Post by Valentin Acciai on Aug 15, 2017 5:32:32 GMT -5
Training for SP
Ever since his visit to Soul Society Valentin felt as if he had received a vital lesson when it came to his shortcomings. It simply didn't matter how hard he could strike a foe if the foe he sought to strike simply avoided him and made him look the fool. He was much too slow to chase most strong prey so today or tonight or whatever way of saying it down here in Hueco Mundo he had a new strategy in mind.
It was a method that had seen some success when he learned to be more covert following his defeat at the hands of that red-skinned monster in the shape of a woman. He had a nasty habit on being snuck up on so what if he did the sneaking instead, one blow should be all he would need to at least internally injure even those spiritual freaks that cut you up whenever you touch em.
After all, his injuries would heal and theirs most often would not. Indeed at this stage he saw little reason to try and match the abilities of that accursed shinigami and had decided to develop a method suitable to himself no matter how cowardly some would see his ways. Nature was filled with predators of opportunity and guile, all he needed do as a hollow was to borrow a little of their ways and his body would do the rest.
Indeed now he found himself cleverly hidden beneath a pathway of rock he knew was sometimes ventured by young Arrancar on patrol. Using his greath strength and sharp claws it had taken him hours to dig a tunnel long and narrow enough to reach the path without leaving a suspicious hole anywhere near for them to see.
Now all that separated him from the surface was a mere inch of rock which he knew from simply having knocked on it from topside and made doubly sure he would arise at the right spot before slinking back down in his hole to await his prey. He was excited to say the least, not many hollow dared hunt Arrancar and fewer still lived to tell of it.
Valentin instinctively knew however as he sat quietly in the darkness all on his lonesome that Arrancar who had after all evolved from Hollow must be the greatest of foods to achieve his desires. The mere thought of it had his mouth salivate as he licked his teeth eagerly as he resumed his patient wait.
It took several hours perhaps even a day he did not know which but during that time he had heard many a thing, the braggart boasting of lower tier Adjuchas too many to dare ambush, a stampede of Gillians that were likely to blast him to smithereens with their countless Cero's if he so much as showed his mug as an outsider who wasn't even an Adjuchas himself.
But finally, finally he heard that oh so sweet sound of casual interraction. They sounded so... human and casual it made his brows furrow despite his excitement, he was terribly jealous that they could speak and act in such a manner. For nothing did he desire more than to retrieve his humanity and his life, to once more have a home, friends and even a family to rely on.
Unfortunately for this patrol however he was a Hollow and Hollow never showed mercy when the deck were in their favour. Listening closely he heard the steps coming closer as the voices became more defined ''And that's when Nneirva intervened, she was so cool i've never seen anything like it!'' ''Come ooooon, you always go Nneirva this Nneirva that. Just go confess to her already you big wuss!'' ''W-what! no, i'm just... we've never even spoken'' ''Then shut up about it already, you're making my ears hurt and we've a job to do!''
A colourful conversation, one Valentin would be forced to end if he wanted all of his effort to pay off. Slowly he seated up, silent as a churchmouse until he heard their feet just above him, that is when he struck. flexing his muscles and sending out both of his arms at full force through the rock as the two yelped in surprised when both of their feet were grabbed and then pulled through the rock.
They attempted to draw their sword but his sudden pull downwards sent them off balance and dragging them through the narrow holes his arms had made they were partially flayed of skin and with broken bones at their wider parts. The two of them howled in pain so eerily similar to female humans in distress and it sent his stomach to churn with disgust over the pain he caused them.
Quickly he silenced the screaming, biting the throat out of one and impaling the heart of the other with his claw before either of them could utter the word Resurrección, despite that however when the violence was over he noticed one of his arms on the ground and a blade in his torso eerily close to his internals. In a fair fight they would likely have overwhelmed him with ease using their abilities and probably more agile and quick bodies but down here there was no fairness, only a Hollow playing the waiting game.
-75 Organic Generation
925/1000 Reiatsu
2 Class 5 Arrancar Consumed
