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As Zane came in to the cavern he felt like he remembered it from a long time ago.He told his Doll Deos to stay in his shadow.When he saw a a person knock out on the ground he just left him there to die.He look around for clues of his past and found a gem that awoken a memory of escaping the soul reapers after the flash back he collasped in pain.All while deos stay in the shadows watching him.

After dragging his scythe for quite some time through the cave, Haku gave a wide yawn revealing his stitched together tongue. It seemed he was head to toe covered in stitches as well as his clothing. Haku ran his fingers along the stitch across his face going from his forehead down across his bridge to the edge of his right cheek. He pivoted, gripping his scythe with both arm swinging it over his head so that the blade dug into the ground deep enough to support itself. He once again reached into his pocket for his lighter and packet of cigarettes not caring what Creeper would think.

[Unified Front 1/8]

He slipped the bud in between his lips as he lit its tip with his lighter, a shiny metallic lighter with a cartoon-ish skull etched into the side. He took in a deep breath of ash letting all of the toxins fill his lungs. Haku exhaled releasing a cloud of smoke in the shape of a skull. What did he have to worry about? He would never age and could heal himself by absorbing spirit energy. Haku could smoke all he wanted and live to see the next thousand years.

[Unified Front 2/8]

After a few minutes of sending smoke skulls into the air, Haku muttered "Oy. Creeper." At that instant the shadow being emerged intertwined around the scythe's protruding handle. It gazed facelessly at Haku wondering why he was called upon. "Lets have a little sparring match. Lets see who can land the most blows." The shadow's head orb nodded in agreement as it unraveled itself from the scythe out a few feet in front of Haku. Haku grabbed the scythe with both arms, pulling it out of the ground into a spin above his head. The duo nodded to each other.

[Unified Front 3/8]

Haku took a quick step forward swinging his scythe from the left. As the blade whistled through the air, Creeper hastily ducked under barely missing the blade. As a counter, Creeper got back up and trust his claw-like hand slashing lightly across Haku's shoulder. A few drops of blood sprayed into the air as Haku grunted. To keep momentum, Haku continued spinning into another swing at his doll this time at an angle to anticipate another crouch down. Indeed, Creeper dove down to try and avoid but was taken by surprise by the angled swing. Creeper was now at the mercy of the scythe.

[Unified Front 4/8]

Or so it would seem. At the last second, the alarmed shadow creature entered his ghost-like state. He became a bit see through and unable to be touched as anything would simply pass through him. This included the scythe. 39 The scythe merely passed right through Creeper leaving it to dig itself into the ground ending up stuck. Haku was caught by surprise as he complained "Aww no fair! That's so cheating!" With Haku's scythe stuck in the ground, he was open to another attack. The shadow creature solidified itself once more, with its claw ready for another attack.

[Unified Front 5/8]

This time Creeper lashed out his claw at his master's shin. Another few droplets of blood drizzled onto the ground. Not about to show a sign of weakness to his doll, Haku delivered a kick to Creeper's lowered head. The shadow was knocked silly with its head gazing at the cave ceiling. Haku delivered another strike by yanking his scythe out of the ground back the way it came to knock Creeper on the side of the head knocking him over. The shadow lay on the ground its head facing Haku giving off an irritated vibe. Haku merely smirked at his doll.

[Unified Front 6/8]

The doll was less than happy. That much was obvious. Creeper got up and formed his own hand into a scythe. He slashed it at a downward angle at Haku. Naturally, Haku blocked it with his own scythe sending a few sparks into the air. With Creeper's free hand, he lashed out straight towards his master's head. This would be one of those trials where one would truly find out if Haku was facing a moment of weakness. 78 Haku dodged his head to the left as the claw barely missed tearing his face off. He took one hand off the scythe's handle blocking Creeper's scythe.

[Unified Front 7/8]

With Haku's free hand, he grabbed Creeper's wrist. They both paused for a second seeing themselves at a stalemate. Suddenly there was a rumble in the cavern. A huge stalactite from above had loosened itself and was now falling straight down on the duo. The glanced up at it. Then back down at each other. They both nodded and began channeling their spirit energy. "Unified Front!" Haku declared. A ghostly shield a ghostly white shield appeared above the two at an angle causing the stalactite to collapse to the side.

[Unified Front 8/8]

Jason had decided that it was time to leave the falls and go out to see the world as it was for the moment... But as he traveled, he stumbled across a cavern which not many foot prints seemed visible in the entrance. However, he had once heard of a mysterious ground called Bounto from Uryuu on one of his visits and then slowly made his way into the cave, keeping his left hand upon the wall feeling for any turns that would occur or for something to grip if he happened to fall. After going in about fifteen yards in total darkness, a large crystal could be seen in the distance giving off a light. In that light, there was a boy there, training with something that Jason couldn't see at that distance. Jason merely advanced slowly, keeping his spiritual power down which was easy as there really wasn't much to hide.

