Is This Pain True? [Willoh Conversion Thread]

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Willoh walked amongst the trees in during one of many twilights, feeling a strange weight on her chest she hadn't paid much mind to. She was exhausted from her earlier fight; a first tango with a rather nasty Hollow. She got outright burned, still feeling her skin tingling from the attack, but it was all OK. She was OK. Everything was going to be just fine. If she could just get back to the Seireitei, she would be fine...

Her body dropped like a weight, all out of the blue, right onto the grassy, root-rich terrain. She had noticed how much heavier her body felt afterwards, but she attributed it to just being exhausted. Everything was fine... Maybe she should take a nap, then wake up refreshed. That should happen, right? Right...?

Using her Zanpakuto to drag her to an upright position, she propped herself onto a tree, panting slowly and gently. She kept trying to convince herself it was just an injury, just a bit of burning, but it was something far worse affecting her in this moment. Something she did not account for, or think about, or even know too terribly much about.

She tried to shut her heavy, burning eyes, but it felt like her body wasn't listening to her. She felt hot, she felt sweaty, like she was alive once more, but that couldn't be true... She wasn't alive... Willoh knew very well she was dead, dead as a basket of carps... So what was happening..?

She grasped her chest, panting more heavily. It felt like her chest was burning, burning and itchy. The sensation scared her to an extent; she kept swallowing, and swallowing, but no amount of saliva reabsorption would sate the dryness in her mouth. Gentle coughs, rough breaths, she went onto her side, unconsciously holding back whatever was culminating inside of her.

She remembered what that girl said, about Hollows... But she was a Shinigami, how could she become one now? She thought she was safe, either as a Plus in the Seireitei, or as a Shinigami... So why?

Why does her chest burn so terribly?

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The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

Ulv was out doing fun and having fun. With the help of all her friends, and all her cheat codes, and an extensive physical activity - Climbing huge mountains and fighting huge trolls chief among them - she could feel the edge. Just one more push and she'd break through. But all that went to the back of her mind as she sensed the fluctuating Reiatsu of a Shinigami in the throngs of Hollowfication. Getting up, she quickly darted over there and found her just about ready to start spewing white crap and go on a rampage.
'Shit. If we take her to the Seireitei now, they won't treat her lightly. We need to fix this' Ulv said to Hvit, gathering the Reiryoku into her hand[/color].
'By fix this you mean, use that trick you made last week in hopes that it doesn't kill her?'
'If I don't do something, that thing in her will probably kill her. In fact, it's just as probable, if not more so, for her to die from that Hollow inside her than it is from me. So I am going to do something, and if she does die then it sucks but if she doesn't then it doesn't suck'

Ulv's impeccable explaination out of the way, she harmonized the reiryoku in her palm and then struck it into the chest of the girl. Not a hard strike, but a warm one. Resolve Flame wouldn't help here, not yet. But White Demon Suppression would. The energy she forced into the woman would have a unique frequency, designed to calm the inner hollow and prevent a rampage. But, there was a huge gulf between Rampaging Hollow, and Hollow Bares Your Existance. That bridge, was one the girl would have to build herself.

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Willoh was not having a fun time in her current state. She heard her breathing become more rash, adrenaline wracking her body and mind. It felt as if something was trying to claw itself loose inside of her, which she tried relentlessly to hold back, which only made her feel worse. It’s just an injury, an injury… It couldn’t be anything more. It couldn’t be. She would be fine…

Everything will be fine, everything will be fine… Everything…

Something moved in the corner of her vision, blue eyes slowly rolling in her skull to look up, rather dizzily, at a red-headed woman. It sounded like she was talking, but the slowly escalating pain and discomfort made it progressively difficult to focus on what she was talking about. It was getting harder to concentrate, harder to hear her own breathing, harder to see, with black spots appearing in her vision with her eyelids heavying.


But everything was fine, wasn’t it?

One thing did make her flinch; being the strange woman thrusting a Reiryuko-infused hand onto her chest, which didn’t hurt at all, rather giving the girl a warm feeling in her chest. Things turned black quickly after, only to shortly awake to the sensation of drowning. Her eyes flashed open, seeing nothing but black, murky water around her, the realization causing her to quickly swim to the surface, coughing and spluttering black water.

