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Now You Feel Like Number None [Bleach Arrancar Quest]

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[x]Chase Findor down into the depths. See this through to the bitter, bitter end.

We are exhausted and he will likely catch us if we run.
 
Revlid said:
If we go down into that hole, we're either dead or somehow badly maimed, because the stats and resources in play mean there is no way for Nemo to win short of table-flipping narrative bullshit. And even if we did win, we'd be the weeniest little loser to ever kill a prominent fraccion, so best case scenario we've painted a target on our backs and need to flee and hide anyway.

If we flee, it's over. For now. Findor will lick his wounds, return to Barragan as soon as he's presentable, and bide his time for another shot. As far as the Exequias are concerned, this is another scuffle between Numeros, and not worth their time. As far as Findor is concerned, this is a total embarrassment that he cannot allow his king to get wind of.

So if you want to stay alive, and part of the structure of Las Noches, your options are Cirucci or Esmeralda. The latter choice will patch up our friendship and likely keep us safe by giving us another long mission, the former choice will further our senpai-kouhai relationship and likely keep us safe by putting us through harsh training (combat and etiquette) in her nonsensical pillar room. Either way, training arc ahead of dealing with Findor for good.
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I believe that between these two, I rather prefer the idea of an extended mission for one of the Espada. In light of that:

[X}Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X]Esmeralda's infirmary.
--[X]I need a mission, immediately. Preferably one that might take a while.
 
[X] Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X] Esmeralda's infirmary.

I hope this doesn't end up with Esmeralda dead. But I'm not very interested in leaving Los Noches either and basically being a hermit in the forest.
 
[X]Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X]The white desert beyond Las Noches.

Yeah let's not fight this asshole when apparently releasing heals all the wounds we've already dealt him, thus making everything we've already done basically useless even though we burned most of our spiritual power doing so.

He's not going to be catching up to Nemo any time soon though. Nemo is just too fast for him to catch her when she has a head start.
 
Revlid said:
"Your only friend, Nemo has been murdered in the depths of the castle by Barragan's imperious fraccion, Findor. You must avenge her, but how? You're just Las Noches' medic."
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I generally agree with your post, but I find that this is silly. @Omicron isn't going to just go "well haha lol u picked the wrong choice gg ez git gud scrubs" and kill off Nemo because that's boring and this is a narrative quest, arguing that "well if we take this perfectly valid choice out of the list provided by our QM we'll totally die" isn't necessary and also incorrect because neither of us have any way of knowing if this is correct, because @Omicron hasn't said so.

[X]Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X]Cirucci's fort.

If he wants to chase us, we'll sic the Gillians on him and fight him on our terms, if he wants to fight a shadow, he's going to die the death of a thousand cuts and bleed out in some forgotten corner of Hueco Mundo while we heal in the shadows. I say, let him.

Also, this gives us more Senpai/Kouhai relationship and that's important.
 
[X]Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X]Cirucci's fort.

We have a standing invitation from Cirucci to come get etiquette lessons. Go back and ask her to clarify the proper form of address for a Fraccion whose ass you just kicked when he started trouble in your apartment.
 
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[X]Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X]Cirucci's fort.
 
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Fighting really is a poor choice at this juncture. He's not going to pursue this immediately, and we can use that as an opportunity to get PERMISSION to leave by taking a Job from Esmeralda.

The best part is that FIndor believes strength is an inherent, natural borne thing for Arrancar. Training and the like isn't somehting he'll do, so we can get a leg up on him over time.
 
ManusDomine said:
I generally agree with your post, but I find that this is silly. @Omicron isn't going to just go "well haha lol u picked the wrong choice gg ez git gud scrubs" and kill off Nemo because that's boring and this is a narrative quest, arguing that "well if we take this perfectly valid choice out of the list provided by our QM we'll totally die" isn't necessary and also incorrect because neither of us have any way of knowing if this is correct, because @Omicron hasn't said so.

[X]Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X]Cirucci's fort.

If he wants to chase us, we'll sic the Gillians on him and fight him on our terms, if he wants to fight a shadow, he's going to die the death of a thousand cuts and bleed out in some forgotten corner of Hueco Mundo while we heal in the shadows. I say, let him.

Also, this gives us more Senpai/Kouhai relationship and that's important.
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We'll only die when it's thematically appropriate. Got it.

Pandemonious Ivy said:
Wait seriously? Wow.
I never thought of that.
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Glad to enlighten you. :D
 
[X]Chase Findor down into the depths. See this through to the bitter, bitter end.
-[X] Wrong, I fight for my home...and you attacked it.

*Shrug* Frankly being stuck in Hermit Mode in the Gillian Forest, while Findor spins whatever narrative he likes, and we risk being hunted down the Exequias, isn't something I'd like deal with. So fight for our life as any hollow would.

 
Ah screw it. Nemo's not going to keep a cool head to fight and her condition's really bad already. Findor's also just going to be a bitch about it. Let's get out of here.

[X]Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X]Cirucci's fort.

Let's not put any more heat on our medic friend okay? Esmeralds' got it hard enough already.

At least we just got back from a very fruitful mission for Cirucci and she's guaranteed to be in a good mood for a while. Findor's also the type of asshole that'll draw her ire regardless anyways. We might not even have to convince her to help us out (we'll fail hilariously if we try though)

I can think of worse things than being roped into working more for Cirrucci.

Oh and for the love of everything holy and unholy let's not forget the crown fragment. No fuel for the fire.
 
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Nix's Warden said:
[X]Chase Findor down into the depths. See this through to the bitter, bitter end.
-[X] Wrong, I fight for my home...and you attacked it.

