Mysterious Stranger! Trouble in the Zaraki District! [Shunsui/ Gotei members only]

Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:40 pm

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Zaraki district, a land of savages. It was infamous for the man who came from it. Zaraki. This land still was reminscent of an old edo period town. Build of wood with it’s rather low-tech environment. Carts drawn by people or oxen moved through dusty earthen streets as the glaring sun beat down over head. In the throng of heated sweaty men, and women under the shade of their roofs a women in a loose kimono strode amongst them, twin swords secured on the left side of her hip in a way reminiscent of the samurai. Her face naturally adorned by an asian rice hat, it’s wide bamboo covering keeping her face shadowed and shaded as her hair blew out in the wind.

Beneath that hat, eyes of gold glanced outwards, taking in the noise, the bodies that moved in and out of the carts. The people who obviously had too much to drink, the pickpockets that moved deftly between the crowd. This was something she was very much so more used to. However her eyes were drawn to a lady who was clinging to a muscular man, a warrior by the mighty weapon that he had resting upon his shoulder. The women was distraught, begging for something only to be backhanded away by this warrior, the force of the blow sending her flying away to land on the dirty dusty earthen road.

Magnolia’s lips curved into a frown as her eyes glinted dangerously at this rude savage. While people on the road looked at her with obvious contempt due to her ragged clothing and skinny stature. Magnolia made her way over to the women, her feet bringing up small clouds of dust as her sandals pressed into the ground with each step. Bridging the gap as she kneeled down in a slow, and somehow graceful motion to help the woman up, softly dusting her off as she asked in a soft and measured tone.

”Is there something wrong miss? Why are you so distraught.”

Due to magnolia’s stature, her height and flat chest from the bindings she wore, it was easy couple with her mannerisms and the rice hat to mistake her as a man. Thus, the woman who looked up at the mysterious stranger that had come to her aid with a look that was close to breaking out into a full on sob had grasped magnolia’s shoulders, the anguish and fear on her face apparent as she pleaded with her.

”My Daughter who turned 16 this year was taken by the men from the rising cloud dojo. They said because i was behind on my payments this month they’d use my daughter’s “body” as payment. Please! Help her! The men of that dojo have already killed several women from this area by toying with them to death! My poor daughter! “

The woman had broken down into tears as magnolia gently brought the woman to her feet while standing up, saying in a soft voice to her.

”Take me to this dojo.”

And thus, the unlikely duo moved through the crowd, walking for ten odd minutes in the sweltering heat before coming to a massive imposing iron banded wood gate, with the words “soaring cloud dojo” carved from a wooden sign hanging from the very top of the door. Magnolia spoke once as she gently held a hand out to the girl motioning for her to get back.

”Wait here

Magnolia said as she walked towards the doors, step by step. Alerting the door guards that raised their spears and begun to walk forth to intercept and ask what she was doing. Meanwhile inside, the daughter had been brought to the head elders chambers. She had been tortured greviously and a old balded man, whose belly was protruding sat sweat beading from his brow. A soft sigh leaving his lips as he had went to say something. However, the words were lost as a massive boom rang out in the dojo. Those imposing iron banded wooden gates, tens of feet thick with the two guards simply exploded into splinters as a lone individual walked through. Her golden eyes gleaming coldly as she walked into the outer courtyard. Disciples of this dojo already flocking towards her one by one to stop her.

Mean while the man who remained in that room was mesmerised. His eyes moving in the direction of the noise that was getting louder and louder. Battle cries echoing throughout the complex until everything once more became quiet. Soon the door opened, while the fat man scrambled back. Hitting a button that would alert the men of the neighboring district to contact the gotei to say that they were under attack by an outside force. Only then did he look up to see the golden eyes staring down at him from beneath the shadow of the rice hat.

Bam! Magnolia’s foot launched out and kicked the man into a wall with enough force to launch him through it. Throwing him out into the back courtyard where he rolled for several meters before hitting a stone well, which crumbled underneath the force. The old fat man had looked up in fright after reorienting himself, only to feel a foot smash firmly down on the side of his face. Pinning it to the ground beneath the sandal as a voice echoed out slowly.

