Brompton Cocktail [Joint Training]

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Camila sighed, walking through the steets of a small city, taking in the surrounding air. There was a slight twang of fresh blood in the air; a scent Camila began to grow fairly accustomed to. She smiled, glancing from side to side. She was looking for a specific group of people; Quincy. She felt like she needed to carve through them all after everything that had happened in the past. She truly did hate them. Even after her interactions with Celes, she still had an unbridled hatred for these damned archers.

Watching the area, and keeping an eye on the people to pass by, she did what she could to both listen for these archers as well as any potential hollows. Upon hearing a wail from one of these beasts, Camila immediately rushed over to the noises she had heard. There, she saw something she truly didn't expect; the hollow was an Adjuchas. She could easily tell from the form of the beast being incredibly animalistic in nature. The beast appeared to be similar to that of a lion.

Not only that, but the shinigami seemed to hit the jackpot; Quincy were there, and all seemed to be fighting off this hollow. Upon watching the group in conflict, she was... troubled. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do. Part of her wanted to purify the hollow, as was her own duty, but at the same time, she knew full well what could've happened to him should she ally with the Quincy. It likely wasn't the hollow's choice to have been a hollow. To have them wiped out of the Soul Cycle just like that for being who they were; she wasn't going to have it.

Almost immediately, she held her blade to the sky, and shouted at the top of her lungs; "Make them Bleed, Buveur de Sang!" With that, a rush of pure red reiatsu waved over her, and caused some fairly noticeable changes to her. Her blade had changed significantly, turning a shade of red and taking on a much more gruesome appearance, and her robes were tinted with a faint red. She smirked. This was still one of her first times using Shikai, and she felt comfortable with her powers.

Almost immediately, she rushed toward the Quincy, carving them all down mercilessly, and leaving absolutely massive slashes along their chests. Almost immediately, they were all quickly carved down, and her reiatsu had began to pour from their wounds, directing into her like blood in water. She felt powerful for once. She felt like she could actually manage to take on the world, and smiled. She turned to the hollow. "You should be alright, now."

"My thanks, Shinigami," The beast said with a deep voice, "I hadn't expected assistance from the likes of you. Perhaps you're not all that bad." The hollow let out a small laugh, and stood up straight. "You're free to go from here. After that, I need not purify you. You're welcome to continue on as a hollow, if you'd please." The beast once again laughed. "Hah! That's very unlike you, Shinigami. I thought all of you were supposed to be dutybound protectors of the afterlife. What ever happened to that?" "I saw my family stripped of the chance to witness their portion of the afterlife. Even though it's through a different path, you much deserve the chance to see what your side of life has to offer."

[Ailene Haschiro]

Hueco Mundo. The land that was inhabited by Hollows and Arrancar alike was always such a dull and boring place. Atleast that is what Ailene thought. The Espada was the ever curious type. All she wanted to do was go out and study all manner of creatures. While her intentions seemed rather pure, Ailene manifested the plauge in all living things. In fact, that was one of Ailene's favorite things to study. The way that the body broke down under something as simple as a bacterium.

That was a topic that always made Ailene curious. The body was such a powerful marvel of biology yet it was so easily compromised by organisms much smaller than itself. That was neither here or now as Ailene was reading one of her many novels. That was something that Ailene did enjoy as well. Reading was the pathway to knowledge and understanding. It was a shame that many of her fellow Espada were not so interesting in the finer arts of life. Then again, none of then needed to she supposed.

As she walked through the pristine halls of Las Noches, she walked to the large gates that led to the throne room. It was in here that the King of Las Noches, Sonken Kouhai, sat on his throne and most likely ruminated upon all manner of things. He never really conversed with the Espada or really any other creatures for that matter. It seemed as though the King himself was isolated from most forms of contacts. That was something that genuinely bothered the Noveno Espada.

Ailene did genuinely have respect for the King of Las Noches. She just genuinely disliked that there was no clear agenda. What did he have planned for the Espada? Where was her place in this plan if there was any? Were they Espada gonna be involved in some grand plan? It was certainly interesting to think about, but this was something that Ailene was hoping to change. Not that she wished to overthrow Sonken, but she wanted to be somewhat influential within the organization. Carry a certain weight to her name.

As she waited, she thought about what had even brough her here. It was not too long ago that she was summoned here from her room while she was reading all manner of literature on bacteria. She was rather annoyed that she was most likely being summoned to work. Then again, it hasn't been too long since she's joined the Espada by technicality. Her predecessor, one of her halfs was the former Espada, but he did not exist for all intents and purposes anymore.

The Espada was ripped from her thoughts as she looked upon the door opening wide. As always, Ailene walked in and saw nothing, but isolation. The only thing that was here was Kouhai sitting on his throne, looking down on Ailene. The Arrancar sighed a little and spoke up. "Lord Kouhai. For what reason have you summoned me to serve you once more?" Kouhai would smile as he would anytime in her presence. She was respectful and polite to him as she felt that those under him should be.

She heard his voice echo throughout the room, filling up every nook and crany. "Yes my Noveno Espada. I have a mission for you. I assume you are familiar with the Quincies?" Ailene just tilted her head and nodded in affirmation. She felt that there were very few that did not know about the Quincy. They were quite renowned and rather infamous among the worlds that existed. Especially some Quincy faction that she could not remember the name of. Either way, the message would come across.

Kouhai would look down on her and chuckle. "Well recently they have been causing trouble for the Hollows and other Arrancar. Atleast the Arrancar agents I send out keep coming back mangled and bloody. I want you to go out and destroy the feeble resistance. Show them the might of the Espada and end their lives in my name." Ailene just nodded and turned on her heel. Within the room itself, she would tap the air in front of her. As she did this, a rift split open in front of her as she bowed one last time before being on her way.

As she moved through the Garganta, this mission gave her things to think about. Ailene was not the type to kill unprovoked, but nor did she was to branzenly disobey Kouhai. Perhaps there would be a way to spare them, but come to a consensus. If not of course, Ailene would have no choice and could most likely easily dispose of them. It just wasn't something that she relished and she engaged in such saveragy only when absolutely needed. She sighed as the Garganta finally showed open blue sky.

As she walked out, she immediately noticed a Hollow. Not only were they Quincy, but there was yet another woman. She seemed to be using a blade and striking them down. Could this be a Soul Reaper? Was she defending this Hollow. Ailene would calmly watch and chuckle a little as she watched the Shinigami absolutely rip through these groups. In a way it made her curious. Finally she saw as the Shinigami was before the Hollow and was talking to them?

This was becoming more and more interesting. Finally Ailene felt it necesarry to drop down from her rift which if Camila paid any attention could be seen high up in the air. She would not draw her blade nor make any motions that indicated hostilties. She simply wanted to know what her business with these Quincy were. Well this was semi-true. She was a little interested as to why an enemy of all Hollow seemed to be sparing one of Ailine's own. It was an interesting situation.

Assuming that Camila made no outright hostile rush down offensive, Ailene would approach as her smooth voice resonated within the air. "Well. It is certainly interesting to see one of your kind here. Supporting a Hollow too it seems. You Soul Reapers are full of suprises lately." It seemed that Camila's clothing and blade was abnormal. As such, Ailene assumed it was their released state which the Soul Reapers called Shikai. "Well anyways. What is your business here. Who are you?" As a show of good faith, Ailene sighed as her bone-like headband rested against her forehead, and decided it important to atleast show courtesy. "I guess I can start though. I am the Noveno Espada, Ailene Haschiro."

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Upon spotting the arrancar, Camila entered a warily defensive stance. She didn't want to be blindsided by the arrancar before her, but she wasn't sure if they were going to fight or not. If they had witnessed the skirmish that had just happened, then hostilities might not occur, but there was still no telling. Arrancar were generally unpredictable, even while more levelheaded than hollows were. Sure, most of them were violent in nature, but would she be able to see past this and potentially be trusting?

