The Living Lab (NDE, Medium Adventure

[Wycliff]

Conner after picking up would find that the rifle would start to suck away at his reiatsu. He could feel it slowly draining away bit by bit till the lights on the gun would turn on. It was a simple enough gun to use, point and shoot, however he would notice that it had taken a good chunk of his reiatsu from him. Still it seemed to be fully charged at the moment and at the very least it seemed that it was strong enough to deal with ants from the charged remains in the room.

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{conner}Lost 500 reiatsu the flame thrower will work for 3 uses of it with an os of 800 before needing to be recharged

Miranda would find that the scouter while it did give her the ability to sense out where the others were, it wasn’t able to really pinpoint where the monsters were. Something about the area was keeping them hidden, there was traces of the ants here and there, but there wasn’t a way to pinpoint them. Looking over at conner she would see that down the side a number around him would start to flicker up and down. Then without any explanation it would shift into three areas each of them listing only a single letter however there was a vast different between the numbers that was displayed. It was clear that this scanner had calculated something about Conner, but what wasn’t exactly given.

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{Miranda }P:200
S:50
R:600

The voice came over the radio again “Hahahahaha ahh my little fraulein you think you have any power here? I highly doubt that, besides you’re all allowed in here simply because I let you in. I was waiting for others, but if you’re going to cause issues I can just lock all the doors and shut down again. I have no issue in letting you lot all be trapped in here with the beasts. You misunderstand the situation here, you all can’t leave. The sekki sekki walls keep all sort of attempts of escaping via your senkaimon rendered useless. The three of you are at my will, it just so happens that we have an agreeable goal of wanting to escape. “

The sound cut out of the radio system for a moment before starting back up. “As far as wanting to help you lot better navigate this area, well there are some issues, this was the last area where a working camera was on, I have no clue as to where or what has been affected by these Ants. I did see at one point that they were restructuring the interior of this base so anything I know of it as well as the maps would be useless as changes could have been made. Knowing my location won’t help you lot as if I leave this whole place will shut down, and then there won’t be anything slowing down these monsters from all free roaming.” With that the sounds of the radio system started to crack and break as smoke came out from the speaker. It was clear that the base was already falling apart and that the voice wouldn’t be of any help.

Celes and Camlia were lucky, they would find that at the very least the ants hadn’t noticed them as they ran into the room. This room just like everything else was covered in head to toe with flesh, however unlike the other rooms this one seemed more like a containment cell. There was a clear separation between them and the rest of the room they still had about five feet in front of them that they could walk and move in. Infront of that was another clear glass window that was starting to be covered over by the flesh looking through that window they could see a massive twenty by twenty foot room covered in flesh as well. There was a console that looked at one time held a way to speak to whatever was behind the glass. There was a wall that held another door to the right of them that appeared to be a heavy maglock type door, that one lead to a very short corridor that held another massive maglock door that would allow someone to enter into the area they could see inside of.

Both doors at this time were shut down and would easily be opened so if they wanted to they could go deeper into this room, but from what they could tell this room was a total dead end. In the very center of the larger room was a cocoon almost ten feet tall and was pulsing and squirming around. Who know how it happened, if one of them touched something on the console or if it was just the fact that it had degraded to such a degree, but a recording started to play.

“This is doctor Bright of the research and development department of crrr….” The name seemed to be either removed or degraded and was filled with static sound instead. “Looking over the file of subject 257 they’re a human who has developed the ability to manipulate ice. Attempts to properly recruit them as an agent were met with hostility and failure as such we were granted permission to take them as a test subject. It’s been six months since they have come into our custody, their will is starting to break and they’ve stopped trying to escape. Doctor Endsieg has stated that tomorrow we will start the trials involving beast clan DNA fusion. Our hope is that with two individuals with similar powers can mix properly. If this works then…. there is hope that we could use this to help those who have lost limbs to shingami and hollows.” The recording would cut out and the two of them would be there watching the cocoon shake and vibrate, there was something alive inside of it, however they had no idea as to what it was.

