Now You Feel Like Number None [Bleach Arrancar Quest]
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- Italy
You know I have this idea of Luppi attacking Nemo to piss off Cirucci and Nemo answering with a Gran rey cero in his face. Ulquiorra rushes in cause no gran rey cero insider Las Noches and tring to figure out if the Gillian fraction fired an espada level nuke, or if Luppi exploded a cero in his own face
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Obviously the rules only forbid Espada from using Gran Rey Cero inside Las Noches, we're totally in the clear.
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- Italy
Well it is an espada level tecnique, it makes sense to only expect espada (including privaron) to use it. Though this loophole wouldn't impress Aizen or Ulquiorra, it would be like "capatins are forbid to release bankai inside the seireitei" and Ikkaju run in a round in bankai 'cause he is a 3rd seat
bird_poison
Knowing their wrath, unfettered and raw
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- margarita
[X] Approach Grimmjow's Fraccions. They're predators, as wild in cheer as they are dangerous if angered, but you have met them before.
Foolish I know, it is not optimal and it does not maximize our utility. Yet, it sounds fun and insighful, if not strategically sound. And maybe there's more value than it seems in that option.
Foolish I know, it is not optimal and it does not maximize our utility. Yet, it sounds fun and insighful, if not strategically sound. And maybe there's more value than it seems in that option.
it's actually pretty likely Nemo will of never heard of that rule, seeing as they probably only get told to espada.
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- Italy
Well, I don't think anyone in charge would be forgiving, law doesn't Admit ignorance and all
[X] Approach Harribel's Fraccions. They have less of the overbearing arrogance of other followers, but their demeanour is intimidating to say the least.
We need to start the Arrancar Women's Association somewhere
We need to start the Arrancar Women's Association somewhere
[X] Approach Harribel's Fraccions. They have less of the overbearing arrogance of other followers, but their demeanour is intimidating to say the least.
- Location
- Texas
Rumors
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The Royal Fraccion
"The new one is looking awful proud over there, isn't she?" the tattooed man sneered. "We should teach her a lesson."
"No, Abirama," Ggio Vega answered wearily. "We shouldn't. We should leave her alone. I've told you why half a dozen times already."
"After what she did to Findorr? I'm an eagle, Ggio, but I didn't know you were a chicken."
"Especially after what she did to Findorr. Unlike the rest of you, I actually saw it happen. You know what she did to Findorr? She didn't kill him. At my request, when she could have, and when the new Diez was encouraging her to do that. Hell, when she clearly wanted to kill him. She looked like she wanted to eat him alive! No, Findorr was one of us, but he bit off more than he could swallow, and choked on it. We have no reason to quarrel with her over Findorr. He started the fight, she ended it, and she was more merciful than he deserved. We should be grateful to her, not picking more stupid fights."
"Grateful? Really? To a cringing, jumped-up numero? Fraccion to that stuck-up wannabe princess? The idea makes me sick."
"I know you're still holding a grudge against Cirucci for your tower, but it's time to let it go. The Diez is as far above you as our King is above her. Transferring that to her fraccion isn't going to get you revenge, it's just going to get you killed. But if gratitude isn't enough reason to leave Nemo Elcorbuzier alone, perhaps logic will be. If you pick a fight with Nemo, she will beat you. And she will probably not let a second royal fraccion live, if that's the response to her earlier mercy. And the rest of us will certainly not leap to your aid."
"As if I would lose a fight to a grub like that. You can feel her spirit pressure as well as I can. She's barely more than the lowest Gillian. I could kill her with one blow."
"Oh, certainly. Findorr thought the same thing about Nemo, and then she tore him to rags. And then, I imagine, Yammy had the same opinion about Cirucci. And they fought, and she cut him to pieces. That's a suspicious number of unlikely upsets recently, if you ask me. But, by all means, volunteer to be the third one in a row and confirm it's a pattern, not just a coincidence."
"You think what? They've got some kind of secret weapon? That's…"
"Findorr thought the girl stole something. You heard him. And there's a reason why Cirucci agreed to shelter her, and seconded her in that duel. It was a test. A demonstration. After it proved successful, they moved on Yammy. And it worked again. Be polite, Abirama. Or if you can't do that, at least just leave the girl alone."
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The Tres Bestias
"So, what's the story with #48 there?" Sung-Sun lead off. "I talked to some numeros who helped Cirucci move into the Red Chamber. They said the two of them only have one bedroom between them. Think she's just a vanity pick?"
"I'm not sure it's that simple," Emilou Appacci said quietly. "I think there's something more going on here. I went and poked around the battlefield where she fought Yammy. Look what I found there."
Emilou checked to make sure she was shielded from observation by the bodies of the other two arrancar, and then reached into the top of her boot and removed a butterfly-shaped ornament.
"Feel it. It has some power. And when I tried it on, well, it…tell her, Mila."
