Back to School [Saera, Hannah]

"No. I've trained with it relentlessly for two hundred years. Singularly, one might say, since for a good part of those two hundred years, my body was a wreck that could barely handle anything but staying in-doors and studying. And I am supported by my Zanpaktou Spirit to better be capable of use. It is not intrinsic, but the product of hard work"

"Though on the topic of modfying spells, you should be able to easily do that if you are comfortable with Kōjutsu Eishō up to number eighty. Using barriers as armour is a good move, something I do myself regularly. Though, channeling directly through the blade with the exception of spells like Tsuri Raiden, is not a great move"

Hannah would lift the sword necklace she was wearing, and it would transform into a full sized zanpaktou, at which point she would gather a reiatsu 'sheath' around the blade.

"It's better to create an energized field around your sword, and then cast the Kido into that. No direct interfacing with the Zanpaktou, so no risk of blowing it up"

"I will be impressed if you can use such an energized sheath without drawing your Zanpaktou. So yes, you can draw your sword" Hannah would shrink her zanpaktou down to necklace size again and put it back on.

"As for barriers, you need to tie them to yourself, rather than to a specific point in space. If you think yourself as the point of origin for the barrier, then it will tie itself to your movements when cast and move with you. Though, barriers like that should be used subtly and delicately in application. Trying to block an attack with a barrier, only for it to just go around or straight through, is always an awkward moment"

"Elemental Reiatsu is totally a thing. But, that's a rare thing for people, and is generally tied to their Zanpaktou, so it's not something that you should be basing anything on unless you already have said elemental Reiryoku. There is also elemental Shunko, but that's different to just raw power" Hannah would take a sip of her tea, and then raise an eyebrow at Saera.

"What do you mean, inverted seals?"

"Ahh, like Kokū" Hannah would exclaim, flicking her fingers and creating a Danku. Though, it looked different, there was an infinite depth to it that seeemed to growl when a person looked into it.

"A fun concept, though release mechanisms are a little harder. You could probably reflect it by creating a loop like a river flow, but storing it to fire later is a trick I've yet to get"