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Now You Feel Like Number None [Bleach Arrancar Quest]

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[X] The Braid ties together one who was and one who is; a battle on two fronts. Cracks spread across your mask, your sword is slipping out of your grasp. You fight so you can be human, be better, to challenge the nature of all who were once Hollow. Without the shadow's strength you can only fail until you reach your breaking point - but you will not yield until then.

This option confronts Polilla most directly, which is what Nemo is actually here to do in the first place.
 
[X] The Braid ties together one who was and one who is; a battle on two fronts. Cracks spread across your mask, your sword is slipping out of your grasp. You fight so you can be human, be better, to challenge the nature of all who were once Hollow. Without the shadow's strength you can only fail until you reach your breaking point - but you will not yield until then.
 
[X] The Braid ties together one who was and one who is; a battle on two fronts. Cracks spread across your mask, your sword is slipping out of your grasp. You fight so you can be human, be better, to challenge the nature of all who were once Hollow. Without the shadow's strength you can only fail until you reach your breaking point - but you will not yield until then.
 
[X] The Braid ties together one who was and one who is; a battle on two fronts. Cracks spread across your mask, your sword is slipping out of your grasp. You fight so you can be human, be better, to challenge the nature of all who were once Hollow. Without the shadow's strength you can only fail until you reach your breaking point - but you will not yield until then.
 
The Phoenixian said:
I don't agree with this analysis at all. I see all these as less relations to Nemo's imagery, and more "Which character present are we paralleling?"

The Spear: Ikakku threw himself at life's challenges, not merely embracing them but seeking out ever more. So must we prepare to face challenge after challenge.

The Feather: Yumachika has turned away from hiding, revealing and embracing his true shikai. So shall Nemo reveal and embrace herself.

The Braid: Unohana rejected and turned back on her past to change herself into another, kinder person. And so shall Nemo, for so long as she can.
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Well you've convinced me to change my vote.

[X] The Feather floats on the wind, and is no less worthy a warrior for the magic it wields. Your shadow writhes, your skin turns to porcelain, you bleed black dust. You fight to be strong enough to matter, to challenge fate and the will of God. The enemy's power allows no retort, so you will bring down the sky with each wailing bolt of power that he may never reach you.

My gut instinct preferred feather anyway.
 
[X] The Feather floats on the wind, and is no less worthy a warrior for the magic it wields. Your shadow writhes, your skin turns to porcelain, you bleed black dust. You fight to be strong enough to matter, to challenge fate and the will of God. The enemy's power allows no retort, so you will bring down the sky with each wailing bolt of power that he may never reach you.
 
[X] The Braid ties together one who was and one who is; a battle on two fronts. Cracks spread across your mask, your sword is slipping out of your grasp. You fight so you can be human, be better, to challenge the nature of all who were once Hollow. Without the shadow's strength you can only fail until you reach your breaking point - but you will not yield until then.
 
[X] The Spear attacks relentlessly, accepting wounds and dealing them in turn. Old injuries ache, your chest is on fire, there is blood on your tongue. You fight to be whole again, to challenge a forgotten self who thought she couldn't endure her own memories. The enemy is stronger and faster, but you will endure any wounds, heal yourself and come back again and again.
 
[X] The Spear attacks relentlessly, accepting wounds and dealing them in turn. Old injuries ache, your chest is on fire, there is blood on your tongue. You fight to be whole again, to challenge a forgotten self who thought she couldn't endure her own memories. The enemy is stronger and faster, but you will endure any wounds, heal yourself and come back again and again.
 
[X] The Feather floats on the wind, and is no less worthy a warrior for the magic it wields. Your shadow writhes, your skin turns to porcelain, you bleed black dust. You fight to be strong enough to matter, to challenge fate and the will of God. The enemy's power allows no retort, so you will bring down the sky with each wailing bolt of power that he may never reach you.

The other two options sound like bad end bait with some character development attached.
 
[X] The Braid ties together one who was and one who is; a battle on two fronts. Cracks spread across your mask, your sword is slipping out of your grasp. You fight so you can be human, be better, to challenge the nature of all who were once Hollow. Without the shadow's strength you can only fail until you reach your breaking point - but you will not yield until then.
 
[X] The Spear attacks relentlessly, accepting wounds and dealing them in turn. Old injuries ache, your chest is on fire, there is blood on your tongue. You fight to be whole again, to challenge a forgotten self who thought she couldn't endure her own memories. The enemy is stronger and faster, but you will endure any wounds, heal yourself and come back again and again.
 
[X] The Spear attacks relentlessly, accepting wounds and dealing them in turn. Old injuries ache, your chest is on fire, there is blood on your tongue. You fight to be whole again, to challenge a forgotten self who thought she couldn't endure her own memories. The enemy is stronger and faster, but you will endure any wounds, heal yourself and come back again and again.
 
[X] The Spear attacks relentlessly, accepting wounds and dealing them in turn. Old injuries ache, your chest is on fire, there is blood on your tongue. You fight to be whole again, to challenge a forgotten self who thought she couldn't endure her own memories. The enemy is stronger and faster, but you will endure any wounds, heal yourself and come back again and again.

Really don't like the braid option as it just feels 'off' to me when we came here to confront our problems, ignoring it completely until we're so tired 'we reach a breaking point' seems the entirely wrong thing to do.

I thought we wanted to accept the part of us that was sealed away and become whole, not stubbornly refuse to use it until we have no choice but to rely on it again (which is part of what caused this in the first place).

Ideals and dreams have their place but trying to shoehorn them into what should be Nemo focusing on herself for once to become whole/complete (at the advice of a lot of people) seems like a dumb idea.
 
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[X] The Spear attacks relentlessly, accepting wounds and dealing them in turn. Old injuries ache, your chest is on fire, there is blood on your tongue. You fight to be whole again, to challenge a forgotten self who thought she couldn't endure her own memories. The enemy is stronger and faster, but you will endure any wounds, heal yourself and come back again and again.

I like how this both parallels Yumichica and Polla the fight Will be challenging but we will keep trying till we succeed
 
Yaga said:
This option confronts Polilla most directly, which is what Nemo is actually here to do in the first place.
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It confronts nothing.

It literally avoids dealing with the problem until Nemo is tired and completely out of energy and HAS to rely on Polilla to win, which also means going to the thing inside the sword in a position/moment of weakness rather than challenging it properly.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by Sinsystems on Jul 15, 2018 at 7:52 PM, finished with 114 posts and 69 votes.
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[X] The Spear attacks relentlessly, accepting wounds and dealing them in turn. Old injuries ache, your chest is on fire, there is blood on your tongue. You fight to be whole again, to challenge a forgotten self who thought she couldn't endure her own memories. The enemy is stronger and faster, but you will endure any wounds, heal yourself and come back again and again.
 
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