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Post by Eisaku Koga on Nov 5, 2015 22:22:59 GMT -6
Koga appeared in the Throne Room, Rukia Kuchiki unconscious and over his shoulder. He bowed slightly before Lord Aizen. "His task is done, Lord Aizen. The Ayakshi are on their way with his captives. Captains Nori Mutsi, Shinji Hirako, Isane Kotetsu and the body of Satoshi Tetsuya. There are also Lieutenants Rukia Kuchiki and Izuru Kira."
A smirk formed on his lips as the Ayakashi appeared.
"Tervaden is on his way back to the Soul Society."
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Post by Sousuke Aizen on Nov 5, 2015 22:41:52 GMT -6
Aizen looked to the Seventh Espada, a wide grin across his face. His look then turned to the entering Ayakashi as the tugged, dragged and packed in their prisoners. Ulquiorra turned, watching them walk in, then turned his gaze back to this Lord and Master.
"Tervaden--" Ulquiorra questioned.
"Yes," Aizen replied to Ulquiorra, stepping toward Koga. "You have done well in keeping me informed." He clasped his hand to the Seventh's empty shoulder. "When you have finished with her, place her in the cell with the other women."
He turned his attention back to the others as they stopped a few feet from him and presented their captives to the Lord and Master of Las Noches. Aizen looked at the bloody and beaten faces and bodies of the ones that stood before him.
"Like sheep into the slaughter." A smirk appeared across his face.
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Nov 6, 2015 3:41:42 GMT -6
“And what,” Yumiko called out from the doorway, “does Vale have to do with it?” Hesitating for a moment, she entered the throne room, forcing her gaze not to linger on the prisoners…. even Kuchiki-san, who had been given to her former tormentor. She looked to Aizen.
Before she spoke, a voice stopped her. “Ryouma-san,” Captain Kotetsu whispered, “please don’t put yourself in more danger after all that you have been through. We- we are not beaten."
Yumiko closed her eyes for a moment before replying. “I won’t.”
She continued towards her former lover, putting all of her resolve and poise she had learned over the decades to hiding her turmoil. She stopped a few respectful paces away from Aizen. “Vale leaving Las Noches a month ago because of me, will you tell me if it was an elaborate ruse for this plan of his?”
Was it possible to get that much of the truth out of this twisted dream?
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Post by Sousuke Aizen on Nov 6, 2015 7:19:10 GMT -6
Aizen smirked as the woman approached him. She seemed determined to get answers in what was happening and why Vale was being mentioned in this farce. When she stopped a few feet in front of him, he closed the gap letting his hand slip under her chin and lifting her head to look him in the eyes.
"Telling you what involvment Tervaden has in this. Would be like you telling me why you are still here."
His hand dropped from under her chin as he turned to Ulquiorra. "Take her to her room." He turned back to the woman. "You will remain there until further notice. Is that understood?"
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Nov 6, 2015 10:59:13 GMT -6
Yumiko pulled her arm free of the Espada. “I’ll wait,” she replied, “but it doesn’t matter where you keep me. I found the truth before. I even escaped Kyoka's control before. If it is a game with Vale…” She paused, for a moment afraid to continue, her hand clenching to focus on keeping her voice even. “I will still find the answer. And I will not wield Mizue for your cause.”
As Ulquiorra grabbed her arm again, she faced the prisoners. “Don’t give up. Hope doesn’t die easily, not even in this place.”
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Post by Eisaku Koga on Nov 7, 2015 20:52:30 GMT -6
Koga placed his foot on the head of his captive. "Tervaden has returned to the Soul Society. He will return to Las Noches shortly. A leader's heart in hand. Red eyes and tainted. A dull gray showing its true form." A smile formed on the Espada's lips as he glanced over his shoulder.
"A light drowns in darkness...so easily."
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Post by Sousuke Aizen on Nov 7, 2015 21:08:47 GMT -6
Aizen laughed as he turned and looked at the captives. "Does that mean Alister has strayed from Tervaden, finding a new pawn to twist and destroy?" He looked back to Koga. "And of all people to possess, Commander Kyoraku?"
A smirk crossed his lips. "This should be interesting--indeed." He made a quick path to his throne calling on a fraccion. "Gather my Espada and the remaining Ayakashi."
"Have them come here, my Lord?" the fraccion asked while still bowing.
"No, they will know where to meet, but tell them not to show until Tervaden has returned."
