Let the Living Beware [DP Rampage]

[Camila Adaronde]

Cracking her knuckles, and letting out the softest of sighs, the ex-Shinigami stood atop a smaller building toward the heart of New York City. With her hands now on her hips, and sword readily-sheathed on her waist, the girl couldn't help but smile. It felt absolutely fucking great to be out of Hell for once. She couldn't even begin to fathom how wonderful such a time was going to be! After all, she was freed from the eternal damnation of her actions at this point.

Simply put, she'd been given another chance. Another attempt to do what she wanted, and to not be reckless. She'd learned from her experience with Karai. She wasn't going to let herself get killed again if she could help it; Albin was here this time to make sure of that. With a rather widened smirk stretched across the twice-dead girl's face, she found herself leaping down into the crowd. Behind her, her now-outer hollow followed not far behind. As both of them crashed to the ground, standing up as though nothing had happened, she turned her attention toward her inner hollow.

"So," she spoke, significantly more arrogantly than she was used to, "how's it feel to be back to normal, Albin?" Scoffing, her inner hollow simply drew his sword, pointing the blade to her for a moment. "'Normal'?" He asked back, "don't be so full of yourself, Cami. You're only back so I can take the reins again. You being around means I can do what I'd like without anybody breathing down my back. That includes you." As the two found themselves on the pavement, almost immediately they began to draw attention to themselves. After all, both were existing in a gigai at the time.

Stepping toward the Hollow, though traveling past him at rather fast speeds, the sound of a sword splitting the air made itself prevalent not inches away from Albin. Though, no flinch was found from him. In fact, the sword hadn't even finished near Albin. The blade found itself planted straight through a civilian, very easily bifurcating the poor man that stood a little too close to their arrival. Perhaps it was a threat from the girl? It was hard to say. "Back to that nickname, yeah?" She asked, frustrated, "say it again. I fucking dare you." With a chuckle from the hollow, Albin turned away from the girl, and focused his attention toward the crowd. "You haven't changed a bit."

Flicking the blood from her blade, humming softly to herself, Camila found herself weaving between the now-screaming individuals that had originally crowed about her and Albin, swinging her weapon like a knife through butter toward the crowds of people that had made the unfortunate decision to not leave the area. Taking a more aggressive approach, Albin swing his blade with force and abandon, cleaving through each individual they could keep up with. A perfect contrast to Cami's elegant strikes, the two continued to take life after life; to do just as they pleased.

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{Cami's n' Albin's Stats & Skills}
Type: Fractured

Camila's Stats:

Strength: 100 [70]
Speed: 400 [600]
Reiatsu Strength: 200 [120]
Spiritual Pressure: 400 [700]
Senses: 100 [100]
Instinct: 200 [200]
Energy Sensory: 0 [0]
Healing Expertise: 0 [0]

Light Aura: 0
Dark Aura: 100
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Albin's Stats:

Strength: 100 [70]
Speed: 300 [450]
Reiatsu Strength: 100 [60]
Spiritual Pressure: 350 [350]
Senses: 100 [100]
Instinct: 100 [100]
Energy Sensory: 0 [0]
Healing Expertise: 0 [0]

Light Aura: 0
Dark Aura: 100
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Weapons - Blood Weapons: 3
Martial Arts - Zanjutsu: 3
Martial Arts - Hōhō: 3
Strength of Will: 3
Martial Arts - Hakuda: 3

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{Reiatsu Pool & Blood Counters}
Reiatsu Pool: 7,000/7,000
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Blood Counters: 0

[Nakajima Kimiko]

New York City. The Big Apple, The Capital of the World, The City of Dreams. At this point, it is quite unclear who hasn't heard of this particular piece of urban American development by now within the Living World. Big buildings, big streets, big communities, and big careers... It is as if everything which forms the city - to the smallest detail to the largest figure generated from the deeper ends of Wall Street - embodies the word "big" to its fullest extent, the feeling of becoming powerful through grandiose expansion, whether it be through social or economical means. Even its landmarks are greater than life itself, from Madison Square to Times Square, and then to the Statue of Liberty watching over the city with her eyes of steel. Unsurprisingly, this makes it a rather popular area, one that is most often visited by tourists. It is also, therefore, a den of villainy where corruption is most often witnessed, be it normal or supernatural in nature.

Kimiko had not gone to the city often. As a Human, she had never visited it. Back then, she was too used to the sights granted to her by her native country, and so she never found herself bothering to leave its embrace. There was also the matter of money, of food, of whatever career she once wanted to fulfill then, and a whole plethora of other problems that were quite frankly way too numerous and bothersome to name. As a Shinigami, however, she had visited the city a few times, namely to eliminate a few Hollows that had found themselves wandering there from time to time. Since the United States of America were far away from the current Jūreichi, such occurrences were rare and typically caused by creatures which were somehow not interested in spending time in the more active areas of the Living World. In other words, they were somewhat weak things, monsters who believed themselves capable of striving elsewhere; as such, much to Kimiko's disappointment, they never survived longer than a single minute against her blades.

This time, however, it was a little bit different. All so suddenly, right in the middle of a refreshing morning of spring, the headquarters of the Attack Squad received several reports from their officers patrolling the state of New York stating that two powerful entities had been detected in its capital city. That in of itself was rather strange, seeing as there had been no reports of any spiritual activity in the area for quite some time prior; however, what was even stronger was what kind of entities these two were supposed to be. They were not Hollows, and they were not Quincy. They were also not Fullbringers either. No, they were neither of those things. From the first was emanated a strange amalgam of energies that was not quite Hollow in nature, yet also not quite Human. It was a most volatile concoction, an odd one for sure. Yet it was not as strange as the energy that was detected from the second entity... as it held a signature typically associated to Shinigami.

It took some time for the reports to get to the Captain of the Eleventh Division. At the time she received it, she was training with the people of her division, showing them a few tricks of swordsmanship in an attempt to strengthen their expertise. However, once one of her assistants came to her with the news, she found herself personally intrigued by what was told to her... and also slightly concerned. Usually, she would have simply told the officers she had stationed in New York City to take care of the entities, but something about the way the reports were phrased to her was enough to make her a bit worried. In her eyes, it almost sounded like the beings in question were not two, but one, and that the one entity which was currently wandering around the Big Apple was someone which was supposedly similar to herself and Celes, a Vizard. If these things were truly one Vizard, then there was no way any of her patrolmen were going to beat it. As such, regardless of the veracity of this belief, the Captain stopped her current activities and immediately headed off to the Senkaimon.

The voyage across the realms was swift. It traveled through the Valley of Screams with as much efficiency as usual, courtesy of the expert Squad 13, and Kimiko felt no hitch throughout the travel. The two officers that were there for the maintaining of the gate were a little bit worried, however. The both of them knew who Kimiko was: she was the crazed woman who went and tried to do battle with Teresa in what appeared to be a wild frenzy. Recalling the gaze that she sported then was enough to leave them frozen throughout the whole voyage, unable to look towards her in fear that she would sport her terrible expression once again. The Shinigami had noticed their emotional freeze, but unlike them, she could not remember who they were, thus leaving her simply standing there, staring at them both rather incredulously. Oh well... Maybe they'll be able to conquer whatever is making them afraid of her eventually. 

A minute later, the gates of the celestial vehicle opened onto the great Human metropolis, allowing Kimiko to step out into the Living World. When she arrived, it was about noon. The weather was sunny, with the skies cleared of clouds and the temperature being quite comfortable. There was even a light breeze, a comfortable one that was enough to make the Shinigami let out a pleased sigh. "This is nice..." she found herself saying aloud, briefly enjoying the breeze and the weather itself in this one peaceful moment before she then looked down towards the city, right as the Senkaimon disappeared. It did not take long for her to recognize the many buildings and skyscrapers which formed the island of Manhattan, the very heart of New York City. How did she recognize it? Simple, really: it was very clearly the busiest part of the city. Even from where she stood high up in the air, she could see the many yellow cabs that drove around the city. She could also hear them. Wow, actually, she could hear a lot of them.

She could also hear the screams.

They came from a particular side of the island, to the west of Times Square. They were loud, strident, the kind of noise that could not be created through sheer happenstance. More specifically, they were screams of pain, of panic, of death. Kimiko knew them all quite well. She had heard them many times before, and it was doubtful that they were going to be the last she would hear today, tomorrow, and ever after. It was a good thing that she had come to get used to them over the course of her career, even if it took a while for her to care about what caused them. "I guess that means they're over there."  A sigh left her lips as she locked onto the source of the scream, giving her body a good stretch as she prepared herself for what was to come. Once this was done, she then slowly began to release her spiritual energy. It rose up, and up, and up, causing the air around her to become heavier and heavier. Then, just as the air started becoming so heavy that a normal Human in the vicinity would be instantly crushed, her body vanished at a speed of 7000 in the direction of the noise.

If the beings below found themselves capable of detecting her in one way or another, they would have instantly felt as though something was coming towards them. However, it would only be a few moments later that they would be able to understand the sheer power that had decided to step in their massacre. All so suddenly, just as they cut down a few more Humans, Kimiko appeared not far in front of them above a number of taxi cabs. It was as though she had come out of nowhere right as the few Humans in the area that were out of the beings' range were able to escape. After she made sure the Humans were gone, the Shinigami gazed upon the two beings and the mass of corpses they've left behind. There were so many, all of which were clearly innocent. Unsurprisingly, this was enough to cause the Shinigami's spiritual energy to build around her person, causing her surroundings to be pressed down with many cracks until it was unleashed onto the beings following a powerful shout that echoed through the street: "ENOUGH!"

Instantly, the beings would find themselves subjected by the spiritual force. They would feel themselves briefly stunned as it mercilessly attempted to bring them on their knees for just the briefest of moments, taking with it the side mirrors of the cars surrounding them and glass from nearby windows. Fortunately for them both, however, it would not last for much longer, as they would then be liberated from the force. It was a show from Kimiko, a vicious attempt to get their attention. If this attempt of hers worked, she would then descend onto the streets below, remaining at their level. From there onward, she hoped her sleeveless haori would be enough to make sure they keep their eyes onto her. She would look on towards the dead Humans again, frowning ever-so-further at the sight of each of them before, eventually, she would let out a huff: "So this is where we're at now, I guess. People murdering Humans for fun. You guys must be so proud of yourselves." Her eyes stared at the both of them with an annoyed glare for a moment before she eventually stood tall, allowing her glare to then turn into a more serious gaze. "My name is Nakajima Kimiko, Captain of the Eleventh Division and owner of Nijūkan. We can do this the easy way... or the hard way. The choice is yours."

Deep inside her Inner World, there was something that was pushing her once again. It was making her anticipate the hard way, slowly bringing her levels of adrenaline upward. For now, however, she remained in control. Now was not the time to let go of herself, especially not here in the middle of a fully-crowded city. This was not the Vatican City.

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{Stats & Skills}

Statistics

Physical	Spiritual		Sensory	Miscellaneous
Strength: 158 (210-52) Speed: 700 (400+300)	Reiatsu Strength: 30 (40-10) Spiritual Pressure: 700 (400+300)		Instincts: 400 Senses: 300 Energy Sensory: 50	Light Aura: 50 Dark Aura: 50 Healing Expertise: 0

Skills

Mental	Battle		Body	Utility
Strength of Will: 3              Analyzing: 2	Iaijutsu: 4 Martial Art - Hohō: 3 Battle Analysis: 3 Battle Focus: 1		N/A	N/A

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{Reiatsu: 6950/7000}
Technique Name: Shunpo (瞬歩, Flash Steps)

Class: 7

Technique Type: Kidō

Technique Element: None

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 50/step

Technique Description and Effects

A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpo uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to use technique

Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.

[Camila Adaronde]

As time continued to pass, and as the girl's kill-count continued to reach ever higher numbers with each moment, the two had felt almost high on life. Such a rush of adrenaline continued to fire through them, prompting the ever-aggressive actions to continue. Truly, each moment only sought to perpetuate a vicious cycle of unnecessary carnage. Though, to Camila especially, such was a necessity; after all, she'd been down in Hell for almost five years, slaving away in that cursed form she was forced to take. And, while it felt wonderful to be back in the flesh, to have escaped from Hell and existed once more, it was going to take some time to get used to.

Though, it seemed that the two were going to be dragged from the whole situation rather quickly. After about ten or so minutes since they had begun a heavy, near-overwhelming amount of force quickly washed over the two of them. If they weren't more spiritually-capable, said force would've certainly hindered if not killed those that found themselves weaker than Camila and Albin stood. Thankfully, it resulted in little more than a way to grab their attention. Coupled by the booming voice that sounded from the side, it was safe to say that both had turned their gaze toward the new appearance on the scene. Lowering their blades for the time being, Camila sized the woman up and down.

As Kimiko spoke, a sound of relative discontent echoing through her tone, Camila couldn't help but chuckle. "Yeah, and?" she asked, very evidently taking the bait, "even if this was 'for fun', can't say I give a fuck about someone coming by to tell me my actions are wrong." Walking closer at her own pace, Camila continued to stare down the woman. She took the time to keep her eyes focused directly on the Captain, making a mental note about what she could regarding how she carried herself. Though, she didn't bother to say anything more quite yet. It seemed that the woman had something more to say.

"My name is Nakajima Kimiko, Captain of the Eleventh Division and owner of Nijūkan. We can do this the easy way... or the hard way. The choice is yours." So. It seemed that this woman was a Captain. And the Captain of the Eleventh, no less; she remembered back when Celes was there. Assuming nothing had changed since she'd departed, that was... the Attack Division? That didn't really make sense, though. Just what was someone from the attack division doing here to stop her efforts? Perhaps there was personal stake in this? That didn't really make any sense either, though; Camila had no clue who this 'Kimiko' woman was.

"Oh, I'm honored," she spoke sarcastically, feigning a curtsy, "seems a Captain is sent to come deal with me once again! First Celes, then Ludwig, and now you?" Cracking her neck, and rolling her shoulders, Camila pointed her blade toward the woman. "What makes you fuckin' think that this'll be any different from everyone else that's tried to put me down in the past?" As she finished speaking, Albin took the opportunity to come closer to Camila, standing just beside her. It seemed that he towered over her a bit, standing almost four inches taller than her.

"Easy, Camila," he spoke, his voice rather monotonous, "let's avoid getting cocky, yeah? It's not a good lock, nor is it a reputation that I'd like to deal with after you're gone." She rolled her eyes. She knew that he eventually planned to take control; that much, he didn't bother to hide. It wasn't something he ever hid, for as long as she had dealt with him. Though, she wondered why he felt the need to bring it up here. Just what did he have planned?

Turning her attention back to Kimiko, Camila spoke again. "That asshole aside, I do suppose you expect an introduction in return?" Pausing for a short second, Camila began to take a small step forward. As she did, she seemingly disappeared. Moving at thrice her normal capabilities when it came to speed, she found herself appearing not just to the Shinigami's left, but also to her right? Her speed permitting her to create an afterimage of sorts, the real Camila persisted directly to Kimiko's left. Albin simply took the opportunity to maintain his guard, preparing himself should an attack come his way.

As she arrived, both the real Camila and the double carried out a swift slash toward the woman's center, aiming to drag her blade directly through her midriff should the attack find itself landing successfully. To further back her chances of success, Camila's swing travelled similarly at three-times her normal speed. Should such a hit land, the woman's blood was likely to find itself displaced across the rogue's blade and the pavement indiscriminately. Regardless of whether her attack had landed successfully or not, Camila took the opportunity to step back around ten to fifteen feet from her opponent.

"Camila Adaronde; known to be a fuckin' problem and defector of the Gotei Thirteen. I think I'll be taking the hard way, thank you very much."

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{Reiatsu Pool & Blood Counters}
Cami's Pool: 3,500/3,500
Albin's Pool: 3,500/3,500
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Blood Counters: 0

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{Red Moon Road: Quiet Evening Walk}
Technique Name: Red Moon Road: Quiet Evening Walk

Technique Class: 5 - 20 TTP.

Technique Type: Hakuda/Hōhō/Zanjutsu.

Usable By: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard.

Technique Element: Body.

Technique Cost: N/A.

Description: The first technique in the Red Moon Road series, Quiet Evening Walk is a very simple technique. Acting as a catalyst for the other Red Moon Road techniques, Quiet Evening Walk is a Step Technique that allows its user to step at three times their speed, for no cost of reiatsu. At Mastered, this technique is silent.

How to Use: Pick a direction and step.

Drawbacks: Despite not having a reiatsu cost, this technique still holds a rather noteworthy drawback; to learn, Quiet Evening Walk requires a 2 in Hakuda, Hōhō, and Zanjutsu.

Incantation: N/A.

Made By: Camila Adaronde.

Reserved?: Yes.

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{Red Moon Road: Dance in the Darkened Street}
Technique Name: Red Moon Road: Dance in the Darkened Street

Technique Class: 4 - 40 TTP.

Technique Type: Hakuda/Hōhō/Zanjutsu.

Usable By: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard.

Technique Element: Body.

Technique Cost: N/A.

Description: The second technique in the Red Moon Road series, Dance in the Darkened Street serves as a technique that aims to create a momentary copy of its user in order to deceive foes, and create an opening for the user, simply through the use of fast movement, aided by raw combative mastery. Through the use of a Stepping Technique in order to reposition, the user creates this copy at a different location that they would feasibly be able to reach via the same stepping technique.

Those that don’t have 300 or greater Senses will be unable to tell this copy apart from the user, and thus will likely end up flat-footed when looking to defend against the real combatant, resulting in a 30% decrease to their Instinct for the duration of that single attack. After the attack is carried out, the copy disappears, and the user is left on their own once more.

How to Use: Simply step in a direction, and utilize the speed from that step to create a copy of oneself.

Drawbacks: Given this technique has no reiatsu cost, it’s not without drawbacks from use. For starters, Dance in the Darkened Street takes up a step technique slot, meaning using this technique costs two total. The initial use, and every use after that will have the Senses requirement reduced by 25 per Rank of Battle Analysis that an individual has, meaning that even with a single Rank, this technique will eventually stop being effective. The Instinct decrease is lowered by 5% every time this technique is used, meaning that even if someone is incapable of telling the difference between user and copy, they won’t be penalized for reacting to either of them. The copy created via this technique is simply an afterimage, and is incapable of attacking, blocking, et cetera. Dance in the Darkened Street can only be used once per post, and requires a 2 in Hakuda, Hōhō, and Zanjutsu to learn.

