Screching wire and Giggling Garganta - JT, Closed

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(CTP please)

Adalvulf was Stalking through the streets of Karakura, as always in his formal attire. Silk Vest, Dress shirt, Dress pants and Dress shoes all tied together with.. Fingerless leather gloves like a Biker might wear. His Glasses were light and seemed to catch a blinding reflection whenever his gaze met yours turning most people from looking too closely at him or his face. As He was walking through the town he was paying careful and close attention looking for Souls and Hollows.

He seems to almost blend into the background of most situations, Hard to keep track of in a crowd if he wanted to get lost. He Had been tracking a Disturbance in the air, something that was peeking out through his spiritual radar. He was tracking the blip as best he could, but doing so while keeping his own profile low was going to be difficult.  Adalvulf knew he wasn't going to be a match for many stronger hollows, but he could at least harass them or drive off a weaker one.

He Discovers a Smaller Hollow Running off through the legs of the people in the crowd towards a back alley. His Curiosity is piqued more than his malice for the tiny creature, the way it was skittering around like a ankle high leprechaun trying to find somewhere to hide. The Little Hollow looked around ran off into a Back Alley and seemed to disappear into nothing. The Loss of the little creature Sent Adalvulf into a spiral, He went into "Search and destroy" Mode, drawing a wired Kunai and swinging it around threateningly.

He Looks around and Sends his Kunai Launching deep into the shadows of any nook and cranny he can get it into. Finding little to no purchase and frowning before letting out a melodramatic sigh. His Eyes Cast lazily into the Shadows and then his spine sharply stiffened. He Looks up and behind himself and his eyes go wide as a gate opens up, looking like a digital tear in the air, and out steps a.. Man? What in the Holy Hellish world is that, was that, and how the fucking damn can a human do that?!

Adavulf Draws a Second kunai and begins to spin both of the kunai in opposite directions to give them a sense of difficulty for prediction of trajectory. "Who is Zhe Fuhk are yew?.. Vhat in zhe Fuhk are yew?.. And Most importantly..  Give me Eine singular reason to not start filling your chest with knives Jah?!" Adalvulf sounds more than a bit stand-offish and threatening. He is standign defensivly however and is much more wary than his voice would give away.

[Abaddon]

Something was wrong, Abaddon had been waiting for him to come back from the human world for far too long now. He knew it was a bad idea to let such a small little hollow simply run off like that into the human world for a bit. While it wasn't his place to babysit hollows, that one was a member of Las Arenas and very important to someone who he did like to converse with. Not knowing what else to do Abaddon had to take action, he knew better than to simply wait around, most hollows that don't return on time usually died to something, like a shingami or another quincy.

Not wanting to waste too much time Abaddon quickly rushed to the gilliship docks and asked whatever hollow he could see to open up a garganta into Karakura town. It didn't matter where in town, but he needed to be at least somewhat close to where the little guy was. It only took a few moments to find a hollow that would accept this and as the garganta opened up Abaddon stepped through it, trying to sense for the little hollow that he was looking for. However before he could get too far he was met with someone holding out what looked like two knives at him speaking to him and screaming about asking questions in a very typical German accent.

Abaddon himself was dressed very nicely wearing his long black coat with his full black pinstripe suit and dress vest. That held a white shirt underneath as well as a black tie. His hands were covered by his white gloves. Honestly if a normal person came down this street it would look like he was being mugged by a butler. Honestly he didn't know how he got into situations like this, he swore that karakura town was simply a magnet for strange and odd folks. Still he had this random stranger to deal with who was holding him up, not that Abaddon was worried, after all the garganta was still open and all it would take would be a simple cry for help and a swarm of hollows would flood out to attack, but he wasn't that sort of person.

Abaddon slowly spoke in German to the man who he assumed was German given the accent. “I am a simple man just leaving a world of nightmares and disrepair trying to drag one of it's rather smaller occupants back to it.” Very much like his conversation with Ludwig Abaddon didn't want to say more than what he needed to, this answered the man's questions for a bit, but not really giving away information that could be used to later bring harm to him or the people of Las Arenas. Still he knew that this might not exactly work so he had a back up plan and words to help smooth things over.

“If you wish I can show you the world I came from, all you would have to do is step through.” Motioning to the side he presented the open garganta to the stranger, if the man had no spirtual awareness then he would be able to tell instantly by the man failing to see the portal, if he did, well he would be in for a rude awakening when he stepped into the garganta. Not that they would treat him badly in that place, just that stepping into a nest of hollows, bounts, quincy, and all sorts of other races would shock anyone if they weren't aware of what they were getting into. “No? Then please let me be on my way and I shan't bother you anymore.”

