Regardless of Warnings [Verdada, Sabriel]

Verdada smiled all the wider at that and chuckled. So the woman more or less confirmed her thesis on what type of arrancar she was. Good, that made things simpler. One didn't develop this kind of mindset without having an example to go off of. That simply made her smile all the wider at the notion of what this woman's powers might be. Fuck, she really was just a spawn of THAT woman wasn't she?

That smile of hers widened and she relaxed her grip on the woman's wrist, lightly running her fingers up and down the length of their forearm as she gave a soft little chuckle. "Oh my little Sable." She sighed, closing her eyes as she took a moment to let her thoughts settle. "I'm.....broken, ya see~" She smiled just a bit more shakily. "The whole damn reason I'm here, is because I need to ...Fix myself~ I was born with ....very extreme physical capabilities. But outside of that? I'm rather unremarkable. I could...take that head of yours and squeeze it until it popped. But ....throw a Cero at me that I can't dodge? I'd be cooked." She chuckled softly, sighing.

"I would like to propose a long term study. But we can hash that all out later." She chimed, lightly releasing Sabriel's wrist and pausing, eyeing the woman to see if they'd try to run away again, she didn't imagine they would, and so ultimately she would turn her attention toward the nearby town. "A human. A spiritual being could...resist, and that would mess up my study of your powers effects. But I already have a few....'volunteers' set up nearby." She murmured as she reached into her coat and pulled out a worn book. Running her fingers over the surface as she allowed the rough texture of the volume remind her of everything she'd put it through. Utterly useless as it was as reading content. It was something of an ...inspiration for her.

"So. you want your payment up front? Or after the study?"

”Yep. Was created to be a storage device. A little hidden memory to keep a grave sin in the dark~ I didn’t even have a zanpakuto at first, I was so poorly put together.” Verdada noted with a growing smile. Not the slightest hesitation to mention it. Why be ashamed? Its not like it was hard to tell she was all fucked up. And lying wouldn’t make her any more whole.

The arrancar’s willingness came as no surprise. Hollows seldom put much thought into toying with human lives. Sure, they had been selected with Versada’s own sense of morality on mind, but she imagined that didn’t matter to Sabriel. And just as well.

However, as Sabriel stated her terms, she canted her head a bit to the side. A kiss probably, or something to that effect. Fine by her. However, Verdada stood back up to her full height and gave the woman a dull stare. ”That right? Well sorry but I aint used to this thing. A shy, innocent maiden, if you can believe that. So if you want your taste, you’ll have to come and get it yourself.” Last thing she needed was to fumble the deal with an awkward move.

Verdada raised a brow slightly as the arrancar asked the question that...frankly she had no objections to. Honestly, it simply had never come up, and she produced a lopsided little smirk as she waved a hand dismissively. "Another arrancar. With a peculiar ability to split pieces of themselves off. They had committed something horrible, and to hide it away from their other half. To hide away the Truth. Thus, Verdada was born~" she gestured to herself theatrically.

She almost didn't even register the woman's flirtatious commentary."I wouldn't go calling me a Maiden." She noted with a snort, brishing a bit of hair behind her ear before watching the other arrancar closely as they approached. She had plenty of memories like this. How many times has Ajora been all too happy to put on airs. To ...do things, in order to get what she wanted. And so it felt...eerily familiar as Sabriel's hand slipped around her waist and reeled her in. As a reflest, her hand raised to set on the other woman's shoulder, stuck between holding them close and keeping them at bay indecisively. But well, Sabriel didn't waste much time.

What a strange behavior for an arrancar. The thought floated through her mind as Sabriel's mouth latched onto her own, and she was briefly distracted by the wet mesh of lips and tongue. All that shit she asked. It was almost like she cared. What a strange behavior to have among hollows. What the hell had caused such a development? Was it part of her aspect of death? She pressed into the kiss, as if she might taste the answer in Sabriel's mouth.

And then it was over, and she stared calmly ahead of herself, briefly staring through the arrancar as she reached up and wiped her mouth, briefly lost to her thoughts. "Awfully gentle for a hollow. Not that I'm complaining. Shall we meet out test subjects?" She ventured, gesturing off to the south. Not that there'd be anything that Sabriel could see. It'd hardly be a good stash if you could see it from afar.

Verdada snorted softly at that and let that smile of hers widen just a little at Medea's interesting capitulatory inclinations toward her partners. And here she thought the woman was some sort of Lust Hollow, but she certainly seemed a lot more considerate than most hollows. Downright romantic. "Noted~" She hummed as she began to lead the way.

The spot itself wasn't that far off to the side. Towards a few high rocks in the surrounding area, there was a slight cip in the landscape, where the ground was cracked and dry. Verdada led the arrancar to a little divot that had been eroded by some of the rocks and promptly pulled back a mat covered in dirt. Showing off a little hatch. She smiled over her shoulder to the other arrancar. No doubt they would be able to pick up with their pesquisa. Two people down there. Popping the shed itself, she gestured for them to climb down.

"Ladies first~"

The actual ladder itself took them down a good fifteen feet until it emptied out into a little cellar built into the ground. And there they were. One of them as asleep in a sleeping bag. The other was a woman leaning against the wall, fussing around with a phone. Once the both of them were downstairs, Verdada offered a smile and a wave to her little human homies.

"Hey there! Seems like Lance is asleep. Hope we're not interrupting anything Clair?~"

"No, Lance just passed out after eating an entire pizza.... whose this?" Clair asked with furrowed brows toward the arrancar, a wary glance as Verdada gave a lopsided smile toward Sabriel.

"Don't look very forced do they? Clair and Lance here are a couple of kids I picked up off the road. Helped them out against some hollows. And Clair wanted to come with me. Lance tagged along. The two have been helping me with my research ever since." She chimed with a wink towards Clair. The blue-haired women went a bit pink in the face, but folded her arms.

"Been a while since you brought someone here with all their legs and arms attached." Clair murmured uncertainly, shifting from foot to foot.

Verdada clocked this and promptly reached out to pat the woman on the head, that smile of hers widening. "No hon, she's here for a study. Nothing rough though. I know last month was hard on you and Lance."

A brief tension would be seen in the woman, but she seemed to relax slightly after the further assurance. "Ugh... right..." She murmured, not sounding the happiest, but hardly seeming resistant.

Verdada shifted her attention to Sabriel. "Clair and Lance have been helping me for some time. I ... Trust that your abilities leave no lasting effects?" She asked with narrowed eyes.