*Shrug* Frankly being stuck in Hermit Mode in the Gillian Forest, while Findor spins whatever narrative he likes, and we risk being hunted down the Exequias, isn't something I'd like deal with. So fight for our life as any hollow would.
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I don't think we're going to get hunted down. We're a nobody.
 
[X]Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X]Cirucci's fort.

We have a standing invitation from Cirucci to come get etiquette lessons. Go back and ask her to clarify the proper form of address for a Fraccion whose ass you just kicked when he started trouble in your apartment.

This is the time to burn Findor. He's already committed to hating us at this point, meaning we're going to have to do something about him unless we want to flee Los Noches and never come back. Chasing him down into the darkness is a bad plan; he's still very dangerous, and we're ahead on points right now. Go spread the tale of his uselessness to the Hueco Mundo gossip farm. That'll hurt him worse than another Cero to the head. His best case outcome right now is that he kills Nemo off before anyone knows she actually was able to put up a fight. If he has to go back and say he fought a hard battle against some lower ranked nobody, he's already a loser.

Plus, if he still wants a fight, Cirucci's Room O' Pillars is a great arena for it. Lots of hard cover to duck behind and phase through, lots of shadows to hide in, and an audience to appreciate our fight who can't be easily silenced. We don't even need Cirucci to throw down on our behalf, we just need her there watching us poke holes in Findor. No matter who wins, he's a joke after this.
 
lifeofgesture said:
I don't think we're going to get hunted down. We're a nobody.
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As the Wiki says:
The Exequias are responsible for terminating any rebels or intruders in Las Noches, hence their name. Like the Números, the Exequias are subordinate to the Espada, though the extent of the latter's control over them is unknown.

We leave Findorr alive, he can make any kind of story he wants, paint us as the 'bad guy', and then watch as we're hunted down by the almost limitless army made to track down and kill traitors/rebels.

It's not like arrancar leaving Aizen's army regularly, so yeah I fully expect Rudbornn to be sent after us if we run, and I'd rather fight and maybe die, then hide for our life in the Menos Forest while doing our best to avoid being hunted down by Aizen's Executioner.
 
[X]Grab anything valuable you still own, and run. Where are you going?
-[X]Cirucci's fort.

Your etiquette lessons didn't work Ms. Someone tried to kill me immediately
 
See, I think Cirruci's place is interesting because not only is it an amazing arena that makes for interesting writing, but it's also a place where senpai Cirruci can look on and go "you fought pretty shit, i can't bear to see someone fight as bad as that, now it's time to teach you how to fight properly if you want to be my Fraccion" and we can point out that she's not actually Espada and we have never asked to be made Fraccion which just makes us a catholic tsundere ghost fashion moth samurai wizard lady, which would be amazing and hilarious. :V
 
Nix's Warden said:
As the Wiki says:
The Exequias are responsible for terminating any rebels or intruders in Las Noches, hence their name. Like the Números, the Exequias are subordinate to the Espada, though the extent of the latter's control over them is unknown.

We leave Findorr alive, he can make any kind of story he wants, paint us as the 'bad guy', and then watch as we're hunted down by the almost limitless army made to track down and kill traitors/rebels.

It's not like arrancar leaving Aizen's army regularly, so yeah I fully expect Rudbornn to be sent after us if we run, and I'd rather fight and maybe die, then hide for our life in the Menos Forest while doing our best to avoid being hunted down by Aizen's Executioner.
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Findor won't say a thing. He just got punked by a Numero, and making a big deal of it will get back to Baraggan, which will make his king look bad by proxy.

This is something Findor will avoid at all costs. The real worry is him coming back to pay us back personally as his pride as one of Baraggans fraccion demands.

That means we need to skip town for a while, so to speak. However, we also need to do so WITH PERMISSION. THat means going to either Esmeralda for a job, or Cirruci for...nepotism, hopefully.
 
We still have a free heal in the form of our Resurreccion and while Findor has his own, it's not a good match up against our own. Sure, it gives him a giant claw cannon and some armor, but we can Sonido past all of his attacks and his armor only covers one side of his body. We'd also be able to ignore his Heirro to a degree.
Revlid said:
Going to Esmeralda will either kill her, or delay the confrontation by bringing Findor into contact with an Espada present in the infirmary when we arrive, or cause her to flee with us, or some combination thereof. Very unpredictable, but ultimately likely to cement our wavering friendship and put off the Findor conflict for another day while he stalks off to nurse his injured pride.
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You're right, the result is unpredictable, however, the chance of an Espada being there is highly unlikely considering Esmeralda is still alive last time we checked and the first time the Espada left Hueco Mundo in canon, Yammy lost his arm. Anything less than a powerful "ally" being there is likely to end in more combat.
Revlid said:
Going to Cirucci's fort would certainly ward off Findor, and might even bring her into the fight, especially if we make out like Findor's motives were less than pure (my ripped clothes...). However, it could also bring her into conflict with Barragan, which Cirucci cannot really afford. We'd basically be escalating the fight and establishing ourselves as Cirucci's underling by throwing ourselves on her mercy.
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I'd rather not become the underling of Cirucci since that might stop us from becoming Fraccione and having protection from one of the Espada.
Revlid said:
The Living World would presumably be further Fullbringer shenanigans? I don't know what that would even lead to. Honorary Xcution member and/or Riruka's Dollhouse guest. Although I guess if we stuck around in Karakura we'd then be subject to the arrival of Yammy and Ulquiorra, followed by Grimmjow's faction. Unclear, overall.
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Possibly the worst of the options here. We have no idea where the Fullbringers are and can attract the attention of the Shinigami, who'd probably handing us over to Mayuri so he can research us. Plus, considering how much people have been trying to avoid Aizen finding out about any journey to the human world, this gives Findor more ammunition when he goes to tell on us.
 
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