Where Have They Gone? {NDE}

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

It seemed that the hollow was far more in control then the Quincy had thought even after the silver sword had manifested in his hand this hollow was able to grab his hand and over power him. He felt his arm get slammed against the wall and couldn't angle the blade correctly in order to cut the hollow's arm. It was then that he felt his chest get slammed and his breathe leave him. As the hollow bit down on his neck the Quincy could left his life going dark. His skin was burning like acid was on him. Holding his left hand out though the Quincy moved it close to the hollow's chest and as it ripped part of his flesh off an arrow was fired off. The arrow would pierce through the right side of the stomach. Even though the Quincy had wounded the hollow he dropped to the ground dead in the alley.

The Quincy that was dealing with the small boy was puzzled by the child. He didn't have the same reiatsu as the things that had been taking others from the town and it didn't seem like he wanted to hurt anyone. Along with that it just seemed like the child wouldn't leave he wasn't going to budge due to his youth. "Alright then little one come along with me." The Quincy would allow the boy to meet with the leader and see if he could shred some light or handle the boy better.

That Quincy though was rather unsatisfied with the Shinigami that sat on the other side of the window. She was one very rude and seemed to just go against authority. Yet the Quincy knew a Shinigami wasn't what was causing the disappearances even though he likely wouldn't past them to try. The thing that had been doing it had a much different reiatsu. It didn't seem to be here though. "Alright if you think you can help then come along I'm probably going to need all the help I can get." Turning around and walking back to the square of town where they had split up. The Quincy could sense that his alley was dead and that the hollow was still alive. He hated himself right now for just leaving and the hollow even more. Yet again though the hollow wasn't the problem.

[Kiera Bright]

Death Claw grunted with a mouthful of flesh when the arrow hit his body. He looked down at the arrow of Reitsu. It his near his stomach, but in actuality it did not do that much damage. He smiled swallowing the flesh in his mouth before replacing it with more of the dead Quincy's flesh. He tore into the Quincy quickly trying to finish this meal as fast as possible in order to take on the others. He was surprised that the others hadn't attacked the the other spiritual beings. He took several more bites out of the Quincy devouring most of it and dragging the rest of it in his arms eating them at his pleasure. 

Death Claw would pear our of the end of the ally. The only reason that that Quincy was easy to deal with was because he still managed to catch him by surprise even when the Quincy was able to sense, and see him. He didn't think that he would be as fortunate with the other two. It also seemed that they were getting along with the two other spirits. He would need to wait for the write opportunity to attack the other two Quencys.

[Tsubaki Shiba]

Good, the Quincy was clearly accepting her offer to aid him. It seemed as if their views were compatible in this scenario. As the Quincy stood up and walked back to the town square, Tsubaki would follow him, and pester him with questions. She needed information, her mission briefing from Xcution wasn't sufficient to solve this puzzle independently, and although she could collect information on her own, as long as she had a source here, it didn't help to ask.

The questions were varied, and there was quite a few of them. "How many people have disappeared so far? Are there common traits amongst them? Where did the victims disappear from? Any leading suspects? What were the local reiatsu signatures like? Speaking of, is the whole town spiritually aware? How have you remained hidden for so long, if that is the case? Back to the vanishing, what is the frequency of these disappearances? When do we suspect the next one is going to occur?"

[Nathaniel Tan'O]

Nathan was a little disappointed with the stranger, but he couldn’t be too sad. At least the man complied, despite ignoring half Nathan questions. This was nothing new, of course, for Nathan’s rapid-fire words often overwhelmed people, but there was one thing that bugged him. “What’s your name, Mister?” he repeated, his genuinely curious tone still present. Nathan almost never seemed annoyed or angry, especially not angry. He was simply going to inquire about the man’s name until he received a response.

