Christening the New Ship - Adventure - R - DP - Extreme

[Caesar]

[ooc] I am not good with combat posts, and I am rusty! pardon the mistakes and I look forward to this!

The lights light up in Caesar's eyes as it gazed over the different things that was going on all over the Niflhiem's screens. The barrier that his Aneirin was confident in was shattered from the impressive display of power Caesar could feel it rising in himself, the upcoming battle. His eyes focused on the lower levels of the ship, an uninvited guest had found their way inside. "Seems we've a bit of company!" "It seems we do. Yes ma'am. I trust you'll take care if some of the uninvited guests." he spoke without even turning to Rozelyn as she left his finger pointing towards the area that Asmoskon had entered. Knowing the fortress there had to have been ways to monitor entryways visually, he was sure they had been able to see Asmoskon "Captain Supervisor Aneirin." he said with slight and firm pauses in between each pronunciation his grasp on his shoulder becoming firmer as he ensured that the captain supervisor could see where his finger was pointed at. "I'm gonna need you to do me a favor, son. Lower levels of the ship Im gonna need ya to do me a faver. Im gonna need ya to shut off the lights fer a bit let me slide in there and yank the sucker out. Maybe keep part of the entryway dark so I can drag em back to the entrance and show em the door. So hear me out Shut the lights for 5 minutes. Turn em back on after 5 minutes then turn em off after another 5 hear me?" Caesar quickly made his way to the darkest part of the room and locked eyes with Aneirin while opening a Schatten.

Caesar's hands clasped together in prayer, his heart spoke to Der Kaiser as if he was kneeling before his God his knees trembled a bit as if he was kneeling before derkaiser. He bent his head and mumbled a prayer as quickly as he could muster. He pulled the reiatsu into the palm of his hands as he pulled forth his trusted sword of Der Kaiser, his companion in his trying times Rip-rah. "O Der Kaiser, mighty ruler of the divine realm, Bless us this day as we stand in readiness for battle, Grant us strength and courage as we wield the sacred Niflheim, A weapon blessed in your name, a beacon of our faith.Watch over us, Der Kaiser, your faithful servant and warrior, Guide my hand and those of my comrades in this holy mission, May our hearts be steadfast, our minds clear, and our cause just, Grant us victory over our enemies, champions of the Vandenreich.

Protect our brethren in arms, fellow soldiers of righteousness, May they be shielded from harm and empowered by your grace, In this hour of need, let your divine light illuminate our path, For we fight not for glory alone, but for the greater good of all. Der Kaiser, hear our prayer and let your will be done, In the name of our faith, our valor, and our unity, Amen."


From his clasped hand, Rip-rah was cradled. The colt emblazoned in Vandenreich blue and white. With the slide and slide barrel assembly being a bright Vandenreich White and the frame being Vandenreich Blue, with its trigger being a nice bright red. Caesar had pulled his weapon from its holster and he could feel the light of Der Kaiser's love filling his mind his eyes rolling to the back of his head as he grasped the firearm in his hand. He aimed it towards the sky as if a very trigger pull could save this entire operation. As the euphoria died down his pupils focused the power of Der Kaiser pulsing through his body. The orator mask and his cross glowed as he absorbed more reaitsu for the upcoming battle, his posture aggressive his eyes almost glazed over "I am the righteous hand of Der Kaiser" He placed Rip-Rah in her holster and rushed into the Schatten when it became clear that his plan was being placed in motion. For Anerin it would appear as if Caesar simply disappeared, utilizing his entire speed to cross the shadows to the free Quincy. The vacuum taking almost a minute before its effects disappeared with the bridge behind it. Covered in darkness the Schatten would have appeared behind Asmoskon's back. Had it succeeded Caesar's hand along with Caesar himself would have rushed out of the darkness and grasped onto the Quincy's neck with vigor. In his head he figured that he would show the full strength of Der Kaiser's army the full strength of Der Kaiser's faith. Blut Arterie coursing through his veins, he could feel the strength coursing through his body.

His motion did not stop at just grasping at Asmoskon's neck, Caesar's body motioned forward fluidly and guided his face gently with full force onto the ground below. His intent to knock out his opponent as quickly as he could. "Listen son. You are trespassing on Vandenreich property. Imma need to have to escort you out of her and bring you to where you belong."

Remaining reiatsu: 12,000/12000
+1600 / 2 = +950
-100 release
-500 Blut Arterie[physical]

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{Caesars released stats post stat change}

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{Released Stats}
Strength - [400 * 3 = 1,200] Points

Speed - [500 - 0% = 500] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [400 X 3 = 1,200] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [400 - 0% = 400] Points

Light Aura - [0] Points

Dark Aura - [100] Points

Instinct - [400 - 0% = 400] Points

Senses [200 - 0% = 200] Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Total SP: [2300] Points

Blut Arterie Stats

Strength - [1,200 * 2 = 2,400] Points

Speed - [500 * 2 = 1,000] Points

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

Aneirin was furious, absolutely fuming as he was watching the events transpiring. Thankfully it seemed most of the shinigami hadn't actually made a move, sans one exceptionally annoying one. The same captain that had damn near punched a hole through the S.D.S. He'd have to watch her and be very certain just how dangerous she was. If he wasn't careful, she'd find her way within the main headquarters sooner than later and he couldn't have that. His thoughts on how to handle this mess were however stopped as he felt a hand on his shoulder and realized, through grip strength alone, who it was. Though his eyes still held frustration Aneirin bit his tongue and let the general speak. Somewhat calming down once he watched where they were pointing at.

His eyes widened yet again, and he felt his blood pressure rising as he saw the figure in black. He still couldn't make out who they were nor what they were. His feeds showed no direct signs of any one race and with the internal sensors of the Niflheim down for the moment, he couldn't figure out either. All he could say was from his personal perspective is that they felt akin to an arrancar but it just didn't settle right with him to think of them as an arrancar. Something wasn't right. He was again dragged out from his thoughts as Caeser continued speaking and made his request. It was blessedly simple and well within Aneirin's means. Honestly, it wasn't even too far off from his own though he intended to do a couple other things. For now, though, he'd let Caeser handle it. He was a general after all, if he wasn't up to the task, likely no one was.

Aneirin nodded and pulled up the control panel for the subterranean sections of the Niflheim. With a few button clicks the doors to the outside were locked by a pair of spiritually reinforced doors and the lights for 200 feet were turned off. Only the red emergency power lights remained giving a deep red glow to the overall hallway while keeping it mostly dark. "There you go Caeser. Dark enough to enter while bright enough to see who you're fighting. I'll be watching, so signal me if you need me to intervene in any other way. Also, for the record, you have 200 feet to work with." Aneirin then turned his attention back to Celes who'd been quite literally running up towards the wall and then . . . went through it.

Aneirin stood up and pulled the reiatsu screen towards himself. This woman as if she were a literal ghost just strolled through the wall with no effort. She didn't jump over it. Blast through it. Or even try to fly, assuming she had the means to do so. She WALKED through it. Were Hiyori not already making her way towards this captain he'd have made it his mission to stop her. But he had to give her the chance to manage this captain and focus on the others. Like the three nobody shinigami that were just casually making their way through another hallway. [colo=darkgoldenrod] "Fucking insects. . ."[/color] Then his eyes widened in realization, and he immediately got onto the intercom and localized its speakers near Meredith. "Meredith, I need you to enter the subterranean facilities. About 100 stories down, near one of the mess halls. We have shinigami, no significant ranking shinigami, who are worming their way through. Kill them but make sure you find out what they know first. I'm darkening the space and locking it down as we speak."

With another schematic but more specific to the deep internals of the Niflheim he found the currently moving trio of shinigami. As they crossed through another doorway, he shut the double doors behind them and turned off the light's sans the emergency red lights. He then blocked the other door 120 feet down the hall and left only the mess hall open. It was a little bit brighter due to the volume of red lights within, but it still held an ominous red haze to it. He'd let Meredith handle it from there. She had more than enough power and tricks up her sleeve to handle low ranking insects of the Gotei 13. Which left him now with the only remaining insects to deal with. A vice-captain, a captain, and the remainder of her squad. A significantly higher number than Aneirin wanted, which was none. He'd have to fix this. Meredith, Caeser, and Hiyori were off dealing with other noteworthy figures which left Kanako and Aneirin to handle these two. With so many individuals, going out was a suicide mission. He needed to force them onto the surface or into the insides of the Niflheim. And the only way he could consider doing that, was by attacking them.

With this in mind he started redirecting reiatsu into the various external statues of The Emperor and Sternritter. Directing them to walk off the external castle walls and to start heading to the edge of the field around the external wall. Being made of spiritually reinforced stone they were not only durable but had capable of operating semi-independently so long as they remained connected to the Niflheim in some way. And the best part, they had all the reiatsu they could require due to the Niflheims various reiatsu reactors supplying energy throughout the ship. With the commands given he started yet again pulled up the various screens he needed to watch, namely those that involved the intruders and the vandenriech.


MEANWHILE . . . (Kimiko, Kaen, Celes)


On the outside Celes would be able to catch a glimpse or otherwise see that various statues external to, on top of, and within the first gate begin to glow as they absorbed reiatsu from the ground and air around them. Slowly but surely the reiatsu going to their eyes and spreading throughout their body through "veins" of reiatsu. Then they'd start to move with most making their way towards the gate and jumping over it. Those on the gate or on the other side simply started running with loud, synchronous steps being heard as they made their way to the edge of the surface. As they neared, each statue began to line up on the edge and conjure up bows the size of their bodies and aim them at the shinigami below them. Within seconds a barrage of quincy arrows flew down towards Kaen, Kimiko, and the shingami with them and rapidly started exploding.

As for the few near Celes they instead began conjuring claymores of reiatsu and rushed after her each statue working to surround her. Were Celes to try and phase through them she'd find their physical forms easy to shift through but their weapons, being still just as deadly as they looked. While their movements were robotic, they were significantly quicker and more articulated than they appeared on a glance and thus made certain that while swinging their weapons they didn't harm one another. But worse yet was a sigil that was starting to appear on the ground beneath her and the Niflheim's surface. A light blue that was slowly getting brighter and shifting from the ground up into the sky. While its presence didn't make any immediate changes it'd be unlikely that it was simply for show. Those with a 3 in War Strategy, Battle Analysis, Analyzing, or 300 ES would realize that this sigil while not a weapon in its own right it was going to be a terrain changer if it activated completely. Likely on everything that was on the surface level of the Niflheim.

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{Emperor / Sternritter Statues information}Strength: 300
Speed: 400
RS: 700
SPPR: 0 (Immune to cutback)
Instinct: 200
Senses: 150
ES: 0
HE: 0

Durability: 1500
Class: 3

Total Number: 30 attacking Kaen and Kimiko while 6 are attacking Celes

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{Base wide Sigil}Form: Quincy Cross

Current effects: None at the moment.

Status: Currently absorbing reiatsu from the Niflheim as it rises above it. Will take another post of absorbing before it can activate. Will affect the entire surface of the Niflheim once active.

Skills to determine information:

Battle Analysis 3, War Strategy 3, Analyzing 3, 300 ES

Quincies have these reduced by 1 Skill Point or 100 ES.

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{Current systems of note}Cameras, speakers, and local sensors are placed throughout the Niflheim. The camera and speakers are currently active and tracking all humanoids. The local sensors are not active.


Lighting system is currently disabled in select areas. To see clearly in these areas requires at least 100 Senses. Red lighting allows for those with 50 senses can move around but do so clumsily as they will find themselves knocking into walls, structures, and other people if no additional light source is present.

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{Hand drawn reference image}


I've attempted to draw out the overall Niflheim as well as point out where others are. Let me know if you have any questions, if I've made any mistakes, or other details you'd like added. I'll try to keep making these for my posts so there is less confusion if this helps at all.

[Nakajima Kimiko]

Kimiko wasn't exactly sure of how many questions simultaneously appeared in her head once she witnessed Kaen's sudden appearance. There were still many things about the entire ordeal that she wanted to understand. First, she still did not understand how he had appeared in such a way, as much to her knowledge, he did not possess an item nor a technique that allowed him to traverse the realms in such a way. Therefore, it meant that his method of transportation was not of his creation, but rather of someone else's. Then, there was the matter of that hammer. Whatever that thing was supposed to be, it was the first time she had personally witnessed a weapon that was able to completely nullify such a powerful spiritual construct as the ship's shield, and it made her wonder how Kaen even come to own it. That is, assuming that it was even his, considering the aforementioned traversing maneuver he had just achieved. And then, there was the man's confusion, the strange smell of alcohol that somewhat came from him, the fact that he apparently came from Karakura Town of all places...

Ugh. No. No, no, no! Enough questions! She is in the middle of a damn battlefield, for cry out loud! Right now, above all else, she must push those questions at the back of her head as much as she possibly can and make sure that she remains capable of directing everyone to where they need to go! Kaen included! Thus, after she finished informing Celes about where she sent Charles, Viola and Nadia, the Captain of the Eleventh's scarlet eyes would find themselves quickly turning towards the baffled Vice-Captain of the Seventh before she quickly grabbed him by the shoulders - with a grasp that had been rendered quite cold a long time ago by the December climate, much to her own discomfort - and pivoted him towards the warship above. "The Vandenreich is planning to use this ship to basically nuke the shit out of Moscow! Our job is to bring it down as quickly as possible and then go home!" She summarized before she then took a comically-long breath. "And s-shut up about this place being cold! We know! Just tough it out until we can get inside that thing! Hopefully, they have heating!"

Once this brief moment of lightheartedness came to an end, Kimiko would turn her head towards Celes to see if she had anything to say about the matter. Initially, the swordswoman was planning to call out to her; however, once she saw the lime-haired superior officer simply stand there in silence for a moment, she would just blink in confusion. Her mentor's attitude had been morose for quite some time, but she believed that seeing something as oddly spectacular as Kaen's entrance would have maybe done something to brighten her up, if not a little bit. Yet, it seemingly did nothing at all, aside from bringing her to produce a small smile. The sight still hurt the swordswoman to an extent; after all, this was still such a huge departure from the Celes she had come to know for so long. Thus, for a very brief moment, she hesitated and did not say anything, almost as if she was hoping Celes would say something that would perhaps bring them back to where they were.

Eventually, the fist fighter did say something... but it wasn't at all what Kimiko wanted to hear from her, which was some kind of plan or directive to follow. Instead, it was a single declaration that took the form of four simple words.

