New Site of Infection (Medium-NDE-Karakura)

[Rafael]

Name: New Site of Infection
Participants: 2-5 Participants
Location: Human World (Karakura Town)
Difficulty Level: Medium
Setting: NDE

Plotline: Over the last several years there have been reports of strange insectoid Beast-Clan destroying villages in the wilderness and repeatedly attacking different districts of the Rukongai. It’s been an issue for Soul Society . . . until now. Two days ago one of the muscular Beast-clan was found on the outskirts of Karkaura Town. Based on past experiences these things are never alone. Xcution and Uzaki Enterprizes both have received messages informing them of the danger while those spiritual aware in Karakura Town may be blind to the situation they won't be for long. Will Karakura suffer at the hands of these pests or can the spiritual community in Karakura handle a little bug problem by figuring out how they've managed to infest the Human World.

(Those who live in Karakura preferred)

Estimated Enemy Strength: Class 6-3

Estimated Time Until Completion: 3-5
Starts: Can make an intro post when you decide to join
Special Conditions: Participants can earn equipment such as weaponry and armor.

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I'd like to reserve a spot here for the time being!

[Ren Akasawa]

Did someone say bug war?

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

I'd be interested in having a spot as well.

Class 4 Shinigami.

[Ailene Haschiro]

"Oh dear. Rampaging Beastclan?! We can't let anything happen to Rēgīna!" "Whatever! As long as I get to hunt! I just hope they put up more of a fight than my usual prey!"

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{Ailene's & Mélusine's Stats n' Skills}
Type: Fractured

Ailene's Stats & Skills:

Strength: 100 [75]
Speed: 200 [270]
Spiritual Pressure: 400 [600]
Reiatsu Strength: 350 [245]
Instinct: [200]
Senses: [50]
Energy Sensory: [50]
Healing Expertise: [0]

Light Aura - 50
Dark Aura - 50

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Pain Tolerance [2]
Battle Analysis [2]
Weapon: Curved Daggers [2]
Shadow Magicks [2]
Strength of Will [2]
Stepping: Movement [2]

Mélusine's Stats & Skills

Strength: 200 [150]
Speed: 200 [270]
Spiritual Pressure: [300]
Reiatsu Strength: 100 [70]
Instinct: [100]
Senses: [50]
Energy Sensory: [25]
Healing Expertise: [0]

Light Aura - 0
Dark Aura - 100

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Pain Tolerance [2]
Battle Analysis [2]
Weapon: Curved Daggers [2]
Shadow Magicks [2]
Strength of Will [2]
Stepping: Movement [2]

[Rafael]

“Damn it why can’t anything fun ever happen.”

“Dumbass, that's cause we gotta make our own fun. We gotta find some nice meat, can’t keep using the same stuff, it gets boring.”

“Yeah says the guy with the least meat on his shelf.”

“Hey I know what I’m talking about, not like there’s anything else to do. Everyone either ran off or joined up with others.”

“I told you we should have just taken the offer, I bet they’re all living well now.”

“Man you gotta be more in the moment. I told you we’re gunna be fine you’ll see once we scope out the area we’ll find something.”

“Man I aint ever seen no one of value living out here, everyone that’s worth robbing is in the center of town.”

"Hey you guys I feel weird."

A group of three young adult males believing they can take advantage of others in order to propel their own lives forward, seeking out what they couldn’t get in Karakura. A few low life's that didn’t join up with the Yakuza or the other gangs in the area, holding their pride up above everything else when they don’t possess anything or worth to be proud about. They’d crossed over one of the bridges out of Karakura about fifteen minutes ago now walking more than a mile away up a steep incline. Nature was becoming more pronounced.

All across the local tv stations all morning everyone in Karakura would see the report. Three men were torn limb from limb by wild animal on the outskirts of town. Advised not to approach the area until the animal is caught. No indication what caused the death of all three though, everyone that’d dealt with them in the past would know, there was a Hollow that’d come to Karakura. It’d already killed three humans, how long would it take for the next victim to be found. They’d need to hurry to the area and hope it was just waiting long enough for them to arrive.