Incantation: N/A.

Made By: Camila Adaronde.

Reserved?: Yes.

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{Red Moon Road: Precipice of Fading Night}
Technique Name: Red Moon Road: Precipice of Fading Night

Technique Class: 5 - 20 TTP.

Technique Type: Hakuda/Hōhō/Zanjutsu.

Usable By: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard.

Technique Element: Body.

Technique Cost: N/A.

Description: The third technique in the Red Moon Road series, Precipice of Fading Night acts as a branching upgrade of Quiet Evening Walk. Much like Shunpō Karin to Shunpō, Precipice of Fading Night aims to augment a singular limb instead of making a full-body movement, similarly at three times the user’s Speed. At Proficient, this technique is silent. At Mastered, this technique can be used to immediately change the momentum of one of the user’s movements, including a movement made from Precipice of Fading Night.

How to Use: Move one’s limb at extraordinary speeds.

Drawbacks: While not having a reiatsu cost, Precipice of Fading Night does have a rather noteworthy drawback in requiring a 2 in Hakuda, Hōhō, and Zanjutsu in order to perform. Can only be performed up to twice a post, and each use takes up a Step Technique slot.

Incantation: N/A.

Made By: Camila Adaronde.

Reserved?: Yes.

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{Red Moon Road: Crimson Night Sky}
Technique Name: Red Moon Road: Crimson Night Sky

Technique Class: 3 - 80 TTP.

Technique Type: Hakuda/Hōhō/Zanjutsu

Usable By: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard

Technique Element: Body.

Technique Cost: N/A.

Description: The fifth technique in the Red Moon Road series, Crimson Night Sky is a devastating technique looking to cause quite an amount of unnecessary damage to those it strikes; very much against the elegant, nimble themes the Red Moon Road techniques normally follow. Beginning with a strike of some kind with the user’s Zanpakutō, Crimson Night Sky aims to debilitate those hit by the force of this technique, usually resulting in a rather large expulsion of the victim’s blood into the air from the strike in a very Shonen-like display; hence the name of the technique.

If struck by this technique, the victim’s blood will immediately fire from the wound itself, draining someone of 10% of their blood on hit, reduced by 2% for every Rank in Bleeding Tolerance someone has. With 75% blood remaining, those struck will feel dizzy, requiring a Rank in Strength of Will to fight without issue, or suffering a 10% Instinct cut. Every 25% lost thereafter will result in a worsening dizzied state, requiring one more Rank in Strength of Will or suffering an increasing Instinct cut, growing by 15% per threshold. With 0% blood remaining, victims will either lose consciousness in NDE/DP threads, or perish in DE.

How to Use: Simply strike with a weapon of some variety.

Drawbacks: Despite not having a reiatsu cost, this technique isn’t without its drawbacks. Firstly, this technique requires a 3 in Hakuda, Hōhō, and Zanjutsu in order to learn. Crimson Night Sky can only only be used once per post. Given the lack of subtlety with this technique, those that are struck even once are made immediately aware of the damage and effects of this technique, making it substantially more difficult to get the effects to land if the victim has so much as 1 point in Bleeding Tolerance.

Incantation: N/A.

Made By: Camila Adaronde.

Reserved?: Yes.

[Nakajima Kimiko]

Once Kimiko made her presence known to the two beings, she would take a moment to get a good look at them. By now, it had become clear to her that these people weren't exactly what she had been expecting. This was no Vizard, or at least not one that she believed conformed to the typical traits. No, instead, it was a pair of individuals that appeared to align closer to what the reports about their activities were saying. A part of the Captain believed this to be a good thing, as this meant that the damage that the city would receive from this battle would at the very least be minimal. Sure, she herself would have been there to handle the matter personally - especially if what she thus far believed to be a single Vizard would have been taken over by their Inner Hollow - but there was no guarantee that they wouldn't have brought her far enough to be taken over by her own Inner Hollow. With that said, judging by how the situation was unfolding for the time being... she had a feeling that things might still go awry at any given moment.

From the get-go, she could tell that the woman was going to be problematic. Not because she appeared to be strong; for all Kimiko knew, she most likely was able to handle herself in combat, even if she has so far only been able to display these skills of hers against Humans who could not possibly defend themselves against her. Rather, it was because she appeared to be emotionally weak. Her attitude was brash, disrespectful, without honor, and ultimately childish. If anything, it reminded the dojo master of some of the people she had arrested a long time ago while she was still patrolling the later Rukongai districts. They effectively were very similar to her, pathetic things who believed themselves superior to everybody else all because they had the guts to do things their way and the drive to carry them forward towards that objective. Thing is, the majority of those people she arrested were people who were trying to make ends meet in an unfair environment. In comparison, so far, this woman appeared to just be another dime-a-dozen psychopath.

The Captain paid attention to what the woman had to say to her after her introductions were completed with obvious disappointment. It was clear that the girl didn't care about who she was and what her titles stood for, and all it took for her to make that as obvious as possible was a singular use of sarcasm. Yet as the woman continued to speak, Kimiko's annoyance would soon begin to turn into slight confusion and curiosity. Apparently, the woman had already fought Captains before... In fact, more specifically, she had fought against Celes and Ludwig. That was strange. Had she attacked the Soul Society? If that would've been the case, Kimiko would have heard about it from Celes by now, at the very least. Hell, now that she was thinking about it, how did this woman even know their names? Something didn't add up here. Ideally, she shouldn't really care about such things, but this was all a bit too odd for her to simply ignore it this time around.

But then, the man moved forward and spoke. Much of his words were cryptic, with him implying that he would get her reputation after the woman would be gone. It was the kind of stuff that reminded Kimiko of the talks she had with Celes and her Zanpakuto spirits with her Inner Hollow, which didn't really make any sense to the Captain. As far as she knew about them, Inner Hollows are supposed to be, well, "inner" in aspect. There was no way they could just head outside of the Inner World just like that, not unless something drastic - and in her eyes, rather undesirable and foolish - had been done to achieve that effect. No, ultimately, that's not what caught her attention the most in his speech. Rather, it was the very second word he used right before he went on to become cryptic. It was a name, supposedly the one the woman apparently held for the time being. A simple name in aspect, one that could have been carried by anyone... but something about it seemed surprising to Kimiko.

"... Camila?" The officer repeated with a raised brow shortly after the man mentioned it. As simple as it was from another perspective,it was an attempt to stimulate her memory, to juggle her mind just a little bit in order to recall from where that name came from. Though it was a while ago she had heard it, so much so that it was possible heard of before her obtention of Nijūkan, she had indeed done so. It was a name carried by someone that what the subject of conversation between herself and another once before. Judging by the way the woman mentioned Celes, Kimiko could only assume that she was perhaps one of the people the Captain spoke to about the name. It was most certainly the name of a Shinigami, that much she was at least certain in the moment, but she wasn't sure of what kind of Shinigami. Maybe a proper introduction of the woman would allow Kimiko's memory to be better refreshed than now.

Fortunately, the woman actually did want to do introduce herself the right way, which allowed the Captain to get a better picture of what was going on. Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly to Kimiko due to the attitude she has showcased thus far, this introduction was going to be just as dishonorable as the words the woman has spoken thus far. In a flash, the woman suddenly came forward towards her position, split herself in two, and attempted to cut her down with her sword. It was all done at the kind of superhuman speed to expect from any high-level spiritual fighter, and it was also expertly done too with barely any noticeable mistake. Well, not to the naked eye of an untrained fighter, at the very least. A normal officer would have most likely perished from such an attack or been greatly damaged. They would have perhaps not even been capable of seeing the attack coming. However, Kimiko was not a normal officer. Not at all.

She wasn't really sure of how the clone was made. At a simple glance, she could only gather that, like many other techniques of the sort, it was created through some kind of magical ability akin to Kido. However, she could tell that it was not her true opponent. Its imperfections was as clear as day to her crimson eyes, so much so that they made the clone appear as a lesser version of the afterimages she could create with one of her own techniques, Teikai Ichi. As such, once the woman was close to her, Kimiko's eyes would completely ignore the clone and instead find themselves staring right into her opponent's. Her gaze was piercing, intimidating. It was also bright, as though burning with a great flame that threatened to consume the woman at any given moment. Then, in an instant, the gaze vanished, followed closely by a loud metallic noise caused by the unsheathing of two blades from their scabbards at 2100 Speed. The velocity of this attack would be such that she would quite simply disappear from her opponent's gaze.

Shortly after the woman's attack was completed, Kimiko would find herself standing not too far from her opponent, near one of the cars she had crushed a minute or so ago. The both of her blades had been removed from their scabbard by the Captain as she now held them in her hands. If the attack was successful, they would be covered in blood alongside the rude woman's chest, all the while Kimiko looked away from the woman. The energy closest to her was heavy again, enough so that the vehicle slowly began to compress against the weight that was applied to it. "I remember you now... You're the person Celes told me about," she found herself saying in the moment. The car continued being pushed further and further down towards the ground, with ugly sounds of glass breaking and metal contorting slowly resonating from it in the process. "I don't know what happened to you, but honestly? Now that you're here..." She then turned her head over her shoulder, showing to Camila an excited grin. "LET'S HAVE OURSELVES A GREAT FIGHT!"

The shouting was loud and unexpected. It was a cry from deep below, one that filled the area with is booming noise, and one that left the car that was being crushed in absolute tatters as it was further pressed down against the pavement of the street below it. It was done to such a point that its fuel tank began letting out a rising, high-pitched noise. As much as Kimiko felt as though she shouldn't act like this, especially given that this was most likely someone that Celes cared deeply about, she couldn't stop herself. If she allowed herself to hesitate for only one moment, to act differently than she did in a real battle against this person, then she would fall before this reborn warrior, and that would be where her career as a Shinigami would officially come to an end. She was not going to let that happen, never, not while she still had students at her dojo and not while she still had that pesky Inner Hollow of her own to take care of.

In so doing, once her mental target was confirmed, she would spin her twin Zanpakuto, return them to their scabbards, then suddenly disappear from sight once again as she executed a Shunpo at 7000 Speed. The act was caused with such gravitational pressure left behind its wake that it finally crushed the car's gas tank, causing it to burst in a violent blast that boomed throughout the street. Once she would appear before Camila, she would then unsheathe her blades towards the woman's chest once again. Although the attack would be not be as fast as the one that would have taken Camila by surprise while she was using her clone, mainly because Kimiko was not attempting to fuel it with reiatsu this time around, the use of Shunpo prior to it would nevertheless most likely be enough to potentially surprise the woman. That would be good enough to Kimiko, at least for now.

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{Reiatsu: 6850/7000}
Technique Name: Iaijutsu (居合術, "Sudden Strike Technique") [3x Speed version]

Class: 4

Technique Type: General Physical Technique

Technique Element: None

Usable By: Any

Technique Description and Effects

The user of this technique draws their sword and strikes with one fluid, lightning-fast motion. This technique can easily catch an unprepared opponent off-guard. This attack is made at 2x the user's Speed, or at a speed of 600 (whichever is faster). Due to the sudden nature of this attack, characters with less than 200 Instinct are caught completely flat-footed and unable to react to this attack, unless they meet one of the alternative requirements (see drawbacks below).

Except where noted, this is otherwise an ordinary melee strike and has no reiatsu cost. Proficiency with this technique allows the user to immediately sheathe their weapon after making their attack.

Mastery of this technique allows for it to be combined with Shunpo to draw, strike, and sheathe the weapon in the blink of an eye. This variant costs 50 reiatsu to perform, and gains the benefits of a 3x Speed Boost (instead of the usual 2x). This variant is imperceptible to characters with less than 200 Senses. Characters with 200+ Senses detect a blur of movement from the user but may not be able to react to the attack unless they have 200+ Instinct and/or one of the benefits listed in drawbacks below.

How to use technique

Simply draw your weapon and strike in a single fluid motion.

Drawback

This technique rarely works more than once per thread, as any opponent who witnesses this technique being used can react to it normally (regardless of Instinct). Even against aware opponents, this attack retains its speed however and should not be underestimated.

In addition, characters who know this technique or have Battle Analysis of 2 (or above) can easily identify the ready stances used in this technique and predict the user's intent. Such characters are never caught off-guard by this attack but will still need to react to its incredible speed.

This technique can only be used with a sheathed sword. In order to use this technique more than once during a single thread, the user must sheathe their weapon prior to using this technique again. This technique requires 2 SkP in Weapons (Sword) in order to be used, and 3 SkP to be mastered.

Made by: Kerrigan

Reserved? : No

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Technique Name: Shunpo (瞬歩, Flash Steps)

Class: 7

Technique Type: Kidō

Technique Element: None

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 50/step

Technique Description and Effects

A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpo uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to use technique

Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.

[Camila Adaronde]

As she went in for her strike against the Captain, appearing in front of her as quickly as she could manage to do, Camila allowed her blade to come down heavy on the Shinigami with as much force and speed behind it as she could reasonably muster. Well, that was the goal; it seemed that she was going to be in for a bit of a surprise with this woman. Moving just a bit faster than Camila herself had been reasonably capable of, the woman vanished with the rather explosive sound of metal clamoring from her twin scabbards.

As Camila herself landed from her attack, blood now splayed across her chest from the preemptive attack against her, she grunted in pain. "Tch," she scoffed, forcing herself to stand back up through sheer force of will, "cheap shot." The tone of voice the girl used to speak indicated a much more jovial tone than would've likely been expected from the girl. Especially after taking a hit like the one she did. As she landed, Albin rushed over to her side in a similar fashion to her approach, appearing at three times his normal speed in the process. "Are you all right?" She nodded her head. "Just fine. Just prep for what needs to happen." He nodded in response, and the two stood up from the spot Camila had been in.

As the two recovered from the attack just made against her, it seemed that Kimiko had started to speak. Upon making mention of Celes, Camila furrowed her brow. Just what kind of connection did this woman have to her? Cami didn't find herself to be an unknown individual during her time in Soul Society, and she'd been branded a traitor a long while ago; for information about her in the Gotei to not have spread like wildfire, she'd presumed that meant Celes had kept her promise all those years back. Looking back on it, that had to have been the case. After all, if only Ludwig pursued her, and even Kaen Youji - a Vice Captain that should've very quickly apprehended her when they last met - had little idea about her, that could only mean that Celes had kept things relatively under wraps.

Though, that brought another rather strange question to the table; who was this woman? This 'Nakajima Kimiko'? It was an interesting enough thought, all things considered, but wasn't one that she was going to take the time to ponder on at the moment. She'd have all the time in the world when this woman wasn't in a state to fight anymore. A state that Camila was fully-prepared to force on this woman at this very moment.

Without a care for what the woman said next, Camila spoke those key words necessary in order make things just a bit easier on herself; "Make them Bleed, Buveur de Sang." As she finished, both her sword and Albin himself immediately pooled around her feet in a puddle of crimson, as her spiritual pressure exploded outward with rather noteworthy force; more force than someone of her caliber would've otherwise been capable of reaching. With a deep breath, Camila began to take in the smell of iron around her. It was a scent that she very much had enjoyed.

Pulled from her thoughts with a shout from Kimiko, Camila smiled wide. At the same time as Kimiko returning her swords to their individual sheathes, Cami prepared a maneuver of her own. Within an instant, a thick, tight-fitting suit of armor appeared on the girl's body. Waves of liquid crimson circled around the suit itself as though it were a steady-moving river of blood itself. Two thick pauldrons rested upon her shoulders, each adorned with a single spike nearly larger than the length of her arms. She was ready to fight.

And, in that moment? Kimiko rocketed toward her, following the explosive force the vehicle behind her had left not a moment before. At that moment, Kimiko once again appeared upon her, striking not once, but twice across the newly-adorned fortress. The moment her blades made contact with the suit, Kimiko was in for a bit of a nasty surprise. As the sound of metal clashed against the hardened iron worn around Cami's body, Kimiko's own spiritual vitality was going to find itself sapped. Like one would expect from a vampire, but far more dangerous.

"Glad you're looking to have fun, Nakajima..." She said, quickly expulsing a jet of her own blood to reforge it in an instant; in her hand now rested a lance, fit to be wielded by someone with far more physical prowess than the girl had to offer. Thankfully, it didn't seem she needed it; a trait that presented itself as Camila lunged her arm out, once again at thrice her speed, in an attempt to pierce Kimiko's flesh. Right around where she'd just taken the hit herself.

Regardless of her success, Camila took two steps back, the clang of iron against the pavement making itself prevalent with each movement she made. Unleashing her full spiritual prowess on the world around her with a roar, Camila opted into crushing anything and everything she could with the gravitational force she gave off; in an instant, maybe ten or fifteen dead humans quickly hit numbers close to the late hundreds. Was this a show of power? Perhaps rage? It was hard to say.

"BECAUSE I'M JUST GETTING STARTED!"

Shikai: 1/9
Spiritual Pressure Transfer CD: 1/3
Bloodied Fortress Duration Remaining: 5

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{Stat Adjustments}
Reiatsu Strength: 200 [120] -> 50 [30]
Spiritual Pressure: 400 [700] -> 550 [962]

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{Reiatsu Pool & Resources}
Cami's Pool: 6,350/9,620
-350 for Shikai Activation at Class 3.
-300 for Spiritual Pressure Transfer.
+300 from Bloodied Fortress siphon x2.
-300 for Bloodweapons.
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Blood Counters: 4
+10 for releasing Shikai at 100% reiatsu.
-10 for Bloodied Fortress.
+4 Blood Counters, should Camila's attack land.

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{Techniques & Abilities Used}

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{Shikai Overall}
Upon releasing, Camila’s reishi begins to lust for blood. With every time it is “sated”, the bloodlust then grows stronger, and empowers her. Every open wound that Camila leaves on her target strengthens her release techniques, and allows her to use certain release techniques, as described in each technique. The boost to these techniques is marked by Blood Counters. For every slash left on the target able to draw blood, she gains a Blood Counter. These counters are spent after using her techniques, if she should desire to do so. Some of her techniques require no reiatsu, but do cost blood counters to use.

