Bowl of Embers (NDE, Medium) Official Thread

[Asen Mahawa]

Sept 28, 2014 9:39:54 GMT -5 Asen Mahawa said:

Name: Bowl of Embers

Participants: Takashi Kuchiki, Itami Tsuuzoku, Takehiko Kuchiki

Location: Human World, Scotland

Difficulty Level: Medium

Setting: NDE

Plotline:
Many years ago somewhere in the early B.C. era. There's been evidence that there was a certain creature once ruled over Scotland in secret. The only thing that might look like this creature is an extremely faded painting of a large humanoid with what the faded part appeared to be flames. This creature, which everyone calls it Honoo "Fire", was sealed away somewhere in Scotland. The seals was placed upon layers upon layers and upon layers of Bakudo. It's lasted for over 2,000 thousand years now. But it seems somehow the seals have unraveled, and thus released the beast once again. It must be stopped, or else all will burn to ash.

Estimated Enemy Strength: 5-2, Boss is 1

Estimated Time Until Completion: around 3-4 pages

Starts: After Intros

Special Conditions: No special conditions

(The turn order is listed like this;
1. Takashi Kuchiki
2. Itami Tsuuzoku
3. Takehiko Kuchiki
4. GM

[Takashi Kuchiki]

The spiritual Gate opened as a white haired shinigami emerged. He was dressed in his black shinigami robes with his white hair tied back into a pony tail. He pushed off the gate and arrived into the scenic land that lay ahead of him. He blinked a few times as he looked around. Grabbing his cell phone, he flipped it and began to read his briefing. The man was to take down some creature that was known as Honoo. It seemed this thing would be raging hell if it wasn't stopped. It was another mission that Sozen insisted the man to take; what was it what that guy?

Takashi had deep respect for the Captain and owed him a huge debt. However, he knew that with his training still at hand, he had to do these things. Takashi had also gotten much stronger training with Iro as well. The man's abilities had drastically increased. The shinigami was now much more powerful than he was before. With it, he wished to test out his new strength. He looked down at the metallic weights that were strapped to his right and left hand. These soul restraints would half his speed and offensive stats. The shinigami wore them for training purposes.

In any case, now was not the time to space out. He looked ahead, he was unsure of where to begin. With that, the shinigami would make his way towards the area of briefing. He had hoped this Honoo would provide a good challenge for him. It had been a while since he had o fully test himself against an opponent whom wasn't a captain. Perhaps this encounter would further heighten his ability to become stronger, or so he hoped.

[Itami Tsuuzoku]

Not far behind came Itami. His black hair and smile contrasted Takashi’s white hair and more serious expression. It was almost as if they were yin and yang, different sides of the shinigami spectrum entirely. While one was a serious noble, the other was… well, he wasn’t noble, and he would likely argue that he was taking it as seriously as the situation deserved, but Itami was a goof-off to put it lightly. His hands were laced behind his head as he came out of the Senkaimon and he looked up at the sky over Scotland with a pleased expression. Itami turned his head back towards Takashi before looking back behind him as he awaited the third member of their party. Itami opened his mouth as if to speak, but then paused, suddenly caught off-guard with a sudden problem that presented itself.

“Oh shit…” he thought in realization, “I haven’t decided what color I’m going to talk in yet. I can’t believe this wasn’t decided beforehand. Fuuuuuck. Well, I’m basically mute til I decide. Do I need to have a thinking color too? I guess it could be the same color as my speech, except italicized. And it’s gotta be unique too. No reds or greens or blues. Those get overused to the point they’re like default NPC speech colors. No, my color’s gotta be epic…” Itami tapped his foot in thought for a few moments, going through his mental list of possible colors. “Let’s see… I could be an asshole and use black, but that’d be annoying for me too. Yellow, olive, slategray, silver, khaki, and dark magenta are already taken by the rest of Kid’s characters, so they’re out… Let’s try this one!” he thought as he was finally ready to speak.

“WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” Itami excitedly exclaimed holding his hand out to Takashi for a high five, “FIRST THREAD!!!” Takashi would likely think his ally was crazy, but Itami was in fact just the opposite. If anything, Itami knew too much. Not only was the Squad 2 shinigami aware of being a mere role-played character in a virtual Bleach-themed website, he was intricately familiar with the site’s system and actual members. Naturally this is impossible, so his statements and knowledge are explained away by him actually being insane and also miraculously correct in all his suppositions.

Yes, it was all a product of his insanity, and something that Takashi and Takehiko would have to learn to live with for the rest of the day if they had any hope at succeeding on this mission. It was after he had collected a high five (or not) from Takashi that Itami offered up his real thoughts about the mission. “So anyway, I was reading the mission briefing and I totally noticed that it mentions this Honoo thing roamed free in the EARLY B.C. era, however it also says that the bakudo sealing it lasted for just over 2,000 years. This means that he was still free and kicking in the late B.C. era too, right? I mean, either whoever compiles these mission briefings doesn’t know how time works or we just don’t know jack shit about Nessie. I’m assuming it’s Nessie by the way. If it’s not Nessie I will have some choice words for someone. Hint hint.” said Itami as he turned his head away from Takashi. This time he looked off into the distance at seemingly nothing. Little did Takashi or Takehiko know this was where Asen would be viewing the events from. Itami gave the GM a death glare for a few moments.

