Swallow The Sun [Yaksha/Himeko]

Livid. That had been the initial emotion that coursed through the veins of Himeko mere minutes after her meeting with Ravan. She stormed down the hall of the outpost that served as her temporary home, paying no heed to the arrancar and demon alike that moved out of her way. Truly, she could not fathom what made the demonic man decide that she of all people was the ideal candidate to play recruiter to a hollow. Recruitment wasn’t in her job description. No, her job as duchess was to police the realms and countries under Shadow Fall’s control. Not play recruiter to a hollow that obviously didn’t want to join up with the malevolent organization. If Ravan had been any other person, she would have told him off and tell him to find somebody else. However, he was no ordinary man. He sat on the left throne and thus, he was her better in every shape and form. Killing her would be an easy task. She hadn’t the courage to defy him and so, she begrudgingly set up the meeting.

Once she had a moment to cool off, her fury gave way to curiosity. By all accounts, the hollow she was to meet should be dead based solely on what she had heard of Ravan. The man that sat on the left throne was one no one dared challenge lest they were fine with relinquishing their life. Ravan’s mere presence should have been enough to entice the hollow to join and yet, they had readily done what Himeko could not bring herself to do – deny him. And, though she still very much believed that Ravan could have ended him, there must’ve been something special about the hollow if it had been allowed to live.

She delves into research on the hollow in question whilst she waits for them to answer her invitation. With Shadow Fall’s database, she finds a good deal of knowledge about the hollow. So much, in fact, that it would no doubt take her several days to go thoroughly examine it all. It was time that she did not have. Thus, she read what was important and skimmed the rest, filing it all away in her mind. Her decision to do so quickly proves to be the right one.

As the individual who saw over Hueco Mundo, it came as no surprise that she’s the first notified when a surge of energy is picked up. Quickly, she commands her subordinates to remain at the outpost as she pulls on her jacket. And, with one final glance at the database, she departs from the outpost.

Though she isn’t a particularly fast individual, her vector plates ensure that she doesn’t keep her guest waiting for long. It helps that finding her guest isn’t difficult. All she had to do was follow the humming that was simply out of place in a land such as Hueco Mundo. Her appearance before Yaksha is marked by a glowing magenta vector appearing several feet from him – out of reach of his arms. Then, a red-head coming to an unexpected halt upon that vector.

Quickly, she disperses the plate, the vector slowly disappearing. She takes a brief moment to take note of his overall appearance. She doesn’t size him up as there was simply no need to and such an action could be taken as an act of hostility. And, quite frankly, Himeko wanted this meeting to go by as smoothly as possible – no need to draw Ravan’s ire if she could avoid it. Once she feels like she has had a good look, she sets her sights on the hollow’s face. And, after a short pause, she says:

“Welcome to Hueco Mundo, Yaksha. I am Himeko and I can now see why Ravan wants you so badly. Care to follow me to the outpost?”