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Post by kensei on May 24, 2010 15:28:53 GMT -4
Taza listened to him before nodding and saying. ”There are enough of us who would see the Horror Vacui dead, but we are not strong enough to even kill one of them. The fact remains that they did defeat the shingami after they had destroyed arrancar. None of us are a match for them Grave, even if the combined efforts of every arrancar and hollows alike struck out against them I doubt we would walk away victoriously. The only way to save ourselves, to save every soul, is unity. A combined force of all spirits; something that will never happen.”
His eyes drifted to the ground, he had tried to contact the shingami in order to make some sort of alliance against the Horror Vacui. No success. ”I know its not a perfect plan, hell you might even call it a bad one. But to survive we need to put aside our petty power struggles for a fucking number and work together. Hollows, arrancar, we are targets, more now then ever before. The Horror Vacui have opened the Shingami’s eyes that despite there efforts that we are a force of great power, and they show what that power becomes if not kept in check. “
His eyes veered over to Grave before saying. ”But what of you? What would you have Hueco Mundo become? What are your plans?” No more bullshiting, no more fishing for small information. Blunt, to the point, it was the only way he would get anything out of Grave. That was clear now..
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Post by Jukuma on May 28, 2010 8:23:36 GMT -4
Garve thought that he was finally beginning to understand a little bit Tazafs thoughts, at least more than before. Taza wasnft an idiot or a dreamer; people who are either one of those usually arenft aware of their situation, while he was aware of the futility of what he was trying to accomplish. Garve didnft know whether to label that as having remarkable willpower and hope, or being naive, but the thought still brought a warm smile to his face.
gWhat I would have Hueco Mundo become...h Garve didnft feel like lying or answering with half-assed statements this time, be it for the straightforwardness of the question or because he was beginning to sympathize with Taza. gIfve lost hope on this place already, Taza. Even if the Horror Vacui disappeared, therefs nothing to keep me here anymore, and there is no way I can find what Ifm looking for. You wouldnft look for a fish in the desert, right? Itfs more or less the same thingh Garvefs examples were always remarkably odd, simple and unnecessary, but the point was probably still passed. gThis place is still linked to me, though, and I donft think I will be able to have peace unless the same thing happens to Hueco Mundo, so I want this place to cease the search for conflict. If the fastest way is to disarm all the other factions, then I will strike down as many Shinigami, Vizard, Bounts or other creatures as I have to until they wonft be able to fight back. And if the fastest way was to destroy all Horror Vacui, then I would make sure to play a part in slicing off their heads.h As he said the last line, Garve made a gesture with his hand as if he was not cutting, but ripping open his own throat with his open hand. gAfter making sure the new power, whether it is the Horror Vacui or your Espada council, wonft be calling me anymore, I will disappear again. Either way, there are many things I would like to take care of before that, though.h
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Post by kensei on Jun 7, 2010 20:13:04 GMT -4
Taza nodded before saying. “I guess I can understand that. Though if you don’t mind my asking, what are you looking for?” Taza was interested in this very much, if he could find what Grave wanted then perhaps he could use it as leverage, as he doubted that he could convince him the Horror Vacui would bring about the peace and what he wanted. After all, he was a Hollow, not a saint. But the very nature of Grave, elusive and cunning as he was Taza doubted he would give him a answer. And nor would he pressure him about it… For now, he would just have to follow him closely and figure out what he could.. But he might as well ask before trying to black mail Grave. “So, right now, would you strike down the Horror Vacui?” (Sorry its so damn short...)
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Post by Jukuma on Jun 8, 2010 2:04:15 GMT -4
(Meh, I know people are crucifying you for the other thousand posts you owe, so I'll cut you some slag here)
“Hmmm, how to describe it?” Garve responded while scratching the back of his head while exhibiting an expression as if he was struggling to find the appropriate words. It was hard to tell whether he was really thinking or just pretending. “It’s something very abstract; I don’t think I can give an accurate description.”
He vaguely shook his hand as if giving very little importance. It really had little importance t him, as the invisible light bulb above his head had lighted a while ago and he knew how to lead the situation the way he wanted. The conversation he had been going through with Taza all this while hadn’t made him forget what his primary objective when setting out this excursion supposedly in search for Vasto Lorde. He still had the gigai in his pocket and he still had something to pick up from the real world, and here was where he had to make a move.