"I'm going in."

Before the swordswoman could even mutter a single word so as to prevent what was going to happen next, Celes had gone to the flying fortress' outer wall. The former officer was able to follow her mentor's moves as the latter zoomed upward towards her destination, but the surprise that froze her senses in the moment prevented her from properly moving along with her. Of course, it did not take long for the questions to come back thereafter. She tried to shut them up, tried to ignore them, but naturally, she could not stop them from being repeated in her head a couple of times. Already, she could hear them ask about the reason behind Celes' decision, about the way she had gone up there on her own and about the fact that such swiftness could somehow be related to the quietness she has been showcasing as of late. But again, like many others Kimiko has heard throughout her career, there were no answers to be given to any of them. Not for now, at the very least.

This, however, was not going to stop the Captain of the Eleventh from conducting this operation. She was not going to allow the questions to control her thoughts any further. So, with a deep breath, she would turn her head towards the rest of her officers - which had been waiting for her and Celes' orders, in spite of their losses - before giving them a good shout that echoed throughout the area: "ONWARD! ONWARD! WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME! NOW IS OUR CHANCE TO STRIKE!!" Her words carried the same overwhelming energy that could be felt from Kimiko's surroundings whenever she was around, and so, Kaen too would unsurprisingly feel it all hit him with great power. But before they could go forward with the rising mass of black that their fellow Shinigami had become, the Captain would turn her head towards the Vice-Captain and let out a heavier sigh as she recalled the last time they fought side-by-side against a common enemy. "And you... if you see me ever lose control... you know what to do."

And with that, she began to move, quickly speeding up to the front of her officers in order to lead them properly into the fray that was the top of the warship. From the looks of it, it at first seemed as though they had taken care of the brunt of the Vandenreich's initial defenses. Initial defenses, yes, because the Captain very much doubted that there weren't more things up this weapon's sleeves. As such, they needed to very quickly get ready for what was to come, which was why she had been hoping Celes would have still accompanied them and not ran along on her own in the way she did. More firepower in the shape of her mentor would have most certainly put an end to other simple defenses much more quickly. Oh well. At the very least, Kaen was here, and he was certainly no slouch. That, and although Celes had gone there on her own, she at least was able to quite literally... well, walk through the very walls of the fortress. It was somewhat difficult to understand what she had done from Kimiko's position, since as she was further behind Celes at that point, but the swordswoman could gather that she had used some kind of Hohō technique in order to breach through the walls. Either way, it was a very impressive display of strength that put a smile on her face.

That smile, though, would not last for much longer. After she, Kaen and her officers would properly reach the top of the fortress, she would find herself quickly staring at a concerning sight. Standing across the top of the area of the fortress were several statues. Usually, statues are not supposed to move. However, these could. Glowing with spiritual power, they would rise above the ship's walls, and with expertise that was unbecoming of a statue, they would each conjure bows of their own creation. Stone soldiers defending a stone fortress, right on top of what appeared to be some kind of sigil on the ground. Tch. She should have known. "ARCHERS!! DISPERSE, AND REMAIN ABOVE GROUND!!" She shouted at the top of her lungs to the rest of her officers who followed her with swords in hand, and in the matter of a few seconds, the wave of black that was heading up the mountain would disappear from the cameras of the fortress' command post in a shocking display of Shunpo... only to then reappear around every single statue in several scattered groups. It was like watching an army of wasps about to unleash their stingers upon prey.

The archers were not normal archers. That much, practically everyone could gather as they attempted to strike the beings with all of their power. Since they were made of stone and powered by reiatsu, they were capable of suffering more than a couple of blows, and they were also quick enough to evade a few attacks. In so doing, they would be capable of taking down more Shinigami officers with an even greater array of explosive arrows. But again, just like the crystals from before, this magical strength would be returned in kind by the very officers they shot, or at least those from the Eleventh Division. Powered by Kimiko's sheer motivational power and their own doctrine of battle, they would quickly Shunpo forward towards the statues before exploding onto them in a display of horrible violence. It was unclear how many statues were destroyed by this suicidal initiative... but each and every one of them would be remembered by the Captain. Each and every one.

During this chaos, she herself would try her best to eliminate as many of the statues as possible, all the while conserving her strength for greater targets. With clenched teeth, she would rush onward with her spiritually-infused weapons to swiftly dismember and decapitate several statues in a row. Getting past her slain officers was difficult, but it was the only thing she could do in the moment to at the very least preserve as many survivors as possible for the proper assault against the fortress. "RAAAAH! COME ON! COME HERE!" She shouted passionately and furiously as she cut down several more of her statues with her blades, sheathing and unsheathing them within her scabbards what must have been a countless amount of time as she traversed the battlefield. At a certain point, only her beastly instincts and wild speed drove her beyond the exploding arrows as her voice roared: "TEAR THEM ASUNDER, FOR OUR HOME!!"

The wave of black roared, and the chaos continued.

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{Reiatsu: 6650/7000  |  Cutback: Kakudai : 1 Post Remaining  |  Akuma no Ishi : 1 Post Remaining }
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: Cutback: Kakudai (減らす: 添加, "Cutback: Extension")

Technique Type: Cutback | Weapon Range Buff

Technique Element: None

Usable by: All races

Class: 4

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 200

Technique Description and Effects

An extension of a weapon's reach. The user focuses their spiritual pressure onto a particular section of their body or an object that they are currently holding onto. This process causes the formation of an extension of energy around the target which lasts for three posts. How far this extension goes is delimited by the user's proficiency in this technique, as can be seen below:

• Mastered: 3x
  
• Proficient: 2x
  
• Learned: 1.5x
  

Depending on what has been extended, the user can use melee techniques that are unusable in hand-to-hand combat with the aid of Cutback: Kakudai, such as sword techniques. Should it be necessary, this additional range of the target can be rendered smaller by a Proficient or Masterful user. For example, a Master of this technique can decide to extend their weapon only by 150% instead of 300% when confronting an enemy in a small location.


Drawbacks & Weaknesses

All attacks delivered by a target extended by this technique is to be treated as only using Spiritual Pressure as their Offensive Stat. No weapons which typically exclusively relies upon the Strength or the Reiatsu Strength of the user may be an exception to that rule. In other words, though this technique can allow those of lesser physical strength to be able to wield their weapon with greater power without releasing it, it may lead to a negative outcome to others who instead have lesser Spiritual Pressure. The extension of one's reach, although impressive, can also lead to complications depending on where the user is actually fighting. Small, cramped spaces can lead a few to become stuck inside of surfaces they once didn't need to interact with at all, and they may also cause these few to suddenly collide into things that they originally would not have actually been required to deal with. 


Made by: Nakajima Kimiko

Reserved? : No

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Technique Name: Akuma no Ishi (剃るかんめき, "Demon's Will")

Technique Type: Other | Strength of Will Buff

Technique Element: None

Usable by: All races

Class: 3

Technique Reiatsu Cost: N/A

Technique Description and Effects

The projection of one's own will to empower the hearts of others. The user channels the strength of their very soul within themselves before shouting it out, most typically either in a short inspirational speech or a motivational war cry. By accomplishing this, the user is capable of bringing forth the Strength of Will skill of all of their surrounding allies by one point for the next three posts, inspiring them to go further beyond towards victory even if such a thing may cost their lives. A master of this skill is said to have such a powerful will that they are able to instead bring the aforementioned skill of their allies up by two points.


Drawbacks & Weaknesses

As saddening as this may be to those who may be interested in learning this technique, not everyone is born with a powerful will. That is simply a natural, uncontested fact that cannot be refuted even by the greatest minds there is in this world. In so doing, it is not difficult to imagine that this technique will not always show any kind of positive effect onto the people surrounding them, especially if they are used by naturally-uninspiring individuals. In order to guarantee this technique's proper success, the user must possess a 2 in at least one of the following skills: Acting, Charisma, or Strength of Will. This technique can be executed by those who have a lesser version of these skills if they so will it; however, upon execution, there will be a 50% chance of this skill failing to provide any kind of inspiration to allies altogether.


Made by: Nakajima Kimiko

Reserved? : No

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Charles wasn't sure of how things were faring outside of the fortress. The last time he was out there, he had seen many of his comrades perish under a rain of exploding arrows that didn't seem like it was going to stop any time soon. Then, that rain stopped shortly before he proceeded onward towards that door Kimiko had sent him to... only for them to start anew thereafter, if the noises were anything to go by. He wanted to believe that things were going smoothly and that, somehow, they were going to take this thing down without breaking much of a swear; after all, that was what Kimiko had promised them all before they had even come to this place. However, he knew better than to completely fall for her words. Such was what she had taught him over the course of their career as Shinigami, and such was what he himself had concluded over the course of his own career as a soldier, back when he was still of flesh and blood proper.

In any case, so far, it appeared as though things were going smoothly. While he would have preferred to deal with comrades who would take this operation a little bit more seriously, he did not have any complaints about Viola's and Nadia's performances for the time being. That said, he hadn't seen them in combat proper, and so he still held his opinions on that particular matter for the time being. Instead, for now, he focused on navigating the many hallways beyond the door which Kimiko had tasked him to go through. As he moved, his blue eyes would quickly scour their surroundings, attempting to find anything that could perhaps compromise their position. However, he found nothing substantial... which was something he did not appreciate. "A place like this should usually have a couple of guards around... You wouldn't leave a door like that unguarded," he groaned quietly as he made note of the absence of security in the area, then looked over his shoulder towards the girls of the Tenth. "Keep an eye out for cameras or any fancy Quincy stuff they have lying around. I wouldn't be surprised if they already know we're here."

The man would continue to lead the group onward through the halls. Again, it didn't seem as though there was anyone in the vicinity, which only caused his instincts to become sharper and sharper. Sure, it was possible that the attention of the people who currently occupied the command post of the flying fortress was entirely directed towards the Shinigami which surrounded it, but this shouldn't justify any decision to remove the presence of guards from the base's inner walls. You can never be too careful during times of war, especially whenever you have to deal with a proper battle right at your doorstep. Argh. What a pain. If only he was able to better sense spiritual energy like some of the students he had met way back then back at the Academy. Perhaps he would have been able to spot anyone waiting for them in this place if that were the case... Hell, maybe he would've been able to spot something weird out there amidst the many rooms that occupied the hallways they crossed.

... Hm... No. No, that won't be necessary. He didn't have much experience against them, but so far, the Vandenreich had proven to him one thing and one thing alone: that they were really just another group of arrogant soldiers who believed themselves to be superior than everybody else because somebody told them that it was the case. They were like the people his grandfather fought, his father fought, and he himself fought before he became a Shinigami proper. The differences between their colors, their flags and their insignia don't really in the end, for their strategies and their philosophies always showcase the one element that always ends up dooming them when they believe they most require it. Admittedly, the Eleventh Division isn't much better in that aspect. However, Charles and his squadmates weren't keen on strategies, so it usually worked out for them to a certain extent, in spite of the losses that they suffer just about every time they're forced to draw their blades.

The point of this line of thought was that he believed that there was maybe really nothing that was awaiting them in these halls, and that he and the girls could thus reach the command post in time to effectively slaughter the brunt of their operations while they were distracted. Unfortunately, however, this belief would come to an end once they would reach what appeared to be some kind of mess hall. The moment they would step into the room, double doors would suddenly appear and block every exit right before the lights would shut off, leaving them in the dark alongside the emergency lights. Raising a brow, the knives expert would let out a sigh before he stopped and began to study his surroundings again. "Welp, I guess I was right about the cameras," he would note openly before he slid his dagger's scabbard from underneath his sleeve into his right hand. "Stay alert. That ship's captain's most likely sent his guard dog after us." 

Admittedly, the situation wasn't very good. They had effectively been caught in some kind of trap, and now, they will most likely have to deal with a powerful opponent or a group of opponents. That said, they had the advantage of the dark, something which he doubted whoever had been sent to deal with them could effectively work with... or at least, he hoped so.

[Kaen Youji]

Kaen knew that look in Celes's eyes, and his own sharpened in response. Something personal was going on here. What, exactly, he couldn't be sure. He had fragments. Pieces of the puzzle. Pieces he had received in an incredibly short timeframe, that may have been a huge leap (but hey, Analysis 2), but as far as Kaen knew, only one group had the means and the gaudiness to try something like this immense ice fortress in front of them. Vandenreich were involved. And something about this was affecting Celes. He wasn't entirely sure what though. And before he could ask, he saw Celes burst through the wall, phasing through it with Daikotsu, just as she'd used it to phase through his arm in their sparring match.

I've never thought of something like that.... Celes really is accomplished, isn't she?

Either way, following Celes the way she went in was impossible. Kaen could only go for the front door, and get out of this infernal chill!

Thankfully, Kimiko was there to give him the update on it. What a weird mission. What did Vandenreich have against moss that grew on-- oh wait. Wait. The gears spun for a second. ...That was the name of a human world city? Riiight some basic geography lessons..... Shoot. Oh. Oh that was bad. Very bad.

"Well fuck." Kaen growled out. "Second time storming a Vandenreich fortress, let's see if this time I make it further than the entrance hall." He chose not to answer Kimiko's comment about losing control.

Instead he rushed forwards along with Kimiko at a breakneck pace-- somewhat disturbed at Kimiko's Shinigami backup attacking with such abandon. He knew Kimiko trained a regimented and combat oriented division but that was.... Well. In any case, the arrows flying were as he expected of a Vandenreich defense. Organized, well practiced. Orderly.

Predictable.

Kaen wasn't about to let a bunch of automatons get the better of him. He'd never be able to face the Empress again if he failed to a damn statue. Kaen's eyes flickered across the various statues, rushing in. Thirty of them. The explosions were the bigger problem than the arrows, really. Lots of space to cover, lots of space to move in, lots of space to see the arrows coming. If it were Kaen, he'd be firing clustered groups of shots to force narrow evasions, in which case he'd be caught in the blasts. This was not a defense capable of stopping a Captain-level combatant like himself. It wasn't intended to.

This was a defence intended to thin an attacking force's ranks, and force Captain-level combatants to expend strength. To weaken an attack for what awaited within. Whatever may lie within this monstrous battle station, this first barrage was nought but the appetizer for what was to come.