[Celes Castellanos]

As Celes dragged the fledgeling Shinigami with her, she hoped that they were not found out. This indeed did seem to be the case as they bursted through the door quite violently from Celes incredible speed. Granted, she was now with Camila in what could only be described as a cell. It was different and seemed to be used to keep something trapped. Before them was a window leading to a massive room and two doors that seemed to lead to different areas, one of which being the large room.

As Celes walked forward she noticed the continuing grotesque them as there seemed to be not only walls of flesh, but this odd cocoon in the large clearing. The Shinigami was a little intrigued as she pointed at it and turned to Camila. "Hey Camila. Check this out. This is bizzare." It was then that a recording suddenly seemed to spring to life as the doors shut closed. Celes had not tried the doors yet and was not sure if they could be opened at a glance. This recording began to divulge interesting information.

All that Celes could gather from it is that there was an experiment going on. Some type of fusion in DNA? What exactly was going on here and what did the former scientists of this facility have planned. It just overall seemed to be filled to the brim with trouble and mutating ants. It was then that Celes noticed the cocoon begin to vibrate and seemingly rustle. The Shinigami knew they had the window as a buffer, but she turned to Celes. "Something...seems to be waking up. Any quick ideas?" She was worried as nothing in this area seemed to be friendly.

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Camila shivered watching everything that was going on from the recording. What the hell was this?? Beastclan experimentation? Fusing DNA? Was this even an ethical experiment to have been doing? The flesh-coated walls seemed to say otherwise in this situation. She couldn't really get a grasp as to what was going on, and yet she felt like she was scared over this all. She didn't want to admit it, but this place had her truly, truly terrified. She felt like she was going to cry.

That being said, she directed her attention to the current hell that was going to happen. She didn't know what was going on, something that was going to be constantly reiterated here. She wasn't ready for the absolute shit that was about to go down, but she was ready for not anything, but pretty much nothing. She'd woken up maybe ten minutes ago at most, and she was still trying to take a levelheaded approach to this all, but couldn't really bring herself to do so where it was.

Watching the cocoon shake, she walked over to it. "Wait," she said, "wasn't I in one of these? Doesn't this mean that there's someone else that could be in here that'll be an ally for us?" She smiled in excitement toward Celes, though kept her guard up either way. There was no telling who - or what - could've been inside of the cocoon, and she needed to be prepped for it either way. For all she knew, this thing inside of there could've been incredibly hostile and quite the problem to deal with. As such, she drew her blade and took a few steps back.

[Connor Greaves]

Connor let out a gasp, as his reiatsu was forcibly ripped from his soul. If his hand hadn't locked in place from the unexpected act, he'd have likely thrown it to the side. This was more than he could have expected; having sekiseki was one thing, but reiatsu weapons? Who was this Xcution thing that the doctor was expecting? Then the doctor informed them of a little nugget of information he wished he had before entering the room. He had full control of this room? What if the doctor had control of more of the facility in his little panic room? He would have to assume all non-converted parts of the laboratory was under this madman's control. No, he all but confirmed that, if his claims of keeping the monsters contained was anything to go by.

The thought of it had the soul reaper cringe in worry. He might have been wise enough to keep the abominations as locked down as he could, but would he release them all if he knew he was going to die? One last act to spite humanity one last time? He didn't know, and hoped it wouldn't come to that. The speaker died out, but there was no doubt in his mind that the doctor was still listening to them. He got up and made for the door. He didn't want to spend a second longer in this deathtrap then he had to. "We have what we came for." Was all he said, as he stepped into the corridor.

There was only one path left for them to go down in this area, and that was back the way they came. He walked with his sword pointing in front of him, but down at his side. Meanwhile, he held the flamethrower with the butt of it against his shoulder, and the head pointing towards the floor. His finger hovered off the trigger, not wanting to accidentally fire the reiatsu weapon. "I think it best that we avoid saying anything important were cameras can see us. We do not know the extent of the doctor's control over the facility. There could be any number of traps and tricks he might have up his sleeves." He suggested to Frost, once they were a good bit away from the SekiSeki room. "We should also check these rooms. Make sure there are no monsters that could attack us from behind." He nodded his head to the three rooms to their left, and the examination room. They would search the rooms one by one, making sure there wasn't anything else that could help them on their mission.