[Amagai Kuchiki]

Stepping out last of the the three was Takehiko. Similar to the other two, he was wearing the standard black robes of a Shinigami, and proudly displaying on his chest his badge as a Vice Captain. His hair was tied back in a ponytail, so that it didn't get in his eyes during the mission. His expression was somewhere inbetween the other two, however. He certainly wasn't smiling in the same way that Itami was, the fourth seat was mentally unhinged enough that Takehiko doubted he ever could smile quite like him, but his face wasn't the grim seriousness that Takashi possessed.

Instead, Takehiko's face was one of focus, yet contentment. Interest in the goal ahead. It had been a while, far too long, that he'd left Soul Society without the Vice Captain of Squad One by his side, and no offense to Kagami (Well, maybe some offense), that was kinda getting old. This group was fresh, and new. Takashi was someone that Takehiko had a fair amount of experience interacting with, and he was intrigued to see how his little cousin had improved. After all, Takashi had gone from a student fresh out of the academy to Vice Captain in a frighteningly short amount of time, so he must have some degree of potential.

Itami on the other hand...Well, Takehiko had been adequately prepared for this mission, and his allies that he was going on it with. Most of the information that wasn't about the mission itself was concerning Itami, and his oddities. His manner of speech, his curious mannerisms, his flat out insanity as he talked to people who weren't there, or referred to people by names that weren't theirs. Takehiko would have to keep a close eye on him for the duration of this mission, although Itami's powers did offer a great deal of support for the mission itself.

[Asen Mahawa]

It was quiet as the moist air hangs heavily in the atmosphere. The fields of hills of green grass with a hint of a fog over the horizon and seem to obscure vision past a mile. There are a few trees dotted across the plains, along with a dark forest on the west side of the group. Of course there wasn’t much for the sky due to the fog that hangs over them. Though the fog is of a light gray color and is light considering its large size. It might be refreshing breathing in the moist air for it feels fresh, like it had rain just recently with a little mist carrying with the fog.

The group of three would unfortunately be able to sense the sinister Reiatsu throughout the air as well. One all three of them would recognize to be Hollow. However, there’s not a Hollow in sight for those who are looking around. Which would be odd, especially since there’s usually a lot of Hollow activity in these occasions. Whatever the case is, their objective was to eliminate a threat that was by the early B.C. referred as Honoo and has been labeled that name ever since then. Information other than that is rather vague and doesn’t have any concrete facts about this creature other than it was supposed to have been sealed for another thousand years.

As the group met up and interacted with each other, there was a distinct howl that pierces the eerie silence. The howl seems to be coming from the north where a powerful source of the sinister Reiatsu could be heard. Following that howl was two other distinct howls as well as two more strong signatures up north. They would feel the intentions of murder, malice, carnage, and reeks with death from the howling. It lasted for a total of 6 seconds straight before it died down to complete silence again. However despite the howling it still sounded far, and was definitely more than a mile away. For it sounded like these three signatures appears to be a few miles away north from the group’s loctaions.

[Takashi Kuchiki]

Takashi turned around slowly, there was someone behind him whom he had not seen previously. The man said something about first thread? Perhaps he meant mission. He rose his hand into a high five. Takashi slowly rose his hand. He kept it flat, awaiting the other man to slap his hand simply. "I do not know of what you are saying". He said as he looked towards the man with his stone face. He simply gave the man a light bow. "My name is Kuchiki Takashi, I look forward to working with you on this mission". It was then that the man went on about something; rambling. Takashi attempted to pay attention but he had no idea what was going on.

As such, his response was a simple, "I see". He had no idea what was being said. He felt a presence that came towards him. Turning, he saw Takehiko making his way over. Takashi gave a formal bow to him as well. "Takehikio-san, I am glad you are here. It will be beneficial to this mission to have someone as yourself around.". There wasn't much time to speak about that.

There was a sinsiter reaitsu that was within the air. It was ....strange, but hollow in nature. The odd part was that there was no hollow in sight. There was a rather loud shaking shriek that emitted. Takashi's eyes narrowed as he looked towards the area. He blinked a few times, his face not changing its normal expression. It was then that he turned towards Takehiko. "You are the senior Vice Captain, what would be your suggestion in this case Takehikio-san?" The man questioned the other man, it seemed it be only fair that he take the lead; seeing as Takehiko was a vice captain before him.

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{SKP}
- Martial Arts: [Hakuda] (2)
-Strength of Will: (2)
-Battle Analysis: (2)
-Weapon [Sword]: (2)
- Battle Focus: (2)

[Amagai Kuchiki]

((Want to continue this with just the two of us? Or are we cancelling this?))

[Asen Mahawa]

(You two should be able to handle it, we can continue with just you two.)

[Amagai Kuchiki]

((Short post is short. Just want to get this moving again))

Takehiko was vaguely happy that Takashi had deferred to him. It wasn't surprising, but it was still appreciated. And truth be told, he was glad that Takehiko was also along for the ride. His younger cousin had a lot of potential, and Takehiko would be happy to help him achieve said potential. Of course, this wasn't purely altruistic, Takehiko knew that he would grow himself during the course of interacting and practicing with Takashi, not to mention strengthen the Kuchiki family as a whole. With that in mind, they had a mission ahead of them.

The roars, however, demanded more immediate attention. Although Takehiko's energy sensory capabilities were more or less nonexistent, the dark reiatsu that permeated the surrounding area wasn't exactly easy to miss. Following that discovery, a massive roar called Takehiko's attention away from Takashi, and instead to the source of it. "Not too far off. A few miles, perhaps. We're probably dealing with a fairly big monster here, which could be a problem. On the other hand, meeting it head on is probably our best option, given our skillsets." And so they proceeded in the direction of the roar.