The second question he had doubts on what Taza meant. He had already said he wasn't going to help Taza before, but the question seemed to him like an attempt to recruit him. If it wasn't, he was curious as to how Taza was picturing him defeating the Horror Vacui without any aid.
“I don’t know if I would fight the Horror Vacui as things are right now, the answer to both of your questions are linked, though that might be complicated as well”, Garve continued and as soon as he finished his sentence, he stopped on his tracks and stood in place without doing anything for a short while, staring at the distance, as if concentrating on something beyond the horizon or simply forgetting that time was still running around him. Whatever he seemed to have been searching for in distance or mind, it would appear he found it, as he suddenly snapped out of his trance and, again with his usual vague motion, lifted his hand and pushed his index finger against an invisible wall. Almost instantly, an uncomfortable sound echoed through the area and a horizontal line was drawn on the air, quickly opening and forming what resembled a floating mouth leading to a black world with no light. It was a Garganta like the one any other Arrancar could summon. Garve turned to Taza with a calmed smile. “It may be complicated, but if you follow me, I might be able to show you. You might want to keep your reiatsu low for a while, though.”
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Post by kensei on Jun 20, 2010 23:41:08 GMT -4
Taza nodded, he had a idea what Grave was looking for. It was power, only different, Taza guessed he wanted the means to be able to even the playing field a good bit with the Horro Vacui, and have the resources to fight them as well. At least, that was the sense Grave was giving off to Taza. He knew it wasn’t that simple, Grave wasn’t the simple kinda guy that would be wanting something so simple. But perhaps that is the simplest form of Grave’s desire. Only time would tell if Taza was right..
His foot slid in the sand a bit as the two came to a sudden stop. Taza could feel no presence, but he didn’t think it was the time to be questioning Grave. HE stood there silently and waited before Grave opened up a Gargenta. “So, we taking a journey eh? Let me guess, this was your plan all along huh?” He said as he lowered his riatsu and followed Grave into it.
His mind wondered a bit, what could it be Grave was so interested in, in the real world? And why was he bringing him along? Was it because he had begun to trust Taza? Or because he felt like he had no other options without him reacting to it rather harshly? No matter, this trip might provide good insight into Grave, and it might bring Taza further along with his hopes of a gaining Grave as a ally.. There ranks despeartly needed more powerful beings..
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Post by Jukuma on Jun 21, 2010 7:37:57 GMT -4
“What ever gave you that impression?!” Garve responded with an obviously fake impressed tone in a joking manner. He did wonder how Taza knew he planned this all along, but it was irrelevant. Besides, he was confident his intentions were still concealed and, at the end of the day, that’s what mattered.
They both went into the dark world of the Garganta and in a matter of seconds reappeared on the other side of the mouth-like portal. A completely different world had appeared before them. Cement structures with glass windows covered the now shining and lively concrete roads, sliding and hiding like serpents accross the ground. Taza and Garve stood tall above those alien shapes, with only some buildings being able to reach their altitude. This huge jungle of buildings was called Tokyo by the living ones.
“We are in Tokyo” Garve explined to Taza. He didn’t know how familiar Taza was with this world, but it never hurt to explain. “Even if we hide our reiatsu, it can still be read on the long run by Shinigami and even humans, so we don’t have much time unless you don’t mind fighting an army of both. We are visiting a closeby acquaintance of mine, so we shouldn’t have trouble with that”.
Garve didn’t even explore the place with his sight before directly moving in a direction; it was clear that wasn’t the first time he travelled to that place, nor the second or third.
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Post by kensei on Jun 27, 2010 19:00:40 GMT -4
Taza smiled slightly before saying. “Just a hunch.” Looking back he was sure Grave was going to try and ditch him during the hunt in order to come here quickly. It was what he would of done if he was trying to find someone or something.. Grave had a grand master plan sense the second he left Los Noches, Taza was an unforeseen speed bump but he wouldn’t have stopped him. He was just glad Grave had come to accept him enough to take him with him. Hopefully it was a sign that they where building some form of trust between the two.
HE looked around Tokyo and smiled as Grave finished his explanation. “Ah, I know Tokyo quite well. Its where I buy all my Sake and go see the new human entertainments.. I particularly like there movies with the popcorn..” He said as if and old man talking about computers and things on them. Which was essentially what Taza was, a six thousand year old arrancar who like movies.. “My Giga is outfitted to disperse my riatsu in small waves making it harder to come up on sensors.. However, technologies of 12th and humans are to advanced it seems these days..”