”Scum, who picks on the weak. Are you ready for the karma that you have sewn to be returned to you? “

Meanwhile after the gotei had been alerted, once they arrived whomever it was would only see countless men , and women sprawled about. Limbs broken, and bruises covering their bodies, however none of them were dead. Even with massive holes being put through the sturdy foundation of this dojo, merely people had only been knocked out. However as the gotei was arriving , the path of destruction would obviously lead like a path through the center of the dojo and out to the back, where a faint spiritual presence could be detected that was stronger than these unruly men. As they passed the inner chamber of the boss they’d see the tortured teenager, laying there with a broken look in her eyes, as if she was unwilling to live anymore. And a gaping hole of crumbling stone and splintered wood which would lead to the back courtyard.

Upon arriving to the back of the dojo the sight they’d be greeted with was being able to see a gleaming scimitar and a man screaming.

”NO! NO! Please, I WONT ANYMORE! JUST SPARE ME! SP-”

The scimitar cut a silver arc , beheading the man who was pinned beneath this mysterious persons foot in an instant, blood painting a crimson trail in the direction of this lightning fast sword stroke. The foot of this stranger would then shift enough to kick the head, sending it rolling. . .

Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:44 am

Shunsui

Artist: Bleach OST - Song: Mysterious - Word Count: 531

As he entered the Zaraki district Shunsui noted that the citizens weren't too riled up. If that were the case then whatever had happened must have been relatively minor in the grand scheme of things. He was fairly certain this was nothing to do with an invasion, and he hadn't detected anything too far out of the ordinary in terms of reiatsu, but he thought it wise to investigate every matter thoroughly. You never knew when something was just about to slip through the cracks. That attitude had never served him wrong in all of his years.

Shunsui walked briskly as he made his way to the source of the alarm, a few of his subordinates in tow. He found himself having to navigate the crowded market streets before long, but after that he traveled only on back streets. After he'd been walking for around five minutes Shunsui found himself outside of what had once been -from what he could tell- a dojo. "Once" because at the moment the large imposing front doors were nowhere to be found, and the walls around them, even up to six or seven inches away, had been reduced to splinters. The once solid walls now looked in danger of collapse, holes littering their surface. After this the dojo would certainly have to be torn down, the damages were just to extensive to attempt to repair. If it would be rebuilt was a matter yet to be decided.

Carefully stepping over the rubble he entered the building and looked around. It seemed every student had been present, and the lot of them had been wiped out. Not dead, as far as he could tell, but they'd suffered a beating they wouldn't forget. He continued moving forward, towards a group of students clustered together on the floor. He knelt down beside them and inspected the bodies more closely. Still, he saw no loss of life, all of the men were simply unconscious.

He'd sensed a higher reiatsu level coming from the back of the dojo from the time he'd entered, but chose to assess the state of the victims first. Seeing that none of them were in danger of dying he moved to investigate. As he made his way further into the dojo the level of destruction ramped up until he reached the final room, where there was nothing left intact at all, and a wide gaping hole adorned the wall. He looked to the floor and noticed a young girl lying there, but she had no reaction to their arrival, he wasn't even certain if she'd noticed them. Taking in the scene in its entirety Shunsui realized immediately what was going on and ordered one of his subordinates to look after the girl while he continued.

Shunsui walked over to the hole in the wall and peered through it, not yet exiting the building. From where he stood he had a clear view of everything that transpired, and as the head rolled to the base of the building directly adjacent to where he stood Shunsui looked over into this mysterious woman's face. His expression gave nothing away, at the moment he was simply assessing the situation.

Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:08 am

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Her movements were calm and practiced as with a flick of her wrist magnolia had merely cleansed her blade of blood. Those ruby droplets once more splattering the ground, before with a smooth motion she guided the scimitar back into the sheath with the crisp sound of metal on metal as it firmly locked into place. Only then did her head turn around to assess the situation as more people arrived on the scene.

”More enemies? Or are they the law enforcement of this district?” Magnolia’s thoughts remained jaded and hesitant. Given how it ended up many times in the inverse soul society, she wasn’t exactly the “fan” of law enforcement that everyone generally expected her to be on this side of the tracks. It was this unreliance that led her body to shift based only on the allignment of her feet. Shifting on a different axis as this stranger. Or ryoka had a moment of tension in her calves, and then shunsui would be greeted with an almost jarring scene. With a crack of lightning this stranger had vanished almost instantly, to only appear behind him with a crack, having walked into the hole in the wall.

