The Sea of Sand [Quest | NDE | Hard]

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Quest Name:[/b] The Sea of Sand

Who can participate?:[/b] Valentin, Asuka

Quest Time Frame (How long it takes):[/b] 3+ Pages

Quest Setting (NDE/DE):[/b] NDE

Quest Synopsis:[/b] The Quest opens with Valentin, the obnoxious but friendly Hollow, bumbling about Hueco Mundo in search of weaker Hollows to devour. As he continues his quest to evolve he is attacked by a Hollow that is far more dangerous than the medical nuisance expects. On the verge of defeat and death, Valentin is suddenly saved by an unlikely individual who he never would have expected to see in the endless desert of Hueco Mundo. Why is he here? Valentin is determined to find out and be as annoying as possible.

Maximum Number of Participants:[/b] 2

Overall Goal:[/b] Survive the clusterfuck

Number of missions involved:[/b] 5

BASIC Synopsis of each Quest mission:[/b]

• Mission 1: Survival of the Fittest | Medium
• Mission 2: Follow the Lemon Trail | Easy
• Mission 3: Camp out in the Menos Forest | Hard
• Mission 4: Smelt some Steel | Medium
• Mission 5: Defeat | Hard

Recommended Class for entry:[/b] N/A

[Valentin Acciai]

There it was again, that great ever present moon that shone such gentle light upon the world of hollows. To any newcomer it's beauty could captivate one for hours, sometimes that was the end of newborn hollow. But to one like Valentin who had gazed upon it for years it had lost it's shine to an extent, still beautiful but to his eyes ordinary, something to be expected. By comparison he found the moon in the human world to be unimpressive but they had that wondrous body in the sky by the name of sol, the sun, the hollow world lacked such a warm thing. There was only two things in Hueco Mundo that held genuine warmth, blood, and whomever still lived to hold that blood.

Perhaps a bit... negative to hold such a view of this place but that was the truth of it, it was a dead world where dead things came. The moon above while gentle and always grieving for hollow-kind it would never be able to soothe them. Perhaps he was being a bit too philosophical about these things but there was precious little else to do in this desert filled realm. His feet took step after step upon the soft grained sand that seemed to be everywhere, no matter how much one walked the landmarks of mountains and great buildings never seemed to get closer nor further so massive was the landscape although Valentin knew deserts to have this sort of effect anyways. 

As to why he was here if he found the world so dull? to feed of course, while in the human world he consumed what other hollows he found but with a strict moral code by which he chose to abide he did not feed upon humanity, he refused whole heartedly to. But he was still Adjuchas and his hunger ever present, a hunger greater than that of a hundred lesser hollow. A rampage was what he needed, a large gathering of beast-like hollow of whom he could feast upon without guilt or worry of consequences. It was a side of himself he'd rather those he cared for didn't see, he knew himself to get quite absorbed into the act of slaughter when things heated up.

His long tongue slipped past his razor sharp teeth as he licked his mouth clean by reflex, he hadn't even eaten anything yet but he had picked up a scent and it made him all the more ravenous. Not long after he heard a warning shriek, a hollow who alerted it's comrades about an intruder. Good, hollow rarely ran away so they were most likely aiming to gang up on him after sensing his powerful spiritual energy. Poor bastards probably salivated to the idea of eating something that had evolved so much further beyond what they were. The barest hint of a smile managed to make itself visible on his mask, he would allow them to make the first move as to encourage them all to show themselves.

Continuing to walk forwards unconcerned it didn't take much more than a minute, atop a sand dune he saw them, a gathering of ten hollow each and every one of them four footed with the resemblance of wolves and great cats. They were undoubtedly pack hunters who had allied based on their similar traits as to make a cohesive unit of pack hunters. It was impressive what hollows could do with nothing but instinct, Valentin remembered he used to dig holes just beneath paths weaker Arrancar liked to thread upon and then nab them with sheer force and tear them apart. Of course he was a brute with nothing but pure strength then, he had evolved very differently since.

