Post by Uryuujin on Aug 19, 2008 23:41:56 GMT -4
Mod Soul
Name: Sakugu Gizmo (Goes by Gizmo)
Gender: Male
Age: 550
Ranking: Future head of Research and Development for the Brotherhood, allied with Future Human Councilman Kuromaru Meian
Physical Description:
Gizmo is quite handsome, surprisingly. His face is strong, with bronze-like skin covering an angular yet soft-appearing endoskeleton made with a very, very solid alloy of a few mystery metals. His Right eye is normal, kind of. Amber and soft, many would describe it as beautiful. However, the part that attracts the eye is the Left top half of his head.
It is made of a gold-plated alloy just as tough as his endoskeleton, but much more lavishly decorated, which contrasts beautifully with his turquoise(?) hair. Appearing almost like a golden bird, it covers everything from the top left of his nose, left and up past his hairline, down to where his bottom jaw attaches to the Skull, and curls backup. There are two small emeralds of high quality attached, one clutched in the 'bird's claw', the other at the end of a curling strand. A sliver of Ruby is located underneath the white Eye panel.
This cybernetic eye is chock full of abilities (see powers), but is mostly hidden beneath that white cover. When revealed, it shows a Black orb, with a red ring pulsing out from the center every second and a half.
His body is that of a Twenty-year-old man. Tall (about 6'2"), dark, and devilishly handsome in a costume of fine clothing, none would believe the powerful machinery which is just below the skin all over his body.
Save his right arm.
'Ole Righty' has been left uncovered for battle purposes. It reveals a startlingly advanced cybernetic limb which is more deft and responsive than a normal human arm, and much less frail. Constantly whirring with small moving parts constantly clicking, it is certainly a mechanic's wet dream. It's just as strong as the rest of his mechanical limbs, but since it is his dominant limb in battle, he decided to keep it uncovered instead of fixing the 'skin' after every battle.
Personality
Gizmo is highly intelligent, a fact that no one will ever forget after meeting him. The way he carries himself and the random bits of information that leak into everyday conversation show that he is quite the Super-genius. However, he never mentions the fact that though very smart in a bookish way, he is only halfway to being socially savvy.
He tends to act like his machines, and has been called a robot more than a few thousand times. The Gears that he uses for combat only reinforce that perception, and it is quite true. He tends to speak in a slightly monotone voice, though this is not the norm when talking to his friend, Kuro.
In battle, he tends to have an aura of command and conquering. He is considered a master strategist, and is renowned for his prowess against groups larger than three. He is also known for being quite cruel when it comes to destroying someone else's technology. No matter what, he never shows any mercy to hopeless causes, be they living or machine, stating that they have 'Malfunctioned' and that they need to be destroyed, so that they may be redesigned and brought back into a better version of themselves.
As well, he has a tendency to analyze his allies and opponents to a shockingly fine degree of truth. It is not uncommon for him to be able to predict the movements of his allies and foes before they make them, though his reflexes are so slow they level the playing field.
He despises the New World Order, for they take his 'Beloved Technology' and use it for supposedly evil purposes. That is why he has made it his life's goal to destroy the NWO or die trying. He has become adept at destroying their suits in particular whenever they confront each other.
History:
Gizmo was created in a Shinigami lab 550 years ago, with the intent of making sure that Mankind's own ingenuity wouldn't destroy them. He was one of 20 who were made with this ability, though his was the most powerful, to his luck, or perhaps misfortune. Many years he trained to use this strange ability that had come about from Human Ingenuity.
After they decided to scrap the project, however, he was very nearly destroyed. Luckily for him (and all of us, really), Minoru was kind enough to smuggle him and his Gigai out of Soul Society.
Over the next few hundred years, Gizmo saw Mankind begin to create their Technological Empire. His mood was directly affected by the progress they made, and the progress was sometimes influenced back, though Gizmo made sure that it was all subtle and that he was never recognized.
Gizmo was one of those who had helped the construction of the Assembly line, had helped the Wright Brothers with their plane (He smuggled some extra information into their notes when they were sleeping), had been present when the first computer had been built, and was personally responsible for the Robotic Arm used in modern assembly lines (this took so much lying and palm-greasing that even he doesn't know how he got out of being recognized). He began to love the makers of technology almost as much as the machines themselves.
