God Yet Lives

"I mean 'fuck you', this thing is giving me a headache. Let me out of this damn thing." Dawn said, headache worsening her attitude, and language.

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"Nonsense, I've seen the way she looks at you. Like a, um, best friend!" Atae said, "If you don't think so it is just because she has a funny way of showing her emotions. I know, I'm a doctor."

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"Meow." -Stop talking like that. Honestly, I don't see what skinny pale face sees in you, aside from your gigantic mammaries, but if that was the only thing she'd be fine with my 8.-

"What is going on here?" The clone asked Mortal quietly. "What do the Shinigami want from your friends?"

Mortal let out a sigh, "I'd much prefer to talk in person, but I'll play your little game." Mortal said, "They want to do some tests on my friend, why I don't know, but I'm inclined to trust their judgement, or at least their end results." Mortal chuckled a bit, "Besides, if anything bad happens to her, they'll have hell to pay." Mortal then folded her arms, "Now it is my turn to get some answers. Who are you, and why were you sneaking about?"

*Euryale squees.*
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"Oh, relax, the headache will go away. If my beautiful assistant would please work her magic?"

*Lilith blushes & the binding Kido dissolves.*

"It was really just a formality, I can jam the door, & even if I couldn't, I could do this."

*He snaps his fingers, momentarily opening a Garganta to the panic room. When it closes, he leans on the door to said room.*

"So, you are aware that your daughter is abnormal. And you don't think she gets it from you."
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"That doesn't make sense. I know, because I'm a doctor."

"I am Astarte Cyprus..." The clone answered before creasing it's delicate features into a very slight frown. "I would have thought the next answer was obvious; I am 'sneaking' because I am currently in the presence of several possibly hostile Arrancar and Shinigami."
The clone turned it's head towards death's gorge, or what remained of it, before speaking again.
"Are you involved with the massive explosion in that direction?"

"I'm sorry, I just like saying that. Point is, I'm sure she likes you, just give her a chance to show you that she can be there for you when you need her."

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Dawn lets out a long sigh, then runs a hand over her face, "I don't know where she gets it from, in all honesty, I don't particularly care. She is out of my life, I even have her allowance done automatically so I don't need to worry about her at all. I don't know what you want from me, but I can assure you that I do not know, and if I did I wouldn't tell you."

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"Meow." -I think you may have a mild case of severe brain damage.-

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Mortal laughed openly, "Hostile and dangerous are two different things, though I guess that answers my question as to whether or not you mean to cause me harm." When she asked about Death's Gorge Mortal responded with, "I think I'm well and done talking to an after image. If you want to discuss anything further, we'll do so face to face."

"You can count on me too you know. I'm a dog. Loyalty runs in the blood" Yue jabs his thumb at his chest.

*Aera's ice covers the chains, draining spiritual energy, while she Sonido's behind the Soul Reaper and swings her gauntlet at the side of his head and lays her left palm on his back, spreading ice.*

The only way Mortal could tell that Astarte had agreed and moved into the place of her clone was by finely sensing her spiritual pressure.
"The question still stands, however I would like to know your full name before we continue speaking."

S"I plan on dragging your daughter & her paramour to Hell, & using them to help eliminate a few enemies of mine. Their survival is optional, but I would prefer to know what resources I have at my disposal."
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"She's not even here right now, so it's a moot point."
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*He ducks & disregards his cape, jumping off of the building.*

[Good, it's abandoned. This is really desperate, but--]

<Hado 33, Sokatsui!>

*He blasts Aera & begins chanting, the blast getting wider & wider as he goes.*

<"Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws.">

"Mortal where is Sab!" Yue calls out.

"Nice to finally meet you, Astar--" Mortal was cut off by Yue, "One second." She turned to face them, "In that cave, making pants!" She returned her attention to Astarte, "As I was saying, nice to finally meet you Astarte, I'm Mortal Dulces. As for Death's Gorge, yes, I seem to have been the one to destroy it, as you can probably guess, doing so made it angry at my clothes." She said, motioning to her half finished shirt, and tattered and burned pants. "Why does it matter to you? Did you do anything there?"

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Dawn perked up, then chuckled to herself, allowing a wry smirk to play along her lips, "Dragging my daughter off to hell, and you're not even joking around are you? You should have just said so from the start. I'll tell you whatever you want to know, but only if you promise to leave her down there, and tell her to say hi to her father when you do."

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Noctis walked inside their house and raised her eyebrows, "Huh, Lilith isn't here anymore." She said, placing the cat cage on the ground against the wall, and releasing Lulu.

"Meow." -My vengeance will come when you least expect it.-

"I can honestly say that I have no intention of bringing her back out. And, sure, I guess I'll give her that message. I'm mostly interested in if you remember anything about being attacked by a monster with a hole in its chest."
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"She's talkative today, isn't she? ...Wait...oh no...."

*She starts digging around in her pockets.*

"The XCution pass, she took it! That's what she was doing under the table!"

"Aroma, lets go get Sab."

"I don't see why that is a big issue. What is so special about the pass?"

"Meow." -YOU FOOL! THEY ARE MOST LIKELY PLOTTING WITH YOUR MOTHER AS WE SPEAK!-

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Dawn smiled wide, "Good." She then shifted to a more comfortable seated position, "Yes, I was, many years ago. I believe I was about 2 months pregnant with Noctis." She shook her head, "Really, I only hoped that my child survived, looking back it's a shame it didn't go for the gut. Anyway, when Noctis tried to show me her shadow tricks I remembered that monster with its stupid eyes."