Then, she heard the arrancar speak. Her tone of voice was a fairly quick queue that she wasn't going to mean harm. At least, that's what she tried to interpret from it, and concluded that was likely what she had meant. The Shinigami let out a sigh of relief, and simply let her blade fall to her side. It wasn't sheathed, but her guard was certainly down. From here, she'd primarily listen to what the arrancar had to say, and hopefully get some kind of clue about a lack of hostility from them.

"Well. It is certainly interesting to see one of your kind here. Supporting a Hollow too it seems. You Soul Reapers are full of surprises lately." She sighed again. They weren't wrong, per se, but she certainly wasn't fully supporting that hollow. She was more or less defending a kindred spirit. She hadn't known the hollow personally, but seeing another comrade being attacked by Quincy set her off. She wasn't going to sit idly by while they had to suffer the wrath of those humans. She decided to speak up on this topic.

"I wouldn't say I was supporting him," she said, "merely helping him avoid a fate that would've been terrible to suffer. I wasn't about to just watch another living being lose their lives and be forced to not enter the Soul Cycle. Such a fate isn't one I'd wish on anybody but those damned beings themselves." She tightened her grip around her sword, obviously upset, but not in a way that would cause the arrancar in front of her to think it was about an attempted hostility. She simply wished to talk at the moment.

"Well anyways. What is your business here. Who are you? I guess I can start though. I am the Noveno Espada, Ailene Haschiro." Camila practically gasped at the term 'Espada'. She'd already fought one of those, and almost got her ass handed to her. Though if they were based off of numbers, eight is higher than nine, right? So that'd mean that the one before her was weaker than the one she had fought not too long ago? If that was the case, the two of them might be on an equal playing field. She really needed to avoid hostilities now.

She gave the arrancar a smile; a genuine one. "I'm Camila Adaronde, unseated officer of Squad 13 in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads. Pleasure to meet you!" Perhaps this Espada could be useful in her cause? Perhaps the two of them working together could result in the eradication of these 'holy' wastes of life? She walked over to the girl, and held out her empty hand as a way to shake the Espada's hand. She pulled her sword arm back behind her, as to show she meant no harm.

Whether or not the Espada accepted the handshake was irrelevant. Either way, she'd put her arm back by her side, and continue on. "I'm mostly here on a personal mission of sorts. I'm looking to see just how strong these Quincy are in a fight. If I can, I'd like to see if I can't 'bait' out a superior one to kick the shit out of them. If that goes well, then I'll continue ascending along the ranks of these damned people until eventually they're all wiped clean."

A bit of underlying aggression could be easily picked out of her voice. She obviously wasn't happy about whatever had been on her mind at the time of speaking that. She sighed, and shook her head. "Apologies, that sounded a bit depressing. Either way, though, that's why I'm here." The more serious tone in her voice quickly faded, and returned to the somewhat 'preppy' tone she used when she had introduced herself. "Once again, it's a pleasure to meat you, Ailene! Might I ask what you're doing here as well? Surely someone as strong as yourself has no reason to be roaming about, no?"

[Ailene Haschiro]

As Camila began to explain her situation, Ailene listened cautiously for any discrepancies as to who she was. "I wouldn't say I was supporting him," Ailene chuckled a little admittedly and began to think to herself, "Well I would beg to differ..." Ailene kept up a smile. After all, her thoughts were her own and she could think what she wanted about how that initial comment sounded. Ailene continued to listen calmly, making sure to take note of what she was saying. After all, maybe she could prove useful.

"merely helping him avoid a fate that would've been terrible to suffer. I wasn't about to just watch another living being lose their lives and be forced to not enter the Soul Cycle. Such a fate isn't one I'd wish on anybody but those damned beings themselves." Ailene nodded and began to think about the concept of the Soul Cycle. It was one that she had mixed feelings about. After all, the "righteous" place in the Soul Cycle was to be purified by a Zanpakutou, but on the other hand, it was possible to become an Arrancar if you grew powerful enough.

In a way, the Soul Cycle was one that to suffering when souls died. Forced to fend for themselves as they hide from Hollows. On the other hand, however, they would become consumed by their own hate. They would then become Hollows and unfortunately be stuck on an endless hunt for souls. It was certainly interesting because now Ailene was able to confirm the identity of this girl. She would continue to listen as Camila just seemed to suddenly offer her own respect to Ailene.

"I'm Camila Adaronde, unseated officer of Squad 13 in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads. Pleasure to meet you!" Ailene blinked a little and chuckled. An Unseated Shinigami that was noy only helping a Hollow, but was hunting down Quincy? This was becoming more and more interesting. It seemed though that this Shinigami had her own reservations about the Quincy. Had they done her some great wrong at one point? This was about to be confirmed to Ailene as she began to listen as usual.

"I'm mostly here on a personal mission of sorts. I'm looking to see just how strong these Quincy are in a fight. If I can, I'd like to see if I can't 'bait' out a superior one to kick the shit out of them. If that goes well, then I'll continue ascending along the ranks of these damned people until eventually they're all wiped clean." The Espada chuckled once more and immediately responded. "I see. You aim to to kill off the lambs and bring out those that matter. Those that have wrong you I presume?"

Ailene was becoming rather curious about this girl. Her hatred for the Quincy was certainly apparent and she could feel her seething almost. It was not something that Ailene personally shared. The Arrancar was the type of woman to try to get through everything using common interests and diplomacy. The few times that she was forced to defend herself or fight someone who was at her level or stronger, she would release, but it came at the price of her sanity. Incredible power almost came at a cost it seemed.

Ultimately, Ailene nodded as the Shinigami began to give off her condolesnces about seemingly putting Ailene through a depressing spiel. It was not something that she inherently minded. In fact she found it interesting as it gave her something to study. The idea of inspecting ones inner turmoil could potentially lead Ailene to understand those that she fought far better. It was then that Ailene began to walk from side to side, looking at both Camila and the Hollow intently.

The Arrancar then heard Camila speak more. "Once again, it's a pleasure to meat you, Ailene! Might I ask what you're doing here as well? Surely someone as strong as yourself has no reason to be roaming about, no?" This was the time in which Ailene was at odds. She did find this girl interesting, but at the same time, was it okay for her to divulge this? Kouhai never said she couldn't, but he never specified how she was supposed to deal with others who could become involved.

Ailene sighed and just decided to give a half answer, but enough to give an idea. "Well I am a scholar naturally and I always seek to learn more from others. Knowledge is something that is hard to come by nowadays and I believe it to be an asset in navigating the world around us. You are right, however, in that I am not just here for a casual stroll." Ailene smiled a little in response. This girl seemed to be rather pleasant and sociable. These were traits that Ailene preferred in those she ineracted with.

Either way, the Arrancar would simply stand still and continue looking at Camila, this time focusing all of her intention on her. "It seems that much like you, I am here to eradicate a band of Quincy. They have been causing trouble for some of our operations and I intend to perhaps find a diplomatic way out of this. After all, not all creatures who might oppose me must die. I do hold my Lord's word as the general rule so if I must, I will most certainly kill these fledgelings. As long as you do not get in my way, maybe we can help one another find this group." Ailene's expression became a little darker in that brief moment to press the point home. 

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"I see. You aim to to kill off the lambs and bring out those that matter. Those that have wrong you I presume?" For some reason, this seemed to put Camila at a loss for words. She wasn't really sure what to say in response to this. For one, she wanted to share her life story, open up to the Espada she had never met, and basically tell them all that she wanted to say about how she felt about Quincy. At the same time though, while spilling her life story felt was a phenomenal idea, she decided to go with a simpler way of things.

