For Pride or Glory? [Johann, Sophie]

A new sternritter admin? Well, Sophie did like to be a bit nosey. Naturally she would be motivated to check out what all the rage was about this old guy that had come out of retirement to serve the organisation again. A diehard quincy too from what she'd heard who'd been in the game for a long time, it made a bit of a gulf between them but she was professional right? As long as they got along well Sophie was more than happy to work with the guy even if she paled in comparison to his experiences with life and being a quincy.

That's why she tried to make up for it with hard work and persistence you know? So the Albedochiffren admin gave a curt knock to Johann's office. She was hardly so tardy as to show up unnannounced, as much as she'd like to do it sometimes. She was professional but you could always get a better read on someone if you caught them unprepared.

Being instated into the Vandenreich again as an administrator was something he had not expected when he came out of retirement. Nevertheless, it was something deeply appreciated -- it gave him the resources and ability to aid the Vandenreich as best he could. He had already spent a bit of time this morning taking a deep look into the files of his branch's other members, as well as the other Coordinators and Administrators, making plans to introduce himself to them.

Hearing a knock at his office door and raising an eyebrow in curiosity, Johann made his way over and opened the door.

"Good morning, young lady. Sofie Geisleitt, Administrator of the Albedochiffren, yes? I had planned to introduce myself after I had gotten a bit more...settled in, shall I say. Please, come in."

He took a step to the side, ushering her inside as he calmly walked back to his desk, rearranging a few of the rather messily placed items. By and large, the office was orderly, neat, as well as rather plain and traditional. There was hardly anything particularly striking about the office aside from a photo frame on the desk. Getting things sorted as he moved back into the City of Lights had frankly been more important, especially since he hadn't been expecting a visitor quite so soon.

"Now, what drove you to come out and see an old man like me, hm?"

"Correct."

She responded with a polite bow to his statement. Courtesy was always good for fostering good working relationships and a little near death experience wasn't going to change that, she'd find a way for herself one way or another. It was that simple. His question though was completely valid, what would she want with him?

Well besides the casual get to know one another, Sophie was eager to put Johann to work as soon as possible given their current situation. An experienced, quite powerful quincy coming out of retirement? It could only be good to get him putting that experience to use.

"Well, in lieu of your plethora of experiences and chance to cultivate the quincy arts. I was eager to meet you and discuss potential plans to put your talents to good use. I coordinate a fair bit of the teaching and training of upcoming trainees for the Vandenreich and your ability to contribute to the continued learning of current personnel and cultivating our newer personnel would be a great boon."

Perhaps when he was younger, he would have felt more pride in her show of courtesy. But, now, he simply appreciated her politeness, giving her a light nod and a smile, clasping his hands together and resting them on his desk. Raising an eyebrow as she began to speak, Johann listened carefully to what she wanted. Putting his talents to use, hm? That certainly was the primarily goal of him coming out of retirement.

As she made mention of her role in aiding the teaching and training of trainees within the Vandenreich, Johann gave her a quiet nod, his smile returning, just a little bigger than the previous.

"Yes, I agree. That is one of the reasons I came out of retirement, after all. Frankly, I'm a bit disappointed by many of the current members' performance against the threat. With the capabilities and people that we have in this organization, we should have been able to at least expunge the Arrancar from the City."

He paused, sighing softly as he lowered his head, taking a moment to look at the picture to the side, before looking back to Sophie.

"I intend to ensure that the men and women of this organization are capable to handle just about any threat that comes our way. I may not be the best, but I will do what I can. I have plenty to offer, even if my methods and abilities are a bit...outdated."

Mmph. This old fart really had to say that to her face as one of the members that did try to assist in that emergency, where was he when Ichigo was attacking? Okay. It was not the time to get hot headed and so she took a moment to cool down. The ginger's focus on staying the professional old Sophie, not the more irritated at her own performance Sophie.

"Right, well if they're outdated then we ought to get onto modernising them?"

She determined that pretty quickly, she wasn't about to teach the next generation of Vandenreich personnel relics of the past. Those things should be improved upon and cultivated so that they were even more effective than just giving them the original product. Sophie would much rather work with him to make it more spick and speck before she just tossed it into a curriculum.

