Arc 2: Canon 4: The Karakura Wanderer [Complete]

[suteki]

Suteki was behind Jin, listening to the guy speak in some language she hadn't heard of before. She tried to see if Jin had anything, but didn't seem like he did. She looked back at the man, then Jin, then back to the man. The guy didn't have a threatening thought at the moment. More of, I just walked out of this bar, and some weirdo talked to me on my way home.

Suteki wanted to help with the situation, but couldn't think of anything. Suteki stepped to the side a little and towards Jin slightly. She looked up at the stranger and smiled, waving as a gust of wind blew. Then it hit her. She brought her hands together and rubbed them together, and attempted to shiver someway. A little fake looking but it might do the trick. She looked up to Jin and said, "It's a little cold out. See if he will take us to his home to heat up. He seems peaceful." Perhaps the man would notice she was cold, at least acting. If he invited them into his house, or a warm place, maybe Jin would have time to think of something.

She used her age and appearance to gain a foot hold. It should work, older people usually would be kind to a child, especially a little girl.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Post skipped.

[Jin Yamada]

Jin continued staring at the man and smiling at him. He was waiting for him to reply and say something so that he could introduce himself, however, the man spoke in a language unknown to Jin. What language is that? I don't understand him. Is that Russian...the language of this country? Jin thought to himself. He could not understand a word that the man uttered. Now, he was going to have to try a different approach, but he couldn't take too long or the man might become cautious and attack him. He continued smiling at the man, trying to figure out what language he could use to speak to him. He wasn't sure if the man knew the ancient language of the Bount. Even he didn't know it. The only reason he knew of it was because he had seen it written in that tome that Kassen Oro had left for him, but even that was translated for him. Maybe he would try German. German was the language the dolls understood, and so all Bount had to know it. "Ich entschuldige mich dafür. Ich vergaß, dass diese Sprache hier nicht verstanden würde" (I apologize for that. I forgot that that language is not understood here.) he began as he stepped forward a little. He spoke with a clear German accent, or at least, a clear enough one that he could muster. He would now try to introduce himself to the man. "Mein Name ist Jin Yamada. Ich bin ein Bount. Gerade wie Sie. Wie ist Ihr Name?" (My name is Jin Yamada. I am a Bount. Just like you. What is your name?) Jin said to the man. He was going to start off slowly. He would tell him that he was the Bount Leader after the man introduced himself. He didn't want to upset him too quickly.

[Zou ۞]

"Bount? Ich bin die einzige in Russland. Dies bedeutet, dass Sie ein Außenseiter sind. Was bringt Sie auf die Heimat?" (Bount? I am the only one in Russia. This means that you are an outsider. What brings you to the Motherland?) He spoke German very well, and quite quickly. This guy had probably been in Russia and Germany both, probably the former of the two, since World War II or something. He had that kind of speech and tone, that kind of age and accent. German years probably dated before the first World War, and Russian years dated after it, and after World War II. However, it seemed that he'd lived in Russia for the majority of his life, meaning that he was either born in it, or had at least become a Bount in Russia, since new ways of becoming Bount had been at frequent a few years ago, including the artificial transition that took place through surgery, and the infection that "Vampiric" Bount had once carried.

He spoke once again. "Ich wusste nicht, dass ich jemals sehen andere Bount. Ich hatte angenommen, dass der Krieg würde jeder, der nicht verbergen wollte zerstören." (I was unaware that I would ever see another Bount. I had assumed that the war would destroy any that did not hide.) War? What War? No, wait. He was probably referring to the war between the Ogatago and Shinigami. Did this mean that he'd been in hiding since that time, and, being the only Bount in Russia for whatever reason, had no one to give him any news? That must be it. Jin would have quite a bit to tell him. "Mein Name ist Walther Katz." (My name is Walther Katz.)