"I..." she started, "...yeah, I guess you could say that." she chuckled in response, much like the girl had as well. She wasn't going to share everything she had to offer with the girl, as there was generally no point in doing so. If they got to know each other better, then maybe in the future if she could be trusted, but for now, some things are just best kept to yourself. "I'd very much like to tear down the Vandenreich to the best of my ability, and whether or not these Quincy are affiliated is beyond me at the moment."

She sighed, heading into mental reflection on her past. It was true that the Quincy that had wiped out her family were affiliated with the Vandenreich, but at the same time, that didn't change the fact that free Quincy weren't really any better. Quincy were just Quincy. Most of them seemed to be about the same, anyway. Never had she ever met even a free Quincy that wasn't as much of an asshole as the Vandenreich was. She'd likely never do so either.

Quincy in general were terrible people in her eyes. Why would someone ever want to use that kind of power in order to wipe someone clean from existence? What would cause them to even think that was a reasonable idea, when there were ways of going about purifying them?? It didn't make sense to her, and she'd never forgive those bastards for everything they'd put her and her family through. She was the last one remaining of her family, after all, due to those monsters. She hated them more than she hated anyone else.

A few seconds later, she was thrown back in thought by introducing herself and asking what the arrancar had been doing here. "Well I am a scholar naturally and I always seek to learn more from others. Knowledge is something that is hard to come by nowadays and I believe it to be an asset in navigating the world around us. You are right, however, in that I am not just here for a casual stroll." A scholar? Interesting. She'd never met, nor expected to meet a scholar of sorts before.

"Awesome!" she exclaimed, "what kinds of different things do you research? Perhaps I could possibly provide you with information you don't already know?" She continued to give the girl a wide smile, certainly interesting in the prospect of being able to assist them in any form of research she could. Who knows? Perhaps she actually could help them with information, and make the arrancar's day just a little bit easier by providing some sort of new info that she'd never even thought of.

"It seems that much like you, I am here to eradicate a band of Quincy." These words immediately caused the shinigami's face to light up. Having someone as strong as an Espada on her side in the fight against the Quincy race? Sign her the fuck up! "They have been causing trouble for some of our operations and I intend to perhaps find a diplomatic way out of this. After all, not all creatures who might oppose me must die. I do hold my Lord's word as the general rule so if I must, I will most certainly kill these fledgelings. As long as you do not get in my way, maybe we can help one another find this group."

She cocked her head after listening to the arrancar talk. "Your Lord?" She asked, "I had no idea you followed under somebody. Might I ask what they're like? You seem to be quite independent, though. I wouldn't have expected that from someone like that other Espada..." her voice trailed off, as she thought about the other arrancar she had fought not too too long ago; the one that had helped her unintentionally awaken her shikai. "Though, I suppose you're nowhere near as aggressive or seemingly bloodthirsty as he was."

[Ailene Haschiro]

Ailene was a little bit surprised by this girl. Having just asked if the Quincy wrong her in some way, Camila just seemed to be at odds. Ailene was not the best at reading people necessarily, but she had enough clairvoyance to be able to tell when something was off. The normally cheery and eager girl just seemed to pipe down and be a little quieter. The chance was noticeable just given the major differences between the two sides of her. In some ways, it reminded her of herself. Between her sealed state and her released state.

It was then that Camila mentioned something that caught Celes attention. "I'd very much like to tear down the Vandenreich to the best of my ability, and whether or not these Quincy are affiliated is beyond me at the moment." The Arrancar chuckled a little bit. That's what their name was, the one Ailene had forgotten while in the Garganta. Ever since her union, Ailene was learning so much about the world by simply learning what she could. She didn't have many memories except for this strange notion of purpose.

As their conversation motioned forward, there were two things in particular that Camila seemed to take interest in. "what kinds of different things do you research? Perhaps I could possibly provide you with information you don't already know?" Ailene raised an eyebrow and sighed. "Why limit yourself when you can seek out all you can? I research many different topics. Most of my information I get from reputable sources and such. I'd have to know you a little better to divulge."

Ailene was not attempting to be hostile, but she did hold things very close to her. There were few people she could trust. Hell, most people would condemn her simply existence simply for not approving of the Arrancar. As such, Ailene had become very guarded and close. One of those was her love of epidemiology and what she has been researching on it in terms of how the human body breaks down from the most vile of disease. Maybe in some ways she sought to hide that from her.

Either way, the second thing that the Shinigami showed interest in surpised even Ailene. "I had no idea you followed under somebody. Might I ask what they're like? You seem to be quite independent, though. I wouldn't have expected that from someone like that other Espada..." She was almost certainly talking about Kouhai. Was this Shinigami really so young and inexperienced that she was not aware of Kouhai's abilities. Ailene could not help, but chuckle. What could she divulge of the King of Las Noches that was not already known.

Ailene tilted her head and spoke calmly. "Well. I guess let's just say someone of great power, but isolated. I often do work on my own. Yet, everyone needs some form of figurehead. Someone to essentially give guidance. I imagine that you have a Captain who gives you guidance, no?" Perhaps this was a good chance to learn about the structure and nature of Shinigami Squad relations. Admittedly she was not too familiar with their interpersonal duties and such, only the command structure.

The Arrancar was about to look around as out of the corner of her eyes, an arrow came from the tree towards her. It was a rather quick shot and while she was in her much weaker form, Ailene understood that she had much less speed. With athletic instinct, however. She suddenly disappeared. The Quincy who shot the arrow may have known it as the Sonido, the equivalent to the Shinigami's Flash Step or the Quincy Hirenkyaku. Either way, as the Quincy looked around, Ailene was already behind him.

With a kick, she knocked the Quincy down onto the ground. Dropping down, she grabbed the Quincy by the leg and dragged him to the tree she kicked him out of and pressed him against it. Ailene spoke clearly. "Good shot, but against one of the Espada, not quite good enough. Now. You seem sensible and if you cooperate, you have my word that I will not harm you." Her gaze was now concentrated solely on this Quincy as she was going to extract this information from him. The man seemed rather meek and spiritually, Ailene could not decipher a lot.

The Quincy spat. "Why would I dare tell you anything? You slaughtered our scouting party just now! You are a monster!" The remark was being expressed at the two of them, but Ailene just kept a level head. If she could just coerce him, then this would not need to end in bloodshed. She had an idea, but it may seem overly cruel. Ailene cupped her hand and began to form a ball of reiatsu within it. It was purple in color and made a distinct sound. The Quincy would recognize it as a Cero.

The Quincy then proceeded. "You think you can intimidate me? I will not talk to the likes of you! You will never find our village!" Ailene sighed and shook her head. She pressed down on him with most of her body and just moved his arm to the side. "This could have been so much easier, but you leave me little choice..." With a smaller discharge, the Cero washed over the Quincies arm and it was fully disintegrated. Nothing was left and he wailed in agony at the pain. 

Ailene let go of whatever was left of his arm and pinned his fatigued and strained head against the tree. "Now look. You can cooperate and this will be all I have to do. It is safe to say that you will not bleed out. The instant my Cero burned it off, the wound instantly cauterized. Don't force me to do more than I have to." Ailene now assumed a much softer tone of voice, much like that of a mother talking down to a child. "Now. Will you tell us where we need to go? You will be free to go if you help us."

The Quincy just nodded with a pained expression. He began to point in a direction which was intended to indicate where they needed to head if they wished to find this village. Ailene smiled and nodded. She held her word and just stopped applying pressure on the Quincy. She began looking at Camila and walked the broken Quincy past Camila and the Hollow if it was still present, acting like a sort of guard. Ailene pointed in the direction of city. "Head there and come back later. I will hold up my end of the bargain and not harm you." The Quincy nodded with a little bit of a smiling expression due to Ailene's mercy. He would begin to run off at a slower pace due to his wound. Ailene turned and walked past Camila a few feet ahead. She stopped and waited to see if Camila would take aggressive action against the Quincy she let go.