Total Reiatsu Remaining: 5,500/6,000

[Miranda Frost]

 "I guess we have nothing left to lose then." The scientist kept the fear in his voice cool well enough, but that didn't discount the fact that it was indeed there. He was afraid of the creatures rampant on the base and he was afraid of those who came here to clean it up. He can lock the doors, but does he truly believe that would hold this group here, that it can hold these creatures? Miranda theorized that the scientist was stalling for something. The uncertainty of it all left a nauseating feeling in her stomach.

 She wanted to rebuttal, continue the conversation. She'd be able to gleam information out of him this way, but no. The faulty wiring on the intercom system shorted in a small burst of sparks and smoke, filling the room with the light smell of sour ozone. Her fists clenched in mild annoyance, her eyes shifting for anything in the room that could reconnect their communications. The feeling of Connor's hand on her shoulder snapped her out of it and she turned with him to leave. "Sorry. There's something about that man that's rubbing me the wrong way...", she'd comment, exiting the armory. 

Vigilant eyes of steel observed the passage way they were just in for any changes, but it would seem nothing was there. "No. This friend of yours needs us and is just as desperate as we are. He just doesn't seem to have the luxury of backtracking the way out here as we do." She stroked the edges of her crystal mask as she continued on her line of thought. "He can lock the doors and has been to keep them from roaming out, but then again we were able to get in. The wiring in this place isn't as it should be. The growth and conversion of the facility seems to have disturbed the place's systems."

  They would move deeper into the facility, their conversation breaking the monotony of it all. The passage ways seemed to stretch on and on. Frost's temper had cooled a bit and the nausia ebbed away. "You are right on one thing, we don't know what he can do with this place. This is why he is vital for us to find, don't you agree?", she inquired. She knew her hardheaded approach wasn't the best thing to do, especially given her ability. In the past it often got her injured or worse. Having another to bounce ideas off of was quite beneficial.

[Wycliff]

The moment that Camila got close to the cocoon in exploded outwards with a violent force. The outside flesh went everywhere as chunks of it and goo from the cocoon covered the wall and sadly Camila given she saw so close. If Celes had been in the same room as Camila she would have been covered in the goo as well. The smell from it was just as bad as the rooms before, it had a tint of rotten flesh mixed with blood. The chunks of flesh that landed on the walls slowly started to slide down, the goo being somewhat sticky as it fell down to the floor. The center of the cocoon was covered with a thick green like mist fog that obscured whatever was there, if there was anything.

Camila would sense it first given she was closest to the cocoon when it exploded outwards. There was a chill in the air, the room had become much colder than before. A low growl came from the green fog, it was angry and deep, trying to place what sort of animal it belonged to was impossible as it had traces of a large mammal and a chitinous sounds clicking back and forth as the growl came out. It would be clear to both Shinigami that whatever had been in the cocoon was now awake and it wasn’t happy about that at all.

As the fog started to settle the beast came into view, it was a horrific fusion of several creatures all mixed and mashed together. It’s jaw and lower face was clearly that of a polar bear, however on the sides of the mouth were large insect like mandibles that stretched out a good foot or so. The fur around the mouth was patched between fur and chitin covering around it. The upper half of the face of this monster was clearly human with one human eye and another eye being that of an insect. It had long white hair flowing backwards however on the top of it’s head it had two antennae belonging to ants.

The rest of it’s body was a mish mash of human, bear and ant, it’s torso would mix between having bare skin, fur and chitin. While there seemed to be no pattern, the chitin seemed to be over areas of importance like the heart and the lungs. It’s arms ended in that of polar bear’s with the clear distinction that it had a humanoid skeletal structure allowing for it to use tools. This beast was on all four’s or rather eight as it had three sets of polar bear legs that had been heavily modified to act as additional arms if needed. The whole monster was easily over twenty feet long and it looked at Camila with hunger in it’s eyes. As it howled out a cold chill came to hit her, before it started to charge at her.

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{Polar bear}
Strength - 400

Speed - 50

Spiritual Pressure - 30

Reiatsu Strength - 30

Instinct - 100

Senses - 150

Energy Sensory - 0

Healing Expertise – 0

For Conner and Miranda they were told an impossible thing that there was no way out of this place, and sadly for them that sorta was the case. This place was built as a bunker and if they tried to force their way out well they would let out everything that was inside of here out to the streets above and to the world. Given how devastating only a few ants had been to Paris a whole nest could easily destroy all of France rather quickly, not to mention mess up the soul cycle. They had to deal with this nest if they wanted to keep things from getting worse.



