Hope Regained, A Gathering of Strong
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Re: Hope Regained, A Gathering of Strong
Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:55 pm
The sixth captain.. she was truly someone that had to be respected in some cases; she had fought her way into the gotei, and many underestimated the woman, as her gaze looked up at the male. ''Damien Crow; Captain of the Third Division. I am Yukashii Sosobi; soon to be Kuchiki, and my position is the Sixth Division Captain. As Byakuya-sama would say; the Kuchiki's have a duty to the Gotei. That said; I clamour immidiately for the hold of Wolf Lionus, destroyer of the Sixth's barracks, along with several other incidents and such. I will not go as far as to clamour his arrest; however that is all I will say on his subject until an investigation is done.'' she said, getting the first matter out of the way; the irritating sore. ''Secondary; I will address all captains, with your permission so lend your ears. Yes, words have been said, and may have been aggressive; all parties should apologize for such, but the opinions remain. We are weak right now; we have no strength.. instead we rely on the likes of Shadin Yuudeshi, and the Iramasha, to provide our own power. Yes, they are powerful; and allies are good, as proven with our war with Aizen and during the Third World War. But to let them do our duties, to rule what we do? Isn't that taking it a bit far? Hope is within us, but it has been buried for a long time.. so I may only beseech this; may we work together? To bring a new future to our Gotei, in order to preserve the very REASON we were created in the first place?''
Surely, she knew her speech would fall on dead ears. But who can blame a woman to try? The motherly girl slowly took in a breath, and did something much Kuchiki's would be surprised at; she smiled. And with a soft, blooming smile, she let her eyes open, the shimmering of unshed tears swimming, swirling. ''Right now, it seems we are a house divided.. we have no Captain-Commander to unite us.. so please, honour the captains that came before us, that stood unflinching in the face of disaster and stayed together, despite their feelings. Our loyalty; our duty is stronger then our own personal vendettas.'' she said, letting out a soft chuckle. She knew Byakuya-sama might be a bit put off; he had chosen her to be his replacement. How had she let all of this sink so far? But she knew that he had picked her for a reason; why else do so? The girl looked at him, out of the corner of her eye, but choose not to acknowledge those feelings directly. She was a captain; she held no ties, but only held the frustration of letting others take care of their business. She knew bitterly that the Gotei had only accepted help from the Vizard when they almost failed; and even then, kept them at arm's length. That was no surprise; the Gotei used to take care of it's own. And now.. it felt like everyone had their own agendas, their own methods; did they even care about what the Gotei meant anymore? Or did they just ascend to captaincy for the kicks?
She would not forgive people like that, no matter who they were. Her eyes lay on Rukia Kuchiki; the one that had seen the old generation, and was now part of the new one. She knew Rukia would understand what Yukashii was talking about; after all, Yuka had been a shinigami, a minor one albeit, for a long time, and understood the old captains. Knew their pains; had seen the changes that happened. And now she was here, aiming to guide them all into an age that evolved from the closed standards, but never lost that feeling of sticking together. They had their own personal things, yes; but they were not fickle.. or had been not. Now.. it just felt like it was just fickle wants, and desires. Who cared really? The 11th captain wasn't even present; what a shame, someone should represent them. But in the end, Yukashii could not concern him with such a man; she had to move forward with what she had. She had to calm down people, take control, and help guide the flow; as a representative of the sixth squad and the noble Kuchiki house shortly, that was merely what she had to do. It didn't matter that they might dislike her for it; Yukashii put the Gotei 13 before her very own soul. That's how it was; their laws, their modality, the very fact that they were the ones that were the most stalwart. Yes.
She had to hold that weight on her shoulder, and carry it on her back like a cross to bear. And she was proud of it.. and would do everything that the woman could for it. And that meant taking out those that would be nuisance if needed.. and she knew that the Kuchiki would understand that most of all. Their duty; their ties to this place. And perhaps the Crows would as well, as they began their legacy here.. but would the others? That was her worry. Her biggest one to boot. She had.. to do the best she could. For the sake of everyone that relied on her to keep going forward.