Halting in his tracks he awaited them and while they were initially cautious they slowly began to surround him, shrieking and howling in disorganized patterns. Only when the first of the beasts attacked did the Adjuchas finally move. A jaw opened wide filled with teeth they would never reach him as his clawed hands with one fell swipe had torn asunder it's throat as he stepped aside to let the first corpse hit the sand, a chunk of hollow flesh now in his hand he began to feed upon it while staring another of the hollow straight in the eyes. Chewing against meat and sinew he let his spiritual pressure be felt proper by the beasts daring the next to come and attempt to make a meal out of him.

Instead of course, they ran, but he couldn't let his food get away it wouldn't be proper. And so his long prehensile tail lifting itself up and pointing it's tip ahead of him it fired, a spike of bone flew at a speed of 600 and penetrated the brain matter of one of the beasts, then the Adjuchas shot another, and another and as many as it would take until finally they were all dead. A few had managed to get quite far, further than planned but none had managed to escape him. It took a bit to collect them all but stacking the corpses in a pile he feasted on their remains before their flesh had time to dissolve as spirit energy in the air. It was troublesome having such a small form when it came to eating but he made it work.

The hunger had lessened to some degree and Valentin's usually white carapace and face had by now been stained a deep red, a moment of thought and quiet in the silence of the aftermath he chucked to himself. He had thought to go wash himself in a river but things such as water didn't exist so bountifully in Hueco Mundo if at all, only liquid found here was blood. ''Didn't expect my time in the human world to warp my priorities so.'' he uttered in amusement, the usual way to get rid of blood in hueco mundo was to take a sand bath and have the grains scratch the liquid off and absorb it. Perhaps blood was what made the crystalline trees below grow? he never noticed any life in them but it seemed suitable.

10 Class 8 Hollow Consumed.

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Life as a Hollow was rough. Though some could come to understand it through study, nobody could truly grasp the experience unless they went through it themselves. Shinigami knew it better than any of the other races, researching Hollows to the limits so that they could arm themselves with knowledge to save the poor lost souls. Well, that was all well and good and all...but there were no Shinigami in Hueco Mundo. A vast, empty, desert where only the strong survived and the weak served as food. Those without strength remained hidden, waiting for their opportunity to pull those whom were stronger than those down from their place above them. A never ending food chain that would exist forever so long as humanity continued to exist.

Valentin was yet another caught in this unending chain. The Hollow worked to appease the hunger in his soul by dining on a number of lesser, weakling, Hollows. In the human world, Valentin would probably be best described as a scavenger. To him, the Hollows he had eaten where no better than walking carcasses. As the Hollow cracked wise about wanting to clean the blood off of his mask, he would be unaware that there had been another wanting those smaller Hollows that he had gorged himself on.

Only about twenty yards away from Valentin, the desert floor would suddenly explode as if it were a geyser. The tower of sand reached upwards, as a misshapen silhouette would appear like a dark shadow in the falling grains. ”Ggggrrrrr” a deep, rolling, growl emerged as the shadow shifted before a pushing forward. Valentin would see as yet another denizen of Hueco Mundo emerged before him. Mostly green in color, the Hollow that had emerged from the desert below was a big sun of a bitch. Standing near ten feet tall, with arms like tree trunks, a long sinister tail, the Hollow standing before him looked almost like what any child would think of if you told them to draw a monster.

Interestingly, though, was the fact that this big, green, son of a bitch had two masks. One smaller, simpler, one with two horns and three green dots on its forehead and a much larger, intimidating, one on its abdomen. ”You..” the Hollow, an Adjucha level monstrosity, growled from its top mask as it pointed a sharp nailed finger at Valentin whom it referenced. ”Those were to be my meal. You stole them from me!” the Hollow growled, clearly in anger as it turned to fully face Valentin.

”You lost them because you were too slow! You’re too slow!” suddenly the mask on its abdomen said, with a much higher pitched voice and almost sounding...female? ”Don’t just stand there, oaf! I’m hungry! Get me that little bitch!” the second mask shrieked. ”Shut up, woman! It’s mine!” the top mask barked back before focusing its attention on Valentin again. ”Now...come here!” the Hollow roared, suddenly rushing towards Valentin like a massive bulldozer intending to flatten the poor medic Hollow.