(for CTP)

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Adalvulf Looks over the.. Other well dressed man that he can see a bit better now that he has stepped fully through the Garganta. He stops swinging the Kunai immediately as the man begins to speak, slipping them back into his Kunai clips on his belt.  He Watches and chuckles a bit when he hears world of disrepair and responds likewise in German "Ahh So You have come from Earth Jah? This world is just Simply broken beyond any sort of fixing itself.." He looks closer in towards the gate that the man made and shook his head "Zhe void inside Zhat gate looks awfully.. Cold, und devoid of any such footholds Zhat I could use.. " He once more takes a few moments to ensure that he is looking at what he thinks he is looking at, going so far as to step closer to it and adjust his glasses.

After he sates his curiosity he takes his glasses off and takes out a small microfiber cloth to clean them as he focuses on that he responds. The Way this man stands and acts so casually in the presence of spiritual things is more than a bit off putting, and he rests his hands on his kunai once more "I have only Eine Quevestion to ask of you. Zhat iz ze matter of your origin.. Are You a Vandenreich Swinhund? Or are you Simply a Spiritual Aware Human?" By his tone it seemed he was simply curious, however by the placement of his hands and the way they were tensed to move at the slightest provocation said that he was ready to act.

He looked Down and around at their surrounding, his eye motion was only cursory and swift scanning around himself and Around Abbadon. He Was Tense and on edge and was ready to fight if he had to but it was easy to see that he would rather not if he could avoid it. He was simply curious about this human that stood before him that walked through a portal, that did not seem like something that Quincy would so, and he was not dressed like a Shinigami.  Vandenreich could move in ways Quincy's could not and that is what scared him, If this man was a Vandenreich and he had stumbled into a Trap set by them he was more of an idiot than he had ever thought possible.

As he was moving through the wave of thoughts, how he was going to handle this is he was Vandenreich he was greeted with a flash of memory. The Seele Schneider that was holding the note to the door when he discovered his parents were dead. Immediately his eyes started scanning the entirety of Abbadon looking for a seele Schneider or similar item on his belt. He found none that he could see at least but the memory was flooding him, the fear he felt the hopelessness and anger all stark and showing visibly on his face. He was shaking and yet he kept his hands perfectly still, still ready and able to act if he needed.

[Abaddon]

It seemed that his bluff had worked for the moment and that the man was spiritually aware given what he said and the way he reacted. Still the comment about the earth being broken wasn't exactly true, it was the people in the world that had broken the earth, not the other way around. “Ah no the world is fine, it's simply the people who live here who are rather twisted using that to slowly poison the earth into nothingness.” Well it was a good surprise to him that this had turned into something a bit less strenuous, still oddly enough another random German who was spiritually aware, had that mad man all those years ago been right and Germans were actually the master race? It wasn't as if he had met too many other folks who were spiritually aware from the same country. Tho that could be simply because so many quincy had German ancestry .

He had to chuckle when the man had asked if he was a Vandenrich, did he honestly look like he was one of their members? Honestly the only white thing he had on were his gloves and shirt. The very thought of that was too funny for him. “Honestly there how do you even know I'm a quincy? There isn't any evidence that I am one, yet you instantly jump to that, so that tells me one of two things, either A you yourself are a Vandenrich or B you have had to deal with them meaning that you're a quincy. Given that you haven't attacked me right away with a barrage of arrows and proclaimed glory to der Kaiser you aren't a Vandenrich.” While this was all asumption he hadn't met too many others that had run ins with the Vandenreich that weren't quincy, shingami's or arrancar and Abaddon was easily able to tell that this man wasn't a shingami or quincy.

“As for what I am, that isn't exactly important, all you need to know is that my business isn't with you and we can leave it at that, less you really want to drag this out, but I have someone to find and the more time I waste here the harder it becomes to find them. “ While not trying to be rude Abaddon wasn't here to interact with this person, he had to get back to finding that little hollow before it died or was killed. Really he hated doing this sort of thing chasing down those that belonged to Las Arenas. He wasn't their keeper, well not in that sense still it was bothersome.

