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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Feb 11, 2016 4:51:14 GMT -6
Vale chuckled as he ran a hand through his white hair. "You're an impatient one today, Koga. But, if you insist I start...Hm..." Vale tapped his chin as if deep in thought. "Where do I start? I suppose it is most appropriate that I start at the beginning. Perhaps work my way to the present? Hm... Or, perhaps, I should tell you a tale as steps to a plan that has unfolded so beautifully."
"Yes. Do share how you have managed to manipulate the masses."
Vale laughed as he shook a finger at Koga. "Don't rush me, as if you didn't already know." Sitting down on the roof, Vale looked out to the dark horizon.
"Step one. Return to Las Noches."
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Post by Alister on Feb 11, 2016 4:54:59 GMT -6
"Which return?" questioned Alister. "You've come back several times. As many times as Ichimaru."
"Oh. We will call this return Do you need a Hug? Does that clarify things for you?"
"You wish for me to believe that you have been using people since your return to Las Noches?" The god looked to Tervaden with wide eyes. "Impossible. I was with you before then and even after. You had no elaborate scheme."
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Feb 11, 2016 4:58:32 GMT -6
"Don't insult yourself." laughed Vale. "Though, it does my heart some good to know that even I fooled a god. Now, if the two of you are through interrupting me, I will continue." Vale nodded, resting his zanpakuto at his side.
"Step two. Provide people with a false image of myself." Vale looked to the god. "You made that easy."
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Post by Eisaku Koga on Feb 11, 2016 5:04:11 GMT -6
"Your constant changes? If this was part of some grand scheme, I would have seen it." Koga lifted his hands, pointing to his lavender eyes. "I see every tense of time, remember." Koga lowered his hand, crossing them behind his back as he began to pace the roof.
"Unless...You deliberately allowed the god of fire to change you. Which I would only be able to perceive as..."
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Feb 11, 2016 5:09:47 GMT -6
"True change. And, you wouldn't question it." interrupted Vale. "But, my concern was not you, Koga. Especially considering, you were not there when I arrived in Las Noches. I needed to convince those in Las Noches that my facade was not a facade at all. Which meant, it had t be convincing enough to fool even those coming into the kingdom after me."
"Ignorance, arrogance, impatience...The occasional near loss of life. Convincing weren't they?"
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Post by Alister on Feb 11, 2016 5:15:05 GMT -6
The god of fire shook his head. "Step three." he sighed, unsure of why he was entertaining the conversation.
"Oh!" shouted Vale. "That one is my favorite. Step three. Have an obvious weakness."
"Yumiko Ryouma." replied Koga. "She provided a reason as to why you would do things out of the ordinary."
"For love, it would seem."
"But, that backfired on you during your time as a human. You nearly lost your life."
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Feb 11, 2016 5:22:32 GMT -6
"There is no plan without its hiccups." Vale sprung to his feet, an odd smile on his face. "And, that wasn't until step four. Seemingly gain control. I fought myself a god. Left clues of my endeavors in Las Noches. And, got a magnificent creature out of all of that."
The god of fire uncrossed his arms and stepped toward Tervaden. "I don't mean to interrupt your elaborate tale of bullshit. But, what you are saying is that you have been up to this since the beginning. It's not at all plausible to believe that you have been manipulating people this entire time."
"Not people! Circumstance! I merely provide the opportunity for things to happen. And, if my manipulation of circumstance appears to be a manipulation of people, then so be it."
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Post by Eisaku Koga on Feb 11, 2016 5:28:39 GMT -6
"Speak about the last seven years." said Koga. Lavender eyes darkned as he looked to Tervaden. "Looking back, you made no real move until the last seven years, when you made the most significant..."
Koga paused, reflecting on what he had just realized. "Phases of your plan coincide with your changes. The more dramatic your change is...The elaborate your plan tends to be."
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Feb 11, 2016 5:38:00 GMT -6
"I haven't got any plans." replied Vale. "I've got opportunity. Thirteen steps of opportunity." The three grew quiet, as a cold breeze filled the air. "We are on step six."
"And, what would that be?"
"Appear to have betrayed..."
"Who?"
