As the hell butterflies float in, Ikasu's jovial expression dies. "Ugh, it never fails ..." As he cups his hands around the one closest to him and brings it closer to hurry this along. "Why can't they just learn how to text us or use modern means for once? Luddites." His irritation turns to shock and then outrage. Releasing the black butterfly he angrily replies to Tanji. "Of course not! That was my great grandfather! Whoever it is will be a dead man. I'll lay him out on my lab table and make him wish it were fast." With that he storms out, and then quickly returns. Leaning and gently ushering little Tsubaki out the door. "You, on the other hand head to the division as quickly as possible." With that he drops his payment for their meals and then some, and leaves with great haste. Tsubaki stands there stunned and looking rather confused and upset, but then quickly nods and darts back to the twelfth division to seek safety with her mother.
Tora has little time to absorb her brother's reaction to finding out about her engagement to Tanji before the hell butterfly reaches her. Upon hearing the announcement she bites back her horror and only looks at Tanji with tears in her eyes when he asks if they were involved. "Tanji ..." she chokes out. "Of course not!" she says after a moment with frustration. She takes a deep calming breath. "With respect, we have a duty to tend to. Come on, dear. If we have to deal with this before the whole Soul Society blows up in our faces. More importantly, before both sides of my family kill each other. Whoever did this needs to be caught before Ikasu gets them. I do not believe he is making an idle threat." With that she hurries over to the Sanada Manor.
XXXXX Tanji winces at Tora's response to his question, then grabs Kreios Mi and carries him under one arm as he follows her and Ikasu out of the teahouse saying "Sorry if that sounded a bit harsh, but you know the captain would have grilled my a** for at least a few hours if I didn't at least question yall about your family's involvement after an announcement like that." to Tora to hopefully make up for his seeming to doubt her, then looks down towards Kreios and continues with "Oh and sorry about forcefully grabbing you like this as well Mi, but you didn't give me an answer fast enough so you are coming along as well. Hope you don't mind."
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There were certainly a lot of sudden notifications going off, hell butterflies flying every which way and everyone immediately started getting up and scattering out of the tea house without much warning. Kreios smiles openly as the female before him hesitantly accepts his offered alcoholic drink and takes a sip of it. Her reaction to the strength of the liquid borderlining on someone who clearly did not drink too much. "Well. It seems you're not much of a drinker. Thats okay, if we spend enough time together we can change that for sure!" He says with a casual grin remaining across his face up and pouring more alcohol for her to consume up until a male roughly grabs him from behind and attempts to drag him from his seat. This sudden interruption was not a part of his plans at all, Kreios immediately slipped out of the male's grip and casually strolls back into the building. "Where are we headed? Oh no matter. I'll catch up! I just forgot my.. Woman." He says with an obviously over exaggerated roll of his shoulders as he then waves back in their direction. Kreios wanders his way back into the tea house just in time to catch Hibiki, who was seated on where she had been, with the second cup worth of alcohol. He easily makes his way back over, aiming to add some more and continue their conversation when an unexpected hiccup from Hibiki cause the cup she had been holding to crash to the ground and an adorable black and vaguely purple fured cat having taken her place. "Well isn't that just downright adorable!" He says as he scoops the girl turned feline along with her possessions up off the chair, casually scratching under her cheek and then snagging the liquor bottle from the chair he had been sitting on. "Just put any costs on Ikasu Hi's tab!" He says with a chuckle to himself before placing the bottle snugly between the cat and his body and then returning to scratching behind an ear now while walking right back out the door to catch up with his attempted kidnapper, Tanji. "Whoops sorry, wasn't paying attention to where you said we were going. But I assume it's about the Hi family assassins? Kept saying we didn't need those, peace times and all right, Tora?" His foolish grin widening slightly as he catches up to walk beside Tanji and the other Hi family members, his golden gaze more fixated on the black cat in his arms rather then those that he was speaking to.
Niru sat silently, watching the people as they played amongst themselves, flittering around eachother like so many butterflies. In a way, it was rather beautiful to watch. Niru was one to catch these moments of beauty, the ones that others might miss.
He admired this for a moment, until he was interrupted in his daydreaming by the grisly series of announcements.
The first announcement was that Sanada Ryuu had been murdered. He had been the head of the Sanada Clan, Niru knew. It was beginning to look like the Hi were responsible.
Niru sighed lightly. It seemed that his time of relaxation had come to an end. It would look poorly on him to sip tea while such events were happening. At the very least, it was something to do. He was so bored.
The next announcement came before Niru had mustered the resolve to even stand from his tea.
The next announcement was to alert the Seretei of the death of Yuisis Sanada, a high-ranking shinigami, and Muramasa Kazuki, the now-former captain of the 11th Division.
This bit of news set Niru’s little heart to racing. Finally! Some excitement!
If there was a murderer loose in the Seretei, there would be need of as many Shinigami as could be mustered. He had longed for something to do, and here it was. Something he had to do!