Upon entering Shikai, Camila will start in this release with a certain amount of Blood Counters corresponding to how much Reiatsu she has remaining. For every 10% of her Reiatsu pool she has left unspent, Camila will gain 1 Blood Counter during the initial release. For example; if she had 1000 maximum Reiatsu while Sealed, if she spends nothing before releasing, Camila will enter Shikai with 10 Blood Counters at her disposal. If she only has 590 out of the original 1000 maximum Reiatsu, Camila will enter Shikai with only 5 Blood Counters, because, rounded down, 590 is equal to 50% of her remaining Reiatsu pool.

The Blood Counters gained through releasing her Shikai are once per thread, unless a significant rest period is taken. If she were to be forced out of Shikai, or the duration of Shikai were to end naturally, she does not gain any additional Blood Counters, and instead starts with what she had remaining when Shikai ended. At the end of every post, Camila passively gains one Blood Counter. With external sources of blood, ranging from that of unnamed NPCs, blood utilized from the abilities of other combatants, etc, Camila is capable of harvesting Blood Counters from these by coming in contact with the source, resulting in a single Blood Counter for NPCs and other insignificant living beings, or 1 Blood Counter for every 50 reiatsu spent by another to create a Blood-related effect.

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{Bloodied Fortress}
Technique Name: Bloodied Fortress

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Becoming a crimson bastion of defensive capability, Bloodied Fortress allows Camila to manifest a suit of armor out of her blood, and the blood she's harvested from her foes. Camila sacrifices any amount of Blood Counters, and 1000 Reiatsu if that amount is less than 10 Blood Counters. For the duration, any attack against her, whether physical or reiatsu based, drains the reiatsu of either the attack or user of the attack. If she’s hit with a physical attack, she’ll drain 30 reiatsu from that person per Blood Counter spent originally. Every point in Bleeding Tolerance that someone has will reduce this amount of reiatsu per Blood Counter by 10, negating it completely at a 3 in Bleeding Tolerance, and also being negated if someone possess a Strength superior to Camila's Spiritual Pressure. If she’s hit with a reiatsu-based attack, she’ll drain 100 reiatsu from the attack per Blood Counter spent; this does not drain from the person that had made the attack, but the technique itself. This can only drain reiatsu up to the original cost of the technique that the armor contacts.

This technique works similarly to Hierro, though it uses her Spiritual Pressure instead of her Reiatsu Strength, and the “wearing down” effect that Hierro has is also accelerated significantly (Instead of 8 posts reducing the armor to 80%, it’s now 2 posts. Instead of 12 posts reducing the armor to 60%, it’s 4 posts. Instead of 16 posts destroying the armor, it’s 6 posts. The amount of attacks required to wear down the armor is now halved, reducing these numbers to a minimum of 1 attack). The duration of Bloodied Fortress lasts for 1 post per 2 Blood Counters used to activate the technique. If Bloodied Fortress is active, it can be activated again, extending the duration by 1 post per 4 Blood Counters spent towards it, and restoring the Hierro-like effect of the armor to the original duration if 5 or more Blood Counters are spent while the effect is active. This technique can be used on allies by adding an additional two Blood Counters as a cost. With this armor on, Camila is capable of liquefying parts, or all of her body at her Speed. While in Bankai, this armor's duration is 1 post per Blood Counter spent on activation, and the duration is increased by one post for every two Blood Counters spent on the technique after activating it instead.

Drawbacks: This technique has an extremely hefty cost, no matter how you go about it. As soon as the duration of Bloodied Fortress ends, the technique is put onto a 10 post cooldown. It essentially punishes the user for purposefully not maintaining the effect to spend less Blood Counters for a longer duration.

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{Bloodweapons}
Technique Name: Bloodweapons

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Camila takes the time to shape her blood into whatever kinds of items or weapons she'd like for the time, from a simple weaponized stream of blood to a sword or gun. These weapons take on a deep red appearance, much like that of the blood that makes it up, and have a durability equal to her Spiritual Pressure. These weapons use Camila's Spiritual Pressure in order to deal damage. Creating these weapons costs a minimum of 100 Reiatsu, with a 50 Reiatsu cost to change their form after having been made. While she has these weapons created, any attack Camila makes with them generate an additional Blood Counter for every 100 Reiatsu spent to create. Ranged attacks with these weapons travel at a speed equal to half her Spiritual Pressure or 800 (whichever is higher), but cost 50 reiatsu each and every time they're made; this drops to 25 in Bankai. By spending an amount of Blood Counters, Camila is capable of treating defensive options she clashes with as 5% lower in Offensive Stat per Blood Counter spent. In Bankai, this changes to 10% per Blood Counter and the durability of these weapons are increased to double her Spiritual Pressure.

Drawbacks: In Shikai, these weapons are rather brittle, even while considering Camila's noteworthy Spiritual Pressure. Creating these weapons are cheap individually, but are incredibly expensive when created in large quantities, or when focusing a large quantity of reiatsu into one weapon. The defensive reduction effect in Shikai is capped at 30%, and 75% in Bankai.

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{Red Moon Road: Precipice of Fading Night}
Technique Name: Red Moon Road: Precipice of Fading Night

Technique Class: 5 - 20 TTP.

Technique Type: Hakuda/Hōhō/Zanjutsu.

Usable By: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard.

Technique Element: Body.

Technique Cost: N/A.

Description: The third technique in the Red Moon Road series, Precipice of Fading Night acts as a branching upgrade of Quiet Evening Walk. Much like Shunpō Karin to Shunpō, Precipice of Fading Night aims to augment a singular limb instead of making a full-body movement, similarly at three times the user’s Speed. At Proficient, this technique is silent. At Mastered, this technique can be used to immediately change the momentum of one of the user’s movements, including a movement made from Precipice of Fading Night.

How to Use: Move one’s limb at extraordinary speeds.

Drawbacks: While not having a reiatsu cost, Precipice of Fading Night does have a rather noteworthy drawback in requiring a 2 in Hakuda, Hōhō, and Zanjutsu in order to perform. Can only be performed up to twice a post, and each use takes up a Step Technique slot.

Incantation: N/A.

Made By: Camila Adaronde.

Reserved?: Yes.

[Nakajima Kimiko]

Judging by the blood that was now covering Shizukakane and Taishokukane's sealed blades, it seemed as though Kimiko's maneuver was successful. That was good. Although it didn't seem like much in the moment, this simple success was enough for the Captain to understand that she was faster than Camila to a certain extent. If she had been slower than her in any degree, her counter attack would have been intercepted and it would have been all for naught. With that said, being faster than an opponent doesn't necessarily mean that she won the fight here. Usually, those who are not as fast as another always have something up their sleeve that allows them correct their little disadvantage, and more often than not, these corrections tend to make them extremely dangerous. The officer wasn't quite sure of what that tool might be for the time being, or if Camila even had a tool like that to begin with, but if she did have one, it was possible that she would use the same kind of spiritual energy that allowed her to previously create her clone.

In any case, after she finished her analysis, Kimiko would swiftly swipe the blood off her blades and take a look towards her opponent. Despite having taken a hit and seemingly hating the nature of the attack, the woman did not appear to necessarily dislike the fact that she had been hit to begin with. The way she so jovially complained about the Captain's maneuver put this emotional oddity on display rather well. Whilst it was indeed odd, however, Kimiko did not quite believe this behavior to be unheard of. In fact, she had seen it being displayed beforehand by some of her subordinates while they were training with another, and she herself had actually experienced it before with a few of the Hollows she's fought while she was still most often patrolling around the Living World. It was jubilation and fear combined, the acknowledgement of the fact that one has finally met a foe that they could consider as being true to their skills and worthy of their attention. It was either that... or it was excitement for the battle at hand.

The fact that Camila was experiencing this feeling was enough to cause Kimiko's own excitement to rise even further. Most of the time, the people that the Captain fights don't actually enjoy fighting. They only fight to protect themselves, to protect others which they believe their protection to be their responsibility, or to accomplish a simple goal. Even in the Eleventh Division, there was still a notable amount of soldiers that don't actually fight because they love fighting in of itself, but rather simply because it is their job. That's boring, lame, unimpressive, and a whole bunch of other negative adjectives the Captain can conjure in her spare time. But she was not like them. She did not fight simply because it was her duty or because she simply needs to. She fought because she loved fighting. She fought because she enjoys battling, crossing blades with another's, giving and receiving damage, and then declaring victory over another. There was honor in there, sure... but ultimately, it was all simply a thirst she needed to quench, and she was glad to see that she had something in common with what she was now assuming to be a sort of uncommon Vizard.

Once she was finished shouting her words, she would turn herself towards her opponent. Though she didn't really wish to kill Camila due to her connection to Celes, it would not look as though she was going to spare the woman in the moment. The area around her was also progressively getting more and more affected by her spiritual energy, as dictated by the car, and it was doubtful that it was going to stay as such forever. Her eyes were also open wide, focused as they gave their target a deeply-excited stare. It was the sight of a fiend, a battle-addicted predator who wished to cut her opponent down into pieces, and somehow... they widened further upon witnessing Camila's partner liquefy into what appeared to be blood. "So that's a Zanpakuto after all! I was starting to think it was just a normal sword! I won't have to hold back after all!" She called with a pleased grin as she continued to stare at the woman with that terrible gaze of hers. "Quieten, Shizukakane! Cleanse, Taishokukane!"

A burst of spiritual energy briefly erupted from her once she finished speaking. It caused the car that was being crushed to wince even further, to whine in metallic terror as it was further pushed down against the streets as the energy surrounding both her and it changed. At first, it began to take on a light and dark hue, to become two separate entities. Then, after a time, the hues began clear. They became strands of black and white, "ink" that was being drawn by a celestial painter invisible to the naked eye. This "ink" would expand and expand until it would find itself taking the shape of a globe of 25 meters in diameter, which was more than enough to easily cover the portion of the street Kimiko and Camila were both occupying. Camila would be unable to identify the effects of this globe for the time being, but she would immediately be able to notice that the Captain's blades were now both respectively covered in white and black "ink". Judging by their looks, it was almost difficult to tell at a glance that they were once blades. It was almost as though they had been transformed into a white void and a black hole.

As the spiritual energy around Kimiko seemingly reached its apex, the car by her side continued to whine and groan until the fuel tank was hit. After that, the Captain's grin grew as it was directed right towards Camila. "I don't know what your Zanpakuto is about, and I have no idea how to even spell its name, but I'm gonna guess it's about blood. Cool! I've always wanted to fight one ever since I fought that one guy in that one game!" Her words were coated with a sort of vibrancy that was both blinding and overwhelming at once, and the crimson in her eyes appeared to burn as bright as the small embers that were beginning to appear within the vehicle. The poor thing, by that point, almost seemed as though it was begging for mercy. Fortunately, for perhaps its own sake, it would finally be allowed to be relieved of the spiritual energy crushing it as another shout would erupt from Kimiko: "LET'S PUT IT TO THE TEST!"

The officer then rushed forward towards Camila thereafter with one powerful Shunpo. With swiftness and precision, the Shinigami would appear before the woman shortly after the car burst into flames, causing her figure to darken before the fireball which rose from the vehicle. Although she was surprised to see that Camila had summoned some kind of armor around herself, it did not stop her from unsheathing her blades and violently dragging them across her chest in a powerful slashing motion. Instantly, the blood-wielder would be capable of understanding that there was a great difference between the slashes she has received prior and the ones that were delivered to her suit of armor. With that said, the damage received would not actually land onto her person, as it would instead be delivered to her armor. The "ink" surrounding her blades would appear to be dragged into the armor after they would hit it, causing the steel underneath to be revealed for just a brief moment before they would be covered again.

Noticing the lack of damage, Kimiko would frown. She hadn't expected that Camila would actually immediately put herself on the defensive like this, especially not in a way that reminded the Captain of Celes' own Shikai. This was most definitely going to be one difficult nut to crack. Regardless of this, she was not undeterred by the fact she was now apparently going to have to deal with a living wall. Instead, her grin only widened and the energy around her increased, causing the gravitational pressure to be added to Camila's and further destroy their surroundings. If there were any Humans around... she was most likely also killing them at this point, and seemingly without a care too. Her excitement for the battle has now made her completely ignore their existence. "Excellent" She called out after she struck the armor, actually complimenting her opponent for her reaction time, before her eyes would raise themselves towards Camila's arm. "But predictable!"

The raising of one's arm meant a lot of things to Kimiko. Even for magical users, it meant that there was something that was going to be produced from it, whether it be some kind of spell or attack. So, letting her wild instincts fuel her every being, she quickly spun her swords once again to return them to their sheaths before disappearing once again with another Iaijutsu attack before Camila would throw the lance at her. This time, it wasn't like the one she had just delivered: it was yet another strike that was three times as fast as usual, going at a speed of 2100 yet again. If successful, it would land onto Camila's right side, while the Captain herself would remain nearest to her. "LET'S GO, CAMILA! SHOW ME THE ABSOLUTE BEST YOU CAN DO!" She shouted explosively once more before delivered yet another dual Iaijutsu strike towards the blood-wielder, all the while remaining ready to use Shunpo at any given moment. Her energy was still just as overwhelming, as fulfilling.

In comparison to the previous attack, this one was much more akin to the first slashes that landed on Camila's armor. Nevertheless, they remained quick and nimble, and there was something about them that made them much more unique than the typical Iaijutsu slices typically seen in martial arts. The use of the blades was much more refined, much more perfected, with what appeared to be an affinity for the act of spinning the swords shortly after each strike and return them to their sheath with extreme precision. It made it difficult to follow the blades, especially when it was all done so quickly and expertly.

How fitting for someone seemingly so suddenly overwhelming in combat to possess an overwhelming fighting style.

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{Reiatsu: 6550/7000  |  Shizukakane (0.6m) : 10 Posts Remaining   |  Taishokukane (1m) : 10 Posts Remaining   |  Light Gauge : 0% | Dark Gauge : 0%}
Technique Name: Iaijutsu (居合術, "Sudden Strike Technique") [3x Speed version]

Class: 4

Technique Type: General Physical Technique

Technique Element: None

Usable by: Any

Technique Description and Effects

The user of this technique draws their sword and strikes with one fluid, lightning-fast motion. This technique can easily catch an unprepared opponent off-guard. This attack is made at 2x the user's Speed, or at a speed of 600 (whichever is faster). Due to the sudden nature of this attack, characters with less than 200 Instinct are caught completely flat-footed and unable to react to this attack, unless they meet one of the alternative requirements (see drawbacks below).

Except where noted, this is otherwise an ordinary melee strike and has no reiatsu cost. Proficiency with this technique allows the user to immediately sheathe their weapon after making their attack.

Mastery of this technique allows for it to be combined with Shunpo to draw, strike, and sheathe the weapon in the blink of an eye. This variant costs 50 reiatsu to perform, and gains the benefits of a 3x Speed Boost (instead of the usual 2x). This variant is imperceptible to characters with less than 200 Senses. Characters with 200+ Senses detect a blur of movement from the user but may not be able to react to the attack unless they have 200+ Instinct and/or one of the benefits listed in drawbacks below.

How to use technique

Simply draw your weapon and strike in a single fluid motion.

Drawback

This technique rarely works more than once per thread, as any opponent who witnesses this technique being used can react to it normally (regardless of Instinct). Even against aware opponents, this attack retains its speed however and should not be underestimated.

In addition, characters who know this technique or have Battle Analysis of 2 (or above) can easily identify the ready stances used in this technique and predict the user's intent. Such characters are never caught off-guard by this attack but will still need to react to its incredible speed.

This technique can only be used with a sheathed sword. In order to use this technique more than once during a single thread, the user must sheathe their weapon prior to using this technique again. This technique requires 2 SkP in Weapons (Sword) in order to be used, and 3 SkP to be mastered.

Made by: Kerrigan

Reserved? : No

[Camila Adaronde]

As the Captain ended up releasing her twin Zanpakuto, Camila couldn't help but feel absolutely thrilled. It seemed that this woman was truly starting to take things seriously; that was great! Wonderful, even! And, for her two have two of them instead of just one?? "FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC!!" As her face was still fully-visible at the moment, a large, wide grin plagued her face. She felt her cheeks burning up; excitement and adrenaline coursed through the girl. She made that well-known.

And so, Kimiko followed through with her attacks, wielding two weapons that very clearly did not resemble traditional "swords". Both coated in some sort of liquid; much like Camila's own weapons were made from. Noticeably giving the woman a bit more range than Cami tended to have at the moment. If she was going to gain control over the situation once more, that needed to change. And fast, at that. Regardless, Kimiko went in for her strike against the rogue, and found very quickly that the very essence of those blades she'd just created had faded for a time.

The very reiatsu that made them up siphoned itself into Camila's armor, and further bolstered the vampire girl's own reserves. It seemed that this was to make quite the interesting fight! Especially if this girl was also very reliant on dishing out immense amounts of damage to her foes. Before she prepped the spear she sought to launch toward the Captain, Camila decided to comment back. "Yeah? Which game? Might've played it!" Cami tended to play quite a number of video games; especially while she was residing in the Human World!

Regardless of her background, after taking the first hit head-on, she decided to play it safe as necessary in order to keep this woman at bay. She was most definitely faster than her, which tended to prove a bit of a problem; she wasn't exactly looking forward to dealing with that rather overwhelming speed if she could help it. Though, perhaps it would prove useful in the interim? It was hard to say. Regardless, she was going to keep up her wall as necessary in order to put this woman down as best she could.

As she went to throw her spear toward the woman, met with the aptly-timed "Predictable!" call-out from Kimiko, it seemed that the Captain had anticipated a strike from her; interesting! As her swords once again clamored against her blood-iron armor, siphoning more of the reishi that made up the colors of Kimiko's weapons, Camila found her spear launched from her arm, but not from her own volition. Given Kimiko's strength over her, Camila didn't have much of a hope holding onto the spear. No matter, though; she'd have a way to account for that fact!