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Camila watched in awe as Ailene worked to incapacitate the Quincy before them. She smiled a wicked grin the moment she saw the arrancar pin them down. She knew exactly what was going to come of the man should he fight back. If it wasn't Ailene who dealt with him, she'd for sure have her fun. After all, Quincy didn't deserve to exist on the planet. For what he was, he might as well should've been destroyed on sight by either of the two of them. To let him exist for as long as he had been was a bit out of Camila's comfort zone.

Seeing how the Quincy had spit on the arrancar, Camila had to seriously control herself. Whether or not she knew Ailene personally didn't matter. To see a quincy do that shit to someone meant she'd likely make them suffer to the best of her ability. Though, this was Ailene's kill. They were the one who caught him, he was theirs to do as they pleased. Should they decide not to kill the man, then she'd happily take over if she were allotted to by the arrancar. Quincy hunting was effectively a sport for her at this point.

She watched the Arrancar begin to charge a small orb of reiatsu in her hand. Even with her significantly below average ability to sense reiatsu, she could still tell that this attack was going to be fairly strong, what with the amount of reiatsu being poured into the attack itself. She'd known from personal experience what this attack was going to be, having had it used against her multiple times in her fight with the other Espada. She gripped at her shoulder in pain of the memory she had to endure.

The moment she heard him shouting in agony, she began to once again smile. Served him damn right. Scum like that Quincy didn't deserve to exist peacefully, not after all of the atrocities they've committed not just against her and her family, but what she could only assume was a multitude of other families across the world. The amount of peaceful lives that had to have been ended by these people was horrifying and disgusting to think about. And he deserved to endure every last bit of it.

Upon seeing the arrancar release the man, a look of confusion quickly rose on her face. "That's it?" she asked, "You're letting him go? You're not going to finish the job?" She turned back to the arrancar, and continued to watch the Quincy from her peripherals. "You can't just let someone like that go! He tried to attack you for no reason! That's all these fucking Quincy do! Should people like that really be left in this world when they could be quickly dispatched and exterminated?"

Watching the Quincy leave, she pointed her sword toward him. "I get if you don't want to kill him," she said, "but at the very least, let me have some fun too!" Small bits of red liquid began to drip from her sword onto the ground. This was most definitely the blood of those Quincy she had slain earlier, and she wasn't about to let it go to waste. She was the one to harvest it, after all, why would she want to just not use it when there were perfectly reasonable ways of making it useful?

She slowly raised her blade to the sky, and small droplets from the puddle now being created began to rise into the air. After a second, a large spike-like lance rose from the puddle. It hovered in midair, blood shifting around the shape of the lance itself and constantly moving. After a bit, she quickly swung her blade down, and sent the spike flying at absolutely incredible speeds toward the man looking to leave the situation, and embedded the spike into his thigh.

She once again smirked, watching him take a knee at the sudden influx of pain surging through his leg. "What's the matter!?" she called out, "I know you can still move after that! Get out of here before much, much worse comes your way, jackass!" The Quincy forced himself up, and continued forward, albeit at a much slower pace than before. She turned to Ailene, and smiled an innocent smile, much to the contradiction of her original emotions. 

[Ailene Haschiro]

As Ailene let the Quincy go, she began to think about her own set of morals. She did not really have a predefined morality. Everything she did was either on a whim or just according to her personal views. This views while not necesarrily equating to pacifism were just overall on the less murderhappy side. While her power was sealed deep away, it led to her adopting a rather pleasant attitude on the world. Violence was a tool to be used by her, but it was just that, a tool. It required temperance to be used.

As she watched the Quincy stumble forward, it was a little touching to her heart. Even with all that she had done to him, he gave her that little smile of hope. Hope was such an interesting concept. Almost extinguished from the Arrancar's heart, Ailene saw it as somewhat of a burden. She was thankful it was not one she had to carry. She was the aggressor. She never felt as though she need to be in a position where hope was needed. Atleast not ever since she was formed from the union of two souls.

Ailene would twist her head towards the Shinigami as she seemed to talk down on the Arrancar about her choice. "You can't just let someone like that go! He tried to attack you for no reason! That's all these fucking Quincy do! Should people like that really be left in this world when they could be quickly dispatched and exterminated?" The Espada raised an eyebrow and watched as Camila seemed to get an idea. "but at the very least, let me have some fun too!" Ailene would mainly scoff.

With a modicum of interest, she watched as the the blood-stained blade of the Shinigami would raise these drop bloodlets into the air with the rising of her blade. What an interesting ability. It seemed that the Shinigami were not without their little curiosities as it formed into a lance. The lance then suddenly rocketed at the Quincy and lodged itself into the thigh of her victim. As the Quincy continued onward, it was Camila who seemed to taunt him even more. This admittedly was becoming more and more unsettling to the Arrancar.

"I know you can still move after that! Get out of here before much, much worse comes your way, jackass!" Ailene raised an eyebrow and just shook her head. As Camila would turn towards her, Ailene was already on her way into the direction of the village they were seeking out. If Camila followed, Ailene would admittedly just continue onward without much of a word. It's not that she felt she was above this Shinigami in morality, but something about her disturbed Ailene.

She did not seem to discriminate between the Wandenreich and the Free Quincy who just seemed to wish a peaceful life. While it is true that Ailene was attacked by the Quincy, he was trying to avenge the people that Camila had slaughtered. In a way, his ways were justified, but violence is still something that Ailene admittedly disliked. There was no moral highground, for any of them and it seemed that Camila in her arrogance seemed to forget that. Ailene just sighed and continued onward.

As they continued on the path, Ailene would try to make some conversation. "So do tell. Since we are supposed to be working together in the meantime. Why do you condemn these people? They've not done me any inherent wrong and I am quick to admit that I am doing this mission by own way. If I can avoid killing them, I will, but what is your story?" Perhaps Ailene could get a little out of this girl to see what had her so jaded. Either way, Ailene would continue onward.

Whether Camila answered or not was not relevant to Ailene. She had a mission and Camila could prove to be a potential liability so maybe it is beneficial for her to keep calm and for Ailene to keep an eye on her. For the most part, this girl seemed sensible and Ailene did not entirely relish the idea of needing to end her life unless it was absolutely necesarry. After all, they were mortal enemies. Or atleast intended to be. Ailene seemed to be the more level-headed of the two.

As Ailene cleared some of the trees, she noticed an encampment in the distance. Perhaps this was what they were looking for. She did notice a perch point and quickly dissapeared up into the tree to get a better view. It was unfortunate that while she remained in her sealed state, her abilities were rather crippled. A Pesquis may not even reach at this point. As such, Ailene dropped to the ground and sighed. Looking at Camila, she tried to read her for any expression since she will have most likely seen this village as well.

Ailene spoke in a relaxed tone. "The Quincy village as I assume you have already seen is just ahead. Atleast I am pretty sure it is the Quincy village." The Arrancar sighed a little as she was weary. Knowing the Shinigami's rash temper it may come down to a fight whether Ailene wanted it to or not. She privoted on her heel and continued onward to see if she could at some point get a better view on it. In the back of her mind, Ailene was hoping that she would not need to call on her Resurreccion.

As Ailene continued onward, the village began to become plainly clear. It was not a very advanced encampment by any stretch. Atleast not in architecture. The overall look and feel of it seemed to be Native American. It was almost as if they were a group of refugees hiding out. In a way, they could be seen as such and Ailene did not relish the feeling of possibly needing to dispatch of these individuals. Either way, Ailene just did the same Sonido trick where she ended up in a tree.