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From atop their Air Ground, Caballero's towering Gillian form observed the town below. Having only learned recently that they were able to do that, thanks to the myriad Hollow souls swirling within that their strong will kept at bay, the not-so-little knight had created a vantage point from which to keep watch over the spiritual hub that was Karakura. Their past experiences told them that threats tended to surface more often than not. They had eliminated Hollows with Akira and a human Fullbringer, and when they had encountered Ren, he had just killed one, too. Captain Celes Shindazu had likewise eliminated another monster before she sent a family of souls to Soul Society, an endeavor in which they had aided. All those times, they had been much, much weaker than they were now, and had required external help to solve those crisis. Other times, they hadn't even been able to put up a fight. The silent Gillian felt a pang of guilt course through their body as they remembered the amount of humans that had been slaughtered and devoured by Colina and Akando. Thus, after ensuring their hunger was subdued for the time being, the Menos Grande had taken to patrolling the city that they had taken to call 'home', or at least that was what they thought it was, since it was the place they spent most of their time in. They would not have a repeat of what had happened on that human school.

For the time being, Caballero was completely blind to the bug-like Beastclansmen threat that was looming over Karakura Town. While they did have quite a few friends in Soul Society--if they considered Caballero as such, seeing they were a Hollow--, they hadn't met anyone from any organization that might have some intel on this soon-to-take-place crisis. As such, the Menos Grande lowered themselves to the ground once again after ensuring they saw nothing out of the ordinary, at least from that far above. With a towering figure, standing at 8ft, it was far too difficult to conceal themselves, unlike when they had been a much smaller Hollow.

As they walked around the city, keeping to alleyways and the shade, those spiritually unaware were blissfully ignorant of their presence. However, the opposite was not true. Caballero could easily see both them, and their inventions, such as the TV-stations that would inform those around town, on full blast, that a group of three men had been found dead, cruelly torn limb by limb by what the humans described as an animal. Well, they were not wrong. But this was not the kind of animal they were used to handling. This was, most likely, a bloodthirsty, hungry beast; the kind Caballero hunted to preserve peace in Karakura Town.

Hollows.

Caballero's mind had evolved enough to grasp the more complex nuances of the human speech. As such, they were able to pick up on the location of the unfortunate event, and while the authorities recommended to stay away, that warning hardly applied to a being like them. The Menos Grande turned their slightly oversized, helmet-like mask toward the outskirts of town. Big, void-like eyes would've narrowed, had they had a proper face to do so. Instead, they seemed to remain calm and at ease, even when they began rushing to the gruesome scene. The beast might still be there, waiting for other humans that might arrive to investigate... but if that was the case, it would be in for a very nasty surprise.

The Gillian dashed to the scene at a comfortable pace to them, which was still faster than an olympian athlete's top speed. It did not take them too long to reach their destination, and when they did, they squared up and became ready to fight. No doubt the monster would try to pounce on them, but when they did, they would be ready. Hopefully, Caballero wouldn't be mistaken for that Hollow that had killed those poor men...

OOC: Stats and skills

Stat	SP	Type
Strength	75	50
Speed	200	200
Reiatsu Strength	400	600
Spiritual Pressure	160	160
Senses	50	50
Instinct	125	125
Energy Sensory	0	0
Healing Expertise	20	20
Light Aura	100
Dark Aura	0

• Weapons: Sword: 2
• Strength of Will: 2
• Learning: 1
• Lack of fear: 1
• Battle Focus: 1

[Ren Akasawa]

How had Karakura been so boring these past few days? Ren had spent days patrolling in search of anything worthwhile, and found nothing fit to challenge a knight seeking the emperor's favor. He hadn't had a good fight since the sparring match he'd exchanged with a strange mute hollow, and while the memory of that wonderful night was still vibrant, it didn't satisfy his craving for a new opponent. He had to keep going until he found something worth cutting down. Never lingering anywhere lest his flood catch up and plunge wherever he'd rested into a deep red swamp that drove away the very conflict he sought after. But eventually, he'd stumbled his way into having a direction to point his search in. Had it been coincidence that the voice of a passing radio caught his attention, or was it fate? Some form of spiritual gravity? Was it the hand of the emperor hovering above? He couldn't tell.