As the weapon flew from the girl's hand, it seemed that Kimiko had prepared another attack against her. One that she frankly wasn't going to be able to deal with in ample enough time. Thankfully, however, that's where the girl's armor had come in handy. With another set of twin-clashes against her protective suit, Camila chuckled beneath the helmet. "Good attempt, Nakajima," she spoke, met aptly with the sound of a close-proximity explosion, "BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!"

As Kimiko's blades connected with the rogue, she took the opportunity to - instead of attacking - reshape the weapon she'd previously utilized against the woman in an attempt to put her down then and there. As the lance reformed at a rapid pace, instead taking the form of more modern weaponry (more specifically, a fairly basic example of a shotgun), a boom roared from the barrel of the weapon as a dozen small "bullets" of hardened crimson threatened to assault the Captain's waist at close-range.

Taking a small leap backward in the process to create some distance, her new firearm traveling with her, Camila shouted once more to the Captain she'd been engaged with. "You're quite quick," she spoke, "you'd've likely had me dead thrice over now with how fast you've been trying to strike at me! Care to try making it a fourth?" As she finished, stomping her foot through the body of a gravity-crushed civilian, Camila felt the vitality the individual beneath her once had seeping into her armor, and back into her own reserves. It was quite the exhilarating feeling.

Shikai: 2/9
Spiritual Pressure Transfer CD: 2/3
Bloodied Fortress Duration Remaining: 4 - 80% Strength - 769 SpPr.

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{Reiatsu Pool & Resources}
Cami's Pool: 6,850/9,620
+600 Reiatsu from Bloodied Fortress reiatsu leech x4.
-50 for Bloodweapons form change.
-50 for Bloodweapons ranged attack.
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Blood Counters: 6
+1 per post.
+1 from Shikai Overall; stomping an NPC.
+4 Blood Counters, should Camila's attack land.

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{Abilities Used}

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{Shikai Overall}
Upon releasing, Camila’s reishi begins to lust for blood. With every time it is “sated”, the bloodlust then grows stronger, and empowers her. Every open wound that Camila leaves on her target strengthens her release techniques, and allows her to use certain release techniques, as described in each technique. The boost to these techniques is marked by Blood Counters. For every slash left on the target able to draw blood, she gains a Blood Counter. These counters are spent after using her techniques, if she should desire to do so. Some of her techniques require no reiatsu, but do cost blood counters to use.

Upon entering Shikai, Camila will start in this release with a certain amount of Blood Counters corresponding to how much Reiatsu she has remaining. For every 10% of her Reiatsu pool she has left unspent, Camila will gain 1 Blood Counter during the initial release. For example; if she had 1000 maximum Reiatsu while Sealed, if she spends nothing before releasing, Camila will enter Shikai with 10 Blood Counters at her disposal. If she only has 590 out of the original 1000 maximum Reiatsu, Camila will enter Shikai with only 5 Blood Counters, because, rounded down, 590 is equal to 50% of her remaining Reiatsu pool.

The Blood Counters gained through releasing her Shikai are once per thread, unless a significant rest period is taken. If she were to be forced out of Shikai, or the duration of Shikai were to end naturally, she does not gain any additional Blood Counters, and instead starts with what she had remaining when Shikai ended. At the end of every post, Camila passively gains one Blood Counter. With external sources of blood, ranging from that of unnamed NPCs, blood utilized from the abilities of other combatants, etc, Camila is capable of harvesting Blood Counters from these by coming in contact with the source, resulting in a single Blood Counter for NPCs and other insignificant living beings, or 1 Blood Counter for every 50 reiatsu spent by another to create a Blood-related effect.

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{Bloodweapons}
Technique Name: Bloodweapons

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Camila takes the time to shape her blood into whatever kinds of items or weapons she'd like for the time, from a simple weaponized stream of blood to a sword or gun. These weapons take on a deep red appearance, much like that of the blood that makes it up, and have a durability equal to her Spiritual Pressure. These weapons use Camila's Spiritual Pressure in order to deal damage. Creating these weapons costs a minimum of 100 Reiatsu, with a 50 Reiatsu cost to change their form after having been made. While she has these weapons created, any attack Camila makes with them generate an additional Blood Counter for every 100 Reiatsu spent to create. Ranged attacks with these weapons travel at a speed equal to half her Spiritual Pressure or 800 (whichever is higher), but cost 50 reiatsu each and every time they're made; this drops to 25 in Bankai. By spending an amount of Blood Counters, Camila is capable of treating defensive options she clashes with as 5% lower in Offensive Stat per Blood Counter spent. In Bankai, this changes to 10% per Blood Counter and the durability of these weapons are increased to double her Spiritual Pressure.

Drawbacks: In Shikai, these weapons are rather brittle, even while considering Camila's noteworthy Spiritual Pressure. Creating these weapons are cheap individually, but are incredibly expensive when created in large quantities, or when focusing a large quantity of reiatsu into one weapon. The defensive reduction effect in Shikai is capped at 30%, and 75% in Bankai.

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{Bloodied Fortress}
Technique Name: Bloodied Fortress

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Becoming a crimson bastion of defensive capability, Bloodied Fortress allows Camila to manifest a suit of armor out of her blood, and the blood she's harvested from her foes. Camila sacrifices any amount of Blood Counters, and 1000 Reiatsu if that amount is less than 10 Blood Counters. For the duration, any attack against her, whether physical or reiatsu based, drains the reiatsu of either the attack or user of the attack. If she’s hit with a physical attack, she’ll drain 30 reiatsu from that person per Blood Counter spent originally. Every point in Bleeding Tolerance that someone has will reduce this amount of reiatsu per Blood Counter by 10, negating it completely at a 3 in Bleeding Tolerance, and also being negated if someone possess a Strength superior to Camila's Spiritual Pressure. If she’s hit with a reiatsu-based attack, she’ll drain 100 reiatsu from the attack per Blood Counter spent; this does not drain from the person that had made the attack, but the technique itself. This can only drain reiatsu up to the original cost of the technique that the armor contacts.

This technique works similarly to Hierro, though it uses her Spiritual Pressure instead of her Reiatsu Strength, and the “wearing down” effect that Hierro has is also accelerated significantly (Instead of 8 posts reducing the armor to 80%, it’s now 2 posts. Instead of 12 posts reducing the armor to 60%, it’s 4 posts. Instead of 16 posts destroying the armor, it’s 6 posts. The amount of attacks required to wear down the armor is now halved, reducing these numbers to a minimum of 1 attack). The duration of Bloodied Fortress lasts for 1 post per 2 Blood Counters used to activate the technique. If Bloodied Fortress is active, it can be activated again, extending the duration by 1 post per 4 Blood Counters spent towards it, and restoring the Hierro-like effect of the armor to the original duration if 5 or more Blood Counters are spent while the effect is active. This technique can be used on allies by adding an additional two Blood Counters as a cost. With this armor on, Camila is capable of liquefying parts, or all of her body at her Speed. While in Bankai, this armor's duration is 1 post per Blood Counter spent on activation, and the duration is increased by one post for every two Blood Counters spent on the technique after activating it instead.

Drawbacks: This technique has an extremely hefty cost, no matter how you go about it. As soon as the duration of Bloodied Fortress ends, the technique is put onto a 10 post cooldown. It essentially punishes the user for purposefully not maintaining the effect to spend less Blood Counters for a longer duration.

[Nakajima Kimiko]

In normal circumstances, Kimiko probably shouldn't have found herself becoming so excited by the prospect of fighting Camila. It was becoming clearer and clearer to her that this was indeed the woman that Celes had been talking about, the Vizard she had accidentally led astray from the Shinigami path, and in so doing, her will to actually kill this woman was becoming lesser and lesser; after all, even if Camila was trying to kill her, the Captain of the Tenth would most likely not forgive her for actually killing her, especially given that she wasn't actually dead. Really, if she would have found herself in a more reasonable mood, she would have probably already contacted backup by now, or at the very least attempted to settle some kind of perimeter within Manhattan with those of the Soul Society in order to trap the blood-wielder and make her answer for her crimes against the Gotei 13 and, therefore, Humanity as a whole.

But she couldn't help it. She couldn't help becoming more and more excited. For the longest time now, more specifically ever since she has become the master of Nijūkan, she has never actually found herself going all out on her opponent. She could never find an opponent that was strong enough to confront her without being instantly killed, and even if she did in the form of Captain-tier sparring partners, she'd always need to limit herself so as to not kill them by accident. So to finally find someone who was seemingly worthy of her attention in such a way, someone so seemingly both so powerful that she could handle each of her swings without a care and so vile that she had absolutely no qualms in cutting her down... It was just too good of an opportunity for Kimiko to pass on. That woman even liked fighting games too, just like her! Oh, she needed to do battle with this woman, to have a good fight with her until they could no longer stand.

"Justice Cog IV! It had a big guy with a huge sword and a blood gauge!" She called out in an almost ecstatic fashion as Shizukakane and Taishokukane were dragged against the blood-red energy that formed Camila's armor. The fact that she was somehow still capable of remembering that game and that character after all this time spent not even touching a single game within the Soul Society was a bit of a miracle even for herself. It must have easily been half an entire century since she actually touched a video game, or at the very least an amount of time that was very close to that spent in the Soul Society. Nevertheless, she did not bother questioning it for now. As much as this girl had suddenly revitalized her love for fighting games, there were still matters that she needed to attend to first and foremost, and the most important one of all for the time being was the aforementioned armor which she had just hit with her blades.

The armor was much more resistant than she thought it would be. In total, she had now hit it a total of four times, and yet it was still not showing any notable signs of damage, not even a little crack or a scar. It was also still very much capable of diverting the "ink" of her blades towards itself in spite of all the damage it had received. It was truly an intriguing and, frankly, annoying ability in Kimiko's eyes. For all she knew, without the aid of her Zanpakuto, Camila would have most potentially beaten her without so much as breaking a sweat; after all, if that armor could literally take some of the energy away from her blades, then it could certainly take some of her own energy away if she ever touched it herself. Yet even though she was aware of this, even though she knew that she was at a clear disadvantage, she could not help but remain radiant. Indeed, she appeared as formidable as ever, strong, confident. If Camila wants the energy of her blades so much... then she can take as much of it as she wants. By the time they are done, she will drown in the light and dark.

With this mindset adopted, Kimiko moved forward with her assault, delivering two more strikes to her opponent's right side as she did so. The spiritual energy around her was continuing to press down onto everything that surrounded her and Camila. It broke countless windows, squashed a growing number of vehicles, and crushed many items that were inside some of the nearby homes and apartments. Many of the Humans who lived in this area could consider themselves lucky for having gone to work instead of staying at home today... but unfortunately, some of them had remained, including the one that found himself dangerous close to the battling women. The two warriors were not doing anything that could be considered as a direct affront to their environment, and yet they were effortlessly destroying it, turning it into a literal warzone with their presence alone. There really was nothing more fragile in these realms than the Living World.

The Captain's eyes remained widely opened as she gazed down at the armored Camila. The fire was still there, burning brightly like an inferno. However, there was also the "ink" of her blades that kept passing by it. Even though it had only been a short time since Kimiko had activated them, the spiritual material surrounding them was beginning to thicken into what appeared to be a drawn mass of black and white. A strange ringing came from them as well with every of their moves, noises akin to the toll of bells. They were both fast and deafening, just as overwhelming as their wielder, and it seemed as though their development was still not complete. But for now, that did not matter to Kimiko. They did not have enough energy stored within them to be used, and she did not quite need to use them as such. At least, not for now. Oh, no... All she really needed now were her very own senses and instincts, the ones that guided her eyes straight towards Camila's lance shortly after she attacked.

In the blink of an eye, her eyes saw the lance begin to change. It turned from its original self into something else, a sort of stick that Kimiko did not recognize in the moment. By the time its transformation was half-completed, the Shinigami's body demanded that she move again, and so she did, finding herself using Shunpo once again to travel to Camila's left side. Once there, she would spin her blades, return them to their sheath, and slash twice at Camila once again, this time at her right side. Whether this endeavor was successful or not, she would leap forward alongside her opponent, maintaining a close distance between themselves in the process. She would use this brief moment of air time to deliver three more strikes to the woman. None of these attacks were as fast as the supersonic ones from before, but there were many. So, so many. And each of them were delivered at a Speed of 700. 

As the Captain continued her seemingly-unending assault, she listened to her opponent's compliments with a wide grin. She was pleased to see that her skill was actually notable enough to prevent the woman's arrogance from ignoring it. It truly solidified this little rivalry, even if it was just a temporary conflict. "And so are you! Turning lances into shotguns? That's the kind of shit you see on TV!" She complimented back as she continued to strike at the blood armor. It seemed that the teacher in her finally wanted to have a say in this matter. "But it's sloppy. It's like you're too fast for your own sake. Do you wanna know why? It's because you forgot to hone out one crucial thing." A few more sword swings then came, each with their own sword spins and sheathings preceding and following them, before another burst of spiritual pressure then exploded from Kimiko. "INSTINCT!" 

The sheer power of the voice that created this word spanned throughout the area. It boomed across the area in an almost-deafening fashion. Though none of the Humans in the vicinity would be able to hear it, and Camila would find herself unaffected by it, they would instantly feel a great terror begin to build within their hearts. In so doing, they would quickly begin to flee the area towards Times Square, with some even going as far as to run away as fast as they possibly could in the direction of the nearest bridge leading outside of Manhattan. By the time they even began to run, Kimiko was already rushing towards Camila again. "So come on, Camila! Show me what you can really do with that armor of yours! Get crazy!" 

Shizukakane's words trailed in Kimiko's ears for a split-second. He tried to tell her to calm down, to stop and consider what she was doing. But she was not listening. She was fighting, and she wanted Camila to fight harder.

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{Reiatsu: 6500/7000  |  Shizukakane (0.6m) : 9 Posts Remaining   |  Taishokukane (1m) : 9 Posts Remaining   |  Light Gauge : 15% | Dark Gauge : 15%}

Technique Name: Shunpo (瞬歩, Flash Steps)

Class: 7

Technique Type: Kidō

Technique Element: None

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 50/step

Technique Description and Effects

A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpo uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to use technique

Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.

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Technique Name: Akuma no Sakebi (悪魔の叫び, "Demon's Cry")

Technique Type: Other | Fear Inducement

Technique Element: None

Usable by: All races

Class: 2

Technique Reiatsu Cost: N/A

Technique Description and Effects

The projection of one's own will to strike fear in the hearts of others. The user channels the strength of their very soul within themselves before screaming it out with monstrous energy, similarly to how a beast howls or roars. Though it possesses no physical or spiritual attribute of note, the manifestation of this power is considered to be so intense that it can induce terror to the targets that have to face it. Those who do not possess an ability that would allow them to resist the effects of such a demonstration - namely a superior Strength of Will, Calm Mind, or Lack of Fear skill, or a Aura of 100 - will find themselves so taken aback by the scream that their combat performance will worsen, rendering them sluggish. Masters of this technique possess such fearsome cries that their targets are literally stunned by them for one post, unable to fight against the terror they have injected into their soul.


Drawbacks & Weaknesses

To unleash fear onto one or many beings at once, one must be able to be physically capable of unleashing such a thing in the first place, and unfortunately, there are a few who will be forever incapable of doing so. Some are simply too softhearted to even express such terrible power, while others are too discreet to even let out such a loud scream to begin with. Considering this, the main users of this technique will possess a Strength of Will skill of 3, which is just enough for them to be capable of properly unleashing Akuma no Sakebi. However, there is an alternative in the form of Dark Aura. Those who happen to be monstrous enough to possess fully-darkened energy will be capable of using this technique just as well as the aforementioned wilful individuals, for better or worse.


Made by: Nakajima Kimiko

Reserved? : No

[Camila Adaronde]

As the two continued to engage in what would've otherwise been bloody battle, Camila's own adrenaline continued to do nothing but pump through the girl's body. To say that she was hyped up would've been an understatement! Even if she wasn't doing much else other than just standing still for the most part, the girl was still nothing short of excited! Each moment that passed only further spurred on her desire for combat; a trait that had only grown since she released, alongside Albin's own influence.

"J.C. Ⅳ??" the girl exclaimed back, "that game was from forever ago! Ynd -REVEALER- just released; pick it up when you get the chance!" A good fight and good taste in games? If the situation were a bit different, Camila could see herself getting along rather well with Nakajima. It was such a shame that this woman was allied with Seireitei. She'd have to ask on that at some point today; though, when would've been the opportune time to do so?

Regardless of her thoughts on the matter, she knew full-well that this woman was going to be quite the problem if this fight continued longer than it needed to. Camila needed to get serious; to stop holding back against this woman. To actively fight her opponent, instead of sitting on guard the entire time! To show this damned woman that she was an equal, and not someone that she could bully into one spot for the fight! Pulling the shotgun back into her hand, and reforming the weapon into a dirk, the girl held it with a reversed grip.

As Kimiko began her next set of attacks, Camila became increasingly aware of a problem with so much as the first strike; she'd felt a sharp pain in her side. Her armor had started to crack. As her own blood began to drip from the damage caused by the Captain, Camila gritted her teeth with each strike, finding herself not quite able to act at the moment; she hadn't expected her armor to have broken so quickly! Still, though; she needed to make a strike against this woman. She needed to push through the damage caused to her, and actually land an attack!

After taking the first four hits, it seemed that Kimiko was beginning to slow down a bit; something that Camila needed to capitalize on, given she wasn't much slower than the woman. A fifth strike attacking the irconclad shinigami was all that had been necessary in order for her to begin her attacks. As the sixth had looked to collide with the girl once more, Kimiko was likely to make note of something Camila had yet to reveal; as her blade contacted her armor, instead of clamoring against it and stopping her strike, she'd be forced to follow through with her attack, as the blade glided through what would have been Camila's own body. Instead of slashing through the body of a girl, however, blood flew about as though the Shinigami had just attacked a moving stream of water.

Camila had liquefied part of her own body into the blood that made it up.

Taking the initiative, and taking advantage of the likely precarious situation that Kimiko was to be found in, Camila raked her arm upward at thrice her speed, aiming to slash across the Shinigami's chest as fast she could in order to splay the Captain's blood across the pavement. If there was anything that Camila had been good at, it was painting battlefields a shade of crimson. Regardless of whether her gambit had been successful or not, the rogue once again cleared some distance between the two as Kimiko had let out a deafening roar.