Looking at this man before him Abaddon noticed something, even with his very low energy sensory he could tell that the man was weak, like he was and he seemed a bit lost. “Tell me what would you do if you met a hollow that didn't need to eat souls to exist and never ate a single soul.” He assumed that the man knew about hollows simply from him knowing about the Vandenrich, but more he wanted to know what the man's stance was on hollows if he took away their most offensive feature about them. That being that they needed to eat in order to live and exist.

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Adalvulf looks him over strangely and tilts his head "No.. No. You assume that I assume you are Quincy.. Zhe question was if you vere Vandenreich.. Was becuase I am hunted by them and know zhat zhey travel in strange Vhey's. I Also asked that you were a Spiritually aware human.. So why assume that I asked if you are a Quincy?" He Smirked at the man and knew he had struck a chord, at least he was not a Vandenreich.. That made Adalvulf feel at least a bit safer.  His Body was not trembling His body was not sweating, he was calming down. There hopefully would not be a confrontation here, even though this man did seem to be that thrilled with Adalvulf right now.

"However.. If you are a Quincy.. A Quincy with a strange door. I would Ask if You would have any interest in sharking some knowledge between us? I have lost my own master, and Would benefit by learning from other quincy." He smirks and draws out a kunai, flipping it in a Circular arc lazily. He Flips it towards the wall, The Scratch barely there. He then Flicks it out again but Abbadon can see the Reaitsu flare down the kunai to allow it to dig just a bit further into the wall.  He left the kunai stuck into the concrete there and suddenly Threw two more, three more until there were ten Kunai embedded into the wall forming a net of sorts, Each Wire Attached to Adalvulfs hand by rings apparently hidden under his finger-less gloves.

If it weren't for him throwing the kunai one would have never noticed the Wires trailing from his hands down to the kunai but now here they were and he suddenly ripped them free of the wall Creating a Devastating Whiplash that is mightily impressive, and would hurt more than a little if anyone but air were the target of such a thing. He slid all of his kunai back into his Kunai Clips and Watched as the man looked around and asked his question of him about hollows and this threw Adalvulf for a loop but the only true answer to him came clear..  That was simply not possible and therefore he would never meet such a creature.

"That Is simply not possible you see..  The Hollow is a creature that must feed or goes more insane.. the more insane they become the more their hunger takes over. The worst of it that happens is that the hollows goes out and tries to devour another hollow.. being weak enough that they become devoured themselves and that is the way of things." Adalvulf shrugs in a "That is the way things are" Manner.  "However if there were such a creature And it did not try and kill me i would simply try and make it understand that Where I am is an unsafe part of the world for it to inhabit..  And if it wished to continue existing that my Home should be avoided."

[Abaddon]

Well the answer that he got was very interesting, it wasn't an outright admission of him saying that he would kill the hollow no matter what, yet a denial that such a thing could happen. It was better than most said. There was hope for this quincy, hope that he might be able to actually find someone else who could be a good fit for Las Arenas, while he knew it wasn't an easy switch to living there, there were plenty of perks as well as some good things. Just knowing that there is an entire city out there watching your back constantly was nice. This along with the fact that he wanted to be trained by him was promising.

Abaddon had to note that there was a good amount of skill in the man's handling of the knives as well as the wires that were attached to them. Still as it stood there wasn't much he could really teach as far as making portals, however there would be ways to teach him how better defend himself against attackers. Still this wasn't the place nor the time to do so, after all he had a mission and one that was time sensitive. Then it dawned on him something simple, a test to see how he would react when presented with the unthinkable.

With a smile across his face he stepped forward and the garganta behind him finally closed. “No sadly I can't teach you how to make portals such as the one I walked through, unfortunately our kind doesn't have that power, however if you do wish to learn how I am able to get them I can teach that. Yet this will shatter your entire grasp on reality and the way the world works. If you truly wish to learn the secrets I hold then follow me if not return to using your knives and string, but I will tell you, if you're looking for the Vandenrich or run into one, they won't waste time in slaughtering you or forcing you to convert.”

Abaddon would step past the quincy who's name he didn't know yet taking a few steps forward before speaking again. “So once more I say do you follow me to a path of unkowns or live in bliss till death?” With that Abaddon continued walking not wanting to waste more time simply talking. He had picked up the pulse of reiatsu belonging to a weak hollow, one that he thought could be the very same one he was looking for. It was all up to Adalvulf  now if the man did follow Abaddon would have much to teach, but if not, then their meeting would be a simple passing of two quincy.

