Landing on your feet. JT

[Arcadus]

Corvus had been in staying with him on Hueco Mundo for a while, living in both the human world and Los Noches. Arcadus had the guest room set up for him, but it wasn't for lack of trying that he'd noticed Corvus slinking around when he wasn't reading older texts in the library or relaxing in the luxurious couches and chairs. As for going out, Arcadus had insisted that he accompany Corvus if they were going to explore the floor, if not for the potential that other Espada accidently hurt them, or simply getting lost, considering the size of the floor. 

Sitting in his lab, Arcadus crikked his neck. While he still liked Corvus, he wasn't sure about someone being around him like this, all the time. It was a new sensation for him, and his souls in his mind. That was something none of them could help with, but he was adapting. He couldn't just walk around eating, or lounge about in robes. He felt undressed then, and Corvus always seemed to make him feel like he was under some kind of microscope. 

In a way, his clothes felt like armor, protecting his guise and allowing him to exude that confidence and grace he loved having, but without them, in his casual clothes, he felt like he wasn't, performing, or putting on the performance that was expected of him. It was something he felt similar to his position as the Trecera Espada. A performance, a persona, something he had to make and maintain. He wasn't sure if he liked it or if i was something he'd get used to. 

Walking into the library, Arcadus saw Corvus deep in an old french tome, Canturbary tales if he was reading the title right. "Corvus, you said a while ago you had wanted to develop other powers or techniques. Do you have any ideas for what those might be? I have the time to help you realize them, if you want to try that now." He wasn't sure if he'd be able to help test their abilities, but if there was something he couldn't help with, he'd refer Corvus to someone who could. 

[Corvus]

Being able to come and go from Hueco Mondo opened a wide variety of opportunities for Corvus. These opportunities, generally, were taken by him. The most obvious benefit from being able to traverse the realms was that he was generally able to hop into either whenever he felt board of whatever was going on in each place. Back on Earth though, as Corvus called the Human World, he found that his side project of opening his luxury spa was keeping him busy outside of the training he was doing with his new release. He liked it, generally, the idea of being able to heal somebody alongside his general telepathic capabilities with his bats and their Reiatsu links.



Opening the resort would theoretically open him up to healing people in a sort of customer type of way, one that would hopefully avoid any of the intricacies posed by the red paper and tape of hospitals and their bureaucracy. Corvus was nowhere close to having a medical license, even if his knowledge gathered through the ages was enough to probably pass any sort of board exam offered by his municipality. Corvus liked his little area of the floor, and really appreciated how fine it had been decorated. The tiffany lamp by his bedside was the best part, though he wasn't sure if stealing the damn thing would leave a good impression. It was sweet how Arcadus wanted to walk him around to avoid any sort of accidents, but it's not like he had met any of the other Arrancar.



The library was probably Corvus' second favorite part of the floor. It held many ancient tomes and was practically chalked full of enough stories to last Corvus another millenia if he really wanted. Part of his time here had been spent strategically looking for any books relating to vampires or their general abilities throughout history. From what he had gathered so far, shapeshifting was apparently part of this process, something he had read about in many ficitonal tales involving his own kind. Whether they were true or not was another question in and of itself, for their authors may have just been making it up instead of actually basing it off of what Bounts could actually achieve.



"Yeah, I'm interested in training and stuff. I wanna be able to take care of myself sometimes, y'know? I hate feeling like I can't do anything, and that I'm weak even after being around for so long. I did some research on vampires and stuff. Apparently they're able to shape shift and stuff, which I think would be useful as a sort of disguise I guess. Yeah if you wanna help I really appreciate that. Let's work on that, for now, the ability for me to shapeshift. How would I do that anyway? Would it be like the situation of you putting my soul in danger again? I'm fine if it comes down to that, but I think I have an idea. In the books a few of them made the same references towards the transformation taking place in complete darkness, maybe we could work with that?"

[Arcadus]

"Well from what I've researched, transformatition techniques are best trained by focusing on imitation or mimicry of what you want to turn into. Some people who want to turn into an inanimate object sit perfectly still, unmoving for weeks at a time and they channel their spirit into that idea. But the core of it is ideation, imagining yourself as a cat, or whatever animal you want to turn into. It seems to be very much like a homeopathy method for physical transformation."

"Though depending on if you have a specific use for this technique, you could simply practice whatever that is, be it stealth or movement, while envisioning yourself as that. I'm not sure how well developing an animal transformation would help you, but if its something you want then thats the advice I have." Arcadus looked at Corvus, blankly. He wasn't sure, as he said, what the point of transforming into an animal was, but if they wanted to evoke the feeling of a classic vampire, that would be an effective first start. 

"If you're looking to evoke Dracula, transforming into mist or being able to fit through cracks would also work." Craning his head, up to look, "And the ability to sire bounts would also work, but I think starting off with transforming into bats and other animals would work well, especially with your release being what it is, being able to transform into a bat and fly along with Crimson would be a good plan." Thinking to himself, he didn't know anyone who could transform into another creature, so this might prove harder than he thought. 

[Zeich Yajuu]

Grading this as requested.

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