The quixotic failure shifted from his aimless wandering to aimed wandering, towards the scene of the incident. Not particularly fast given his lack of access to any means faster than walking. Ren was not particularly fast, even by the standards of the spiritually unaware. It seemed that while his much more impressive strength had steadily improved and his flood slowly grew more ravenous, he was no swifter for it. At times he felt he would never improve without spending time as a squire to one of the emperor's favored stars, it only made sense given how he'd been refined into a lesser knight to begin with. But that was only one more reason to keep working for the emperor's approval, the tragic young knight needed to atone for his original sin by showing he'd become worthy of that place he'd failed to hold in the quincy empire. Until he could do that his own soul would never be in a state to use for anything.

His mind raced with excitement, thinking about all the hollows he might find just beyond the edge of town even as he walked the path that led there. Or maybe he'd be lucky enough to add a shinigami to his metaphorical pile of defeated foes, another stepping stone towards the redemption he craved? Maybe he could even steal a zanpakutou and have a decent sword that didn't require a constant trickle of reiatsu to stay condensed? He'd find out soon, the bridge was already coming into view on the urban horizon.

Class > 7
Strength > 112
Speed > 42
Spiritual Pressure > 30
Reiatsu Strength > 150
Light Aura > 30
Dark Aura > 70
Instinct > 50
Senses > 30
Energy sensory > 0
Healing Expertise > 0

Pain Tolerance > 1
Weapon: Swords > 1
Mental Incantation > 1
Anti-Stealth > 1
Battle Focus > 1
Lack of Fear > 1
Alcohol Tolerance > 1

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

Satoshi Kazuhiko had taken it upon himself to reroute the general opinion of the Yonbontai. Previously considered a squad for janitors at worst and medics at best, their new 3rd seat sought to redefine the squad as something more akin to search and rescue. Because of this he had been especially active in responding to the reports of destroyed Rukongai villages. It was this precise behavior that had resulted in his abduction into Hueco Mundo. But his habits were unchanged, even after the horrific events of that survival game.

Kazuhiko had helped verify some of the information in the reports made in Soul Society. And so it was no surprise that he was consulted with when it was heard that something similar might be happening in Karakura town! The young man was eager to investigate. He was hopeful that such wanton destruction wasn't being caused without reason. If he could perhaps find the culprit, perhaps he would be able to ease their need for violence and bring the tumult to an end for both the human and the spiritual world.

A branch creaked gently as he landed upon it. He braced himself with a palm as he peered down at the forest floor below. He wasn't trying to be sneaky, there was no point. Kazuhiko had immense spiritual pressure. His time in Hueco Mundo had taught him that the nature of his release made it so it was impossible for him to hide. He was constantly leaking Reiatsu, like some sort of beacon. Drawing hungry predators to nip at his heels... The human world would be no different. "I wonder if you really are out here..." He mused from his perch.

Kazuhiko's dark robes billowed under the influence of the wind. Displaced leaves brushed against the base of the white garments he wore beneath his shinigami attire. His left hand slipped outside of his overlong sleeves to brush a stray bang of his unruly golden blonde hair away from his face. His right arm hung limply at his side, inside his sleeve. No Zanpakutou hung from his hip.

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{Kazuhiko Satoshi}

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{Stats}Stats: Before Type|After Type

Strength: 100
Speed: 200
Riatsu Strength: 25
Spiritual Pressure: 400/600
Instinct: 300
Senses: 25
Energy Sense: 50
Light Aura: 100
Dark Aura: 0
Healing Expertise: 0

Skills 15/15
Abilities
Strength of Will: 1
Lack of Fear: 1
Battle Analysis: 2
Martial Arts: Boxing: 2
Pain Tolerence: 1
Bleeding Tolerence: 1
Damage Recovery: 2
Charisma/Leadership: 2
Hoho: 2

Cinematic Skills:
Knowledge: Medicine
Knowledge: Survival

"Yosh!" The spoken word stirred his soul and motivated him to take his first step forward! He stood on the edge of the tree branch with a big, stupid grin on his face."If you are out here, I wonder who will find who first!" His voice full of excitement for the day's events!

[Crystal Tokei]

OOC: I was told I may join as there was still a slot open!

