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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Feb 1, 2015 15:18:40 GMT -6
Juushiro chuckled and led Kurosaki back to the table, thanking Tessai as the man poured him a cup of tea. Taking a long sip, he smiled at the visibly sulking boy. "I am sure Kisuke will give you some answers soon, Ichigo. He may like to keep some secrets, but he rarely keeps life-threatening ones."
Ichigo raised an eyebrow and Juushiro chuckled.
"Well how about from the select few in his circle - which I think include you," he said, revising his statement.
Juushiro smoothed out the paper on the table and read the words decoded so far. "By blood doesn't have to be a threat, Kurosaki. It could mean kin or relation, not the literal sense."
"How would that mean something here?" Ichigo mumbled.
Juushiro smiled. "Wait for Kisuke to finish his job."
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 1, 2015 15:35:47 GMT -6
Kisuke exited the bathroom and walked back in the room with Ichigo and now Juushiro. He looked at Ichigo and sat back down. "You ready to have a little patience now and let me decode this one? The one that wrote it left something out. So it is not making sense."
Kisuke reached across the table for the note Juushiro was looking at as he handed it back to Kisuke. He sit the note back in front of him and looked down at the coding diagram once more. "The first one was easy." He reached for the first note sliding it over between Juushiro and Ichigo so they could both look at it. "It's a Homophonic Cipher."
Both Ichigo and Juushiro looked at one another oddly turning their look to Kisuke.
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Feb 1, 2015 15:42:26 GMT -6
Juushiro chuckled and scratched the back of his head. "I'm afraid I have never been one to learn codes, old friend," he admitted. "That would be more Shunsui's hobby, not my own. Will you please explain what that means?"
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 1, 2015 15:55:37 GMT -6
Kisuke smirked. "I could use his brain on this one, but I think I can get it." He said scratching his head. He reached over flipping the note over. On the back was written 'He is coming'. He pointed at the sentence. "That is what the first note is saying."
He looked back to the other, "this one," he shook his head. "Most ciphertext, if broken, is a continued message. Not a jumbled mess."
He grabbed the pencil and jotted down the rest of the message. He slid it toward the other two.
"By blood he shall fall?" Ichigo said aloud. "What the hell does that mean! And why is Aizen's name on this? Was he the one that wrote it?"
Kisuke shook his head. "He is coming could be referring to anyone, but my guess would have to be Aizen is the he they are referring to." He looked to Ichigo shaking his head. "No. The word Aizen is a keyword here, but if this is what I think, why would someone--" Kisuke drifted off into thought.
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Feb 1, 2015 16:14:40 GMT -6
“Why would someone in Las Noches give us clues to Aizen’s plan?” Juushiro finished for him, eyes slightly narrowed. “And even more so, what are they hoping to achieve if we do know?”
Kisuke shook his head. “That’s not all I’m thinking, old friend.” He pointed to the next message. By blood, he shall fall. “If blood is referring to kin, and if this does concern Aizen, why give us a message about his downfall? It makes no sense from their side of the table.”
Ichigo scoffed. “If you are saying that Azayaka is going to kill Aizen, you’re going to have to show me more proof than a scrape of paper.”
Juushiro frowned. “Could it be referring to Ichimaru who was his pupil and like a son in a way…” he shook his head. “You’re right. Telling us how to destroy Sousuke makes no sense. Is the person.... mocking us?"
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 1, 2015 16:26:55 GMT -6
Kisuke shook his head picking up his coffee mug and took a drink. Quickly it sprayed across the table all over Ichigo. Kisuke grinned, then slowly he started to laugh. "Coffee is nasty when it's cold." He grinned at the dripping Ichigo.
"Paybacks suck. Don't they boy?" Kisuke whispered, pushing the coffee mug aside and pouring him a cup of hot tea.
"First off. If it is kin. Azayaka, is not strong enough to defeat Aizen; let alone kill him. Gin, even though raised by Aizen is not blood. I don't care how close they are or were." Kisuke started thinking again his hand at his chin.
