God Yet Lives

L"I'll figure something out. And what, you want me to keep lying until something bites her leg off?"
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<No! You come up here!>

*It climbs further up the tree.*

"Brother, prepare the snake" Kujaku says before vanishing.

"Fiiiine" Karasu begins dialing on his fullbring.

Kujaku reappears on the tree next to the one the monkey hollow is on.

Noctis sighed, "I just wanted her at ease, I wasn't lying either. If no one has been there, it may very well be a nice place, maybe certain parts are." Noctis shrugged, "That is besides the point though."

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"You heard the guy," Mortal said. With that, Sab released, and they both teleported over that way.

<I'm still not comin' over!>
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L"Yep. Didn't Urahara tell you about it one time? I distinctly remember him mentioning something about monsters that eat people."

Now you feel like Number One, shinin' bright for everyone, livin' out your fantas--

*Euryale digs her phone out of her pocket & holds it up to her ear.*

E"Oh, hey, John. Listen, can I call you ba--oh, Hueco Mundo? Yeah, we found out a few things. It's sort of a lengthy explanation, I'll just fire off a message in an hour or so. Okay, you're welcome. Bye."

*She hangs up & stuffs it back in her pocket. Then she turns to Lilith, who's been staring at her ever since it went off.*

E"What?"

Kujaku points at the limb of the tree the money was on. There was an audible cleaving sound as the branch and half the tree parted ways.

Karasu ran the fuck out of the way and yelled, "KUAJKU DAMNIT BE CAREFUL!"

"Quit yer whinn'"

Noctis downed a bit of wine, then asked, "So, what did John call about?"

*The monkey Hollow leaps at Kujaku, swinging his tail at him.*

<All part of my plan!>
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E"He was asking if we ever found anything out about the Arrancar attacks. I didn't want to get into a lengthy explanation about Senthose & people from Hell right now, so I just said I'd type up a message explaining it all in a little while."

*Euryale begins eating.*

E"Anyway, we plan to go away the day after tomorrow, for about a month."

After a long period of silence Yue asks something totally put of the blue. Its hard to tell if it was directed towards Aroma or Senthose and ether way the implications it brought were... well... implications.

"Have you ever wondered if arrancar can reproduce sexually? Shinigami can or so I've heard and we aren't that much different..."

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Kujaku dodges deftly with very little movement before counter attacking with his own blade; aiming to cut the hollow's tail off.

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OOC: This post brought to you by Freud.

"Ah, okay." Noct said, returning to her food as well.

S"Oh, would you look at that, I think Mortal & Sab need me."

*He hops off of his chair & starts walking away with Aroma running after him.*

A"Don't leave me here!"
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*In between bites, Euryale starts typing her message.*

L"So, Euryale, why do you spend such a long time staring at your food before you start eating?"

E"I was praying."

L"Oh, that's cute."

E"They don't have religions in the Soul Society?"

L"Why would we? We already know what happens when you die."
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<Aaaah! I'm bein' defeated!>

*He grabs a branch & tries to scamper away.*

"Religion is about more than what happens when you die," Noctis replied.

Yue sighed a content sigh and said to Aroma before she ran off, "I was kidding."

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Kujaku stabs him in the head.

Enkidu hesitated for the briefest moment before taking the vial and opening it.
"So if I drink this... I'll become more powerful..." He spoke, half to himself and half to the others. "Powerful enough to gain an additional release state? Just like that?"

Astarte entered the Menos Forest and began wandering quite slowly through the darkness.
She kept her eyes to the ground, but was continuously scanning the surroundings for spiritual pressure. She was feeling a mess of emotions that she had rarely ever felt before since she ascended from her hollow form.
She felt anger towards Yue for beating her and acting like a pig.
She felt sadness that she was so weak when it mattered and she felt guilt that she was so unhelpful to the others.

L"Oh, yeah, I forgot, you guys also have magic talking hair combs!"

E"You know objects have souls. You've seen them used dozens of times."

L"And flowers prove the gods are real, amirite?"
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S"Yo. We came on a thinly veiled whim to get away from that hobo Arrancar."

A"His name is Yue."

S"Whatever."
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*As it dissolves, it shouts that there are much stronger Hollows deeper in the forest. Also a lot of stray cats, it adds as if as an afterthought.*
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Netzach<Yeah, Iunno. Sure.>

Malkuth<Don't listen to him. I've been in Hell for nearly 2 centuries. I think I know what the miasma does.>

"What does it do, then?" Enkidu asked, frowning up at Malkuth. "No lies."

Noct furrowed her brow, "I fail to see why this is such an issue, let alone why you're getting so hostile about it. Euryale prays before a meal, why can't you just accept that about her? Even if you don't believe, she is still your friend."

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Mortal looked behind her, "Um, okay then." She turned forward and continued into the forest until she found Astarte. "There you are. Where you running off to?"

OOC: Nearly positive he was speaking to Mortal.

"Home." Astarte shrugged, not stopping.

Mortal caught up the her, "Alright, want to show me around?"

"A forest of death ruled by hollows? Sounds like a fun time eh?" Kujaku grins and moves deeper in.

Karasu finishes his "call" and a red string shoots into the ground pulling up a gigantic skeletal snake. Karasu jumps on its head and follows Kujaku deeper into the forest.

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"Sometimes people just need a little push in the right direction" Yue sits up and puts his scarf back around his neck before walking outside.

Malkuth<It releases the hidden potential of those who breathe it in. Unless they're so pathetic they don't have any hidden potential.>
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*As luck would have it, the next Hollow is also snakelike, with 4 antlers on its mask. As it spots them, it opens its mouth & fires a wide Cero at them before slithering deeper into the forest.*
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L"I'm not being hostile. You're being hostile."

E"Honestly, there's no need for you 2 to fight. Just chill out & have some garlic bread."

*She takes one of the slices of garlic bread that came with her pasta & breaks it in half, holding a half out to each of them.*

Yue opens his cage and continues to breath in the miasma. "I need to get use to breathing this stuff. Twenty minutes won't be enough."

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Kujaku slices the air and the cero is sliced apart and diffused by fullbring. "Heh try harder!"

"I'm not being hostile, I'm asking--" Noct relented at Euryale's request, "Thank you, love." She said, taking the bread and biting into it.

L"Wait...does garlic bread have a soul?"

E"I try not to think about it."

L"...I guess I'm part-Hollow, anyway."

*She eats the garlic bread. Euryale smiles at both of them before she resumes eating.*

L"So...I just want you to know, I didn't mean--"

E"Don't worry about it. Are we getting dessert?"
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<...Cooooooooome clooooooooser....>

OOC: Creepy post is creepy.

"I wouldn't mind some chocolate cake," Noct replied, swallowing the last bite of steak, and chasing it with the last gulp of wine.

*Euryale also orders some chocolate cake, with Lilith getting strawberry cheesecake.*

E"So when is this Hell thing happening?"

L"Some time during the winter."