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Post by taki on Jan 25, 2010 16:11:49 GMT -5
NNoitra 5th and self-proclaimed strongest espada was walking through the white desert. He as always was bored beyond belief. There were no strong opponents. How was he supposed to prove he was the strongest when the four espada who outranked him or Gin, the new leader, refused to fight and there was no-one worth fighting anywhere. He sat down on a stone thinking about his previous opponents. In his first life he had only two real decent opponents: former 3rd espada Neliel and his eventual killer the shinigami Kenpachi. He shook his head his usual perpetual smile turned upside down. "I need a decent fight. Not all these nobodies." he said.
As if to illustrate his point a hollow leapt up from the sand and began to growl at him. It was adjuchas class and reminded him for some reason of Grimmjow. Perhaps it was the feline persona. The tentacle like hair reminded him of Szayel though. "Piss off." Nnoitra said irritably letting off a flare of reiatsu that below the hollow back. "Ya just a nobody." This angered the hollow and it launched a globule of acid from its tentacles. Nnoitra raised a hand and it hit his palm doing no damage. "Ya got nerve and i'll give ya that." Nnoitra said and rose to his feet. "Guess i'll humour ya." He swung his axe in an arc not meaning to kill the hollow, feeling this was the greatest insult, refusal to kill. However, the hollow was weaker then he anticipated. He killed it instantly.
Nnoitra kicked the sand covered in its blood. "Ya were even more pathetic then I thought." he said in annoyance. "Scum like Ya don't deserve to die in battle."
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Post by Otahu on Jan 25, 2010 16:20:15 GMT -5
The eternal night of the White Desert was home to the 11th Ranked Arrancar. Watching one of the few Espada that hadn't left for the real world below crush someone who didn't have the smarts to know when a fight was one-sided. She was easily out of sight from her vantage point and the simple fact that she, as her namesake, was born out of the shadows. Leaning up against a boulder up on a few shoots of pale rock.
Of course, her shadow wasn't as stationary and stretched along the white dunes while still remaining attached to Nocturne by a toe. A shadowy hand stretched up and along Nnoitra's hakama before up along his chest and hesitating over the eyepatch in curiosity. Of course, the touch of the shadowed hand wasn't exactly 'felt' as one would think. Rather it was just a coolness like any shadow sliding over skin.
Blood-red eyes watched from the shadows of the rocks, idly curious how this Espada would react to her curious shadow self. Keeping her foot on the ground to continue to allow the shadow the contact it required.
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Post by taki on Jan 25, 2010 16:52:04 GMT -5
The feel of the shadow wasn't felt, but it did have a coolness like any shadow. That was what gave it away. He felt the coolness and wondered what was casting it. The espada looked around and saw a shadow, but it didn't seem to have been cast by anything. He stared in the direction of the shadow for a moment before placing a finger to the ground. A thick line of gold energy extended from where his finger touched and followed the line of the shadow. It was his enhanced pesquisa. He suspected someone was on top of the rocks, invisible somehow, and this was a way to check. He detected the reiatsu of someone there. The reiatsu didn't impress him.
"Nah point in hiding, nobody can hide from ma pesquisa." he said raising his voice slightly. "Not that i'm bothered if ya don't. Ya just another nobody." He shrugged nonchalantly and rested his axe on his shoulder. He was impressed at the stealth skills of this arrancar, but he'd probably forget in a few minutes. It would have to be something really impressive to help him remember it.
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Post by Otahu on Jan 25, 2010 17:05:24 GMT -5
Nocturne smiled softly when she sensed the use of the power, she'd been around long enough that there were few tricks left she didn't have some idea of. Stepping out of the shadows; her foot coming up forcing her shadow to retreat back to her as she crossed her arms over her chest and leaned on the rock in plain view. "Just a nobidy, you seem to say that alot, Espada. Though I can respect relying on your own strength...since that's what I do." Well, that's what she embodied; Solitude.
She pushed off the rock and strode forward, while she may be small compared to him, she didn't seem to notice as she looked upon Sante Teresa for a moment before looking up at the Cinca Espada. "There aren't many Espada in Hueco Mundo anymore, do you know why?" Admitting at being a little curious, she ignored the flitting of her shadow along the sand around her. At least for now she ignored it.
Sometimes keeping your attention on the threat at hand was more important that your friends. Seeing as her shadow self was her only friend, it would have to get over it. Besides, it was more curious in Nnoitra than being slighted. Deciding a bit of flattery was in order to warm the aggressive Espada, just a bit maybe. "You are the...Cuatra Espada? Though, I'm surprised you've not yet taken the Tres spot. I can feel your Hierro from here. Even if I was Released I doubt I'd be able to so much as scratch the surface, let alone leave a mark."
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Post by taki on Jan 25, 2010 17:18:19 GMT -5
"Just a nobidy, you seem to say that alot, Espada. Though I can respect relying on your own strength...since that's what I do."
Nnoitra looked over at the approaching figure. Compagold to him she was tiny. He was the tallest espada. "I rely on ma own strength cause I need nobody especially all these nobodies" he stated his frown turning to a smile at her flattery. He extended his tongue revealing his tatoo. "I may be the quinta espada, but don't let the number fool ya. I'm the strongest espada" He nodded at her comment about his hierro. "It takes more then a nobody to cut through my hierro, even that pussy primera would struggle." This was to indicate that he felt Grimmjow was weak and that he was feline. "He couldn't even beat that punk with the spiky hair and I kicked his arse. If that Kenpachi hadn't turned up..." this showed how much he was impressed by Kenpachi. He actually remembered his name after all this time. "...that kid would of been just another notch on my blade."