Niru was on his way out the door when the third announcement came. The Captain of 10th had been murdered as well.
Niru did not pause to take in the news. His ornate kimono flowed behind him as he ducked through the door and out onto the street.
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XXXThe day had been a rollercoaster for her. She had started out curled up in a chair with a great new book. Then she got dragged out by her vice-captain to get to know each other, Kit thought Tsubaki just thought she spent too much time inside their squad. Being unable to put her book down lead to her starting a chain of events in the tea house and now murders? Kit was trying to process it all, so much had happened. She was sad the moment she was having with Osano was over, and more so sad about the murder. People had lost their lives and her heart went out to their families. Suddenly things were a whirlwind of people turning into cats, threats and shouting and half the group rushing out. She was just a seat member; she did not even have her shikai unlocked yet. Kit did not even know kidou yet either she felt so useless. Still, she had mixed feelings about Osano getting between her and a possible threat. On one hand she was flattered but on the other she felt offended because she can take care of herself. Or at least she liked to think so, was she really that weak? Did people see her as weak? She furrowed her brows as she tried letting it all sink in, she was still in shock. She took a few breaths in and let them out slowly. She flickered her gaze towards Osano with a soft smile, trying to figure out what to say now. So much was going on and she did not know what to do. “I guess we will have to take a reign check hu? Wait that... makes me sound terrible. I meant... uh... well honestly, I do not know what I was going for there. I guess humor. I am going to shut up now, you probably have to rush off for this as well. “She rambled, shyly looking away. Goodness I sound so stupid; can I be even more obvious that I have no idea what I am doing? She mentally scolded herself.
Things had been rather peaceful and with their captain away she had not learned very much. She felt heat rising in her face from embarrassment. She fiddled with the hem of her sleeve as she chewed on her bottom lip. “Everyone rushed off so I do not really know... what... I mean where I should go. There is so much going on....” She finally admitted and asked almost shyly. She did not like that she was so useless in these situations. She knew this would not make the best of impressions and for some reason she wanted to make a good one. Though since this started with her dumping his tea, she was not sure it was possible. “Uh... So... maybe I ...could just, go with you? No one really gave any direction on anything just a bunch more chaos....” Kit told him after working to clear her head a little. This situation really made her realize books could only do so much. It had her thinking about a lot of things. She needed to train harder and get stronger, she had a good idea on where to start on this. She would read some history on things and make a goal list for herself. She wondered if he would be interested in training, or knew a good place to go train. She would have to work up the nerve to ask him when things got calmed down. She understood the blade that rested at her hip, but she wondered how she could unlock it, it sounded good on paper but hers only gave silence. She toyed with the hem of her sleeve against nervously, wondering what he would think.
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:19 pm
Osano Shosuro
Reiatsu 440 | Speed 70 | Strength 123 | Defense 60 | Stamina 70 | Intelligence 20 | Spiritual Power 100 Osano watches as a variety of activity is kicked off in the tea house following the news. In addition, Osano shifts his focus, from that of someone enjoying his day to that of business and duty. The Vice Captain of the third division questions the two Hi family members near him if they were involved, and both of them deny being so. The other Hi family member, the one who crashed in through the ceiling, is dragged off by the Vice Captain when the group leaves, although Osano does notice the cat he is now carrying and a few other things he did not see him enter with. The silent eight division Shinigami also leaves in the commotion, leaving only him, the second division Shinigami, and Kitiara. He turns to also see the second division Shinigami was missing, though he had not seen her leave. Then again, the second division were known for stealth, so that wasn’t super surprising. He then turns to Kitiara. “No, humor can be good in this type of situation Kitiara-chan. Being able to make jokes means you haven’t freaked out and loss control. Also, if I know my Vice Captain and third seat, they are already there and doing their job. As a seventh seat, I am not likely needed in something as high profile as this.” It would be then that the news of the other murders would come in. Two captains and a third seat had been killed now. This was getting out of control. His voice finishes shifting from its earlier jovial and lighthearted tone to a serious one, the tone of a duty to be carried out. “I am unsure really where to go at this time, although as the murders seem to be focused on the Noble Sanada Manor, I would say to avoid there. I would say we could try and find somewhere somewhat removed from the chaos, and wait to lend aid when the assassin is identified. I must admit I am not the best at investigating crime scenes and such. I do better when it comes to dealing with people after the culprits have been identified.” He stops talking and thinks for a moment. “There is only one place I can think of at this time that is well and distant from Sanada Manor. My apartment in the residential district is on the opposite side of the Seireitai. However, if you do want to help in the investigation, I will follow your lead. You are the higher seat after all, Kitiara-chan.” He stands there and awaits her response.