But there was another important topic Nathan just had to inquire about. After all, the man seemed troubled and Nathan was supposed to help but… he didn’t know what he was supposed to help with. “What is it that’s making things bad? I need to know if I want to help you.” Nathan was always told to avoid dangerous situations, for he was at risk far more than others. However, nothing was going to stop him from helping people in need. He was a saint of happiness and an enemy to pain, so as long as people were upset and suffering, he couldn’t turn away.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Well it seemed as if the numbers in the town had increased for the purpose of these Quincy. Now they had the small child willing to help and the female shinigami who sure was asking a lot of questions. The leader of the small group of Quincy continued to walk to the middle of town where his fallen brother had been taken by the hollow. The leader began to grow very aggravated with Tsubaki as she spoke swiftly and asked so many questions. Eventually the Quincy snapped turned towards her and speaking in anger. “Too many of my people have been picked off by some strange creature. They have been taken randomly and we are considering any outsider a suspect. As for the next attack we have no clue.” It was then that the man realized he was standing in the middle of town.

As that had happened the other Quincy walked his way back to the same spot with the small boy right on his heels. “My name is Adolph little one. The bad thing is happening because someone mean is sending an evil spirit to attack everyone who lives here.” It would take them another dozen seconds before they reached the center with the leader and the shinigami. As they met up the two Quincy nodded to one another and it would be obvious that they both knew that these outsiders most likely weren’t behind the attacks.

They both knew that their comrade was dead at this point sadly yet knew that they couldn’t dwell on it. Right now they weren’t even sure if they should go kill the hollow that was so close by just because of the creature that they feared. Then all of a sudden everyone in the town would be able to sense a reiatsu that felt old and sinister yet anger and spiteful. Then all of a sudden a massive howl that sounded like it echoed off of itself spread out over the town. “Damn it it’s back again.”

[Kiera Bright]

Death-Claw was distracted by the howl. Was it another hollow, he questioned himself. He would need focus on the source of the howl and eliminate it if it gave the Quincys such a fright. It was either a threat to himself, or it was going to be a source of energy for him. He growled lowly keeping his body tensed. He would fallow the group if they went to investigate, or remain nearby if the source of the howl would come to them.

[Tsubaki Shiba]

Tsubaki raised an eyebrow at the words of the man. "'Too many' isn't really a number. And considering 'all outsiders' isn't really a suspect list. You don't suspect anyone within the city? Or any specific outsider that visited?" Her voice was free of condescension, it sounded like a legitimate question. That didn't make the question itself anymore tolerable, but it still was a legitimate one. This man wasn't giving Tsubaki any information to work with, and that infuriated her.

That, and the Quincy weren't acting sane. Tsubaki could literally hear the death throes of their comrade, and yet they weren't reacting. They were letting that Hollow just eat their friend, without trying to stop him. If they cared so little, why was she bothering to save the town? Of course, it's not like Tsubaki gave a shit about that Quincy, it was simply odd and irrational behavior that gave her pause. For a group of xenophobic Quincy, they seemed to be rather content to let a man-eating Hollow live.

And then, the heavy, dark reiatsu. Hateful, rage inducing, and vaguely reminiscent of a legend that Tsubaki once read. Not the reiatsu itself, but the nature of it reminded her of something. A short poem about the heads of the noble families, which Tsubaki, before Callus at least, had actually enjoyed quite a lot, and had held onto dearly. And even now, the feeling of the Hollow's reiatsu actually made Tsubaki happy, because it indirectly reminded her of her old reiatsu.

But that was besides the point. The Monster was back, and Tsubaki's energy sensory hadn't returned yet, which was a bother and limited her options significantly. She manifested air ground as she ran forward, quickly ascending up to a nearby rooftop, using the vantage point to look over the town. If she couldn't see anything, she'd keep moving, surveying the town from the sky while the constables did it on the ground. The monster wouldn't escape on her watch.

[Nathaniel Tan'O]

Hehe, Adolph. That’s a funny name,[/b] Nathan giggled to himself, despite the dark nature of the situation. He couldn’t help it; there was always brightness and good to be found in the world. There’s no rule saying that he couldn’t be happy while helping the man. “Nice to meet you, Adolph!” he exclaimed mostly out of the manners and natural kindness wired into his system. Hm, it seemed that there was a bully around, and no one liked bullies. Nathan was going to have to step in and make the bully stop. That was the only solution, and by the end of the day, the bully was going to be his friend. Yes, that was the game plan. They were all going to be friends by the time it got dark.

