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Calamity Awakens
Fri Oct 04, 2019 3:17 pm
The Silent Kuchiki
Takehiko Kuchiki
Takehiko had been found at last; back within the Gotei working on things. His training there had concluded with results sleeping yet beneath the surface. He sat within the Shack awaiting the arrival of Abigail. His demeanor could be described as quiet and brooding. Takehiko's gaze had become harder and more detached. Takehiko sat by the four corridors for each Horsemen. His clothing tattered and torn as the Kuchiki's eyes remained closed. Jezebel was ready on standby to help Abigail inside the Shack. Though Takehiko had figured that Abigail would merely use a Garganta to come. How had the woman known to come could be a question? Aside from the fact, a hell butterfly was discreetly sent to her. The path down Famine's walkway wasn't like wars. Takehiko's azure eyes shifted towards it as he opened them. This wasn't for him to do and he knew that. Abigail had to walk her path, she was an original. Abigail had done things her way up until now. Why should he get involved and alter that for this?
He'd told Jezebel no that he refused to walk her down that path. Not because he was frightened or scared. Abigail wanted the power of Famine, he didn't know why or ask. Wasn't his business to know what she wanted with it. His business was to simply stand and watch. To be an observer for her failure or success. How would she calm Calamity if the creature rampaged? Takehiko had remained silent on his whereabouts. Not desiring to disclose anything at the present. He'd responded to the letter and it was enough. Tanaka and Ichabod could sense a change in his demeanor. Not so much acceptance of being war, but the growth of character. Takehiko's gaze lingered for a moment longer before closing again. No point worrying or getting himself concerned about Abi. She could handle it her way as she always had. He was only here as War to observe her and that was all. He'd made it clear to the servants as well. He had no intention of walking any of the other horsemen paths. That wasn't his duty as the Horsemen of the Crimson.
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Re: Calamity Awakens
Sat Oct 05, 2019 12:50 pm
The day had come. Surely, the wait hadn't been too long, but when the hunger gnaws at one's soul and sanity, every day was another nail in the coffin. Not her coffin, but those of the several men and women she'd gorged herself on recently just to keep the scratching in the back of her mind at bay.
True to the Kuchiki's intuition, when she arrived at the Shack, it was hardly by conventional means. Out from the air itself, the vizard stepped into this reality a mere couple of feet away from the boy. She had worn her mask, of course, to travel the world between worlds, but it was her state of dress that was new; she still wore the uniform she'd been given by the syndicate, emblazoned with their official name and logo as an upstanding business that is up to no ill deeds. She stripped herself of the heavy coat almost immediately.
"Fucking thing is too hot." She muttered aloud as she dropped the coat onto the floor. She had started wearing layers to protect herself from the cold, and the smaller jacket underneath was unzipped to reveal a much more form-fitting top that would've left nothing to the imagination if she'd removed the jacket. Beyond just her state of dress, however, eyes that had known her would be drawn to the weapon hanging from her side.
Her zanpakutō had changed. It was no longer a traditional katana, but an espada ropera with a white and black motif and an extended guard that curved over its single-handed hilt.
Free of the weight and oven that was her coat, Abigaíl looked to the boy she had appeared beside. Her expression dropped behind her mask for a moment, though she wasn't entirely sure what to say to him; not yet, at least. The mask eroded away from around her face, revealing a tired grin that betrayed the kind of stress she'd been under recently.
"How're you holding up?" She'd needed to say something.
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Re: Calamity Awakens
Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:15 pm
The Silent Kuchiki
Takehiko Kuchiki
His eyes didn't look startled or shocked by it as he watched. If Jezebel could come and go that way so could she. Only made sense when one put the two together. Though he watched her relieve layers slowly. She was way too hot in here compared to Alaska. That place was a frozen tomb in which few enjoyed. It held bitter memories for the Kuchiki. Her question rang in his ears, how was he doing? Takehiko had suffered a lot of betrayals before he and Abi met up. Colin Washi's training was no joke either. He offered a shrug of his shoulders as he answered. His words weren't cold just tired. "Well enough I guess, got a promotion exam in the Gotei. Finished training with Colin Washi in the desert. Made a stop here to help out with this." He said running over a list of what was going on. Takehiko seemed much different from normal. Reserved in a way that made him a bit more quiet and careful. Much harder to read as well, he wore a veil around himself now. His eyes shifted as he gestured towards the path behind him.
