Isn't it Magical? (NDE, R)

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Thankfully, Zack had not taken his attention off of the mentally disabled Arrancar. The sound of his screeching let the Assassin know that he was still very much alive and kicking, his gunshot somehow missing its mark despite being fired at point blank range. Whatever. Weird stuff happened from time to time. Still, his bullet hadn't been a complete waste though. It had partly done it's job, to damage and seriously wound the Arrancars body. One arm down, Aimo was left with a massive wound that was just gushing with enormous amounts of blood. In fact, Zack no longer needed to even fight. He had won. An injury like that wasn't going to be easily healed, and if Aimo continued his temper tantrum he would bleed out even more.

The sudden deployment of the spikes caught Zacks attention, his eyes just slightly widening as he noticed the slight shift in their movements. All of a sudden they fired as if Aimo was some sort of grenade. No time for complex thoughts, Zacks body instinctively reacted. He suddenly vanished. A sliver of reiatsu had been sent to his legs, enough to perform the Step Technique known as Movement. While it was often regarded as the slowest of Steps, in the hands of this Assassin it was more than enough to catch many a sluggish individual off guard. Moving at three times (2,250) his own Speed, Zack would simply vanish. Aimo wouldn't have been able to keep up physically or mentally to his opponent simply disappearing like that. However, a single step technique was not going to deal with the spikes.

What Zack had done was gone up with Movement, before relying on a second use of the technique to not only escape across the rooftop but to reappear on a completely different buildings roof. If someone had a stopwatch and stopped it on the exact second that Zack reappeared they would find that it had not even been half a second since Zack vanished. Crouched down atop the roof of, what he assumed, was another motel he watched as the spikes ripped through the other building. He was right in assuming they would have incredible penetrative power, ripping through the walls of the other hotel with such ease. Luckily, though, none of them had the remaining strength to make their way to where he was.

What Zack had done was simple. His first activation of Movement was simply to shoot upwards above the rooftop of the motel he had been staying in, then used Movement again to travel across not just the roof, but also the road behind the building, and atop the adjacent rooftop. Standing up the assassin watched the hotel come crashing down, listening to the panicked shouts of passerby's and the victims in the building. He made no move to head back to the Arrancar. There was no point. He had already won. The Arrancar wasn't going to survive with a wound like that. He would bleed out in only a few minutes and die in a puddle of his own precious blood. No reason to waste time and effort speeding up the ticking clock.

Zack already had a game plan. He was going to head towards the Karakura School District and begin his investigation. He already had a couple plans that could be carried out to help, one of which might require a quick call to Xcution to help speed along. But, regardless, Zack needed to move now. Still though, he couldn't help but wonder about two things; who had both the girl and Arrancar been? This entire fiasco only increased Zacks dislike for Karakura Town. There was a reason he avoided Spiritual Hubs.

Remaining Reiatsu: 1450 / 1500
-50 for x2 Movement

Stamina: 3 / 6

[Jo Veil]

OOC: Thank you for putting up with the delay! We will now return to our regularly scheduled adventure. After these Stats that were neglected last post.

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{Sayaka, Class 5 Level 1 Brave Fullbringer} Strength - 300 (450) Points

Speed - 300 (375) Points

Spiritual Pressure - 300 (150) Points

Reiatsu Strength - 300 (150) Points

Light Aura - 50 Points

Dark Aura - 50 Points

Instinct - 130 Points

Senses - 120 Points

Energy sensory - 50 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points

Jill's shouts of encouragement would be quickly lost beneath the thunderous roar that the Hollow gave off. Suddenly, a massive sense of weight would just fill the air, and the blue hair girl would grip tighter on her sword. This Hollow must have been pissed. The only real correllary that Jill had to what she was feeling was the few occasions she had seen the likes of Yoko, Marcus, or Kazura in action. Except unlike all those other times, this Hollow seemed far, far more intimidating.