Then, when the Hollows began becoming more prevalent, and more Humans naturally developed Spiritual Abilities to cope with it, he started helping them, creating small technologies in secret to help them. He knew that many things he created saved lives, and that made him glad. It was what he was made for, and he was good at it.
However, this all ended soon enough, as things are wont to do. His entire secret laboratory and all the technologies contained inside were destroyed when a sadistic Vampire-like Hollow found his stash and obliterated it over 25 years ago. Gizmo was devastated. He stopped working with the Humans for the longest time, but started his work again 8 years ago.
That was when he met Kuro, and his lady-friend Jeanne. Kuro, a hot-headed youth with quite the explosive personality (Gizmo's number three on his top ten favorite puns) provided the inspiration that was needed to continue his work. While Jeanne, more cool and composed, was a good counter to Kuro's stupidity at the time, and was vital for Gizmo to grasp the idea of form and function, instead of just function. They became fast friends, the three, though it was obvious that the two would transcend the bond of friendship for something more. And, without any surprise, they did. He began working on new projects for Kuro the day they met. His power had seemed so destructive that Gizmo wanted to create something for him to wield it with.
Over the next few years, Gizmo and the others stayed close, Jeanne cooling and maturing the boy, and Kuro gently getting Jeanne to leave her comfort zone. Gizmo loved them like his children, but treated them as equals, as was proper.
Then, tragedy. When Jeanne disappeared, Kuro's personality was dampened. Most other people couldn't tell, but Gizmo, not only more perceptive in these aspects, was also his closest friend. Soon, as expected, Kuro left to search for his old acquaintance, Banjin. The Bount were a mystery to Gizmo, and he promised to follow after Kuro after finishing his work for the boy's powers.
He finished the weaponry yesterday.
Additional Info:
Gizmo is insanely addicted to the Discovery Channel, as well as the magazine Popular science. He is very competitive when it comes to games in general. Surprisingly, he is a fan of a good game of Chess. This is meant as the board game and not a computer game. This is due to the fact that were he facing a computer, he could easily tell it to lose.
Power Level: Level 2 maximum
Physical Transformation:
none
Abilities:
Gizmo is a Technomancer. This means that he has the inherent ability to manipulate technology that he has physically come into contact with. However, many would argue that anything more advanced than two rocks smashed together is technology.
This is not what is meant in Gizmo's power.
Technology is defined by a machine with moving parts and/or is run using an electrical power source. Anything less advanced than a Calculator, such as a light bulb, is not applicable, though the wiring in a building is.
For example, if he were to touch a light switch, he could tell it to turn off when it was on, because the Electricity could be stopped from flowing through the opened switch. However, if it were the other way around, he could not. He cannot bend the laws of Physics to make electricity run through an insulator.
As well, if he touched a Robotic Arm, he could tell it to move in any way, and it would do so, power source or no power source.
The affect of this manipulation stops working after 20 min. of touching the machinery (4 posts.)
Thus, we get to his Robots. Gizmo has a few little 'toys' that he loves to use. They are all individual little gadgets that he hand-built, and are constantly under his control. How you ask? He has them all hooked up to a wireless receiver which is located inside his Bio-mechanical body, which allows him to always be in contact with them. A full list of his little droids can be found in the NPC area, since he saw fit to create individual quirks and personalities in their programming.
As well, he has, for the most part, replaced his old Gigai with machinery of his own design. His arms and legs are totally mechanized, and his chest mostly so. The right side of the top half of his head is obviously mechanical, and quite decorative, for him. This causes him to have his own physical prowess increased by quite a bit. His s and legs are much stronger than a regular human's and he can bend steel in his hands. His Mechanical Skeleton take increased amounts of damage as well.
His mechanical Eye is a most interesting invention. It allows him to all up maps and schematics, and operates much like a computer. It even has internet access, and he can use his thoughts to input information. But, on top of this, he has also rigged it t pick up Reiatsu patterns, and find NWO's machines. Hollows are Blue dots on the 'screen', While Kuro is Red, and the NWO is in Black. All unknowns are in green.
His Arms and legs have one other function: to hold his weapons. Gizmo uses gears as weaponry. Four of these are attached to his legs, two per leg. When activated, these gears leave the holding bays on his legs and attach themselves to either side of his feet. With these, he can not only move near Soinado speed, he can also use them to deal extra amounts of damage when kicking.