And then Nathan felt it, the evil aura crawling up his skin. It made him shiver, and his eyes suddenly turned dark with disbelief. He couldn’t imagine such evil existing in the world, not with so many good people to stop it. The monstrous roar echoed in his mind as he imagined the dark figure of the creature and the people it may have hurt. Nathan was almost as furious as he was scared, and so he knew he had to do something. People needed his help, people who might get hurt unless he did something. He was going to have to become a hero.

Nathan released his reiatsu with an almost subconscious command, similarly to how he had learned to do through accidental occurrences that prompted him to activate his Flood. The invisible smoke would spread out at a rapid pace for a maximum of 200 meters in every direction, and the only ones who would be able to detect it are those with more than a 200 in energy sensory or senses. The first people Nathan detected were the Quincy, and he would be able to read their thoughts, minds, and emotions. He would also detect the other Shinigami, who seemed cold and calculating, yet her motives were good. She simply wanted to help and protect the innocent people getting hurt. It didn’t matter that she was more scientifically curious about the situation than anything, for Nathan only cared about the good in people.

However, he found no good in the hollow that his Flood came across. He was met with images of death and darkness the second that his smoke made contact with it. He saw images of the people it recently killed, including the third Quincy man. I-I could have saved him… I could have healed him if I used my power, but… The child began to tremble in misery, his eyes staring blankly in front of him. Tears streamed down his cheeks as his body shook gently. His silent sobs would become obvious to those around, and even though Nathan’s head was hung low, his glowing sapphire eyes would still visibly shine through his hair. I could have saved him… Nathan wasn’t going to forgive himself, but he knew this hollow was dangerous. He would need to be dealt with. Nathan would need to make him a better person. Nathan needed to bring the good out of him. At the moment, he believed the hollow to be the most dangerous person nearby, but if the creature was within 200 meters and could be detected by his smoke, Nathan’s Flood would send him the thoughts and emotions of the monster terrorizing the town.

((OOC: I figured that its possible that you have said everything about the Quincy’s motives, and since this pretty much makes them transparent, Nathan would learn what’s going through their mind. He’d gain knowledge to all of the details of the situation as well as any alternative motives they might have. Also, I wasn’t sure if the creature was going to be in range so you can write what Nathan would detect from it if his Flood contacts it.))

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Everyone was reacting pretty much in a different way to the incredible howl of the monster that had just returned to the town of these poor souls. The Quincy were both incredible scared which would be easy to see as both of them were sweating already just from the fear of this monster returning to their town. The female shinigami was using some sort of technique to get a better vantage point of the town and see where the monster was. The small boy had used some sort of ability that allowed him to see inside of all those around him. Of course the hollow had the least reaction of all due to it only caring if this beast was stronger then it.

However, the boy wouldn’t feel anything from the monster for a few moments. Then all of a sudden images of mangled bodies and hundreds of people being eaten alive would rush into his mind. Along with that he would feel a darker aura then ever before rush throughout him making it feel as if ice was being drugged down his spine. As that happen the side of a building right at the edge of the center of town had the side of the wall blow out destroyed yet nothing would be seen by the others for the dust made it impossible to see what had occurred.

After a few moments the dust would dissipate and all of them would see a massive twelve foot creature with a body of glowing dark purple energy. It had a large upper body with an absurd sized head and tiny yet long arms, legs and a tail. Everything was dark purple other then the golden markings on the face which set it apart and the human in the spiked jaws of the monster. It looked at the Quincy and the boy and then after a moment the body was crunched in half falling apart to the ground split in half.

“NOOO! Die!” Both at the same time the Quincy created reiatsu bows of blue and began to fire off arrow after arrow at the beast. Yet as the arrows flew together it the beast moved from side to side blurring with speed. The ground was actually getting torn up from the legs of the monster now that it was on all four legs. It would happen so quickly in the next moment that none of the three that had come to help would be able to stop it. The monster stood back on its back legs and the front which now seemed to be arms with claw like hands shot right at them. Both of the Quincy men had been pierced through the throat with the claws causing the liquid of life to spray from them all over the ground as they fell to the ground dead.