As she got a better view, something washed over Ailene. Something that admittedly made her a little questioning. What she saw were groups of Quincies. Men, women and...children? Kouhai just explained the group of Quincy as a rebellious group. Ailene assumed that they were all atleast fledgeling Quincy who could hold their own in combat. This was different though. She hopped back down and looked at Camila if she was still behind her. "It seems that this is not a simple encampment. Families and children are present." Ailene sighed, the realization of what was to come hitting her. 

Ailene decided to be a little bold and began to continue onward. As the Espada came closer, the Quincies who were standing guard looked at Ailene. Immediately recognizing her robe and features, their faces seemed to become rather pale as if they had seen a ghost. It was then that one of them shot an arrow up into the air. A warning sign no doubt which led to sounds of unrest occuring within the encampment. As the elderly, children and other Quincies headed to safe spots within the encampment, it seemed almost as if a legion of them were piling up.

It was then that one of the guards standing watching and eyeing Ailene carefully roared out. "Don't you dare come much closer Arrancar. We have groups of our finest men and women ready to die and take you head on." The Arrancar just sighed and drew her Zanpakutou and dug it into the ground. "I have been sent to exterminate you all by my Lord and while I am loyal to him, I also believe that his must not end in bloodshed. I wish to talk this out. See if we can't come to an agreement." She was eyeing the Quincies and Camila in her periphery to make sure that nothing was about to come out of this.

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Noticing the arrancar already on the move, Camila simply pouted to herself, and began to follow as well. She was a little disappointed not to get even the slightest bit of approval from the Arrancar. They were generally warfaring, no? Why hadn't her little act of aggression pleased them at all? She began to contemplate the thought while still following Ailene. Just what went on inside that arrancar's head that seemed to make them different than the other one she'd encountered not too long ago?

She was quickly dragged out of her own thought by the Espada's words. "So do tell. Since we are supposed to be working together in the meantime. Why do you condemn these people? They've not done me any inherent wrong and I am quick to admit that I am doing this mission by own way. If I can avoid killing them, I will, but what is your story?" She sighed, already beginning to feel her anger in those people rise. "Back while I was still alive, these damned Quincy took everything from me."

She started to tear up a bit, following fairly close behind the Espada. "Quincy were responsible for wiping out my family, and almost taking my life. I'm lucky to still be standing here, if we're being honest. If it wasn't for a lone Shinigami, well, I'd be nonexistent at the moment." She chuckled behind her half-crying voice. "Looking back, it hurts. It hurts more than anything I could ever even begin to imagine. Just the thought of not being able to see my family again makes me want to force these people to suffer the same fate."

Still tailing the Quincy, she took a few breaths to calm down. Damn... She hadn't even opened up like that to Celes, let alone an arrancar she had just met. It was... unexpected of her. She wasn't quite sure how to feel about the whole thing; on one hand, it felt good to have gotten something like that off her chest and be able to talk about it, but on the other hand, she still despised even entertaining the thought of the past. It was an incredibly scarring situation for her, and she tried to avoid talking about it where she could.

Noticing both the Quincy and the Espada slow down, Cami followed in suit, bringing herself to a stealthy halt. She watched patiently as the injured Quincy made his way into the village, and was helped by other Quincy into a safe place. She was absolutely astounded and disgusted by the sheer amount of people within the encampment. Her fist was practically leaving indents in the grip of her sword she was gripping onto it so hard. There was a noticeable shake to the weapon.

"It seems that this is not a simple encampment. Families and children are present." Camila's eyes went wide at the sound of these words. Much like the Espada, she expected everyone here to be combat-capable and ready. Surely that was the case, right? And that they had just been seeing things? There's no way that she would've hit the jackpot like this! She couldn't help but smile as the words processed in her head. While it wasn't much, she'd be able to make these people suffer like she had so long ago.

As Ailene jumped down from the tree the two of them were perched in, Camila continued to watch ahead. Just a simple reason; that's all it would take, and Cami would spring from the tree and begin her assault. She'd be ready to use whatever excuse she needed to in order to strike, and it appeared as though Ailene was giving her the perfect opportunity. She was looking to take a much more diplomatic approach, far the opposite of how she was going to turn the situation.

It was here that a memory flashed in her head; a memory of words she'd been told from Celes. If she continued with this plan, it'd be very against the ideals of the Seireitei. It'd be yet another reason she could potentially end up losing her position within Soul Society as it was. Was vengeance against a group of people who likely didn't commit the actual crime truly worth it? What had these specific Quincy done to her? She'd likely never met a single one of these people, and yet, she was contemplating their death? Would this truly be worth the pain she'd cause?

She came to realize where her ideals stood. It wasn't about getting vengeance over a crime long-since committed, no, it was far from it; she wanted to send a message, more than anything. Leave this village desolate and scarred, as a way to hopefully cause unrest in the group that had actually caused her to suffer. She'd annihilate these Quincy, no doubt; whether it was with the help of the Espada or not. All it took was one slight sign of potential aggression from them, and she'd spring into action.

And how grateful she was for that sign to come. Upon seeing a Quincy fire an arrow straight into the air, her reiatsu surged through her body, causing her to change shape. Her physical form seemed to split into twenty or so different bats, all flying straight forward. After reaching a fair distance ahead of her, and above these Quincy watching over the encampment, she re-materialized and began to drop, straight into a volatile spin. She cleaved right through one of the two guards, landing on him with her blade now inside of his chest. As quick as she possibly could, she ripped her blade out, the man's blood and her reiatsu fusing together to flow through the air into her blade, and turned on the other guard.

Quite quickly, she jumped on the other guard. Her blade was forced straight into the man's stomach, once again flooding his body with her own reiatsu as she drew it back out along with his blood when pulling the blade from the now fading life. She entered a defensive stance, facing the camp, a wicked grin on her face. A familiar voice played through her head; one she hadn't heard in almost a few months; You know you want to, Cami... Go ahead. Take what's rightfully yours.

[Ailene Haschiro]

As the Espada approached with caution and made the active effort to show a form of peace by digging her Zanpakutou into the ground, it seemed that the Quincy were beginning to let their guards down. She could see it in their eyes. They were a broken people. Wracked by grief and turmoil that while their fighting spirit roared, they also sought a form of peace. Or atleast a cease fire. Ailene could feel the tension lowering in the air, but it seemed that despite her best efforts, the battle would rage on.

Almost as if on instinct, as the arrow raced up into the sky to alert the Quincy, Camila had already moved to the offensive. Ailene, out of the corner of her high, watched as the Shinigami suddenly changed into a swarm of bats, moving forward. Ailene was beginning to pick up on something. The bats, the blood spears and her demeanor just outright made it seem as though the Shinigami she was partnered up with for this had a vampirism theme going on with her release.

Ailene then continued to watch in awe as Camila then ripped through the guard, cleaving him in half. What a brutal display. She then seemed to continue as she was not done. She would quickly jump and cut down yet another guard. Ailene was able to notice this wicked smile on her face. It was one of madness and utmost pleasure. The Espada was horrified by the bloodlust of this Shinigami. Quite literally and figuratively. She would just look at the other Quincy whose demeanor would change almost immediately.

Noticing their movements going from passive to aggressive, Ailene quickly willed herself to raised her blade from the ground as a quick salvo of arrows was already being shot at the two of them. With expert accuracy, the Espada found herself using her blade and a combination of her hierro to repel the arrows. The arrows would not completely sink into her flesh as it was mostly repelled by Ailene's iron like shell. Some made their mark, however, especially in her thigh and arm.

