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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 6, 2015 21:34:26 GMT -6
"Ifs kill the heart, dear Yumi." he said rising from the floor. "Being what you are, there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, I find you to be rather fascinating." He swept his hair back off of his face. "You...You have something that sets you apart here. Something that makes you important. What do I have aside from my pretty face? Nothing. I am no different from the rest of these anger ridden assholes running around here." He rested his right hand on the hilt of his blade and put his left in his pocket. "So what if someone treasures or fears you for your power."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 7, 2015 1:22:31 GMT -6
Yumiko bit her lip, forcing any lull from his words away. She wasn’t going to lose herself. Anything but that. She took a step forward. “What you want is not what I want. I won’t live a half life. And you can blame Aizen for that. For the fake dream he showed me. I will find the real thing." Her anger and hurt fueled her courage and she took another step. “And Vale, ifs do not kill the heart. They’re a sign of hope. Something I have never given up on. In the dark or in a cage.”
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 7, 2015 2:14:38 GMT -6
Vale lifted his hand, his finger tips gracing her lips. "I'm not asking you to abandon your path, Yumi. I'm merely providing a different point of view." He let his hand fall back to his side and took a step forward. "Straying from ones intended path, can have dire consequences. Its not my place to stop you."
Vale knew the consequences of straying from a chosen path. The broken relationship with his zanpakuto would serves as proof. "You intrigue me, Yumi." He smiled and took another step forward, closing the gap between them. He raised his hand again, this time gently caressing her porcelain cheek. He leaned forward, his lips brushing against her cheek and ear, and whispered. "Thorns are what saves the rose...Yumiko." He stepped back and looked at her. She was flushed and confused, but her eyes remained focused on him.
"You are confusing, Vale. Is this a part of your game? Or, do you forget what you say, as you speak?" She took a step back and turned her back to him.
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Post by Orihime Inoue on Jan 7, 2015 2:59:09 GMT -6
Inoue walked up to the door of Yumiko's room. She had been told by Vale to visit her, once her task had been done. Her she was, a day after her task was completed and her Master had returned from Karakura Town with Azayaka. When her hand fell to the door, she felt the familiar presence of her Master.
Vale. What are you dong in Yumiko's room? She belongs to Aizen...
Inoue's face twisted in confusion. "You shouldn't be here." She turned away from the door and left.
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 7, 2015 12:37:34 GMT -6
Yumiko heard steps receding and sighed. She needed to get away from Vale before his words started to sink too far into her mind. She glanced over her shoulder at him. "Orihime's looking for you," she said quietly. Then she moved forward and picked up her zanpakuto from the bed, slipping it through her sash. Her hand stayed on it, listening to Mizue's whispering. Calming her.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 7, 2015 12:53:31 GMT -6
"I know. And, she can wait." Vale looked to Yumiko. "Does my being here bother you, Yumi...Yumiko?" he smiled and messed his hair, letting it fall over his face again. "I am merely attempting to be nice and trustworthy here, Yumiko! You're making this a bit hard." He extended one hand to her and pointed to the empty chair with the other. "Please..."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 7, 2015 13:08:47 GMT -6
"Don't thorns try to keep people away from the flower?" Yumiko responded in the same quiet voice. She hesitated, frowning slightly again, then sat down in the chair again. She looked back up at Vale. "You know you never told me why your personality changed. If you are trying to be nice, will you tell me the reason for that?" she asked, voice carefully neutral again. |
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 7, 2015 13:34:10 GMT -6
"You would call it...my true nature." Vale took his seat on the floor across from her. "When I first arrived here, my head was still in a bad place. I was barely a shadow of who I was. I was injured. I had little to no use of my power." He looked to her with questioning eyes. "How would you act if you were nothing?"
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 7, 2015 13:41:11 GMT -6
A glimmer of understanding shone in her eyes before she hid it away again. "I became silent," she replied to the question in his eyes. She lowered her head, looking to Mizue no Kagami and reached out to her spirit. A lock of hair escaped the pin in her hair, sliding over her cheek. "Time became meaningless to me, and I couldn't react to the world around me." Her hand wrapped around her blade's hilt.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 7, 2015 13:55:08 GMT -6
Vale shook his head. "Let me guess. You're one of many who prefer me as I was and not as I am." He winced as of the thought of being his former self again brought pain. "What a waste..."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 7, 2015 14:06:40 GMT -6
"Not if it hurts you to be like that," she said quickly. She colored and lowering her head again. "You didn't have to involve Orihime in your change though." Her hands folded around each other in her lap. "There are many here like you. You didn't have to take her." |
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 7, 2015 14:25:41 GMT -6
"Well, had I known more about you, I would not have taken her." Vale looked to Yumiko curiously. "How efficient are you? Could you have done what she did for me?" He brought his hand to his right eye and winced. "I'm sure you wouldn't have damaged my other eye in the process."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 7, 2015 14:56:10 GMT -6
Yumiko chuckled. "With what you were doing to her, I would say you deserved it." She tilted her head, looking thoughtful. "To be honest, I don't know how efficient I am. I only follow my instincts. Kido is strong point of mine after being in the dark and only seeing it." She glanced to the side.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 7, 2015 15:18:51 GMT -6
"I don't understand why they would want to shut you away." Vale mimicked Yumiko, tilting his head to the side. "And, I'm not saying that as if I view you as a weapon. But, because...Well...You're you. I can understand wanting me locked away. Aizen. His whole motley crew, really. But...Not you. It just strikes me as odd, you know. Instead of building you up and teaching you control, they locked you away. They were afraid of you." His voice lowered to a whisper. "They are more afraid of you, than you are of Him..."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 7, 2015 16:24:31 GMT -6
Yumiko shrugged. “I got the impression that it was necessary at first.” Glancing down, she set a hand on her zanpakuto. “Mizue’s eagerness was too strong for me to resist,” she admitted. Her eyes darkened, recalling the flames’ hunger and her brother’s screaming. “I only wanted to light the candles with the flame I could see. But the fact that I could even rudimentarily control the terrifying blaze of Yama-jii's power that birthday night scared everyone. There was no guarantee I wouldn’t try again.”
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