Part of him wasn't hesitant to try and modernize his abilities. Maybe he was clinging too hard onto the past, but there were some things that he grew concerned over if it was possible to modernize them, or that they had simply been replaced by something considered better nowadays. Well, he was trying to adapt to the modern times -- so, perhaps it was inevitable.

"Hmm, perhaps we should."

He rose from his seat, stretching a little bit before he held a hand out in front of him. Reishi spiraled together to form a walking cane. Seeming as if it was just recently carved, smelling of yew wood, and the symbol of a forgotten family near the handle. He took a look at his Spirit Weapon, a small smile coming to his face, before he looked toward Sophie once again.

"Shall we move to somewhere a bit more appropriate for that, miss Geisleitt?"

"Of course."

The benefit of the having come to his office was that it should be close to some training grounds, the Sternritter had to be in tip-top shape after all. Not that she didn't work her own section members like dogs to ensure that they kept up to an appropriate standard on top of their logistical work, there was no excuse for slacking in her opinon.

"I trust you've been orientated to the facilities since you're return to service?"

Best to seek clarity on these things, she'd hate to be leading the old guy around like a lost old dog that had gone blind. It was like the dog she grew up with by the end of its lifespan she could still remember the trouble it had getting around and how feeble it became. She hoped never to develop those issues when she became an old woman, if she did. With her brush with death there was no point pretending it couldn't be around every corner.

The gentle jangling of Seele Schneider on his belt and the quiet clacks of his cane filled the room as he stepped over to the door, opening it and letting Sophie walk through, before exiting himself, closing the door quietly behind him.

"Of course. Can't be an effective administrator if I don't know anything about our own facilities, now can I?"

He smiled as the two made their way to one of the training areas, with Johann taking a little bit of time to look around and take in just how much had changed since his retirement. It seemed with each passing day, more and more of the city was changing. Time waited for no one, and he was no exception. As they arrived and entered, Johann did a quick look over of his belongings, checking his Ginto tubes, Seele Schneider, and tightening his Sanrei Glove before he turned to Sophie, both hands firmly on his cane.

"Now then! How shall we proceed, hm? Is there anything in particular you'd like a demonstration of?"

What a gentleman, admittedly she wasn't the biggest fan of chivalry. Not out of any particular feelings that she didn't need people to do things for her, Sophie was just the type of person who liked to do things herself rather than dance to another person's tune. Professional relationships were far more important than making a fuss over it though.

"Admittedly, I'm uncertain of your capabilities. My specialty is in spellcraft above all else, so if you would like to demonstrate your skills with spellcraft that would be quite beneficial. Whatever is comfortable for you, Administrator Arant."

She assured, it would be easier for her to break down information in regards to spellcraft over things like his spirit weapon and the like but any quincy technique would be beneficial in adapting to the modern Vandenreich curriculum.

Johann gave her a curt nod as she made note of her own specialties in spellcraft. Perhaps this would be a learning experience for him right out the gate -- not an idea he was opposed to. He took a moment to think of what would be appropriate for him to demonstrate. His Spirit Weapon would likely be of little use when it comes to modernization, so, perhaps Ginto would be a good place to start.

"Well then, let's begin with that. Much of my knowledge of Quincy spellcraft comes from the older spells. I haven't read up on what some of the newer ones are. Regardless..."

Reaching to his belt, he pulled out four Ginto tubes, promptly tossing them into the air as they surrounded a training dummy, his voice calling out like an order.

"Feel the wrath of battle, and accept this sacred chalice! Heizen!"

instantly, the Ginto containers gouged through the dummy's arm, severing it from the faux-shoulder to the wrist, letting the remaining fake hand fall to the ground. He turned to face Sophie again, leaning a bit on his cane.

"Alongside that, I can perform Sprenger, though that is far more destructive and hardly called for here. I can also use Ransotengai, though, I doubt that was a hard guess. If you wish to see it, I can also demonstrate my personal Blut and base Reishi Manipulation techniques as well. However, the latter is more conducive for training than the former."