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Re: Hope Regained, A Gathering of Strong
Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:59 pm
Artist: Touhou - Song: Onigashima in the Fairyland - Word Count: 2636
There was a large commotion occurring within the barracks of Squad 11 while the likes of Ibiki Suika was napping the day away in utter peace. Based around the fact that their Captain, Mitsurugi Kenpachi, was nowhere to be seen for a sudden and very urgent meeting of Gotei 13 Captains; they had no choice but to scatter the premises for the likes of their Vice Captain. With that said, a large gathering of men had assembled to storm into the dwelling of the The Menacing Devil Girl in order to awake her from the slumber in which she was under. Dreaming of all sorts of delicious food in her sleep, the likes of Ibiki couldn't be more carefree at the moment as she was muttering nonsense about buffalo chicken, ribs on a plate and other sorts of specially assorted sauces; drooling even in her deep sleep. It was in this state, this very serene and calming state, that the Division Eleven members stormed into her chambers; shattering this dream like shards of broken glass as Ibiki was noted as yelping a bit as she jolted awake. Luckily for them, The Maiden of this fair squad had one hell of a hangover upon her conscious awakening; or else she would have thrown them, bash them and beaten them to the other side of the moon and back by now.
So before she could fully discern what was going on, a majority of the males in the room stated something along the lines of them requesting Ibiki's assistance because of an emergency gathering of Captains. Rubbing her lightly shaded, chestnut hair; The Vice Captain listened in very closely to what they all were saying as she started to come to her surroundings more from that blissful dream. As they divulged the bases of the meeting to the waking Devil Shinigami, apparently the Captain of Squad Three was requesting his fellow Gotei 13 leaders to come forth to a gathering to discuss the likes of Shadow Fall, The Kokuryuteshi, Monsuta and all of the other antagonist based organizations on Earth which were causing trouble at the moment; most notably the likes of Mana Asthavon out of all of them.
Brushing the bottom of her chin ever so slightly, Ibiki began to take in all of this news with an exhausted sigh. She pondered why the likes of Damien Crow could not simply give them an advanced warning when something this important was going to take place within the Seireitei. You'd figure if it was weighing on his mind for this long, the guy could have taken the time to at least be considerate to others and plan out this sort of meeting amongst Captains. However, life was full of the unexpected and very well did things like this occur whenever it was convenient for other people.
Henceforth, she let them continue on as they explained the reason for waking the Vice Captain was because they could simply not find Mitsurugi Kenpachi. The Division 11 members covered the air, searched the ground and scattered all throughout the Soul Society; finding no trace of the Captain and failing in their scouting mission to retrieve him for the assembly of Captains.
Therefore, with all of that said, the next best step in order to find a representative for the likes of the Squad 11 Company was going to be Ibiki Suika. So, with all of this knowledge now laying ever-so comfortably within Ibiki's lap, she could only give a grim chuckle while taking a strong sip from her bottle of first grade sake. "What other choice do I have? I can't pull a no-show. Give me a few minutes and I'll be prepared to travel to the Central 46 compound to settle these matters."
With those words said, she soon dismissed the men that had assembled within her residence; needing time to change from her sleeping attire; which had consisted of only a long-sleeved black shirt and a pair of charcoal shaded panties...which was luckily more than enough clothing based on the fact they had all appeared around the Maiden of Squad 11 while she was beneath the covers of her bed.
Proceeding to roll out of her mattress upon the time all of the members which once filled her room had all but left, The Menacing Devil Girl began the task of composing herself and finding the proper clothing needed for this meeting. As the males waited outside for their Vice Captain, after a few minutes had passed, they were rather impressed with how she was dressed; seeing how Ibiki did not generally wear darker clothes unless it was for a somber occasion. For when The Horned Beast of Division Eleven stepped out of her abode, she was wearing quite the get-up.