Health 600/600 | Spirit Energy 215/215 | Clarity 40 | Movement Speed 70
Word Count for Post: 431 * 1.5 = 647 Word Count Total for Character: 13,355
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XXXKit observed Osano, she was so new to this and right now did not feel very confident. Things were different here than her past, Soul Society was not the PD she was used to at all. Still, some of those skills were still imbedded into her mind, like picking up on things. She had noticed a few things during this encounter, one he was sneaky proven to her when he was so sure he could get even with the annoying flirt easily. He had ever so subtly about whispering that to her yet avoided it being noticed by others. She was actually very impressed with this, she also noted how his posture and the way he held himself changed when the news hit, as well as just now when talking about what happens next. There was more to him than meets the eye but she was not going to point out her observations just yet. She fought to keep her smile hidden, this was to serious a situation to show amusement. She shook her head and nodded at him. “Yes, it was a terrible attempt and I apologize. This is a very serious situation and with the captain out I am... not sure what to do. I beg your pardon for that. This is not how I normally am, which I seem to be saying a lot today” She told him before chewing on her lower lip. Kit mused on this information about his squad and nodded. “I see, well you probably know more about this than I do. So... they have it covered at the Manor, to many people can contaminate a crime scene. So, avoiding there is probably a good idea, we would only get in the way. “She pointed out before closing her eyes and thinking about everything. “Something we have in common; investigation is... no longer my thing. My squad is not into that specialty anymore. I think it would be best if we left here, let them clean up and close so they can go somewhere safe.” She added with a smile.
Still the idea of spending more time with him sounded fun, she did not really know anyone. She was sure they would get an alert when something new was discovered. “Alright. I will come with you. If they need us they will send another butterfly” She told him and nodded. Kit felt a little guilty about this at the same time. It was a good idea because they both were not high ranked and this sort of thing was not their specialty. There was logic behind her choice to go with him, she would not comment on their rank difference. Maybe she could learn a little about him, and maybe learn from him. She was very curious; she could not help it. She looked at him and would wait for him to lead her there. She would be ready if they needed help with the culprit or in general but for now, she would wait. “Yes, this is a good choice, or at least I hope so. I am afraid I do not know the area very well, maybe this is a wakeup call to stop being such a recluse and leave the squad once and a while.” She commented mostly to herself.
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Reiatsu 440 | Speed 70 | Strength 123 | Defense 60 | Stamina 70 | Intelligence 20 | Spiritual Power 100 Osano smiles at her. “Your joke wasn’t terrible. I apologize if I made it seem that way. No, your humor was good. At least you didn’t freak out like some of the others did.” He then quickly and carefully moves the dishes and cups to a single table to make cleaning up easier for the staff while he continues speaking. “I agree, I would prefer to stay out of the way of an investigation like this.” He then whispers to himself, unaware of how observant Kitiara was. “Plus getting to know you is of much more interest to me than this investigation.” He then returns to speaking at his normal volume. “So, do you know the move flash step yet? If not, I can help. Best with everything going on we move through the Seireitei quickly.” He holds out a hand to her to take if she doesn’t know the technique.
Health 600/600 | Spirit Energy 215/215 | Clarity 40 | Movement Speed 70
Word Count for Post: 151 * 2.5 = 378 Word Count Total for Character: 13,733
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XXX Kit smiled at him as he said that, shaking her head. “No, you are alright. This sort of thing is not that unfamiliar to me. Though reading on things is a lot different than living it. None of the books really explain what to do from our seat levels” She admitted before smile. She noted how respectful he was to organize the dishes for the staff and it made her like him more. She made a mental note to come back and offer to help once things were settled down. She left some money for the people working for all the trouble they had to deal with. When she heard his comment about getting to know her, she turned bright red and shyly looked away. She pretended she had not heard what he had been saying and cleared her throat. When he asked her if she knew flashstep she had an excuse for the flush as she did not know that yet. “With our captain gone and Tsubaki taking care of all the squad stuff... I have yet to get around to being taught it. I... feel very silly realizing how little I have learned as of yet.” She admitted to him with a sigh. She looked at his offered hand and nodded before taking it. She trusted him, and avoiding whatever madness was going on was probably a good idea. “Ok, let's go then...” She told him with a smile.
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Osano Shosuro
Reiatsu 440 | Speed 70 | Strength 123 | Defense 60 | Stamina 70 | Intelligence 20 | Spiritual Power 100 Osano notices her leaving money for the tea house employees and smiles. He should have thought of doing that, but he is glad that she thought of it. He doesn’t notice her turn red at his comment, so he interprets her embarrassment as being cause by the fact that she didn’t know the technique. “Well, from what I have gathered you seem to be rather new to the ranks of seated Shinigami. So it makes sense that you may not have had the time to practice and master the techniques. I can help you with learning them later, once things have calmed down.” He then gently pulls on the hand she had placed in his, pulling her onto his back as securely as he can, leaning forwards some to give her a stabler position. Once he feels she isn’t going to slip off when he starts moving, he begins to flash step to his apartment in the residential district.
Health 600/600 | Spirit Energy 215/215 | Clarity 40 | Movement Speed 70
[Exits to Seireitei Residential Disctrict]
Word Count for Post: 159 * 2.5 = 398 Word Count Total for Character: 14,131
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