Although callous, Kaen let Kimiko's subordinates do their job, limiting the arrows he would have to deal with. His movements, although no faster than the statues' themselves came with ease, whilst his attackers would have to strain themselves to their limits to keep up with his movements, as Kaen wove through the storm of arrows, tracking the explosions with his eyes and doing his best to use the distance he had to avoid the shots thoroughly. Something that would get increasingly difficult, the closer he got.

That was fine though. Kaen wasn't just passively dodging until he got to point blank range. He was running a mental calculation, studying the timing of the shots, and singling out one statue in particular. As soon as he had the timing down....

KRKRKH

Kaen suddenly accelerated to his top speed in between two of the statues shots, intending to burst past the statue, slamming Karate's palm heel strike into the statue's torso with such force that he expected mere rock to splinter apart, obliterating the statue's torso and leaving naught but disembodied arms, legs and a head.

The Shinigami whirled at once with the same speed, to bifurcate a second statue with a flying mawashi geri, then followed it up with mae geri to launch the top half of the statue like a projectile into another, intending on shattering it as well.

Hopefully between Kaen's efforts, Kimiko's subordinates kamikaze attack and Kimiko's own efforts, the statues would be suitably broken down to an extent that cleaning them up would be a trivial affair now that the line was broken, and they could focus on piercing the other defenses the Vandenreich had in store for them....

[Celes Castellanos]

Celes let out a deep sigh of relief as light filled her vision once more. Daikotsu could prove quite dangerous to her if she overdid it throughout the operation. Thankfully, she had made it through the wall in mere moments, finding herself in a courtyard. Despite the dire situation of effectively being behind enemy lines... the scenery was quite pleasant. "Huh...", she let out. "They really go all out on the aesthetic even on a gigantic siege weapon." Her amber eyes scanned the area until she noticed a large gateway in the distance.

"Bingo.", the girl noted. Before she had a chance to move, however, several loud crashes emanated all around her. Six ten-foot-tall statues stood up, lines of blue traced underneath their stone exterior before filling their eyes with that glow. They were of various individuals, but two of them stood out to Celes immediately. One of them was of Sieglinde. The Quincy she had just met for coffee about a week ago. The other was of Hiyori. She didn't recognize the others, admittedly. The stone sentinels turned to stare at her before brandishing blades of reiatsu. She was surrounded!

Her eyes danced between each of them as she raised her hands and lifted her heel, taking on a cat stance. "Six on one? I like those odds...", she stated. The girl was not about to be taken down by facsimiles. Mere replicas of the real thing! The sentinels marched towards her, closing in on her at equal paces. Tightening the circle around her, the statues swiped the claymores at her. Their technique was impressive despite being nothing more than animated statues. The movements weren't stiff and they had enough coordination to not strike at each other with their oversized blades.

Unfortunately for these sentinels, Celes was no mere runt in the Gotei. As the claymores swung in, Celes closed in. Moving at roughly half her speed, pacing herself, Celes deftly moved around the strikes. As she did, moving closer to one of the sentinels, the air around the girl chanced. It pushed against the nearest sentinel and suddenly intensified. Erupted 1 meter outward, a sphere of turbulent air battered against the sentinel. She didn't exactly measure the proximity of the others, but she hoped that she could catch one or two within this technique. This was Shunpo Eichi.

Any sentinel struck with this mighty shockwave would crack and crumble from the sheer force. That was only the first stage of the Shunpo variant. As Kimiko's battlecry echoed in the sky above, Celes exploded towards the nearest functioning sentinel at 6000 speed and aimed to appear right by its leg. Wasting no time, Celes aimed to pick it up by its leg while pivoting on her own. If successful, she'd spin around once and throw it at a pair of statues like a bowling ball. With all her might, the statues would likely crumble before her, hopefully thinning out the herd to one or two remaining.

The ground beneath her had already started to glow a vibrant blue. The sigil that had formed across the surface of Nifelheim was completely foreign to the girl. Was it a weapon? She had no idea. She'd deal with it if and when it became an issue. For now, she stared at the remaining sentinels. Cocking her fists at her waist, Celes took a step forward and unleashed two more shockwaves to hopefully take out the rest of the pack. If she had taken out her assailants, Celes would have her way toward the moat that stood between herself and the larger castle, continuing to pace herself. She couldn't waste too much energy on fighting these foot soldiers or on travel.

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{Reiatsu}
Celes' Reiatsu: 3950/4000

-150 for Shunpo Eichi

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{Shunpo Eichi}Technique Name: Shunpo Eichi

Class: 4

Technique Type: Kidō

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects: The "exploding Shunpo" technique. This allows the user, for a cost of 150 Reiatsu, to initiate a Shunpo. This Shunpo releases far more power, so anywhere within a meter of the user will be hit with an explosive shockwave equivalent to the user's physical Strength when the Shunpo is used.

How to use technique: Stated above.

Drawback: Stamina drain. Reiatsu cost. Can only be used twice per post.

Made by: [Admin]

Genius Stamina Posts: 2/8

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Getting through the secret door that he’d found proved to be easy, almost like the Vandenreich who made it were thinking of it like an emergency door in case they forgot their keys. How could anyone leave that there without any real traps after the entrance. Now he’d been inside for a couple minutes walking with his wings tucked in towards his back. They were massive enough that they were still easily visible, but if he kept them spread out then he’d mark the entire hallway with his blood. Although that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing he wasn’t sure if there was someone that could use his blood as a weapon either. So for the moment he went with caution.

This hallway was more like a tunnel, walking in the same direction for as long as he had been Asmoskon had to question whether or not the doorways were obscured or perhaps built into the walls in order to hide them. He didn’t feel an incline which meant he wasn’t walking up or down in altitude. He was certain someone had to know he was here now which meant it wouldn’t be long for someone to come after him. He could try blasting his way out, but there was no guarantee that he’d find another hallway or room if he did. Unless he wanted to start blasting his way slowly up through the ceiling of the tunnel then he had to find someway out.

Little did he really know that he’d almost reached the end of the hallway by the time the lights switched off, replaced by the tint of red. Although he trained his eye from an early age to become accustomed to such a situation it still required him to blink. In that moment though when the blue of his eye was sealed he heard the heartbeat of someone else. A heartbeat along with a reiatsu signature that he could only describe as a vicious, angry bull shot up with every sort of steroid and energy booster possible.

He’d already been walking so finishing the step forward was a small need when moving with his full intention. Executing Movement at a moments notice Asmoskon would burst forward out of reach to the Vandenreich that was now behind him. Asmoskon didn’t even need to think to come up with the conclusion. He knew enough about the Vandenreich that getting immediately behind him even right now was no mystery. Asmoskon flung his left arm backwards with his shortbow now held between his fingers and just like that as he turns his heels he fires an arrow straight down the hallway boosted not just by the ability of the bow, but by his bracelet as well. Positions to strike the center of the Vandenreich, Asmoskon would turn around only a moment after his enemy either got hit or not.

Crimson Wings: 2/10

Arrow Speed: 800x2+750=2350

Asmoskon’s Senses: 225

Remaining Reiatsu: 3,165/3,500
Class 1 Arrow: (1x) {-35}
Shortbow Bonus: {-50}
Bracelet Boost: {-250}

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{Stats & Skills}
Strength ❖ 150-50%=75
Speed ❖ 400
Spiritual Pressure ❖ 350
Reiatsu Strength ❖ 400x2=800
Light Aura ❖ 80
Dark Aura ❖ 20
Instinct ❖ 300
Senses ❖ 300
Energy sensory ❖ 200
Healing Expertise ❖ 0

•[Weapons: Archery] [4]
•[Acrobatics] [3]
•[Strength of Will] [4]
•[Battle Analysis] [3]
•[Battle Focus] [2]
•[Crafting] [3]

[Rozelyn H. Castellanos]

Bursting through wall after wall, breaking through everything and creating a clear-cut path the the gym the two Sternritter had been stationed at, Rozelyn continued to bury through in order to chase down the spiritual signature she'd caught wind of from the very beginning.

Eventually, she'd found herself met with a single, last wall, barreling through it with one final shoulder charge, and flying through the upper top of the mountain. As she flew forward, propelled by her own speed, the girl immediately made note of the chilly air she'd been subject to as she began to descend due to gravity. As she started to fall, she committed to a spin, drawing both blades at the same time as she did so.

It took her about a full minute to fall, all things considered. As she began to reach the ground, Rozelyn readjusted herself to land on her legs with a ground-shaking boom. As she did, it seemed the last of a number of statues had been destroyed. Huh, she thought to herself, quite the defenses, Aneirin. As the dust around her settled, both from the ground being uplifted and the last of the statues being obliterated, Rozelyn stood up straight.

"CELES CASTELLANOS!"

Her voice boomed across the ship, shouting as loud as she possibly could, echoing the shout across the open air. Her enhanced vocal muscles were hopefully going to be enough to carry the sound; most anyone easily would've been able to hear it. Especially when the woman whose name she was calling was standing right in front of her. She closed her eyes once more, steeling herself for what was to come.

She took the time to mentally prepare. Was she ready for what was to happen? Was she going to be able to deal with her sister in combat in this scenario? If push came to shove, was she going to be able to kill her sister? There was no way. Even in a situation like this, she didn't feel that something like that was going to be possible. Not right now, anyway.

"What... What are you doing aboard this ship? Why are you interfering with the Vandenreich's plans here?" She furrowed her brow, trying to feign aggression. Truth be told? She was ecstatic to see her sister. She was glad to have the opportunity to see her face-to-face again like this, and was glad there wasn't anyone else here to interfere at the moment. Though, she knew full well that was bound to change in time.

Pointing a singular blade toward her sister, she sighed. "Seems we're to be crossing blades yet again, sister." She smiled. "I ask again; please. Lay down your arms, and leave this place. I wish not to fight you in such a context; I'd rather a spar, or something of the like. Not something like... Like this." Her eyes bore into the woman, almost pleading. Drawing in reishi, she prepared for a battle.

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{Reiatsu Pool: 2,000/2,000}
-100 for Hissatsu.
+600 from Quincy Regen.

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{Class 6 - Bow Form - 必殺剣 - Hissatsu (lit. 'Lethality Sword')}

Activation Cost: 100 Reiatsu.

The first of Rozelyn's Bow Properties, Hissatsu allows Rozelyn to transform her bow into a katana. Upon activation of this property, the girl's Bow is immediately formed into a pair of Katana. Starting sheathed, these weapons rest on Rozelyn's hip, giving her the option to single-wield or dual-wield as she desires. These swords are of an equal Class to her highest active Property, but she can opt into paying the cost of an arrow to increase Class on a per-swing or per-clash basis.

[Caesar]

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{Play me}

Caesar smiled as big as ever a fever dream to defend the honor of Der Kaiser against scum, against the enemy, when Caesar was released he understood his job and he understood his job well. Rip and Tear. Rip and Tear. Caesar's reaction stats alone at 400 allowed for instincts to take over and handle things when they came up and this situation. Caesar skyrocketed out of schatten like a missile with a mission. The moment he had noticed Asmoskon utilize movement to move a little forward, Caesar had burned reiatsu to utilize hiyrenyenku and with almost 10,000 speed to further sprint, reach and get to Asmoskon he had grasped onto the bowed fist which was already turned in his direction and fired? Caesar's eyes widened and attempted to flex with as little time as he could "OH Fer Der Kaiser-" he knew he had made his error, he knew he had to commit, he knew he had to grab. With a three in focused eye, Caesar was able to grip onto his fist as eagle eyed as an owl taking its prey or a falcon taking a life. His three in pain tolerance meant that whatever he should have felt instead he felt amusement and annoyance. His grasp onto Asmoskon's bowed fist was a grasp equivalent to the full force of a hydraulic press attempting to squeeze the life out of what had been placed, the color crimson building in the front of his uniform, the General flexing with enough time to prevent the arrow from penetrating still caused damage to the areas that could not be flexed in time while the parts that could remained intact. As if Caesar was a tank that was hit from the side, hardest parts intact and the softer parts worse for wear if not in need of maintenance but not critical. In the perspective of the free quincy, he would be aware that Caesar was there, he would be aware that he had step teched and as he turned or if he gazed backwards it would seem as if the very metallic tunnel twisted and exploded. Ground zero reduced to practically nothing and the appearance of cuts caused by wind in the proceeding hall. It was as if Caesar had almost instantly moved from where he was to here He was.

"Gaw shucks, I know this game too. Used to whup my brothers at it. Watch this." as he crushed his fish the General had turned his wrist to allow him to shift from grabbing the first to immediately holding onto the wrist and pull back with all of his strength and to further help the process Caesar tilted his body to utilize his shoulder to separate his left arm from his body. If nothing was done from start to finish, Asmokon's arm would separate from its torso with little to no effort. Separating as easily as plucking an insects limb from its wriggling body his shoulder slamming into the other side of his body. Caesar's body slowly rising and falling with forced breathing, Caesar's devotion to Der Kaiser meant that he ignored all fear. Caesar's adrenaline started pumping not because he was scared but because this was a fight that if he dropped that ball whoever grabbed it would make what happens next more fun. Caesar intended to bring the Quincy to the ground, he intended to drop the quincy flat on his front or back whichever came first and press his boot against his throat, even with a minimum amount of pressure the sheer feeling Asmoskon would feel would be as if a guillotine was hovering over his neck.

"Son you don't look like ya got much time with that arm wound. Ya stop now I throw ya in the brig and we can talk. You don't yield I put a sad dog out of its misery. Yield." Caesar began to press on that free quincy's throat. As quickly that if anything except for a single finger placed in the air with what remained of his limb would result in enough pressure to result in suffocation , as if an entire building had pinned the young man against the ground. Caesar's face now in a neutral manner, the same face one would when stepping on a cockroach, or worse his equipment glowing to both nourish and make himself stronger.



Remaining Reiatsu: 12,000/12,000
-50 for hirenyaku
-100 release
-500 Blut Offense
+1900 /2 = +950

[Caesar]

[addendum] fixed reiatsu cost, I forgot blut offense halves regen so +950 till its off!

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

There was so much going on all at once. So much that needed to be handled and so much that he needed to plan ahead for. So much that he was letting things slip out of the palms of his hands. Aneirin given he wasn't in any immediate danger took a moment to breath and looked over at Kanako. He knew what orders he'd give her and how much leash to give her. Unlike the other quincy she wasn't a fighter in any capacity, but that didn't mean she was out of options. Not with the Niflheim present and at her beck and call. "Kanako, I need you to take over the weapons testing for the Niflheim. Test the weapons in whatever order you feel is best done and make sure to keep up the damage to Moscow. In the meantime, leave the intruders to me and the other quincy. At least as far as intervening is concerned. If you could however analyze them while you have time that'd be greatly appreciated. Any and all information you can glean will be immensely useful."