They would have the option of going down the hallway with light fading and flesh dripping down it, but when they made the option of going into the room labeled A1 they had avoided delving deeper into the lab. The door to A1 was slightly covered in flesh, however with a bit of effort they would be able to open it up and see what was inside. The door would creek and the sound would resonate inside of the area, after opening up the door the small bit they could see would appear to be the same as the other rooms, however as they opened it more they would see that they had made a mistake.

The door wide open would show that the walls in this place had been torn down, to the right of them they would see the remains of what where walls separating this room from A2 and A3, now this was a massive room covered in flesh like the others, however this room wasn’t empty, no there was one singular creature in this room eating the corpse of everything around it. This thing was tall, much taller than the ants, it’s body nearly touched the roof as it sat down using it’s long arms to reach down and pick up a body to take a large bite out of.

With the door fully open this creature turned it’s pale grey head over to the two shingami, it’s eyes were that of an insect and around it’s mouth it had massive mandibles that were holding the corpse in place. This creature’s body was thin and lanky easily being ten feet long while sitting, it’s arms were almost double that length as it’s elbows rested on the ground but could still feed it’s self with them like that. It let out a roar as it tossed a body at the two shingami right there at full force. It would then turn it’s self and start to run at them, the back end of the beast being totally ant like with six pairs of legs making it move rapid at them.

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{Long man}
Strength - 500

Speed - 200

Spiritual Pressure - 300

Reiatsu Strength - 30

Instinct - 200

Senses - 200

Energy Sensory - 100

Healing Expertise – 0

[Connor Greaves]

As Connor stood in the doorway into room A1, he couldn't help but notice that his disgust has hit its peak. He was still repulsed by everything in this entire building, but he's hit the plato. Somehow, even though this thing was eating the corpse of a man right in front of him, his emotions didn't shift around all that much. He just felt the usual overwhelming hatred for science that he has been for the past day and a half. 'Such abominations are a disease on the living world. Killing them isn't just a moral good, it's a necessary.'[/color] His zanpakuto spoke to him, for once saying something that Connor agreed with.

These things needed to be purged from the world. From all worlds. He wouldn't let himself this day. He refused, no matter what consequences came here after. Connor ran into the room, barely avoiding the body the creature was munching on. This thing was hideous, looking more spider than ant. Connor aimed his recently acquired weapon at the monster, and let loose a torrent of flames, momentarily blinding Connor with fire. But as he ran around the room, he yelled out. "Curse the world, Tamashī!" A purple liquid leaked from the blade of his Zanpakuto, coating it entirely, changing the weapon into a broadsword.

He dragged the tip of the sword across the ground, spreading the liquid across the fleshy floor. "DO NOT TOUCH THE LIQUID, OR ANYTHING THE LIQUID TOUCHES!" He called out to Frost. It would be a death sentence for her in this situation. He spun to the right, swinging his sword diagonally at where he assumed the monster was. A nearly black, purple crescent wave launched off of Tamashī, scraping the ground as it moved. Connor could hear his zanpakuto howling in laughter, finally being free to purge everything in its wake.

Shikai: Perma release no cost

Poisoned Wave: 150
Total Reiatsu Remaining: 5,350/6,000

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{Poisoned Wave}2. Poisoned wave: This is Connor's only ranged attack in release. By charging his blade with a bit of reiatsu, some of the poison will gather on it. By flicking his blade or slashing, a large crescent wave will fly in whatever direction he attacks at. This blade will cut anything it touches, as well as spread more poison. The crescent flies at a speed of 800, and cuts with the force of his highest spiritual stat. Anything it makes contact with will have its infection accelerated by three posts. This will also turn weaker abilities into poison. Costs 150 reiatsu, and can also be used in shikai.