“W-what the heck..?” She looked around, soon lying her eyes on the white sands and the dead willow, which had the girl in a further bit of confusion. Swimming back to shore, she looked around for Marumaru, confused of what happened,

“Maruuu? Maaaruuuu? Are you hiding or something?”

Marumaru wasn’t one to play jokes or tricks; she was normally too lazy to do anything like that. Only passion she had was excessive knitting, which always seemed pretty lame and boring to the girl. Her blood ran cold when she heard the sound of bubbling behind her, slowly turning around to see something causing the ocean to swell and bubble a fountain.

“...Maru? Is that-”

No, of course it isn’t. Maru didn’t like getting wet.

This is what she realized, as whatever it was, jumped from the blackened sea, rushing at her with intent to kill. She rose her sword in a defensive manner, a loud CLINK breaking the silence of her dead Inner World. What she saw, would mark her memory forever.

A set of dead, cratered eyes bore into her’s, a mouth looking as if it were torn open releasing ragged, heavy breathing with a foul smelling exhaust. Whatever this thing was, it was skinny, bone-like, rotting looking in areas, but easily towered over her.

“What… T-the hell..?” She strained to get this thing away from her with shoving it away with her sword, but it felt as if this thing was easily pushing her back.

“Who… A-are you..?’

The creature’s head made a disgusting noise as it’s head tilted, it’s voice a gentle whisper, “You wouldn’t care, to know… Would you…?”

Willoh, in a very fear-controlled move, kicked this thing off of her as hard as she could, quickly moving away so the two were at a stand off, the distorted corpse staring it’s dark pits of void towards her. She felt gross, sick, and scared. What was this? What was happening?

Whatever it was, it wanted to kill her. It was irradiated with some sort of bloodlust, but what was scary was the fact that it showed no physical indication of anger, listlessly standing and swaying it’s tall, mishapen body.

It went for her once more, which only brought the girl into a further state of fear as she was being forced down once more, grunting, groaning, and overall wanting to cry and puke. But she pushed it down, she wasn’t sure what it wanted, she wasn’t sure what it desired, all she knew was her instincts screaming, ‘ITS GOING TO FREAKING KILL YOU!’

After a moment’s worth of struggle, something overcame the girl’s fear, suddenly feeling a strong urge to fucking decimate this thing. Her resistance turned into rage, her eyes growing wide as she yelled, kicking the damn thing once more. She didn’t want to be near it. She didn’t want to touch it. She didn’t even want to see it. She wanted it to be gone.

Another kick, into the black waves.

She wanted it to vanish. To fade. To stop. To leave. To die.

Another kick, to it’s disgusting, rotting face. It clawed at her legs, trying to get up, to retaliate, but she didn’t allow it.

“Go away…” She mumbled in a chilling tone, staring piercingly at the thing under her feet, raising her blade to stab, “Go away and never come back up again… Go the fuck away!”
Stab. Stab. Stab. Stab.
Willoh, rather violently, began stabbing this waste of space, again, again, and again, mumbling curses and wishes for it to leave, to vanish, to stop. Every bit of her body was trembling, as within a blink of an eye, the spindly creature was gone. Sweating, she fell onto her knees, unable to properly process what just happened, her head dipping…

“AH SHIT!”
The girl quickly sat up, screaming her words, her hands quickly fastening to her chest as she coughed from straining her voice, panting for a spell, until she realized there was someone else next to her. This caused her to cease her breath instantly, pausing, and then adjusting her position as if she was saving face from doing something embarrassing, breaking out a grin,

“Uhh, hey? Wassup this fine evening mila- oooh your eyes are blaaccck...”

Very awkward, was this moment for Willoh. Way too much going on at once.