Aneirin would wait to hear or see a reaction from her. He didn't expect an answer but if she nodded, hummed, or simply started typing away commands that was fine by him. The Niflheim had enough reiatsu to make consistent systems operate at once so long as it didn't continue to sustain heavy damage like with the S.D.S. That still infuriated him truth be told, and he knew that he needed to repay his guests in kind for demolishing it. Thankfully he had more than a few ideas. The first being how well the shinigami would manage now that they were on his home turf. A quick glance towards a screen revealed that the sigil was at maximum reiatsu which meant he could activate it. He smiled malevolently and spoke to himself while staring at Kaen, Kimiko, Celes, and the remainder of the shinigami. "Let's see how long you can withstand the cold." With a final push of a button the sigil that was underneath the feet of all presents shifted from a bright light blue to a bright pure white almost akin to snow.

The effects of this change were almost instantaneous. First and foremost, causing all non-quincy throughout the Niflheim to feel as though the gravity was increased and for those with the energy sensory to spare it would be immediately apparent that the natural and unnatural amounts of reiatsu that was surrounding the ship was now rapidly being made chaotic and disorderly. This in turn prevented any means of air ground throughout the ship and a couple hundred feet around it. The next and most notable feature was that clouds would start to form in the sky. Heavy and dark, filled to the brim with reiatsu they quickly spread out for 500 feet and looked as though they'd continue to grow so long as the sigil was active. The clouds then began to create chilling gusts of wind while large and heavy snowflakes started to fall down to the earth and on the Niflheim. Between these two effects the latent temperature began to rapidly fall further as the snow on the Niflheim was starting to freeze into solid ice. The only saving grace of this was that it was still going to take time for the full effects to manifest and thus all those currently outside the buildings or mountain of the Niflheim had time to try and find shelter. Meanwhile the quincy present, including Asmoskon, would find themselves gaining a quincy cross sigil on their left hand. This would prevent them from being struck with the lowering temperatures as well as allow them to use air ground and walk on ice and snow unimpeded.

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{Rune of the Frozen World - VERY IMPORTANT EVERYONE READ THIS}
So long as this rune is active the following effects take effect on all non-quincy beings within its zone of effect:

-Air ground is no longer possible on or up to 200 feet from the Niflheim. (This includes the mountain and underside.)

-The temperature is rapidly cooling, and snow is being produced from the clouds above. This will take three posts to create a blizzard that will begin to rapidly freeze, blind, and otherwise hinder all non-quincy individuals. Those with heat/fire-based abilities active will not find themselves hindered by the cold currently. Those with a 1 in Cold Tolerance will also not be hindered.

Those without the aforementioned abilities or skills will find the cold begin to seep into their body. This increased stamina drains from all attacks and high-speed movement. (400+). (Mechanically its 25% more draining but since stamina is vague use your best judgement.)

1/3 posts until the blizzard begins.


-Gusts of wind are periodic and cause ranged attacks to have difficulty being accurate outside 200 feet. OS higher than 500 ignores this. As the storm continues this will become stronger.


-Ice is forming on the ground throughout the Niflheim. This does not impede movement yet. This will continue to grow until it becomes a severe problem. Any liquids that are exposed to the ice, freeze on contact.


These effects take place on all areas not currently within the mountain or facilities of the Niflheim. So long as an individual is within a building or the mountain these penalties will not take effect. All quincy, regardless of Vandenreich affiliation, are safeguarded by the rune placed on their left hand. Should this rune be broken (attacks at 400 or higher OS) the quincy will begin to suffer the effects of the rune.

(Kimiko and Kaen)


Followed shortly thereafter with all the statues destroyed with chunks of stone littered among the various bodies of no less than a third of the current shinigami present it would appear as though the first immediate fight was taken care of. This would not last for long as the bands of reiatsu did not fade away from the stone that made the statues. Instead, the reiatsu grew even brighter as the blue color changed to bright white. For the thirty stone statues that were before Kaen, Kimiko, and the remaining shinigami the stones in question would start vibrating and shifting around. Slowly but surely collecting into a pile of rocks that was reforming itself into nothing short of a massive golem with bands of white reiatsu interconnecting each stone to one another. To make matters worse, while it was forming a barrier of ice 5 meters thick and 80 feet tall rapidly formed out of the ground. The length of this barrier far enough to reach from one ledge of the mountain to the other ledge. This barrier had the same white bands of reiatsu that the golem had covering its surface.

As the golem finished violently melding the stones together four spikes of pure white reiatsu jutted out of its backside that gave radiated visible cold and frost that started to spread across the golem's backside. These spikes looked to be the same color and with the same bands as the wall. The golem now fully summoned would bring its arms to the air above it and slam them down on the ground before it. Causing significant tremors, spikes, and a layer of frost to immediately expand outwards up to 60 feet in all directions. The shinigami who were unlucky enough to find themselves impaled by the spikes or otherwise come in contact with the frost would find it rapidly scaling their form, instigating frostbite and locking the limbs in place. Two glowing reiatsu spheres would then lock onto Kimiko and Kaen as it rushed over causing yet more tremors as it moved closer. If it got within 60 feet of the two it would then slam its hands into the ground and literally upend a chunk of the mountain's surface causing a literal tidal wave of earth and frost to approach the two and any shinigami present. It would grow in size from 8 feet in length and 20 feet in height at the beginning to 20 feet in height and 60 feet in length by the time it reached 30 feet away.

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{Golem Stats / Wall Stats}Strength:1200
Speed: 600
RS: 300
SPPR: 0 (immune to cutback)
Instinct: 300
Senses: 300
ES: 150
HE: 0
Durability: 10,000

Effects and other important information:

Non-RPC shinigami can damage it at 1,000 durability a post currently. Assuming all remaining Non-RPC's are attacking it.

Classed attacks below 3 have their durability damage halved. Unclassed attacks with less than half the OS of the golem also have their durability damage reduced by half. Multi hit attacks only induce one instance of damage on the golem per use. (Think things like Hundred Fangs)

For those with Battle Analysis 2, Analysis 3, or ES of 200 you can immediately determine that the golem and the wall are linked. This is through the same reiatsu coursing through both. Destroy one and you'll destroy the other.

Battle Analysis 3, Analyzing 3, Senses 200 the spikes on the golem's backside are weak points. This is due to the reiatsu bands being centered inside them. Due to the freezing effect of the reiatsu and the sigil that is active, they are weak to fire. Any fire/heat-based ability deals 1.5x damage regardless of class and ignore the previous rules regarding unclassed and Class 3 and below techniques.

Golem is slowly but surely being covered in ice. The backside is currently frozen and anyone within 10 feet of its backside will be entering an aura of cold. This aura will cause the individual to rapidly cool down. The first post will chill an individual and any limbs within the range. The second will cause frost to coat the limbs damaging the skin. The third post causes frostbite to occur and make the individual vulnerable to physical attacks. (Attacks are 50% stronger) Being on fire or near a heat source will prevent this so long as the heat source is more than 400 or the class is 3+.



Wall Stats:

Strength: 2,000
Speed: 0
RS: 600
SPPR: 0 (immune to cutback)
Instinct: 0
Senses: 0
ES: 0
HE: 400
Durability: 20,000

Effects and other important information:

Multi-hit attacks cause one instance of damage. (Think Hundred Fangs)

Has a weakness to fire/heat-based abilities. 1.5x damage will be dealt to the wall regardless of OS/class.

Will heal 1,000 durability a post so long as it's not burned or melted.

Exudes an aura of cold that will freeze individuals on contact or within the aura. Follows the same rules as the Golem except it engulfs a 20-foot distance from the wall. Also heat/fire must be 600 OS or higher to ignore being frozen or class 2+.

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{Reference Image for Golem and Wall}

(Celes)


While Celes would no doubt begin to feel the effects of the cold and the increased force upon her body, she'd find it wouldn't hinder her ability to fight and otherwise destroy the golems before her. Try as the coordinated group might, the Shunpo Eichi would blast apart a couple, followed by her bowling down another three into rubble, and the last shockwaves erupting the statue before her. It was almost too easy and Aneirin ever the watchful was about to send in yet more statues to deal with Celes or otherwise slow her down given he couldn't allow her to make any more progress. Yet his feed showed Hiyori of all people literally jumping out the ground and revealing the extent of the damage she'd done on his ship. Aneirin yelled out in mental anguish and frustration as even on his feed he could see Hiyori quite literally dug her way up through many tens of floors just to get to Celes. Its fucking unbelievable that she'd willing demolished so much of his hard work just so she could get to this captain. A captain who didn't fucking matter besides the fact they were invading his facilities!

Or at least that's what he would have said had Hiyori not yelled out the name of said captain. His eyes widened and he pulled the screen closer. "THATS CELES!?!?! SHE'S ALSO A CAPTAIN?!FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!" He knew how Hiyori felt about her sibling. Knew that this could be a very dangerous game if the two not only clashed but decided to do something even worse. Such as stalemating one another. He needed to do something, but he knew if he directly intervened that Hiyori would kill him later. As much as he wasn't certain how Hiyori would handle Celes, he decided he'd at least further stack the odds in her favor. The golems were already dead after all, may as well activate their secondary feature. Before both Hiyori and Celes, the bodies of the golems would find their shattered remains begin to glow again, but as with Kimiko and Kaen, they'd shift from light blue to pure white. The stones would then erode away revealing the bands of pure white reiatsu that folded upon themselves and became twelve different uchigatanas. However, unlike normal katana's they were made of luminescent energy that seems as though it was on fire with the edges of the flames being blue.

Hiyori would then hear a voice enter her mind as the crystal she held on her person glowed. It would be immediately apparent that it was Aneirin. Assuming she didn't crush the sphere, he'd speak quickly. "Hiyori? Hiyori, I hope you can hear me. Listen I'm not sending anything your way. The weapons before you are the only interference I'm going to cause. . . But you have to fight her. Normally I'd say kill them, but you've told me about Celes. Let her live if you want but whatever you do, do NOT let her go any further in! ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE HOLE YOU MADE! She could destroy the ship and cause the Emperor and the other Captain Supervisors to kill us if she causes any significant damage. Also, you've got two other captain level shinigami of note nearby. Kaen and some other female captain. I'll hold them off while I can but one of them is Kaen. The golem can only do so much while he's here so made this quick!" With a softening of the crystals light and the silence that followed Hiyori would be on her own from there on out.

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{Flaming Swords}Class: 3
OS: 800
Durability: 1,500

Effects: Burns those who come in contact with the weapon. Can also be used as arrows or javelins. The flames will continue to burn an individual unless they come in contact with water. The water needs to be at least 1 foot thick in diameter in the case of ice to be effective.

Fire spreads across anything reiatsu based and will inflict damage at half the swords OS per post. This can stack for inanimate objects/defenses/etc. up to four times.

Should an individual be without a rune, these swords will prevent the Rune of the Frozen World from harming the individual for a post. The sword is consumed in the process. These can be grabbed by any living being and will not harm another unless actively used.

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(Charles and squad 10 NPC's)



The room was silent as the trio found themselves locked within. No immediate methods of escape as the darkened room hide the vents and air ducts from immediate sight Assuming the group had time, they could likely find them and attempt to make their way through but as Charles had guessed, one of the Vandenriechs own would appear in the room. Immediately outing herself despite the lack of sound from her manifesting into the room. Her reiatsu would exude a creeping sensation as though each mote of it was a singular insect that was crawling over all of the mess hall. Meredith herself would chuckle slightly as she silently made her way towards the trio. "It seems he was right. Three little ones young and full of vigor making their way through the internals of this behemoth. . . May you be reborn as my kin after your passing."

From Meredith's backside came ten separate centipedes, each three feet tall and six feet long. They crawled down Meredith's body and ran towards the shinigami at 800 speed. Three centipedes for each squad 10 member and four for Charles. Meredith in the meantime simply stood at the other side of the mess hall about 200 feet away while she "watched" and began to absorb the latent reiatsu in the room. Clearly unconcerned about being outnumbered and somehow looking not just at each shinigami present. But into them. Each would get the sense that Meredith was looking at their very souls and not just their flesh and blood bodies as she kept her gaze upon them. Only if any of the group managed to get close to her would they realize that she her eyes were glazed over and clouded. Making her unapologetically blind to the world around her.

Assuming any made it that close however they'd find Meredith wasn't as undefended as she may have appeared either. Between the centipedes she'd spawned previously still making their way after each individual target, she had one particularly large centipede wrapped around her collar one that was oozing some king of ominous fluid along with a scimitar strapped to her waist. But more concerning should any get within ten feet of Meredith they'd find themselves under assault by yet more centipedes, yet these ones were connected to Meredith's body and actively would attempt to bite and wrap themselves around each body close to her. Her initial number of limbs she'd create would be four total, two from each side of her back while two were from her shoulder blades and the other two spawned from just above her waist. Assuming the individual was "grabbed" or bitten by the centipedes they'd find that there was a monstrous level of strength behind them easily capable of crushing their body if they weren't physically capable.

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{Meredith Stats / Skills}Stats:

Strength: 100 (50)
Speed: 400 (500)
RS: 200 (100)
SPPR: 400 (700)
Instinct: 400
Senses: 200 (150)
ES: 400 (600)
HE: 0


Skills:

Stealth: 2
Anti-Stealth: 3
Weapons: Centipedes: 3
Poison Tolerance: 4
Battle Analysis: 3
Analyzing: 2
Acrobatics: 3

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{Items on Merediths person}Name: Halipede
Description: This is a living item known as the Halipede. It has three different modes. The first is its standby mode. In this form, it is the size of a normal centipede, and can do all the things a normal centipede can do. The second mode is known as Battle Mode. This form makes the Centipede grow to a much larger size, anywhere between three feet to forty feet in length. The last form is Weapon Mode. This changes the centipede into a Halberd, at any size the user is comfortable wielding, with the blade being made of the mandibles. Regardless of the appearance and features of the insect body, it is comfortable for the user to wield.

