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As some of the Shinigami started to retreat Hibiki smirked a bit as he started to prepare to go on the offensive. His guess was that Captains Nu, Asami and Tsukiko would be the last ones to leave, excluding him of course. Hearing Asami's words caught his attention however, as he had already decided to be the last one to retreat "Dammit, that's my line." cursing under his breath he shrugged it off to focus once more on Dolor. He was certain that it would take more than that to force the Exaequere down to his knees, and that fact disturbed him, after all, what kind of monster could get back after getting attacked by Tsukiko, Nu and Asami, all Shinigami Captains. But now was not the time to stand in awe at the opponent's resilience "Yes, they seem adamant to remain here as well." he replied to Tadashi, perhaps to get his mind off of Dolor for a bit "Do what you think is best, sooner or later Captain Tsukiko is going to force us to retreat anyway." he spoke those words with a relative calmness, he didn't like how Tadashi was feeling about himself, he knew he had potential, and so he tried his best to remain positive around him.

But that would be difficult to accomplish, especially after Dolor's reiatsu was suddenly let loose upon them. Hibiki was a Captain class Shinigami, added to that he was already in Bankai so most of the reiatsu's weakening effects was lost on him, but he could still feel its signature, its presence. It was like it was threatening his very sanity with its haunting presence, he shook his head to take his mind off of it, just in time to see the growing sphere that Dolor was projecting. "What-- what the hell is that?" he stammered as he looked on the sphere's outlines, they were like a blur in space, like a massive heat wave was expanding from Dolor. Hibiki strained his eyes to see the Exaequere's scrawny form, cursing when he saw that he suffered little to no damage, he expected as much though and wasn't surprised. As Dolor approached them, he switched into a mixture of Fukuro and Uchiwa, he wasn't sure what he should do, but he was willing to wait.

Hearing Tsukiko cast a Bakudo spell, Hibiki thought this was the opening he had been waiting for. But to his surprise Dolor was still there, hearing the familiar sounds of a Rikujokoro behind him, his eyes widened as he saw Tadashi bound by Tsukiko's Bakudo. But it was far from over, Tetsunosuke and Captain Nu herself was subjected to the same treatment as well. Hibiki watched, a bit dumb struck as they were expelled back into Soul Society. Upon being addressed he turned around to look at Tsukiko, he chuckled for a bit after she had disappeared beside Asami, going dangerously close to Dolor. He was still smiling a bit when Asami landed next to him ”Don’t worry Captain Asami, I have no intention of disobeying orders, not from her at least.” Hibiki then sheathed his zanpakuto, sealing it back to its sealed form. He then turned around to open a Senkaimon in front of him before going back to Asami ”It’s comforting to know that Captain Hei’s really the only Hakase I have a problem with, though.” stepping into the portal, the doors slowly began to close behind. Suddenly though, a hand jutted out from inside and Hibiki poked his head for one last time ”Oh and since you’re going to be staying here for a while longer, mind telling her not to die? It’d be bad to publish two deaths in our newspaper.” with that he disappeared back into the portal as it faded away.

[Exit to Seiretei]

"So, come to avenge your dear old father, eh? Funny, I always thought machines only knew how to live or die." Dolor chuckled a bit as Tsukiko appeared next to Asami, preventing her from toying with the Captain before she could leave the area covered by his sphere. Shrugging he let Asami go, he'd get them all sooner or later anyway, he'd enjoy breaking them apart one by one like toys. Looking back at Tsukiko, he wondered what kind of abilities the new Captain had, grinning, he took a step forward, but immediately afterwards Tsukiko's zero gravity ability kicked in and Dolor found himself floating in mid-air. "Well now, so this is what you meant by nature interaction. I was thinking more along the lines of... interaction." he jested once more as he continued to float inside the space covered by Tsukiko's ability.

Dolor smiled for a bit longer, before looking back towards Tsukiko "Well that was fun and all, but it's my turn now." with a quick jerk he extended his arm towards Tsukiko, and all across the Captain's scalp and forehead, several markings started to become visible, similar to those that appeared all around Asami's body, but disappeared when she exited his sphere. "Now, let's see how your brain works. I don't know about you, but I always found machines to be too much of a hassle. One snip of a wire, and zap they're useless." he laughed for a bit as he waited for his ability to kick in, he relished the thought of finally being able to use his powers on somebody, and the daughter of the man he killed no less. He looked around to find Yuki and Hei's corpse, but was surprised to find they had already left, a bit disappointed he searched for their Commander-General, perhaps he wanted to see yet another Captain get defeated, but he too was not there. Turning his attention away from Tsukiko he searched the battle field for the Shinigami and found that only three or four of them were left, disgusted he spat on the ground, but the zero gravity left his spit floating mid-ari. "Well ain't that a buzz kill. Everybody left dammit!" he yelled in frustration before cancelling the first stages of his ability on Tsukiko. "Where's the fun in violating a girl if there's no one to watch dammit! after speaking those words Dolor's body started to shimmer and fade away "I swear, Aurelius gets all the fun, and what happens to him? He gets frozen like a--" and with that the Exaequere disappears, as suddenly as he had appeared.

[Exit]

[I'm crazy]

xxxxxxxxthe Sun locks the Heavens
xxxxxxxxthe Moon eclipses the Night



Still clutching her Zanpakuto just beneath it's tsuba, Tsukiko tilted her head back instinctively when Dolor reached for it. Still trying to cover for her emotions, Tsukiko managed a small smirk accompanied by the closure of her left eye when Dolor spoke of her going useless when one of her wires were cut. "Hardly. I'd be a pretty useless machine if I was rendered useless with the simple snip of one wire in my body. Of course, you're looking in the wrong place for anything important. Some psychic you are." As Dolor left after complaining, Tsukiko felt a little more at ease, though still not by much. Turning, she surrounded her body with gravitons, increasing her weight and allowing her to float back towards the ground. Her remaining smirk faded from her face as it was replaced by a distant look. Paying little attention to Asami, Tsukiko sealed her Zanpakuto and rubbed her forehead. Turning towards an opening Senkaimon created by Akiri, she dashed past him, beating him into the portal.

[Puppeted Akiri out, you can go where you wish.]

|Exits to 12th Labs|

Kato looked around the destruction that was this battlefield, and shook his head. Too many things had happened here, none of which he felt the need to ask anyone about. He thought back to himself "....Hei's dead. Hold on a minute.." With a spark of emotion, he turned around briskly and was preparing to enter the 12th Division via her senkaimon, but thought better of it.

[Exits to SS. Bleh.]