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I'd rather shore up the Division responsible for the Juureichi so that in case of shit and a VC-level combatant is needed on the ground, Ichigo is there.
 
Vote Tally : Bleach: Derailed | Page 118 | Sufficient Velocity [Posts: 2945-3152]
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[X] Accept Kukaku's offer and take the Shiba name
No. of Votes: 79
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[X] Deal with things on your own as best you can
No. of Votes: 59
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[x] Go up the ladder with the Omaeda connection.
No. of Votes: 6
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Total No. of Voters: 144
 
[X] Deal with things on your own as best you can

Abandon the Kurosaki name? When it's a name our father chose to take up instead? Abandon his family?
 
Amberion said:
[X] Deal with things on your own as best you can

Abandon the Kurosaki name? When it's a name our father chose to take up instead? Abandon his family?
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We don't know that he'll abandon the name, and abandon his family? Ichigo's driving goal since the quest started is to get back to his family. Changing his family name won't affect that at all.

Hey @TPK, since this is a major factor in people's votes, if the 'take the Shiba name' vote wins, will Ichigo stop using his Kurosaki family name and use Shiba instead (Ichigo Shiba) or do something like add it on (Ichigo Kurosaki-Shiba, for example)?
 
My point is, I'm thinking in terms of what Ichigo would do personality-wise. He'd NEVER abandon his family, and taking up another family name feels like abandonment to me.
 
[X] Accept Kukaku's offer and take the Shiba name

I trust her to know how to deal with nobles' bullshit without getting our family killed, after all she has been the family head for at last a few decades.
 
150 is when TPK sometimes starts handing out bonuses, right?

How close are we to that?
 
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    [78] Accept Kukaku's offer and take the Shiba name
    [60] Deal with things on your own as best you can
    [8] Go up the ladder with the Omaeda connection.
    Total No. of Voters: 146

    "Apparently this week you decided that just surprising people once wasn't enough, Ichigo Kurosaki Shiba." Gin Ichimaru says from so close behind you that you can feel his breath on your neck.

    You spin around, sword ready, on reflex and he's far too close for you to change the course of your blade! Visions of massive scars dance through your mind's eye in the moment before impact, but between that moment and the metal meeting flesh the silver-haired man drops to his haunches. Zangetsu passes over his head and then he pops back up, but this time you're facing him.

    "Personal space! Personal space!" You yelp, and stagger back.

    Gin chuckles. "I had to get at least one over on ya, Ichigo. Come on, why didn't you tell me that you were a Shiba?"

    "I just told the academy head an hour ago."

    "News travels fast." The captain says. "But seriously, first I hear you learned shikai, then the eleventh's vice captain is going on about how that's the guy who agreed to spar with her captain, and now you've been adopted into the Shiba? If I didn't know better I'd think you were winding people up."

    "I'm not. Things just kind of... wait. Say that again."

    "You just got adopted. That's what happens when you take somebody's name."

    "No!" You yell. "When did I agree to fight-" A horrible feeling of dread comes over you. "The eleventh division's captain isn't named Kenny, is he?"

    Gin gives you the impression that he's squinting even harder. "You can call Kenpachi that if you want ta die, sure."

    Well. That happened. "I guess I did. I'll handle that when I come to it. Can I expect any more visitors?"

    "Probably not. Having a Shiba back in the Seireitei's pretty normal. They've only been sulkin on the outskirts for... it can't be a hundred years, can it?" He frowns. "When did they up and leave? Anyway, the people I know are mostly just waitin' and watchin' to see what you do. You're picking up kaido, right?"

    "What's it to you?" You ask back. You know that you should probably be taking a more formal tone with someone who commands a twelfth of the Gotei 13, but it's easy to lapse into banter with Gin. He's... companionable. He's got a wicked sense of humor and you know he does things just to get a rise out of people, but he's not a bad guy, or a stiff one.

    "I've got a few tips on reigning in your spiritual pressure, a bit. I see your zanpakuto's a centimeter smaller than it used to be."

    Well, it is only a little information. That's a more than fair trade for tips on controlling your spiritual power from someone who doubtless has large reserves of their own. It comes with being a captain. "My dad's a doctor, back in the living world. I grew up assuming that I'd just get through school and maybe go to college, but I'd take over the clinic eventually."

    That's what you thought when you actually considered the future, anyway. You didn't do that often, still don't. One step at a time is more your style.

    "Most people don't remember their living lives that well. It must be because you're so new." The older soul mentions. Without warning he jumps up to the roof bordering the practice field, no. He vanishes from the ground and appears higher up, with some kind of advanced movement technique! "If you want ta get that sword down to a manageable level, maybe try pulling in some of that excess spirit energy you're shedding all over the place, Ichigo!"

    And then he's gone.

    Of course, it can't be that easy. First, trying to actually grab hold of your spiritual energy is like trying to grab sand. You can cup it in your hands, but it's small, and it gets everywhere. Actually getting Zangetsu to become smaller is difficult as well. He just doesn't want to.


    "I'm already in that stupid unreleased state. If you want me to get any smaller, then you're going to have to make me!"

    You tried to convince him that being smaller would be more convenient, but then he shot an energy blast through the building you were in, intent on sending both of you tumbling into the abyss. You scrambled to safety just in time, but as Zangetsu fell he swung his sword around on the ribbon attacked to the hilt, and then threw it at another building, where it stuck in like a rock climber's piton, and he hauled himself up.

    Further attempts to discuss the matter proved unproductive.


    The following Sunday isn't one you're going to enjoy. It comes after a long week of marginal improvements and people staring at you like you have two heads, or something. You're frustrated with your kido instructors, who pay more attention to you in class than they used to (except the kaido one. Hanataro's okay). You're frustrated with Zangetsu, who doesn't want to be convenient for you. You're frustrated with yourself, because you feel like you're starting to hit a brick wall with your kido.

    It's your control that's the problem. You can memorize the incantation, tie the words to the movements of power inside you, and if you take the time to slowly recite them then the spells work, but when you have to do it with any sense of speed, urgency... anything that shows up in the real world outside of a practice room, even the simplest of bakudo fails.

    You need better control, and to get it you need to practice until it works, which is what you're trying to explain to Takako!

    "Training can come later. You're only adopted into a noble family once, Shiba!" Takako pulls you forward with a strength you didn't know her skinny frame possessed. "This calls for a celebration. It's tradition!"

    "My name is Ichigo." You protest. "And I'm not going out to party or whatever with you. I've got things I need to do."

    The soul reaper-in-training turns to face you. Her brow is wrinkled and her eyes set in determination. "Ichigo, then. There's more to becoming a soul reaper than skill alone. You need to prove to your prospective officers that you can work effectively on a team. In that way, taking part in a traditional celebration between colleagues contributes to your goals as well."

    "You can call me your friend. I won't object to that label."

    Takako stumbles. "Is that all you got out of what I just said?"

    "No, no." You say, heavy with regret. "I get it. Let's just not go somewhere really expensive, okay? I didn't want to ask Kukaku for money, so I've just got a few weeks' of stipend saved up."

    The important part of the tradition is sharing a toast, but there are a few places available to academy students that serve alcohol. Which one do you go to?
    [] A dumpling street stand.
    [] A quiet cafe with privacy.
    [] A bar. Bars have alcohol.
    Adhoc vote count started by TPK on Sep 5, 2017 at 7:47 AM, finished with 154 posts and 100 votes.
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    • Hahaha, that reaction to realizing who Kenny is :lol

    Hmmmmmm

    [X] A dumpling street stand.

    This feels like a fitting choice. Though of course the hints will probably change that.
     
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