Class: 1
Item Type: Pet/Weapon
Item Power (IP): 200+100 per class(900 at class 1)
Offense Type: Both
Durability: 2,000

Bonuses: This item can changes forms at a cost of 100 reiatsu. The Standby Mode is the default form, and cannot use its IP. Battle Mode has strength and Speed equal to its IP, minus 200, but cannot go below 200. Battle Mode also has 150 in all sensory stats, and has no spiritual stats, but is immune to Cutback. Weapon Mode has access to its full IP, and makes the user immune to cutback, but any cutback the user would suffer is instead inflicted directly upon the item's durability.

This form has two poisons, spitting out from the mouth of the Centipede. One is easy to make, also nicknamed 'The Happy Death'. Once this poison comes into contact with another living being, the will begin to hallucinate wildly from this fast-acting poison. Colors will shift and swap at random, attacks and abilities will look like happy fun things that seem like they wouldn't hurt you, and people and places will be replaced by happy things that the user remembers fondly, often hearing things they want to. Pain will be replaces with pleasure, as the disconnect between their mind and body grow further and further apart.

This means that Pain Tolerance can no longer be used to resist pain, and will instead need to be resisted either solely through strength of Will, or Pleasure Tolerance. Those affected will, hopefully, not be dumb enough to not see what is going on, and will likely be able to tell who their attacker is, even through the mind-altering effects. The effects of this start immediately after the poison comes into contact with them, but those with Poison Resist will be able to delay the effects one post for each point they have. Those with Illusion Resist can see through the hallucinations, but will not be able to resist the removal of their Pain Tolerance.

The second poison is much more... lethal. This poison is a neurotoxin, and will infect the bloodstream should it come into contact with someone.

Once the poison infects a target, they will become short of breath after two posts, as it begins to shut down their bodily functions. After four posts, they will begin to sweat uncontrollably, their stamina rapidly draining as their body struggles to keep itself going. After six posts, their limbs will feel like lead, and those without a 3 in Willpower will struggle to move their dying body at even half the speed as they did before. By post eight, their mind starts to suffer directly, their senses and instinct struggle to compensate for the damage inflected upon it. By post ten, they are too far gone, and pass out. Without medical intervention, they will without a doubt, die.


There are, thankfully, ways to resist this dreadful fate. First things first, this poison, with only one dose, only lasts four posts. Should a person manage to avoid a second hit for those posts, their body will filter out the effects and get over them. This method, however, should they get hit again after the poison wears off, will have an accelerated timer, instead starting at were they would be after two posts. The second way that this can be resisted is brute force. Should the opponent have an OS 50% higher than this item's IP, they will be immune to it. Thirdly, a Healing stat higher than this item's IP can undo the poison's effects, this goes for the numbing agent as well. Lastly, having Poison Resist will delay the poison's effects by one post for each point they have in the skill. Each point also reduces the effects of the numbing agent by 5%



Name: Insect Rust (虫さび)

Description: This 32 inch falchion, serves as Arcadus’s reminder to those who challenge his position in the Espada, or in his own endeavors. Seemingly forged from chitin, this blades’s white and porous surface gives it the look of being made of bone. It drips a black liquid when held, tinging the material grey, and this liquid sizzles when it hits the ground. The hirigana for Insect Rust (虫さび) are engraved on it’s flat. It’s grip seems to end in a molded hip joint.

Class: Class 1

Item Type: Offensive

Item Power (IP): 1100

Offense Type: Physical and Spiritual

Durability: 2200



Bonuses: This swords’s liquid, is in fact a powerful hemo toxin that is meant to mimic the dangerous and venomous abilities of a previous’s Espada. This venom, when it enters a target through an injury or through dripping into an open wound or exposed area, like an eye or mouth, begins the stages of infection.

The level of infection is determined by the target’s poison resist skill, being ineffective against poison resist 3, light infection against poison resist 2, moderate moderate from poison resist 1, and severe infection from a target with no poison resist. The blade requires a charge of reiatsu to produce enough toxin to be used effectively, and to properly charge it, the user must pay 100 reiatsu. When charged, the black ichor begins to stream off of the blade. High Speed Regeneration can double the posts or hits needed to progress to the next stage. This effect can of course be healed with sufficient HE to treat poisons and the appropriate medical conditions. The use may pay 100 rieatsu to instead end this condition, or, this condition may be ended through cauterization of the infected area (increasing in size with progressing stages.) or a purging of one's blood.

Light Infection: The wound displays copper and green discoloration, as if a copper statue is rusting, and the blood from the wound is unusually dark. A searing, burning feeling permeates the wound, as the hemotoxin begins to attack the flesh. High Speed regeneration slows, as it works to counteract this effect, causing other wounds to heal slowly. Light infection progresses to medium infection if either 4 posts pass, or 4 doses of the toxin are delivered, or some combination of the two. The victim may pay 100 reiatsu to suppress the effects of this level of infection, though it does not halt progression. The use may pay 200 rieatsu to instead end this condition

Moderate Infection: the wound has begun to rot, a putrid stench bubbling out of it. The blood it self has begun to rust, turning a person’s blood orange or yellow making it incredibly painful, but as well, incredibly difficult to circulate oxygen, causing the person’s cells to begin dying from a rapid onset anemia. The victim finds themselves feeling weak, as their heart works harder to pump less effective blood to dying muscles and organs. Lightheadedness, exhaustion, and general weakness pervade the victim, and their ability to use techniques that require large amounts of stamina (mechanically if stamina cost is listed as a drawback) is compromised, costing double the needed stamina to utilize these techniques. One can suppress these effects for 200 reiatsu a post to stave off these effects. As with the last stage, to progress to the severw stage, either 4 posts must pass at moderate infection or 4 hits of the venom, or a combination of the two. The use may pay 400 rieatsu to instead end this condition

Severe Infection: The wound has reached a critical stage, and without immediate medical care, the victim will die. If after 4 posts of severe infection the perosn is not healed or the poison is purged, they will die. As the anemia becomes terminal, a person’s organs are starved of oxygen and begin to shut down, as their body drowns on dry land, with no oxygen in the system, the body suffers, and everything begins to shut down. At the end of 4 posts, or 4 hits of poison from this weapon, the person dies. To suppress the effects of this, the user pays 400 rieatsu, but still dies at the end of progression. The target may pay 800 rieatsu to instead end this condition.



Name: Emperor's Approbation x5
Description: A particularly potent antitoxin sold by Pesticide. A single purchase of Emperor's Approbation comes as a singular vial, easily stored in a Gintō-esque container. One dose is enough to apply the full effects of the antitoxins. Durability applies to the vial itself, and not the contents inside.
Class: 6/4/2
Item Type: Weapon - Poison.
Item Power (IP): 500
Offense Type: Physical.
Durability: 150
Bonuses: Upon ingesting an Emperor's Approbation, the user's system is immediately cleansed of any and all Pesticide toxins currently in their system of an equal Class or lower than the Class of the consumed Emperor's Approbation. For all intents and purposes, this is treated as a poison.
Drawbacks: Consumable. Incredibly situational, as it only applies to Pesticide toxins. Doesn't clear toxins applied after the Emperor's Approbation is taken.



Name: Akki’s Kiss x2
Description: A particularly lethal toxin sold by Pesticide. A single purchase of Akki’s Kiss comes as a singular vial, easily stored in a Gintō-esque container. One dose is enough to coat a weapon for three successful strikes, or enough to coat five consumable weapons and/or ammunition. Durability applies to the vial itself, and not the contents inside.
Class: 2
Item Type: Weapon - Poison.
Item Power (IP): 300
Offense Type: Physical.
Durability: 150
Bonuses: Akki’s Kiss applies to its victims through contact; so much as 1 point of incoming damage is enough to infect a victim with a single dose. Every dose that courses through the veins will store itself within the victim’s blood, going unnoticed until enough of it is there to prime all at once. Each dose that infects a target will last for the duration of the thread, leaving behind the combined IP of all doses of Akki’s Kiss within the victim. When this amount of IP equals or surpasses a victim’s current Reiatsu pool (before any alterations), that victim will be incapacitated to the point of being unable to fight in NDE/DP threads, or slain in DE threads. Consuming any number of vials alongside 75 reiatsu will douse a Quincy’s bow in this dose, applying the effects of this poison to all strikes and arrows over two posts per vial.
Drawbacks: Consumable. Requires multiple consecutive strikes in order to get noticeable effect from the toxin, requiring multiple doses. Each rank in Poison Resist will treat the target’s current Reiatsu pool as 25% higher for the purpose of this item only. Five posts after application to a weapon, the poison will wear off, requiring another application.



Name: Hollowbane x2
Description: A toxin sold by Pesticide. A single purchase of Hollowbane comes as a singular vial, easily stored in a Gintō-esque container. One dose is enough to coat a weapon for three successful strikes, or enough to coat five consumable weapons and/or ammunition. Durability applies to the vial itself, and not the contents inside.
Class: 4
Item Type: Weapon - Poison.
Item Power (IP): 200
Offense Type: Physical.
Durability: 150.
Bonuses: Hollowbane applies to its victims through contact; so much as 1 point of incoming damage is enough to infect a victim with a single dose. Every dose that courses through the veins of a being with Hollow reiatsu will begin to break that being down over a period of 25 posts. Every post that passes will result in a 3% decrease to a target’s Reiatsu Strength, as their soul is slowly beginning to deteriorate. Every additional dose after the first counts toward one post in this ticking duration. Should the duration of this technique come to a finish, those with Hollow reiatsu will be debilitated to the point of being unable to fight in NDE/DP threads, or have their soul destroyed per Quincy reiatsu in DE threads. Consuming any number of vials alongside 75 reiatsu will douse a Quincy’s bow in this dose, applying the effects of this poison to all strikes and arrows over two posts per vial.
Drawbacks: Consumable. Requires multiple consecutive strikes in order to get noticeable effect from the toxin, requiring multiple doses. While Hollowbane can be applied to non-hollow beings, it will result in no effect. Every rank in Poison Resist that a victim has will increase this overall duration by 10 posts, to a maximum of 45 posts. Three ranks in Poison Resist will negate the effects of Hollowbane altogether. Five posts after application to a weapon, the poison will wear off, requiring another application.




Name: Wilting Flower x4
Description: The go-to toxin sold by Pesticide, Wilting Flower serves as the shop’s main “moneymaker”. A single purchase of Wilting Flower comes as a singular vial, easily stored in a Gintō-esque container. One dose is enough to coat a weapon for three successful strikes, or enough to coat five consumable weapons and/or ammunition. Durability applies to the vial itself, and not the contents inside.
Class: 4
Item Type: Weapon - Poison.
Item Power (IP): 200.
Offense Type: Physical.
Durability: 150
Bonuses: Wilting Flower applies to its victims through contact; so much as 1 point of incoming damage is enough to infect a victim with a single dose. Every dose that courses through a victim will result in rapid necrosis and decomposition within one inch of the area struck, requiring an ability of equal or greater Class to heal from the wounds left. Every subsequent dose administered will cause all previous Wilting Flower wounds to spread two inches in all directions, and leave a similarly large wound in the new location. Consuming any number of vials alongside 75 reiatsu will douse a Quincy’s bow in this dose, applying the effects of this poison to all strikes and arrows over two posts per vial.
Drawbacks: Consumable. Requires multiple consecutive strikes in order to get noticeable effect from the toxin, requiring multiple doses. One Rank in Poison Resist reduces the spread from subsequent wounds to one inch, two Ranks in the Skill removes the spreading from subsequent doses, and three Ranks will grant immunity to the toxin altogether. Five posts after application to a weapon, the poison will wear off, requiring another application.



Name: Angel’s Caress x2
Description: One of the simpler substances sold by Pesticide, Angel’s Caress, serves as a relatively “harmless” toxin, compared to the rest of the poisons on the market. A single purchase of Angel’s Caress comes as a singular vial, easily stored in a Gintō-esque container. One dose is enough to coat a weapon for three successful strikes, or enough to coat five consumable weapons and/or ammunition. Durability applies to the vial itself, and not the contents inside.
Class: 6
Item Type: Weapon - Poison.
Item Power (IP): 100
Offense Type: Physical.
Durability: 150
Bonuses: Angel’s Caress applies to its victims through contact; so much as 1 point of incoming damage is enough to infect a victim with a single dose. Every dose that courses through a victim will result in a light numbing across the body, reducing Senses for the purpose of the sense of touch by 5%, for five posts. Every subsequent dose administered will refresh this duration and increase the severity of the effect, up to 25%. Consuming any number of vials alongside 75 reiatsu will douse a Quincy’s bow in this dose, applying the effects of this poison to all strikes and arrows over two posts per vial.
Drawbacks: Consumable. Effects are minimal, and generally have little use aside from creative applications in combat. Effects drop to 2.5% per dose with 1 Rank in Poison Resist, and are negated with two Ranks. Five posts after application to a weapon, the poison will wear off, requiring another application.




Name: Entropic Embrace x5
Description: A lesser toxin sold by Pesticide. A single purchase of Entropic Embrace comes as a singular vial, easily stored in a Gintō-esque container. One dose is enough to coat a weapon for three successful strikes, or enough to coat five consumable weapons and/or ammunition. Durability applies to the vial itself, and not the contents inside.
Class: 6
Item Type: Weapon - Poison.
Item Power (IP): 100
Offense Type: Physical.
Durability: 150
Bonuses: Entropic Embrace applies to its victims through contact; so much as 1 point of incoming damage is enough to infect a victim with a single dose. Every dose that courses through the veins of a victim will lower the Stepping Technique multiplier on their techniques by x1 for three posts. Subsequent applications will refresh this duration, and lower this multiplier by an additional stage. Consuming any number of vials alongside 75 reiatsu will douse a Quincy’s bow in this dose, applying the effects of this poison to all strikes and arrows over two posts per vial.
Drawbacks: Consumable. Requires multiple consecutive strikes in order to get noticeable effect from the toxin, requiring multiple doses. 1 rank in Poison Resist will require two total doses after the first to lower the multiplier by one stage, whereas two ranks will outright negate the effects of the toxin. Five posts after application to a weapon, the poison will wear off, requiring another application.