[Celes Castellanos]

It seemed that whatever was in that cocoon did not wish to be disturbed. Celes was not willing to tempt fate, but it seems that against their better judgements, Camila began to exclaim. "wasn't I in one of these? Doesn't this mean that there's someone else that could be in here that'll be an ally for us?" Celes understood this, but she did not feel they could risk it. Before she could even say anything, it seemed that Camila was on her way to approach the cocoon.

Celes cursed at herself and as Camila approached with her guard up, Celes still exclaimed at her. "Wait Camila. Don't just ru-" Before Celes could finish her train of thought, it seemed that the cocoon was becoming active or whatever was in it was waking up. Celes drew her own Zanpakutou prepared to take whatever came out of it. It seems that Camila's eagerness brought them into what was going to be a fight as it bursted and covered Camila in some strange goo.

Thankfully Celes was in the other room, about to head in so she was not covered, but was cautious nonetheless. It seemed that despite their best efforts, they would be facing some terrible fusion of nature. It appeared somewhat similar to a polar bear, but it had insect-like mandibles and features. Celes gasped a little at how terrible this was. Not only was this beast against the very foundations of nature, but it was extremely large. Larger than anything the two Shinigami could hope to match. 

Celes looked at the beast and noted that it seemed to be upset at the intrusion. As it charged at Camila, Celes called out to her. "Camila! Make sure to get out of the way. Lets try to avoid fighting it for now!" Celes looked around hoping to find some way out of this mess. She did not want to try and attack this thing with reckless abandon. This needed strategy and as such, Celes hoped that she could find some way for the two to escape this room and hopefully avoid this conflict all together, still keeping her guard up in case the beast tried anything.

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Upon the cocoon popping, she immediately stood in shock at all of the excess shit now utterly covering her. It took every fiber of her being not to just scream at all of this. She took multiple steps back, doing what she could to get this... stuff, out of her hair and off of her, when the beast emerging from the shell caught her eye. Just what the hell was that monstrous thing? For one, it was absolutely massive, and effectively towered over the two girls. She shivered at the thought.

The beast itself had been horribly mutated to her knowledge. There was no way any of this was anywhere near natural, if the video they had seen hinted toward anything that might've happened with this beast. Though the interesting question stood; what was this thing's original form? A bear? An insect? A person? There were too many possibilities, and just the very thought of this beast not having a defined progenitor like it should horrified and disgusted her. This thing needed to be put out of its misery.

That being said, though, she couldn't bring herself to do or say much regarding the beast itself. She was effectively frozen with fear, and was at the whims of however Celes directed her. She wanted to speak, she really did. But, every word she was trying to grasp for seemed to lose her. All she could do was flex her reiatsu, surging her Spiritual Pressure around herself as both an attempted intimidation tactic against the beast, and as a way to effectively defend herself should there be a need to do so.

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{Reiatsu Costs}
Reiatsu Pool: 1,000/1,000

-300 for SPPR to RS conversion

Spiritual Pressure: 458 -> 100
Reiatsu Strength: 116 -> 474

[Miranda Frost]

Miranda had a bad feeling when they decided to enter A1. Though it didn't take much to give her this gut wrenching feeling, this was particularly stronger than most. As they cut open the door the horror realized itself. A massive chimera of man and ant had its meal interrupted by the duo of Miranda and Connor, and seemed to take exception to that. In great rage and anger it through its half eaten meal across the room at them. Miranda  lept to the side. Her orbiting saw blades would follow suit, maneuvering away from the incoming body and letting it pass through harmlessly out the door. Connor was quick to launch the counter offensive, releasing his blade in order to bring the fight to this creature, which perplexed Miranda. The action wasn't the confusing part, the fact she felt no difference between him before and him releasing. At first she thought his was constant, that his ability wasn't passive and relied on activation. She had seen others like that. She gritted her teeth and shook her head. "Questions for later."

 She wanted to keep Connor on the foreground, letting him take the creatures aggression, especially after he warned her to keep away from the vile poison his blade created. However, she'd need to consider keeping mobile. Those arms of that creature were long, unnaturally so. She could feel it's spiritual weight on this room, surprising the pale-haired woman with how similar in strength it was to her own. If they could get this strong, it was possible for them to be even stronger, and she was slated to be near Lieutenant level. Captain level combatants were strong, but an army of lieutenants could over come captain level threats depending on their composition. Miranda would compos herself, her claws outstretching itself before her in challenge as her blades aimed themselves for the strike.