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Haku turned to the newly arrived Bounto adjusting his glasses to get a better look. He then turned back to Creeper who merely shrugged back at him. Haku gave a grin as he said "Nah. Being a year old, I think creeper would have killed me already if he had the chance." He began cranking the bolt protruding from his head as Akabane made the comment about it. Haku took his hand off the bold and pressed his index finger against his lower lip as he himself began to wander about the mysterious bolt. He then replied "Hmmm. To tell you the truth, I have no idea! I'm sure it was a crazy lab accident but what the details of it were, I have no idea." Turning to the other man he interpreted the comment rather literally. He smiled as he said "Dunno. Lets find out!" He then began cranking the screw more and more as Creeper behind him did a sort of facepalm gesture. No matter how much he turned the bolt sticking out of his head, it didn't go any deeper into Haku's skull. Only giving off the unpleasant cranking sound as it went. The stitched together scientist was rather content as he dazed off endlessly turning the screw. Creeper merely picked up Haku's scythe lying on the floor holding it in front of him, motioning for him to take it. "Oh! He meant fight? That sounds a lot more fun than playing with my bolt!" Haku said with a grin. Gripping the scythe with one hand, he gave it a swing in the air letting his grin turn into a slight smirk.

Shouta slowly opened his eyes, an odd sound was filling the air inside of the caverns. He'd been thinking, trying to find ways to grow stronger, so that it'd be safer for his rare excursions into the open world to feed. He looked very unusual, so it was hard getting victims, except for the odd ones who seemed inordinately attracted to him. He had subsisted on a meager diet to date, making him look pale and slightly wane.

Getting to his feet, he swung his left arm lightly, he'd kept it in place for too long and it had fallen asleep, the pins and needles sensation helping to wake him up fully. He looked to his side, and saw the familiar presence of his Doll, Hecate. A bit shorter than he was, she looked back at him with a passive, emotionless look that nonetheless expressed a deep, biding, chronic hunger. Not the hunger for food, or lives, or knowledge. A simpler hunger, a baser instinct. A desire to be full, a desire to rid herself of the emptiness. He knew it well, they had shared their feelings before, enough for at least a working agreement.

Nodding to her, they set off closer to the entrance to the caves, turning a corner and seeing several people gathered. Some of them were Bountos like himself, he knew, but others, he wasn't sure about them. They didn't appear to be enemies, even with one of them challenging his fellow Bounto to a fight.



(Not counting any of your words until I actually start interacting. Again, you don't need to wait up for me if you all are online.)

Shouta's head turned to face the one who'd questioned him. They had recognized him as a Bounto right off the bat. That was a little irritating, one more instance of proof that he was far too outlandish to go undercover to find his meals. He gritted his teeth in irritation, but quashed the feeling quickly enough. If they knew what he was and hadn't made any overtly threatening gestures, then there was a good chance they weren't an enemy. Not yet, at any rate. And he had the feeling that he'd need all the allies he could get, especially if he were to ever spend any sustained amount of time in the open world.

Hecate had trailed Shouta by just a few feet, walking slightly behind and to the right. She was rather hard to notice if one wasn't looking for her, even with her clothes that were the equal if not greater of the two's outfits in terms of outlandishness. They both wore almost entirely white, with minor embellishments. Shouta's were puffballs along his chest in twin lines, while Hecate's major accessory was her big poofy hat, which looked only vaguely similar to the old-fashioned tricorn hats of early Amaerican descent, decorated with a pair of red spheres on tassles at the two forward points.

Shouta finally decided that he should actually answer this Jason Hiftle, at the very least maybe he'd find out more about him, make sure if he was an ally. Or at least neutral. He had no idea what sort of powers this Jason had, but then again, the same could be said about him and Hecate. The only ones who had seen what Hecate could do were already long-gone, victims of the rare occasions he'd been able to feed.

"Yes, I am a Bounto, my name is Shouta. Shouta Germanicus. And this lovely young lady is Hecate."

He gestured to his Doll, who inclined her head slightly, apparantly unconcerned about her hat falling off. They stood there, only a few yards from Jason, waiting to see what he would do now that he knew Shouta was a Bounto definitively.

Shouta frowned slightly, remembering something he'd heard about Quincies. Or was it Quincys? Something about a prophecy... No, lost it. He couldn't remember what it was, so he felt it must not have been important. Instead he reached out and accepted the handshake, bobbing his hand a few times before letting go. He didn't feel threatened by the Quincy, and he thought he knew at least part of the reason. Jason was wearing mostly white, too. Whether it was because of the Quincy uniform or because of his own tastes, his outfit looked good next to theirs, the three of them almost, almost, looked like a group. With that being the case, why would there be any trouble? He grinned, an affable, confident smirk, almost chuckling a little at Jason's rhyme. But he caught himself in time.

"And it is an honor to meet a Quincy, as well. What brings you to this lair of disreputation?"

When Jason remarked on them, Shouta turned back to look at the large crystal manifestations. He'd stayed here in the caves for quite some time, so to him, the crystals were not as impressive as they must be otherwise. He tried to see them as an outsider might. With that viewpoint, he did have to admit that yes, they were pretty impressive.

He also had to agree with Jason's opinion on becoming strong. It was pretty similar to his own view on the matter, that without an ally to help in a tough spot, it would be exceedingly difficult to become truly strong. Despite the fact that they were from different schools of thought and powers, maybe they weren't so different after all? If that was enough to make them allies, and possibly friends, that he couldn't say. It'd certainly be a good experience, he thought.

"Travelling the world, hmm? That seems like a worthy goal. I've had thoughts of trying to do much the same, but as of yet I don't feel myself capable of defending against the myriad threats lurking just beyond the land before me. Would you mind having a pair of travelling companions, if only for a time?"