S"You mean something like this?"

*He grabs the weapon at his side & twists it upwards until the hilt is poking into his Hollow Hole. Then he says his catchphrase & is transformed into Resurrecion again.*
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"If Senthose really is squatting in one of the old FullBring lairs, it means Lilith is probably taking him to see your mother. But I don't know why she'd do that."
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"O...okay...."

"Wait, what, how would she even know where to find her?" Noct asked, feeling her blood boil. "I, I can get to her; stop them before they reach her." Noct blinked on her Fullbring and sunk into her shadow, reappearing miles away, she then returned and half rose out of Euryale's shadow, extending her hand, "Sorry, I forgot to take you. Quickly take my hand."

"Meow." -Scratch her face when you see her! She kicked me when I was a kitten! The bitch!-

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Dawn shrugged, and began to make her way over to her fridge to get a drink of vodka, "I guess, the one that struck me was a lot less hentai monster, and more apathetic, and cold though; if that makes a difference."

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Atae smiled, "Then it is settled, lets get out of here."

*Aroma goes into the caves to look for Sab.*
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*Euryale looks at the hand reluctantly.*

"Noctis, hold on, we need to talk. First of all, she knows because she helped convinced a Captain to look it up for me. But, more importantly, they have high-speed movement & an hour or so's head start on us. They're already there, I'm sure of it. I don't know what it is you're planning on stopping, but if it's Senthose you're worried about, I'm sure Lilith will stop him from doing anything evil."
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S"I already know exactly who attacked you. I'm more interested in knowing if you remember anything useful about how your daughter powers manifested. Because as long as I knew Ulquiorra, he never demonstrated the ability to manipulate shadows, up until his death...actually, now that I think of it, it was Noctis who did him in, wasn't it?"

L"Geeze, that was a while ago...yes, I think she stabbed him in the back with a spear, or something."

Yue follows Aroma.

Sab is inside the cave, weaving together a pair of pants to Mortal's measurements at nearly lightning speed, making use of sonido, and her teleportation to do so. She looks up at Aroma and Yue, "Hello?"

Atae walked in, "You're coming with us to Soul Society, Mortal is fine with it, lets go."

"Why?"

"Aroma wants you to keep her company."

Sab blushed a bit, "Uh, um, sure." She said with a sheepish smile, standing up.

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Noctis gritted her teeth in anger, "You..." Noctis took a deep breath, "It doesn't matter, its fine. I'll see you when I return home." With that she sank into the ground again and started heading off towards her mother's.

"Meow." -Damn, I think you made her angry... Looks like I'll be getting more cuddle from her than you will now.-

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"Fascinating, truly, as for the powers, I don't know. She simply showed it to me one day, after she had moved out." Dawn said flippantly.

"I didn't move out, you threw me away." Noct said, rage so encompassing that the very shadows seemed to pulse with fury. She then turned to Lilith, "I thought we were friends. Now, both of you, leave."

"Oh calm down, brat," Dawn said, "I was just having a chat with your... friends, maybe." She was met with pointed spikes aimed at her from literally every shadow in the room. "Oh please, you wouldn't kill me, or else you already would have, same way I would have stopped all contact if I knew it was possible. But we know you have no spine." Noct shut her up by driving a spike through her shoulder.

"You don't know me." Noctis said. "You two, leave."

"Hey, that's not fair, you didn't give her all of the information!"
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*Euryale sits down with her knees to her chest & buries her face into her arms.*
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*Senthose strides out of the door.*

L"Hey! Where are you going?!"

S"I realized the woman was useless some time ago, & it doesn't matter to me what her child does to her."

L"Well, you do what you want. Noctis, I may not understand what you're so angry about, but I can't let you go through with this."

*She snaps her fingers, shielding Dawn in a brightly glowing Tozansho. She then draws her Zanpakuto.*

L"I don't want to have to fight you, so please, just calm down."

Noctis lets out a twisted laugh, "Just leave Lilith, I don't want to hear your shit after this. To be honest, I don't want to see you at all after this. I trusted you, I counted you among my friends, which, admittedly, is a short list, and you have the nerve to raise your weapon against me?" Noctis sank into her shadow, "Leave me alone with my mother, I realize now that I need to have a word with her."

"Looks like you're not as spineless as I thought you were." Dawn said, pressing a hand to her shoulder, "But I can assure you, we have nothing to discuss."

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"Meow." -Oh, don't go crying. She's mad, so what, she'll get over it and you'll be there... I mean, sure, if my mother had did what her mother did, I'd be mad too, but it isn't like skinny pale face to let something like that destroy a relationship she holds dear.-

Lulu nuzzled her nose against Euryale's hand.

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"All of what information?" Atae asked.

"The zanpakutou dissection part"

"Come again?"

"Oh, we're going to dissect Aroma's zanpakuto."

"That sound horrible."

"Sounds worse than it is, I promise. All the same, Aroma wanted you there for support."

Sab blushed again, "I'd love to keep her company."

"Well, then it is settled." Atae drew her zan and opened up a senkaimon back to Squad 12.

"I have no intention of attacking you with my Zanpakuto."

*She sheathes it.*

"I'll be right outside. I won't listen to whatever is going on in here, but neither will I dismiss my barrier."

*She leaves the room.*
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*Euryale scratches Lulu behind the ears somewhat half-heartedly.*
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*Actually, the Senkaimon just drops them off at the Seireitei entrance. As they're walking, they spy Venezuela walking in the same direction.*