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{Form and Firing Property}Form: Broodmother

Meredith’s form is about what you expect from the overall description. She gains the means to create massive centipedes that she can direct by transforming her arrows into them. The specific size of these centipedes is 3 feet in diameter and 6 feet in length. This includes their pincers and tails. The arrows however really only gain the means to track specific opponents so long as they are ground based or attached to some kind of object. As centipedes cannot fly, neither can these arrows past their initial firing point. I.E. Meredith can fire them into the air but they will fall eventually. These arrows retain their normal speed and their explosive capability, per standard vandenreich quincy arrows. Unlike an arrow though, these centipedes will attack by coiling around and trying to eat their prey alive. Lastly, destroying them is easy as they have 100 durability per class of the arrow used to create them. Class 7 is 100 and class 1 is 700 durability. In order to track people these centipedes start with sensory stats of 50. These increase depending on the class of the arrow. 7-5 is 50, 4-3 is 100, 2-1 is 150.


Firing: Infested Reach

Now that we’ve seen what Meredith’s form property is, the next question becomes how can she use them effectively? Her firing property attempts to answer this in a way that likely isn’t expected by her opponents. With no form property Meredith becomes the bow essentially, as she can fire off an arrow from any part of her body so long as she pays the cost. However when form property is active, this is when this power becomes interesting. While form is active, Meredith’s centipede arrows spawn forth from her body, at any point she desires, but doesn’t detach. This boiled down allows her to produce additional limbs made of one entire centipede, however unlike the form's base arrow dimensions she can instead create larger or longer centipedes. She does this by paying for additional arrows as she spawns a limb. For each arrow paid for she can add an additional 3 feet of width or 6 feet of length. This allows her to effectively create a 15 foot shield or she can create a 30 foot long limb.

These limbs have her highest spiritual stat as their OS and 1.25x that as their durability. In addition they can still move at 800 speed but only if they are moving away from her. I.E. She throws a “punch” and they move at 800 speed, the same as a normal arrow. However when returning them to her person or attempting to defend they are only able to move at her speed. Lastly as these are considered limbs she can utilize physical martial techniques through them or wield weapons with them. At a maximum she can have 6 additional limbs attached to her at a time.

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{Meredith Reiatsu}-500 for 10 class 3 arrows (Centipedes)
-100 for Form Property: Brood Mother
-150 for Form Property: Infested Reach
-400 for 4 centipede limbs (Assuming one gets close to Meredith)
+950 reiatsu gained from reiatsu regen

Total reiatsu used: 0 if none approach or 200 if an NPC approaches

7,000 - 200 = 6,800 remaining or 7,000 reiatsu

[Kaen Youji]

Looks like, although it came at a cost, the statues were defeated and, a sudden speed burst aside, Kaen hadn't yet even broken a sweat. But it seemed things were kicking up and the snow was starting to come down more and more. The temperature was starting to drop. It was pretty clear they needed to get in quickly, but to make matters more annoying, it seemed that the statues they'd just destroyed were starting to come together into something a bit tougher. Kaen made a snap judgement.

"Captain Nakajima" He knew Kimiko preferred informal, and so did he, so using her title rather than that was Kaen's own way of basically saying "in my professional opinion". "I recommend your surviving subordinates retreat. I don't expect they'll be able to assist in this, and there's no reason for them to give their lives pointlessly. They may yet be able to provide recon assistance, or, in the event of a worst case scenario, carry back a report of this weapons' capabilities if they can observe from a safe distance."

That quick comment out of the way, Kaen didn't wait for things to get worse. His Zanpakuto flew into his hand and ignited in a burst of flames to counteract the dropping temperatures. If the Vandenreich wanted to play with fire, then it was time they got burned.

Hachiryuu bound itself around Kaen's forearm, and in the next instant, Kaen was in front of the Golem, Hachiryuu emitting a mighty flame around his arm to guard against the heat, and, in addition, it came with the bonus of effectively making all of Kaen's attacks with that arm fire punches. The Golem seemed to be rearing up for some big smash attack, but it wasn't going to happen. At least not according to plan. Kaen was up in this things face (or as much as his 5'7 self could get in the face of a thirty foot colossus, and leaping up directly into the path of its attack. The colossal fists crashed down on Kaen with far more strength than they could muster, and Kaen in response.... Caught the blow with his flaming arm, and let it blow right through him, flying aside of the colossal fists like a leaf on the wind. His opposite fist flew forwards and then smashed into the golem's arms. This time, instead of Kaen flying aside, it would blow the limbs completely off course, and to the side, denying the construct the chance to perform its deadly ground & pound*.


"Learn some fucking technique."


He wasn't done either. Kaen landed on the deflected arm, and then charged right up and used the golem's own arm as a springboard to launch himself into the creation's chest. A barrage of punches, flaming and not, hammered into the creation's chest, as Kaen followed up his Ichinen strike with Hundred Fangs**. "ORARARARARARARARARARARA"[/b]

"You don't have to say that every time you do the move"

"Then we'll try Mudamudamudamuda next time."

"You don't have to say anything! It's embarrassing!"

"It's a reference!"

"Keep the references to sparring matches not when our lives are on the line!"

"Can't hear you. Stand Proud playing in my head."


Notably here, is that Kaen lunged off the golem's arm with an upwards trajectory. His barrage of a hundred blows was intended to strike with such force over repeated blows that he could lift the creature off the ground for a moment-- even a moment. Golems were usually big rock monsters with a connection to the ground. Getting this thing airborne would probably render it more vulnerable to attack, and render the behemoth itself less able to strike back.

Kaen finished his Hundred Fangs-- regardless of the result, by using the force of his final punch to launch into a somersaulting axe kick, right out of the Hakuda playbook, slamming the kick into the Golem's chest where his Hundred Fangs had been unleashed, and then using that in turn, to launch himself up to land on the Golem's shoulder, using the golem's own rocky body as a shield against the blinding cold aura of the spines, much like he had used a vehicle as cover in his battle with Windstarke a long time back. His left hand pointed was pointed at the Golem's head. "....Okay Hachiryuu's right, I should have used that time to think up a one-liner for this."

Hachiryuu's fire raged forward from the armguard to engulf the Golem's head in its flames.

Estimated Durability Damage assuming all goes as planned: 4752

(1950 from Ichinen+195 from Hachiryuu's flames
1500 from Hundred Fangs + 195 from Hachiryuu's flames
750 from the Axe Kick
162 from Hachiryuu's flames to the head)


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Reiatsu Remaining: 1350/1500 (-150 for releasing Shikai)
Shikai posts: 1/10

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{*Ichinen}

[Class]: 3

This powerful Hakuda technique is used by many Hakuda specialists. This takes the retaliation concept of Wing-Chun and applies it to Hakuda. When the enemy launches a physical attack, the user grabs a hold of their attack, and loosens up the body, becoming a single, fluid motion of instant retaliation. This is a difficult technique to respond to because of the fluidity, requiring a minimum of 100 in instinct/senses to react to.

Once this happens, the user redirects that force into a forward punch into the enemy's body. This punch has the strength of both the user and enemy layered on top of one another for extra damage due to the absorption of force.

How to use technique: Requires at least a 3 in Hakuda to be used. Also requires at least a 1 in any one of the following martial arts: Wing Chun, Jiujitsu, Karatedo, Kung Fu, TKD, Keysi, Hapkido, or Shotokan. Class 3+ characters only.

Drawback: Physical strain of the body.

As Kaen and the Golem's attacks are layered for the technique's strength, Kaen's counter on the golem's arm has a strength of 1950

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{**Hundred Fangs}
Class: 3

Technique Type: Other

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects:

This technique was developed in order to increase the user's strength in hand-to-hand combat. Using this technique sends Reiatsu pooling into the muscles and joints of his arms and hands, strengthening them and increasing their resilience. By using that same Reiatsu, he sends powerful impulses to the nerves that allows his limbs to react quickly in the form of a hundred powerful punches. Each one is fired off at twice the user's current Speed stat, causing his limbs to blur as the attacks are delivered in a sudden barrage that lasts only a few seconds. Each hit’s damage is equal to the combined total of user’s base Strength and Speed after type. This causes a massive amount of damage in a short time.

How to use technique: The user focuses their Reiatsu into the arms, strengthening the muscles and bones first to prevent excessive damage from overuse of the limbs. Following that, the same Reiatsu is channeled into the nerves and causes them to fire impulses rapidly, making his limbs move quickly in the form of a hundred lightning-fast blows.

Drawback: Moving one’s limbs beyond their natural limits causes strain and damage on the muscles and bone; though Reiatsu is first channeled to prevent the worst of the damage, each use of this technique wears down the muscles and causes them to throb heavily after only one use. Two uses within five posts causes the muscles to begin tearing, and small fractures along the bone. Three uses within five posts will completely tear several muscles while cracking the bones, and any additional uses within that initial five posts will render the user's arms useless without proper healing. This technique can only safely be used eight times within a thread without healing.

Requirements: This requires a 2 in Hakuda to perform.

[Celes Castellanos]

Dust rose into the air as Celes made rather short work of the stone sentinels. Shunpo Eichi, shockwaves, and her monstrous strength proved more than enough for these pale imitations. The smokescreen that formed around the Captain, however, would swiftly be blown away by a frigid wind which blew across the surface of Nifelheim. The cold was chilling to the bone. The Shinigami felt herself shivering ever so slightly, goosebumps spread along her skin, and her breath became visible. She let out a soft growl of understanding. "I doubt its the altitude. Guess this must be the work of that damn sigil.", she cursed. She didn't know the details of the sigil and if the cold had any special properties. That was yet to be seen.

In the meantime, Celes could try to push onward to find shelter. As she was about to dash towards the castle which resided at the center of the mountain, a loud crash made itself known. A figure burst through the ground itself and catapulted herself into the air! "Wait... is that?", her thoughts momentarily trailed off. After a few moments, she'd land before the Captain before brandishing her blades. The flourish of her blades was a big hint, but that green hair was instantly recognizable to the Captain of the Tenth Division. She felt... ecstatic. It was Hiyori!

Excitement, however, would soon turn to shock. The Quincy took a deep breath in before yelling Celes' name at the top of her lungs. To add insult to injury, Hiyori chose to use their birth name in this declaration. Celes couldn't help, but grumble. After Hiyori finished yelling, Celes' anger was palpable. "What the fuck, Hiyori! Where do you get off pulling a goddamn stunt like that?!" Her face was practically flushed red and she bit her lip. After a few moments, the Captain's features softened. "It's... good to see you again. You look well.", the girl commented playfully.

Unfortunately, it seemed that Hiyori was here on business. "What... What are you doing aboard this ship? Why are you interfering with the Vandenreich's plans here?" A frown crept along Celes' lips. "Damn.", she muttered beneath her breath. Celes' brow furrowed as she stood straight. "I could ask you the same question, Hiyori.", she stated plainly. "Why are you playing party to this? Standing by while innocents are murdered..." Celes was sure that Hiyori knew of the mortar fire that rained upon Moscow as the Vandenreich retaliated against the Shinigami. Deep down, Celes could sense the flickering embers of Hiyori's reiatsu. She knew a good soul when she saw one and Hiyori's was as bright as her own.

However, as Hiyori pointed a blade at her, Celes' heart quivered. "Seems we're to be crossing blades yet again, sister.", Hiyori said to confirm Celes' fears. From the moment that arrived, Celes had been contemplating how she would handle seeing Hiyori. In truth, she almost wished that her sister was not here. It would've made everything so easy! This would not be the first time that she would be forced to fight someone she cared about. The Captain Commander had ordered Celes to hunt down Camila after her defection from Soul Society. They didn't care about the bonds that Celes and Camila had forged. She was a threat to Soul Society and needed to be eliminated. The Captain was sure that Central 46 and the Captain Commander would share similar sentiments about Hiyori.

The Quincy dragged Celes from her spell with her voice. "I ask again; please. Lay down your arms, and leave this place. I wish not to fight you in such a context; I'd rather a spar, or something of the like. Not something like... Like this." Celes' attention returned to Hiyori. "Damn it, Hiyori. You know I can't go! The World of the Living doesn't deserve this madness. Even you can see that!", she yelled desperately, trying to appeal to Hiyori. "Please. Just stand aside and let me pass. We don't have to do this..."

As the cold seemingly intensified, something began to form around Hiyori and Celes. The shattered remains of the golemn's began to crumble further. Their cores suddenly became a dozen or so blades that scattered the battlefield. Light blue tendrils of flame licked at the frigid air around them. A nagging feeling was telling Celes that this was not Hiyori's doing. No, this seemed different. Celes was not sure as to their purpose, but flames could prove useful amidst the intensifying blizzard. For now, she continued to keep her eyes trained on Hiyori. The Captain's eyes were equally pleading, practically begging Hiyori to make this easy for her. Celes didn't even dare contemplate how Kimiko and Kaen could escalate the situation if it came down to it.

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Having traveled into the Nifelheim itself, Nadia and Viola along with their companion found themselves trapped. The lights dimmed, making visibility somewhat difficult. The occasional glow of the crimson emergency lights illuminated parts of the room ever so slightly. "Looks like you were right, Charles. Someone knows we are here...", Viola hummed nervously. It was bad enough that their approach had been noticed, but the feeling in the air made it so much worse. It was like a thick miasma blanketed the room. It made it harder to breathe. Harder to think. The trio was soon met with their assailant.

An old lady stood on one end of the room, draped in shadow. The old woman seemed unassuming, but it seemed that she was the source of this putrid feeling. Her words basically confirmed this as she spoke, "It seems he was right. Three little ones young and full of vigor making their way through the internals of this behemoth. . . May you be reborn as my kin after your passing." Needless to say, it put Viola and Nadia on edge. To add to the horror of the situations were the centipedes. They were massive and began to coil down the woman's body. "Guess someone watched one too many Cronenberg films.", Nadia joked. She had gotten to know Viola well and tried to make light of the situation to calm the woman's nerves.

"Okay, Viola. Let's make Celes proud!" As the centipedes began to skitter towards them, Nadia charged to meet them head-on. "Let's go, Kowai Hane. Number One, Ichi!", the girl cheered as she drew her katana to accompany her wakizashi. Reiatsu poured into them as a ghostly shroud surrounded her twin blades. Her Zanpakutō Spirit would lend the girl her strength, making her attacks more lethal. Moving deftly at 800 speed herself, Nadia struck out at the first centipede, trying to carve it in two with her katana. With her other hand, Nadia flung her wakizashi akin to a kunai at another of the many insects. Whether it made its mark or not, the girl descended upon another with a swift Shunpo to try to put it down with her katana.