What would've otherwise left most anyone to quake in their boots, and be struck by nothing but abject fear, Camila's own monstrous soul had allowed the girl to steel herself. Though, that certainly didn't change the fact that she felt absolutely unnerved regardless of the fact. She realized very quickly that Nakajima hadn't made a normal shout of any kind.

And, as though that wasn't enough, it seemed that Kimiko's words had only spurred her on even further. The metal visor over her face slid up on its own, revealing a rather deranged, long-gone glare and smile plastered across her face. "You want crazy? FINE! I'LL GIVE YOU CRAZY! DRAIN THEM OF THEIR VITALITY AND CONSUME IT ALL, GOUGE DE SANG!" And with those words, Camila's own spiritual presence once again boomed. Similarly bearing down over the Captain without an influence on her combat capabilities, and once again resulting in an explosive force propelling everything around them further to the earth, Camila had removed any semblance of a 'limiter' on herself at this point.

Though, very little with the rogue had actually changed; it wasn't like what one would expect from a standard Bankai. There was no army-killing abilities enacted around her, no mile-wide explosion, no over-the-top flashy effects, nothing. Instead, all of that destructive force that would've otherwise been released had been focused; condensed down, and kept close to Camila herself. Had this meant she'd be more dangerous? Only time could really tell.

Within a split moment, Camila's armor had repaired itself, standing just as strong as it had moments ago. If nothing else, she had been able to take a beating, even if she couldn't quite dish it out herself. "I wonder what kind of answer you've got to this!" She shouted back, dropping the dagger she had originally held. In its place, four new weapons made manifest on her body; a pair of gauntlets, reaching to her elbows, and a pair of greaves, reaching to her knees. Once again, stomping a nearby grav-crushed corpse into oblivion, Camila drank the vitality of the living.

With a deep breath, Camila quickly assumed a defensive stance. If Kimiko had any familiarity with Shinigami martial arts, she'd likely pick up that this was a standard Hakuda stance, but one without any real amount of shortcomings; a sign that she was a master of the art. Narrowing her eyes, and staring down the Shinigami, Camila gave her a look that simply screamed "come at me."

Bankai: 1/10
Spiritual Pressure Transfer CD: 3/3
Bloodied Fortress Duration Remaining: 9

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{Reiatsu Pool & Resources}
Cami's Pool: 5,300/9,620
-50 for Bloodweapons form change.
+900 from Bloodied Fortress reiatsu leech x6.
-400 for Bankai.
-2,000 for Bloodweapons creation with 400 extra Reiatsu x4.
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Blood Counters: 10
+4 from her attack against Kimiko, should it land.
+10 for Bankai - 80% reiatsu remaining.
+2 per post.
+2 from Bankai Overall; stomping an NPC.
-10 for Bloodied Fortress refresh; +5 posts duration, Hierro-effect reset.

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{Techniques Used}

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{Red Moon Road: Precipice of Fading Night}
Technique Name: Red Moon Road: Precipice of Fading Night

Technique Class: 5 - 20 TTP.

Technique Type: Hakuda/Hōhō/Zanjutsu.

Usable By: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard.

Technique Element: Body.

Technique Cost: N/A.

Description: The third technique in the Red Moon Road series, Precipice of Fading Night acts as a branching upgrade of Quiet Evening Walk. Much like Shunpō Karin to Shunpō, Precipice of Fading Night aims to augment a singular limb instead of making a full-body movement, similarly at three times the user’s Speed. At Proficient, this technique is silent. At Mastered, this technique can be used to immediately change the momentum of one of the user’s movements, including a movement made from Precipice of Fading Night.

How to Use: Move one’s limb at extraordinary speeds.

Drawbacks: While not having a reiatsu cost, Precipice of Fading Night does have a rather noteworthy drawback in requiring a 2 in Hakuda, Hōhō, and Zanjutsu in order to perform. Can only be performed up to twice a post, and each use takes up a Step Technique slot.

Incantation: N/A.

Made By: Camila Adaronde.

Reserved?: Yes.

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{Red Moon Road: Crimson Night Sky}
Technique Name: Red Moon Road: Crimson Night Sky

Technique Class: 3 - 80 TTP.

Technique Type: Hakuda/Hōhō/Zanjutsu

Usable By: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard

Technique Element: Body.

Technique Cost: N/A.

Description: The fifth technique in the Red Moon Road series, Crimson Night Sky is a devastating technique looking to cause quite an amount of unnecessary damage to those it strikes; very much against the elegant, nimble themes the Red Moon Road techniques normally follow. Beginning with a strike of some kind with the user’s Zanpakutō, Crimson Night Sky aims to debilitate those hit by the force of this technique, usually resulting in a rather large expulsion of the victim’s blood into the air from the strike in a very Shonen-like display; hence the name of the technique.

If struck by this technique, the victim’s blood will immediately fire from the wound itself, draining someone of 10% of their blood on hit, reduced by 2% for every Rank in Bleeding Tolerance someone has. With 75% blood remaining, those struck will feel dizzy, requiring a Rank in Strength of Will to fight without issue, or suffering a 10% Instinct cut. Every 25% lost thereafter will result in a worsening dizzied state, requiring one more Rank in Strength of Will or suffering an increasing Instinct cut, growing by 15% per threshold. With 0% blood remaining, victims will either lose consciousness in NDE/DP threads, or perish in DE.

How to Use: Simply strike with a weapon of some variety.

Drawbacks: Despite not having a reiatsu cost, this technique isn’t without its drawbacks. Firstly, this technique requires a 3 in Hakuda, Hōhō, and Zanjutsu in order to learn. Crimson Night Sky can only only be used once per post. Given the lack of subtlety with this technique, those that are struck even once are made immediately aware of the damage and effects of this technique, making it substantially more difficult to get the effects to land if the victim has so much as 1 point in Bleeding Tolerance.

Incantation: N/A.

Made By: Camila Adaronde.

Reserved?: Yes.

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{Bankai Overall}
Upon entering her Bankai, her ability to gain Blood Counters is notably increased. Similarly to her Shikai, upon entering Bankai, Camila gains Blood Counters corresponding to her remaining Reiatsu pool, compared to her maximum pool. Though, this effect gets stronger upon entering Bankai. Instead of being based off of every 10% of her remaining Reiatsu, it is instead based off of every 5% of her remaining Reiatsu. 1000/1000 will give her 20 additional Blood Counters, and 590/1000 will give her 10 additional Blood Counters due to rounding down. This is still percentage based, and still rounded down all the time. Though, a few changes to this mechanic are made.

For Camila to enter Bankai with 20 Blood Counters, she needs to have a full 10 Blood Counters in Shikai, as well as at least 50% of her remaining Reiatsu pool available. She can still only gain a maximum of 10 Blood Counters upon entering her Bankai. Similar to Shikai, the extra Blood Counters gained from entering Bankai are once per post, unless a significant rest period is taken. Each wound left on the target now grants 2 Blood Counters, instead of one.

Additionally, she can now gain Blood Counters through herself, granted she leaves a wound on herself, and sacrifices 150 Reiatsu. From this, she can gain 1 Blood Counter. She can only gain a maximum of 5 Blood Counters per post through this way. Open wounds left by the opponent do count as wounds she can use for Blood Counters on herself. Once a wound is used for a Blood Counter, it cannot be reused, meaning she needs to open another wound to create another Blood Counter. At the end of every post, Camila passively gains two Blood Counters. With external sources of blood, ranging from that of unnamed NPCs, blood utilized from the abilities of other combatants, etc., Camila is capable of harvesting Blood Counters from these by coming in contact with the source, resulting in two Blood Counters for NPCs and other insignificant living beings, or 1 Blood Counter for every 25 reiatsu spent by another to create a Blood-related effect.

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{Bloodied Fortress}
Technique Name: Bloodied Fortress

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Becoming a crimson bastion of defensive capability, Bloodied Fortress allows Camila to manifest a suit of armor out of her blood, and the blood she's harvested from her foes. Camila sacrifices any amount of Blood Counters, and 1000 Reiatsu if that amount is less than 10 Blood Counters. For the duration, any attack against her, whether physical or reiatsu based, drains the reiatsu of either the attack or user of the attack. If she’s hit with a physical attack, she’ll drain 30 reiatsu from that person per Blood Counter spent originally. Every point in Bleeding Tolerance that someone has will reduce this amount of reiatsu per Blood Counter by 10, negating it completely at a 3 in Bleeding Tolerance, and also being negated if someone possess a Strength superior to Camila's Spiritual Pressure. If she’s hit with a reiatsu-based attack, she’ll drain 100 reiatsu from the attack per Blood Counter spent; this does not drain from the person that had made the attack, but the technique itself. This can only drain reiatsu up to the original cost of the technique that the armor contacts.

This technique works similarly to Hierro, though it uses her Spiritual Pressure instead of her Reiatsu Strength, and the “wearing down” effect that Hierro has is also accelerated significantly (Instead of 8 posts reducing the armor to 80%, it’s now 2 posts. Instead of 12 posts reducing the armor to 60%, it’s 4 posts. Instead of 16 posts destroying the armor, it’s 6 posts. The amount of attacks required to wear down the armor is now halved, reducing these numbers to a minimum of 1 attack). The duration of Bloodied Fortress lasts for 1 post per 2 Blood Counters used to activate the technique. If Bloodied Fortress is active, it can be activated again, extending the duration by 1 post per 4 Blood Counters spent towards it, and restoring the Hierro-like effect of the armor to the original duration if 5 or more Blood Counters are spent while the effect is active. This technique can be used on allies by adding an additional two Blood Counters as a cost. With this armor on, Camila is capable of liquefying parts, or all of her body at her Speed. While in Bankai, this armor's duration is 1 post per Blood Counter spent on activation, and the duration is increased by one post for every two Blood Counters spent on the technique after activating it instead.

Drawbacks: This technique has an extremely hefty cost, no matter how you go about it. As soon as the duration of Bloodied Fortress ends, the technique is put onto a 10 post cooldown. It essentially punishes the user for purposefully not maintaining the effect to spend less Blood Counters for a longer duration.

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{Bloodweapons}
Technique Name: Bloodweapons

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Camila takes the time to shape her blood into whatever kinds of items or weapons she'd like for the time, from a simple weaponized stream of blood to a sword or gun. These weapons take on a deep red appearance, much like that of the blood that makes it up, and have a durability equal to her Spiritual Pressure. These weapons use Camila's Spiritual Pressure in order to deal damage. Creating these weapons costs a minimum of 100 Reiatsu, with a 50 Reiatsu cost to change their form after having been made. While she has these weapons created, any attack Camila makes with them generate an additional Blood Counter for every 100 Reiatsu spent to create. Ranged attacks with these weapons travel at a speed equal to half her Spiritual Pressure or 800 (whichever is higher), but cost 50 reiatsu each and every time they're made; this drops to 25 in Bankai. By spending an amount of Blood Counters, Camila is capable of treating defensive options she clashes with as 5% lower in Offensive Stat per Blood Counter spent. In Bankai, this changes to 10% per Blood Counter and the durability of these weapons are increased to double her Spiritual Pressure.

Drawbacks: In Shikai, these weapons are rather brittle, even while considering Camila's noteworthy Spiritual Pressure. Creating these weapons are cheap individually, but are incredibly expensive when created in large quantities, or when focusing a large quantity of reiatsu into one weapon. The defensive reduction effect in Shikai is capped at 30%, and 75% in Bankai.

[Nakajima Kimiko]

J.C. IV.

A first hearing of this acronym would have not amounted to much in the minds of many beings across the realms. To those who remained within the Living World, only a handful would really have heard of it, a small portion of the entire Human population that, even then, may not even be experienced with its source. To most of the spiritual beings residing within a realm outside of the Soul Society, it would mean absolutely nothing, and even those who remained within the heavenly realm would most likely have never heard of it aside from a few who still had access to the modern technology of the Living World. With this mind, the saying of this acronym should not have meant anything in this battle between Shinigami and ex-Shinigami. Yet, the very moment Kimiko heard it be expelled from Camila's mouth, her excitement shot up right through the proverbial roof and the spiritual energy surrounding her became heavier.

This Camila... She was alike to Kimiko. Not entirely, but to an extent that the Captain could ignore. The both of them were prideful in their ability, and the both of them enjoyed battling. They were both Vizards, wielded swords, and possessed supernatural abilities that each had odd resemblances to one another. Somehow, they even both liked fighting games. To the officer, it was almost as though she had met a person she could truly refer to as a real opponent, maybe even a rival. It was truly a refreshing feeling for Kimiko to fight someone like this for once, and not just a mindless monster which only cared about murder or eating Souls. Well, not every single one of her opponents were simple things that acted in such a fashion, and it wasn't necessarily uninteresting to fight one from time to time, but there was an awful lot of them. After a while, fighting the same opponent again and again and again was beginning to become quite boring.

Perhaps a long time ago, while she was still but a normal Human, the Captain would have actually enjoyed spending her free time with Camila while at the arcades. She could have taught her tricks and techniques, competed with her in tournaments, and they could have even become friends. Alas, such a fate was not meant to be, not while she herself remained as a Shinigami serving the Gotei 13 and those of the Soul Society, and Camila remained a blood-thirsty murderer who seemingly wished to kill everything in her path solely to enjoy herself. Kimiko was not really better in that regard; after all, she was emotionally incapable of caring about the suffering of the weak, and she herself had accidentally killed a few Humans during her battles without realizing it due to the excess of spiritual energy constantly bursting from her being during every one of her serious battles. However, she still cared about the safety of those within the Soul Society, and that was enough to put her at odds with Camila.

So Kimiko rushed onward. She prepared her blades for the cutting, and sent them towards the steel-like blood which had formed around her opponent, all in hopes that they would eventually breach through it all and reach the flesh underneath. Slash after slash was delivered onto the hardened material, with each sending strays of light and dark "ink"  both within and away from Camila due to the armor's effects. Though the blood-wielder was still taking in the energy of the blades and fueling her own self with them, it would rapid;y become very clear to her that Kimiko did not care in the slightest about that. It showed in the way she kept up the pace with her unending assault, dealing heavier and heavier spiritual damage to the armor with every hit. This assault of hers was definitely not going to stop. That is, unless Camila was going to somehow put an end to it in one way or another. And as to be expected, she did.

By the time the Captain had delivered the fourth slash of her overwhelming assault, she was able to quickly spot the cracks which were beginning to form within Camila's armor. It appeared as though it would only be a matter of time before this suit would finally be broken. In so doing, Kimiko would swiftly spin her dark blade and sent it straight towards the wound which was now left wide open and unprotected. However, as the sword reached for its destination, it would leave Kimiko briefly confused as it plunged into some kind of substance. It was heavy, somewhat sticky, and caused her blade to somewhat drag from the way it came in to the way it came out.  This isn't flesh...  her thoughts concluded as her eyes, curious, looked down towards where she had stricken the blood-wielder. There, with widened eyes, she realized something strange and quite unexpected. What she had stricken was indeed not flesh. It was another matter entirely, something viscous and liquidized.  ... it's blood!

She wasn't sure of how her opponent was capable of doing that, but somehow, she was able to transform her flesh into liquid. This was an important characteristic, as fighting a being of flesh and blood, and a being of only blood is quite different. Although she has not fought many opponents who possess the power to wield liquids or to become liquids, she always believed that fighting one would be quite the pain for her. This was not because of the fact that she could potentially do no damage against them, as this was most likely untrue due to the sheer concentration of spiritual energy within her blades. No, that was just fine. The problem here was instead the way blades interact with liquids. Camila's control over this blood was unclear as of yet, but if she is capable of fully controlling it, she could most likely modify its properties to make it sticky, much like those undead creatures she fought way back then during their attack against the Soul Society. If done well... that could practically nullify her assault.

As she quickly thought about this, however, her wild instincts would warn her body to move again. Since her eyes were focused onto Camila's blood, she wasn't quite sure of where the attack came from, and so she quickly found herself compelled to move away from her opponent with the aid of Shunpo. And so, she did. With a quick step, she moved out of the woman's range, creating some distance between her and herself in order to make sure she would not get hit. This action allowed her to reduce the damage to a minimum, seeing as Camila's dirk was unable to reach her chest. Unfortunately, however, Kimiko did not move away in time to completely avoid its tip, as her previous position caused it to slightly drag itself against the top of her forehead while she did so. The result of this maneuver was the creation of a cut. It was not very deep, but it was just to create a wound that would expel a notable amount of blood.

After reappearing away from Camila, the Captain would remain still for a moment. Due to the adrenaline, she wasn't able to notice her wound right away, and so she allowed herself to scream towards Camila as though nothing bad had happened to her. However, just before she could actually rush towards the blood-wielder, she would find herself frowning as she felt something drip against her face. Quickly, she would press the back of her right hand against her face and then observe it. It would not take long to realize that her face face was now potentially covered in blood. Upon understanding that she was bleeding, she would simply pause with a surprised blink before she then suddenly lost her smile. The adrenaline, the happiness, the excitement... All disappeared during this very brief instant as she suddenly felt a presence begin to appear in her mind. It was a cold presence, one that sported a wide, mocking smile.

 "Tch... Not now...Go away!" She would clench her teeth shortly after she suddenly screamed out her objections. Her struggle was apparent. She was slightly trembling, and the spiritual energy around her person was fluctuating violently. For a very brief moment, Camila would even be able to notice that one of the Captain's eyes had turned from their usual crimson to a bright silver. Fortunately for Kimiko, however, she would not have to struggle for long, as she would then seemingly appear to return to normal. However, it seemed as though the process had taken a bit out of her, as it took another moment for her to recover. She eventually straightened herself and stared at Camila. Though she appeared to be annoyed, it did not seem as though the blood-wielder was the one bothering her, as she would soon find herself grinning. "I'm guessing that's your Bankai. Nice," she hummed as she observed the stance the warrior then adopted. "I bet you've got plenty more of those tricks up your sleeve."