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{Class 2 Adjucha}
Rank 2 Freak Type
Strength: 400 - 600
Speed: 300
Reiatsu Strength: 400 - 600
Spiritual Pressure: 300 - 225
Instinct: 150 - 113
Senses: 150
Energy Sensory: 0
Healing Expertise: 0
Total SP: 1500

[Valentin Acciai]

When the dunes split to reveal another Adjuchas that had been lurking beneath Valentin had gotten genuinely spooked, jumping back by sheer instinct it was fortunate it’s first move hadn’t been to attack. Studying the creature and listening to it’s words it was quite the freak with the two personalities thing. But it struck him he had an audience now and as such he immediately unleashed some terrible jokes relating to all the canine hollow he had just consumed and denied to the latecomer. ’’Aww man, that’s RUFF buddy. Gotta be hard always getting HOUNDED by a BITCH all the time. No wonder you’re angry, i hate her already!’’ he uttered just as the larger Adjuchas made clear it’s intent to fight.

It would certainly be a difficult fight fighting something with two independent masks but Valentin rarely had the option of outrunning anyone so with the creature charging him he resolved to respond in kind. Quickly expelling a thick cloud of spores from his mouth that rapidly grew to the size of a 25 meter radius from his location as he did his best to dodge the incoming blow by throwing himself to the side planning to vanish in the cloud and make some distance, their speeds weren’t too different so he hoped he’d be able to get out of the charge’s way unharmed but just to be certain his spiked tail expelled all of it’s 10 dagger sized spikes like a shotgun blast towards where he would guess the Adjuchas to be after having passed him at a speed of 600.

That was a big problem with his spore clouds though, even Valentin himself couldn’t see through it with his miniscule sensory abilities but he hoped it would provide him ample time to prepare himself for the next attack. Relying on his stealth he awaited to hear the creature’s movements in absolute silence ready to slink away if he heard another charge coming for him. If his foe was having troubles finding him however he would hurl a bala towards where he figured the two-masked freak was in order to piss it off further, he wanted it as angry as possible as to deter it from wising up to his petty tricks. If any of his spikes had hit it's target he had a rather nasty plan for the creature, he would have a spike transform within the beast's flesh to become a sticky and near impossible to remove without self harm parasite which would begin to harvest reiatsu from the creature for Valentin to enjoy.


-125 Spore Cloud (Class 7, 25m radius)
-50 Bala
+100 Parasite (if occurs)
2325/2500 Reiatsu

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{Stats n' Stuff}Strength - 150 [51] (34%)

Speed - 250

Spiritual Pressure - 250

Reiatsu Strength - 260 [520] (200%)

Light Aura - 50

Dark Aura - 50

Instinct - 190 [65] (34%)

Senses - 150

Energy sensory - 50 [17] (34%)

Healing Expertise - 400 [800] (200%)

Total SP: 1700

• [Pain Tolerance] [3]
• [Bleeding Tolerance] [2]
• [Stealth] [2]
• [Swords] [3]
• [Acrobatics] [3]
• [Street Fighting] [2]
• [Cero] [2]

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{Spore Cloud}Technique Name: [Spore Cloud]

Class: [7,4,3]

Technique Type: [Hollow]

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

Technique Element: [Organic]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): Using this Technique Valentin can expel large quantities of spores from his mouth when he exhales which can form a dense smokescreen of said spores, his remote controlled spikes are also capable of exhaling spores but said spikes would expire right afterwards if used in such a manner and can only be used in such a fashion of they have yet to strike an organic target as access to the gases of the air is vital to it's spread. The spores can remain active for 20 minutes and greatly impedes sight due to it's thickness and blurrs reiatsu signatures greatly as the whole cloud radiates reiatsu. Additionally when in a clash of OS Valentin's RS is used to signify the potency of the spores. at Class 7 the spores are innocuous, meaning that they are harmless and when used at base cost Valentin or a spike can create a 5 meter radius of spores around the point of exhalation although the range can be increased if more Reiatsu is payed ex: double radius for double reiatsu cost.