Unfortunately, the men that surrounded the girl had made the mistake of grabbing their blades. With magnolia being a seasoned warrior, she would instantly have her eyes drawn in milliseconds from their faces to the handles that they gripped, poised to strike. What greeted these warriors would be the fluid motion of magnolia’s body as she slid forward, thrusting with her back foot into a half shoulder width apart stance. Her open palm slicing through the air with an amazing amount of force as it impacted the first squad members solar plexus, sending them flying through the wall like a kite that had its string cut. The second member got a vicious elbow to the abdominal muscles, sending them flying out the pre-existing hole in the wall. The third, was tripped by the faint crescent arc that magnolia’s foot drew as it danced across the floor, before her second foot raised from the ground enough to impact the squad members midsection. Once more sending the individual flying before she unceremoniously took two steps forward having barely deviated from her original stance at all during this bout.

Without regarding shunsui the girl gently scooped the small teenager up in her arms and then she was gone. Her speed having reached such a level in mere moments that she was simply a gust of air. The rice hat remaining on her face as she had grabbed the woman who had been awaiting at the gates and whisked them away. Running through the streets for a mile before setting both of them down on the dirt road by an inn. Softly she would curl her arms around the teenagers shoulders and say in a gentle voice.

”Do not let this define you. Your future is as bright as ever.”

After leaving these parting words for the teenage girl, magnolia the “ryoka” had begun to walk away from the girls. Her hand resting on her top-most scimitar as she waited. She had a feeling that this wasn’t going to be that easy. A soft sigh escaping her lips as she spoke softly under her breath to her zanpakuto spirit.

”Raijin, i’ve made a mess of things haven’t i?”

She could only hear the familiar dry baritone chuckle inside her head of her zanpakuto spirit as it responded in a bemused manner.

”..Magnolia, for the hundreds of years i’ve known you, you’ve always been rash, fiery and always would act before asking questions. However, yes i think attacking law enforcement simply because of that bias of yours is going to stir up trouble for you

This mysterious girl frowned as she listened to her zanpakuto spirits condemning words. Silently shifting from the main road to a back alley that had no one in it before she stopped. Exhaling softly as she thought about it, a rueful smile curving softly onto the corners of her lips as she shot back at her zanpakuto spirit lightly.

”Okay, i may have jumped the gun, however that bias you talk about has taught me its better to be safe, than it is to be sorry.”

Now she continued to walk leisurely down this deserted alleyway, her senses on high alert in case someone was following her.

Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:03 am

Shunsui

Artist: Bleach OST - Song: Mysterious - Word Count: 777

Shunsui looked on curiously at the woman he'd spotted through the hole in the wall. While it was true that he'd just witnessed her take another's life, from what he could gather it was justified. At the moment he felt she needed a bit of a talking to, but that on the whole what she'd done had been the right thing.

He watched as she cleansed her blade of blood, and changed her position slightly. The girl then disappeared from his sight. Out of the very corner of his eye Shunsui caught but the briefest hint of motion, and immediately afterwards a loud crack reached his ears. Turning, he witnessed his men drawing their swords, but he doubted they would be of much use. If he had been the one standing there he wouldn't have resorted to violence just yet, as he thought that this woman, whoever she happened to be, had no reason to attack him, but he understood that his men drawing their blades would provoke an elevated response. Shunsui had always been protective of his subordinates, but still, this could be a good learning experience for them. You never knew what you were going to stumble upon. This was a risk though, however calculated. He didn't believe that the woman would severely injure them or kill them based on what he'd seen of the dojo. Only the most heinous offender seemed to have been dealt with in a permanent way, and his men had been involved in this not at all. He'd also get the chance to see the woman fight before he was required to engage her in combat if that were to come up, and he could always open a shadow portal to move his men to safety faster than the blink of an eye.

