Bam! If You Please [Kyo, Mizu]

This was finally the day Kyo had waited for. For years, he'd maintained a faint irritation that the blueprints he'd drafted for the 7th division's barracks hadn't been put to use. They'd been perfectly spectacular, and yet the captain had insisted on using the tents that had now become a permanent fixture. Well, that wasn't an issue any longer. With the implementation of the 8th division, Kyo finally had the opportunity to put his blueprints to use, and he'd wasted no time assembling a construction team for the new barracks.

Of course, even when he wasn't overseeing the construction, he was still spending time around the 8th division's temporary offices. If he wanted to learn more about what it meant to be an ideal shinigami, and an ideal man, he'd have no choice but to work alongside the full breadth of the Gotei in one capacity or another. Sure, today it was mostly just delivering paperwork, but that was part of the job as much as anything else.

"Miss Morikawa! Paperwork from the 1st division for you, and confirmation on the latest progress on the construction of the barracks."

His towering stature and loud voice certainly made for an imposing presence, especially in the fairly empty 8th division, but Kyo wouldn't have it any other way.

It caught Kyo more than a touch off guard to hear this woman speak so politely, but he supposed he really shouldn't have considered it too surprising. By anyone's standards, Kyo was a remarkably boisterous individual, and that was certainly more apparent when he was faced with a polite, demure girl like this. He simply offered her a polite bow in return, though it was accompanied by a cheerful grin.

"Please, no need to be so formal. Just call me Kyo. And I'll be sure to let my father know you appreciate our work." His voice was just as much of a stark contrast to Mizu as the rest of him, upbeat and friendly. He didn't mind the difference in rank between them, though he did certainly respect it.

There was still a reason to be serious, though, and it wasn't as if he was here for a reason. When he continued, there was a bit more gravity to his voice. "Is there anything else you need help with, ma'am? I'm not quite qualified in anything more advanced, but I'm pretty good at taking orders." She was, after all, rather significantly above him in rank. If she needed something done, Kyo would gladly get it done.

"Absolutely, Mizu-san! I'd be glad to show you around. I've been working most recently on the concert hall that Captain Otoribashi asked for, but other than that there's still plenty worth showing!"

Kyo was quite visibly proud of having designed the barracks, and he picked up his blueprints as he gestured for Mizu to follow him. This was a big deal! And besides, how could he not be glad to show someone around? As he led the way toward the unfinished construction, he spoke in his typical upbeat tone, voice certainly loud enough to get past any sounds of construction that were carrying over to the temporary office.

"As far as me, I'm a pretty recent graduate from the academy, and I've been spending the last year or so as an unseated member over in the 5th division. We mostly handle stealth operations, spying and reconnaissance and things like that, though I don't think I have to tell you that I'm not too suited to that!" Kyo simply laughed at that, though, not at all bothered with the idea that he might not be cut out for sneaking. It wasn't exactly the life he really wanted to live, hiding in the shadows and skulking around. Other people were more cut out for that.

"I mostly just handle architecture, helping find weak points in places being infiltrated. Ah! Here, I'm very proud of this." Stopping quite suddenly, Kyo pointed to the barracks as they approached, drawing a bit of a line as if to highlight the view from the front as he continued to talk excitedly. "I made sure the upper floors of the barracks wouldn't be too claustrophobic or feel cut off from the rest of the division, so not only did I add wraparound balconies, I made sure to gradually increase the size of the windows with each ascending floor."

Kyo couldn't entirely help but note that she laughed along with him, and found it a fairly endearing gesture. He might have even commented on it normally, but he was here on work, and while once upon a time that wouldn't have mattered quite as much, Kyo had certainly grown more serious in the past week. Relatively speaking, anyway.

"I've been studying architecture more or less since I was born! That's what we Sawachika do, after all, and my father has been teaching me since I was young. My first project was when I was 16, just a year into my time at the Academy, and I helped with the construction of the old Kenpachi Foundation. That's...well, it's gone now, but it served its purpose."

Admittedly, Kyo was still just a touch disappointed that the building had been demolished, but he couldn't lie and say that he thought it was unjustified. It hadn't exactly seen a ton of use, after all, and Kyo knew perfectly well that space was a valuable commodity in the Seireitei. They couldn't afford to leave buildings sitting around unused.

"Other than that, I've been in charge of a few smaller projects, and I handled the demolition of the Unabara family estate when they were exiled."

"Well, it is what it is. I'd be glad to show you some of my blueprints sometime! I've got a lot that doesn't get used, but it makes good practice just to design everything."

Of course, he hadn't actually answered the question about demolitions, and Kyo's gaze moved toward the currently under-construction barracks as he contemplated that, a hand idly running through his hair as he thought. Then, he spoke, his voice a little bit more serious than it had been, "Personally, I think demolition is something that oughta be handled by people like me. Designing something's a personal thing, and I think it's only right that when you tear something down, you do it with respect. Have to remember the time and passion someone put into designing it."

Nodding as if to punctuate his thoughts, he then turned to Mizu with an almost apologetic smile. "Hopefully that's not a little too serious an answer?"