Two of these gears are attached to his arms, and are used as Titanium knuckles, in a similar fashion as on his feet. However, he usually doesn't use these for favor of his 'Wind and Fire Wheels'. (A pic example of a pair of these: www.wle.com/products/w044.html)
These wheels are Gears, but each one tapers thickness-wise to a wedge on the end, making them still appear Gear-shaped. They are carried at his sides, and, when used, attach directly to his hands. He uses another invention of his, known as the Rei-Shocker, to use surrounding Reishi particles as fuel to electrically charge these wheels.
However, he is not invincible. The machinery runs on a mixture of Reishi from the air, and Carbohydrates. Thus, he must consume approximately 25,000 calories every 6 hours. As well, when his weapons are activated, he has approximately 2 hours until it overheats and must stop to cool (25 posts) for five minutes (One post).
As well, the NWO have engineered their technology so that it is extremely difficult for Gizmo to control it. All he can do is attack, touching it as much as he can, so that he can eventually tell it to self-destruct.
Other Characters:
Uryuujin Fangs (Vaizard, under Reconstruction)
Seteku Drakulya (Sexta Espada)
Banjin Kyuuketsuki (Bount)
Kuromaru Meian (Human, Future Councilman)
Jerimiah Seikigan (Shinigami, Captain of squad 8)
Roleplay Sample:
"I'll see you guys later!" he yelled back to his friends, then turned around and began walking home. maybe, he thought to himself, if i don't leave before the sun dawns on the morrow. Man, i 'ate this type of lifestyle.
Walking down the street, thinking about tomorrow, he almost didn't catch the reiatsu of the Hollows. "Great", he said aloud "now i am obligated to get rid of these foul creatures." He pulled the lock from his neck and chanted. "Zeige Dich, Kyoumen Tsukurite!".
The insignia on the lock glowed with an inner light, then expanded beyond it's borders. Or is it me that shrinks, and the seal remains the same size? he wondered to himself. Damn! I must stop thinking that, it's Kyoumen's favorite jest. If i give in, it will only encourage him
"what happens now?" Kyuuketsuki asked telepathically. "well, there are quite a few high-quality hollows. i think we'll scout out the situation first he returned in the same manner. "shall we go?" Kyuuketsuki asked aloud. Kyoumen nodded his assent. "excellent!" he exclaimed. "Kyoumen, Kyoumen Tsukuru!" he said, and pointed at the ground in front of him.
Kyoumen's eyes flashed, the the ground at Kyuuketsuki's feet turned into a mirror. "right, lets go!" he said, and stepped foreword to fall right into the mirror.
As soon as Kyuuketsuki fell through the mirror, he had the interesting sensation of falling up, the landed on his feet right next to the Mirror. Looking around, he marveled at where he was. The Mirror-Realm was extraordinary in the fact that it looked almost exactly the same as the "real world". there were only two differences, the first being that beings like people and animals and even hollows did not appear in this world. the second was that the entire plane was.....shiny. every surface was reflective, but not exactly mirror-like. it was more that everything had a polished silvery quality to it. This ethereal place always get to me, man he thought to himself. "yeah, its reeeeeal shiny, dude" Kyoumen laughed to Kyuuketsuki. "Silence, you overgrown gecko" Kyuuketsuki snapped telepathically, pulling out his clawed gauntlets and putting them on. "oh, oh! that hurts me, on the inside. i think I'm gonna cry!" Mocked the dragon-like creature perched on Kyuuketsuki's shoulder, tail curled around his arm. "Fine, you go ahead and mock me. i don't care, I'm still in command so there." Kyuuketsuki retorted lamely. He began running to the area where he felt the hollow's reiatsu.
"you really need to work on your comebacks, my friend" remarked his familiar-type Doll. "the times, they are a'changin', and you need to conform to them, or you'll stick out too much. remember that fiasco back about, oh 658 years ago?" Kyuuketsuki groaned aloud. "that thing. i believe we had an accord not to talk 'bout that ever again! I'm telling you, that 'vampire hunter' dude had the ability to sense reiatsu. there's no other explanation!"
"yeah, yeah. whatever helps you sleep at night, man" laughed Kyoumen silently. "aint that quaint, though? the only time you try a true living soul, a vampire hunter just waltzes right up to you! "
Kyuuketsuki chuckled. "that is kinda funny"
Laughing, the duo arrived at the area where, in the World of the Living, the reiatsu from the hollows originated. Looking through one of the many leaves in the area he had equipped for such a purpose, the smile abruptly died. "Kyoumen, get ready. now."