When used at Class 4 it works much the same however the spores exhaled are active and if breathed in said spores will attach themselves to a target's insides and infest them, each breath counting as if the target had been penetrated by two of Valentin's spikes but causing no direct harm. This however would act as a foothold for him to use other abilities that usually require a target to have been infested by one of his spikes. Lastly if used at Class 3 rather than breathe out more spores all previously exhaled spores instantly becomes active and rather than needing to be breathed will infect targets within the cloud by simple touch at a rate of 2 spikes if temporarily in the cloud and 5 if a full turn inside. The Spores would also be bumped up to Class 3.

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [Exhale large quantity of thick spores that form a smokescreen from Valentin's mouth with him in center of the radius, Remote controlled spikes can use this ability once before expiring to similar effect.]

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) (Costly alternative to using Living Spike Shots, easily destroyed or interrupted/blow away by area of effect abilities (especially elemental powers such as fire and ice which kills the sensitive spores). Smokescreen can work against Valentin too. If one has at least 100 Energy Sensory one can tell apart the different shines of the various classes of spores and also tell more closely where others might be hiding within it.

Incantation and Effect:

Made By:
Valentin Acciai

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

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

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

Technique Type: [Hollow Technique]

Technique Element: [None]

Technique Description and Effects:

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

How to use technique:

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

Technique Drawbacks

50 Reiatsu cost.

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{Parasite}Technique Name: [Parasite]

Class: [4]

Technique Type: [Hollow]

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

Technique Element: [Organic]

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): [Building on Living Spike Shots the Parasite technique can transform the equivalent biomass of two spikes that has entered the target into a small fleshy lump that holds itself in place by fusing with nearby material. It can only be used on unresisting targets or targets at least equal or below Valentin's Class and has no inherent reiatsu cost, otherwise repulsed by their spiritual pressure. The parasite's function is to leech off Reiatsu from others and using the strings of Reiatsu attaching Living Spike Shots to Valentin in normal cases sends some of a target's Reiatsu to flow into Valentin. The parasite can harvest up to 150 Reiatsu a turn from a target and there can't be more than one parasite per person, if a target wishes to be rid of the parasite they can expend 300 Reiatsu to burn it out of their body or alternatively rip it out despite the injury of doing such. If a hostile target is of same class as Valentin he can drain them of 100 Reiatsu a turn and if 1 class below of further 150 Reiatsu. The parasite lives only as long as an ordinary spike once separated from Valentin and must be replaces every 20 minutes to continue working.]

How to use technique (How is it activated?): [Activate on a Living Spike Shot that has entered a target.]

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc) (Requires either willing target or class inferior target.)

Incantation and Effect:

Made By:
Valentin Acciai

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

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”What the fuck did you just say about me you little bitch?!” the lower mask would suddenly scream in its high pitched voice in response to Valentin’s taunting. As the main body rushed forward, heading directly for Valentin’s spore cloud like an idiot, he was halted by the action that the lower mask chose to make. In response to the insults Valentin threw her way, the “wife” of this unholy union decided to do something despite the movement forward. Opening her massive maw filled with razor sharp teeth a bright, crimson, light was birthed into existence. Not a moment later the light exploded outwards into a wide, far reaching, beam of destruction that consumed not just Valentins spore clouds but the parasitic spikes he hurled at the behemoth.

The low growling beam swallowed up Valentin’s attacks leaving the behemoth completely safe and unharmed by the attacks. The medical Hollow would recognize a Cero for what it was. Made sense that this monster had a attack like that. It was a Adjucha class Hollow, after all. With Cero being an incendiary attack, and with this ogre like Adjucha having more Reiatsu Strength, it made complete sense why his Cero had disintegrated Valentin’s spore cloud and tail spikes. ”I missed!!” the lower mask would scream in anger as the main body continued to charge forward until it was upon the smaller Hollow.