The arms that had attacked just seemed to disappear only to appear normal again on the monster. It then let off the same piercing howl as it did before signaling that all in the town would die. All of a sudden the monster would leap from the ground launching into the air right in front of the female shinigami. Out of nowhere a massive golden beam of reiatsu would be sent out from the actual golden markings on the creature. The female would need to find some way to counter or she would be sent down to the ground near the boy in incredible pain from the reiatsu attack.

Appearance of Monster

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Bount Class 5 Cripple V1
Doll Class 5 900 SP
Strength: 200
Speed: 300
Sppr: 100 (200)
Reiatsu Reiatsu: 200 (800)
Instincts: 50
Senses: 50
Energy Senses: 0
HE: 0

['Stalker']

(OOC: PRIVYET COMRAAAADES! I was asked by Asmo himself to join the thread and from what I can read, maybe my help could come in handy. It's nothing too much but maybe it'll help out a little! Breaking in now! And yes, I'll be here for the remainder of the adventure.)

Prime wasn't the kind to take mysterious jobs like this. She sat in the back of the van, looking around as it was empty. She'd flick her Fullbring on and get herself in the armor. This armor only had one use, provide her with a higher agility and flexible rate. The van was broken down and abandoned on the side of the road near a small village but it was all apart of the plan. It was reported by several individuals across the country that this one town was reported mysterious and anonymous and requested investigations to be put through. Her eyes peeked out the window of the van and the town looked fine.

She'd bring two fingers near her mic to push to talk and reported in. "This is Prime... I don't understand the big deal here, this place is peaceful as can be. I don't see jack shit." and suddenly loud static was heard as if she lost communication. Damn, this place was just too spooky. Her armor would glow several lights across her body every 10 seconds and sighed. After being impatient she'd kick the door loud with her metal boot and take a step out. This wasn't right at all, she squinted to the town then to her watch. Hmmm, Midnight. She saw a few figures approach the town. A hollow, a shinigami, and a small child. She quickly kept note of this and crouched low and begins to quietly walk forward towards behind buildings.

Her breathe was silent, her footsteps were light. This was a creepy place, Prime thought. She'd get behind a building and listen in, hearing a bunch of gibberish from the group including an extra three men. She quietly walks away and climbs onto a roof to watch the situation. From that point before getting any time to react, that horrific scream is heard. 'What the bloody hell was that?!' she'd think in her mind. She quickly rolled on the roof to the direction and saw with her own eyes the creature. By fucking god, this wasn't a sign of heaven but instead hell. She quickly laid low as the creature moves in to terrorize the whole situation. She was highest rooftop when the shinigami just below her jumped on a rooftop herself.

Jill rolled over to avoid being seen when suddenly after moments of being there she heard the creature jump near the shinigami's location. This was not good as the creature was ready to strike her. Her face was concerned but she didn't want shit to happen any further. She stood up and went near the edge. The shinigami could see the armor's lights flow like a river on her. She noticed the creature was about to attack when suddenly she jumps right off silently and makes a flip, extending her calf out to deliver the damaging touch. Her stealth was not noticeable by the creature and she'd quickly slam that muscle right into the creature, causing the creature to redirect its attack elsewhere and away from the shinigami.

She'd quickly come off the creature and quickly with all her speed deliver a round house kick towards the creature to get the attention off the shinigami. With sudden attacks like this, it'd surely have no choice but to redirect itself towards her and possibly make an attack. This could give so much time as the shinigami would be able to attack while the creature was being attacked. Her face was black and mysterious to her however, only her lights were seen. She could be a guardian angle to her, providing her with help against the fearsome creature. Prime was usually selfish but she needed to help her and allow her to strike the creature while being distracted from two points.

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{Stats and Skills}
Strength - 60 (42)

Speed - 100

Spiritual Pressure - 50

Reiatsu Strength - 50 (75)

Light Aura - 5

Dark Aura - 95

Instinct - 75

Senses - 50

Energy sensory - 0

Healing Expertise - 0

Total SP: [385] Points

SKP (9/15)

Weapons (Guns) [1]

Martial Arts (Brazilian jiu-jitsu) [1]

Analyzing [1]

Focused Eye [1]

Lack of Fear [1]

Stealth [1]

Anti-Stealth [1]

Acting [1]

Sex [1]

[Kiera Bright]

Death-Claw felt the power of the beast before he saw it. Looking at it, it didn't seem that intimidating, but something in Death-Claw's mind told him that it was too much for him to handle at the moment. He would need to wait. He knew that the other's were aware of the beast. He figured that they would no doubt be able to tire the thing out. He felt a second source of power somewhere in the area, but he could not pinpoint where it was. He shrugged and just dashed in taking the corpses of the Quincy into the ally he had come out of first. He hoped that he would not gain the attention of the beast.