Thanks to both hearing it announced via radio and television as well as having sources she can rely on for information, Crystal learned of an interesting story. Thanks to the details she heard about how the bodies were torn to shreds, it didn't actually sound like a normal animal did it. Turning off her makeshift radio transceiver which just happened to be tuned to police chatter, Crystal decided it was time for an adventure! After all, she may acquire some useful specimen to test her powers with!



Crystal joyfully stood up out of her seat behind the little stand in the corner of the Kitai shop. Taking a quick peak behind her showed the Kitai clone was fast asleep thanks to his normal napping habits. With a grin she flicked a button under her stand on, thus causing the wall beside her to casually slide outward into the alley. She was well aware Kitai himself didn't know about this "entrance" and she planned to keep it that way, after all it was easier for her to use this for quick entry into the alley rather than go out the front or back door and then around.



Exiting the building allowed Crystal to feel the nice morning breeze, sun not to high up making the suns brightness easy to deal with. Walking up to the side of the building where the wall didn't move the Mod Soul simply grasps one of the bricks and slowly pulls it out revealing another button protected by a plastic cover. Flipping the cover off she pressed the button and watched the wall glide back into place, once again forming a complete airtight wall. Putting the cover back on before sliding the brick back in place the girl turns to look out the alley entrance. It doesn't seem like many people are out and about but she still slips on a baseball cap with her Soul Patch on making it so only the spiritually aware can see her.



With that done Crystal in her normal attire (Same as the profile pic) begins heading out of the alleyway and onto the sidewalk, moving straight towards the scene of the crime! Moving her pink backpack to lay more comfortably on her back she figured it wouldn't take her too long to arrive at her destination. Pulling out a sucker from her bag that holds a few tools, a doll, and some candy she places it in her mouth and walks with only one goal in mind, she wants some bodies to experiment with!

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{Stats & Skills}Rank: 1



Type: Entrepreneur



Strength: 50 (-25%=37.5)


Speed: 150


Rs: 25


SprPr: 50


Instinct: 50


Senses: 50


Es: 25 (+25%=31.25)


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Charisma: 1 (Free point)


Science- Souls & Soul Cycle: 2


Crafting: 2


Weapon- Gear Create: 2


Strength of Will: 2


Weapon- Items: 2

[Rafael]

So many souls all rushed to the source of the problem, trying as they might would they manage to find what was causing such an uproar in a city constantly plagued by the screams of victims. A Hollow, Failure and Mod Soul strolling throughout the town to the bridge leading outside, perhaps the worst set up to a joke from Soul Society. The ragtag group of various races wouldn’t come across one another before reaching the bridge at what point they’d all reach the singular stretch of concrete and metal within a couple breaths of one another. Humans moved both away and towards the bridge, some trying to get away from the danger zone while others sought to find answers from the police at the other end. What they could see would be the first thing to likely catch the attention of all the spiritual aware. A Hollow, similar to a turtle with blood pouring out from its mask.

Likely bleeding from its mouth based on the position the Hollow was clearly injured and yet wasn’t attacking the humans right beside it. It walked slowly on all fours across the bridge, large in size the Hollow was about the size of a truck eight feet off the ground while being more than ten feet in length. A heavy white shell covering the majority of its body with dark gray being the only other color across the rest of its body. IT’d keep walking only managing to get halfway across the bridge before noticing the spiritual aware in front of it. “To strong, those things, need escape, cold sands, need sands, need . . . food.”


Kazuhiko arrived much closer to the problem that seemed to be at hand, finding himself in the forest outside of Karakura it wouldn’t take the shinigami more than a couple minutes of searching to pick up on the voices of the police. Whether or not Kazuhiko decides to approach the police, the group of them were currently going over the crime scene. The mutilated bodies of the men in the woods would be on full display, a sight ripped right from a horror set. Kazuhiko would only have about two minutes though to look around before hearing the howl of a Hollow. Strange though it didn’t sound like a howl of hunger, nor that of a hunter, it was fueled by pain.