Viola, on the other hand, had a different problem. She was not nearly as fast or strong as Viola, but her sharp instincts told her she needed to act. With her katana in one hand, the blonde Shinigami spoke softly, "Draw down the Moon, Ichiko Hon." The form of her Zanpakutō began to change into that of a leather-bound tome. Within her other hand, Viola now wielded an ink-tipped quill. Popping it open, the girl swiftly wrote out, Sōren Sōkatsui. Extending her hand, the girl yelled, "Hado #73! Wave!"

The girls' hand lit up as two spheres of blue flame materialized in front of her. They quivered before exploding outward into a vicious cone of flames. Most interestingly, this Kido would utilize Viola's far superior spiritual pressure to back its flames. Anyone who recognized the Kido would know that Sōren Sōkatsui normally did not act like this, but it wouldn't be difficult to divine that Viola's Zanpakutō had a role to play in the modification. In any case, the wave of flame rushed forward in an attempt to engulf the centipedes to literally kill them with fire. Needless to say, only time could tell if the Seated Officers' attack would be successful.

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[Nakajima Kimiko]

Kimiko wanted to think that the crystals as well as the statues themselves were the only real thing that awaited them beyond the walls of the fortress. They were already solid defenses against the majority of attackers that one would expect while holding such a massive fortification. Hell, the fact that the fortress was even flying to begin with was also quite the notable defense, as it made sure to prevent any sort of offensive from any of the forces that could be conjured by this side of the Living World, except perhaps the use of certain aircrafts and missiles. But, in truth, even if it didn't seem to be the case at a glance, she knew that there was more. Of course there was. There was always more around the corner of any sort of military defense, no matter the time or the place or any other element to make note of... especially when it came to the likes of the dramatic, dogmatic dregs who referred to themselves as the Vandenreich.

When she began feeling the cold suddenly rise in the air, she felt her instincts shoot upward right through the proverbial ceiling. The existence of the glyph on the ground that she had noted moments ago presumably had led to this very moment, and now, she believed that she was beginning to see its effects. She could already feel a great discomfort sweep through her flesh and bone, enough so that it caused her teeth to already clench against one another. But that wasn't the worst part of this development. No, the worst part were the statues themselves, or rather what their pieces had suddenly decided to do now that their core structure had been eliminated. Each and every one of the stone bodies that had been destroyed had begun to suddenly reform themselves into something new. They piled onto one another and fused bit by bit, becoming in-turn something that the Captain could not have possibly foreseen: a giant of ice and snow.

The goal of these defenses was now clear. At least, it was to Kimiko. This was not at all about defending the fortress, but rather to simply reduce the brunt of the offensive, which was here the lower officers of the Tenth and the Eleventh. Kaen was completely right in assuming that they were in danger, because in truth, there was quite simply no way that they would be able to survive the onslaught of this new creature. For all they knew, it could do much worse than mere explosive arrows, and those things cut through them all like butter. Thus, after giving a serious look of consideration to the fire-bender, the swordswoman would huff before turning towards the rest of the survivors, making use of what remained of her increased willpower to give them all a final order for the time being: "EVERYONE, RETREAT TO THE CITY GROUNDS BELOW! SCATTER, FIND THE SURVIVORS, AND BRING THEM TO SAFETY! WE WILL STAY HERE AND TAKE THIS SHIP DOWN ON OUR OWN!"  

It took a moment for the officers to actually register what had been told to them, but eventually, they would find themselves relenting and following the order that had been given to them. Considering the gravity in the area had increased significantly, getting off the fortress was unfortunately easier said than done, as walking upon the air was practically impossible. Fortunately, Kimiko had made sure to teach them how to use the available Air Ground to the advantage once they would be sufficiently out of the negated range, mainly by "sliding" into the air. The use of various Shunpo jumps greatly simplified this process. Once they were gone, Kimiko's eyes would find themselves briefly trailing towards the bodies of the mutilated before she looked back towards the golem. "I probably disappointed a couple of them with that call, but you're right. They're gonna be more useful down there than out here," she would openly agree with the Vice-Captain before showing her teeth to the icy creature, which had finished building itself into a proper golem. "Now... let's get this thing out of the way!"  

A burst of spiritual energy would suddenly be felt from both she and Kaen as the both of them activated their Shikai at once. While fire would suddenly erupt from the Vice-Captain, wild streaks of white and black "ink" would begin to surround her. The air hummed around them as power surged with great intensity around their bodies, causing the very ground to briefly shake and for the surging ice to crack ever-so-slightly. Then, they moved. Kaen went for the offensive, dishing out several attacks that would leave the golem severely damaged before it even had the time to do anything substantial to the Shinigami. Meanwhile, Kimiko remained somewhat close, using the opportunity which was Kaen's Hundred Fangs to get in close and initiate a maneuver that she believed would be most efficient against the creature's icy shell. It was going to be a risky move, especially considering what kind of creature they were even facing right about now, but it was worth a try.

With her heart ablaze, she would attempt to predict the last hit of man's rapid assault before coming forward and slightly unsheathing her weapon so that it would "shave" the right side of his kick. Doing so required precision and a certain level of prediction, but fortunately, she had seen the likes of Hundred Fangs before. Well, more so read about it... or rather, she saw something similar happen in a manga that she had already read a while ago that Kaen made sure to remind her of. Then, once the golem would be sent flying in the air, she would jump alongside Kaen before gripping the hilt of her white blade with fiery intensity. Curiously, from the Vice-Captain's view, said blade would appear to be gleaming with power as she removed it from its scabbard. What would come out of her would unfortunately not be a one-liner. However, it would hold just as much aggresivity as the rest of her fighting style.

 "EAT SHIT!"

And with those two words uttered, she unsheathed her blade straight onto the spikes of the golem's backs, using her empowered blade in an attempt to break them all in a single swing.

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{Reiatsu: 5900/7000  |  Shizukakane (0.6m) : 10 Posts Remaining  |  Taishokukane (1m) : 10 Posts Remaining  |  Light Gauge : 0%  |  Dark Gauge : 0%}
Technique Name: Soru Kanmeki (剃るかんめき, "Shave Bolt") [Kega]

Technique Type: Zanjutsu - Hohō | Counter-attack

Technique Element: None

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

Class: 2-4

Technique Reiatsu Cost: 150 (Kigai), 400 (Kega), 600 (Shikyo)

Technique Description and Effects

An alternate variant of the Kagami Kanmeki technique. The user awaits an incoming attack from an adversary with a hand placed on the scabbard of their weapon and the other onto its hilt before then dodging at the very last moment. Once done, they then hold their sheathed weapon next to the source of the attack - be it of physical or magical nature - before slowly unsheathing it from its scabbard against the attack, allowing it to "shave" the attack in question. This motion causes the weapon to absorb the speed of the attack, which in turn causes the absorbed speed to beam from the aforementioned weapon in the form of a glint of reishi. Although a proper name was not given to this gleam upon the creation of this technique, it was eventually decided by the vast majority of those which follow the Nijū Kanmeki-ryu to refer to it as Kyohi (拒否, "Rejections").

Soru Kanmeki can be used to acquire and then empower Kyohi through the following stages: Kigai (危害, "Harm"), Kega (怪我, "Injury") and Shikyo (死去, "Death"). After having successfully reached Kigai, the user can further empower Kyohi by successfully executing Soru Kanmeki again. However, the main goal of this technique is not simply to reach a higher stage of Kyohi, as to do so grants no particular advantage. Instead, what is to be sought by users of this technique is the eventual burst of spiritual energy collected within their blade. Much like Kyohi itself, this burst bore no name upon the creation of this technique. However, over the course of time, it began to be referred to as Modori (戻り, "Return").

To unleash Modori is to return what has been rejected from a target in the form of a single Iaijutsu strike. In so doing, the strength of Modori is determined by the stage of Kyohi that has been reached by the user before its execution. Most practitioners of this technique tend to refer to this process as the Path of Denial, which can be observed below:

• Modoru Shikyo (戻る死去, "Returning Death"): The user completely denies a target's maneuver in an attempt to obliterate it from this world. This can be used to reflect major attacks or pierce through major defenses that are often generated by a superior Release such as a Bankai, which are both typically invoked by Class 1 and Class 2 warriors.
  
  
• Modoru Kega (戻る怪我, "Returning Injury"): The user denies a target's maneuver more fervently. This can be used to reflect average attacks or pierce through average defenses that are often generated by common Releases such as a Shikai, which are both typically invoked by Class 3 and Class 4 warriors.
  
  
• Modoru Kigai (戻る危害, "Returning Harm"): The user denies a target's maneuver. This can be used to reflect minor attacks or pierce through minor defenses, which are typically invoked by Class 5 to Class 8 warriors.

Adepts of the Nijū Kanmeki-ryu often consider Soru Kanmeki to be a prime representative of what the school is all about. It is a direct deconstruction of the Iaijutsu technique's purpose into something more concrete and resolute for warriors who wish to sacrifice their defensive capabilities for pure power. Many followers of the school tend to covet it once they are capable of seeing it with their own eyes, as its execution is often considered to be both so graceful and violent that it can leave anything - even a Hollow - beyond impressed. As such, it is typical for many followers of the school to always attempt this technique once per battle in the vain hope of properly achieving it.


Drawbacks & Weaknesses

All deflections and pierces are delimited by both the user's Class and their Offensive Stat. If an attack to be deflected possesses a higher Offensive Stat in comparison to the user's, they will find themselves unable to properly change its direction and will thus find themselves wide open. As for defenses, if the user's Offensive Stat is inferior to their durability, they will only find themselves damaged rather than destroyed. Should the user's class instead be inferior to their target, then the user must abide to Clash of Abilities rules.

Moreover, the amount of warriors who are capable of properly using Soru Kanmeki at its full potential during combat is unfortunately quite pitiful. Despite looking simple both on paper and at a first glance, most of the followers of the school are only capable of using Kigai at best rather than the rest of the Kyohi stages, as it unfortunately is difficult for even decorated officers of Gotei 13 to maintain the absorbed speed within their blade up until Shikyo. To even maintain Kigai requires both a Iaijutsu skill and a Martial Art - Hohō skill of at least 2, which is considered to be difficult for many Unseated Officers. Seated Officers tend to be capable of reaching Kega with training once they are Proficient in its execution, while Vice-Captains and those of equal power are able to reach Shikyo upon complete Mastery of the technique; however, by that point, both require the previous skills to be at a minimum of 3. That is not even mentioning the fact that one must at least possess a Lack of Fear skill, a Strength of Will skill or a Calm Mind skill of 2 to do something as risky as purposefully shave an enemy's attack to boost your own.


Made by: Nakajima Kimiko

Reserved? : No

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Charles would quietly wait for something to appear before him and his crew as they remained trap in this mess hall they had found themselves within. He remained still, alert, with his eyes scanning the room time and time again to see if they could use anything other than the darkness to their advantage. As to be expected from a fortress such as this one, there were unfortunately no entrances that they could use to leave the room other than the ones that had been blocked. This meant that there were no vents or air ducts, but also no windows to the outside world. They could perhaps attempt to break through the walls, but knowing himself and the squad at his disposal at an apparent glance, the man wasn't quite sure that they would be able to do much damage to the ship's interiors. Or, rather, they wouldn't be able to do so in a reasonable amount of time, especially while the enemy knew that they were here. Oh well. At the very least, there were a couple of chairs and tables at their disposal. They could be useful distractions.

Another minute would pass as they waited. The man had remained alert by then, but he had to admit that he was getting a little bit bored. So bored, in fact, that he was even beginning to think about taking a seat on one of the nearby chairs and just wait for the enemy to show up. Hell, he could maybe even get some sleep for all he knew. However, before he could do so, he finally felt something different in the air. It was a filthy sensation, like having a number of flies stick to your skin. This would cause the man to raise a brow until, eventually, he would find the source of this sensation appear right in front of them. His azure eyes immediately noted her silence, but also her blindness as well as her attitude. The confidence that she exuded made sure to put in question her crippled nature just about the very moment he made note of it. "They got plenty of vigor, but I can't say that I really do. If it wasn't for your boss, I'd probably be sleeping right now," he replied nonchalantly and honestly, going as far as to even drop his guard as he spoke just so that he could force the crone's attention onto him rather than the girls.

A conversation with this woman would have perhaps been interesting. Quite frankly, he didn't really want to kill an old woman, no matter how she appeared. That said, the moment his eyes witnessed movement on the old lady's person, his eyes narrowed. That creeping sensation from before... He wasn't exactly sure of it was the case at the time, but he had a feeling that, somehow, that woman was someone who was capable of summoning something. What, exactly, he could not say. Probably some kind of insect. Either way, he now had a feeling of how things were going to go... so he made sure to prepare himself from the occasion. "Hmph. Alright, well... looks like I was finally able to get something that you'll have fun messing with," he noted as centipedes suddenly surged from the old lady at 800 Speed towards his position throughout the great mess hall. However, instead of moving right away, he merely continued to stand there before uttering three simple words: "Go on. Git."

The old woman would most likely be unable to see what was happening with her very eyes. With that said, she could perhaps feel the spiritual energy being emanated from Charles' person, as well as the energy that suddenly burst forward right from that same person. Regardless, the centipedes would be able to witness the forward rush of what appeared to be a man in a leather attire with pale bleached skin, big bulbous eyes and a wide grin. His hair was pulled back in a mess of hair that wildly flowed behind his shoulders, and his teeth were sharp, almost painfully so. In spite of his rather-unnatural appearance, he appeared joyous as he raised above him a weapon that appeared similar to a sharp skinning knife. "Hihi~... Interesting!" It chuckled as it very quickly welcomed the centipedes that were heading towards him. "Golly, Charles! I didn't think you would ever give me something like this! Hihihi~! C'mere, lovelies!!! It's time to meet your DADDY!" 

Charles didn't care about the man he had just summoned. To him, this Zanpakuto spirit was nothing more than a tool, someone that he could use in the moment for his own benefit. It was why, shortly after he had unleashed his spirit into the centipedes, he had disappeared with a single Shunpo at 7000 Speed towards the old woman's right side and raised his knife with a reversed grip. In spite of his own silent movement, he wasn't expecting her to not notice him; after all, something he had learned throughout his career was that the blind - especially those as suspicious as this woman - tended to refine the rest of their senses for their own benefit. So, he was going to try to end this as quickly as possible with a single Shunpo Karin-infused stab to the lady's head. Whether this endeavor was successful or not, he made sure to quickly use another Shunpo for a swift retreat.