Right before they arrived at there destination Taza asked a quick question. “Say, before we head back mind dropping by a store and getting some Sake and some sushi or something? I haven’t had any human food in quite some time...”
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Post by Jukuma on Jul 17, 2010 9:22:19 GMT -4
(We could invite some Shinigami/humans to spice this up a lil' bit ) Garve and Taza landed on the rooftop of a building, particularily, the one where Garve's acquaintance was residing in. Garve used to always break the window or sometimes walls when he entered Genta's residence, if only because the fool human had the tendency of putting up pathetically weak spiritual walls that, to him, were asking to be destroyed. That and there was also the fact that Garve resented the man for being so awfully unskilled in creating gigai unlike his father, so, in a way, he was disciplining him for his own improvement. That day he felt like dropping his (one-sided) joke and go straight to the point, as a goodbye should be, reason why he was planning on going down the stairs from the rooftop instead. He directed himself to the door that lead to the stairs when Taza asked him for his opinion regarding sake and sushi. The mention of sake triggered something in his mind and his vision of the door he was getting closer to changed to a different one, blurry, with a closing-in wall and with tires on fire. "I don't like alcohol". He said with a simple tone as he shook off the memory and pointed the lock of the door with his finger, blowing it away with a weak mini-bala. "But I can't say no to sushi, if you brought your gigai you can go while I get my stuff."
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Post by kensei on Jul 19, 2010 17:37:59 GMT -4
Taza nodded before saying. “I keep one in Tokyo as I often visit here. I’ll be back with the sushi in a few minutes. Should I get some for your friend as well?” He waited for his answer before taking off. As he flew over Tokyo a sigh escaped his lips. The humans that crowded the streets like ants under him, how lucky they where. They knew nothing of the horrors that awaited them in death, he envied them greatly. He shook of such thoughts as he walked into an abandon warehouse before opening a broken locker and grabbing his Giga before activating it.
Slowly he exited the warehouse before walking towards his usual spots. Taza visited the human world more times then he could count, he had his favorite places to eat. Tokyo was where he spent most his time, learning the new world that he had parted from six thousand years ago. He wondered for nearly ten minutes before heading back to Grave’s place with the sushi and a bottle of sake for himself.
The cold air whipped his black hair, his Giga’s hair, as he flew threw the night sky. Tonight was quiet, almost eerily quiet.
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Post by Jukuma on Jul 21, 2010 16:36:10 GMT -4
"Uh?" Garve was put off by Taza mentioning the word 'friend', but he quickly realized he was probably talking about Xifan. Yeah, he probably was the only one it could be. "Ah, right. Yeah, I guess he would like sushi, since he is Asian. I'll pay for both later", he answered without giving it much thought. Taza left the next second and Garve simply proceeded down the stairs that the now unusable door had revealed. It was an old building and the decrepit doors that appeared on each floor revealed that it had received no maintenance in a while and had not enjoyed care at any point of its existence. In addition, the very few lights that worked threatened to die at any moment with short and evident malfunctions. The Arrancar ignored all of these deficiencies as he continued to go down the spiral stairs; this view wasn't any less unpleasant for him than to other people, but he was already familiar with it and how prepared you are for something really marks a difference in this kind of situations. He soon made it to the floor he was looking for and turned straight to the door to the right, which he knocked on vaguely with his fist. There was no response for a minute, but eventually an old man opened the door and looked at Garve with curious but unimpressed eyes. "I knew it would be you", the old man said; he didn't look thrilled, but then again, if anyone had to guess, they would say he hadn't laughed in his entire life just by his expression. "Nobody else waits for an entire minute for an answer". "I guess since you don't do your job, you have more than enough time to concentrate on stupid details like that, Genta-san", Garve answered. The smile he was showing this time showed no form sympathy, and appeared to be more cruel than anything else. "I have important businesses to take care of and little time, so let's cut it short". Genta slowly walked to the side to allow his guest to pass through, even though the Arrancar didn't wait for permission to be granted. The room was in poor condition same as the rest of the building, but the illumination was way better, and the walls were all practically completely covered by weird boxes and other objects of questionable origins, so their laughable state was somewhat covered. "Is this about the gigai again?", Genta asked, closing the door of the room. "Because I thought you told me you wouldn't need one anymore".