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It didn't take too long for Caballero to reach the bridge, although they could not cross it right away. Well, it was not as if they could not cross it, but that they would simply not do it. Normally, the reason why they would have stopped was that there was someone they knew right there. They should've noticed Ren, one of the people they considered to be a friend after their sparring match, even if they hadn't really understood what he had meant by "seek the Vandenbratwurst" back then. Not that they understood now, as the Hollow was largely unaware of the existence of the Quincy empire, and their ability to pick up on complex words--specially those in a foreign language--had been dubious at best back then. Although what did constitute a foreign language for a Hollow, really?

But alas, the extremely friendly Hollow knight did not stop for that. Was then, perhaps, that they saw was a group of humans, humans that, as a Hollow, they were meant to devour to grow stronger? If this was any other white-masked fellow, this might have certainly been the case, as easy nourishment was not something their kind would usually pass up on. No, Caballero stopped for one other reason: the monster that was dragging itself across the bridge as well. It was passing right by the humans, the indefense humans. This triggered every alarm Caballero had, and immediately set them off into combat mode. Remembering the children they had completely and utterly failed to save in that school, the Menos Grande's hands tightened inside the cloak. Through their experiences, they'd determined that most, if not all Hollows were not to be reasoned with.

As such, Caballero's arms flared out from inside the cloak, and breaking off chunks of the incredibly dense Reiatsu that formed their body, the knight formed Filo, an incredibly sharp black blade powered by the sheer strength of said Reiatsu. The Gillian immediately adopted their battle stance, one of a swordsman with quite a bit of experience under their belt. Although the beast took most of their field of vision, Caballero made sure to keep a watchful eye on the humans as well. If it tried to do anything to them, they'd be ready to step in with Úlcera to chop it into tiny little pieces.

For the time being, it was best to lure the monster away from them. As such, the Gillian pointed Filo to the monster for a second, who by now had probably spotted them, and swung the blade to the side. This gesture would most likely be recognized by Ren, alongside the particular two-horned, helmet-like mask they bore, so different from that of the common Menos Grande. The creature wanted quality food? Well, all it had to do was to come try to eat Caballero and stay away from the humans. Still, something about what it said didn't go unnoticed by them. "Too strong, those things, need escape." The Hollow knight would've narrowed their gaze, had they had any eyelids or eyes to speak of in that bizarre physiology of theirs.

They did not like the sound of this.




OOC:
Reiatsu: 1600 -150[Class 5 Filo] = 1450
Since this is pre-CIU, Caballero has Weapons: Swords instead of their custom Saber Filo skill. Filo originally required 1 SkP in Weapon Swords before that.

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{Filo}Technique Name: Filo [Edge]

Technique Class: 7-1, maximum class is equal to Caballero's, but they can use it at lower classes at will. Paid up to class 5.

Technique Type: Hollow [Custom]

Technique Cost: 50 +50 per class above 7

Description: This technique is affected by Focalizar. A realization of Caballero's intention to become a Shinigami. Caballero uses part of the Reiatsu that forms their body to create a long, sword-like spiritual weapon (85% of their height, so about 2.5ft as a Hollow, massive as a Gillian, 5.1ft as Vasto Lorde...). Since Caballero's 'body' is nothing but their condensed black Reiatsu given form, Filo uses Reiatsu Strength as its offensive stat when cutting something or clashing against other techniques.Caballero's ability using Filo can be upgraded and refined via their Saber Filo skill. Filo can be split into two separate swords and recombined at will, but nothing else besides those two forms. It can't stretch, it can't change shapes, it can't curve, nothing.

Enhanced effect after Focalizar: the created Filo gains the 50% OS Clash property as if they were a "Focus" technique.

Drawbacks: Filo cannot be reassimilated to refresh Caballero's Reiatsu. Cannot be used without at least one skill point in Saber Filo.

[Ren Akasawa]

It took a moment before he'd recognized Caballero in gillian form, but Ren had started grinning the moment he did. Maybe they'd been the one he was looking for after all? Maybe he actually managed to catalyze one of the countless peasants who filled this world into a fellow knight on the long pilgrimage towards the emperor's embrace? Another stepping stone to build his path back towards the empire from, and finally, finally, one with meaning for himself? "You've grown, does that mean you started down the road I showed you?" A playful question, from one knight to another. He'd already convinced himself that was the case.