The five hollows were attacking a small Human boy, no older than 10, who lived in the area. Kyuuketsuki had seen him numerous times playing with other children in the neighborhood and could easily sense the reiatsu within him. Thats probably why the hollows were targeting him.
"Kyoumen, Kyoumen Tsukuru!" he shouted telepathically, and jumped through the portal that appeared spontaneously nearby.
Passing through the portal right behind the hollows, yelling to catch their attention, he clawed at the closest hollow and dissapeared through another mirror he made.
The hollows stood, trying to anticipate his next move, when the ground beneath them became as a mirror, and the boy they had chased after fell through. Now at this, the hollows became very upset and started clawing at the ground themselves, until one of their number fell through themselves.
In the Mirror-realm, Kyuuketsuki had hidden the boy in a safe area, then prepared to take each hollow on, two at a time. Using the mirrors, he went through a portal to the living world and attacked a hollow, then he would retreat and attack the hollow in the Mirror-realm. Clawing through the hollow's mask in the Mirror-Realm, he allowed another to enter, to their death. The attack was pretty rutine, and ended quickly. Kyuuketsuki then regarded the boy.
This child was unremarkable, save for his strange spiritual pressure, his mismatched eyes, and that strange symbol on his forehead and hands. I shouldn't judge Kyuuketsuki thought to himself.
"what's your name, kid?" he asked politely, though he had already overheard the boy's name in town. "my name is Meian Kuromaru" the boy introduced formally, "but people call me Kuro"
"Well, Kuro. You know what those things that attacked you were?" Kyuuketsuki asked. Kuro nodded. Kyuuketsuki wasn't very surprised, his parents probably had explained to him what they were, because there was no way a child with so much spiritual pressure was born from people with none. Kyuuketsuki replied "well, seeing as it is late, do you want me to escort you back home?" Again, the young boy nodded. "excellent, lets go then! by the way, my name is Banjin Kyuuketsuki, but people call me Kyuuketsuki"
"is it alright if i call you Banjin" Kuro asked shyly.
"of course, call me whatever you like......"
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Kyuuketsuki left the next morning, and never again would he see most of them
General Info
Name: Sakugu Gizmo (Goes by Gizmo)
Gender: Male
Age: 550
Ranking: Future head of Research and Development for the Brotherhood, allied with Future Human Councilman Kuromaru Meian
Physical Description:
Gizmo is quite handsome, surprisingly. His face is strong, with bronze-like skin covering an angular yet soft-appearing endoskeleton made with a very, very solid alloy of a few mystery metals. His Right eye is normal, kind of. Amber and soft, many would describe it as beautiful. However, the part that attracts the eye is the Left top half of his head.
It is made of a gold-plated alloy just as tough as his endoskeleton, but much more lavishly decorated, which contrasts beautifully with his turquoise(?) hair. Appearing almost like a golden bird, it covers everything from the top left of his nose, left and up past his hairline, down to where his bottom jaw attaches to the Skull, and curls backup. There are two small emeralds of high quality attached, one clutched in the 'bird's claw', the other at the end of a curling strand. A sliver of Ruby is located underneath the white Eye panel.
This cybernetic eye is chock full of abilities (see powers), but is mostly hidden beneath that white cover. When revealed, it shows a Black orb, with a red ring pulsing out from the center every second and a half.
His body is that of a Twenty-year-old man. Tall (about 6'2"), dark, and devilishly handsome in a costume of fine clothing, none would believe the powerful machinery which is just below the skin all over his body.
Save his right arm.
'Ole Righty' has been left uncovered for battle purposes. It reveals a startlingly advanced cybernetic limb which is more deft and responsive than a normal human arm, and much less frail. Constantly whirring with small moving parts constantly clicking, it is certainly a mechanic's wet dream. It's just as strong as the rest of his mechanical limbs, but since it is his dominant limb in battle, he decided to keep it uncovered instead of fixing the 'skin' after every battle.
Personality
Gizmo is highly intelligent, a fact that no one will ever forget after meeting him. The way he carries himself and the random bits of information that leak into everyday conversation show that he is quite the Super-genius. However, he never mentions the fact that though very smart in a bookish way, he is only halfway to being socially savvy.
