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Looking at that set of answers, the only thing that came to mind was to wonder how many quest-goers didn't know about/totally forgot about TPK's previous Q&A sessions in snek quest.
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Well, at least one guy apparently deliberately gave him shitty questions to waste answers on.
 
Rukia and her repalcement afro guy were both from squad 13 right? Each squad is sent to different areas of the human world to patrol right? So Karakura town should be under the purview of squad 13.
 
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Looking at that set of answers, the only thing that came to mind was to wonder how many quest-goers didn't know about/totally forgot about TPK's previous Q&A sessions in snek quest.
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Even far along in snake quest, we got a bunch of badly formed questions every time. Yes or no questions to good subjects but where we wanted qualitative answers, failure to consider the inclusive or, conversational tone which means the question that will actually get answered because it's what's literally written as opposed to what's intended in the poster's head... Honestly we could use a whole "how to ask TPK questions" write-up to copy paste every time this comes up.
 
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Even far along in snake quest, we got a bunch of badly formed questions every time. Yes or no questions to good subjects but where we wanted qualitative answers, failure to consider the inclusive or, conversational tone which means the question that will actually get answered because it's what's literally written as opposed to what's intended in the poster's head... Honestly we could use a whole "how to ask TPK questions" write-up to copy paste every time this comes up.
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They're just funny treats we get. If he gave his hand to us that'd be... bad all around. It's natural that he wants to keep us guessing.

And ignores the question of how our family and friends are doing. That I asked. Q-q
 
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    • This one kind of fought me. Zangetsu needs to strike the right balance between antagonistic and informative, but I'm not sure where it is yet. Hell, he probably doesn't know yet either.

    [69] Bakudo
    [49] Hoho
    [28] Hakuda
    [1] Hado

    At the end of your fifth week at Shin'o Academy, a month after dying, you face off in the most literal interpretation of a mirror match that you can think of.

    "I just don't get what's wrong with you!" You shout at your zanpakuto's spirit. "

    The white and black reflection of you leers. "Maybe that's because I'm the one that's fine, and you're the one that needs to see reason?"

    "I'm trying to get inside your head here!" You snap. After several seconds, in which your zanpakuto spirit's smile slides up meaningfully on one side, you continue. "I've been trying all week, and I think I figured something out. Let me know if I'm onto something."

    "I can do that, but if you're wrong, I'll cut you open."

    The two of you are inside one of the sideways skyscrapers again, facing off a mere thirty feet from each other, well inside the distance at which the blade in his hand makes you wary. "You're upset that I died. You don't like that I wasn't strong enough to either stop myself from getting hurt, by whatever means."

    He makes a circular motion with his sword. "Go on."

    "I'm just not sure what you want me to do in specific, make myself harder to hurt, or get better at defending myself."

    "I'd call it more wanting to see you use more violence in general."

    "Fine. More violence, better at hurting people, that kind of thing."

    "Yeah." The spirit drawls. "Is there a point?"

    You grip your sword in both hands and raise in in a ready position, hilt low, tip high, prepared for anything. "I don't have forever. I've got to get this done fast."

    The white spirit, currently nameless, dashes forward without warning. His more refined blade thrusts out like a lance- and stops, halted by the flat plate of blue light on your wrist! "So I thought, why can't I just do both!"
    You shout, and throw the sword to your left, opening his guard with foot-wide circle of barrier kido attached to your arm. "So whatever it is you want, you can have it!"

    What happens next is so quick that you only realize the exact sequence in the silence that follows. The zanpakuto spirit's blade jerks at the last second, pulled back toward you when he grabs the ribbon trailing after it's hilt and yanks it wide. A bloody line opens up on your shoulder as you just barely deflect the sword again. Your own sword hits the spirit like an oversized cleaver, and cuts appropriately.

    He staggers back, and though you expect surprise you don't see any on his face, just satisfaction. "That's it." He rasps, voice scratchy. The deep red line carving up his chest and across his neck might be the cause of that. "That's the attitude you need if you want to be the king in this relationship."

    "Are you..."

    "This? It'll go away as soon as you leave. You can't kill me, dumbass. I'm your zanpakuto."

    That makes a kind of sense.

    ...You're not stepping any closer to find out if he's faking.

    "What'd you mean by king? I don't want to be anybody's king."

    The spirit shrugs. "I had this whole speech planned, about how I'd only be the horse supporting you until I had the chance to become the king on top, but it's not exactly relevant any more."

    "You know," You say dryly, "for someone who doesn't like talking you're doing a lot of it."

    "I blame you." The spirit replies easily. "Your shield- you cast that spell before you started meditating. That was a good idea. How long can you keep it up and hidden for?"

    "About an hour." It should get better, the more of your spiritual energy you can manage to wrestle under your control.

    The spirit thinks about that. "It seemed like it was cracking. I bet I can get through it, next time." He goes serious as he starts to blacken at the edges, crumpling to dust. "I'm only going to say this once, so listen up. If you want to walk around with a real sword, the name you need to call me is..."


    Zangetsu


    Late Saturday night, the day before he returns to Kukaku Shiba's house, Ichigo Kurosaki achieves shikai.

    Now that you know its name, Zangetsu strains against the limits of its unreleased shape. Do you walk around with Zangetsu in its released state, or in its unreleased one?
    [] Let Zangetsu stay released
    [] Keep Zangetsu unreleased

    Five weeks to shikai. That has to be some kind of record. Do you really want that attention right now? Refusing to tell people will either have you refuse to acknowledge that anything has changed, or ignore the question altogether, if asked.
    [] Admit you have it if asked
    [] You can tell your friends
    [] Only tell Kukaku about it
    Adhoc vote count started by TPK on Sep 3, 2017 at 12:31 PM, finished with 239 posts and 130 votes.
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    • [X] Keep Zangetsu unreleased
    [X] Only tell Kukaku about it

    Let's NOT let Aizen find out about this just yet?
     
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