[suteki]

skip since NPCs don't interact with me

[Jin Yamada]

Jin's hunch turned out to be right after all. The man did speak German. Now, he could get somewhere. "Ja, ich bin ein Außenseiter. Ich bin von der Karakura Stadt in Japan." (Yes, I am an outsider. I am from Karakura Town in Japan.) Jin began. He stared at the man, noting how old and experienced he appeared to be. This man must be very experienced. He will help my cause greatly. Jin then heard the man speak of a war. The man said he feared that the Bount that hadn't hidden were destroyed. "Sprechen Sie vom Krieg mit dem Ogatago? Dieser Krieg wurde vor mehr als vierzig Jahren beendet. Einige Bount vernichtet in diesem Krieg, aber anderen überlebten." (Do you speak of the war with the Ogatago? That war was ended over thirty-eight years ago. A few Bount perished in that war, but others survived.) Jin went on. Then, he decided to tell Walther of his plan. Maybe he would help him. "Ich bin der Führer unserer Rasse. Ich bin hier gekommen, um Bount zu sammeln. Unsere Rasse braucht Ihre Hilfe. Es gibt starke Ungeheuer, die kommen, um uns zu zerstören. Ich kann nicht sie allein vereiteln. Werden Sie mir helfen Walther Katz?" (I am the Leader of our race. I have come here now to gather Bount. Our race needs your help. There are powerful monsters coming to destroy us. I cannot defeat them alone. Will you help me Walther Katz?) Jin said to the man. His face took on a serious look as he spoke the last words. He wanted Walther to see that he was serious about his request.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: It's actually because you don't interact with them. You know...kind of like a child holding a parent's hand while the parent discusses business with someone.

IC:

Walther nodded. "I will help you." he said in German. "There is no reason for me not to." Naturally, since Suteki probably didn't speak German or Russian, she'd never be able to understand Walther. However, Jin could translate for her. "The girl, is she a Bount as well?" he asked, continuing to speak in German. Walther obviously wanted more details on the matter of these monsters though, so he invited Jin and Suteki to come to his home. It was only ten minutes walk, and when they got there, they just went in. It was a very nice looking house, actually. With homey, wooden floors, an entrance mat, a fireplace that was already hot and burning. The fur and heads of various animals that Walther appeared to have hunted over the years were all over the walls. After getting his guests seated and comfortable, their coats off and whatnot, and his own off, Walther handed Suteki and Jin both cups of hot chocolate, and sipped a cup of his own. "Tell me everything." he said in German.

[suteki]

As they spoke, she just decided to feel what they were saying instead of trying to understand them. While they spoke, she looked around the area. For the most part it was barren. Only a handful of people were out it looked. They seemed to be talking about something involving death, as the man had a feeling of slight dread, though with surprise at seeing them. Something about bounts, and having him join them by the end of the conversation. They started to move and Suteki followed closely. After about 10 minuets of trudging through the snow. Suteki was starting to get tired, walking for long periods of time through snow was very hard on her.

She had to stop for a moment, as both of them got further and further ahead. She kept going though. By the time they reached the house she was very tired. Fatigue was setting in and they entered the house. She dragged in some snow, not stamping it off and took a seat on a chair, leaning back against it. The bottom of her suit was slightly wet from the snow, she wore a longer dress and hat to hide her special features. She just leaned back in the chair and started to fall asleep. Then the guy brought them a drink and she perked up a little, taking it from him, and drinking some. After a moment of drinking she pulled it away and held it out in front of her. "Thank you." She forgot he wouldn't understand her but oh well. She smiled as she spoke to him. Then continued drinking.

[Zou ۞]

"That girl." Walther said in German. "She is much weaker than you or I. Are you sure she can handle these monsters you speak of?" He nodded at Suteki at the same time, returning SOME kind of smile, which was rough, and definitely brutal, since he was Russian/German/Something similar. At least he knew that she'd expressed gratitude. For him to not know would be pretty lame and stupid. But, at any rate, he was asking a straight up question. Since he didn't speak Japanese, it wasn't like she could understand him. However, it was possible that, reading emotions, Suteki might get the general drift of his ideas over her. He doubted her ability to fight against the Shada-Hollows. He was actually right. She was much too weak to do so. Jin himself was barely able to do it, and that was why he'd brought her, because she'd saved him during the last fight, just as he'd saved her.