One of the first notable features in her outfit was the fact it had a slate shaded theme to it. From the charcoal hued sandals with black colored extensions that protracted upwards to her calves, to the befitting dress which stretched out to her upper knees; having dark purple blazes of tribal like symbols engraved across the bottom of the dress, with a similar shade of indigo in the form of a shaded line across the midsection of the dress. Additionally, there appeared to be a loop of holes at the bottom of this gown. They were put in place to provide the needed security to house her Zanpakutō which took the shape of belt that had a series of separate chains with various attachments to it. The three primary ones are a cube, which represented Ibiki's Inner Power; a square that symbolized her raw strength; and a circle that embodied her raw willpower. Together with a cuff of chains on each wrist that had signified the hand-to-hand bond both Ibiki and Oni-Kyosei, her Zanpakutō spirit, shared; it was clear to anyone who possessed knowledge of this duo that there are were deep ties with this between this wielder and it's weapon.
And, on the subject between the two, there was also a purple gourd that appeared to have various sealing symbols throughout it. This was most notably known as Ibiki's endless booze supply; for it could contain an infinite amount of sake for Oni-Kyosei and Ibiki so long as their spiritual energy could passively transfer small amounts of energy into its structure.
Nevertheless, some of the final things to note about Ibiki's appearance now was the fact that she was wearing a white shaded, sleeveless shirt which seemed to have purple tribal lavender on it and blackened markings near the top of it's collar. This spread out to a black choker around her neck and completed most of the outfit. As the wind blew all around them, the two ribbons, one dark maroon shaded bow attached to the back of her head, and a indigo hued ribbon attached to her right hand, both gently moved about in the breeze blowing all around them as she took a soft sigh and turned her attention towards the direction in which the Central 46 compound would be located at. It was going to be quite the trying, stressful and critical day for the likes of those in the Gotei 13.
(Imaginery of How Ibiki Looks now: http://tinyurl.com/n5ykaa3)
As a consequence of this, in order for the likes of Ibiki to make it through this eventful day, she was going to need to be in control, composed; but also gentle, calm and easy to approach. Judging from how many spiritual signatures she could sense, even from this distance, within the chambers of that very faithful meeting; there was no doubt in her mind that the atmosphere was going to be tense; so there was no sense in making it worse by being too somber about the situation at hand. Taking a quick look at her fellow comrades that scattered all about the compound, she ordered them to give quick notice to those within Central 46 that her arrival was imminent. This meant to have all guards whom were protecting the facility to simply let Ibiki bypass without any incident; being that they could not locate their Captain and she was coming into represent the likes of Squad 11 due to the fact she was the next best thing below the Captain to do such a action.
Ergo, multiple Hell BUtterflies were sent to that vicinity; ensuring that this message gets delivered without a single moment to spare. Following that, The Menacing Devil Girl took a soft sigh before fixating on the longtitude and range of the building in which Central 46 was sheltered in. Upon locking on to that area, Ibiki harnessed a Senkaimon to transport her and roughly five other members of the Division Eleven Squad to be taken to the meeting.
Having no second thoughts about what she was going to, Ibiki boldly stepped through the portal to the gathering of a lifetime; directing her men to inform the other agents within the area of the situation. Walking in at around the same time Yukashii, the Captain of Squad 6, made her closing statement; Ibiki rubbed her hand as she felt a bit awkward at first arriving so late, but easily got a hold of herself as she had a relaxed smile emerge across her face. Being in the presence of so many powerful Shinigami did bring her ease; to know that the Gotei 13 was indeed growing in exceptional fighters was a very good thing to see with her own two eyes.
Though, what some of the Captains might notice of the girl; was at the moment, there was a faint, but latent flow of spiritual energy radiating from the girl; one that wasn't overwhelming, but certainly hinted at something much deeper nesting within the depths of her body. It was a sensation that this girl, quite possibly, was stronger than some of the presently available Captains in this very room and showed she was more than capable of holding her own in a throwdown with these juggernauts of the Soul Society.