Despite her attempts of maintaining her self before Camila, she was obviously annoyed by what had just happened. Not just annoyed, but also worried. She had felt her, sensed her within her mind and her blades. For all this time, the being had left her alone and had even allowed her to sleep soundly. Yet now... it decided to come back. Why? Why did it decide to come back now, when she finally had found a proper opponent? Well, whatever the case may be, it deeply troubled her, enough so that it damaged her mood for the battle. The last time her Inner Hollow had taken over her body, it was after Ailene - the Septima Espada at the time - had executed Saigo no Houmen in order to release all of her Hollow powers from herself. Therefore, Kimiko had not been caught in the moment, for her overwhelming spiritual energy was simply thought to be Ailene's. However, Camila was not a Hollow. She was supposedly a Vizard, yes, but it was doubtful that the Soul Society would only tie that energy to her.

As Kimiko's mind went into overdrive thinking about the potential outcomes that this situation may lead to, it would eventually come to a single conclusion. That conclusion was not really what she wished to reach, but it was unfortunately the only one that was available to her for the time being. In short, it did not matter. Even if her Inner Hollow takes over her senses and begins to use her body against Camila, the blood-wielder will still need to be stopped, and she doubted that the entity was going to ignore her. Thanks to Taishokukane and her own terrible experiences with her within those awful dreams, she knew exactly what to expect from her, and so she knew that she was most likely going to attack Camila for the hell of it. So, with a deep breath, she would prepare herself once more, both to resume her fight with Camila once again and to resist the grasp of the Inner Hollow onto her mind. "LET US CONTINUE!"

With another shout, the Shinigami moved forward with another Shunpo before appearing not too far away from Camila. Her eyes were wide open, and she was visibly attempting regain the adrenaline from before. However, the spiritual energy around her was still fluctuating between its original force and a much higher one. As though attempting to distract herself from that even further, Kimiko would grab her blades and fill them with reiatsu. "Hageshī Naku!!" She suddenly screamed with a great war cry before disappearing once again from the blood-wielder's eyes... and then reappearing in the exact same position as before. For a moment, it would seem as though nothing had been done to Camila. However, after a moment, her armor would suddenly be hit with what appeared to be multiple sword swings at once. They each struck at the exact same time with great spiritual power and velocity, as they were all executed at a Speed of 2100. 

The words echoed in her mind. They were telling her to let go, to allow her to take her place and eliminate her opponent. She was not going to let that happen.

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{Reiatsu: 5650/7000   |   Shizukakane (1m) : 8 Posts Remaining   |  Taishokukane (1.5m) : 8 Posts Remaining   |   Light Gauge : 30%   |   Dark Gauge : 30%}

Technique Name: Shunpo (瞬歩, Flash Steps)

Class: 7

Technique Type: Kidō

Technique Element: None

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 50/step

Technique Description and Effects

A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpo uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to use technique

Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.

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Technique Name: Hageshī Naku (激しい泣く, "Raging Cry")

Technique Type: Zanjutsu - Hohō | Single-Target Area of Effect

Technique Element: None

Usable by: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard & Beast-Clansmen

Class: 1

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 800

Technique Description and Effects

A mixture combining both the efficiency Hageshī Hōkō and the "ranged" property of Tsukanoma Kanmeki meant to focus the brunt of the former technique onto a single target. The user takes a deep breath before grabbing the hilt of their weapon, then fueling it with reiatsu. Shortly after, they then let out a loud war cry in an attempt to surprise or immobilize a target with a burst of Spiritual Pressure before then unleashing several sword swings that are three times faster than a normal one all around a single target. This is done by moving so quickly through the use of multiple Shunpo jumps that the target would be unable to see the user appear before it, deliver it a multitude of attacks at once, then return to their previous position. Due to the concentration of this attack, this results in something almost akin to a small-scaled explosion all around the target, a discharge of cuts and slices that turn lesser targets into pieces in an instant if caught off-guard.


Drawbacks & Weaknesses

Much like Hageshī Hōkō, this technique can be exhausting to the user to a certain degree depending on when they actually decide to use it, as it requires a specific outburst of emotions that requires a minimal Strength of Will skill or a Calm Mind skill of 3. The fact that each attack delivered is essentially an Iaijutsu strike makes it so that it is also imperative for the user to possess a Iaijutsu skill and a Hohō skill of 3 so as to prevent any mistakes created during the attack. Usually, it is preferable to only use this technique in times of absolute need, seeing as the user must not only abide to the step technique limit per post while they are using it, but they also can only use it three times per thread with each use requiring a cooldown of three posts. Any more uses can lead to the complete destruction of the bone and muscles within the user's arm. A Speed stat of a minimum of 600 is also required to even execute it appropriately to begin with.


Made by: Nakajima Kimiko

Reserved? : Yes

[Camila Adaronde]

It seemed that her strategy had paid off in the end.

As her blade merely grazed the Shinigami's forehead, resulting in far less of a slash than she would've otherwise desired in the end, it still gave the girl a positive in terms of her attack. While sure, it wouldn't've been enough to normally draw on the wound that had been left on the Shinigami, that attack had been anything but normal. If all had gone as expected, Kimiko would only bleed a very small amount. That most certainly was not the case.

As crimson poured from the wound left on the woman, Camila chuckled to herself as the distance between the two of them had only grown. She'd landed one successful hit; only a couple more and she'd be forced to deal with the effects of losing so much of her own blood. Though, one thing was clear; if this woman was as connected to Celes as she'd thought, then there was no reason to kill her. As much as she'd want to, simply as an attempt to get back at her old friend for everything she'd put her through, this wasn't the way to do so.

Taking the time to speak those same words she did, shouting out her heart and releasing her Bankai, it seemed that Kimiko had let out quite the shout herself. Totally oblivious to the struggle that she might've been going through, Camila couldn't help but laugh after she'd set herself up. "'Not now'? 'Go away'? My, where had that fighting spirit gone, Nakajima? Don't tell me that a Captain had been struck with fear after losing a bit of blood!" Putting a lot of unnecessary emphasis on the woman's rank, she did what she could to goad the woman. To see just what kind of response she was going to get in return.

At least, that was the original plan. Giving Kimiko the second she needed to recover, she noticed quite quickly that she was almost entirely back to normal. Furrowing her brow, Camila stared down her opponent with tightening fists. What on earth? As though whatever had bothered her just hadn't phased her anymore, Kimiko was practically back to normal. Camila sighed. Such a shame, really; she was looking forward to seeing a look of concern from a Captain again. She'd get that look in some capacity today, even if it meant tearing apart the world around her to do so.

It seemed that Kimiko had shared a similar sentiment. As she let out a shout that was only assumed to be the same of some attack she had, Camila stood and braced for impact as the girl disappeared from sight, and seemingly returned to her original location. While she would've otherwise let her guard down, Kimiko had been utilizing Iaijutsu the entire fight. Couple that with the fact that she'd been quite the video game buff like Camila was? It was hard to expect anything other than a delayed strike after she'd returned.

And thus, eight separate impacts against her armor tanged, each one faster than she'd be able to perceive. Though, each strike came with far more force than Camila had originally anticipated; less so in the sense of the impact against the living wall she surrounded herself in, though that did take quite a number of hits. No, what Camila had felt afterward was certainly not damaged. In fact, she'd felt rather revitalized! She'd felt the best that she could've otherwise in decades! Bouncing about on her feet, and limbering up a bit, she decided to shout back.

"Have you not learned!? Those kinds of tricks don't work on me, Nakajima!!" Exploding forward through Shunpō, moving far faster than she had otherwise during the fight, Camila appeared in front of the Captain, unleashing a strike primed for the woman's stomach mid-movement. Throwing her fist forward at thrice the speed she'd otherwise be capable of, Camila sought to punch this girl with as much force as she could muster, going as far as to pump her newly-stolen spiritual energy into the blow itself, with a goal to apply quite an amount of physical striking force to the girl's body.

Though, the assault didn't stop there. Assuming that her foe ended up displaced, retreating, or anything of the like, she was fully prepared to follow with another Shunpō if necessary in order to keep up the assault. Kimiko had her time to go on the offensive. With her new surging of energy, Camila was fully-prepared to tear through the Shinigami as necessary. She wasn't going to back down. After so, so many years of being "good enough" or "on equal footing", it was finally her time to shine. To stand above those that tried to put her down. To let Seireitei know that she was back.

Bankai: 2/10
Bloodied Fortress Duration Remaining: 8 - 80% Strength - 769 SpPr.
Kimiko's Remaining Blood: 90%

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{Reiatsu Pool & Resources}
Cami's Pool: 8,845/9,620
+6,400 from Bloodied Fortress reiatsu leech x8.
-50 for Shunpō.
-675 for Combat Cutback at 900 SpPr.
-50 for Shunpō.
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Blood Counters: 18
+6 for her attack against Kimiko, should it land.
+2 per post.

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{Abilities Used}

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{Bankai Overall}
Upon entering her Bankai, her ability to gain Blood Counters is notably increased. Similarly to her Shikai, upon entering Bankai, Camila gains Blood Counters corresponding to her remaining Reiatsu pool, compared to her maximum pool. Though, this effect gets stronger upon entering Bankai. Instead of being based off of every 10% of her remaining Reiatsu, it is instead based off of every 5% of her remaining Reiatsu. 1000/1000 will give her 20 additional Blood Counters, and 590/1000 will give her 10 additional Blood Counters due to rounding down. This is still percentage based, and still rounded down all the time. Though, a few changes to this mechanic are made.

For Camila to enter Bankai with 20 Blood Counters, she needs to have a full 10 Blood Counters in Shikai, as well as at least 50% of her remaining Reiatsu pool available. She can still only gain a maximum of 10 Blood Counters upon entering her Bankai. Similar to Shikai, the extra Blood Counters gained from entering Bankai are once per post, unless a significant rest period is taken. Each wound left on the target now grants 2 Blood Counters, instead of one.

Additionally, she can now gain Blood Counters through herself, granted she leaves a wound on herself, and sacrifices 150 Reiatsu. From this, she can gain 1 Blood Counter. She can only gain a maximum of 5 Blood Counters per post through this way. Open wounds left by the opponent do count as wounds she can use for Blood Counters on herself. Once a wound is used for a Blood Counter, it cannot be reused, meaning she needs to open another wound to create another Blood Counter. At the end of every post, Camila passively gains two Blood Counters. With external sources of blood, ranging from that of unnamed NPCs, blood utilized from the abilities of other combatants, etc., Camila is capable of harvesting Blood Counters from these by coming in contact with the source, resulting in two Blood Counters for NPCs and other insignificant living beings, or 1 Blood Counter for every 25 reiatsu spent by another to create a Blood-related effect.

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{Bloodweapons}
Technique Name: Bloodweapons

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Camila takes the time to shape her blood into whatever kinds of items or weapons she'd like for the time, from a simple weaponized stream of blood to a sword or gun. These weapons take on a deep red appearance, much like that of the blood that makes it up, and have a durability equal to her Spiritual Pressure. These weapons use Camila's Spiritual Pressure in order to deal damage. Creating these weapons costs a minimum of 100 Reiatsu, with a 50 Reiatsu cost to change their form after having been made. While she has these weapons created, any attack Camila makes with them generate an additional Blood Counter for every 100 Reiatsu spent to create. Ranged attacks with these weapons travel at a speed equal to half her Spiritual Pressure or 800 (whichever is higher), but cost 50 reiatsu each and every time they're made; this drops to 25 in Bankai. By spending an amount of Blood Counters, Camila is capable of treating defensive options she clashes with as 5% lower in Offensive Stat per Blood Counter spent. In Bankai, this changes to 10% per Blood Counter and the durability of these weapons are increased to double her Spiritual Pressure.

Drawbacks: In Shikai, these weapons are rather brittle, even while considering Camila's noteworthy Spiritual Pressure. Creating these weapons are cheap individually, but are incredibly expensive when created in large quantities, or when focusing a large quantity of reiatsu into one weapon. The defensive reduction effect in Shikai is capped at 30%, and 75% in Bankai.

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{Bloodied Fortress}
Technique Name: Bloodied Fortress

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Becoming a crimson bastion of defensive capability, Bloodied Fortress allows Camila to manifest a suit of armor out of her blood, and the blood she's harvested from her foes. Camila sacrifices any amount of Blood Counters, and 1000 Reiatsu if that amount is less than 10 Blood Counters. For the duration, any attack against her, whether physical or reiatsu based, drains the reiatsu of either the attack or user of the attack. If she’s hit with a physical attack, she’ll drain 30 reiatsu from that person per Blood Counter spent originally. Every point in Bleeding Tolerance that someone has will reduce this amount of reiatsu per Blood Counter by 10, negating it completely at a 3 in Bleeding Tolerance, and also being negated if someone possess a Strength superior to Camila's Spiritual Pressure. If she’s hit with a reiatsu-based attack, she’ll drain 100 reiatsu from the attack per Blood Counter spent; this does not drain from the person that had made the attack, but the technique itself. This can only drain reiatsu up to the original cost of the technique that the armor contacts.

This technique works similarly to Hierro, though it uses her Spiritual Pressure instead of her Reiatsu Strength, and the “wearing down” effect that Hierro has is also accelerated significantly (Instead of 8 posts reducing the armor to 80%, it’s now 2 posts. Instead of 12 posts reducing the armor to 60%, it’s 4 posts. Instead of 16 posts destroying the armor, it’s 6 posts. The amount of attacks required to wear down the armor is now halved, reducing these numbers to a minimum of 1 attack). The duration of Bloodied Fortress lasts for 1 post per 2 Blood Counters used to activate the technique. If Bloodied Fortress is active, it can be activated again, extending the duration by 1 post per 4 Blood Counters spent towards it, and restoring the Hierro-like effect of the armor to the original duration if 5 or more Blood Counters are spent while the effect is active. This technique can be used on allies by adding an additional two Blood Counters as a cost. With this armor on, Camila is capable of liquefying parts, or all of her body at her Speed. While in Bankai, this armor's duration is 1 post per Blood Counter spent on activation, and the duration is increased by one post for every two Blood Counters spent on the technique after activating it instead.

Drawbacks: This technique has an extremely hefty cost, no matter how you go about it. As soon as the duration of Bloodied Fortress ends, the technique is put onto a 10 post cooldown. It essentially punishes the user for purposefully not maintaining the effect to spend less Blood Counters for a longer duration.

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{Shunpō}
Technique Name: Shunpō

Technique Class: 7 - 10 TTP.

Technique Type: Hōhō.

Technique Element: N/A.

Technique Cost: 50 Reiatsu.

Description: A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpō can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpō uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to Use: Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.

Incantation: N/A.

Drawbacks: Reiatsu Cost.

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{Combat Cutback}
Technique Name: Combat Cutback

Class: 4

Technique Type: General Spiritual

Usable By: Anyone with 300+ SpPr

Technique Element: None

Technique Description: Persons with high spiritual pressure are known for their large reiatsu pools, but they also tend to be known for their weaker reiatsu strength, which means they have a ton of reiatsu, but not that much to actually use it on. This techniques entire purpose is to take that sheer volume of reiatsu and turn it into a viable, dangerous weapon.

The user builds up a pool of reiatsu internally, increasing the internal pressure, before channeling it towards a set of limbs, such as the hands or feet, discharging it as a weapon. By doing this the user can harness their reiatsu into physical striking power, allowing them to match a physically stronger opponent blow for blow, or possibly even beat them. Upon initial use the user pays 75 reiatsu per 100 strength, maxing out at their spiritual pressure, but afterwards the per post upkeep drops to 25 per 100. The amount of force generated can be changed once per post, going down merely drops the upkeep, but going up, the user must pay the initial upkeep as well as an additional 75 reiatsu for every 100 strength they add to the technique.


How to Use: Building up internal reiatsu before focusing it on a set of limbs such as hand hands or feet (or other applicable appendage like a tail). Before mastery of this technique only a single limb, such as one hand or foot, may be selected at a given moment, after master is obtained both may be used at once.

Drawbacks: Besides a fairly large initial cost and a moderate per post upkeep this technique only has one major drawback; reiatsu burns. When using this technique the user is forcing a large amount of reiatsu to be funneled through a relatively small area, so extended use can be dangerous. 1st degree burns begin to form after about 3 posts, 2nd degree after 5, 3rd after 7, and finally after 9 posts the chosen limb becomes borderline useless and the technique can no longer be used in that area. Healing, specifically of the burns, will reset the timer of this technique.

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{Red Moon Road: Precipice of Fading Night}
Technique Name: Red Moon Road: Precipice of Fading Night

Technique Class: 5 - 20 TTP.

Technique Type: Hakuda/Hōhō/Zanjutsu.

Usable By: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard.

Technique Element: Body.

Technique Cost: N/A.

Description: The third technique in the Red Moon Road series, Precipice of Fading Night acts as a branching upgrade of Quiet Evening Walk. Much like Shunpō Karin to Shunpō, Precipice of Fading Night aims to augment a singular limb instead of making a full-body movement, similarly at three times the user’s Speed. At Proficient, this technique is silent. At Mastered, this technique can be used to immediately change the momentum of one of the user’s movements, including a movement made from Precipice of Fading Night.

How to Use: Move one’s limb at extraordinary speeds.

Drawbacks: While not having a reiatsu cost, Precipice of Fading Night does have a rather noteworthy drawback in requiring a 2 in Hakuda, Hōhō, and Zanjutsu in order to perform. Can only be performed up to twice a post, and each use takes up a Step Technique slot.

Incantation: N/A.

Made By: Camila Adaronde.

Reserved?: Yes.

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{Red Moon Road: Daybreak Waltz}
Technique Name: Red Moon Road: Daybreak Waltz

Technique Class: 3 - 80 TTP.

Technique Type: Hakuda/Hōhō/Zanjutsu.

Usable By: Shinigami, Rogue, Vizard.

Technique Element: Body.

Technique Cost: N/A.

Description: The fourth technique in the Red Moon Road series, Daybreak Waltz serves as a powerful - and likely concluding - strike with the user’s Zanpakutō after utilizing multiple Red Moon Road techniques in succession. Being a powerful slash with the user’s weapon, this technique uses that weapon’s cutting power for its Offensive Strength, meaning Spiritual Pressure can be used while the user is released.