And, it was possible, though Walther's emotions were hiding it, but he believed Jin would need his help. Walther's emotions were revealing that he seemed to know why Jin kept Suteki around, and that Jin didn't know much about fighting these monsters. Actually, if Suteki probed further, she'd find her own emotions reflected too. Wait, did this mean that Walther had some kind of emotion or mind reading ability as well, that he also had a telepathy? Perhaps so, perhaps not. She'd have to probe more and see.

[Jin Yamada]

Jin's smile once more returned to his face, replacing the serious look he had taken on before. He was glad that Walther had accepted to help him so quickly. He was hoping he didn't have to fight him to gain his respect, though he still thought it would lead to that. Walther appeared knowledgeable and experienced, and so Jin knew thathe understood the situation at hand enough to offer his aid without even knowing Jin. This was what Jin wanted to see out of more Bount. The desire to help the race. The loyalty and dedication to it which only Jin himself had for the race. Then, Walther asked Jin if Suteki was a Bount as well. "Yes, she is also a Bount." Jin said in German. afterwards, Walther invited them to come to his home. Jin followed after the man, trudging through the snow with his hands in his pockets. They walked and walked, and after ten minutes, they were at the man's home. He didn't live too far from the building they had found him at. They took off their coats and were seated, and even offered hot chocolate, which Jin sipped slowly to warm him up. After he took a few sips, he set his cup down and looked back at Walther.

"Tell me everything." Jin stared at Walther for a few seconds after that before he began speaking again. "Well then, let me start from the beginning." Jin began in German. "I am not sure if you know of the beings called Hollow, but they are souls who have given in to the anger, hatred, and other negative emotions they held when they died, and as a result, they are transfigured into monsters with animal like masks, though the masks can also resemble other things. They devour other souls and use them to increase their own strength. They also cannot be seen by those without reiatsu. Now, as for these Shada-Hollows, they seem to come from the future. I think it was about 130 years from now. I am not sure exactly how they came about, though they are much different from the normal hollow. These Shada-Hollow are easily recognizable from the normal hollow. They have a gem usually embedded somewhere into their body, and above that gem, is usually engraved the words Property of Shada. Apparently, the gems can be different colors for every hollow, and it seems like these hollow, unlike the normal hollow, can be seen by even those without reiatsu." Jin said, his voice emphasizing the last part. His eyes looked down at the cup in his hand and then back at Walther. "These hollow are also able to somehow survive longer. It was troublesome killing the ones that attacked me almost two days ago before I came here. I almost lost my life. The first one that I fought used the gem somehow to shield itself from an attack from the young one here." Jin said, motioning towards Suteki with the thumb of the hand holding the cup.

Jin then sighed as he then lifted his hand, reaching it into a pocket within his jacket. He pulled out his orange ring. "You see, this came from a version of me from the future. He, or rather I, wanted myself from the past to have this to become strong enough to defeat these Shada-Hollow, though at the moment, I don't have any understanding of what kind of powers this ring grants. Though, lately, it has been showing me visions, sort of like flashbacks. They show me into the future, and it is through these visions and a stranger from the future that I was informed that the Shada-Hollows are targetting our race. They will not stop until our race is gone. Until I can figure out how to use this ring to defeat these Shada-Hollow, I will need all of the help I can get from every Bount." Jin said, still speaking in German throughout the whole thing. Then, Walther asked him about Suteki. "Yes, I know, but I can't afford to leave her behind simply because she is weaker than us. As a race, we must unify in order to defeat these things. I can't leave her or anyone weak behind and let them be destroyed by these things and still call myself the Bount Leader. It is my goal to protect all the Bount. That is why I need your help." Jin said, staring Walther in the eyes. He hoped that he understood everything that he was saying.