He brought them both into the darkness tearing into their flesh. He hated to have to scavenge, and steal prey from another creature, but he knew that gaining strength was more important than dying needlessly. He tore huge chucks of flesh of the fatter one of the two feeling it slide down his throat. The blood covered the ground and walls of the ally as he listened to the combat behind him. He finished with the fat man and then started eating the other one. He was leaner and his meat was not as tasty as the other one, but he still had some nutrient value. Once the last of the Quincy flesh fell down to his stomach, he felt himself change.

He growled loudly howling in pain as his body stretched and contorted. It was one of the few times that he has ever howled. He suddenly shot up towering high over the buildings that once surrounded him damaging the nearby ones with his sudden growth. His body change into one of a Gillian. His mask become that of a wolfs. He growled irritated that this transformation could not have happened at a worst time. Now he would need to either fight or run. It really all depended if the others thought the doll was a bigger threat or him.

[Tsubaki Shiba]

(OOC: Asmos said that if we wanted, we could use updated stats, so I'm taking him up on that offer)

As Tsubaki stood on the rooftop, she knew that things were going to go from bad to worse. That, of course, was obvious: it is the nature of life to progress in unexpected ways, despite the attempts of humans and shinigami to define it in quantifiable terms. And typically, it's progression is never a good thing. And thus, she could hardly find it surprising when the great walls of the city, or rather one specific section of them, exploded into a cloud of dust.

The monster was approaching, and fast. But the reaitsu signature of it didn't feel like a Hollow. It felt like something else entirely. Not a Hason, it wasn't Hellish enough. She needed more data, she needed to be able to make conclusions. Being in the dark information wise always frustrated Tsubaki, and right now, in the middle of solving a mystery, she found it outright enraging. Especially because of all the noise that it was making. That the Quincies were making. Screaming. Rage.

"Shut up shut up shut up shut up,[/i]" she practically chanted to herself, under her breath. The noise was causing her head to grow foggy, and her ears to ring. The Quincies died, and she breathed slightly easier, as their sound ended. But the sound of the monster continued, and now the Hollow, that Death-Claw individual whom she had sparred, was growing and roaring. She might have to rescind the statement she made earlier about sparring him. 

However, she couldn't afford to stay like this. The monster was moving again, launching itself upwards onto the building she stood on. She wasn't nearly as fast as it, but she didn't need to be. She could guess what it's plans were before it made them, through her analytical capabilities, and made a conclusion: her safest bet was to prepare to defend against reiatsu attacks. Why? Because she was practically invincible to physical attacks, due to her spiritual pressure.

Her skin rapidly shifting color, Tsubaki unleashed her Bakkoto, letting the parasite release it's liquids into her bloodstream, causing her skin to pale and her veins to tint grey. An eye appeared on her hand, open, searching, as she unlocked the second level of her Bakkoto, Gluttony. With a wave of her hand, she created a wall in front of her, so that it would intercept the attack that was coming her way. If it was an attack such as a direct charge, then the monster would have to break through it manually, and lose reiatsu doing so. If it was a reiatsu based one, there was not a chance it would break.

And much like she suspected, it was a reiatsu attack, a beam of golden light fired at her. As the beam hit the wall, the wall would devour it with much joy, breaking down the reiatsu, and weakening it so that the beam only had an effective strength of 400 versus the wall's durability of 500. It'd crack, of course, but it wouldn't break, and Tsubaki would be able to absorb the reiatsu stolen that way, gaining reiatsu equal to half of the reiatsu spent to fire the blast.

(OOC: I don't know what the result of Prime's actions are, and it'll definitely affect my post. I figured 42 strength v a 200 strength Doll won't work, so I'm acting as if it didn't change the blast. I can edit my post later.)