He thought about the espada situation and shrugged. He didn't really care about the others because they refused to fight due to obeying orders or some shit. Or so they said. He knew the truth. They were scared to fight him. Or that was the truth the bloodlusting espada had thought of. "I don't give a fuck where they went." he said. "A lot of em got scared shitless by that wimpy orange haired dick." he shrugged. "And some of them jsut don't like that white haired prick as much as Aizen."
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Post by Otahu on Jan 25, 2010 17:35:30 GMT -5
Nocturne listened to his goings on and nodded her head, "Very troubling...I would have thought that the ways of the Arrancar wouldn't be so lost on the current Espada. We are, after all...what our natures depict and none of us aspected Coward live long enough to be worth anything."Musing as she reached up, tapping her lips with an index finger. As if considering what Nnoitra said litany. Though, it was a bit of falsehood, she didn't suspect the taller Espada to be lying to her, after all.
"Of course not! All of this rot about Fraccion...I need only myself to live how I wish...well, my shadow does not count as she is apart of me, you see?" Her eyes half closed as she could hear whispering, though it was only in her head. So long on the dunes as Solitude...well, you don't come out exactly sane. "Though, I will say using another isn't so bad. So long as it's clear that it's a give and take, don't you agree?" That was, after all, one of her own ideals. She only stuck with someone when it best suited her. While she was certain this Espada could kill her where she stood...she wasn't so certain he'd be able to catch her.
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Post by taki on Jan 25, 2010 17:51:18 GMT -5
Nnoitra shrugged at her statement. He had used people in the past. They always thought they were equal to him, but he never thought so. "Fraccion come in useful. They can deal with nobodies i can't be fucked to kill." He thought about this. "But they are so fucking annoying." This was a reference to Tesla who always kept butting in without being told to. He leant over her and looked down on her. "Ya shadow? What the fuck ya on about?" He didn't really care, but maybe it was some skill he could learn that would make him even stronger. Not that he needed it because he was already the strongest espada.
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Post by Otahu on Jan 25, 2010 18:04:28 GMT -5
Nocturne had to crane her neck to look up at him as he practically loomed over her. "You haven't yet noticed?" She pointed down to the sands where she shadow was stufying his, moving independently of herself. "It i it's own entity, in a way. It moves freely of me of it's own volition. Speaking to me, though I'm fairly certain no one else can hear it's voice. It is where I took my name, though I'll not trouble you with such a title as I'm sure it means nothing to you. Still...it is what I am and the nature of what I do." She said a bit cryptically. She'd not Released her blade in a century, so she was certain her powers were unknown to anyone within the White Desert.
"Do you have to do that? I'm short even considering the normal scope of things and you're quite tall." Even though she was deferring to the man, somewhat, she was still fearless. What did a shadow have to fear at night, afterall? Even the strongest of creatures could hardly dispatch the antithesis of light simply because so long as one existed so too did the other. She stepped up onto the very air to be able to look at him more easily.
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Post by taki on Jan 26, 2010 12:55:39 GMT -5
Nnoitra shrugged and looked down on the shadow. So it wasn't her that had casted the shadow on him or not directly anyway. Her shadow had moved of its own free will. He noticed she showed no fear whatsoever. "Ya pretty brave." He said looking directly into her eyes as she was now level with his face. "But ya right. I don't give a fuck about ya name or ya title or ya nature. Ya not strong enough to remember."
He turned to look away staring into the distance across the wastelands. "Ya a bit like that lazy piece of shit Starrk. Got two parts of ya but their both their own person" He looked over at her shoulder. "Suppose ya might last more then five seconds if that shadow can fight." He turned and smiled at her. "Be a long shot though."
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Post by Otahu on Jan 26, 2010 13:16:30 GMT -5
The smile that curls her lips would have sent more than a few Arrancar to hide as he makes mention of her shadow being able to fight. "Hmm...maybe you're more perceptive than I gave you credit for. I've been alive longer than most...At least two centuries, maybe more. You were one of the Arrancar from before this Aizen fellow...maybe you've heard of me." It was a bit of a long shot, but who knows. Not even Starrk guessed that her shadow was more than just a companion.
Along the White Dunes it was known that one could 'hire' an assassin amongst the Arrancar. Though it was long ago when last that assassin worked the dunes freely and many just assumed that she'd died or been eaten. Still...she'd done neither and just couldn't think of any fun payments.
"Mmm...I may not be able to match your strength...but I'm a small target to hit and I'm very fast. It's also hard in general to just get ahold of me. So...maybe I wouldn't last if you hunted me down after miles and miles...but you'd have to care enough to give chase. Which you don't." At that, her shadow was was hanging off of the shadow of Sante Teresa before suddenly coming up along the boulder beside Nocturne. Making a big deal about bringing it's hand up to whisper at Nocturne who listened. "Maybe he wants to be rid of this Ichimaru creep as well? He sounds a lot like this Primera we heard about when it comes to following orders." Of course, the shadow's voice was only in Nocturne's head. Nocturne shrugged a shoulder, "We shall see, but later."
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