"This is it, I am not going with you though. This is your journey and I think you need this." He said softly as he remarked not on her persay. He'd worked many missions with Abigail at this point. The two had a strong familiarity with one another. So it was no surprise that he could see a little bit of her. "But, I sense as gnawing hunger down this path. That will eat at the resolve of that inside. But I also sense a restless being, someone sleeping who once awake..will not be happy." He could feel that from here alone with Ruin. Calamity had slumbered for a long time in her path. Down the way was a sandy pathway that went on. Candles lay unlit waiting for someone to walk down it. His azure eyes stared for a moment longer. "Her hunger is ravenous even sleeping. Just don't get consumed in their Abigail." He said before closing his eyes as he leaned against the wall. The only thing to do now was waiting for her to go or return.
The path didn't bend or change directions at any point. Nothing existed inside of that hall but a spell was in place. Potent and powerful that sapped at one's hunger. For everything, you could fathom within it. That sense that something waited at the end hungry. The growling of a stomach could be heard for those who stepped down it. A myriad of feelings and sensations would overcome the person involved. But for those who served and didn't feel it. They couldn't understand the feeling the Kuchiki had. Ruin and the other three were sisters. Making him the brother to each horseman. That was the way it had been and always would. The current head of the family wasn't Takehiko. It was another who lingered in the shadows. Waiting for his moment to arrive with Despair. Calamity now waited for her potential host at the end. Sleeping but aware of those who walked the path.
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Re: Calamity Awakens
Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:16 pm
Abigaíl nodded along with his explanation, glad to hear that the boy had managed to pick himself back up a little. It wouldn't have been good if he'd broken completely, not for any of them. The admission that he would not be joining her in the hall of Calamity, however? That was a little troublesome. She'd need to deal with the traps herself, then.
"So, into the belly of another beast, eh?" She cracked a smile and chuckled briefly, in an attempt to lift the both of their spirits. Slowly, she drew her zanpakutō, though she was unsure if it'd even be helpful in the trials to come; it helped to calm her nerves. the near loss of control she'd felt when Jezebel had put her through the trial to become Pestilence still ran fresh through her mind, and she couldn't imagine what Famine would put her through.
"If I don't come back..." Abigaíl hesitated for a moment, in a rare show of the cracks in her armor. She glanced back at the Kuchiki, "Tell Ulv I died fighting. None of this, especially not about becoming Famine. Just... Make something up." She didn't stay for much longer, nor did she wait for the Kuchiki to reply. She had revealed more about herself to him, as scared as she was what may happen to her in the coming minutes.
With a steady pace, she ventured down the hall marked by green. Across its sandy floor, and through the candles that lit with supernatural flame upon her passing, she disappeared with her blade drawn and mind steeled.
It didn't take long for the nature of Calamity to reveal itself to the woman who walked its path. If her hunger had been a constant pang at the back of her mind before, it was angry and rampaging now. She gripped her weapon tighter as she walked, and tried to keep her mind on the task at hand, rather than the growling in her stomach. It seemed like every step only made things worse, and in minutes, she'd felt she hadn't eaten anything in a week. Her throat was dry. Her blood pressure rose and fell without any apparent cause.
Calamity didn't only have powers over the hunger for sustenance, however. Abigaíl felt her will tested by every manner of desire imaginable. Her mind turned away from her mission towards home. Towards Minatumi Harbour. The two women there she now desperately wanted to be with again. Then, it came back closer, and focused on the boy waiting outside. A large, lewd smile crept across her lips as she thought about-
"Stop it!" The vizard screamed and scowled. Reiatsu poured out of her without abandon, as even those housed within her very soul seemed affected by the powers that be within this place. She could feel her other half's desire for freedom and control, as strong as it was, but also, Araña's... desire for something. It was difficult to tell through the haze in her mind, and the noise from within her soul.
But still, she pressed on.
