God Yet Lives

"More than I'd care to admit..." Sab replied, "But, you guys beat Aamon when it looked impossible, so perhaps there is room for hope as well."

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"I'll keep that in mind," Mortal said. "Perhaps we should go back, and get some food."

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Noct kept her dirty thoughts at bay, "What do you suggest?"

E"I...didn't think that far ahead, actually."
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L"We beat Aamon because you guys turned on him. I don't know that we can count on that this time around. We do have an advantage now, in that we have more manpower, but some of the foes we're up against are the most powerful Arrancars & Soul Reapers in generations. Keter, in particular, has claimed to have surpassed the former Head Captain. She can only get more powerful if she manages to apply Aamon's secrets to herself. When I first met Aamon, I'd say he wouldn't have made fifth seat, & that was when he already had his artificial Zanpakuto enhancing his powers. That is how potent Aamon's technology was. It turned a complete loser like him into a challenge for multiple Captains, in just a few short weeks no less."
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A"Are you going to punch Senthose if we do?"

Sab just kind of glares at her, and serves herself some food, with the rest simmering for Mortal and Aroma, should they return hungry.

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"If you want me to," Mortal replied.

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"Well, what would you like to do?"

*Upset at being glared at, Lilith leaves the room.*
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A"I'll think about it on the way."
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E"I don't know...something...adventurous? And fun."

"Wait a couple of days, and we'll go on an adventure into the very depths of hell. I'm sure it'll be exciting."

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Mortal giggles a bit and kisses Aroma again before making her way back to the kitchen.

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Sab is just sitting there, eating, and grumbling about killjoys.

E"I was hoping for something a little more upbeat & a little less deadly."
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A"Oh, darn, he isn't in here. Uhh...hey, Sab. Is something wrong?"

*He turned over to Enkidu.*

Iris: <Huh? Oh, uh, yeah.>

"No, its fine," Sab said, putting on a small smile, "I left some steak and eggs on the stove for you two."

Mortal was already serving herself.

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Noct just chuckled slightly.

*Unexpectedly, Netzach emerges from a Garganta in front of Enkidu.*

<Hey, babe. Hey, I have a little rhetorical question for ya, you know, just a tiny hypothetical, a minor what-if scenario to get the ol' ticker a-tickin'...how would you like to buzz off of this wasteland & rule the whole damn Soul Society?>
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*Aroma walks over & hesitantly takes some eggs. She returns to the table & begins eating.*
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"I dunno. What do you wanna do?"

Noct once again tries to suppress dirty thoughts, "I don't know. I'm bad at these sorts of things..."

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And so everyone had steak and eggs.

*Euryale sighs.*

"We can have sex later."
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*Aroma just had eggs, actually.*

A"This feels weird."

Noctis smiled a bit, "You say it as if it is a chore." She then tensed up a bit, "You don't think it is a chore do you?"

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"How so?" Sab asked between bites.

<This isn't our house--well, we didn't steal the house--yet we're the only ones here.>
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"Well, I must admit, sometimes my stamina isn't as great as I would like."

Mortal shrugged, "I like that it is just the three of us."

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Noct felt her cheeks tinge red, "But you enjoy it right? Like, I'm not bad or anything?"

*Taiyo slept in the closet and made no effort to leave.*

[Yesterday wasn't a bad dream...]

*Aroma still feels an uncomfortable atmosphere, but decides to just let the matter drop.*
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V"Senthose wants me to join the invasion team? Why?"

Urahara<If I had to wager a guess, I would say because the substrata of Hell is a thick layer of fine bone dust.>

V"Eww. Tell him to go crawl back into his hole. The two of us? We're done professionally. And I never liked him personally, either."
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"Not at all. Why would you think that?"

Astarte sat in a corner and listened to the conversation, silently wishing that a hollow would appear outside so she could eat that.

Enkidu went to speak but hesitated before turning to Aera and Iris.
"My acquaintances here are Iris and... Aera? Yes, Aera," Enkidu pointed them both out to Netzach before turning back to face him. "They have business which I thought you could help them with... and concerning your question, I would love to rule the Soul Society."
Enkidu kept his suspicion hidden from his features.

Netzach<Well, you'll have your big chance. By this time tomorrow, half of the Soul Society will be mucking about in Hell, leaving them open. Although, admittedly, you'll probably need more than a few Arrancar & an army of Gillians.>

"Perhaps these two Arrancar would be of more use to me if you granted them more power, as you did for me?" Enkidu suggested. "And how do you suppose I rally an army of Gillians?"

*Three very large, cyclopic blob monsters emerge from the sand behind him. Each one has toenails that are Gillian masks.*

<We call them Fura. They puke Gillians.>

*He produces a vial of Hell miasma & tosses it to Enkidu.*

<Anything else you think you'll need, big guy?>

Enkidu smirked as he looked at the Fura and the Hell miasma before looking back to Netzach.
"When should I move?"

Netzach<Just be ready to move out tomorrow. The time of the attack is insignificant. If the Hell Invasion Team isn't immediately destroyed, it will take them longer than a day probe its depths.>

"Sure thing..." Enkidu nodded, acknowledging the information before hesitantly speaking again. "Hey... if you see a short little girl who calls herself 'Astarte Cyprus', can you try not to kill her? I'm pretty sure she's a relation of mine and if possible I'd like to have her on my side in the future."

*Iris just sits there and listens to them talk.*

Iris: <Haha, wow. Sounds like things are starting to heat up fast.>

"Just, uh, making sure," Noct said, a bit embarrassed.

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And so everyone had steak and eggs.