The Espada quickly disappeared and appeared atop one of the barricades. She would look at one of the Quincy who was taking aim at her. Ailene would quickly shout out. "I told you! I want no bloodshed to come out of this. Drop your weapon. Please." It seemed as though the Quincy was not able to listen. How could she? Camila had just effectively begun the assault upon the Quincy and for all they knew, the Arrancar was a part of this siege. There was something about the hatred in the Quincies' eyes that spoke volumes about how she felt.

Without much of a word, the Quincy would shoot her arrow which would ricochet off if the Hierro. The Quincy looked at her in horror and seemed about to attack. She would speak in a sharp tone. "You will never take my family! I will protect them with my life." Ailene sighed and quickly sped at the Quincy, once again feeling the arrow ricocheting off of her hierro. She would grab her by her clothing and use a quick Sonido to end up within the inner reaches of the camp near one of the makeshift houses that appeared much like native-American tents. 

She did not even dare walk in, lest she strike fear into every Quincies' heart within the tent. Instead she would calmly place the woman who had fainted seemingly due to the fear near the opening, letting the Quincies inside take her, unknown to them that it was Ailene who had saved a member of her people. It was as she did this, that another Quincy appeared before her. A well built man who seemed to be in his late 20s. He wielded an odd-reiatsu like blade and looked at Ailene.

He did not even see Ailene drop the female Quincy by the tent and assumed that she was so close as to harm them. He spoke with intent. "I won't let you hurt a single person in this camp. We are a peaceful people. How could you move in here and attack us unprovoked? Why are you with a Shinigami?! What do you want from us." Ailene did not know what to say. This was Camila's doing, not hers, but without proper explanation, she could not get that across. In fact, the Quincy did not even seem interesting in what she had to say.

With this reiatsu blade raised, Ailene quickly reacted and met it with her own blade. Her Zanpakutou stood strong against it. Despite the fact that she was so much weaker in her sealed state, she still had the power to drive the blade away. And so she did. With a quick heave, the Arrancar would just twist the blade out of his hand using her sword form. She quickly pointed it right before his head and sighed. "Don't you see?! I wish you no harm. I just wanted to settle this in a way that could benefit us both..."

The Quincy was once again not listening to reason as a cloud of reiatsu seemed to materialize between under his feet. He would then rocket to the side, grabbing the metal hilt which after him mumbling something would suddenly ignite once more. Ailene could not really sense reiatsu well, however, she could feel a buildup. As the cloud seemed to grow quicker, Ailene made her best attempt to block the strike that was coming, but he cut at her leg which just seemed to slice through her Hierro.

Her leg would now bleed as she fell to the floor. It really did not feel great as the Quincy now stood before her. He looked down at her. Despite all she tried to do to help them, she continued to be viewed as a monster. Something to look at without reason and to strike down. As the Quincy raised his blade, Ailene grumbled and whipped around. As she did, it not only hurt leg like hell, but she had cut through the Quincy, separating his torso from his waist. She was driven by the need to survive.

As she was in the midst of this spin, against her better judgement, she would say to herself. "Spread and Contaminate, Ausbruch.." As her blade moved around, it seemed to draw something akin to a miasma. It would follow her blade and envelope her as her blade not only bisected the Quincy, but was now at her hip. The miasma would then form a sphere around her as her spiritual pressure suddenly jumped. Almost creating a wavelike feeling to anyone near, Ailene would not step out of this sphere.

Instead, a long hiss could be heard as a head made its way out of the spear. As its body moved with it, it was far more elongated. The wings seemed to be draped over its body as the blackened scales contrasted the bright sunlight. As the tail finally emerged, a long 15 ft beast arose and would just hiss for now. It began to move on its 4 legs, the beautiful purple fur acting like a veil around its body. It was then that the creature looked around and saw a Quincy. It began to approach it.

The Quincy racked with fear would just look upon Ailene's imposing form. It hissed gently before opening its mouth and wailing loudly, roaring like the beast it appeared to be. It was then that the form pounced upon the Quincy, her razor sharp talons shredding it to bits and the maw taking the quincy into its mouth as the crunching and crushing sounds could be hear. The Quincy twitched in her maw and just went limb, dead from the pressure as it was swallowed by Ailene whole. The Espada had devoured the Quincy and roared once more, its shrill wail being heard throughout the camp.

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Camila simply continued throwing herself at these people, cutting them down as much as she possibly could. She tore through Quincy after Quincy, deciding not to exclude anyone; equality, right? As long as someone was in her sight, they'd be mincemeat after a short while. Her blade eventually turned a deeper red, as it became absolutely drenched in Quincy blood, mixing together and holding firm around the blade of her longsword. She smirked, preparing for something brutal.

Holding her blade pointed into the air, she glanced around to multiple Quincy, and chuckled. The blade, now pointed in the air, began to surge with deep red reiatsu. Blood began to slowly flow off of the weapon itself, and form into about ten of these lances. She decided not to fire these lances right away, and decided to let most of them float around her for a short period of time. She decided to grab one, though, that way she'd be able to wield it like that of a sword, granting her two blades instead of one. 

From here, she went absolutely batshit (pun intended). Quite quickly, in fact, she became a cleaving whirlwind of blood and steel, carving clean through people, decapitating a slew of Quincy, while also slashing through and brutalizing the others. If her face was seen by anybody currently in the scene as it was, it'd be one of sheer ecstasy. She was quite quickly losing herself in the bloodshed, far from able to control her desires and intentions. 

A rather loud, disturbed, howling laughter erupted from the girl as she slowly began to lose speed. Even after the immense numbers she cut down, there were still so many standing! It truly was a blessed sight for the girl, the fact that the supply of these people seemed to be never ending~! She couldn't help herself, and launched each and every one of the lances she'd been holding onto at a different target, firing clean through men, woman, and even children alike.

From there, she continued with the attacks, until eventually feeling an absolutely massive surge of reiatsu within the camp. Even with her flat-out awful ability to sense reiatsu in the area, she felt this like a truck. It wasn't Quincy reiatsu, no, it was what she'd felt from spending as much time as she did around Albin; it was hollow reiatsu.  She halted, and turned to face the source of the growing spikes in power, and there she saw it; an absolutely massive beast, having to have been like, 20 feet tall!

A wicked smile grew across her face. If this was what Ailene had been capable of, there was absolutely no chance that this camp was going on without suffering from utter annihilation. She couldn't help but shout triumphantly, raising her blade into the air. Unfortunately, though, she left herself open, as a Quincy's arrow pierced right through the back of her leg, forcing her to take a knee. She groaned and lurched forward, falling into a vulnerable position.

Behind her was a young man, who couldn't have been older than what, sixteen? He was in tears, obviously distraught by what Camila had been doing for the last few moments. "DAMN YOU!" He shouted, obviously hurt over this all. He approached her slowly, aiming his bow straight at the back of her head. He couldn't see it, but she was smirking wildly over this all. She'd been given yet another opportunity to not just cut someone down, but to make them suffer. She couldn't contain herself excitement!

Quickly forming and launching one of her bloodied lances through the Quincy's arm, he immediately dropped that cross that seemed to form his bow. His life was hers for the taking. She slowly stood up, the wound around where the arrow had shot her now closing entirely. The speed at which it worked seemed to be akin to that of an arrancar's high-speed regeneration. She turned to face him, another few lances forming around her.

Once by one, these all struck into a different limb, and launching him to the ground due to the speed at which they were travelling, and just how close she was to him. He couldn't move, let alone try to fight back against her. She simply walked up slowly, and stood over him, grinding her heel into his chest.  [smear:ff0000]"I almost pity you,"[/smear:880000] she began to say, [smear:ff0000]"It's as though you don't know just how worthless your existence is. Allow me to demonstrate~!"[/smear:880000] Her voice seemed to have a sort of overlapping effect going on, as it was not only her voice speaking, but a familiar man's voice forcing its way through hers.