[Mirja EeolaDemon Toy]

The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

Ulv derped about the place walking to and fro in a pacing manner while waiting for the girl to pop, or get up. And then she did, not two minutes later, to the surprise of both Ulv and Hvit.
"Well....your hollow is officially the biggest pussy in all the world. Fight lasting such a short time, what did it do, give up and go sob in a corner the first time you hit it? All I can say is with a hollow that much of a poof, you are going to have a nice, easy time with Vizarding it up"

Ulv gave a bright smile and a pat on the head, then frowned.
"Hmm,no that must be your eyes coming back from doing the hollow. My eyes are beautiful and auburn. But it's ok, you have had a stressful moment and need to go talk to your Captain about it. The Gotei is accepting of Vizards but they will want to assign you someone to help train you so you don't lose control again" Ulv then held out her arm and opened a Senkaimon to the Soul Society for them both. "Now, come on. I'll take you to whoever is your Captain"

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Willoh got a better look at the woman, her perception properly acclimating to the scene of the forest. Her heart was still pounding, even if she was trying to keep cool. Someone was watching, she couldn’t freak out! Had to stay cool… Everything was fine. Everything is cool. Totally fine, totally alright…

“Heh, yeah! Pretty sure they’re a big pus- Wait.. Did you say ‘hollow’?” She squinted, rubbing an eye. She had no idea what this broad was talking about, who turned out to have perfectly normal eyes, which further bothered Willoh. She swore she saw two black voids for eyes… That were a lot like the thing she saw in her Inner World. All of this bothered her, but she tried to keep her cool outside, grinning like an idiot while expressing some confusion.

She genuinely did not know what this woman was talking about, with her opening up the Senkaimon and treating the whole situation like the normalest thing in the galaxy. She probably heard it in passing, but then again, she didn’t really interact with anyone aside from necessary training. But right now, she just needed to slow down for a bit.

“Uhm, okay. Sure!”
Even if she had no bloody idea what information was being chucked at her, she didn’t want to look bad in front of her. She seemed like a strong person, and obviously Willoh wished to follow suit in looking the same, but she was a scared child with a beast scratching to surface once more, the girl feeling some wisps of illness again as she grasped the unknown woman’s hand.

“...So what’s your name, pretty lady~?”
She pulled a mischievous grin, acting as if more subtle undertones existed, just to poke fun and get her mind off of what just happened to her.

[Mirja EeolaDemon Toy]

The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

Ulv lead the girl to the Seireitei, and then gestured to it, while standing by the Senkaimon. Soul Reapers weren't her jive, and the risk of running into the tundra brat and being called a Ryoka again was too high. Ibiki might not appreciate her starting a huge roaring fight inside the Seireitei because some little never learned manners.
"Yea, Hollow. Inner Hollow. You're a Vizard now. There are probably ways to extract it if you really really don't want to be one, but for the most part, it is better to learn how to get along with them" she told the girl, before looking to the Seireitei again.

"Well, here we are, best go find your Captain. I'm Ulv Auber, by the way. Forgive me for not coming in but there is a guy around here I really don't like and the chances of being able to control my temper around him are slim. And I have a really bad temper. So, it's preventative measures, ya know?"

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Willoh walked with this woman, although she progressively felt more and more sick, the girl trying to keep herself looking normal. She guessed that she was just a little wiped out from whatever that was, so she didn’t make it out to be anything huge. The least she could do was comply with the woman who tried to help her. She did however, hear her rather brief explanation of Vizards, with the girl nodded and faintly smiling through the whole thing to seem attentive.

“Yeah yep, I knew that, all that…” Her breath sounded a bit exhausted, but she appeared alright; her Reiatsu wasn’t nearly as over the place, so it would seem like anything was going on..

“Yeah.. I’m in Seventh Division if I remember right..” She mumbled, scratching the back of her head and chuckling, “Oh, Ulv Auber.. That’s the most distinct name i’ve heard in a while, honestly.” She nodded towards her desire to not step in, sighing gently,
“Yeah, I can get that sort of thing… Well, I’m Willoh Kalinovah! Last name is a bit of a mouthful so just call me Willoh! Or Wil, Or Lolo, whatever you’d prefer.” She threw up a thumbs up and a big smile for her, “Welp, seeya…”

She turned to the exit, but stopped a few steps aways, her head dipped, “... Actually… I..”
Her dominant hand was clutched tight at her side, obvious hints of fear coming from the girl, “I’m… Not sure if I ca…”
The girl started breathing quickened, deep breaths, clutching her chest,
“...What the.. Fu…”
Her consciousness blipped out as she saw something white start to cover her face. Her arm had gone and gripped her Zanpakuto, and if Ulv didn’t move away fast enough, she’d be getting a big helping of stabbed in the shoulder.