"Everyone." Vale looked around, a puzzled looked on his face. "I think I am doing a damn good job with that one. Send an incapable Aizen to a realm she can not handle. Set an Urahara free. Divide a family. That one was tricky. But the most important piece there..." Vale looked to the Espada. "Was to provide Lord Aizen with a secret."
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Post by Eisaku Koga on Feb 11, 2016 5:44:08 GMT -6
Koga's eyes grew wide. "He loves her..."
"He loves her."
"You let her go...So, that Sousuke Aizen could have a weakness?"
"I let her go, because she did not love me. She never did. Because she never stopped loving him. And, if she was that in love with him...Is it ridiculous to assume that he was in love with her?"
"So, you let her go so that he could have a weakness?"
Vale remained silent for a few moments before answering. "Yes."
"And, you want me to let the others know."
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Feb 11, 2016 5:52:41 GMT -6
"I want you to do what the all seeing Espada is good at." answered Vale. He crossed his arms over his chest as he looked to Espada. "Cause mayhem in secret and watch from the shadows."
"Step seven was the hardest one. And, the one most likely to have him try to kill me."
"And, what would that be?"
"Gain immortality. That one was a bit of a gamble. I killed Lord Aizen while in the prescene of the Soul King. In exchange, I asked that Kita be granted immortality for her struggles. I got what I asked for. And what I was hoping for."
"He granted you immortality, as well."
Vale nodded. "That was the gamble. There had to be a balance. I was counting on the Soul King to view my given immortality as a punishment."
"Sousuke Aizen is also immortal."
Vale chuckled with a smile. "Then, without a doubt, so is Kisuke, Ichimaru, Sojiro and the soon to be born Kadaj." Vale nodded. "That's far better then expected."
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Post by Alister on Feb 11, 2016 8:28:58 GMT -6
"Stop fucking around, Tervaden! You speak so leisurely about this, as if the man is not coming for you. And, despite the confidence you exhibit in your story telling, I will call this story what I did several moments ago - elaborate bullshit."
"Why?" Vale demanded an answer to his question. "Why is it so hard to believe that I was able to out-think, out-wit, out-do nearly everyone here without seemingly having the slightest bit of normal brain function?!" Vale looked to the god then to the Espada, eyes narrowed. "I want nothing out of this! This is a game. And now, I've got all eternity to play it! I don't have plans or pawns. I have opportunity. The same opportunities everyone else has."
"Realize this...Aizen is intelligent enough to have, at some point, realize what I have been doing. He's allowed me to continue, not that he could stop me. Kisuke Urahara is equally intelligent and could have stopped his brother ages ago. Methuselah has been around longer than any of us. He could have ended this by ending the little bastard when he was actually a little bastard."
"You are playing a game you are not prepared to see end! These people do not need you to provide them with opportunity. They have it! Circumstances and people don't need to be manipulated so that these events happen! They will happen!"
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Feb 11, 2016 15:16:36 GMT -6
Vale raised his hand, shaking his head as he looked to the god. "First off, do not yell at me. Secondly, you need to reinforce the walls of the maze. And, do that thing that we spoke of."
The god of fire closed his eyes, opening them moment later. "It is done."
"Thirdly, may I continue?"
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Post by Eisaku Koga on Feb 11, 2016 15:36:29 GMT -6
"I reluctantly agree with the god." said Koga. "These events will happen without your guidance, Lord Tervaden." Koga began to pace the roof again. "I have said this many times before. I can see every tense of time simultaneously. I see these events."
"No. You see things from your point of view. And, you record or speak of them based on your perception. Which can change, if I decide to change even the slightest thing."
"Something of the sort. I see time through my eyes, yes. But, a ripple is, as you say, a change in the event. Something changes. But, the change is not based on my perception of events."
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Feb 11, 2016 16:28:34 GMT -6
Kita appeared on the roof of the palace as she looked at Vale with narrowed eyes. "You're coming with me, Tervaden." She walked over to Vale and grabbed his hand jerking him forward for him to follow her. Alister and Koga both looking at at them as Vale was jerked forward by the woman.
She was then quickly jerked back by Vale as he turned her to face him a hand resting to her arm. "There is no hurry, love. I was just telling them a story you might want to hear as well."
Kita grunted as she lifted her free hand and brushed Vale's hand from her arm as she looked between the three of them. "You are to appear before Aizen. Now. Not later. Not a week from now. NOW."
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