Yoko remained in contact with her shield to allow Ludwig to cast this as well as Kurohitsugi.)

-600 for Bakudo #81 Danku

-600 for Hado #91 Kurohitsugi (if it was casted)



total used: if Yoko held onto her shield- 1885 and if she didn't 1135



4155/9000 reiatsu remaining if Yoko held onto the shield.



4875/9000 reiatsu remaining if Yoko let go of the shield.

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{Shikai}

Class 3



4/16 posts remaining



next post will give stat increase

[Yoko Kusanagi]

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{Play this - Bleach OST (Remixed) - Chokkaku + Number One}

Yoko charged straight at her opponent as a speed so great that not even she could easily follow her movement. Her movement had enough momentum in it to gravely injure her man she was fighting, but not enough to kill him outright. So why exactly had she stopped? She didn’t even have to peek out from the side of her shield to realize that she’d run into something. The not-so-unstoppable force had met an immovable object. Given that she hadn’t been able to break through it with the additional momentum of Bringer Light, there was no chance she could break through it with raw force. If it wasn’t going to break to raw force, then there was only one choice…

Her sword raised overhead, but she hesitated. The soldier had instinctively been ready to use Blade of Severing Air to cut straight through this Shikai-spawned greatshield and cut the man behind it in half. But she stopped herself. This wasn’t a battle with her life on the line. This was a battle only to satisfy her untrustworthy nature. There was no need to kill him, so she stopped herself from bringing her blade down. But her opponent seemed to trust that she could defend herself just fine. An annoying series of beeps chimed behind her as Warning System indicated more ”Incoming Projectiles from 2 and 3.” Did those things never have to reload or run out of energy?

In a helpful little addition, her sensors added in another fun little detail that she absolutely loved. ”Ludwig’s power has increased to 1500.” Fucking WHAT? He had been holding back even more power at first? How in the hell did this man have this kind of strength? Was this what it meant to be a Captain? She knew her own normal value was only 800, and she knew she could reach 1200 with Pulley. But 1500 was a whole different level… and he still didn’t seem like he was trying very hard. Yoko cursed her own weakness for only a moment before she had to take action against the pesky projectiles that hurtled towards her.

She could have dodged them, but that momentary distraction hadn’t given her enough time. Ludwig wanted to play with shields? Sure. Let’s play with shields! Another one was willed into existence. It hovered in the air in full Tower Shield form directly behind Yoko. Even with Ludwig’s increased power he couldn’t blast straight through them. There was a difference in power yes, but with Pulley active it wasn’t so great that her shield threatened to buckle quickly. She had been hesitating in this fight a lot. Behind her shield against the wall. Before bringing down her blade. Again this moment. She knew that Ludwig possessed great spiritual might, and she knew that she had to give it her all to keep up, but she had also realized that if she kept going she could kill him by mistake.

The Fullbringer couldn’t see the crazy look that had appeared on the Captain’s face, for both of them had a shield in the way. What she could see was that black energy had swarmed up around her. ”Danger! Danger! Cannot evade!” Warning System had blared sirens around her in all directions. The walls had closed around her in an instant. Though Ludwig couldn’t see it past the pair of shields, nor the past wall of the Black Coffin, Yoko did the unthinkable and dismissed her Fullbring. It would offer her no protection against a move like this, and she realized the fight had reached a place where it needed to stop before one of them died.

As the roof of the structure sealed her in, Yoko whispered a single word to herself. ”Impact.” There was no battle yell. There was no scream of anguish as she was skewered by the immense power of a nineties level Hado. All that could be heard was the blasting torrent of wind that flew off her body in every direction. She had used her penultimate defense, and in a room this size, her penultimate offense. Fist of Unbroken Air, you see, was no simple shockwave. It had far more finesse. Here she had flexed every muscle she could at once. Pushed every direction she could at once. The result was a blast of wind that was an ever-expanding sphere.

Now just Fist of Unbroken Air alone would have been enough to mostly keep her safe, but she would have eaten a bit of the power of the Black Coffin thanks to Ludwig’s advantage in power. She hadn’t just used that though. With Impact, for a single moment, Yoko’s strength had skyrocketed another four times over. That omnidirectional blast of air had 4,800 strength behind it. Mighty though it was, Black Coffin popped like a balloon. With that much power behind her attack, the entire room would be washed over by her raw might. The only thing that kept Ludwig safe was the multiple layers of things it had to go through. Breaking out of Black Coffin took a lot of the oomph out of the attack. Enough so that his shield wouldn’t just turn into a liability.

With that attack completed, it had taken a good bit out of Yoko. Had she been fighting to kill, and not hesitating, she could have avoided that other ways, but that wasn’t what had happened. In the aftermath of that attack, Ludwig came into view with a “stop” signal made with his arms. Yoko disabled pulley, and her Fullbring had already been deactivated. She had reached the same conclusion as her opponent had. Truth be told, she was a little worse for wear, but not bad at all. She’d only had Pulley activated for a few moments, and a single use of Impact. Her body ached from the latter of the two, but Pulley had only begun to eat away at her.