Once upon Valentin the monster would rear its left arm back and thrust it forward like it was a engine powered piston. With the Hollows incredible strength if Val was hit by this when he’d get to experience was being a pancake was like. What’s more, if the Hollow dodged wrong then he’d be hit by the follow up attack of this punch. When the punch met the surface of the sand the ground would explode as the force of his shockwave would fire outwards. If Valentin was caught up in this? He’d be left in a less than good state.

[Valentin Acciai]

Oooooh yah, the insult did it's job above and beyond his expectations even if he were dealing with a duo of easily gauded meatheads. The lumbering giant stomping towards him he had made his disappearance behind the spores but the telltale crimson light and familiar buzzing noise of a building cero penetrated the thick clouds of organic material, just moments later the beam shot forwards, annihilating most of the spores and effectively clearing the view. Fortunate as it were Valentin's plan had always been to dodge to the side so he avoided the attack regardless but now with no spores to hide him which was less than optimal as the hulking creature was still on the warpath charging him.

''Yes, you missed! the most predictable attack in the world missed!'' the Adjuchas replied in mockery to the lower mask as the being was now mere meters ahead of him. The punch that came was a brutish one and with their not too different speeds Valentin managed to side step it without any greater difficulty as his right arm rose to his foe's forearm and narrowed his claws together into a makeshift needle that would act as his scalpel in this scenario. A quick incision into the creature he'd attempt to sever it's hinge joint, in short he aimed to separate the radius, the ulna and the humerus from one another and make the arm useless and immensely painful, not to mention leaking incalculable amounts of blood as the brachial vein would be torn open.

Were it anyone else trying to adapt to hollow's unique physiology they would no doubt fail in such a hasty and improvised surgery, but this was Valentin Acciai, greatest medical practitioner hollowkind had ever faced! well... unless someone like Nicolay Pirogov or John Snow (yeah, that's an actual doctor, invented the germ theory what a badass!) had become hollow at some point after their deaths, he was little more than a shit stain compared to such geniuses. But yes! not expecting the brute to be capable of any intelligent maneuvers Valentin might have gotten himself a tad bit too invested in his live vivisection as he failed to notice it's second move before it was too late. 

While the blast scattering in all direction did lessen it's impact it was still plenty hard on Valentin, sent flying by the shockwave Valentin landed back first sliding in the sand as he groaned from the sudden pain and the air that had been knocked out of him. A breath of air let him know quick that there was probably not more than a handful of ribs in his body that weren't broken in some way as he was stung with pain for every movement of his chest. Really not being able to afford wasting any time he immediately began the process of regeneration, bones snapping back in place and internal bleeding halting. If he could he would have come up with another witty comment to infuriate the hostile hollow some more but with a busted ribcage he really didn't want to risk piercing a lung with a bone fragment or something.

Still, he struggled his way back to his feet despite the pain as he was used to these kinds of things as he began cracking his knuckles against one another as he was mostly healed up, ''Alright ugly, I've decided two of us ain't leaving here alive, and i also decided the both of you get to be the dead ones. Now bring it, ya ugly waste of Adjucha potential!'' he'd tell the duo of freaks as he awaited their next attack, not planning to get caught off guard as easily this time.

-100 Organic Regeneration (Torso)
2225/2500 Reiatsu

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

Should this regeneration be used to restore any natural armour or weapon then the regenerated spot will be half as tough as it usually was for 3 posts before properly hardening. He can make use of his abilities in others by expending his own Reiatsu at double the price for any technique usable in himself though it requires that a piece of his flesh has been inserted into their body to act as a beacon for his Reiatsu to stream into them by what would look like a thread for those good at sensing energy. While his power can allow him a great deal of comfort knowing that there is no such thing as a permanently lost body part for any he would deign to call friend his abilities do have one great flaw, it's a network and Valentin is the mainframe. Any relatively recent healing from his beacons (Until combat ends or 20 minutes) he has applied to others will rapidly fall apart and unravel should he be put in a state of severe mental distress or unconsciousness, the whole system crashing with him.]