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Adalvulf Looked Abbadon over and nodded once before bowing slightly at the waist "If I am to follow you I vould like to know your name first.. So as to not be impolite, i am a one Adalvulf Rhinekranz..  You can Call me Adal, Vulfy, Rhin. Take your pick." He Smiles as he straightens out and adjusts his glasses, taking them off completely and cleaning them with a cloth even though they were spotless not a moment before. He Has a Smirk on him now that seems to be almost his resting face on of confidence bordering on arrogance.

He waited for a response for a name before nodding and followed after Abbadon "It vas naught your wonky hole I vas asking about.. Moreso just your skills in general. one spiritually aware mortal to another there are things we can teach each other jah?" He looked around and chuckled "Und as for zhe Vandenreich. I do try and avoid them when und if at all possible. Being someone that they have expressed interest in converting after all.. It would not seem the safest option to seek them out jah?" He Shrugged slightly, in a sort of blahzay method of dismissing it entirely.

He Looked over Abbadons outfit and smirked again, adjusting his gloves this time before settling his hands into his pockets to walk. He hunched down just slightly and while well dressed walked with his slouch at a leisurely pace, even if it did match that of Abbadons. He changed persona's almost completely as they walked out of the Alleyway going from imposing and regal to slovenly and lazy, if not sprinkled with a dusting of depressed businessman. It did a great job of hiding his facial structure from those who were not investigating him heavily as well as made people simply avoid him.

The most interesting thing was the way after so many steps, staggered out he would seem to trip and catch himself as he wiped at his mouth. It was quite a show, something planned and calculated but to any who weren't aware of how coherent he actually was would make him seem like a drunk out walking in the streets making a mess of himself. it was a Good way to blend in while simultainiously keeping the right kind of attention on yourself while out somewhere you didn't want to attract attention in.

[Abaddon]

It seemed as if Adalvulf  would follow him, Abaddon was rather pleased with this outcome, so it wasn't an issue when Adalvulf  asked for his name. Still walking forward and towards where he felt the soft traces of hollow reiatsu he spoke. Sadly some of it could be lost if Adalvulf  wasn't paying attention given his direction away from the quincy. Abaddon wasn't trying to be rude or offensive, however right now his attention was more directed at his original goal and not Adalvulf, it wasn't anything against the man. Most people wouldn't risk the live of someone they knew and were antiquated with for a complete stranger so Abaddon had to hope that for the moment Adalvulf would understand.

“I am Abaddon Baasch, and it is a pleasure to meet you Adalvulf. Given my time is short at the moment I sadly must answer your questions like so for the time being. Yes, there are things spiritually aware beings can teach one another. I can see your talent for blades, and wires, yet I wonder how your skill without weapons is.” This wasn't a jab at Adalvulf, but more a realization that Abaddon had when training with someone, it seemed that even high level fighters often opted to forget about hand to hand combat when given a weapon and while it's understandable as to why they do so Abaddon knows all too well how easy it is to be without a weapon. Being able to use another way of attacking is invaluable.

“As far as your stance on the Vandenreich, I agree, it's better to stay away from that lot and avoid looking for them. Nothing good can come from mixing with those that spread the idea of violence and hatred for a long ago slaughter.” Abaddon really disliked the way the Vandenreich were handling things, it gave almost all quincy a bad name now because of the way that the acted and tried to be, but that wasn't the only reason why he disliked them. It seemed that they had turned into the sort of people that either you were with them or against them. There was no in between for them which made dealing with them so very difficult.

As he continued walking towards the faint traces of hollow reiatsu Abaddon continued speaking. “So why does a quincy such as yourself resorts to using knives and wire work? I would assume that your bow would be much stronger than basic metal and wire?” Abaddon wanted to get a bit of a feel for this man, to understand a bit better as to who he was dealing with and why the knives and wire. While his own method was a bit unconventional for quincy it was strange to see such a drastic change from one weapon to another. Was he like him who was unable to use his bow at the moment? If so it would make sense to use another weapon.

All those questions would have to wait as Abaddon saw it, the hollow he had been looking for, luckily he had been in front of Adalvulf so he would see the hollow first and not Adalvulf. A simple plan came across his mind to help test Adalvulf. “How about a simple bet Adalvulf? If I prove to you in the next few minutes that such a hollow that I described before does exist then you will owe me a favor, if not then I will teach you everything I know.” It was a simple bet but one that given Adalvulf's answer before he would assume would be accepted. Either way Abaddon would raise his hand and tell Adalvulf to simply stay, watch and do nothing.

