God Yet Lives

"No, I get along with her well enough to not want her to die in battle. That should be more than enough for the coming fight."

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Noctis triumphantly nods her head now that the voice has gone away, and finishes her shower.

OOC: Nope, I just forgot Noctis again.

[Wouldn't you like to know?]
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S"Let's face it: Up until now, you haven't had a real opponent since Keter. Practicing moves won't be enough to beat her. Frankly, I'm not even sure if she CAN be defeated. If you prefer, you can think of it as helping Lilith improve. I don't care, so long as the end result is the same. You'll have time, in either case. I'd like her to get accustomed to the hole first."

*He turns to Lilith.*

S"We literally live in a hole."

"I've been thinking about that Senthose. Caves are fine and all but I think its time to move up. You're the chief strategist and all so it wouldn't be unreasonable to ask for building materials from the shinigami."

*Iris grabs her hand.*

Iris: <Unfortunately, no. We don't have too many options, as neither the Soul Society, human world, or even Hueco Mundo are all that safe. Or so I believe, anyway. If anything, we should probably find some more allies. Reliable ones.>

Aera: <The only other person I can think of is Yue, and as you've had a chance to witness, he's an annoying twit. I say we find some hidden, safe place and train.>

Enkidu tunneled down to the Menos Forest and began looking for weak hollows to eat. His healing was still not complete and he thought to accelerate the process by getting some good food.

Astarte held back a sigh and started planning an escape route from the room.

Lulu fucked off to the bathroom to go 'meow' at the mirror.

Mortal shrugged, "Fine then, I'm not above training."

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Noctis' mood soured, "Not particularly, I'd just like the disembodied voice to go away," She said, drying her hair with a towel.

Iris: <I would hope that means you have an idea?>

S"You can find some other hole to live in, if you're gonna be a whiner about it."

L"I think you should be more worried about the Arrancar I just healed. She seems a little...completely paranoid."

S"Good. I don't suppose you know how to open a Garganta?"

L"...I can do that?"

*Senthose sighs & snaps his fingers, opening a Garganta back to Hueco Mundo.*
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[Only one of us is going to disappear, & it won't be me.]

"I think you misinterpreted what I said Senthose."

Aera: <...Train! Good old training is good for you. Let's find some place.>

Iris: <And what place would that be?>

Kira is training by hitting a mannequin with one handed sword blows and weak Kido.

Noct finished drying herself, and left the bathroom, "Hey, Euryale, do you hear a voice?" She asked, "I think that hell stuff is messing with my head."

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Mortal and Sab both go through it.

Lulu is meowing at the mirror.

*While Lulu is meowing at the mirror, John appears in the reflection. Not long afterwards, he sticks his hand out from the glass, putting it on the sink & starting to pull himself out.*
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*Euryale is not there. In place, there's a note on the bed:

"Went down to the beach. Come join me! =)"*
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*A large, pear-shaped man with a black cap on his head approaches Aera from behind with Sonido. And when I say, "large," I mean he's pushing twelve feet tall, with goddamn hams for fists. After he stops, he raises a fist above his head & swings down towards the back of hers.*
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*Once they get out of the Garganta, Senthose holds out an arm, which Lilith runs into.*

L"Oof...WHAT?"

*He points to clumps of sand in front of him.*

S"Good, he was stupid enough to come back here. We'll be able to track him by the clumps of kitty litter he left in his wake."

L"What are you TALKING about?"

Astarte followed them, "I believe he may be talking about one of the many hollows that have attacked us in the last day or two..."
She turned her gaze to Sab for a few moments before turning away again.
I wish I had taken her up on her previous offer, Astarte thought, my dress is all bloody and ripped... but I have no idea how to ask for a new one.

"That asshole Ggio"

Sab furrowed her eyebrows as Astarte glanced over at her. Embarrassed, she began to search herself for some kind of flaw, "Mortal, do I have something on me?"

"What?" Mortal looked her up and down, "No, why?"

"No reason I guess..."

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Noctis does just that, putting on a bathing suit, sunglasses, sunhat, flip flops, and sunscreen, and clawing her way out of the shadow of a palm tree no one was looking at. She then walked down the beach, looking for Euryale, towel tucked under her arm as well.

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Lulu just sits there, staring.

*Eventually, Noctis finds the one girl in the sea of tans who has red hair, on a towel near the water. She has sunscreen, a phone, sunglasses, & a backpack stuffed full of something or other near her on a red towel. She waves at Noctis.*

"Lilith went back to the Soul Society. Apparently, she had some issues taking care of Lulu."
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S"We were attacked by a very large, very stupid Arrancar."

L"Gio?"

S"No, that's another Arrancar, one of Barragan's former soldiers."

L"Wow, you guys get attacked so much?"

S"It's probably the Hell dwellers trying to stir up problems with us. Don't be surprised if they begin to target the Soul Society as well."

Noctis smiles, and walks over, "I'm not surprised, that cat never did like her for some odd reason. I hope she didn't take it too badly..." Noctis set down her towel next to Euryale's, "Anyway, the miasma stuff was in the bathroom... Did it make you hear voices?"

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Mortal has taken to laying down on her side, with Sab sitting down next to her.

*Aroma sits down next to Sab.*

L"So are we tracking this guy down?"

S"I'll find a more base Hollow to do it. I don't want to run any unnecessary risks."
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E"I feel bad. I didn't want to add to her stress."

*She looks at Noctis.*

E"No. It just made me angry. Whose voice have you been hearing?"

Sab reaches out to hold Aroma's hand, giving her a timid glance as she does.

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Noctis shrugged, "I don't know, just a voice, can't really place it. It was kind of rude though, so there is that."

Astarte's gaze turned to Sab once again, and she inclined an eyebrow slightly before turning back to Senthose, lowering the eyebrow.
"I will hunt him down, if you want."

"I wouldn't recommend that, not until your arm fully heals."

S"The fool has a point. I'm going out into the desert to find a chump. Make yourself at home, Lilith."

*As he starts walking off, Lilith looks around & kicks some sand.*

L"...Right."

*Meanwhile, Aroma grabs ahold of Sab's hand & smiles at her.*
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E"...That's not good. But who are we going to consult about it? I doubt John would know what to do. And he's the only emergency number I have for the supernatural."