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{Reiatsu: 3350/4000}
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: 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.

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[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Moving as he did the moment that he heard the heartbeat of someone new in the tunnel he accelerated his next step forward while flinging his left arm backwards and pulling his wings inward to enable his shot. Just as he stepped forward though he felt it, the wild raging reiatsu spiked even higher than its already established station. The reiatsu was a Vandenreich Quincy any idiot would assume that, but Asmoskon could feel the presence of the old fool inside this person. At the same time though he knew that what he had started now wouldn’t be enough.

Whether it be Hirenkyaku or some sort of ranged technique didn’t matter, this was a hallway that seemed more like a tunnel. Although there was some room it was minimal which meant he was at major risk with someone behind his back. He had to make his way out of this corridor now. Reaching out to grab his hand as his arrow left the shortbow Asmoskon saw one of the doorways on his right. Although the door was shut he could make out its shape and that’s when he wasn't there. At least now his physical body wasn’t anymore.

The moment that he could see the doorway to his right Asmoskon activated his Soul Property, but his second foot finished its motion forward, just like that the space that his body had been filling up was for the most part free again. Caesar would be able to see him right there although his blood wings would take up almost the entire view, the next a massive black arrow with a crimson center there for less than a moment. An arrow that moved at 2000 speed not down the alleyway, but to the right. Changing direction so fast that Caesar despite his speed wouldn’t be able to catch with his hand already attempting something else that no longer was possible.

The arrow flew piercing through the metal of the door breaking it in half before reaching more than halfway through the massive barracks room filled with dozens and dozens of bunks. By the time it got deep into the room which, like the hallway, was dark red Asmoskon reverted, appearing once again from the arrow. “Time to leave everything.” One property deactivated for another to begin with Asmoskon taking aim at the doorway now less then a full second after entering the room.

Five arrows notched and fired in less than another moment, Asmoskon’s skill with a bow enabling him to handle his arrows like a renaissance sculpture. Although he held a distaste for the arrows that now flew from his bow. Large ghost like figures of himself, possessing the black and red coloration of his reiatsu yet only his upper body was formed while the long matched what pop culture would see as ghost tail. Each one was supposed to have a different singular aspect of himself and yet all of them had a face of hatred.

Removing the mask on his face right now wouldn’t be a problem, but it’d take a moment and that wasn’t something Asmoskon deemed acceptable thus it would stay on for now. The Vandenreich member was here to attack him, to stop him from destroying their ship or rather finally kill him when hundreds of others had failed. Asmoskon wasn’t going to let that happen thus he focused on activating Gate and then pulling back his bowstring firing off another five arrows of himself.

Now with ten total arrows that didn’t fly far, no actually they actually stayed put for the most part moving away from each other and throughout the barracks. One though would fly if the Vandenreich hadn’t made his appearance yet. A single arrow that with a sneer would soar out of the broken door and then the moment he’d see the Vandenreich he’d rush him like a real arrow ready to explode on contact or even the moment he got within a few feet. After he fired the second round Asmoskon pulled in the reiatsu around him through his cross and kept his attention on the lights around him ready for the zealot to rise up from his shadow once again.

Crimson Wings: 3/10

Asmoskon’s Senses: 225

Remaining Reiatsu: 2,515/3,500
Gate: {-100}
Cross: {+1600}

Power Property 3: {-250}
Soul Property: {-500}
Arrows 10x: (C1) {-1400}

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Aspects of the Archer

As strange as it may be this ability is one that manifests itself from not only Asmoskon's reiatsu but his emotions/personality as well. Arrows that are formed with this property actively take the appearance of miniature versions of Asmoskon. The "Arrows' ' bodies are mixed into two different sections the first being the head of the "Arrow" takes the appearance of Asmoskon's upper body while the second is long and thin resembling the end of a reiatsu arrow. The size of these arrows are about three feet while being a foot in width. These arrows possess the ability to speak while having full access to Asmsokon's memories and have different aspects of Asmoskon's own emotions/personality.

The true ability of these "Arrows' ' is the fact that they're able to explode causing massive damage to the surrounding area from the reiatsu that was used to create them. The size of each explosion is 10ft squared: 100 RS. Perhaps the most useful aspect of these "Arrows' ' though is the fact that each of them is able to fire the standard Quincy arrow from small bows that they're able to form their hands into. They can only fire arrows either lower or equal to their own class. at double the cost of normal. Although they're able to fire arrows themselves this drains reiatsu directly from Asmoskon. While each of these "Arrows' ' is part of Asmoskon they're only a part and thus they possess a skill of Archery 1 level lower than Asmoskon.

The explosion is caused by three different types of occurrences the first being a physical assault against them causing them to counter as their body is harmed. The second is that the "Arrows" themselves have the ability to self-destruct choosing when to explode. The third and final cause is Asmoskon's own will/command which can cause the "Arrows" to explode from a distance only a moment after Asmoskon snaps his fingers or speaks the word "Detonate".

This property has manifested from Asmoskon's resolve to accomplish his goals even if it costs him his life. Constantly living his life on the line and taking on challenges that have a high chance of leading to his death just so he may reach a new level of power from the experience itself. This recklessness and self-destructive nature of life is what has caused this property to develop the way that it has.

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A True Arrow

Asmoskon's Soul property is something unlike any other as it takes his aspirations to be the greatest archer and Quincy to have ever existed along with all of the training that he had undertaken to accomplish his goals and warps his body into that which he has sought for so long. That's right this property actually causes Asmoskon's body to become pure reiatsu for a short period of time and take the form of a massive arrow equivalent to his size. This happens instantaneously meaning that once Asmoskon chooses to activate this property his body immediately is transformed.

Asmoskon's body will always change in the same way as his body corresponds to the body of an arrow. When Asmoskon transforms he immediately travels forward at the typical speed of an arrow (800) + whatever speed he may be moving at as he transforms. This speed is limited to being 3x his base speed. The direction that he travels is always predetermined by where he is looking, meaning the line of sight. Despite being an entity of pure reiatsu Asmoskon still retains his senses meaning that he can still see, hear, feel and smell what's around him. Asmoskon is able to at any moment revert back to his physical form in the same manner that he can turn himself into the massive arrow of reiatsu.

As an arrow Asmoskon is able to clash with reiatsu attacks in the same manner as any other technique with his own class determining that of his arrow body. When in this transformation so long as Asmoskon prevails over the other technique he won't suffer any kind of negative effect. However, if Asmoskon is overpowered by a technique he won't be destroyed, but his body will revert back to its physical form with serious injuries. He also won't be able to activate this property again for three posts. If a technique meant to absorb reiatsu is used against Asmoskon while he is transformed, he won't be absorbed, but his body will revert back to its physical form with serious injuries. Asmoskon can only activate this property once a post.

[Rozelyn H. Castellanos]

Hearing Celes call her name, the Quincy smiled. "Rozelyn," she commented, "it's Rozelyn, now. Before this operation began, I received a promotion to Sternritter; R, The Rōnin. Feels fitting, wouldn't you say?" She chuckled. Truth be told, she hadn't quite felt that she deserved it. Especially given her stance within the faction. She'd been a convert, after all. Was such truly deserving?

As Celes raised her concerns, Rozelyn's grip on her weapons tightened. "I..." She paused. "I'm doing so on order. For His Majesty's sake, and for the good of the Vandenreich. This... This is the life that I lead now, Celes. You should know better than anyone that duty is binding like steel against steel." She knew how Soul Society was. She knew what receiving an order was like - especially from the Captain Commander - and she knew full-well what disobeying an order meant. Such was more or less the same for her.

"Seems we're at an impasse, then." She sighed. "Neither of us are willing to stand down, and neither of us are able to walk away from this per our affiliations. I'd be cut down where I stand, and I can't say the same would be much different from you, Miss Captain." Truth be told, she knew something like this wouldn't bode well for Celes, but just what consequences would be in store left her unknowing. She wasn't looking to find that out.

As the blades manifested around the two of them, and as Aneirin began to speak to her, she listened for a moment. "I understand," she spoke somewhat solemnly. Distinctly different from her normal tone of voice; almost saddened. Taking a deep breath as he finished, the girl closed her eyes, allowing her released abilities to activate. "Seems we've got a rematch to get to, yeah?" She smiled, before blasting off toward her sister through Hirenkyaku, and Hirenkyaku Blitz.

Dropping her sword vertically across her sister's chest, Rozelyn's strike came with a rather insidious effect attached; assuming Celes aimed to guard on-time with her sister's attack, as any normal combatant would've, she'd quickly find the Quincy's blade digging into her shoulder regardless. A fraction of a second before, and after her strike aimed to land, Rozelyn's blade had been "duplicated" to hit both early, and slightly after her own. Disorienting at best, and incapacitating at worst. If any of these three attacks had landed, Celes was in for a nasty surprise, as she'd find her own Reiatsu being drained from her body. Though, she wasn't all she was planning.

At the same time, another strike with her second sword launched forward, rocketing at the same increased speed aimed for the girl's abdomen. Similarly tripled in terms of the number of strikes, and similarly draining if any of them found their mark, she posed a rather difficult situation for her sister; which strike, if either, was she to react to? She was interested in finding out to see just how she was to deal with the incoming attacks. Though, Rozelyn made it clear through her movements; she hadn't aimed to kill the girl. Only stop her from being able to fight.

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{Reiatsu Pool: 1,110/2,000}
-150 from Blutwächter.
-250 from Shoha activation.
-200 from Tsubame-Gaeshi activation.
-50 from Hirenkyaku.
-140 from Class 1 Strike x2.
-300 from Hirenkyaku Blitz x2.
+200 from Quincy Regen.

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{Blutwächter}
Technique Name: Blutwächter (Blood Guard)

Technique Class: 5 - 20 TTP

Technique Type: Vandenreich.

Usable By: Vandenreich Quincy.

Technique Element: Blood.

Technique Cost: 150 Reiatsu/post.

Description: An extension of Blut Vene, Blutwächter serves as a spiritually defensive option for Quincies that find themselves up against Hollows or Arrancar. By expending 150 reiatsu per post, the user can activate this technique, shielding them from specifically Hollow and Arrancar reiatsu in order to protect themselves from the poisoning and acidic burns that they are capable of inducing. When used alongside the Quincy technique Verfeinern, this technique costs no reiatsu.

How to Use: Pulse reiatsu through the user's veins.

Drawbacks: Blutwächter cannot be used alongside But Vene. If Verfeinern is active alongside Blutwächter, Blut Vene can be used, but only at half-effectiveness. Requires Blut at Learned.

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{Class 3 - Mass - 照破 - Shoha (lit. 'Shining Cut')}

Activation Cost: 250 Reiatsu.

A property that simultaneously represents her shining place within the Vandenreich, as well as the flash of her blades, Shoha is a property that amplifies the number of attacks Rozelyn makes with single actions. With one attack (a swing of her sword, firing of an arrow, or punch, kick, et cetera, assuming Hissatsu is inactive), a translucent copy of her strikes will appear a split-second before her movements and a split-second after, applying a total of three attacks against her targets. These possess the girl's strength, as they are a sort of "shockwave" effect.

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{Class 4 - Power - 燕返し - Tsubame-gaeshi (lit. 'Swallow Return Strike')}

Activation Cost: 200 Reiatsu.

Much like the name implies, Tsubame-gaeshi returns and repeats previous strikes that the girl has made. Upon sheathing her sword with this property active, each of Rozelyn's arrows that had originally damaged something will inflict their damage a second time, as though they were prompted to strike once more. Any on-hit effects or abilities that would affect the strikes will still apply as normal with these additional attacks, but it does require her to sheathe her blade, potentially leaving her open. If an attack was originally blocked, say by a limb or sword, the strike will happen again against the struck part, instead of where she'd intended to hit. Alongside Enpi, this leaves behind a trail of slashes, following the path that the arrow took. These slashes are only imitated in-between sheathings of her sword; if she strikes twice and sheathes, two slashes will be repeated. If she then strikes three more times and sheathes, three strikes will be repeated. If she does not possess swords due to not having Hissatsu active, spending 50 Reiatsu and assuming a key stance to repeat these strikes will suffice.

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{Hirenkyaku Blitz}
Technique Name: Hirenkyaku Blitz (Hirenkyaku Lightning)

Technique Class: 4 - 40 TTP

Technique Type: Vandenreich | Angehen.

Usable By: Vandenreich Quincy.

Technique Element: N/A.

Technique Cost: 150 Reiatsu.

Description: Mimicking techniques like Shunpō Karin, Sonido Garra, and Bringer Flash, Hirenkyaku Blitz aims to multiply the striking speed of a limb ten-times over by creating a reishi platform in the middle of a limb, before rocketing it forward.

How to Use: Create a reishi platform akin to Hirenkyaku over a limb, and send that limb flying forward.

Drawbacks: Requires a 1 in Martial Arts: Angehen, and Hirenkyaku at Mastered. This technique at Learned can be used once per post; Proficient is twice, and Mastery is three. Counts against the user's Stepping techniques per post.

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{Verschlingende Streik}
Technique Name: Verschlingende Streik (Devouring Strike)

Technique Class: 2 - 180 TTP

Technique Type: Vandenreich.

Usable By: Vandenreich Quincy.

Technique Element: N/A.

Technique Cost: 0 Reiatsu.

Description: An advanced form of the Quincy martial combat, Angehen, and considered one of the strongest. It is considered one of the greatest weapons versus spiritual beings, and allows the Quincy to 'eat' the beings' reiatsu and even their spiritual form. Every time the user strikes those with spiritual power, the being loses 250 reiatsu and the Quincy gains 125, stored in the Quincy cross or mask fragment, and the person gets slight stamina depletion. For spiritual beings, if they are hit when they have 250 reiatsu or less, their body breaks down and is absorbed by the Quincy into the Quincy cross or mask fragment.

How to Use: The user strikes the opponent, using their Quincy cross or mask fragment to steal away reiatsu on contact.

Incantation: N/A.

Drawbacks: This technique also requires at least a three in Martial Arts (Angehen) to perform. Rei gained this way, however, cannot go past the cap of the Quincy. If it does, they need to use it within 3 posts, or else they explode. The technique is also physically demanding, and as such causes the user to grow tired more quickly.