Abaddon could see the little hollow, he was hiding and it's entire body was shaking. That was fine, it would be over quickly and the little one would be brought back to LA in just a matter of moments. It was times like these that Abaddon really enjoyed that he wore gloves constantly. Slowly walking over to the hollow Abaddon softly sung out to it, an ancient lullaby that he knew the little hollow knew . The little hollow would evetnually turn around and see who was singing. Bending over Abaddon quickly picked up the little one and smiled softly. Given that he was completely clothed his skin wouldn't burn, from the hollow. “Adalvulf this is kissaru. The very same hollow that I spoke of, he's a bit timid, however I can assure you he would never eat a soul.”

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Adalvulf watched as Abbadon searched around a bit, questioning this Strange persons behavior. "I am Actually Very poorly Equipped for close combat, my Strength relies in indirect attacks. The Abilities of a Close quarters Combatant, Are too boring for my taste.. i prefer to ensure you are walking into a Web I've weaved before closing the trap around you!" He Throws one Kunai out, a strange angle with just enough slack in it so the wire disappears from sight almost entirely.

He Watches Abbadon still, nodding along as he speaks before holding up a finger, the kunai Remaining in the wall as he throws another one, the placement seeming odd. "The Wire and Blades are.. Required. I can not Summon a Bow.. At all. I am From.. The Rhinekranz Family are the Last masters of the Ransotengai.. And I was left bereft of my masters before I could learn it." He Chuckles and continues to watch as Abbadon moves around.

The Work of Abbadon was intriguing, he was searching for something. "Mm. ill Decline that deal. There is no such Hollow. And Anything you wish to show me to try and prove it, would require some form of Sustenance, And Whether that is in this world or another. it would be basic Soul energy. It would Feed parasitically, They are not benevolent forces and are All inherently Violent. They are born of a Violence in the soul, and while some can try and fight against this nature they must seek to improve themselves or they die. it is the World of the hollow to eat or eaten. And Any such place that allows them to survive without eating other souls.. Would not allow them to escape that mentality, I've not met an Arrancar but i have heard that some Arrancar can potentially get around this Violence.."

Adalvulf looked at the hollow and merely Scoffed "I am sorry friend but his size alone would not allow him to eat a soul.. I am Weak, Barely Spiritually aware, and I could destroy that hollow with nothing more than my kunai. He May not feed on a soul but the fact remains that he IS a Broken soul.. A Soul that is constantly tortured and tortures other souls that he stays around. Hollows should be cleansed not allowed to live like a pet."

[Abaddon]

Abaddon chuckled a bit when Adalvulf  called the little hollow he had in his hands a pet. While it was still a child the hollow wasn't a pet. It in fact was the soul of a child who was no more than five years old. Mentally this poor hollow hadn't developed yet, but based on instinct it liked to roam around the human world even if it didn't need to eat. “The little one isn't a pet, but a friend that I was sent to pick up, I will send him back on his merry way in a bit but tell me. You say he's a tortured soul that harms others yet he has done nothing of the sort. Is his life who is basked in peace say for being hunted have less meaning than your own?”

“I don't argue that hollows by nature are born of negative emotions, but not all are monsters that need to feed on the souls of the living, no some of them can live off of something else, something much greater than a simple man could ever hope for. Something that transcendence even death it's self and offers a second chance to those that prove themselves worthy of it. Is it not worth even considering for a moment that not everything is black and white as you claim it to be? After all, I have in my very hands a hollow that shall never eat a soul of it's own accord something you claim that couldn't happen.”

Abaddon took a few steps back smiling down at the little hollow in his hands before a Garganta opened up behind him once more. “Ah little one it's time for you to go back, tell your mother I'll be sticking around a bit longer.” With that said the hollow jumped from his hands and scurried back into the garganta safely before it closed. “Maybe it was too soon to pull back the veil that you live in, either way, simply being adapt in one form of combat will limit you. It's never a bad thing to open your options to more ways of protecting one's self.”

“There is a park off in the distance that we can use to train in, it would be better than simply doing it here or in the middle of an alleyway where someone might think that we're fighting resulting in the cops being called. Even still you must have questions, I'll answer a few of them if I deem it appropriate while we head over there.” With that Abaddon started towards the park which would be a few blocks away, enough time for a few questions to be asked and answered. He was a bit upset at the fact that Adalvulf  didn't take the bet nor understand, but he hoped that it would come in time.