This technique can be used in the middle of a Step Technique, and will actively grow more potent should circumstances line up appropriately. If used after one R.M.R. technique, Daybreak Waltz’ Offensive Strength is increased by 25%. With two R.M.R. techniques, the Offensive Strength is increased by 50%. With three R.M.R. techniques, the Offensive Strength is increased by 75%.

How to Use: Set up the strike, and finish a flourish with the blow.

Drawbacks: While this technique has no cost associated with it, it isn’t without rather noteworthy drawbacks. To start, this technique requires a 3 in Hakuda, Hōhō, and Zanjutsu in order to learn. This technique can only be used once per post. Utilizing this technique with its boosts more than once in a thread will result in significant damage to the muscles in the limb used in the swing; three times will result in broken bones in that limb. Given this technique requires frequent use of others in order to set up properly, after one use this technique will likely be predictable.

Incantation: N/A.

Made By: Camila Adaronde.

Reserved?: Yes.

[Nakajima Kimiko]

Kimiko had not been expecting to feel that presence again. For what seemed to be years on end, she had not once felt as though it was going to appear once again. It had not appeared while she was with her students, her subordinates, or with the many enemies she has since slain. It had not even appeared in her dreams, the one place within which she believed it to be omnipresent. And yet, all so suddenly, here it was. It remained at the back of her mind, creeping, looming, as though it was waiting for the right opportunity to take her place. A few seconds ago, it had almost been capable of pulling her being into her Inner World by force. Now, having noticed that its efforts had failed, it attempted to distract the Captain with words, to convince her that this Camila was going to beat her if she did not allow the presence to take hold of her. The sheer willpower required of Kimiko to ignore it was nothing short of excruciating.

The Inner Hollow is inevitable. It is, by design, a being that will gnaw at your senses and weaken your mind until it is reduced to nothingness. At the very least, that was what Kimiko had understood while she and her Zanpakuto spirits told her of the matter. Though it was possible for them all to delay the efforts of the Shinigami's own Inner Hollow, the creature was not going to be stopped. Nevertheless, the officer had thought that the plan the spirits had conjured for her was foolproof. She believed that happiness could always push it further and further back, that pride and accomplishment would make sure that it never so much as attempted to show its hide yet again. The success of her dojo, her Captaincy, the progress of her students, her mastery of the blade, the safety of the Soul Society... Those were all things that she thought would be powerful enough to stop the Inner Hollow. Unfortunately, it seemed that unfortunately had been wrong all along.

But she didn't want to falter because of her. She didn't want to give to the despair and let go of her autonomy. It would grant her safety in the moment, yes, and perhaps even lead to victory against her blood-wielding enemy. However, that would be no real victory. If anything, all it would entail would be a slow and destructive defeat that will span an unprecedented amount of time. It would potentially lead to the death of Camila - the first true opponent that she has had in ages - and of many others who remained within this city of the Living World, to the destruction of her soul, and then perhaps her own demise should the Soul Society be capable of detecting the dark anomaly within the signature of her spiritual energy. If the latter happens, it could even lead to the destruction of her dojo and the arrest of her students. She could not allow that to happen, not as she stood, not as she breathed! Thus she moved forward, attempting to overwhelm the malevolent inner being with her absurd will.

For all intents and purposes, one could say that this attempt was quite successful. As she rushed onward and shouted once more, the adrenaline returned to her like a great rush. The presence was deafened by the loudness of her voice, and though it appeared to express amusement to the situation, it became less active and more so passive. Somehow, it was as if it was granting Kimiko a chance to redeem herself for her mistake. She was not quite relieved by this development; after all, she couldn't even remember the amount of times Taishokukane had told her that the being was one of mischief and deceit. For all she knew, this was a ploy for her to drop her guard and then be taken advantage while she least expected it. Nevertheless, to feel her mind be somewhat alleviated of the darkness that was beginning to surround her further and further was more than enough to get her back on track. And get back on track was what she definitely did.

With this recovered energy, the Captain rushed onward towards the blood-wielder and delivered her great attack. To even Camila herself who had been expected the attack to occur, it would almost feel as though she had been hit in the matter of a split-second. Should she had been granted a quicker eye, she may have been capable of witnessing Kimiko's multiple Shunpo jumps towards and away from her direction, with each jump respectively followed and preceded by a powerful slash. These strikes were swift, precise, and brimming with crushing spiritual power. There was no doubt that a typical opponent would have most likely been instantly defeated by this attack, as the sheer speed which Kimiko had adopted during the process of this technique as well as the supernatural power behind her sword swings were both such that said opponent would have never been able to defend itself and respond properly against it.

Fortunately for Camila, the suit of bloody armor that covered her from head to toe did its job efficiently enough. The power behind each sword swing was condensed and absorbed, and in so doing, the blood-wielder was not harmed in the moment, but rather rejuvenated. In other words, she had been practically handed a great amount of spiritual energy on a platter. Unfortunately for her, this fact did not deter Kimiko. In fact, not a single ounce of fear appeared in her mind as she witnessed her opponent's rejuvenation. Instead, she would straighten herself, stare deep into Camila's eyes, and give her a wild grin as the "ink" of her blades began to surround her body. "Oh, I figured you out a while ago!" Her words boomed all around the street as she spoke. Oddly enough, they seemed to be quite louder than usual... or rather, the noise of the area itself had been dampened. "I just started realizing that you haven't figured me out just yet!"

In this moment, the blood-wielder would be able to notice that something odd had happened to the street. It wasn't so much that it itself had changed. It was still the same street with the same destroyed windows, trashed out cars, and desecrated corpses. Yet the colors that made it what it was... had been almost completely depleted. Gone was the beige of the sidewalk, the yellow of the cabs, and the various shades of reds that the bricks of the nearby apartments sported. Camila's body appeared to have been undergoing a similar process, with the red of her blood seemingly becoming more and more colorless by the second. Moreover, it appeared as though sound itself was also being drained from the area. The buzzing of nearby insects, the shaking of the grass on the ground and the leaves in the trees, the distant screaming of the citizens. The noise was slowly leaving the world, and it was the same thing for Camila's voice. Kimiko herself seemed to be the only one unaffected by these changes.

Whether the blood-wielder decided to react to this or not, Kimiko made no observations to her reactions. Instead, she allowed the "ink" surrounding her body to enter her and fuel her with their power. A white mist and a black smoke then began to be emanated from her being. Like the strands of "ink" that was previously surrounding her and currently still present all around her blades, they too appeared to be drawn. "Kagayaku Kasoku," she said as she rested her hand on Shizukakane's hilt. "Nibui Zōfuku," she followed as she then rested her hand on Taishokukane's hilt. Then, she simply stood there and grinned at Camila, awaiting her next strike with a piercing gaze. Her words had been spoken in such a soft fashion that - combined with her wild gaze, the blood that surrounded it, the large grin that she was showcasing to the blood-wielder, and what was currently affecting the street - it almost made the warrior appear as something otherworldly. "Hastened and magnified by all that is radiant and somber."  

She remained immobile, awaiting Camila's next move patiently. Her stare would be wild and violent. She needed to focus, to keep the presence away. As such, she readied herself... and then made her move. The very split-second the blood-wielder would suddenly use Shunpo to appear in front of her, the Captain used Shunpo to quickly move towards her opponent's left at a shocking Speed of 9800. Once she appeared, she unsheathed her blades and delivered two swift slices from each. All of them would be aimed towards the chest with the same intense Iaijutsu technique that seemed to characterize Kimiko's main fighting style. In so doing, she should have been made predictable now. Only, she was faster. Much faster. The officer was already fast before, but now, she was somehow faster. Worse for Camila, her armor would suddenly become completely ineffective in blocking out the swords. It was as though the sheer spiritual power that was fueling them had suddenly grown exponentially.

Once the attacks would be delivered, Kimiko would then remain close to Camila again. Like the blood-wielder, she too was ready to follow her even across the city if she needed to. If she used Shunpo, she would Shunpo too. Meanwhile, the color and noise coming from Camila would lessen and lessen. "Your Zanpakuto revolves around absorbing people's energy to give it all to you," she assumed as her blades spun in the air, humming and ringing their hellish bells before they would return to their sheaths, then be unleashed to deliver four more strikes towards the ex-Shinigami. The sheer pace at which they were launched towards the blood-wielder was absurd. "Mine revolve around absorbing the energy of my surroundings to do the same!" Another slash followed. Then, another would attempt to reach Camila... then another... then another. Again, the unending assault had begun. "Do you know what that means, Camila?!"

She, at the very least, knew what it meant. It meant that she, unlike Camila, could last for as long as she could dodge the girl, while Camila would most likely not benefit from her ability as much as she could in the meantime. Sure, she could go around killing a few Humans that remained in the city, but Kimiko had made sure just earlier to let that scream of hers push them as far away from the battle as she could. The Captain wasn't quite sure that the blood-wielder would understand or even so much as accept that, as she quite frankly was beginning to feel as though the extent of her opponent's abilities revolved around that suit of her armor. Either way, it didn't matter. The battle was going to proceed anyway, and it was going to, both for the sake of preventing this woman from continuing her murdering spree, and for the sake of keeping Kimiko's Inner Hollow away from her mind and body.

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{Boosted Stats & Skills  (Kagayaku Kasoku (40%) : 3 Posts Remaining   |   Nibui Zōfuku (40%) : 3 Posts Remaining)}

Statistics

Physical	Spiritual		Sensory	Miscellaneous
Strength: 158 (210-52) Speed: 980 (400+300+280)	Reiatsu Strength: 30 (40-10) Spiritual Pressure: 980 (400+300+280)		Instincts: 400 Senses: 300 Energy Sensory: 50	Light Aura: 50 Dark Aura: 50 Healing Expertise: 0

Skills

Mental	Battle		Body	Utility
Strength of Will: 3              Analyzing: 2	Iaijutsu: 4 Martial Art - Hohō: 3 Battle Analysis: 3 Battle Focus: 1		N/A	N/A

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{Reiatsu: 5000/7000   |   Shizukakane (1.5m) : 7 Posts Remaining   |   Taishokukane (2m) : 7 Posts Remaining   |   Light Gauge : 5%   |   Dark Gauge : 5%}
Technique Name: Kagayaku Kasoku (輝く加速, "Radiant Acceleration")

Technique Type: Shikai | Stat Boost

Technique Element: None

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 300

Technique Description and Effects

A Speed boost which can be exchanged for 10-50% of Shizukakane's Light Gauge. Kimiko raises her left forearm before sliding the flat side of her blade against it, causing the white "ink" covering it to be absorbed by her body. This causes trails of the strange supernatural substance to appear on her akin to drawn mist emanating from her being. In response to this absorption, the swordswoman's physical being gains a drastic boost of Speed, allowing her to dodge her adversaries more efficiently. Depending on how much of the Light Gauge is used during this process, the boost will provide Kimiko with an effect of variable power and time:

• 10%: 10% Speed Boost for six posts
  
• 20%: 20% Speed Boost for five posts
  
• 30%: 30% Speed Boost for four posts
  
• 40%: 40% Speed Boost for three posts
  
• 50%: 50% Speed Boost for two posts

In exchange for additional percentages of the Light Gauge, Kimiko can reuse this technique to raise her boost up to a maximum of 50% and, consequently, reset its effect's timer. However, doing so will reduce the timer in question depending on the increment of ten that has been reached. Any further use of this technique beyond 50% will only reset the maxed effect's timer.

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Technique Name: Nibui Zōfuku (鈍い増幅,"Dull Amplification")

Technique Type: Shikai | Stat Boost

Technique Element: None

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 300

Technique Description and Effects

A Spiritual Pressure boost which can be exchanged for 10-50% of Taishokukane's Dark Gauge. Kimiko raises her right forearm before sliding the flat side of her blade against it, causing the black "ink" covering it to be absorbed by her body. This causes trails of the strange supernatural substance to appear on her akin to drawn smoke emanating from her being. In response to this absorption, the swordswoman's physical being gains a drastic boost of Spiritual Pressure, allowing her to dish out more damage to her adversaries. Depending on how much of the Dark Gauge is used during this process, the boost will provide Kimiko with an effect of variable power and time:

• 10%: 10%Spiritual Pressure Boost for six posts
  
• 20%: 20% Spiritual Pressure Boost for five posts
  
• 30%: 30% Spiritual Pressure Boost for four posts
  
• 40%: 40% Spiritual Pressure Boost for three posts
  
• 50%: 50% Spiritual Pressure Boost for two posts

In exchange for additional percentages of the Dark Gauge, Kimiko can reuse this technique to raise her boost up to a maximum of 50% and, consequently, reset its effect's timer. However, doing so will reduce the timer in question depending on the increment of ten that has been reached. Additionally, the use of this technique can create exhaustion, as Taishokukane's "ink" is much more overwhelming than Shizukakane's white "ink" for Kimiko's body. Any further use beyond 50% will only reset the maxed effect's timer.

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Technique Name: Shunpo (瞬歩, "Flash Steps")

Class: 7

Technique Type: Kidō

Technique Element: None

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 50/step

Technique Description and Effects

A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpo uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to use technique

Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.

[Camila Adaronde]

"Have you, now?" Camila asked, listening to the Shinigami's words as she spoke them, "I'm not so sure that you have, Nakajima. Especially if you think that stealing energy like that is all I'm capable of!" Truth be told, she found herself spurred on quite a bit by this Shinigami's actions and words. It was certainly interesting to see just how she was going to deal with Camila's capabilities; did she have a way to put the girl down?

If nothing else, Camila looked forward to seeing what Kimiko had in store for her. Most notably, when Kimiko spoke words in a langue she didn't fully understand. Abilities of some kind? That had to have been likely. She'd find out in due time, naturally. Though, what Camila hadn't anticipated was that this time was going to be sooner rather than later. Though, that wasn't going to prove to be much of an issue; at least, not if Camila could help it.

Dashing forward with quite an amount of speed behind her strike, and aiming to punch the Shinigami as hard as she could muster, Camila made immediate note of the fact that her hit not only missed its mark, but that Kimiko had vanished rather quickly. She knew it! After taking quite a number of strikes against this Shinigami, it had become ever easier to pick up on her attack patterns. Without fail, every move was Shunpō, strike. Shunpō, strike. And, if nothing else, that made her easy to read this far in the conflict.

"Predictable!" Camila shouted as the Shinigami's blades closed in on her. Though, instead of clashing with the rogue's body, they slashed through practically nothing in the process. Much like she'd done before, Camila had a way to prevent herself from being hit, though in a different fashion than before. Instead of liquefying, Camila's body separated into a small swarm of bats, fully-focused on charging toward Nakajima. While the goal would've otherwise have been trying to strike at the girl in this bat form, part of her had an idea that this wasn't going to work.

Instead, she'd reform behind Nakajima, and immediately prepare to evade the inevitable retaliation attack. Instead of capitalizing on one of her own, though, Camila would simply take the time to back up, and stare the woman down as she spoke. "Do I know what it means?" She chuckled, making note of the world around her quickly fading and changing, shouting to meet the tone of Kimiko's fading voice, "I promise you it's not going to mean nearly as much as you might think!"

Manifesting a small fan of throwable blades, Camila opted into not aiming for the Shinigami, but instead toward the dead crowd around her. As each of the knives that she threw had found their mark, causing the corpses to jump and bleed more than they already had been, Camila couldn't help but smile. "Answer me this, Nakajima; do you feel that the massacre caused here today was for fun? Without purpose?" Continuing to chuckle all the while, Camila began to reap the benefits of the bloodshed not only herself, but the other Shinigami's gravitational pressure had caused. As colors around the two had faded, she'd only wished that the crimson painting the pavement with each passing moment.

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{Reiatsu Pool & Resources}
Cami's Pool: 8,120/9,620
-500 for Bloodweapons x5.
-225 for Combat Cutback maintenance.
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Blood Counters: 23
-1 for Scatter.
+2 per post.
+10 for Bankai Overall; NPC violence.

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{Abilities Used}

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{Bankai Overall}
Upon entering her Bankai, her ability to gain Blood Counters is notably increased. Similarly to her Shikai, upon entering Bankai, Camila gains Blood Counters corresponding to her remaining Reiatsu pool, compared to her maximum pool. Though, this effect gets stronger upon entering Bankai. Instead of being based off of every 10% of her remaining Reiatsu, it is instead based off of every 5% of her remaining Reiatsu. 1000/1000 will give her 20 additional Blood Counters, and 590/1000 will give her 10 additional Blood Counters due to rounding down. This is still percentage based, and still rounded down all the time. Though, a few changes to this mechanic are made.

For Camila to enter Bankai with 20 Blood Counters, she needs to have a full 10 Blood Counters in Shikai, as well as at least 50% of her remaining Reiatsu pool available. She can still only gain a maximum of 10 Blood Counters upon entering her Bankai. Similar to Shikai, the extra Blood Counters gained from entering Bankai are once per post, unless a significant rest period is taken. Each wound left on the target now grants 2 Blood Counters, instead of one.

Additionally, she can now gain Blood Counters through herself, granted she leaves a wound on herself, and sacrifices 150 Reiatsu. From this, she can gain 1 Blood Counter. She can only gain a maximum of 5 Blood Counters per post through this way. Open wounds left by the opponent do count as wounds she can use for Blood Counters on herself. Once a wound is used for a Blood Counter, it cannot be reused, meaning she needs to open another wound to create another Blood Counter. At the end of every post, Camila passively gains two Blood Counters. With external sources of blood, ranging from that of unnamed NPCs, blood utilized from the abilities of other combatants, etc., Camila is capable of harvesting Blood Counters from these by coming in contact with the source, resulting in two Blood Counters for NPCs and other insignificant living beings, or 1 Blood Counter for every 25 reiatsu spent by another to create a Blood-related effect.