As he watched his men being completely wiped out Shunsui realized that he had been correct in his initial assessment. There was no point where he felt he needed to intervene. Only moments after the combat started all of his subordinates could be found scattered like leaves. They'd stood no chance at all, unfortunately for them. In truth though, this had been a test for more than just his men. If any of them had been in danger of being killed he couldn't have regarded this entire matter so lightly. He'd make it up to them later.

As quickly as she'd entered the room the woman left, taking the girl with her. This left Shunsui to glance over his subordinates. He did so hurriedly, as not to lose too much ground, but he could sense the woman's spiritual pressure and realized that at this point she was no longer moving at such insane speeds. Noting that none of them had sustained any injuries more severe than a broken bone, and only a wrist at that, he took his leave after instructing them to clean up the rabble who'd started this whole mess. After they got their bearings, of course.

Shunsui, tracking the woman by her reiatsu and suppressing his own, began using shunpo to cover the distance created between them, and before long he was nearly upon her. He could sense her energy coming from a long alleyway to his right, but instead of turning down it he called upon the power of his zanpakuto, creating a portal of shadow in the ground. Stepping in to it he traveled a way, keeping all relevant information in his mind as there was no way to sense another's energy outside of this shadowy world, and what little things here were representational of the real world were wildly distorted and hard to make out. Soon though, he believed he'd traveled exactly as far as he needed to and turned around. Then, jumping to the upper limit of this shadows height he opened a second portal. Anyone looking on in the alley would have been surprised to see the captain of the fourth division popping out of the ground head first, as if he were a bamboo shoot. He soon found that he had indeed gone exactly as far as he needed to. There only a few feet ahead of him was the woman.

"That wasn't very polite what you did to my men back there. They were only defending themselves, you know. Oh, and the Gotei United doesn't generally approve of anyone outside of itself enacting justice within soul society. I won't say anything though. "

Speaking this last sentence Shunsui raised his index finger to his lips, the universal sign for silence.

"Now, would you mind telling me where you've come from? I'm fairly certain I haven't seen you before."

Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:01 am

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”I think you found yourself a tag along magnolia”

Raijin’s voice was heavily layered with bemusement at his “rulers” predicament. Indeed as magnolia was walking down the alleyway, the light barely glinting from the tall building above, she hadn’t expected to see the man from law enforcement appear from the ground below from a swathe of shadow. However, her reaction time was nothing to sniff at, her body sank into a half crouch as her left hand slid back, gently easing the first inch of her lower scimitar from its scabbard, ready to draw it at the slightest notion that this man was here to do something less than cordial.

Her eyes held an intensity about them, glinting like steel from underneath the confines of her rice hat. A vast majority of her spiritual pressure was still being suppressed, After all she hadn’t come here to cause irreparable damage to this city. Thus the energy she was exuding was similar to a veteran captain of the gotei 13 as they had been when they were spiritually suppressed in the world of the living to keep from causing distortions in the fabric of reality.

However, she didn’t move just yet. As the brown haired man had begun to speak, her eyes studied him. The subtlest motions within him were like a roadmap that would reveal to her if she had any intent. Shunsui spoke of how it was less than amiciable, what she had done to his men. That sentiment caused her to lose air, a soft sign parting and dissipating into the air as she spoke without regard to the finger that was raised in the air. After all, it wasn’t in her nature to let such a obvious blunder on someone elses part be pinned on her.

”You mean, it was stupid of them to have the first instinct to reach for their blades? Yes, i agree ; without knowing the strength of your opponent, provoking them with such an unbridled display of disdain for them is. . .foolhardy. You are lucky they kept their lives.”

She wasn’t arrogant with how she spoke those words. It was as if she was merely explaining the bigger picture to someone who didn’t quite get it. So many people wave their swords around for no reason in this world she had found. It annoyed her because there was only two instances that one should ever draw their sword. One being to protect, and the other being to kill. Using a killing weapon to intimidate? That was something that only the dregs of society would do, and thus she finished her sentance before listening to the rest of shunsui’s by saying.

”A sword either kills or protects, it does not intimidate. “

After, she was silent for a bit. She listened to what he had to say and decided between giving him the full story or the shorthand which would confuse him. To her it seemed like there would be unwanted repercussions if she said she was from an alternative version of the soul society. Thus, her mouth parted as she said with a drab tone.

