Daddy's Home (Main Storyline Event)

[One of Alfonso's Lab's]
Sitting alone in a dark room, the figure of a man could be seen outlined by the light emitted by an enormous computer monitor. Although the lights had been turned off in the room, the light from the large screen cast a dim light around; revealing only part of this scientific laboratory. Suddenly, the loud clunking of metallic armor could be heard a few yards behind the figure. Quickly, all the lights turned on, revealing the room to be an enormous laboratory and the figure to be non other than Alfonso Gunter Reinhold; the evil bastard. As for the sound of the metallic clunking, one of Alfonso's personal minions, the Big Daddy, had entered this section of the laboratory. "Yes, I noticed the alarm, which one was it?" Alfonso asked the hulking creature. The Big Daddy, however, did not make any noise at all, only standing there silently. "I see, so Kin has finally returned" Alfonso said with an evil grin, obviously able to communicate with the Big Daddy some other way than speech. Quickly, Alfonso typed something up on the large keyboard (with many more keys than your average one) in front of himself and then stood up and snapped his fingers. Suddenly, a large, black abyss of a portal ripped itself open a few feet to his right, and 4 Big Daddies (2 with Gatling/Machine Guns and 2 with Grenade Launchers) walked up to him seemingly from out of nowhere. "Well then, let's go meet our sponsor" Alfonso said with an evil grin and laugh before walking into the portal; promptly followed by the 4 Big Daddies.

[Kokuryu City: The Sight of Kin's Return]
As soon as Claire and Cain had finished their "greetings" to Kin Iramasha, Alfonso's signature black abyss portal opened up behind them (thus being directly in Kin's line of sight). Despite the return of his "leader" and financial sponsor, Alfonso's pace was as slow and arrogant as ever as he slowly walked out of his portal; the 4 Big Daddies stepping out before him to make sure the area was safe. As usual, as soon as Alfonso was completely out of the portal, it quickly closed behind him, as if it were imploding upon itself. "Well now Kin, fashionably late as always; I was expecting you to have returned much sooner" Alfonso said with his signature creepy grin. Unlike the other two "followers" of Kin Iramasha, Alfonso spoke to Kin in a casual tone; almost as if they were equals. Although this was another sign of Alfonso's arrogance, it also showed that he was different than any of Kin's other followers. In fact, Alfonso viewed Kin as more of a business partner than his "leader". Still, he did respect the way Kin was able to bend so many people to his will and knew enough to be wary of his powers.

With his "welcome" to Kin done, Alfonso turned slightly to face Claire; someone whom he as inferior and nothing more than a dog on a leash. Although it was not the only reason, it was obvious that the difference in how each of them addressed and viewed Kin was one of the reasons these two hated each other. "Judging by your apparel, it seems that you've finally accepted your role as nothing more than a dog on a leash Claire" Alfonso said with a smirk. "A mangy dog at that" he added before turning back to face Kin; done taunting Claire for the moment. "Now then, when you are ready, I have a few interesting developments to share with you Kin" Alfonso said in his usual arrogant tone. Of course, the arrogance was seen more in how he was completely ignoring what either of the other two "followers" might have been planning to do.


[Las Nochas]
"...Time to check up on her." Although it had only been twelve hours since the fight between the Cero Espada Ashlei and her bodyguard Rihiku; Diablo Cortar, the Segunda Espada, decided that it had been long enough for him to check up on Ashlei. Of course, this was made slightly harder given the fact that Ashlei had left Las Nochas. Luckily, though, Diablo did have an idea of the general location that she had gone, and quickly opened up a Gargantua. Now, for anyone who knew Diablo, this kind of action would seem out of character. Seemingly unable to feel any emotions, Diablo never made any kind of connections with others; always looking out for himself. With Ashlei, however, Diablo seemed to put aside his own well being in order to protect her. While she was the head of the Espada and this wouldn't be too out of the ordinary for any other Arrancar; Diablo also preferred her personality to that of the other, "typical" Arrancar. While he may not have known what exactly this might be, it would appear to be the forming of an actual relationship (in no way related to anything romantic) with another being. Still being numb to any emotions, however, it seemed that it would be nothing more than that of a loyal follower. Quickly clearing his mind of these thoughts, Diablo stepped through his Gargantua.

[By Ashlei's Side]
Opening up his Gargantua in the general vicinity of where Ashlei was, Diablo quickly jumped out and began to scan the area with his Pesquisa for any traces of her reiatsu. After only a few seconds he located Ashlei, and used Sonido to get to her quickly. Appearing a few feet behind the Cero Espada, Diablo slowly walked over to her; taking note that she was curled and crying. "Señorita Mischevang..." he said in his emotionless tone as he knelt down, placing a hand on her shoulder. While Diablo had never cried and didn't know what the feelings associated with it felt like, he did know that it was a sign of sadness. Of course, other than say her name and place his hand on her shoulder, there really wasn't much Diablo could do to try and comfort her; not being able to speak in anything other than an emotionless tone. So, until she calmed down and acknowledged his presence, Diablo just stayed there, his hand on her shoulder; unable to even imagine how she was feeling.