"He-he-he-he, I know I may not be what you quite expected to show up, but it appears that Captain of Squad 11 is having a bit of issues coming to this assembly of The Thirteen Court Guard Finest Captains. So sorry to say, in his place, I'll be taking over as representative of her Division until he otherwise shows up." Looking upwards at the many different figureheads Central 46, Ibiki bowed and then turned to her fellow allies in arms.
"My name is Ibiki Suika, and I'm here to say: there is hope for the Gotei 13 and Shinigami as a whole. While it may be true we've suffered quite the tremendous blows to our security, our pride and our military; this does not meant the war is over. For it is in man's darkest hour that he knows his true strength. In the ashes of defeat, and the blood of his loss; he will arise to the challenge before him a new man. A man hardened by the experience of his breakdown; being forced to take these bonds of shame, agony and pain and blossom them into tools to ascend. Ascend to a new man, a new being and take these tools that defeat has given him to mold himself, to toughen himself and to become a better version of himself. So that one day, one day very soon, he will use these tools to hack away at all of the obstacles standing in the way between him and victory. Therefore, we are in a time of great uprising."
One she was done speaking this part of the speech, The Menacing Devil Girl figured it was time to speak about the facts of it all. Hopefully with all of that said, a bit more morale would be spread around the densely packed room; as the air all throughout this meeting was overwhelming, hostile and very unnerving; but she had enough discipline within herself to weather through the storm and rise about it. They needed to band together now more than ever, and this was just the spot she needed to be to voice these opinions.
"I stand before you here today to not only give the nourishment of positive energy, but to lay down the true reality of the situation before us. In these unprecedented times that are before us, I see new SHinigami raising everyday to the depths of new power. I mean, just staring at the raw power that all of you wonderful Captains are radiating is enough to tell me that things are beginning to shape up. Not too long ago, we barely had enough Captains to fend off the likes of that accursed male known as Zefonse Kaizme due to the shortage of candidates he possessed the power to lead a squad. Now, in such a short amount of time, there are many before us who are taking up arms, making many stands and willing to fight to the death, if need be, to defend our home, to protect our allies and do battle for our way of life."
Now staring upwards at the pannel of Central 46 members, Ibiki still had many words filled with flavor, optimism and hope to rain down upon them as well. For to change the world, they must first change themselves. Ergo, it was time to bring about the revolution not only within the Living Realm, but one within the Soul Society to. Or, to be more precise, the Gotei 13 operatives themselves.
"Thus, with all of these facts laid on the table about our side, I'm very sure that within the coming weeks or months, we are more than capable of leading out our own assault or defending against an invasion if it came to it. I see much premise, much potential and many signs of promise throughout the Gotei 13 and Soul Society as a whole. The reason why our enemies are so strong is not because they have immense power, but rather, intellect and brotherhood. By sharing the wisdom of knowledge, and the bond of companionship; they have forged these two elements together to make an overwhelming force of raw power. Meanwhile, on our end, we are simply met setback after setback because of our disjointed shape, lack of comradery and refusal to work with our allies. So the solution is not to become independent, but rather, cooperate with all those who wish to comply and work alongside our interest and goals; much like our foes have."
Now giving a quick look at all of those assembled in this room, Ibiki would lay out her final words on the table to hammer in the point. She would hope they would heed her words with great caution, care and understanding to fully get a grasp at the situation in which they were in.
"So, with all of these grand, wonderful and beautiful words say: will anyone here actually heed my advice? Will we join together not only with our allies, but among the different factions within ourselves? Will he work to have a better team ethic? To train ourselves in the art of togetherness? To bring all men who follow us to the best of their ability as we tread down this perilous road that lays before us? We need to ascend to the challenge above, but we must first get out own house in order before we even attempt to save other societies. For it is nothing but a fools errand to try and the save the world, when one cannot not even save themselves. Henceforth, with these words said, I will end my peace." Taking a soft sigh, Ibiki would let off a genuine smile before taking her bow and awaiting to see what the reaction from all the other Captains would be.