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An angry sigh left the kenpachi's lips as she was led to the assembly hall. Though she was unbound they had still ordered her to hand over her zanpakutō, which was then taken to the head captain's office. Nanashi hated to be apart from her blade, it made her feel naked as if she wore less than no clothing. Walking among the group the Kenpachi couldn't help but wonder why both her AND Jack were being called. Herself sure she's the one that bought a relic and converted it into a house but Jack was more innocent.


The group arrived at the doors where she was to await her fellow captain and further instruction. Looking at the group it was clear they all wished they had gotten to escort the other captain, most were sweating bullets. It was to be expected escorting the kenpachi was bad enough, but taking her sword thus pissing her off was a nightmare. Glaring at a few just for laughs, Nanashi await someone to tell her what this was about.
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Once both captains had arrived, the guards took a step back to give them ample room while the man carrying the third division captain's zanpakuto hurriedly walked away to store her zanpakuto in Captain Niwa's office.

The doors to central the compound finally opened, revealing a dimly lit corridor that would lead to an octagonal space surrounded by the tribunes where the Central 46 members were seated. As soon as the captains would set foot inside the halls, the gates would slide close and a Kido barrier would rise from the ground, separating the newcomers from their anonymous prosecutors.

"Captain Yamamoto Nanashi, Captain Jack Mallory, are accused of high treason for the theft of the zanpakuto sealed in division 10 grounds," a voice suddenly bellowed, seemingly coming from the high ceiling. "Hair and finger prints belonging to both accused were found at the crime scene."



((OoC: If anyone is a lawyer or a law student, I'm sorry if I am giving you a stroke, but new Kenpachi is eager to RP so I'm skipping all the procedures >< ))

Jack had no idea what was going on. Like Nanashi she knew nothing about Zanpakutōs in the Tenth Division. However unlike the Kenpachi Jack had been there recently; if a month was recent. What could Jack say? She went where the willing partners went.

Jack raised a hand, “That’s not entirely true. I was there about a month ago with the Ninth seat of Division Ten. You can ask him. We shared a lovely night.” Jack lowered her hand and shrugged, “However I don’t know anything about Zanpakutōs sealed on the Division Ten grounds. I have a perfectly lovely Zanpakutō and, don’t need another one.” Jack considered for a moment, “You seem incredibly sure about this. You must have some type of evidence. What is it? I don’t want to stand here struggling to defend myself against baseless accusations.”

Jack couldn’t believe it. Treason? Her? This had to be some type of ruse to eliminate the two least popular Captains. Well Jack was pretty popular with the rank and file but, the nobility didn’t like the Kenpachi or the Archer of Death. Jack looked around. Where was Head-Captain Niwa? He didn’t approve of Jack’s actions but, he liked her well enough. Why wasn’t he here to defend is Captain. This was going to end badly. Jack could tell.

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Listening to the old men add accusation upon accusation against the two captains, Nanashi found it harder and harder to hold her tongue. They had clearly already made up their minds, but even so the kenpachi kept her anger and spiritual pressure in check, both of which took a conscious effort. She stayed quiet until they brought up the drilling. At that the kenpachi raised an eyebrow, "You say it was drilled, yet neither Jack nor I have such an ability. The archer of Death of course uses bow which freezes and could then shatter the stone; or my acidic poison blade could melt it. However I don't see ether ability as a drill." It was clear most of not all the men here had made up their minds on the case, still Nanashi decided to try and raise doubt in those still unsure. "As for your evidence both Jack's and my own hair samples are simple to acquire. Jack enjoys laying with people, while the 11th barrack's had no locks. Heck my room alone likely has samples due to Jack coming over from time to time. So unless you've got better evidence I don't see this trial as sound."


Despite the valid points she was making Nanashi was sure it wouldn't save them. Then again her goal wasn't to save them today, but open the possibility of a real investigation. Upon hearing Jack might get a lessened sentence Nanashi let out a sigh of relief. If it was her, Nanashi was sure she could escape and hide out with her old master until she cleared her name but with Jack she was wooried.
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"Silence!" another voice shouted just before another began. "You will now only speak if spoken to." One really had to wonder how the members of Central 46 could be so synchronized. Or maybe they had assigned specific tasks to each other and one lucky fellow ended up with the job of shouting rude orders. Was that where tax money went?

"None of your...abilities would have dented the weapon's container as it and the compound as a whole had been made of sekkiseki, but it is very easy to achieve such results even without any unusual abilities." And we sure as heck screwed things up by hiding such important weapons in a place that is so easy to breach, was left unsaid. There would be a pause, and hushed whispers before they would resume. "Witness, yes."

Another kido-fueled hologram suddenly projected the silhouette of what appeared to be an extremely nervous Shinigami. The bright light coming from behind him shielded his identity, but from his demeanor, he was a young newbie. "You are the individual that had reported the event, correct?"

"Y-yes."

"Tell us what happened at XX:XX of this day, an hour after the Hell Butterflies have died," the judges commanded.

"Er...Umh. I was sleep-uh, I meant that I got lost on division 10 grounds while patrolling. And I wo-heard something strange near the old forbidden building. When I got closer, it became clearer that it was the sound of drilling. It stopped before I could reach it and then I heard some footstep towards the front. I ran around the building to get to it, but I was blinded by a bright flash of light."