He tends to act like his machines, and has been called a robot more than a few thousand times. The Gears that he uses for combat only reinforce that perception, and it is quite true. He tends to speak in a slightly monotone voice, though this is not the norm when talking to his friend, Kuro.
In battle, he tends to have an aura of command and conquering. He is considered a master strategist, and is renowned for his prowess against groups larger than three. He is also known for being quite cruel when it comes to destroying someone else's technology. No matter what, he never shows any mercy to hopeless causes, be they living or machine, stating that they have 'Malfunctioned' and that they need to be destroyed, so that they may be redesigned and brought back into a better version of themselves.
As well, he has a tendency to analyze his allies and opponents to a shockingly fine degree of truth. It is not uncommon for him to be able to predict the movements of his allies and foes before they make them, though his reflexes are so slow they level the playing field.
He despises the New World Order, for they take his 'Beloved Technology' and use it for supposedly evil purposes. That is why he has made it his life's goal to destroy the NWO or die trying. He has become adept at destroying their suits in particular whenever they confront each other.
History:
Gizmo was created in a Shinigami lab 550 years ago, with the intent of making sure that Mankind's own ingenuity wouldn't destroy them. He was one of 20 who were made with this ability, though his was the most powerful, to his luck, or perhaps misfortune. Many years he trained to use this strange ability that had come about from Human Ingenuity.
After they decided to scrap the project, however, he was very nearly destroyed. Luckily for him (and all of us, really), Minoru was kind enough to smuggle him and his Gigai out of Soul Society.
Over the next few hundred years, Gizmo saw Mankind begin to create their Technological Empire. His mood was directly affected by the progress they made, and the progress was sometimes influenced back, though Gizmo made sure that it was all subtle and that he was never recognized.
Gizmo was one of those who had helped the construction of the Assembly line, had helped the Wright Brothers with their plane (He smuggled some extra information into their notes when they were sleeping), had been present when the first computer had been built, and was personally responsible for the Robotic Arm used in modern assembly lines (this took so much lying and palm-greasing that even he doesn't know how he got out of being recognized). He began to love the makers of technology almost as much as the machines themselves.
Then, when the Hollows began becoming more prevalent, and more Humans naturally developed Spiritual Abilities to cope with it, he started helping them, creating small technologies in secret to help them. He knew that many things he created saved lives, and that made him glad. It was what he was made for, and he was good at it.
However, this all ended soon enough, as things are wont to do. His entire secret laboratory and all the technologies contained inside were destroyed when a sadistic Vampire-like Hollow found his stash and obliterated it over 25 years ago. Gizmo was devastated. He stopped working with the Humans for the longest time, but started his work again 8 years ago.
That was when he met Kuro, and his lady-friend Jeanne. Kuro, a hot-headed youth with quite the explosive personality (Gizmo's number three on his top ten favorite puns) provided the inspiration that was needed to continue his work. While Jeanne, more cool and composed, was a good counter to Kuro's stupidity at the time, and was vital for Gizmo to grasp the idea of form and function, instead of just function. They became fast friends, the three, though it was obvious that the two would transcend the bond of friendship for something more. And, without any surprise, they did. He began working on new projects for Kuro the day they met. His power had seemed so destructive that Gizmo wanted to create something for him to wield it with.
Over the next few years, Gizmo and the others stayed close, Jeanne cooling and maturing the boy, and Kuro gently getting Jeanne to leave her comfort zone. Gizmo loved them like his children, but treated them as equals, as was proper.
Then, tragedy. When Jeanne disappeared, Kuro's personality was dampened. Most other people couldn't tell, but Gizmo, not only more perceptive in these aspects, was also his closest friend. Soon, as expected, Kuro left to search for his old acquaintance, Banjin. The Bount were a mystery to Gizmo, and he promised to follow after Kuro after finishing his work for the boy's powers.
He finished the weaponry yesterday.
Additional Info:
Gizmo is insanely addicted to the Discovery Channel, as well as the magazine Popular science. He is very competitive when it comes to games in general. Surprisingly, he is a fan of a good game of Chess. This is meant as the board game and not a computer game. This is due to the fact that were he facing a computer, he could easily tell it to lose.
Special Ability
Power Level: Level 2 maximum
Physical Transformation:
none
Abilities:
Gizmo is a Technomancer. This means that he has the inherent ability to manipulate technology that he has physically come into contact with. However, many would argue that anything more advanced than two rocks smashed together is technology.