[Mirja EeolaDemon Toy]

The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

Well, that wasn't good. There were fluxuations in her soul that implied her Hollow wasn't going down for the count. She'd keep an eye on this little tree, and if the hollow tried a resurgence, there would be an Ulv there. But, as for the division she was in, Ulv had to laugh.
"Seventh? Earth Affiliation Division. Heh, that one came to life because Mirja wanted to be on Earth and do her Gotei duties at the same time. Hilarious it ever got accepted because Mirja was *the* worst diplomat you have ever seen in your life" Ulv smiled. But then there was deeper fluxuations and the girl lost her consciousness, replaced with a Hollow that immediately drew it's sword and stabbed Ulv in the shoulder.

Hollow-enhanced or not, the girl just did not have the strength to break Ulv's reactive enzymes, and so it just thunked against the shoulder. And Ulv, reached out the grasp the Hollow by the face and release her suffocating Reiatsu. Primal though it might be, there was still a point where it's instincts would cowl to a vastly superior threat. Ulv even donned her 'mask' - which these days was just a change of eye colour - to give it a more Hollow tilt.

"Listen here, you little shit. I don't really care what goes on in your Inner World, but out here you are going to sit politely and wait for it to be finished. Because I am not entirely sure I can restrain myself enough to not split you in half with a kick. You are very fragile, after all" While, ok she used her Tulpa to make sure the negative thoughts were interlaced with Hope, it was still quite an intimidating display of power from Ulv.

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The hollowfied Willoh hadn’t much time to react to her attack failing, before the woman grabbed her face and became bombarded with her Reiatsu. It was a heavy, suffocating force, but the creature didn’t roar or even make any noise. It only struggled, fighting weakly to pull her hand off her face, tiny ripplings of thorns struggling to form but constantly failing around her arms and upper body.

She woke up once more in the black ocean, quickly trying to swim to the surface, sweet air just an inch away from her, but something came down and held her head down rather sturdily, which made the girl panic of course, struggling and soon just grabbing and forcing whatever was holding her down off her head, swimming away from it to come up with her upper body being supported by the sea foam, coughing and gagging, out of the corner of her perception seeing something whistling and coming down on her head which prompted her to quickly roll away, panting and looking at what tried to hit her.

It was a sword, not much unlike her own.

And then, a grisly, yet gentle voice spoke towards her, “Oh… I’m a pussy, am I? That’s rather mean to say… Girl…” The spindly creature was back, staring at her not too far away, which right got Willoh forcing herself to her feet, as the sword was suddenly drawn back to it, “Perhaps I should… Cut out that cruel tongue of yours… Before I take your body…”

“What the hell do you want from me?!” The girl snapped, grasping the sword tightly, a swirl of intense emotions struggling to come up in full force, “Why can’t you just leave me alone, you demon?!”

“..Demon? Oh.. Another cruel word… They never stop, do they?” The pale creature’s form twitched, it’s head snapping to the side which easily made Willoh wince, “I suppose… I can rip that tongue out now.”

The physical body of Willoh, however, finally struck at Ulv again; From her collarbone area, several Reiatsu-formed thorns suddenly spiked up, intended to cut into the woman’s arm if she did not release her.

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The Flame Of Hope

Artist: Carrotwine - Song: Dark Side Of The Road

Ulv kept her hand on the girl's face, until it seemed she was entirely unbothered by the power phenomenally above her own and carried on the fight regardless. Which was strange, maybe the Hollow was absolutely batshit insane to the point even it's instincts were dull and useless. In which case it would really be a mercy just to kill this one instead of having her lose the fight against her Inner Hollow eventually. Things this deranged did not back down from a fight, ever. Strange that nobody responded to Ulv's massive output of energy. Gotei these days really was lax on the security and response time.

Seeing this whole thing as useless, Ulv just let go of the creature's face and let her do her thing, flailing futily at Ulv. The muscular girl's dense reiryoku and reactive enzymes ensured that the lobotomite hollow couldn't even scratch her skin with those thorns of hers.

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