 Before she did she her reiatsu would flare as she stirred the inner mixing of each construct. Although stable before, reishi was flexible in its application. The quincy could do much of what the shinigami's could simply through their own manipulation. Such an ability as this could be basic for them, but for Miranda it was another tool in her arsenal. She kept two of her blades at her flank with five poised and ready to strike. She waited for Connor's strike to launch before sending her own rocketing through the air. One would head directly for the creature's face. Should the creature move to swat or defend itself from it, Frost will have the stirred mixture within the blade burst, causing it to separated and burst into a cloud of sharp fragments going the same speed. With any luck, that'll allow some of them to get through and hit that projectile's target, its eyes. 

 The others would swerve down and skip over the puddles of poison left by Connor, covering them in its vileness. One would swoop up to catch the creature in its chest.  Two other will catch it at the center of its lower ant portion and the final will descend upon its ugly ass. Like what they were modeled from, each blade would be spun at its propelled speed with the intention of embedding them deep into the creature carrying the poison that it obtained to deposit it into the monster. Should the creature do anything block, break, or in anyway prevent them from doing so, Miranda will cause them to burst in the creature's direction. Of course if they began to saw their way into the monster she will still trigger her blades, causing them burst within and shred the creature.

 Additionally she would make five feet in front of her, four feet from the ground and four feet from each other, two of her mines, she'd pull reishi in to those two spots, causing two fist-sized clump of frost-like crystal. should the creature get within three feet of these entities she'll have them be triggered, sending both six foot long crystal spikes hidden within those small clumps of "frost".

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{Spoiler}
-250 for Fragmentation used on five of the blades.
2 Mines created -250
7 constructs total, 6 rotary-saw blades, 1 mask.
2450 reiatsu remaining.

+Name: Stalagmite Mine (Shikai)

Cost:125 each
Drawback: Cannot be set within one foot of an enemy.
Description:This attack can be activated anywhere within her Zone with simple mental decision. When triggered, a crystal stalagmite with a length of 6 feet (speed of: 800) from the ground vertically or if placed in the air: any angle she chooses. 5 (10 Bankai) of these can be placed at a given time. Spot in which this trap lay will be indicated by a soft collection of frost upon its ground. Mines can be moved or after existing for at least a post.


+Name: Fragmentation (shikai)
Cost: 50
Description: Miranda can stir the reiatsu binding in all her reishi constructs, making them fairly volatile. Whether it be her javelins, weapons, or anything else she creates, Miranda can choose at any moment to set them off, sending a shower of crystalized shards in the direction of the enemy Unless one's defense is low, it shouldn't quite pierce as well as its normal solid counterparts. Its construction is hollow, containing a high concentration of her reiatsu and condensed free floating reishi. When commanded mentally or broken, the construct explodes in the direction in the enemy, sending a small cloud of sharp shards of ice-like reishi/reiatsu crystals at a speed of 600

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[Wycliff]

While Camilia’s tactic would have worked for someone who was actively sensing out reiatsu and the power of the oppoenet, this monster wasn’t. This thing was working on pure instinct and right now it was confronted with something in it’s area. With Camilia just standing still the hybrid slammed it’s body into her sending her flying across the room against a wall. It let out a loud roar as the body of Camilia landed against the wall. Drool poured from it’s mouth as it crawled over towards Camilia with the thought of eating her in it’s mind.

When and if it reached Camilia without anyone else getting in it’s way, it would push down on her stomach with one of it’s ‘paws’. Using both it’s weight and strength to try and crush the life out of the shingami. This individual that had been a person at one point in time was long gone this thing was now a mindless hungry beast and right now there was a bit of fresh meat before it. If no one would interfere or if Camilia wasn’t able to move it would lower down it’s jaw and sink it’s teeth deep into her stomach before pulling back and taking out a large chunk of flesh from her midsection.


Conner and Miranda had the right idea, to attack the giant before it would be able to hit them, sadly they relied on ranged attacks and projectiles to try and accomplish the task. The very moment before any of the attacks were to hit, a loud ear piercing screech was let out from the monster. A wave of sound engulfed everything in the room and hit the two shingami. They besides being blasted by a loud annoying sound would end up fine, their attacks on the other hand wouldn’t be.