"Did you see anyone?"

"I can't say for sure, but I saw a shadow."

"What did it look like?"

"It...uh...was curvy?"

"...Anything else?" Obviously, the fool didn't see much of importance. Right?

"No, sirs!"

"Thank you. Do the defendants have any witnesses they would like to call forth?"

Should the Kenpachi call forth the division 7 Shinigami, she would suddenly find them extremely dismissive, pretending to never have seen her that day. They would all repeat the same made-up story about what had happened at the Jigokuchu cages. Something was definitively up... Perhaps Captain Mallory would have more luck with her witnesses.

Jack listened to who Nanashi was calling as a witness. Well then, Nanashi was doomed. There was no way a member to the nobility would say anything other than what the Central 46 wanted them to say. If the members of Division Seven did speak in her defense there would be a contradiction in accounts and Central 46 would believe the witness they deemed the most suitable. In this case it would be the nobility. The Central 46 may not have set up this charade but, they sure had it out for the two Captains.

Jack spoke calmly, “And I call on Third Seat Jinsin Octus of Division Three to witness for me. At the specified time we were training together.”

Jinsin wasn’t the best person for Jack to call on given the fact that he was part of her division but, he was the only witness she had. She trusted him to at least not lie either on her behalf of the behalf of Central 46. It was better than calling on other Officers of her division; ones she had slept with. That way he couldn’t be accused of being completely biased; only partly biased due to him being part of the same division. Still Jack was in a better boat than Nanashi.

Jack made a logical suggestion, “In fact why don’t you ask him where he was at time XX:XX on the date XX/XX/XXXX without mentioning me. I bet you that he will still tell you that he was training.”

If Jack to reveal that she had been framed she might could use that logic that since she was framed Nanashi was framed as well. If Jack had wanted to commit a crime and frame someone else for it she wouldn’t have been so stupid as to leave her hair and fingerprints behind. Hell, if she just wanted to commit a crime she wouldn’t have left any evidence.

More whispering and what appeared to be grumbling followed the third seat's testimony. Captain Mallory had a reliable witness with a more than spotless record. Captain Yamamoto on the other hand...

There were some impatient tapping, irritated grumbling, paper shuffling and cross-referencing before finally, after what appeared to be forever, but was only, in fact, a few minutes, the holographic projection of an old elderly woman appeared. The Kenpachi would immediately recognize her as the strange woman she had met in the Jigokuchu cage except she was bawling her eyes out, and blowing her nose in an extremely non-noblesque manner. They had finally identified who Nanashi had been referring to, but they had encountered some...technical difficulty in the form of a moody old hag that had sent one of their messengers to the fourth division. It had taken a considerable amount of precious time to finally convince her to speak up.

"What is it?" she practically shrieked. It was perhaps time someone prescribed her some medication.

"Amatoki Yuki of House Amatoki, where were you on XX/XX/XX at XX:XX?"

"Me? Right here, why?"

"And where would 'here' be?"

"Are you stupid? Hey, you!" she would be pointing off screen toward and a bewildered "huh?" would be the answer she got.

"Yeah, you, where are we. Tell them since they sent you here."

"Uh, the sixth division's barracks?" was the meek reply.

The old woman would than glare, the hologram slightly amplifying her height, and spat, "There, can I go now?"

"Not quite, no. Who were you with?" was the next question to be asked and it prompted her to huff in annoyance and reach off screen to yank a petite woman into sight.

"With my son's fiancé, of course," she growled while the other woman tried to straighten herself, visibly uncomfortable and avoiding eye contact until she spotted Nanashi. There was cold fury in her eyes and with a quick jerk of her shoulders, she pulled herself off screen again.

"Where is your husband?" the invisible voice asked again before anything else could be said. "He has not responded to any of our calls."

"He is a busy man, I will let you know. Last I heard, he was at our estate, preparing a shipment of Jigokuchu after your incompetence has killed the ones the Gotei 13 housed. He left immediately after consulting with the Head Commander. You know how far away our estate is and our kago porters can only carry him so fast. I contacted him at XX:XX, the time you were asking about, and he had just arrived at our estate. Now, if you will excuse me, go bother someone else."

"Wait just a min-!"

Crash. The old minx had fired a blast of Kido to terminate the transmission (and most likely hospitalize another poor messenger).

"...Moving on...These are the division 7 members that had been in charge of overseeing the Jigokuchus at the time."

The rest of the testimonies didn't go any better. All the division 7 members, whether Nanashi could recognize them or not, all gave the same dismissive testimony, claiming that they had been too preoccupied by the Jigokuchus to confirm that Nanashi Yamamoto had been there.

"It has been decided that Yamamoto Nanashi will be stripped of her rank of captain and status as Shinigami of the Gotei 13. Her zanpakuto will be removed from her and destroyed while she will be incarcerated in the deepest levels of Division One's prison."

"Jack Mallory will retain her rank as captain of Division Three, but she will be put under house arrest and forbidden to leave Seireitei without consulting Central 46. She will also be put under surveillance by the Onmitsukido until the weapons are retrieved and her name is cleared."




((OoC:The amount of X's in this thread is making my brain fly down the gutter OHOHOHOHOHO. And yes, I'm rushing through things. Don't wait on me to post >< ))