God Yet Lives

"I see... I will be heading to the 4th Division Barracks now," Kira turned to walk away and lifted the cage up in front of his face. "I would like you to hold the fort while I'm gone.... this cage smells horrible."

*He starts coughing.*
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*The chains were eating themselves. With mouthes. That they had. The charts were mostly obscured by each other, but the ones on top are describing Hollows attacking pregnant women.*
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S"It's for you. But I'll explain that later."

E"...As much as I hate to admit it, I suppose I do owe you. What do you want?"

S"Well, I saved your life twice, so I suppose you could say you owe me 2 favors."

E"Integrity isn't a math problem, Senthose."

S"Whatever. The first thing I want you to do is locate a woman for me."

E"I'd really rather not be your match-maker."

S"Funny. Her name is Dawn Talea...oh, no more smart-ass remarks? Good."
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Isane<The 12th Division may agree to take up the responsibility of creating the supplies, but they still need raw materials.>
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*All that happens is that she becomes very, very white. Like quartz white.*
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<Yes, Captain.>

Kira left the barracks.

Atsuko leaned back on the bed and closed her eyes. She could still remember just about every detail of those dreadful gates as they took away the mad-man.

"Where do you suppose we would be able to find large enough quantities of raw materials?" Atae asked.

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Noct's eyes flared silver, and black trails streamed down from her eyes, "What do you want with her?" She asked, as every shadow in the room became oppressive, and steadily waxed and waned.

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Mortal disregarded the soul chains, and reached out towards the charts to study them further, but stopped, "Ha, right, almost made my day hell." With a small sigh she asked, "Hey, recording, would you have any idea who has been here recently, aside from Senthose?"

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Running out of ideas, Sab tried CPR.

Isane<The Soul Society's raw materials come from the first few districts of Rukongai, mostly. The problem is, Aamon greatly damaged them. We're also worried about a food shortage, we don't need it to live, but it will be hard to fight without it.>
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A<I don't discuss the goings-on in my lab--*sound of papers*--Morton.>
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*Senthose averts his eyes & takes a deep breath.*

"Noctis, the truth is...I am your father...PFFTAAAH! I'm sorry, I tried, I just couldn't keep a straight face! No, I want to find the parents of a FullBringer, & I don't have access to hers."

*He points at Euryale.*
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*When she pushes on her chest, it refuses to move.*

"Give me the Senthose recording, he is slightly less of a dick."

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Atae nodded, "Where do you suppose would be a good place to begin getting supplies. I imagine once we have enough we can start growing our own food, and become self sufficient, but until then, we're going to need a new place to get supplies."

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"John, Gevurah, Zelara has a father, I'm sure, Asmodeus. Anyone of them, but leave her out of your experiments." Noctis said, not taking any of his shit.

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Sab furrowed her eyebrows and pushes with slightly more strength, though not enough to hurt Aroma. She may be dead, but dead and broken seemed worse.

Atsuko began to drift off to sleep.

Kira wondered what Hell would look like as he walked.
Fire, chains... maybe cells, like in a prison... I'm imagining a lot of ash, too.

S<There's only one AI, you ignorant twit.>
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S"I don't have time to search the globe for people who may or may not be dead, & I have reason to believe that Big Red here knows where the woman is.'

E"You do?"

S"I surmise that someone most likely pulled the incredibly stupid move of trying to unite the pair. Not you, of course. I don't know what kind of girlfriend would be that inensitive. Oh, wait, I do--a horrible one."
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Isane<We don't have the space or expertise for that. Moreover, where would we get supplies? From the living world?>

"I take it back, you're both assholes. What am I even doing here?"

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"Shut up, and leave Euryale alone." Noct said, "I don't care about what is convenient for you. Use someone else, hell, make new fullbringers."

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"We have a forest within our walls, literally, an entire forest. I'm sure we could use some of it. As for expertise, why not outsource? Though I find it odd that there is no one in all of our ranks with the know how to run a farm, considering some of us are hundreds of years old, and come from a time when agriculture was the only way of life."

