After That Day... [PG13, Social, Permission Required]

[Kento Waffles]

After that day... Where Saeki first escaped...

Nothing has been the same. Sozen's council has been more strict than ever, but we'll get to that. For now, he has been awake for two or three days, and now the injured ally Asmokon also awakes.

With an injured and recovering Sozen visiting an injured and recovering Asmokon, it is time now to discuss what their next course of action should be.

Post disclaimer: This takes effect AFTER KE-3, but BEFORE the conclusion where Sozen kills the Kuchiki Council. Thus, it is before KE-4 as well. Naturally, all of that (KE-3 until now and after this thread) take place AFTER the thread called Dark Days. Just contextualizing things a bit. Kuroi/Ryu v Sozen/Raion takes place before any of it, Douma's search for Manami takes place after that, KE-1 and KE-2 follow, Dark Days from there, then KE-3 (minus conclusion), this thread, KE-3 conclusion, the thread with Sozen and Doc's character, and finally KE-4.

Now we have a timeline!

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Laying in the hospital bed wasn't something that Asmoskon was all that pleased about especially not with what had happened during the last few days. He had played the role of a prisoner well enough for both Sozen and Satsujun it seemed and yet in the end he still wasn't strong enough to make a significant change to the battle. He had been able to get the attention of a single foe throughout the majority of the battle and then failed to eliminate the next target when it mattered most.

Sozen as well as the Captain Commander of Soul Society had been able to face off against foes that were leading the forces against them all. Sozen taking on his sister while the Captain Commander was able to fend off multiple individuals by himself. Asmoskon had seen first hand now the might that was the leader of Soul Society. It was easy to admit that he was more glad than ever that he had been able to win over the Seireitei for the sake of his family and himself. If he hadn't then Satsujun himself might not have been able to keep him alive from that Shinigami.

That didn't matter at the moment though it was just a single thought that had entered into his mind that was accepted and then filed away to be called on again if the topic of the Captain Commander ever came up again. Asmoskon had woke a few hours ago and found himself in the Kuchiki manner. To be more specific it was where all of the Kuchiki went after training to be healed if they needed it. He was actually both surprised and happy to find himself here instead of in the barracks of the fourth division.

Asmoskon had been told about all of the divisions and their purposes many times by different individuals just to make sure that he got it right and no one was trying to deceive him. Waking up in the manner though gave him a sense of happiness even in defeat. He wasn't only a Quincy nor a Masurao. He was accepted as a member of this noble family in Soul Society. Never before had anyone been able to state such a thing much less a Quincy the opposite of the Shinigami. So much was different now and he was going to continue to make things different for the better of not only his race, but Shinigami as well.

Old man Melody had made it perfectly clear that he didn't think Asmoskon had it in him to make things truly change. He had said it plain and simple that what he had achieved was a temporary peace that would fail eventually and lead to more death like it always has and will continue to do. He couldn't accept that though or else everything he had been working for and the life that he had built with Hotaru would be lost. He'd keep fighting for his right to be her husband and to keep his race and Soul Society from killing one another.

To do that though he'd need to get stronger. It had been made perfectly clear to him during that battle that there are still individuals out there that outclass him by a vast margin. He had become a monster in his own right in a short amount of time and yet compared to the things that he saw in that battle he was only average. It was something that needed to change and the first thing he had to do was find the other Melody. Holding the single piece of her cross in his right hand out in front of him as he sat in the bed Asmoskon heard something approaching the door.