Everything ranged that they had thrown at it would have been shattered by the sound as it collided with it, nothing would have been left of the poison wave that Conner threw or the constructs that Miranda had thrown at it. The howl ended as soon as it started yet it didn’t seem tired at all, its long limbs then started to split open and from the inside of the arms, several tendrils started to come out and lash out attempting to grab both Conner and Miranda.

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{Spoiler}
Howling cry: The beast while long and lanky is able to let out a powerful screech that is based off of it’s own strength, this scream’s only purpose is to destroy any projectile that is fired towards it. As such a projectile based attack must be twice as powerful as that of the beast’s strength or it will be instantly destroyed. Cost 200 reiatsu

[Connor Greaves]

Connor yelled out as he was flung backwards from the beast's massive shockwave. He groaned in pain as he slammed against the fleshy floor of the room. 'Is this thing really that strong? It shouldn't have been able to-' His thoughts were interupted by the very creature he was thinking of. Whip-like appendages were revealed as its arms opened up. Like some sort of bad horror movie, or a weird hentai, the beast lashed out at him and Frost. Connor gripped his zanpakuto tightly, hesitating at the pain that was about to come.

Just a moment before the tentacles could kill the young shinigami, two pairs of rotting arms burst out of Connor's chest, catching the monster's attack, stopping it dead in its tracks. "You're not the only one who can make more limbs, you monster!" He yelled out, before swiping up with his sword, severing the monster's newly revealed digits. Connor's new hands discarded the limbs, tossed them to the sides of the room. As much as Connor wanted to continue lying on the ground, he forced himself to keep going, pushing through the pain that his technique was putting him through. He ran at the beast once again, tossing his sword upwards. The top right arm swiped it out of the air. Once the shinigami got close to the leg of the beast, two more of Connor's newly acquired limbs would grasp the blade, and swing down with all their might, of 500 strength, and attempt to cleave through the leg.

Collected Souls x2: 400

Total reiatsu remaining: 4,950/6,000

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{Collected Souls} This weapon is a collector of bodies, stealing and taking all that it touches, and using them for Connor, whether he wants it to or not. This power is quite the terrifying one for Connor. This is probably the only defensive ability in this blasted blade of his, though on the surface, it certainly does not seem to be that. Speaking of surfaces, the only one he can use this ability on, is himself, and it is quite painful. By activating this ability, something terrifying begins to happen. Connor starts to spawn a zombie.

Once activated, one or more of those he has slain begins to crawl out of his body, from a location of his choice. This starts slowly, taking its time to free itself from Connor, taking three posts to fully spawn from Connor. While it may look like it is coming directly from Connor, the truth is that Tamashī really likes to give a good performance, a show off if you would. When Tamashī, the blade, touches anything, the poison spreads in every direction. Including over Connor. Thankfully, Connor is immune, or he would die so very quickly.

Instead, the poison, with a little extra reiatsu put into it, starts to pool on Connor, since the poison refuses to absorb into him anyway. This makes a tiny pool for the bodies, the zombies, to start to be created from. Before they are fully transformed, fully created, Connor has full control of the body, sharing senses with it. These zombies are special. Not only can they be from any race that he has killed, but when they are reborn, they are made strong. Their physical stats are chosen depending on what Connor needs.

The souls have 500 in both of their physicals. They also share Connors sensory stats. This ability costs 200 reiatsu, and after zombie is fully spawned, it costs 100 reiatsu per post. Initial cost is multiplied by however many he chooses to create at once, max three. If Connor does not have at least a 1 in pain tolerance, he will not be able to fight while this tech is active. Can be used in both shikai and in bankai.

[Miranda Frost]

 The creature's defensive mechanisms were impressive, but Miranda had anticipated such. Those dedicated with the preservation of one's own life often held a card to play to deal with certain things. Miranda was no different. The razor discs would be shattered by the beast's roar, but that wouldn't be the end of their assault. In being shattered, the broken discs shattered further and continued its trajectory. Though much of the collected poison would have fallen away, the shards that were sent embedding themselves into the beast's flank, backside, lower chest and face. The shards didn't need to embed themselves far, as they still carried the poison collected prior. 