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{Scatter}
Technique Name: Scatter

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Camila spreads her physical form to twenty bats, each containing a twentieth of her reiatsu. These bats take a physical form, and can be attacked. Activating this technique costs 1 Blood Counter minimum. These bats can fly anywhere in a 5-feet radius per Blood Counter. Every Extra Blood Counter spent for this technique increases the range of the technique by an additional 5 feet. This technique has no reiatsu cost. The bats spread apart from Camila's physical form at a speed of 600, and move at Camila's normal speed to their destination(s). Since this technique is a counter, it can only be activated in response to an attack, whether it be physical or reiatsu. It cannot be activated any other time. While in Bankai, the range of this technique is increased to 10 feet per blood counter, and the speed of the bats are set to a static 800 for separation and movement, or utilize Camila's Speed; whichever is faster. Should these bats pass through the location of a target, Camila can opt into biting that target with these bats, siphoning Blood Counters and covering the cost of this technique.

Drawbacks: In order to get anywhere, more than one Blood Counter is likely going to need to be spent. Because each Bat is made up of one twentieth of her Reiatsu, if a Bat is hit by an attack and effectively killed, Camila loses one twentieth of her Reiatsu for every bat killed. If more than 5 bats are killed, Camila loses a limb, and begins to bleed as if it was cut off when she reforms. Limb loss is prioritized with arms first, then legs. Only one limb has the potential to be lost per usage of Scatter. This wound can be healed using Hypermetabolism with 15 Blood Counters, however. Even if Camila has minimal limbs left, as well as Reiatsu, the bats will always separate into 20 separate bats, giving ample targets for the opponent. Using the attack part of this technique is potentially dangerous, given these bats can be attacked.

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{Bloodweapons}
Technique Name: Bloodweapons

Technique Stage: Shikai/Bankai

Technique Cost(s): Varies.

Description: Camila takes the time to shape her blood into whatever kinds of items or weapons she'd like for the time, from a simple weaponized stream of blood to a sword or gun. These weapons take on a deep red appearance, much like that of the blood that makes it up, and have a durability equal to her Spiritual Pressure. These weapons use Camila's Spiritual Pressure in order to deal damage. Creating these weapons costs a minimum of 100 Reiatsu, with a 50 Reiatsu cost to change their form after having been made. While she has these weapons created, any attack Camila makes with them generate an additional Blood Counter for every 100 Reiatsu spent to create. Ranged attacks with these weapons travel at a speed equal to half her Spiritual Pressure or 800 (whichever is higher), but cost 50 reiatsu each and every time they're made; this drops to 25 in Bankai. By spending an amount of Blood Counters, Camila is capable of treating defensive options she clashes with as 5% lower in Offensive Stat per Blood Counter spent. In Bankai, this changes to 10% per Blood Counter and the durability of these weapons are increased to double her Spiritual Pressure.

Drawbacks: In Shikai, these weapons are rather brittle, even while considering Camila's noteworthy Spiritual Pressure. Creating these weapons are cheap individually, but are incredibly expensive when created in large quantities, or when focusing a large quantity of reiatsu into one weapon. The defensive reduction effect in Shikai is capped at 30%, and 75% in Bankai.

[Nakajima Kimiko]

The "ink" flowing within Kimiko's body had always been euphoric, in a way. From the very first time she has felt down to this very moment, she always enjoyed the effects it brought her. This enjoyment wasn't brought about by a sense of simple empowerment. Sure, it was fun to become faster and to become more powerful, especially at a level that could be considered to be beyond superhuman; in fact, it was doubtful that anybody in this world - even those who believed this increase in one's aptitudes to be nothing more than a worthless dependence - would really dislike it. But no. No, there was more to this in the Captain's eyes. She enjoyed it more so because it, like everything that has occurred in this battle since it began, allowed for her true self to come out of the woodwork. It allowed her to fully express herself, to fully show to her opponent what kind of fighter she really was: an untouchable force that cannot be stopped through usual means.

She wanted to hold back, of course. So far, this battle had been much funner than it had any right to be, and she wanted it to continue for so much longer. But the longer it went on, the more she felt compelled to beat her and to strike her down for the both of their own sake. Her Inner Hollow was still there, waiting and watching her every move. It remained there in silence, anticipating a mistake all so that she could take control once again, and making sure to let her presence inform Kimiko of that possibility. There was nothing that guaranteed Camila's survival if the one from within ever decided to take over the Captain's body. Frankly, Kimiko herself wasn't even sure of what would happen to her if this process would occur, as the last time it had happened, she had been found unconscious not so far away from Karakura Town. In so doing, the officer needed a solution to beat her opponent quickly and efficiently, a force with enough power to beat this immovable object.

As she executed her techniques and the world found itself more and more drained of its nearest substance as a result of said execution, Kimiko would further observe Camila to see if there were any notable changes in her attitude. From the looks of it, there weren't any. Despite the fact that she was staring at someone that was using an ability she had no knowledge of, the blood-wielder was still acting quite cockily and pretentiously. Well, at least she appeared to act as such at a first glance. Kimiko had observed this in some of her prior opponents. Whenever they found themselves deep in a battle, many of them would attempt to appear stronger than the other by bolstering their image. They would attempt to look strong, to act strong, even though the Captain figured them out long ago and made sure to tell them that she had. It was possible that such a case was not occurring here, but to Kimiko, it was not outside of the realm of possibility. There's only so much you can do with blood wielding and what appeared to be blood shapeshifting, after all.

Regardless, it was perhaps fair for Camila to possess such an attitude, as it was not like Kimiko was necessarily winning this fight just yet. The case of the Inner Hollow was important, but there was also the matter of stamina, something which the Captain was starting to feel like it was being further tested as this fight went on. The muscles in her legs and arms were beginning to become a bit sore, and her breath had quickened just a little bit. Considering that her fighting style was most likely being more and more figured out as well, this minor problem was eventually going to become a major one. It was only a matter of time.  I bet that bitch is gonna try to get to me once I become too tired,  her thoughts ran as she analyzed the situation. Even though she hadn't vocalized those words, she could still feel the great disappointment in them as she generated them within her mind.  I need to finish this fast.

There was unfortunately a limited amount of solutions available to Kimiko in that moment that would allow her to accomplish what she wanted to do. Camila was, in every sense of the word, tenacious, not only physically and emotionally, but also spiritually. This fortress of blood she conjured around herself was extremely sturdy, and every time she hit it with her blade, she was able to regenerate spiritual energy. For all the Captain knew, she was never going to fully break it, even if she found herself capable of breaking it. Even if she did, the bloody shapeshifting then awaited her soon after, which was fully capable of rendering her slashes completely useless. She needed something here, a plan that would allow her to completely overwhelm Camila until her blood-bending would no longer be of use to her. Fortunately, Kimiko had just the right idea, and luckily still, it seemed that another being closest to her surprisingly had no objections to it.

The Shinigami patiently awaited Camila's next move thereafter, namely the punch that she appeared ready to throw at her. Considering her position, it was rather obvious to the superior officer that this was some kind of Hakuda technique learned long ago by the ex-reaper, though she wasn't quite sure of which. It was once the attack was thrown at her that she finally made her move. With a wild gaze, she quickly attempted to counter Camila's technique, and then, once she noticed that her blades were hitting blood again, she stopped and used her heightened Speed to swiftly return her blades to their scabbards and lightly hop away. This would allow her to remain the air as from Camila was then suddenly generated a numerous amount of bloody bats. While the formation of these creatures was surprising to Kimiko, her wild instincts made sure to not make her hesitate on the spot, and so she took a deep breath and closed her eyes as she landed on the ground and remained immobile. It was then that a single word would be calmly emanated from her lips:

"Jū."

What happened next would perhaps be unclear to Camila, as it would not appear as though Kimiko had used any particular maneuver that seemed to be very special. There was no further use of her "ink" in the moment, and there was nothing that could be considered as being overly fancy. In spite of this, the girl went on to expertly cut through many of the bats with what appeared to be three blades. The first two were her Zanpakuto, but the third was different. It appeared to be a strange projection of her dark blade, as though it wasn't entirely physical matter. It was also not quite held by her hand, but rather a kind of afterimage that she left behind her wake as she cut through the winged creatures with great precision. As it occurred, it was difficult to properly tell how this afterimage looked like, but should she be able to get a glance at it, it would be quite clear to Camila that it was not Kimiko's... or even an afterimage at all. No, it was instead the image of a coat-wearing man with a piercing gaze.

Whether the elimination of the bats was entirely successful or not, the Captain would quickly swipe the blood of the bats off her "ink"-covered blades once the process was completed, then return them to their scabbards before she turned towards Camila. Her eyes were wide open, almost bloodshot as adrenaline flowed through the woman's veins, and her spiritual energy had again risen to such a degree that nearby cars left colorless and soundless were beginning to be pressed down once again. There was no doubt that, if the world had been left as is, each and every one of the cars would make for quite the horrible cacophony of crushed metal, broken glass, and exploding tires. Then again, perhaps the cacophony wasn't needed, for the silence that had begun to set in all around them was perhaps just as deafening. The Shinigami began to take a few steps towards Camila, letting them ring louder and louder while the cars that were nearest to the edge of the "inky" area began to silently explode one by one. Then, suddenly, she quickly grabbed her blade, let out a sharp war cry, then rushed forward to deliver yet another Iaijutsu attack combined with Shunpo at a speed of 2880.

The amount of time Kimiko spent doing nothing should have been more than enough for Camila to properly begin her attempt to retrieve more blood. However, before she would find herself capable of doing so, someone would appear behind her with the aid of Shunpo. It was the projection of the man with the piercing gaze, the one of gray who held the dark blade with both hands in a thrusting motion. Due to the loudness of the Captain's scream, it would be difficult for the blood-wielder to properly sense that someone was behind her, and it would be even more difficult to hear the tip of his blade be launched straight towards her back at the same speed of 2880. It was not aimed for heart, but it would very close to it, enough so that it would allow the blade to penetrate one of Camila's lungs if hit properly. It was done as quickly as possible, with a silent wrath of cruel, indiscriminate gray.

Needless to say, should both of these attacks connect, it was going to hurt.

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Statistics

Physical	Spiritual		Sensory	Miscellaneous
Strength: 158 (210-52) Speed: 980 (400+300+280)	Reiatsu Strength: 30 (40-10) Spiritual Pressure: 980 (400+300+280)		Instincts: 400 Senses: 300 Energy Sensory: 50	Light Aura: 50 Dark Aura: 50 Healing Expertise: 0

Skills

Mental	Battle		Body	Utility
Strength of Will: 3              Analyzing: 2	Iaijutsu: 4 Martial Art - Hohō: 3 Battle Analysis: 3 Battle Focus: 1		N/A	N/A

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Technique Name: Jū (十, "Ten")

Technique Type: Other | Inner Spirit Manifestation

Technique Element: None

Usable by: Shinigami & Vizard

Class: 3

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 400

Technique Description and Effects

A partial conjuration of a spirit within one's core to enhance combat capabilities. Also popularly referred to as "Doppelganger" by those who have learned of its existence, this technique allows the user to call the being within their Zanpakuto for aid by asking them to become their spirit within. Should the spirit accept this proposal and allow this technique to be executed, they will project themselves within the user's body and follow their every move at a slightly slower speed for the next three posts, during which they are considered practically non-corporeal. Whenever the user decides to attack a chosen target, however, the spirit can decide to end this non-corporeality at any time by launching a proper attack of their own towards the target. Once the user and their attack is completed, they return to their previous mimicking position until their presence is no longer required by the user.

If the user somehow possesses more than one Zanpakuto spirit and is proficient with the use of this technique, they can partially conjure all of them within themselves so as to enhance their attacks for a greater reiatsu cost. Mastery of this technique allows the user to briefly separate their projection from their body for a post, after which they must return to their normal position and remain as such for the next post.


Drawbacks & Weaknesses

Due to the nature of this technique, its effectiveness heavily depends on the spirit's personality and nature, and the relationship they share with the user. Should the former be too hateful, playful or wild, or the latter be too sour,  the spirit may simply refuse to help the user altogether, which would render the user incapable of executing the technique. With that said, if the spirit does agree to help without any objections, the user will be subjected to physical fatigue that will impact their performance until after the end of the task at hand. An amount of reiatsu will also be required from them upon executing this technique so as to properly conjure the being within their weapon as their spirit within.

The "Doppelganger" is a proper spirit within that is fated to remain inside of the user's body. Though they can speak freely, they are locked onto the user when it comes to movement as they are tasked to remain within the user's path, and so are unable to move around the battlefield on their own unless the user has mastered the technique. Even then, however, they are not allowed to move beyond one post. If the spirit is ever hit by a target while they are attacking it alongside the user, they will find themselves instantly returned to the Inner World with a physical wound that they will need to recover from for the next two posts.


Made by: Nakajima Kimiko

Reserved? : No

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Technique Name: Shunpo (瞬歩, "Flash Steps") (x2)

Class: 7

Technique Type: Kidō

Technique Element: None

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 50/step

Technique Description and Effects

A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpo uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to use technique

Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.

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Technique Name: Iaijutsu (居合術, "Sudden Strike Technique") [3x Speed Version]

Class: 4

Technique Type: General Physical Technique

Technique Element: None

Usable by: Any

Technique Description and Effects

The user of this technique draws their sword and strikes with one fluid, lightning-fast motion. This technique can easily catch an unprepared opponent off-guard. This attack is made at 2x the user's Speed, or at a speed of 600 (whichever is faster). Due to the sudden nature of this attack, characters with less than 200 Instinct are caught completely flat-footed and unable to react to this attack, unless they meet one of the alternative requirements (see drawbacks below).

Except where noted, this is otherwise an ordinary melee strike and has no reiatsu cost. Proficiency with this technique allows the user to immediately sheathe their weapon after making their attack.

Mastery of this technique allows for it to be combined with Shunpo to draw, strike, and sheathe the weapon in the blink of an eye. This variant costs 50 reiatsu to perform, and gains the benefits of a 3x Speed Boost (instead of the usual 2x). This variant is imperceptible to characters with less than 200 Senses. Characters with 200+ Senses detect a blur of movement from the user but may not be able to react to the attack unless they have 200+ Instinct and/or one of the benefits listed in drawbacks below.

How to use technique

Simply draw your weapon and strike in a single fluid motion.

Drawback

This technique rarely works more than once per thread, as any opponent who witnesses this technique being used can react to it normally (regardless of Instinct). Even against aware opponents, this attack retains its speed however and should not be underestimated.

In addition, characters who know this technique or have Battle Analysis of 2 (or above) can easily identify the ready stances used in this technique and predict the user's intent. Such characters are never caught off-guard by this attack but will still need to react to its incredible speed.

This technique can only be used with a sheathed sword. In order to use this technique more than once during a single thread, the user must sheathe their weapon prior to using this technique again. This technique requires 2 SkP in Weapons (Sword) in order to be used, and 3 SkP to be mastered.

Made by: Kerrigan

Reserved? : No

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Technique Name: Shunpo Karin (瞬歩カリン, "Pure Flash Steps")

Class: 5

Technique Type: Kidō

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects

The famous "partial Shunpo" technique. This allows the user to initiate a single movement at Shunpo speed with one limb. This cannot be used without initiating the forward momentum. The user will need to move their arm the way they normally would before this technique can be activated. Momentum for this technique cannot be controlled. This means once the user initiates this technique, they cannot stop their limb from the movement.

How to use technique

Stated above.

Drawback

Also stated above. Higher Reiatsu cost than normal Shunpo. Limit is once per post. More taxing on stamina than regular Shunpo.

Made by: Admin

[Camila Adaronde]

Alas, it seemed that the girl had made a rather grave mistake.

As Camila had separated her physical form into a swarm of bats, it seemed as though her opponent had accounted for such a maneuver. Shortly after she'd separated, it had appeared as though quite a number of bats had quickly been diced to nothing. And then, another portion of the swarm. And then another. By the time Kimiko's attacks had finished, only eight of those bats had remained flying, quickly struggling to reform through the rather noteworthy amount of damage that had been dealt to the girl.

As the did happen to reform, and Camila's armor took on a much more "minimalistic" appearance, even through the iron itself deep cuts and lacerations made themselves prominent across the girl's body. Even her right arm had been removed in its entirety, simply not reforming alongside the bats that had been annihilated. From that wound, quite an amount of blood began to pour from the wound. Taking a deep breath, Camila tried to stabilize her thoughts. To say the girl had been in pain from that was a sheer understatement.

Before she had the opportunity to react to such a maneuver, it seemed that her opponent had been fully-prepared to make some kind of follow-up attack against her, even then. As she continued to try to stabilize her well-being as best she could, Camila simply wasn't going to be able to do, well, much of anything against her opponent. As Kimiko had gone in for her lightning-quick strike across her chest, finding her mark with incredible efficiency, it seemed that another blade had pierced through her as well; one from an individual she hadn't met before. One that seemed to stand behind her, running her through rather quickly thereafter.

As the blade had been withdrawn from her, Camila immediately fell to her knees; she'd lost. She herself was in no condition to fight. And, while that was the case, Albin wasn't quite going to 'tap out'. As Camila collapsed to the pavement, a boom of spiritual energy released from the girl. Almost like she'd entered Bankai all over again, though this time, it had been... different. More vitriolic. As this had occurred, the wounds left on the girl had patched themselves up almost immediately. Though, while healed, the marks from the wounds weren't even beginning to patch up; she'd be left with those from here-on out.

As "Camila" rolled over, sprawling out across the pavement with a rather noteworthy huff and remaining positioned on her back all the while, she stared up into the fading lights of the afternoon sky. "Well, congratulations," a foreign yet familiar voice spoke, reverberating over itself as though two folks had been talking at once, "you beat the poor girl within an inch of her life. Proud of yourself, Captain~?"

With a chuckle, and yet another strong exhale, the girl turned her eyes to face where Kimiko had been standing, assuming she hadn't gotten closer. Across the girl's face, an almost liquid-looking masquerade mask danced across her face, while her eyes had changed colors rather considerably. Instead of the blood red color her eyes normally were, both were instead golden, with sclera painted black. Camila's condition had become rather apparent if it hadn't already. "So, Miss Nakajima, with Cami having conked the fuck out, and me having nowhere near the strength to continue this little... scuffle, I suppose we're at your mercy."

Crossing her arms, "Camila" simply awaited whatever was to come from the Captain at this point. "Pull up a seat, if you'd like to have a chat. Otherwise, she's going to be a bit before she recovers."

(OOC: This fight is Kimiko's!)