The fraccion nodded, disappearing from the throne room as Aizen turned back to the ones in the room. "You heard the order. Place the captives in cells. Women in one, the men in the other. Make sure they have no weapons of any sort. I don't care if you have to strip them to find out. Once Tervaden returns, your orders are clear from that point."
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Nov 7, 2015 21:39:40 GMT -6
Finally getting free of Gin in the garden with a quick burst of the shunpo, Kita appeared outside the throne room. The doors stood open as she caught herself on the door frame. She was slightly winded as she rested, looking in the room. There in the room, either tossed over an Ayakashi's shoulder or laying on the floor, Kita saw the captive Soul Reapers. Bloody and beaten. Izuru being one of them. Her eyes widened as she shook her head slightly, straightening herself she glanced over her shoulder to see if Gin might be behind her. Not feeling him close, she stepped in the room making a path toward the crowd.
She did not look the way of the captives, not even toward Izuru as she walked past the Ayakashi toward Aizen and his throne. She stopped at the base and lowered herself to one knee, her head lowered.
"My Lord. If I may request one of the captives? I would be grateful for their release to me."
She waited for Aizen's answer, still kneeling with her head lowered.
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Post by Sousuke Aizen on Nov 7, 2015 21:46:49 GMT -6
"I see you broke free of Ichimaru?" Aizen asked her his eyes cast down to her, annoyance in his eyes.
Kita's head still lowered as it shook. "No, my Lord. He let me go. He knew I wanted to follow Yumiko here to make sure she would be safe."
"Hm," Aizen hummed as he looked from her to the captives. "Tell me who you wish to spare from the prison. I will consider your request."
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Post by Eisaku Koga on Nov 7, 2015 21:56:40 GMT -6
Koga laughed to himself, shaking his head. "Izuru Kira." He turned and faced the human woman who had entered the room. "And, what will you do with two men, he wonders." Kneeling, Koga grabbed Rukia by the hair and began to drag her along the marble floor as he left the room.
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Nov 7, 2015 22:04:14 GMT -6
Kita heard Aizen chuckle softly as she looked up at the Espada, Rukia being dragged behind him from the room by her hair. Her eyes were narrowed, "Bastard! If I were talking to you I would have addressed you." She looked back to Aizen, catching Yumiko in the corner of her eye breaking lose from Ulquiorra stepping toward Koga.
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Nov 8, 2015 2:40:54 GMT -6
“Damn it, Koga, stop it!” Yumiko snapped, striding forwards.
The quiet, arrogant amusement glittering in his eyes after her friend’s request and the casual infliction of pain on someone he had already scarred had made her stomach give an awful clench. It was like there was nothing but the shadow of a dark inescapable promise. It hit too close to home in too many ways and it broke her facade.
“With everything you have done and will do to her, at the very least, you can carry her like everyone else you've spirited away.” She paused for a moment, a little shocked at the bitter scraping against her throat, but in the next moment, she shifted away from a hand reaching for her. “And if you keep dragging her like that, you're going to break her neck!"
Koga’s smirk grew, twisting Rukia’s head a bit more by the hand tangled in her tresses. Yumiko felt heat form in her fisted hands. And then saw spots as someone hit her.
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Post by Gin Ichimaru on Nov 8, 2015 2:42:07 GMT -6
Gin straightened as Yumiko fell to the ground. “Might want to not let that go off, Hime~” he quipped, clicking his tongue. “An unstable fire usually burns the giver, even if it is a wall of thorns.” He turned around, letting Ulquiorra pull the noble up.
His eyes passed over his lover’s, ignoring the warning about a certain presence in their depths as he focused on Aizen. He spread his arms. “Quite a collection of different sparks here, Aizen-san. Building a wildfire to wreck havoc with so soon?” He shrugged as his master pressed a question with his eyes. “I'm sorry the one in my keeping got away.”
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Nov 8, 2015 2:47:38 GMT -6
Kita's eyes narrowed more toward Gin as he looked on at Aizen, but she knew he was watching her from the corner of his eye. The look on her face told him 'and you are now cut off.' She turned back to Aizen and lowered her head.
"Lord Aizen, please. Lieutenant Izuru. Please." Kita asked him again.
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Post by Gin Ichimaru on Nov 8, 2015 3:00:24 GMT -6
Gin chuckled as Kita moved on to the topic at hand, not Yumiko’s acting out or the gathering reiatsu. And then there was the punishment in his lover’s eyes. Did he really deserve that? As Aizen looked to him again, he shrugged once more. “Maybe she wants more men to worship at her alter if this one’s pushing her around~?” he inquired lightly.
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