 The creature made its move before it could react to the newly inflicted wounds, with several tendrils bursting out to capture her. Miranda grimaced, a forced reminiscence playing through her mind. Juriya did something similar and even Mariposa would restrict her movements in something different that served the same purpose. In either case Frost was forced to remember how much of her each of those entities were able to grasp and hold. It left her uncomfortable rather than afraid. As a bundle of tendrils would trip her mines, sending a wide, six foot long spike piercing through a large group of them, severing them clean, a few more would get through.

 The though of this... thing getting a hold of her wasn't something she enjoyed the thought of. To be grasped and immobilized, left helpless to the whims of the beast.... disgusting!  The two saw blades kept in reserved would move to protect their creator, spinning to life and slicing away at the appendages closing in around her. She winced again and looked to Connor, fighting the beast's attempts in his own way. Surely this division in attention would give Miranda the chance she needed. Four feet behind and above the creature's head two blades resembling that of a guillotine would form by her own will, and by that will they would surge forth in aims of decapitating the beast, or at least gravely wounding it. As a precaution she stirred its inner makings again, ensuring they'd burst forth inhibited if the creature decided to yell so obnoxiously again.

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Created two more constructs, leaving four total.
200 Rei used 2250 remaining

[Celes Castellanos]

Celes had the ability to sense reiatsu even minorly and she could tell that something was changing within Camila. Whether it was a Kido or not, she could not tell, but something about Camila's blade seemed different. Despite giving Celes an idea about what it meant, the creature did not seem to care much. In fact, the bear just went ahead and outright rammed Camila with immense strength. The physical prowess of the bear seemed to be way out of their league and Celes just huffed.

As Camila crashed against the wall, it seemed that the bear was not going to just stop there. It ran on the most primal of instincts. It had no reason to stop and evaluate the situation. In fact, it saw the perfect meal right in front of it. Celes sighed and quickly focused her own reiatsu. This was going to need to be quick so the Shinigami quickly prepared a Byakurai. Despite not being very strong, she could at least try and get the beast's attention. She moved her fingers outward and pointed at the bear.

With a quick and almost silent discharge of electricity, the bolt was rocketing towards the creatures head. Whether it made contact or not, the Shinigami had to make an active effort to keep up her offensive. Even if she could not wound it greatly, there was great opportunity to just try and get it off her companion. As the bolt rocketed towards it, Celes would quickly follow it, moving at her speed of 100 and striking swiftly at the bear with her Zanpakutou at its leg. All Celes could hope to do was get the creatures attention.

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{Reiatsu}-25 Byakurai
Reiatsu Total: 2875/3000

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Camila rocketed toward the wall with a pretty strong amount of force behind the hit. Upon impact, she slumped to the ground and began to force herself up. Should she had been human, a hit like that would've been pretty damned hard to get up from, but due to her being a Shinigami, she had access to that increased fortitude that they normally had. Although quite painful, she managed to push herself up and stand, even if she was struggling to do so. She'd need time to recuperate.

Unfortunately, with the beast before her, time wasn't exactly something the two girls had very much access to. She'd need to do what she could to keep the beast away from her, and kido was the perfect way to do so. She began to charge a bolt of electricity, similarly to the one Celes had been doing at the same time, and unleashed it toward the beast's body the moment it was primed. She wasn't going to give this monster any leeway in terms of surviving if she could. The thing was much, much stronger physically than her, and she needed to account for that however she could. Things weren't going to be easy for the two of them, but she'd have to make it work.

"Celes!" Camila shouted, "I'm going to play 'keep-away' with it! If you're able to keep firing off spells, please do so! Don't let it hit you, and I'll do the same!" Once again, she began charging another bolt, and fired it toward the direction of the beast. She prepped herself on the off-chance that the beast would be able to blitz her, and wasn't going to allow herself to be caught off-guard if she could avoid it. She needed to keep her eyes on the damned thing for as long as she could, to ensure her own life wasn't going to be lost here and now.

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{Reiatsu Costs}Reiatsu: 950/1,000

-50 for Byakurai x2