"I changed my mind", Garve answered without even minding what Genta was saying. He put his hand in his pocket and took out a small, yellow cubed box. After opening it at the aperture on one of the sides and pointing the open end downward, a skin-colored liquid began to flow towards the floor. The liquid did not just form a random mass on the floor, but instead began to take a human shape on the air, as if it was filling an invisible glass in the shape of a human and giving it color. When the liquid was done exiting the box, a body identical to Garve in human clothes and red hair lied there, expressionless and with its eyes unfocused. "I need you to fix it, since its beginning to fail more often".
"Very well", Genta answered, going down on his knees to examine the gigai. He didn't seem to be angered by Garve's offensive attitude at all, but it was obvious he wasn't happy about cooperating with him either. "Come back in three days and it will be good as new".
“Make it one”, Garve interrupted in a cutting tone, as if what Genta was saying was impossible. He continued without allowing the human to talk. “I’ll need it to blend among you humans when the war starts”. Garve crouched down so that his head was on the same level as Genta’s, still with the same smile as before. “Also, I would want to have my property back, if you don’t mind”.
Genta nodded at Garve’s request, although the Arrancar was sure to have heard a murmured ‘if I don’t mind, eh?’ in a sarcastic tone. Ignoring that, Garve waited for the human to come back, holding another rectangular box slightly bigger than a hand. This one was adorned with golden lines, forming tribal shapes around the cover and base. He checked the contents were still intact and then saved the box in his pocket.
“Then, I shall be leaving”, Garve concluded as he directed himself to the door while Genta nodded in acknowledgment without even looking at the guest. However, the Arrancar suddenly stopped on his tracks before leaving the room. There was silence for a while, but after half a minute he finally broke it. “You should leave Tokyo as soon as possible; this place is going to become a battlefield, and people like you will die in the first second”.
“…” Genta did not respond to Garve’s advice, even though he heard him perfectly. Realizing that he would not live until some sort of response was given, he finally gave his reply. “My father told me in his last moments to fulfill his duty and that duty was to protect our family name. If I leave I won’t be able to do my job to aid spirits and all the effort my father made to grant us fame will be lost”.
“Genta-san, did you forget how much you hate working with spirits?”, Garve insisted with an annoyed tone. This time, there was no response at all, even after he waited, so he decided to leave. “You humans are such idiots” with a smile was the farewell he gave his human acquaintance.
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Post by kensei on Jul 30, 2010 21:08:51 GMT -4
Taza nodded as he left and headed out to his favorite of favorites.
The sweet scent of cherry blossoms, and food swelled in the air. The aroma was an intoxicating concoction that would drag in any curious mind in a miles radius. However, despite this the place was rather quite, only a few dozen people littered across a half mile of open stands where they made your order right in front of you.
Taza looked back to downtown Tokyo, he was nearly thirty miles out already. “Tazaka-kun!” The voice was that of a young girl that eagerly ran to Taza’s side. “Where have you been? We haven’t seen you around in ages!” Taza laughed before patting the girl who looked no older then 15 on the head. “I’ve just been really busy. Lots of stuff going on at work..” He said with a sigh. “Oh like what?” She asked as the two walked towards the stall..
Well, ever sense our leader was killed we have been forced into labor to build up the defenses of our fortress and prepare our selves for a battle that has not been said but we have all fell is coming. I have been scouting for those who would see the Horror Vacui dead, and have slowly be gathering a rebellion against them. Hopefully the Primera espada and the Tres espada will join me in the fight against them. This passed threw his head as he thought about the true answer to her question. “Renovation. They started renovating the entire office.” The lie rolled off his tongue as nothing in his mannerism’s suggested a lie. “Oh I see. Well you need to come by more often, papa likes talking to you.” “Alright kido, I’ll try and stop by more often. Will you start up the usual for me? But triple it ok? I’m having a little get together. I’m gonna go get some Sake, I’ll be right back.” The girl nodded before running to one of the stalls. But before she even got half way there Taza was gone, already in search of Sake.
Why Taza? Why have you gotten so close to people who don’t even know your dead? The thought roared in his head as he was ashamed of the connection he had made threw lies. He grabbed three bottles of the finest Sake and left before getting his sushi. “Remember you promised to come back more often Tazaka!” “Yeah yeah. I’ll see you next week!” He said with a wave towards the girl before he walked off.
He went around the corner and flew off towards Grave. He had better have the money for the sake. 800 yen a bottle wasn’t cheap for someone who had no income.