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 1, 2015 16:39:36 GMT -6
Ichigo looked at Kisuke with a dirty look. He held up his soda threateningly, before Tessai plopped a towel on his shoulder. Muttering under his breath, Ichigo wiped his face off as best he could. As Kisuke stopped talking aloud, he frowned and flicked him with the bottle cap. “Yeah, yeah, we got that much but now we need you to share with the rest of the class what you are thinking in that crazy, twisted head of yours,” he murmured.
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 1, 2015 16:46:54 GMT -6
"We need information," Kisuke got up from the table once more and walked down the hall. He knocked on Gin's door waiting for a response. Once he answer, Kisuke called through the door to him.
"I need you out here, Ichimaru. Think you could join us for a bit?"
He heard a grumble come from the room as Kisuke chuckled, turned and walked back to the table with the others. Sitting down he looked to Juushiro. "I think I can get some answers from the Goddess."
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Post by Gin Ichimaru on Feb 1, 2015 16:54:20 GMT -6
A few minutes later, Gin walked out into the hallway, scratching his head and dark circles under his eyes. However, there was a wide grin across his face and his eyes were clear. All in all, he didn’t look too bad for someone who had been forced to face the other side of himself. He waved at the bunch at the table and leaned on the substitute’s head.
“What do you need, Hat-n-Clogs?” he quipped, ignoring the grunts of his ‘stool’.
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 1, 2015 17:01:36 GMT -6
"I have questions, queries and only one person I know can answer them without me going digging in the archives at Soul Society." Kisuke adjusted his hat and smiled at Gin.
"Think you can call on her for me?" His look then got serious as he looked at Gin. "Maybe even you might know the answer since you have spent centuries with the man."
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Post by Gin Ichimaru on Feb 1, 2015 17:09:07 GMT -6
Gin chuckled and finally let Ichigo escape his torment, grinning further at the boy mutterings under his breath. “I think one of us can provide your answers,” Gin stated, and then he waved his hand, revealing….
He shook his head with a sly smile.
“You could at least appear as you’re expected and not ruin my show,” he commented at the ceiling where Sumi was gliding.
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Post by Sumi on Feb 1, 2015 17:16:15 GMT -6
Slowly appearing at his side, she looked at Kisuke and spoke to Gin. "I am not a magic show side trick, Ichimaru." She nodded slightly at Kisuke as he chuckled softly. "What is it that you need, Urahara?"
She then greeted Juushiro and Ichigo with a slight nod of head.
"I need to know some history on Sousuke Aizen," Kisuke told her.
"How far back are you looking to go, Urahara?" She asked him. She looked to Gin. "Depending on that," she gestured to Gin with her hand. "This may be the man you want to talk to."
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 1, 2015 17:18:19 GMT -6
Kisuke smiled and removed his hat. "Back to the time of his birth. I need to know if he has siblings. If his parents are still alive? Anything you can give me." Silence filled the room, but he was dead serious with his question.
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Post by Gin Ichimaru on Feb 1, 2015 17:29:46 GMT -6
Gin frowned slightly and folded his arms as he leaned back against the wall of the room, looking through the centuries he had known Aizen. Finally, he threw up his hands in surrender. "I don't know of any relations, Kisuke. I thought he had none. He was rarely away from his duties as a captain without me by his side and he gave the impression that affairs meant nothing to him. But then again, his relationship with at least one woman deepened enough to create Azayaka, so he may have family I don't know about." He looked to the goddess.
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Feb 1, 2015 17:35:01 GMT -6
Juushiro nodded quietly. "I did not know about his callous way towards women, but I would agree with Ichimaru so far," the captain stated. "Before, when we would often pass the afternoons in a friendly discussion or a chess game, he would often ask about my family, as if he was wistful that he didn't have such a thing." He frowned slightly. "I don't remember what the archives have on Sousuke either, come to think of it."
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