"Vous stupide diable-spawn!" the beast would snarl, beginning to take even higher to the air. A radioactive green ball would form in its one hand, quickly growing to the size of a volleyball. "Becquerel vous manger, puis faites glisser cette petite créature méchante retour à la Maîtresse! Il servira Seigneur Kouhai, qu'il le veuille ou non! Et aucun d'entre vous ne l'arrêtera!"

Thankfully, Jill was already leaving the premises before she got to see what that creature would do with his reiatsu ball, though she would hear a nearly indescribable noise, one that seemed like a cross between a low electrical hum and a slow explosion. If any of the cooks had heard it, they certainly weren't acting like it. After all, they were being quite vocal, and one even chased after her for a short bit before finally giving up as she left the front of the restaurant.

Once the fullbringer was out of the dining area, she could see a pair of dots far in the sky. It seemed that even in the short time that she had been inside the restaurant, the girl and the Hollow had taken the battle far into the air. That, at least, was a good thing. It meant that no one would be caught in the crossfire of those two's battle.

"And there she goes again," a voice said above her. The tone was somewhat ambiguous on what gender it could be, with both a young boy or a young girl seeming equally likely. If Jill looked up, she would see a young... Boy? Girl? In all honesty, it was rather hard to tell what gender the individual was. What was obvious was that he was dressed in a fairly nice outfit, one that was predominantly white with some light pink pastels serving as highlights upon the outfit. Style-wise, it was greatly similar to the sort of outfit you'd see on a high-ranking individual from several centuries back. All in all, it meshed rather well with his/her/its albino complexion. In addition, he was floating comfortably in the air, looking up at the two dots in the sky. However, shortly after Jill would look at the boy, he would spin some, altering his posture to be leaning diagonally in the air on his stomach, looking down at her.

"It's really good to see you're alright." it would say, a wide smile coming to its face. "I'm Quinnel. Quinnel Bourne. But you can just call me Q.B.! I'm sure you're quite curious about what's going on here, aren't you Jill? Well, right now we have some time, so if you walk with me to the school, I'll explain a few things!"

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{Quinnel Bourne (Q.B.), Class 1 Level 4 Strategist}

Strength - 100 (55) Points

Speed - 400 (280) Points

Spiritual Pressure - 400 Points

Reiatsu Strength - 400 Points

Light Aura - 100 Points

Dark Aura - 0 Points

Instinct - 200 (700) Points

Senses - 100 (350) Points

Energy sensory - 300 (1050) Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points


Total SP: 1900 Points

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Unbeknowst to Vannan, he was not the only one staring down the Arrancar. After all, Karakura was a spiritual hotspot, so it was only natural that another spiritual entity would go after her. In this case, it was a 15-year-old girl and astounding spiritual powerhouse by the name of Mami.

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{Mami, Class 3 Level 1 Perma Release}

Strength - 50 Points

Speed - 300 Points

Spiritual Pressure - 400 (600) Points

Reiatsu Strength - 200 Points

Light Aura - 100 Points

Dark Aura - 0 Points

Instinct - 125 Points

Senses - 125 Points

Energy sensory - 50 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points


Total SP: 1250 Points

Mami had felt two sources of energy enter the school. Thankfully, she was able to use the fact that Karakura had a hilariously lenient bathroom policy to go investigate. She wouldn't let any Hollow terrorize this school while she was here. And so, with her meagre energy sensing capabilities, she would set out to hunt down these intruders. It didn't take much doing. One of them literally just stayed put. That was concerning, but nothing that Mami probably couldn't handle. Indeed, close quarters like the hallways would do nothing but make her Fullbring even more potent.

Eventually, she felt the other energy source begin to close in on the first that was standing still. She would pick up the pace slightly at that, and finally turned a corner. There, standing in the intersection of the hallways, was a slender girl with dark hair. A bone-white mask covered a good portion of her face, and she wore a strange white uniform that covered virtually her entire body. She would lazily look towards Mami, not even bothering to turn to face her.

"I'm right here," the Arrancar said, a slight smile coming to her face. "Go ahead and try to shoot me."