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Sab leaned back in defeat, "I can't believe I killed her. I didn't even want to hurt her, just... I don't know, be mean to her, let out some anger. I guess that wasn't a healthy way to do that." Sab quickly saw the irony of her word choice, "For both of us." Sab finally rolled off of Aroma, and laid down next to her, staring at the sky. "I guess it is too late to say sorry."

Kira got bored with walking and shunpo'd to the barracks. When he arrived, he stepped in and looked around for any division members he could speak with.

Isane<Outsource to whom? We barely have any control over the Rukongai anymore, & most of the people still left there wouldn't be able to tend land anyway. As for the land inside the Seireitei, I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough.>
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A<How should I know? Get the fuck out.>S
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S"But you care about Euryale, do you not? Imagine the crushing guilt she'll have to live with if she chooses not to help me. Oh, I'm one thing. But I assure you, the Soul Society will not escape undamaged, not without our help. But, if it's any consolation, I suppose it's entirely possible she won't have to live with it for long. Who's to say when the next freakshow from Hell or Hueco Mundo will show up to kill you both once I've decided it's a waste of my time saving you ungrateful brats? Oh, but I'm sure you've got it covered, after all, your scary angry voice would get you so far in an actual fight."
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*Aroma starts gasping for air & the color returns to her face as her muscles relax.*

"Control over the Rukongai can be re-established with time," Kira cut into the conversation as he stepped up besides Isane. "Please excuse me, but I must find I member of my division who I believe is a patient here..."
As he spoke he looked around the room at all of the bedded patients until he spotted his target.
"And there she is... Is she in any state to speak with me?"

Yue coughs, "This stuff is hard to breathe in."

Atae bowed, and nodded, "Yes, she is well enough to talk." With that she turned her attention back to Isane, "We will have to get the supplies from someone, so I was suggesting we outsource the farming to them, as, well, obviously they know what they're doing if we're getting supplies from them in the first place. As for land, I just explained that there is a forest we could repurpose for farm land. There are also large sections of the Seireitei that are still destroyed from the invasion a year ago, and I'm sure there is more destruction still. Instead of rebuilding windowless buildings for the sake of looking imposing, why don't we try and turn that land into farmland? Also, I've heard some rumors that in the world of the living Captain Urahara had constructed acres of cavernous terrain below ground, complete with its own sunlight... somehow. Perhaps he could do the same here within the Seireitei, only this time add a rain cycle, and fertile soil."

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Sab sees Aroma springing back to life and swells with a mixture of happiness and relief. "You're alive!" She said, rolling over and hugging her, "What happened to you, are you okay? I'm sorry!"

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Mortal looked around, and furrowed her eyebrows, "Well, now I don't wanna go. Fucking computer." She replied, heading down another corridor to see where it led her.

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Noct formed a shadow sword in her hand, "I have a bite to match my bark, Senthose. You're not going to guilt me into anything, you couldn't. I don't care how, but find someone else." Noct said, "If Soul Society needs help, I will help, but my mother stays out of this; out of everything."

S<It is not a good idea to sass me.>

*This led her to her old bedroom.*
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S"I don't have time to argue with a spoiled child. Here's my card when you want to start taking this a little more seriously."

*He tosses a black card on the floor with a white strip & white letters that read "Xcution."*

E"Did you steal this from John?"

S"Yes."

*He opens a Garganta & steps through it.*
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"That's...my body's...natural response...to danger I can't...escape. It goes rigid & mimics one of those trees. Also, almost all of my Reitsu is redirected to my hierro."
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Isane<That...could actually work. We'll have to see what Captain Urahara says about it.>
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*Senthose steps out on some mountains near Yue.*

"Senthose..." Yue says his eyes still closed, "Is everything alright? This whole time I've felt a strong need to give Aroma a big hug. There's a reason you're visiting me here yes?"

Noct blinks away her FullBring, allowing the shadows to go back to normal. She then lets out a long sigh, and opens up the freezer, pulling out a bottle of vodka. "I need a drink." She muttered to herself mostly before downing half of her OJ, and filling the cup back up with vodka, and downing half of that.