He stopped on the roof right as Grave came out of the building with a hint of a smile on his face. “I got the food.” He said before holding up the bag. “And you owe me 3,000 yen.” He said with a grin as he looked at the bag with the Sake in it.
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Post by Jukuma on Aug 3, 2010 17:33:13 GMT -4
Garve didn’t have to wait much on top of the building before Taza showed up with the sushi and a bottle of sake he better not be charging him for. When Taza mentioned how much he owed him, Garve finally remembered that indeed he had to pay for his part.
“Ummm...” Garve hummed as he searched for something in his pockets. Other than the rectangular box he had just picked up from Genta there was nothing there. He pulled the pockets inside out to show Taza they were indeed empty. “I’ll pay you later.”
It was a good thing Taza didn’t know how many gigais Garve had lost for never living up to that promise while in the human world. It actually became a serious issue for a while, and even the yakuza got involved more than once. Well, 3,000 yen was a joke compared to those times so he could probably dodge this one... somehow. Normally he would have Xifan bail him out of situations like this, but since he wasn’t familiar with the human world and had no money, then he wasn’t a reliable aid this time. In the worst case scenario, he could steal it, although the idea of having to resort to something like that for only 3,000 yen was pathetic, although better than working.
“I’ll have you carry that for now. Anyways, I already did what I came here for", Garve said, showing Taza the box. "If you don’t want anything else, then we can leave, it’s surprising how good humans have gotten at tracking down spiritual beings over the past few years”.
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Post by kensei on Aug 4, 2010 17:43:24 GMT -4
Taza laughed a bit before saying. ”I’ll hold you to that Grave. I’m running out of cash it seems.” Taza wasn’t really going to make a big deal out of it. Though it he most likely would bug him once in a while for it until he paid up if he didn’t do it quickly. He hopped Grave was good for his word, and right now he had no reason to believe otherwise.
”I suppose this is what your second time seeing this? Every couple of hundreds of years it seems that humans make huge spurts in there development. However, I have never seen such things happen back to back to back like it has been. Maybe it’s the ever growing numbers of them that is causing them to explode forward every couple of dozens of years now. Who knows, maybe we will become the obsolete race in a hundred or two years.” Taza shook his head to the thought of this before laughing a bit.
”I don’t have anything I need to take care of here. Want to go back to Hueco Mundo and finish the job? After we eat of course.” Taza said looking at the food bag.
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Post by Jukuma on Sept 4, 2010 17:12:46 GMT -4
Thinking coldly about it, no matter how many people sensed their reiatsu (in case they did) or how fast they organized an attack on them, there werenft many forces in the Human World that could hurt the top two Espada in battle, let alone defeat them. He knew humans were developing technology that was rapidly increasing their power to extents that were considered unthinkable before, but at their current state, he was confident he alone could stand his own pretty well against their elite forces, and if Taza, an Arrancar who also possesed tremendous strength, was also with him the fight could only go the way the two of them wanted. They could always retreat in case an impossible scenario occured and that move was necessary. He probably was thinking like this because he preferred the Human World rather than Hueco Mundo, but even though he was conscious that thought couldfve altered his judgement, he still was sure there wouldnft be any problem. He liked the lights and active sounds of Tokyo, while it only served to make most people nervous, he found the ever-lasting silence of Hueco Mundo, only altered by screams of wrath and agony, far more irritating. Having in mind he wouldnft see the calmed world that was now in front of him in a long time or probably never, then he might as well enjoy what little time he could take.
gIfm comfortable hereh Garve simply claimed, sitting down in an indian position and telling Taza to do the same with a movement of his head. gIf someone comes, we can always just leave. I donft think anyone can beat us before we open a Garganta anyways.h He looked absent-mindedly at the streets of Tokyo and then at Taza while flashing the box he got from Genta in his hand gAnd I guess we still have things to talk about, am I right? Just donft drink too much, Ifm leaving you here if you do.h
Yes, this little epartyf was meant to ease the conversation in the first place, at least thatfs how he saw it. He wanted to cut the conversation and dinner short, just to be on the safe side. Besides, there was another matter he wanted to attend to back in Hueco Mundo; he used to eat quickly anyways.
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Post by kensei on Sept 9, 2010 21:10:04 GMT -4
Taza nodded before sitting down as he opened up the food and started eating. “So tell me Grave. Whats in the box that is so important? He asked as he poured himself some sake and dug in. Taza had a few more questions in mind for Grave, he only hoped that he wouldn’t try to avoid all of them.
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