Mami would blink in surprise for a moment, before pulling out the doll that served as the focus of her powers. Golden ribbons would begin to silently form in the air around her, quickly coiling in upon themselves until a trio of old-fashioned muskets was formed floating around her head. However, before she could fire them, another voice spoke up from around the corner.

“I think you have me mistaken for someone or something else. I'm just here to visit someone, oh my name is Vannan, what's yours cutie? “Hey cutie, what's an arrancar like you doing in this school anyways?””

... Oh, great. There were two of them. It didn't matter that the second energy signature didn't know this person. What did matter was that whoever it was was being rather friendly with the Arrancar, to the point of flirting. From what little Mami had gathered from Q.B., Arrancar were nothing but inhumane monsters, which meant that anyone willing to associate with them would not be a good person themselves. She would fire off the first of the muskets after that confirmation, one of her ribbon bullets flying through the air.

Sadly, the Arrancar girl was quick on her feet, and had already leaped out of the line of fire. This would be where Vannan's awareness of the situation kicked in. He would see the Arrancar girl lunging forward towards him, and a bright yellow streak passing through the area behind her as well. Then, coming quickly from around the corner was a girl with a rather sizable chest, and two muskets floating level next to her head. It seemed doubtful that the Vandenreich could have predicted something like that happening.

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Zack would be able to quickly tell that the rest of Karakura was still incredibly active, even with Aimo utterly annihilating the hotel that Zack had been staying in. He would see a pair of beings in the skies above the town, one dodging a flurry of sickly green blasts from the other. What's more, even further in the distance, on the outskirts of town, he could see the familiar profiles of at least half a dozen Gillian roaming around. Oddly, they didn't seem to be coming any closer to the city, and there was a definite pattern to their movement. It was almost like they were on patrol, or forming some sort of border. That definitely wasn't normal behavior for them, that much was certain. This, combined with the fact that an Arrancar was in town, suggested one thing: Las Noches had come here, and quite possibly in force. If that was the case, him getting to the school was about to get interesting.

Especially considering the fact that Aimo was still kicking. A massive burst of energy would tear upwards through the rubble that had collapsed upon the Arrancar, continuing up into the air and towering above every single building in town. Zack would hear an animalistic howl emerge from the wreckage, and the familiar sensation of gravitational pressure would wash over the assassin. It wouldn't be harmful to him, but he would be able to see some of the panicking civilians be literally flattened by the force. However, most concerning of all was that the column of energy didn't seem to be fading in the way that most Arrancar reiatsu attacks did. In fact, it seemed to actually continuing at full force, and heading down towards the building that Zack was standing on. Depending on how much experience he had with Arrancar, he would recognize the attack as a Cero, specifically a so-called Eternal Cero. Yeah, this was officially bad.

Aimo Reiatsu: Infinite (2200/3000 after Ress ends)
Aimo Ress Duration: 6/16

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Dark gray eyes narrowed as he scoped out the area. Above him in the air were figures he failed to fully recognize, green sparks of energy coming into existence from one. Some sort of energy attack? Zack didn't know, but something that was even more interesting was what he beheld on the outskirts of the city. He had to strain his vision a bit, his hawk like eyes only working so well, but what he saw he recognized instantly. Anyone who knew a thing or two about Hollows would recognize the colossal entities on the outskirts of the town. Gillians. At least half a dozen of them. What were they doing here? As far as Zack was aware, Gillians spent most of their limited existence in the location called the Menos Forest, a section of the world of Hueco Mundo. So what were they doing here in the Human World?

Gillians fed on other Hollows, not necessarily other souls. The Hollow evolution path was one filled with cannibalism, a reckless and grueling method of gaining strength and power. The risk reward system was interesting, that if a Hollow received a single bite it could no longer progress. A interesting system, but none the less Zack wasn't interested in them. The Research Departments Hollow task force would be more fitting for this assignment. He was preparing to pull out his phone and give them a call, as he was sure they would love to have more Gillians to dissect, when he heard the shouting behind him.