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Atae nodded, "Would you like me to ask if Captain Urahara would be willing to do this, as well as ask him about reproducing medical supplies?"

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Sab let out a sigh, "I'm so glad you're alive, I had thought something awful happened. I promise I won't ever do anything like that again, I'm so sorry."

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Mortal looked around to see if there was anything there she might have remembered, or cared about retrieving. "What are you going to do? Send me to my room?" Mortal asked, holding back a small giggle.

Kira walked over to the side of Atsuko's bed and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Wake up."
Atsuko's wrinkle-free face creased suddenly into a scowl before she opened her eyes and saw that it was her captain addressing her.
"Yes, captain!" She chirped, the scowl disappearing as suddenly as it appeared. "Just let me sit up..."
"Very well..." Kira sighed as his subordinate forced herself into a seated position. "I have a few questions for you which I need to be answered truthfully."
Atsuko nodded, "Okay..."
"I understand that during the attack on the Soul Society you were injured in battle, correct?"
"Yes."
"Besides your broken leg, you suffered only minor injuries... correct?"
"Yes."
"Briefly describe your opponent, please."
"Uh... Well, he was an Arrancar with pink hair and tentacles. He seemed quite powerful- probably captain level strength- and had some measure of control over the environment," Atsuko wasn't sure exactly where this was leading. "Is that enough?"
Kira nodded before continuing, "Did you fight alone or with help?"
"With help, I was aided by a friendly Arrancar named Venezuala."
"Did your opponent retreat from the battle or was he defeated?"
"Defeated..." Atsuko replied hesitantly. "After he was defeated he seemed to be pulled back into Hell, alive..."
"I suspected as much. You do our division proud, Atsuko Chiryo-shi," Kira beamed down at Atsuko before turning to Isane and waiting for a moment to speak with her.

*Euryale takes the glass out of Noctis's hand, puts it on the table, & wraps her arms around her. Unbeknownst to Noctis, she causes the card to flip up off of the floor & fly into her hand.*
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Isane<That would be most appreciated.>
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*On an end table was a necklace with a tiny, golden dragon.*

S<Not quite.>
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"Nope."

*Senthose heads up the hill. After a while, some lights come on, illuminating a large mansion that had been hidden amongst all of the trees. He pulls out a black card & slides it into a keypad, which opens the door. The lights inside come on, revealing a restored Victorian style.*
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"Umm...sure...."

*Freddy lands nearby. Aroma looks at him.*

"...How long was I out for?"

Yue follows taking the cage with him. "I see."

Mortal picked up the dragon necklace and smiled warmly, before putting it on around her neck. I'm shocked to find this here; thought I lost it. Sab will be delighted to see me with it.

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Sab thought for a second, "Not long at all. Just enough time for me to panic really. Then you sprung back up."

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"I will get to work on it right away then." Atae said bowing, before going off on her way towards Squad 12.

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Noct returned the embrace, and completely relaxed into the comfort of Euryale's support. "Life would be so much more stressful without you with me."

"Excuse me, Lieutenant Isane," Kira took a step forwards. "May I ask how long you believe it will take my 4th Seat here to recuperate enough to spar?"

(OOC: Just to confirm, I've already been approved. JS.)

*A boy with brown hair and a black coat with a long white coat underneath was walking through a town that looked somewhat.... old to him. The name of this particular boy was Iris Schrodencloud, an Arrancar that came from Hueco Mundo only recently to search for a friend.*

Iris: <Hello? Aeraaaaa. I know you're around here somewhere.>

*Iris sighs and turns the corner to see children playing around. He had pinpointed his friend's spiritual pressure to somewhere in this general area, but he was unsure of the exact location.*

*Aera stands atop a house in an old-looking city, watching some children play around a wrecked abandoned car in an alley. She notices a familiar male Arrancar walking around the corner and down the alley, and smirks.*

Aera: <Still standing, Rottencloud?>

*Iris looks up and sees his friend, Aera, whom he had been looking for.*

Iris: <Oh hey! I've been looking all over for you! What, with all the fighting and chaos going on... but you seem to be alright, thankfully.>

*Iris hops up to the top of the building she's on.*