Reiatsu: 3700/4000 (-200 Bakkoto Level 6, -100 for Gluttony Wall)

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[Analysis] 2
[Combat Analysis] 2
[Street Fighting] 2
[Kido] 2
[Mental Incantation] 1
[Strength of Will] 2
[Focused Eye] 1

Strength -50 (30)
Speed -80 (120)
Reiatsu Strength - 200
Spiritual Pressure - 200 (400)
Instinct - 60 (45)
Senses -60 (45)
Energy Sensory - 50
Healing Expertise -0
Dark Aura -100
Light Aura - 0

[Primal]

(OOC: Completely up to Asmo for that. We'll go with that for now. -Prime)

[Nathaniel Tan'O]

(( OOC: Sorry for the short, meh post. I’m a bit worn out ))

Nathan was petrified when his Flood detected the creature. It was pure and utter darkness, and it made the new Gillian like a Chihuahua challenging a wolf: he just couldn’t compete in the intensity of evil and malignance. Nathan was unfamiliar with such terrors and he was left in agonizing stillness and denial when the Quincy rushed forward to meet his allies and eventually die at the hands of the monster. Nathan’s mind was in a standstill, but he was still somewhat aware of the events going on around him. The hollow transformed into a Gillian, and the information about that transformation was sent to Nathan’s mind directly from Death-Claw’s. A human with incredible stealth had snuck a hit on the monster. The Shinigami woman used her weird weapon, a Bakkoto, to make a wall to absorb the beam, a ‘reiatsu attack’ as she called it, that the monster sent. But Nathan was in his own miserable world that was quickly crumbling.

It only took a few seconds, and in those seconds, Nathan realized that he had to help. He had to put down those lives and avenge the killed Quincy. Had they been alive, he could have saved them, but it was his fault and it was too late. Now, the goal was to protect everyone else. No one else would die, not while he could do anything. The Nathan used Shunpo to close the gap between himself at the monster, his step technique ending with him just a few feet away with both his palms pointing at the monster. He didn’t speak a word, but instead silently used Hado #1: Sho, which may be enough to blast the doll away. Nathan’s Flood would allow him to read the monster’s mind, so if it planned an attack to counter him, he would easily be able to retreat with another use of Shunpo. Nathan didn’t want to kill it, but it was too strong for him to use his Flood on to stop the battle at hand. He needed to keep it from hurting any more people.

Reiatsu Remaining: 1050/1150 (-50 for Shunpo, -50 for of Sho)

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

The battle had ensued between these individuals and the strange dark purple doll that was attacking the village and had just managed to easily take down the two remaining Quincy that had been preparing to defend the village against it. Now it seemed that the fate of the remaining people was in the hands of the three heroes and the hollow that had just obtained far more power. The doll was in the air and the golden reiatsu beam that it had just fired from its face clashed against the mysterious wall that somehow simply managed to manifest between them.

The doll had been unfazed by the kick of the human due to the difference in their strength however now it knew she was a potential threat. Now it was falling slightly as time continued with the other two around it however that was when the small boy simply managed to appear to the side holding out both of his palms. The Doll suddenly roared once again as if a lion would be a mere kitten in comparison. Suddenly the Doll was sent down at the ground and it did in fact get pushed downwards however it fell to a house slamming through the roof.

It now was unseen by any of the individuals and a few moments would past of silence as if the creature was actually dead. Then all of a sudden another golden beam of reiatsu fired out from within the house right towards the small boy. The beam would move as it reached the boy continuing to fire yet moving towards the two females as well. As the beam fired though the door of the home burst apart and the creature rushed outwards.

All of a sudden it leaped up high into the air and moved towards the hollow. It knew that this large creature might prove to be incredible dangerous so it was going to take it out now. As it managed to reach about the height of the creatures mid section the Doll’s arms extended outwards and continued to do so like they had done against the Quincy. The hollow would have to attack the Doll or else it would feel the hands of the creature rip through its knew stomach. In truth it wouldn’t do enough to do more then simply cause harm equal to being stabbed with a needle for a human however it would still injure the hollow.

Remaining Reiatsu: 1700/2000