He quickly turned to witness the pillar of energy rising into the air above him, obliterating the rubble in its way. That monster was still alive, huh? Well, Zack figured he was but after losing one of his arms he figured it would be down for the count. The spiritual pressure being released was flattening the cities inhabitants, though Zack wasn't really bothered by that. The size and shape of that blast, along with the fact it didn't seem to end, meant Zack was going to need to deal with Aimo. Now.

Reloading Contender, Zack noticed the beam suddenly move and begin to descend down towards him. Narrowing his eyes, he decided to best if he used a faster Step Technique. A flash of green light was all that was left behind before the Cero consumed the building. Zack, having used Bringer Light and gaining a 10x increase to his speed, he avoided the attack and reappeared back in the parking lot. He had moved at a ten o'cock angle to avoid the blast, having an unobstructed path back down to Aimo due to the hotel from earlier being destroyed.

Cero, the Arrancars signature magical attack, was one of the most destructive spiritual forces in existence. While Shinigami focused and shaped reiatsu into their Kido, and Humans manipulated the very energies of the world, Arrancar simply decided to focus on destruction. It was a troublesome power, one that could be useful if Zack knew a way to focus it into a weapon, But, regardless, he needed to stop this seemingly unending Cero.

After reappearing in the parking lot he turned his head, seeing that he had appeared behind Aimo to his five o'clock. His skills in Stealth, along with the fact that Aimo lacked the intelligence to really detect him, plus that Cero obscuring whatever vision ahead of him he had, meant Zack would arrive undetected. Sound wasn't a problem due to that deafening boom the attack made, so Zack figured his attack would go off without a hitch. Raising Contender the instant he saw Aimo, and aiming at his torso, he fired. The Sekki Sekki Bullet, if nothing went wrong, would collide with Aimos shoulder blade, eating through the Arrancar without trouble as it would pass right through every single major organ in its way. Lungs, and his heart, being the ones worth mentioning. If his attack hit, that would be the end of Aimo

Remaining Reiatsu: 1400 / 1500
-50 for Bringer Light

Stamina: 4 / 6

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Vannan wasn't one to be provoked easily to attack, however seeing that an arrancar was dashing towards him was another story. Even though he was wearing quite a bit of clothing his face and hands were exposed meaning that if she somehow did manage to get close enough to touch him those areas could be targeted and burnt. Something that he really didn't want to deal with at all, however as he was about to move he noticed that there was something else coming from behind the arrancar. An attack, he sighed he guessed that this meant that he had to fight in his sisters school.

The moment he saw that there was an attack coming towards he he raised his hands up and formed his bow drawing back on the strings. At the same time he used the technique movement to push himself all the way to the back of the hall without turning his focus from what was going on in front of him. As his back touched the wall he fired off two plasma bolt arrows from his bow. Each arrow aimed to strike at the blasts yellow streaks of light that were coming towards him from behind the arrancar. As they flew through the air they split apart and from each of the original two arrows ten smaller arrows formed. The main arrows would clash with the blasts of light while the smaller ones would spread out a bit. Vannan didn't aim to kill anyone he was just countering the attack for now

Vannan smiled now that he had a bit of space he could work with. He knew that the light off his plasma bolts would blind everyone in the area given how bright they were and how close quarters they were as well. There wouldn't be too much room to move either as his bolts would last for a while after fired. Still he couldn't ignore the fact that the arrancar was still heading towards him. He ducked to the left to avoid her knowing that there was an open hallway that way and if needed he had the room to dodge. However what he didn't expect to see was that the source of the attack was another girl, blond, young and well endowed. Vannan really didn't want this to go on for too long so he screamed out to both of them. “Alright, both of you start talking or I’m going to keep shooting arrows.”

Remaning reiatsu 2370/2000 -25 for movement - 100 for bow level one - 150 for two class three plasma bolts)

[Primal]

(I wish to know if this will be continued or not. Ray has left the community and Faust has taken a break? This would also explain my absence in posting because I can't tell if we're still doing anything or not. Can we just get our points if that's the case? From what I heard, it's needed to have at least 3 people minimum for adventures. May be wrong but if this goes on, I'll post. Thanks. -Prime)