"It tamped down Emilou's power. A lot. I would have thought she was one of the lowest numeros, if I didn't know better. We think Cirucci was using it in her fight with Yammy. It was strange at the time, remember? I could feel Yammy's pressure, but not his opponent. Then, we felt Cirucci, and everyone thought she released. Then Yammy's power jumped, because he released; you had to feel that. All of Las Noches felt that. But then, Cirucci's power jumped again, even further. It didn't make sense at the time. You can't release twice. But there's your answer. She was using that to hide her power all along, so that Yammy wouldn't see her coming. She must have dropped it in the fight. She probably thought it was crushed in the battle."
"Well, that's a good trick, but I don't know how you get from there to 'something's going on'," Mila answered. "So she got Yammy to underestimate her. Now Yammy's on a slab and Cirucci's the new Diez. Sure. Doesn't mean Nemo's more than an ornament."
"Well," Emilou answered, "where did she get it? Cirucci never had one of these before. And…what if there was more than one?"
They collectively looked at Nemo Elcorbuzier.
"Imagine what her strength would feel like if it was doubled, Sung-Sun. Or more; there's no reason why she couldn't have a better one, even. She feels weak, like a gillian, but if it was really twice that…"
"She'd be strong. Stronger than any of us. Like one of the Privaron, actually. Almost on a level with the Espada themselves. That's…a thing. So what, she's making a play with Cirucci to join the Espada?"
"To rejoin the Espada. Think about where Cirucci and Yammy fought. The old Tercera's grounds. The one that vanished mysteriously, remember? And Cirucci was an Espada at the same time as Neliel, right? They knew each other. I don't know how well, but they might have been friends. And now they're keeping secrets and Cirucci's an Espada again."
"Somebody would recognize her. The Quinta hated Neliel, right? She couldn't sneak in here and pretend to be some nobody. It's impossible."
"Is it?" Milo asked. "Nemo's mask covers her whole face. What if it's a fake mask? Everybody sees a cracked white mask and assumes it's your hollow remnants, but how many arrancar have masks that large? It could be a fake, put on over her real mask and covering her face so nobody sees what she looks like. And she never talks. Because she doesn't want anyone to recognize her voice!"
"That's…well, that's crazy. You really think Nemo is secretly the Old Tercera, disguised and back for revenge? That's crazy!"
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Grimmjow's Pack
"I'm going to go talk to that Nemo chick," Di Roy announced. "This is my chance. It's the perfect time."
"Don't do it, man," Edrad advised him. "It's a bad deal. Not worth the risk."
"What risk? What kind of crazy talk are you talking? I'm not going and picking a fight, I'm just going to introduce myself. Welcome her to the club. All friendly and casual-like."
"Have you even been paying attention? Have you noticed all the mysterious disappearances around that lady recently?"
"No, I haven't noticed anything like that. What disappearances?"
"Findorr was talking trash about her, remember? When's the last time you saw Findorr around?"
"Findorr was a jackass, and not nearly as tough as he liked to talk. I'm not saying I think something happened to him, but if it did, he had it coming. Whatever."
"Yeah, and what about the medic girl? Menoly told me she's gone. Nobody has any idea where she's at. And she hung out with Nemo. You know that. Hollows around Nemo vanish."
"It's been, like, a day. She's probably off getting medic supplies or something. More bandages. I dunno how being a medic works, but it doesn't mean anything. It definitely doesn't mean Nemo killed her and chopped her up or somethin'."
"Not chopped her up. Ate her. She feels like a gillian, right? Probably was a gillian before she pulled the mask off. You know who else was a gillian before becoming an arrancar?"
"Nakeem? Also, like, all of us?"
"You know what I mean, dude. Aaroniero. She's like him, except sneakier. She got Findorr, and then she got the medic. And Kukkapuro."
"Kukkapuro."
"Yammy's dog. You know. Where's he been since the fight, huh? You gonna tell me he's off getting medical supplies? You think he's got a busy schedule? As soon as Yammy was out of the picture, she got him, before anyone could notice."
"Freakin' Yammy's freakin' dog."
"Keep your guard up, man. She's clever. You let her get close to you, she'll eat you, too. I'm looking out for you, bro."
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The Royal Fraccion
"The new one is looking awful proud over there, isn't she?" the tattooed man sneered. "We should teach her a lesson."
"No, Abirama," Ggio Vega answered wearily. "We shouldn't. We should leave her alone. I've told you why half a dozen times already."
"After what she did to Findorr? I'm an eagle, Ggio, but I didn't know you were a chicken."
"Especially after what she did to Findorr. Unlike the rest of you, I actually saw it happen. You know what she did to Findorr? She didn't kill him. At my request, when she could have, and when the new Diez was encouraging her to do that. Hell, when she clearly wanted to kill him. She looked like she wanted to eat him alive! No, Findorr was one of us, but he bit off more than he could swallow, and choked on it. We have no reason to quarrel with her over Findorr. He started the fight, she ended it, and she was more merciful than he deserved. We should be grateful to her, not picking more stupid fights."
