Rise Up to the Ten [Elyss, Bambietta]

It was one thing to do her best around the Gotei, be a generally helpful shinigami and have peoplea actually appreciate her, but Bambietta honestly couldn't say she'd ever quite expected to have a captain request she teach them kido. Honestly, though, it wasn't entirely surprising. Even if she wasn't necessarily the best at it, her only superiors were Captain Kuchiki and 3rd Seat Ayasegawa. The captain was busy, and Ayasegawa...well, she wouldn't imagine anyone wanting to learn under him.

So, she packed up her books, all her own personal notes from having studied the art of kido, and a few textbooks she'd asked to borrow from Shino Academy. After all, if there was one thing Bambietta didn't want to come off as, it was unprepared.

Knocking on the office to the 7th Division captain's office, Bambietta called out in a polite, but firm voice, not wanting to seem as though she was nervous or unsure about this task.

"Captain Kishimoto! 4th Seat Basterbine, here for our meeting."

Bambietta had heard that Captain Kishimoto was fairly intense, but actually meeting her was something else entirely. The way she stared was piercing, and in a way, it kind of made Bambietta uncomfortable. It reminded her a little too much of Abalia, of her time in prison. Still, she wouldn't let that bother her when she was here to do her job, and she spoke with only a faint bit of hesitation as she replied.

"Yes, ma'am! I've brought a lot of resources for our lesson, I wasn't sure how you learn best. If you like to read and then apply the theory, I have a lot of my personal notes from when I was in the academy to go with the texts I've brought. But if you're more of a hands-on kind of teacher, we can go outside and get right to practice."

She was certainly eager to teach, but that was only natural. Having done so much to become a contributing member of the Gotei, it was hard not to be excited about the prospect of teaching someone as important and respected as a captain.

"Understood!"

Bambietta's energy picked up a bit at the instruction to come along for more hands-on training, seeing as that was what she herself felt much more confident in teaching. She was smart enough, sure, but a lot of her specialization was more in line with the practical side of kido and the like. Keeping pace with Elyss as they walked, Bambietta nodded in repsonse to her confidence.

"Then we'll get you there! How confident are you in the basics already? I don't imagine a captain needs refreshers on basic stuff like a Sai or a Byakurai, but even something like a Shakkaho or some basic Bakudo can be difficult for people who aren't specialists. Give me your best Shakkaho, right toward me!"

She could have had the captain throw it at a target or something, but Bambietta wanted to get herself more involved here, and directly defending against a spell would give her some good opportunity to get a feel for how Elyss was handling things. Raising her hands, she spoke out an incantation, readying a spell she'd been testing in her free research hours.

"In the thick of the forest, a strange sound rings! A shell breaks and the sea spills its essence! The first sun shines on me, Enkoukai!"

A round shield not unlike an Enkousen formed in front of Bambietta, centered on both hands. Unlike the Enkousen, however, it was a darker shade of pink, and had a faint web of energy pulsing toward Bambietta's hands. In theory, she was fairly certain this would let her analyze whatever struck it, but she'd need to test it here to see if that was true.

Well, that was...underwhelming, admittedly, and that was even taking into account Bambietta's fairly tempered expectations. After all, she'd gone into this knowing that Captain Kishimoto wasn't much of a kido practitioner, so it didn't surprise her to see the shakkaho fall a little flat. This, though, wasn't so much a shakkaho as it was a raw expression of energy. Well, it was a good thing Bambietta had already been bracing herself, if nothing else. The actual spell might've sucked, but the spiritual pressure from a Captain's energy flying all over the place wasn't something you just took on the chin no problem.

"Alright, well, at least you got the spell to come out, so it's not the worst thing in the world. But I don't want to lie to you, Captain, that wasn't great. Your form seems kinda sloppy. You'll wanna focus more on the energy you're putting into the spell, think about how it moves. You're pretty good with hakuda, right? It's the same sort of principle."

Hopefully that made sense to Elyss, but Bambietta had already sort of stopped being as formal and polite for the sake of being what she considered a more effective teacher. She didn't want to waste the Captain's time, after all, and she wanted this to be productive.

"Try it again, but focus more on getting the energy stable in your hands. Don't bother firing the spell off until you have it stable. We can take as much time as you need, and I'll keep up some barriers so things don't get too out of control if it goes south."

Bambietta was, in this moment, exceptionally glad she'd made sure to set up some barrier kido before this, and even moreso that she'd had her own defenses at the ready. Her own barrier had pretty much shattered from the impact of all that spiritual energy bursting outward, but it had at least done its job, and kept her from getting absolutely blown to smithereens.

"Captain! You alright??"

Of course, her own well-being wasn't the only thing she had to worry about here, and she'd already started muttering incantations for kaido under her breath as she hurried over toward Elyss, her hands glowing with a calming green light. This wasn't exactly what she'd expected, but maybe she'd expected too much? She'd figured Captain Kishimoto might have a better handle on her energy, but then again, Bambietta hadn't really asked, and she supposed she probably should have done a little more research before she just handed the lady a lesson plan. Damn it, she hadn't thought this through at all.

"I'm sorry about that, I didn't think to see what you were familiar with! That's my mistake, I can replan the lesson plan from here. I have other things in mind."

There was decidedly a bit of desperation in her voice as she spoke, both because she wanted her healing to actually work, and because she was terrified that her efforts to teach might have just backfired.