”I’m from the soul society.”

She didn’t elaborate as to where, because frankly? Between being followed and being told that law enforcement didn’t like when someone took matters to her own hands, her view on this man was less than impressed with his current conduct. Thus she exhaled and said in a matter of fact tone.

”You see, i don’t quite trust law enforcement to actually do their jobs. It’s easier that way. “

Magnolia had said all she wanted to say here. So she waited to see what direction this situation would turn.

Wed Dec 27, 2017 9:38 pm

Shunsui

Artist: Bleach OST - Song: Mysterious - Word Count: 434

The shadow disappeared from around Shunsui's feet as he lazily took a step forward. The girl seemed jumpy, so he made no sudden movements. That was what was natural for him anyway, he'd always been a casual guy.

"You can't blame the fearful for the actions they take to defend themselves. You approached them rapidly, before they had time to fully assess the situation. They were inexperienced, they most likely wouldn't have reached the conclusion I did any time soon. They were too focused on the damage that had been done to take in the small details."

Shunsui spoke calmly, he simply intended to explain the situation, not to cause further conflict. That was the last thing he wanted at the moment.

"Hmm, you're from Soul Society? Now that you mention it I do faintly recall an energy signature that reminds me of you. I don't see how you can say law enforcement doesn't do its job though. In the past month, the time I've held this position, I've responded to four invasions in less than a minute. Maybe I'm just doing my job so well that no one knows about it."

Shunsui took a few more steps towards Magnolia, not getting too close, but attempting to bring them to a more comfortable speaking distance. He continued to move slowly, and made an effort to display nothing that could be taken as even remotely confrontational. He had no fear, that wasn't the reason he didn't want to escalate things. The real reason was that it would only end up as more paperwork for him if this had to go that way, and that was not an option. He was already overloaded as it was.

"Why don't you let me treat you to lunch as thanks for ridding us of that scum? If we were to get a report of a situation like that the red tape would likely prevent us from doing anything useful, but now they're out of action, at least for the moment. You've done good, even if not everyone would approve of the way you did it, and that won't go unacknowledged."

Shunsui turned his body sideways and gestured behind him with his left hand to suggest the direction of the place he had in mind. It was a further, silent, invitation. In the end he had to find out more about this girl, hopefully she would make it easy for both of them. He would be much more comfortable discussing this while enjoying a nice meal in a cozy restaurant than he would be while standing in a dark alleyway.

Wed Jan 10, 2018 11:36 pm

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”You should hear him out, it’s better than him stalking you again, right mag?”

The voice of reason as always, Raijin spoke with his rich timbre to magnolia within their shared inner world. He had seen how magnolia’s muscles had been subtly tensing up as she decided wether or not she was going to fight or if she was going to run. In her past she had serious problems with law enforcement, and thus raijin obviously did not blame her for her actions, because in hindsight based upon her own experiences it was a very rational thing to do. However this was not the lawless land of the inverse soul society.

”Do you think i can trust him?”

Magnolia shot a query back to the zanpakuto who to her was almost like a father. There was a very strange relationship that existed between her and raijin. Unlike most zanpakuto, raijin was inherited by blood. Every generation one person had wielded raijin since the progenitor of her bloodline first managed to come about wielding this mighty zanpakuto. Thus unlike the standard shinigami relationship of king and subject, theirs was a deeper and more familial bond. Even if she didn’t trust the strange brunette man before her, she certainly trusted the judgement of the zanpakuto she had for many years.

”I think you can at least let him have a chance.”

Raijin’s response was very neutral, but it was enough to cause shunsui to be able to note a shift in her demeanor as the hostility was dialed back considerably. A sigh escaped the golden hair shinigami’s lips as her feet shifted forth and she seemed to walk forward after him. She didn’t respond to him asking if they could go somewhere though, and rather showed her answer through her actions. Her footsteps eerily silent, nearly lacking sound as she followed the man through the alleyway on the way to the shop.