As she walked forward to the Quincy, she held her blade with the point facing down, hovering over the kid's stomach. In a second, she jammed it into him, forcing forth a shout of pain from the poor boy. She jammed the blade further in, and released her grip around it, leaving the boy with the sword now jammed into his stomach, and through his back. She forced her reiatsu into the boy's wounds, and drew forth another lance of blood from him, holding it in her hand. She smirked, and threw it STRAIGHT into the kid's neck. It certainly wasn't going to be a quick death, as he laid there, choking on his own blood and bleeding out at the same time. She ripped her blade from his insides, and, when there was confirmation that he was dead, dematerialized the lances embedded in his arms and legs.

[Ailene Haschiro]

As Ailene looked around, she took note of something. It is said that wild beasts could sense and smell the fear of others. This was certainly true. Many seemed to be fearful of her frightening and imposing appearance. As they should. Ailene was a beast who acted much more like a Hollow than her diplomatic self. Yet it seemed that she still retained fragments of her mind. Her head snapped to the side where she could hear Camila cheering her on. She could not comprehend it, but she still saw Camila as an ally. For now that is...

Turning to the side, she would see the tents of those who hid from her. Beginning to move towards them, her little hisses could be heard by them. The beast who Ailene had turned into would look around for identifiable prey. She needed to consume. While she was Hollow-like, this need for consumption was not because she felt that she needed to evolve. In fact, it was for the sport of it. She just wanted to kill, devour and spread her vile disease. Currently, she was choosing not to release the bacterium from her body.

It was then that a more elderly Quincy stepped out of one of the tents. As he did, Ailene got a good look at him. He was much much older than some of the others. He appeared to be frail. Easy prey. As Ailene looked at him and he looked back, the Quincy would speak clearly. "I am the elder of this village. My name is Andreas Von Grantz. You come into our village and slaughter us. You seek to destroy our very way of life. I am afraid I cannot allow this. I saw your display earlier..."

Ailene simply appeared to be listening. In truth, she could barely understand what he was saying. While in this state, the Arrancar acted on instinct. She was simply waiting for him to make the aggressive move before she would dig her claws into him, crush his body and end his life. It would not be so easy, however. The Quincy then kept addressing Ailene, not scared of her in the slightest. "You seem better than your partner. You actually sought to potentially spare us. I beg you to still do so."

As he finished, there would silence between the two until Ailene let out a wailing roar once more. She then looked at the Quincy and actually began to speak. Well, speaking would far too much credit as it was more like broken sets of words. "D..devour. Leader. Fade. Away..." The message would come across clearly to the Quincy as he summoned his bow and took aim. He would then say one more thing before they would begin their duel. "Unfortunate..." It seemed that he was willing to look past all of this if they left now, but it couldn't be avoided.

He would begin to do a similar trick as the other Quincy as he began to levitate on his cloud of reiatsu. This was different though. It was far more expertly as Ailene tried to pounce on him, but he swiftly dodged. The Espada would look around, but felt herself get pelted by arrows rather Quickly. These were much stronger Arrows too as they didn't just bounce off of her Hierro. She was admittedly a little surprised, but it was beginning to become a much more dangerous venture.

The Espada would wait and quickly whipped her tail around, slamming against the Quincy. It knocked him off of his Hirenkyaku as Ailene quickly dashed over in a blur. It was the Sonido and with her claws, she pinned down the Quincy and opened her maw. He would notice this large ball of reiatsu forming as she began charging it up. It seemed that this was not perfect as he freed his hands and still managed to shoot an arrow. This arrow was different, however. As it reached her maw, it suddenly detonated.

The force was rather powerful as the explosion made the Cero implode within her mouth as the Espada toppled over. Placing her claws over her mouth in pain, she felt a searing desire to devour this Quincy. He was strong and perhaps she could grow stronger by making him a part of her. Despite not actually being a Hollow, she was beginning to act more and more like one. It was then that she rose and growled softly at the Quincy. The explosive arrow was one more akin of a Wandenreich.

This was Ailene's prey now. She would not let anything get between her and her meal, not even the Shinigami with whom she was supposed to be allied with. Either way, the Arrancar began to circle the Quincy, looking for an opening. He would then calmly speak. "You fight with the ferocity of a wild animal and yet I can sense that you are hiding something. What a shame that you become so mindless when released. I would have enjoyed talking and discussing this over with you."

The time for talk, unfortunately was over. It was then that the Arrancar opened her mouth again, pretending to speak until a bala came rocketing out of the Espada's maw. It was then that as the unaware Quincy got hit, Ailene quickly dashed up and clawed at him. It seemed that she made her mark as the Quincy gritted his teeth in pain. Quickly jumping away, he looked at the wound and Ailene grinned. Little did he know this was the beginning of the end as they looked at one another.

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Cami took a deep breath after effectively brutalizing that poor kid. She needed to take the breath, as she needed to do what she could to calm down from that. It wasn't really happening, and she was still on an effective bloodlust. She once again let out a horrendous, ecstatic laugh, and turned to face more Quincy. Every damned one in her current sight was fleeing the scene. She wasn't going to have it! No, she was going to cut them all to fucking ribbons!

She immediately rushed over to a crowd of enemies, and continued to cut them all down. Every last attack was bloodier than the last, and forced the Quincies to die a death from nothing but bleeding out. Some had their throats slashed open, some were left with a crippling wound across the chest, and others were just bisected horizontally along their stomachs. It was quite the bloodbath, and she was more than proud of all of the absolutely atrocious amounts of murder she'd been causing.

[smear:ff0000]"Look like we're doing pretty good here~!"[/smear:880000] she exclaimed, continuing to walk toward the absolutely massive dragon, [smear:ff0000]"How're you doing over there Ailene? Would you like a little bit of help from meeee~?"[/smear:880000] She began to break into a sort of skip over to that current fight going on, using a Shunpo and chopping open any Quincy that got into her sight. If she could help it, she wasn't going to let a single one walk away alive. This village was going to be wiped clean.

Eventually she made her way over to the fight that Ailene was having with the elder, and IMMEDIATELY wanted to enter combat with them, but decided to take it easy for the moment. For now, she simply watched the attacks go down. Everything seemed to be pretty entertaining from her point of view! She got to watch a fucking dragon square off against a pretty strong waste of life! What more could she even want?? She sat down, and started moving her head back and forth while observing the fight.

After a period of time, though, she began to get bored. She wanted to fight! She stood up, still watching, and slowly began to walk forward toward the two currently engaged in battle. [smear:ff0000]"Ready or not, I'm joining the fight~!"[/smear:880000] She immediately jumped into the fray, launching herself once again as a spinning mass of blade and blood at the Quincy. If she could help it, he'd be put out of commission right here. Unfortunately, she was dodged pretty easily by the Quincy.

Somewhat angered by this fact, she began to once again channel the blood from her blade into the air around her, creating another lance. She took aim, and once again rushed the Quincy, this time launching the lance into his leg. Hopefully it would cripple him, slowing his movement even further than what it already was. He wasn't going to survive, that much was ASSURED. Either her or the massive fucking dragon currently in the fight with him would end his life rather soon. Things were going as planned.

[Ailene Haschiro]

The state that the fight was currently in left Ailene in a unique position. This Quincy was beginning to prove to be her equal. In some ways, Ailene in her sealed state would have respected this man for standing up for everyone and everything that he cared about. The fact of the matter though is that in her current state, Ailene was out for blood and she was going to devour him no matter what. As they appeared to look at one another, Ailene could only hope that she could pull through.