This is not what is meant in Gizmo's power.
Technology is defined by a machine with moving parts and/or is run using an electrical power source. Anything less advanced than a Calculator, such as a light bulb, is not applicable, though the wiring in a building is.
For example, if he were to touch a light switch, he could tell it to turn off when it was on, because the Electricity could be stopped from flowing through the opened switch. However, if it were the other way around, he could not. He cannot bend the laws of Physics to make electricity run through an insulator.
As well, if he touched a Robotic Arm, he could tell it to move in any way, and it would do so, power source or no power source.
The affect of this manipulation stops working after 20 min. of touching the machinery (4 posts.)
Thus, we get to his Robots. Gizmo has a few little 'toys' that he loves to use. They are all individual little gadgets that he hand-built, and are constantly under his control. How you ask? He has them all hooked up to a wireless receiver which is located inside his Bio-mechanical body, which allows him to always be in contact with them. A full list of his little droids can be found in the NPC area, since he saw fit to create individual quirks and personalities in their programming.
As well, he has, for the most part, replaced his old Gigai with machinery of his own design. His arms and legs are totally mechanized, and his chest mostly so. The right side of the top half of his head is obviously mechanical, and quite decorative, for him. This causes him to have his own physical prowess increased by quite a bit. His s and legs are much stronger than a regular human's and he can bend steel in his hands. His Mechanical Skeleton take increased amounts of damage as well.
His mechanical Eye is a most interesting invention. It allows him to all up maps and schematics, and operates much like a computer. It even has internet access, and he can use his thoughts to input information. But, on top of this, he has also rigged it t pick up Reiatsu patterns, and find NWO's machines. Hollows are Blue dots on the 'screen', While Kuro is Red, and the NWO is in Black. All unknowns are in green.
His Arms and legs have one other function: to hold his weapons. Gizmo uses gears as weaponry. Four of these are attached to his legs, two per leg. When activated, these gears leave the holding bays on his legs and attach themselves to either side of his feet. With these, he can not only move near Soinado speed, he can also use them to deal extra amounts of damage when kicking.
Two of these gears are attached to his arms, and are used as Titanium knuckles, in a similar fashion as on his feet. However, he usually doesn't use these for favor of his 'Wind and Fire Wheels'. (A pic example of a pair of these: www.wle.com/products/w044.html)
These wheels are Gears, but each one tapers thickness-wise to a wedge on the end, making them still appear Gear-shaped. They are carried at his sides, and, when used, attach directly to his hands. He uses another invention of his, known as the Rei-Shocker, to use surrounding Reishi particles as fuel to electrically charge these wheels.
However, he is not invincible. The machinery runs on a mixture of Reishi from the air, and Carbohydrates. Thus, he must consume approximately 25,000 calories every 6 hours. As well, when his weapons are activated, he has approximately 2 hours until it overheats and must stop to cool (25 posts) for five minutes (One post).
As well, the NWO have engineered their technology so that it is extremely difficult for Gizmo to control it. All he can do is attack, touching it as much as he can, so that he can eventually tell it to self-destruct.
Additional
Other Characters:
Uryuujin Fangs (Vaizard, under Reconstruction)
Seteku Drakulya (Sexta Espada)
Banjin Kyuuketsuki (Bount)
Kuromaru Meian (Human, Future Councilman)
Jerimiah Seikigan (Shinigami, Captain of squad 8)
Roleplay Sample:
"I'll see you guys later!" he yelled back to his friends, then turned around and began walking home. maybe, he thought to himself, if i don't leave before the sun dawns on the morrow. Man, i 'ate this type of lifestyle.
Walking down the street, thinking about tomorrow, he almost didn't catch the reiatsu of the Hollows. "Great", he said aloud "now i am obligated to get rid of these foul creatures." He pulled the lock from his neck and chanted. "Zeige Dich, Kyoumen Tsukurite!".
The insignia on the lock glowed with an inner light, then expanded beyond it's borders. Or is it me that shrinks, and the seal remains the same size? he wondered to himself. Damn! I must stop thinking that, it's Kyoumen's favorite jest. If i give in, it will only encourage him
"what happens now?" Kyuuketsuki asked telepathically. "well, there are quite a few high-quality hollows. i think we'll scout out the situation first he returned in the same manner. "shall we go?" Kyuuketsuki asked aloud. Kyoumen nodded his assent. "excellent!" he exclaimed. "Kyoumen, Kyoumen Tsukuru!" he said, and pointed at the ground in front of him.