He didn't have much attention to spare for the other hollow. The failure stood firmly on the bridge and refrained from action. Merely standing, cloak flapping in the breeze while he swayed in place, watching Caballero's conjured blades with rapt interest in seeing just how far the once-tiny being's sword skills had progressed along with their size. It was hard not to believe he'd been the inspiration for that technique when he duelled them with his own reiatsu blade, especially because that interpretation supported the narrative he'd desperately wanted to be true. Besides that, using pressurized gravitation had become more draining for him to use than it had been back when he first learned it. Better not to burn himself out until the shelled hollow proved a dragon worth slaying. Dragon... dragon, there was something about that word, something important.

While the self-titled knight of the vandenreich had been busy daydreaming of the best-case scenario, the flood responded to the presence of two large hollows with its usual insatiable and imperceptible attentions, lacking even the most superficial signs of recognition or understanding. It gave the same attention to the mod soul present, as well as every mortal human who happened to be within its reach, giving each and every full attention without any division between them. Blood drive craved to be in full operation whenever possible, automatic and autonomous from the failure it stalked, indiscriminate and greedy in choosing targets, callous in the silent and invisible revelry that it displayed the moment anyone dared walk into range. Traits that would have been much more worrying if only the flood did more than analyze.

[Satoshi Kazuhiko]

Kazuhiko wore a big grin on his face as he moved through the treetops. Swift leaps carried him from branch to branch as the wind whipped through his robes and hair. From up here he had a bird's eye view that would make scouting much easier. Air Ground would have given him an even larger scope but could have drawn attention to him. This route kept him veiled behind the lush greenery of the human world forest. They were playing a game of cat and mouse after all!

A moment later, however, the smile fell off of his face. The pretense of a game dissolved. On the forest floor below him was a crime scene. Police were measuring the area and tagging evidence. Pictures were being taken. Chalk outlines were being drawn. The victims were horribly mutilated. Torn apart. They weren't whole... But not enough was missing for the attack to have been perpetrated by a Hollow. Kazuhiko bit his lip... There was no saving these people... He'd been too late.

He let out a sigh. Each of these people had lives. Stories. People they loved and who loved them. He mourned them as he shut his eyes. He would tell himself it was to broaden his senses. But in his heart, he knew it was to keep the tears back.

His curious reiatsu field spread across the crime scene. He could feel everything. From the heartbeats of the officers to the scurrying of a squirrel up a nearby tree. The police were restrained by their human senses... But Kazuhiko wasn't. Perhaps there was something they missed that he could pick up as he investigated. [Effective Senses: 600| Cinematic Knowledges: Survival; Medicine]

He only had a few moments to observe the crime scene before a roar ripped through the area! His eyes shot open as he searched the horizon in the direction it had come from. Nothing. But he'd heard it loud and clear. It was a hollow. And the sound it made was one of despair. It needed help!

Dutifully and immediately, Kazuhiko took off in that direction. With any luck, he'd gained some information as to where the killers had gone, or what they had used to perpetrate their violence. He'd do his best to analyze the information he gained as he hurried in the direction of the bestial scream!

[Crystal Tokei]

Crystal arrives near a bridge, only moments after a few others. One appears to be a Hollow and the other appears to be a Human of some sort. "Oh, this is an interesting turn of events." While she states this the Mod Soul takes out a Yo-Yo of which she starts playing with. It's at this moment the turtle Hollow shows up on the bridge, giving the beast a look over she could tell it was afraid of something. After all it was moving with a purpose ignoring the normal humans around it and had injuries peppering it's body. "Hmmm, it's unfortunate you ran in this direction, as by the looks of it these other two are ready to kill you."



When Crystal stated that it was clearly said in an emotionless tone, as a fact more so than anything. In fact the others even began moving at this time, the Hollow even going as far to try luring the turtle away from the bystanders. The other Human she wasn't quite sure what he was planning, but he gave of a strange feeling to Crystal. Shrugging out how this seemed to be going, she pulls out a stick of gum and starts chewing. All the while walking closer to the turtle while having the Yo-Yo go up and down in her hand. If for some reason it decided to attack her she would be prepared to have the little to she held propel itself from whatever position it was at towards the head of the turtle. Otherwise she would wait to see what happened.