[Zou ۞]

In German, he continued to speak. "I am aware of Hollows. I have not survived all these long years, knowing nothing of the Hollows that eat those with Reiatsu, the Shinigami that hunt our race, or the Ogatago that wished to obliterate the world." His voice was grave, and rough as he spoke his German. There was some odd quality about it, as if he'd dealed with experiences such as this before. Walther took the ring from Jin's hand, looking strangely at it. There was some kind of....odd quality about the way he examined it, as if he was used to looking at these kinds of things. No, not used to it. As if he expected something to happen, like things usually happened if he examined things. He handed Jin back the ring. "I know someone." he said. "We will analyze this Ring of which you speak at a later date."

That was when the door swung open, and Zouma walked in. He was carrying what appeared to be a corpse, and blood was all over it. Walther looked up, his expression unsurprised. He didn't show his surprise, obviously. Being Russian, and with the types of scars and whatnot that he had, he probably had some kind of military background. In Russia, emotion was beaten out of the soldiers. It wasn't hard, it was just routine. They could do and take anything. That was why he'd responded that way. But Zouma...Zouma was just standing there, holding the corpse. He deposited it on the floor. Before it even hit, it dissolved into ash. The only thing left was a weird Gem of green color. No, not a gem anymore. It was a ring with a Gem in it. "There was a Gem inside of a human." he said. "They can disguise themselves." Walther clearly didn't understand Zouma, so he looked at Jin to translate for him.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Suteki skipped. She's been out for a few days, and these Canons need to finish up about now.

[Jin Yamada]

Jin wasn't sure whether or not Walther knew what hollow were or not, but then Walther told him that he did. Why wouldn't he? Hollow were everywhere. Not just in Karakura Town. Jin felt a little bad for not considering that. Then, Walther took Jin's ring from him. Jin watched Walther as he eyed the ring closely. Did he knew how to use it or something? How could he though, it was 130 years from the future. Then, Walther told him that he knew someone who could analyze the Ring for him. That was good. Jin's eyes suddenly lit up as he heard those words. "Really? That would be great." Jin began in German, his trademark smile forming on his face as he stared at Walther. "Once that Ring is analyzed, and I know of its powers, I can grow even stronger and help to save our race." Jin said. He was about to open his mouth to speak again when the door burst open, followed by a cold rush of air coming into the room.

Jin looked to the doorway and saw Zouma standing there. He was holding a corpse with blood all over it. Then, Zouma dropped the body and it dissolved into ash before even hitting the floor. So that's what he went to find? What was that? Then, Zouma spoke of the Gem being inside of a human and said that they could disguise themselves. "They can disguise themselves?!" Jin asked Zouma in German, forgetting to switch back to Japanese. When a person has a conversation in another language, they may sometimes forget to switch back when talking to someone else of a different language. This happened to Jin just now. He then repeated the question in Japanese. "They can disguise themselves as humans?" Jin asked before he realized something. He remembered how in his vision, Future Jin had been sitting at a wedding, and then the bride and groom had turned into Shada-Hollow. So they could disguise themselves as human. Jin then spoke in German to Walther. "It seems we're in more danger than we thought. Those Shada-Hollow. They can disguise themselves as humans and walk among you and I without us noticing. I remember the ring showing me a vision where my future self defeated hollow like this." Jin said, his brow furrowing as he began thinking. This was bad. Very bad.

Then, he looked to Zouma. "Zouma, this is Walther. He is the Bount I sensed." Jin said, motioning to Walther. Then he turned to Walther. "Walther, this is Zouma. A friend of mine. He is going to assist our race in defeating these Shada-Hollows." Jin told Walther in German. He then turned back to Zouma, reiterating to Zouma in Spanish what he had told Walther in German before about the Shada-Hollow. "My race is in more danger than I thought. If they can disguise themselves, it will be even harder for us to recognize them. They can slip past us and attack when our guards are down. How did you sense this one?" Jin said to Zouma.

[Zou ۞]

Zouma held up his Ring. "They pulse when these hollows are nearby. I'm not sure how, but this one alerted me to it, and even gave me a general direction. I went looking, and sure enough there they were." In German, Walther spoke, looking up. "Come, now." he said. "We will find a comrade of mine in Egypt. Meet me at the Great Pyramid in three weeks."

Canon terminated. 10,000 ryo to Jin. 150 TP to Suteki.