The Quincy was a severe tactical disadvantage. He was preoccupied with Ailene who was a priority threat that he needed to tend do as the rest of the Quincies were beginning to be cut down by Camila. The Espada at this point gave the Shinigami no attention. In truth, while released like this, she did not care about her. For all she cared about, Camila could be devoured like all the rest, however, this would certainly prove to be more difficult. This would be the last thing on her mind as the Quincy rose to fight once more.

Releasing a salvo of arrows, Ailene admittedly a little bit of difficulty reacting to them, but given the distance, she was able to nonetheless, dodge these arrows. It seemed that this was the least of her worries, however, for as she dodged, another set of arrows were already coming her way. These were moving much faster and Ailene was not prepared to take this hit. Being riddled by arrows, the Arrancar wailed in pain and winced. Whimpering a little, she tried to remain stable as the Quincy smiled.

Meanwhile, it seemed that Camila was approaching the pair. Continuing to slaughter Quincy, Ailene just heard her voice. [smear:ff0000]"How're you doing over there Ailene? Would you like a little bit of help from meeee~?"[/smear:880000] By far the last thing Ailene wished to hear as she did not want anything or anyone for that matter to interfere. This was her prey and should would violently shred anything to bits if it even dared try to take her prey away from her. Ailene was like a wild animal at this point.

For now it just seemed that Camila would watch as the Quincy laughed at Ailene. As she looked down, she opened her mouth and looked up as a Cero suddenly discharged from her maw. The intensity of the Cero was more wavelike as it washed over the Quincy. Several grunts later and the Quincy at first seemed unharmed until Ailene noticed that the hand of this Quincy was gone. It seemed that the Cero burned it clean off as it began to turn to dust. The Espada would roar triumphantly. 

As the Quincy could no longer effectively draw his bow, it seemed that the battle was lost. He had one more trick up his sleeve, however. The Quincy suddenly pulled out a metal rod which ignited into a reiatsu blade after a short incantation. Ailene snarled, but would find this tame until she heard Camila make a remark. [smear:ff0000]"Ready or not, I'm joining the fight~!"[/smear:880000] The Shinigami would rush in, attempting to cut this Quincy down as well. 

Now this was the final nail in the coffin. How dare this impudent Shinigami just impede on her hunt. She would make this Shinigami pay blood, but this gave her a chance to recuperate as she gently licked her wounds. It was now though that the Quincy seemed to effortlessly dodge her first attack. It was then that Camila raised her blade once more as the droplets of blood rose to the sky, forming that lance once more. It suddenly rocketed towards the Quincy and lodged itself in the Quincy's leg. 

Ailene wasted no time and saw her opening as she suddenly released a bala at the Quincy. Rocketing towards him at incredible speeds, the bala made contact and just appeared to detonate upon his chest. As his leg dripped with blood, his clothing was torn along with a nasty wound appearing on his chest due to the bala. He suddenly fell to the floor, defeated. It was then that Ailene saw her chance to dispatch of Camila. It was going to require some deception, but it could work.

The Espada would quickly run up, her head at the side of Camila. Ailene would then pretend to affectionately run her body against the side of the Camila's arm. This would occur for almost the full 15 ft of her body. She was trying to pretend to show some manner of thank you and her acting like a pet may have helped with this. Once her tail reached the side of Camila, it would waggle away from her and then quickly whip back at Camila. While Ailene herself was not the physically strongest, a combination of her weight and higher strength along with Ailene aiming for the upper body would most likely hurt Camila if not knock her out. The damage would not be lethal, but it'd hurt like a bitch once she did wake up if it hit.

If her little tail flick did not hit and Camila was preparing a counterattack, Camila would find that she may not hit much as the Espada used a Sonido to appear right next to the Elder. If she was knocked out, Ailene would calmly walk up to him as he chuckled looking at her. "I always thought that the Quincy spirit was enough to help me protect these people. You are not the first two to try to assault our village. You can kill me, but understand that there will be others like me. To take up the mantle and take revenge." Ailene could only chuckle as the Elder Quincy spouted this.

Ailene would growl lightly as she spoke. "Quincy...revenge? No. All. Fade." The elders eyes opened wide as he understood what she was trying to say. She was going to devour every last person here. This invoked the Quincy elder to try to move, but Ailene moved around to his head. She suddenly clasped her maw around the elder's neck and as he tried to move, there would only be a crunch. The sound would echo throughout the camp as his neck and collarbone just turned to dust from the force. The blade of reiatsu slowly died as the elder went limp.

Ailene looked upon the elders' corpse and took it into her maw, devouring it in a couple quick seconds. She would proceed to move throughout the Quincy camp, devouring all those that stood before her. Women. Men. Children. None were safe from the Espada's endless hunger. Screams could be heard as bones were crunched. Cries of children as they watched they families be devoured and Ailene in her insanity and bestial nature at the children whole to be killed quickly by the disease she naturally created inside of herself. There was no mercy.

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Upon landing an effectively crippling hit, Camila couldn't help but let a massive smile rise to her face. Her goal had been accomplished, especially after witnessing what Ailene had done on retaliation to the Quincy before the two of them. The fight had been effectively won. There was absolutely no chance that this man would survive against one of them at this point, let alone two very able, very potent combatants. Sure, one had been definitely stronger than the other, but that wasn't to say they couldn't stand somewhat toe-to-toe in a fight.

As the Quincy suffered from a likely lethal hit, sending him flying far backwards, and away from either of them. She immediately went into a cheer, relishing over the fact that they had permanently handicapped the asshole who tried to fight the both of them. She couldn't help but be cheerful over this all; they'd just taken down a high-profile target with relative ease! Sure, Camila herself hadn't landed much of a hit on the poor soul, but that was semantics at this point.

After that had all been said and done, she noticed Ailene charging toward her, but didn't really sense any sort of harmful intent from the dragon. Instead, she seemed to act like that of... a cat? What exactly had been going on here? Surely Arrancar didn't lose their mental skills during release, right? Eh, what sense was there to worry about it now? She smiled, effectively petting the absolutely massive dragon. Well, fairly massive, fifteen feet wasn't really that big, but it was still much larger than the girl had been.

While not expecting it, Camila was "prepared" for the attack from the Arrancar. The very moment her tail made contact with her, Camila split into a swarm of bats, dispersing into the air around the two of them, and reforming fairly quickly back in the same spot. Almost immediately here, she formed a Sanguine Lance in her hand, and went in for a slash. [smear:ff0000]"Down, dog!"[/smear:880000] she shouted, trying to carve a section out of Ailene's tail.

She hadn't been the most successful, though, as it seemed that the Arrancar vanished from her sight. She blinked a few times, and then turned to the Quincy, where she could only presume Ailene was. Sure enough, she got to witness firsthand the death of the asshole who thought he could take on either of them in combat (once again, moreso Ailene, but that point isn't really here nor there at the moment). She continued to smile gruesomely, and turned to face the other Quincy in the area.

While still not having really forgiven the Arrancar, Camila decided to stay away from her for the time being. No sense in picking a fight if it wasn't really worth it. Instead, she went down her own path, continuing to carve through a mess of Quincy like they were nothing but butter. What was the purpose of letting them live, even after their leader had just bitten the dust? Like he had said, if any of them were given the opportunity to fester, a desire for revenge would likely consume them entirely. She wasn't having it.

Instead, she turned to the remaining Quincy still alive in her section of the camp, and began to utterly cleave through them. Nothing but trace amounts of blood and death remained, that stained the grounds of the camp by the time she was done with them all. She smiled, staring back at the carnage. A day's time well spent, if she did say so herself! [smear:ff0000]"How're you doing over there, mutt~?"[/smear:880000] she asked, referring to Ailene in the somewhat offensive manner she decided to. Truth be told, she didn't really see Ailene's resurrection much differently as she might've should the circumstances have been different.