Confident smile proudly displayed on her face, she cast a glance at the room around her before she called out to Ludwig. ”I think it’s safe to say you pass, Captain. Shall we call this one a draw before one of us accidentally ends up dead?”

Reiatsu: 1150/1500
+300 GN Drive
-200 Impact
-100 Spawning a Shield

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{Impact}[Stage 2: Impact]: This stage can be used only for physical confrontation. When activated, hit strength quadruples. This means that one can activate it while punching an enemy. If the user has 200 strength, that strength will count as 800 during the instance of the punch. This is very physically draining, and quickly exhausts the body's nutrients. It shortens lifespan to use too often, and it weakens stamina very quickly. This lasts for 1 post, and costs 200 Reiatsu.

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

There’s many things in life that Ludwig had come to understand. 1. Soda is a godsend and needed to be recognized in all dimensions. 2. He knew literally fuck all about the world around him and the other worlds around his world. And finally 3. Even a bug can hide a power so great that the mightiest organization will fall to it. The latter of all 3 of these truths came in the form of Yoko as she literally popped Kurohitsugi into oblivion. Ludwig may not have seen the attack in its entirety but he saw the effects it had as well as the edges of his hado literally expand before exploding. Needless to say Ludwig’s mind was reeling over just what could have given Yoko the sheer power to crush his kido like it was nothing. That however would need to be dealt with later, assuming she’d even trust him some and explain it to him. Let alone a few other things. For now though he was just glad that when he made the signals to stop the fight that she’d agreed to do the same.



His smile only grew wider once he heard her first comment once she’d deactivated pulley. “I think it’s safe to say you pass, Captain. Shall we call this one a draw before one of us accidentally ends up dead?” Ludwig though his competitive nature was sparked could only chuckle and agree. With a flick of his wrist his shikai faded back into the combat knife from earlier and he promptly replaced it into his sheath on his belt. The cartoons that Yoko couldn’t see as well as the greatshield faded shortly thereafter. “Yes I’d say that’s a good idea, it would defeat the purpose for which I came here if that happened now wouldn’t it? Hahaha! How are you holding up? I’m not certain what all you did but it definitely seems as though you pushed yourself to the absolute limit. Especially with that last move you used. If you’d like I’d be more than willing to share a drink and snack that I purchased earlier if it will help.”



Looking around at the training facility though he did grimace just a bit. Similar to Wycliff he’d need to learn to restrain himself some, especially in areas like this lest he have the entire building collapse on them. Definitely not the first impression he’d have wanted to make, thankfully though someone was looking out for him as he’d demonstrated the power that Yoko had been seeking from him as the governing body over his subordinate. Which brought him to another point he hadn’t quite realized earlier, Yoko was a part of this organization. And to further that he’d felt multiple energies from this building in particular. Just what was Uzaki Enterprises and who could be in charge of someone like Yoko? It nagged at his mind but for now he needed to make certain that everything would be fine on Yoko’s end with their little “sparring session”. Turning his attention back to the person in question he waited until she was ready to leave, letting her lead the way back to the locker area in front of the facility. Once he’d gotten his snacks and soda back he offered her some true to what he’d said earlier. Whether she accepted or not once they were in the elevator returning to the top Ludwig looked over at Yoko before speaking.



“I hope this isn’t too weird of a question to ask but I’ve been curious, just what is Uzaki Enterprises? What does your organization stand for? I remember you mentioning yourself as well as the organization as Guardians of Humanity however what does that exactly entail? All I currently know is there are a good number of spiritually powerful people here which is how I was able to find this place and by proxy yourself as I’d never heard of Uzakei Enterprises until today.” Ludwig awaited patiently for the answer Yoko would give curious to learn just a bit more about just what UE really was. It was likely she wouldn’t tell him anything more than surface information but anything at this point was a step in the right direction. Especially if he could potentially enact one of his plans for the Soul Society, foster a relationship between them and another organization. And if this organization held similar goals then the potential to have a powerful ally like them would be priceless and hopefully nurturing to both parties. But this was a far flung hope, not even an idea as he’d have to learn more about them and who all encompasses them.



For now though he’d need to learn more about Yoko specifically. He saw great potential in her as both a person and as a friend, perhaps. He wouldn’t push his luck too far though he’d come to apologize for Wycliff’s actions and he’d done that. Things were settled now and Yoko wouldn’t just outright attack him on the spot. Potentially they’d interact again but hopefully it’d be far less violent than the initial time. The same went for himself and Yoko, first meeting and they go off and have a fight. Hah! So much for taking the high road compared to his subordinate. He just chuckled to himself as they finally exited the elevator and he was directed back to the entrance. Once there he smiled and waved as he left. “Thank you for today, though our meeting wasn’t...exactly how I hoped it would go I’m glad that everything got settled in the end. Hopefully our next meeting will be on better circumstances haha! It’d be nice to instead learn more about the human world and this place in particular from you than have to fight. Until then however take care of yourself and here’s hoping we shall meet again.”