Eventually though, due to the silence that seemed to have stretched to the point that to many it could be considered uncomfortable, magnolia decided to make something clear before they even decided to step in. Given what magnolia had on her was currency of the world that she came from, you could say in all honesty she had no money that would be usable in the realm that she currently resided in. It was the main reason that she still wore the clothes that she had appeared in, coupled with a very fundamental lack of a need to eat, she had mainly been wandering around. Which was the accumulated reason that prompted her to speak to shunsui in her dead-panned tone.

” Your paying though.”

He could do that much right? He had stalked her, and now had interrupted her wandering to do what she assumed was grill her on something. Even though he did thank her for what she did, those words fell on deaf ears. While she thought what she did was right, she did not think it was appropriate to thank one for ending the life of another. She mourned the individual she had slain, and was sad to see a life snuffed out so soon, but she did not feel like what she did was wrong. It was a strange sort of morality, she believed that the lives of others should be cherished and protected, but she also believed that all deeds should have their outcome. Good deeds should be met with rewards, bad deeds should be punished, and horrible deeds should eventually end in death.

These thoughts continued to shift through her head as the landscape changed around them. Her lips parting eventually as she spoke to shunsui, her tone not quite as deadpan as it was previously. Not quite as rude, nor as standoffish as it may have been taken as prior. There was a huskiness to it, and a frankness that showed her forthright nature far better than any of the actions she had taken thus far.

”I don’t think i should be thanked for what i did. It is never a thankful task to slay another living being, even if that is what must be done; what happened there was a tragedy, and should be mourned. “

She didn’t seem repentant, she didn’t seem like she was overly emotional about killing the man, however it also showed that if she had another option that fit with her beliefs, she would not have killed him and merely knocked him out like everyone else. It showed very, very clearly that she knew exactly what she had done, and knew the gravity of what it did. Their walk afterwards would lapse back into silence, as she continued to follow shunsui to their next destination.

Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:54 am

Shunsui

Artist: Bleach OST - Song: Mysterious - Word Count: 522

Shunsui studied the girl for a moment, wondering what her decision would be. For a time he wondered if the situation was about to escalate once more, as she seemed to be incredibly tense, but then he saw her relax somewhat. She didn't seem to be entirely at ease, but at least she wasn't wound as tightly as she had been initially. Relieved that things seemed to be turning around he began to walk towards the place he had in mind, a small sushi place only a few minutes away, one mysterious stranger in tow.

Shunsui walked in silence for a time, not wanting to push anything too quickly, and giving the girl time to calm down further. He was also somewhat caught up in his own thoughts, trying to pinpoint exactly where he'd felt this familiar energy from before. The problem was that it wasn't an energy he'd ever actually felt. It just reminded him of another's. To his surprise, she was the one to break the silence. He couldn't help but let out a small chuckle in response to her words.

"Well, I thought that was a given. I don't make a habit of inviting women to pay for my lunch."

After that they walked for a time longer, before she spoke up once more. She gradually seemed to become more accepting of him, which eased his mind. By this time they nearing the restaurant, a small unassuming place that he visited whenever he felt like having something tasty. Of course, none of the Shinigami technically needed to eat, but it was something they'd all done when living, and the pleasure carried over.

"I was more thanking you for removing that girl from the horrible situation she was in. Speaking of, if you find me trustworthy at the end of this conversation I think some of our men could help to reduce the trauma that girl is surely experiencing. They may even be able to remove her memories of the ordeal entirely, if that's what she wants. But since you bring it up... I disagree that we should mourn that man. I'm certain he's been involved in several dealings like this in the past, but we've never been able to find anything substantial. Some do wrong because of the circumstances they find themselves in. They see no better option, no easy way out. Others do what they do because inside of them is an evil that has always pervaded this world. They have no reason to commit the atrocities they do, no underlying philosophy that, in a certain light, could possibly make their actions justifiable. They simply want to destroy those things which hold beauty to the rest of us... Such as the youthful innocence of a young girl. "Living beings" such as these are in my eyes little more than inanimate objects. They lack something crucial which gives meaning to life."

As Shunsui finished speaking he opened the door of the small restaurant they'd just arrived at and stood by it, motioning with his hand for Magnolia to make her way inside. Then said with a smile,

"Ladies first."

Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:50 pm

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Maybe it was how shunsui carried himself, or it was the atmosphere, whatever the reason magnolia seemed to begin relaxing as her gaze roamed the scenery around her. She was very meticulous, committing every crack, every imperfection into her mind of the buildings around her. She did so incase this man that was leading her somewhere to be then ambushed by more of his men, or maybe by others of equal strength as he was. However, in the midst of this process she could hear the very dry and deep chuckle of her zanpakuto within her mind, which was naturally followed by an almost teasing and jovial comment.
”You’d think with how weary you are being, this man had burned down a village and killed your parent or something. “
A faint blush rose on magnolia’s face, something that would be barely noticeable even to shunsui who was walking in front of her. She was embarrassed by the comment that her zanpakuto made, however he wasn’t wrong. She was way too high strung, and as such her muscles had been at a constant state of tension this entire time. She didn’t trust shunsui, but there was really no need for her to react this strongly towards him was there? These thoughts slipped through her mental processes until she keyed in to what this brunette haired man was saying.
The words that he said, although she did not agree with them entirely, did better the opinion that she had gotten of him initially based on her own personal bias. It served as a well needed tonic to the tension that she had as a result of the distrust that she had for him. By the time that they got to the restaurant, magnolia even looked to have a very amicable look on her face. It wasn’t standoffish or mistrustful. It seemed like maybe finally this . . shunsui had managed to instil a slightly favorable impression of himself within the girl named magnolia.
She stepped through the threshold, her golden gaze taking in the quaint but clean and artfully decorated diner. There was a very japanese feel to the place, and while she did not know of the “japan” of earth, its designs, layout and decorum reminded her very much of her home, the inverse soul society. This coupled with the bustling nature of the place, the lack of privacy was enough to finally let the shinigami drop her guard to minimal levels. However she would not go an pick out a table on her own, due to the nature of how she conducted herself she was very very formal with strangers who had not given her a negative impression.
At the very least, because he was paying to her this dictated he would decide where they sit, and would also let her know what was good to eat, or what he would pay for. Thus, she waited at the very entrance of the establishment, until the time shunsui had made himself present. It’d wouldn’t hurt to add that she got quite the strange look from the waiter standing there in a japanese style saori for doing so.

Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:57 pm

Shunsui

Artist: Bleach OST - Song: Mysterious - Word Count: 434

Stepping into the building Shunsui looked over to the waiter, a man he knew well.

"Oh, Mr. Sakamoto. Bring us an appetizer and a couple of drinks to the usual table while we look over the menu, if you would be so kind. Whatever the special of the day is will do fine."

The man bowed, then set off into the back of the restaurant after greeting them both. Shunsui then led Magnolia to the table he always ate at when he came here. It was the nicest table in the house, sitting right next to a large window in the back of the building. No one else was ever occupying it, to his surprise, but he'd become used to that long ago. He pulled out a chair and gestured for Magnolia to sit, then made his way around the table and took his own seat.

Two menus sat at the table, covering a wide array of delicacies of both the succulent and sweet variety. He opened his own to the page that contained rice bowls, and began to study it. It wasn't strictly necessary for him to do so, as he knew everything that was on the menu, but he did like to spice things up every once in a while, so he would occasionally pick from the menu at random. Today, he decided on a chicken and egg rice bowl. Realizing that he should offer some clarification to Magnolia, he sat his menu down once more and began to speak.

"There are several different sections of the menu. Lunch and dinner items are in the front, dessert is in the back. This place is most well known for its sushi, but everything I've ever ordered has been delicious. So please, try whatever you'd like."

Just then Mr. Sakamoto returned from the kitchen, several different platters in hand. Apparently the special of the day was a variety offering, consisting of sushi, sashimi, and onigiri. He placed them on the table, then disappeared for a moment more before returning and sitting a sake jar and a few cups in the center of everything. This particular sake was of a high quality, so it didn't come warmed, but instead was served slightly cooler than room temperature. Shunsui thanked the man, then poured himself a drink before trying a bite of the sushi.

"Mmmm. Try this one, it's amazing."

A few moments later another waiter approached the table to take their order. Shunsui placed his immediately, and waited to see what Magnolia would get. If she hadn't thought of something yet he had a few suggestions.

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