Kyoumen's eyes flashed, the the ground at Kyuuketsuki's feet turned into a mirror. "right, lets go!" he said, and stepped foreword to fall right into the mirror.
As soon as Kyuuketsuki fell through the mirror, he had the interesting sensation of falling up, the landed on his feet right next to the Mirror. Looking around, he marveled at where he was. The Mirror-Realm was extraordinary in the fact that it looked almost exactly the same as the "real world". there were only two differences, the first being that beings like people and animals and even hollows did not appear in this world. the second was that the entire plane was.....shiny. every surface was reflective, but not exactly mirror-like. it was more that everything had a polished silvery quality to it. This ethereal place always get to me, man he thought to himself. "yeah, its reeeeeal shiny, dude" Kyoumen laughed to Kyuuketsuki. "Silence, you overgrown gecko" Kyuuketsuki snapped telepathically, pulling out his clawed gauntlets and putting them on. "oh, oh! that hurts me, on the inside. i think I'm gonna cry!" Mocked the dragon-like creature perched on Kyuuketsuki's shoulder, tail curled around his arm. "Fine, you go ahead and mock me. i don't care, I'm still in command so there." Kyuuketsuki retorted lamely. He began running to the area where he felt the hollow's reiatsu.
"you really need to work on your comebacks, my friend" remarked his familiar-type Doll. "the times, they are a'changin', and you need to conform to them, or you'll stick out too much. remember that fiasco back about, oh 658 years ago?" Kyuuketsuki groaned aloud. "that thing. i believe we had an accord not to talk 'bout that ever again! I'm telling you, that 'vampire hunter' dude had the ability to sense reiatsu. there's no other explanation!"
"yeah, yeah. whatever helps you sleep at night, man" laughed Kyoumen silently. "aint that quaint, though? the only time you try a true living soul, a vampire hunter just waltzes right up to you! "
Kyuuketsuki chuckled. "that is kinda funny"
Laughing, the duo arrived at the area where, in the World of the Living, the reiatsu from the hollows originated. Looking through one of the many leaves in the area he had equipped for such a purpose, the smile abruptly died. "Kyoumen, get ready. now."
The five hollows were attacking a small Human boy, no older than 10, who lived in the area. Kyuuketsuki had seen him numerous times playing with other children in the neighborhood and could easily sense the reiatsu within him. Thats probably why the hollows were targeting him.
"Kyoumen, Kyoumen Tsukuru!" he shouted telepathically, and jumped through the portal that appeared spontaneously nearby.
Passing through the portal right behind the hollows, yelling to catch their attention, he clawed at the closest hollow and dissapeared through another mirror he made.
The hollows stood, trying to anticipate his next move, when the ground beneath them became as a mirror, and the boy they had chased after fell through. Now at this, the hollows became very upset and started clawing at the ground themselves, until one of their number fell through themselves.
In the Mirror-realm, Kyuuketsuki had hidden the boy in a safe area, then prepared to take each hollow on, two at a time. Using the mirrors, he went through a portal to the living world and attacked a hollow, then he would retreat and attack the hollow in the Mirror-realm. Clawing through the hollow's mask in the Mirror-Realm, he allowed another to enter, to their death. The attack was pretty rutine, and ended quickly. Kyuuketsuki then regarded the boy.
This child was unremarkable, save for his strange spiritual pressure, his mismatched eyes, and that strange symbol on his forehead and hands. I shouldn't judge Kyuuketsuki thought to himself.
"what's your name, kid?" he asked politely, though he had already overheard the boy's name in town. "my name is Meian Kuromaru" the boy introduced formally, "but people call me Kuro"
"Well, Kuro. You know what those things that attacked you were?" Kyuuketsuki asked. Kuro nodded. Kyuuketsuki wasn't very surprised, his parents probably had explained to him what they were, because there was no way a child with so much spiritual pressure was born from people with none. Kyuuketsuki replied "well, seeing as it is late, do you want me to escort you back home?" Again, the young boy nodded. "excellent, lets go then! by the way, my name is Banjin Kyuuketsuki, but people call me Kyuuketsuki"
"is it alright if i call you Banjin" Kuro asked shyly.
"of course, call me whatever you like......"
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Kyuuketsuki left the next morning, and never again would he see most of them
