Just two Homies being Homies [Igen, Kyo]

He rubbed his neck a bit and hummed. Listening as Kyo gave his own assessment of the situation. Which... yea he considered. But it was a lot more than that. How....hmmm. How to express it. "I mean, it's a lot more than just that. A lot of times I enjoy surprising people! You've seen me fight, I'm no person to not grab like... a chair or something and turn a few heads. But in a lot of situations, I feel like I just don't have any options. There's not always a chair or a ladder around to start fighting with." He murmured, rubbing his chin.

[color=salmon]"Especially with some of the people I've been fighting. I mean, Rio was different. She seemed to really enjoy herself. But your Mom? And then Miss Feng? Sure, I was able to like....pull out a bit of resilience. But I felt kinda helpless."[/clor] He murmured, holding his hand up, remembering that flow of reiryoku when he'd fought Shaoling. He'd been trying to emulate it himself, but he just flat out couldn't do it. Which you know.... made sense. ON Paper. But somehow still it was frustrating to just be so.... inept? Thankfully starting work on those pickles had been a good distraction, but still.

He looked off to the side. "I just wanna ...broaden my horizons a little. I guess I already kinda started doing that with my Zanpaku'to. I've also been getting a lot more practice with Kido and Hakuda." He frowned, furrowing his brows. "But it doesn't feel like enough. And I don't think just normal training is gonna get me to where I wanna be." He muttered, a hard, intense look on his face. For the briefest of moments. Thinking back to the wastelands. THAT was where Shaoling and those others had been training. Should he request to be deployed to somewhere like that? Maybe real combat experience was the key.

And then just like that, the look evaporated, a big sheepish smile back on Igen's face. "Heh, I guess I just really weak at the moment. You're really lucky though! Your family is like.... super full of strong fighters isn't it? I bet if you wanted to, you could probably get pretty strong pretty fast." He reasoned with an envious smirk.

Igen perked up just a little and tilted his head as he took a moment to ...process. "Eh? A Tutor? Why wouldn't you just ask your mom or your dad to help out?" He asked, a little ...surprised. But then again. "Who is the tutor? Anyone we know?" He ventured, wondering if perhaps it was like... one of the really strong or famous ones? Maybe a seated officer or something? That's the extent of what would make sense to him after all. Though he almost choked on his tea when Kyo dropped that last bit, coughing just a little and then peering a bit.

"A ...Captain?" Not like HE was one to talk, but well...Igen had told Kyo about his own Captain Commander ambitions ages ago. He didn't recall ANY sort of ambition from Kyo. Frankly Kyo never really seemed ....THAT bothered about his level or position to be honest. "And what caused all this? I mean, not that I think it's a bad goal or anything, but you've been chilling as an unseated for a while now, haven't you? You haven't exactly been super ambitious or anything. Not that that's bad, but uh. Heh, sorry if I just seem kinda surprised."

PFFT?! Igan spit his fucking drink out to the side, almost spraying his Zanpaku;to as he coughed a few times and raised his brows. ....Peering a little at Kyo... before giving a sly smile at the guy. "Yuri Eh? She's uh.... an interestin choice of a trainer..." He noted with a slow sly smile. Brows perking for a moment before giving something of a knowing smile. It wasn't like the woman was....subtle. "A buddy of mine went top her for tutoring. Wouldn't shut up about her after though. How 'Inspiring' she was and all that.Never actually met her myself though. So mind givin me the deets?" He asked with an amused smile.

All the while, Ko had been prowling her way over and promptly inspected the tea from a slight distance, sniffing the air before circling the table and laying on the other side, briefly drawing Igen's own curious attention.

Well that made sense. He had given Kyo a bit of playful banter, but in truth he kinda figured that it wasn't anything like that. It just WAS pretty amusing that the tutor was someone he had heard of before. Hmmm. A glance over his shoulder at the surrounding area and he kinda wondered to himself.

"Sooooo, let's say your start working toward Captain. What exactly does that mean? What Squad are you going for? Or are you gonna ask for your own?" He ventured, canting his head a bit to the side and resting his arm along the back of the chair. "And becoming a Captain isn't just about getting stronger. You should try to get an officer's position in the meantime. Maybe volunteer some of your time to First division, or ask one of your Seated Officers if they want some help with some of their day to day stuff. I always go out of my way to help my other Seated Officers. It may SEEM kinda chummy or brownnosing. But it's the best way to learn how to do their job. Since ideally, you would either replace or surpass em." He pointed out.

Not that kyo was like...stupid or anything. Kyo was a lot smarter than he let on. But Igen also knew that he could be a bit one-track. And that he was focused presently on the strength aspect of the position, when in reality there were many other things to be considered.

Igen nodded slowly as Kyo seemed to consider his suggestion. Something of a proud little grin as at the very least, Kyo DID seem to take his advice on showing some initiative, a little chuckle escaping him. Heh, he always had good ideas! He DID however raise both brows just a little when Kyo mentioned a temporary transfer.

"Whoa there. For real? You should make sure you talk tot he Captain of our your division first about that kinda thing. I don't know anything about that.... cover....operation stuff. But DO know that your PARTICULAR skillset is pretty unique over there. So you should be sure they can spare you before you go offering to switch over." He murmured. Sure, Kyo might consider some of Igen's ideologies underhanded, but Igen was all about professional courtesy. And well...he was also aware of what kinda paperwork would have to be involved for stuff like that. A Temporary transfer was NOT a form you wanted a Captain to be surprised about seeing on their desk.

Hmmm.

"Beh, it's probably gonna get pretty busy in my Squad to be honest. With Eighth and probably more Divisions popping up in the future. Lot of planning and paperwork." He murmured. Igen never complained about paperwork, honestly the First division had long ago even before he joined, fixed it's efficiency problems. It simply HAD to do keep things functioning. But even with THEIR efficiency, adding a whole new division to the Gotei framework would still take a lot of work. Not to mention someone would probabl have to bring Rose up to speed on some of the new ways things were done. He was one of those old guard captains, he was proabbly used to the old system. Hm.

"But well, I'm sure once you square all that away they'll enjoy the help over there." He sighed and leaned back into his seat, shaking his head. "Man though... still. What a funky time. Never thought I'd see us filling in the divisions again. Guess that stuff going on down in the world of the living is pretty serious." He murmured.