"Grateful? Really? To a cringing, jumped-up numero? Fraccion to that stuck-up wannabe princess? The idea makes me sick."
"I know you're still holding a grudge against Cirucci for your tower, but it's time to let it go. The Diez is as far above you as our King is above her. Transferring that to her fraccion isn't going to get you revenge, it's just going to get you killed. But if gratitude isn't enough reason to leave Nemo Elcorbuzier alone, perhaps logic will be. If you pick a fight with Nemo, she will beat you. And she will probably not let a second royal fraccion live, if that's the response to her earlier mercy. And the rest of us will certainly not leap to your aid."
"As if I would lose a fight to a grub like that. You can feel her spirit pressure as well as I can. She's barely more than the lowest Gillian. I could kill her with one blow."
"Oh, certainly. Findorr thought the same thing about Nemo, and then she tore him to rags. And then, I imagine, Yammy had the same opinion about Cirucci. And they fought, and she cut him to pieces. That's a suspicious number of unlikely upsets recently, if you ask me. But, by all means, volunteer to be the third one in a row and confirm it's a pattern, not just a coincidence."
"You think what? They've got some kind of secret weapon? That's…"
"Findorr thought the girl stole something. You heard him. And there's a reason why Cirucci agreed to shelter her, and seconded her in that duel. It was a test. A demonstration. After it proved successful, they moved on Yammy. And it worked again. Be polite, Abirama. Or if you can't do that, at least just leave the girl alone."
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The Tres Bestias
"So, what's the story with #48 there?" Sung-Sun lead off. "I talked to some numeros who helped Cirucci move into the Red Chamber. They said the two of them only have one bedroom between them. Think she's just a vanity pick?"
"I'm not sure it's that simple," Emilou Appacci said quietly. "I think there's something more going on here. I went and poked around the battlefield where she fought Yammy. Look what I found there."
Emilou checked to make sure she was shielded from observation by the bodies of the other two arrancar, and then reached into the top of her boot and removed a butterfly-shaped ornament.
"Feel it. It has some power. And when I tried it on, well, it…tell her, Mila."
"It tamped down Emilou's power. A lot. I would have thought she was one of the lowest numeros, if I didn't know better. We think Cirucci was using it in her fight with Yammy. It was strange at the time, remember? I could feel Yammy's pressure, but not his opponent. Then, we felt Cirucci, and everyone thought she released. Then Yammy's power jumped, because he released; you had to feel that. All of Las Noches felt that. But then, Cirucci's power jumped again, even further. It didn't make sense at the time. You can't release twice. But there's your answer. She was using that to hide her power all along, so that Yammy wouldn't see her coming. She must have dropped it in the fight. She probably thought it was crushed in the battle."
"Well, that's a good trick, but I don't know how you get from there to 'something's going on'," Mila answered. "So she got Yammy to underestimate her. Now Yammy's on a slab and Cirucci's the new Diez. Sure. Doesn't mean Nemo's more than an ornament."
"Well," Emilou answered, "where did she get it? Cirucci never had one of these before. And…what if there was more than one?"
They collectively looked at Nemo Elcorbuzier.
"Imagine what her strength would feel like if it was doubled, Sung-Sun. Or more; there's no reason why she couldn't have a better one, even. She feels weak, like a gillian, but if it was really twice that…"
"She'd be strong. Stronger than any of us. Like one of the Privaron, actually. Almost on a level with the Espada themselves. That's…a thing. So what, she's making a play with Cirucci to join the Espada?"
"To rejoin the Espada. Think about where Cirucci and Yammy fought. The old Tercera's grounds. The one that vanished mysteriously, remember? And Cirucci was an Espada at the same time as Neliel, right? They knew each other. I don't know how well, but they might have been friends. And now they're keeping secrets and Cirucci's an Espada again."
"Somebody would recognize her. The Quinta hated Neliel, right? She couldn't sneak in here and pretend to be some nobody. It's impossible."
"Is it?" Milo asked. "Nemo's mask covers her whole face. What if it's a fake mask? Everybody sees a cracked white mask and assumes it's your hollow remnants, but how many arrancar have masks that large? It could be a fake, put on over her real mask and covering her face so nobody sees what she looks like. And she never talks. Because she doesn't want anyone to recognize her voice!"
"That's…well, that's crazy. You really think Nemo is secretly the Old Tercera, disguised and back for revenge? That's crazy!"
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Grimmjow's Pack
"I'm going to go talk to that Nemo chick," Di Roy announced. "This is my chance. It's the perfect time."
"Don't do it, man," Edrad advised him. "It's a bad deal. Not worth the risk."
"What risk? What kind of crazy talk are you talking? I'm not going and picking a fight, I'm just going to introduce myself. Welcome her to the club. All friendly and casual-like."
"Have you even been paying attention? Have you noticed all the mysterious disappearances around that lady recently?"
"No, I haven't noticed anything like that. What disappearances?"
"Findorr was talking trash about her, remember? When's the last time you saw Findorr around?"
"Findorr was a jackass, and not nearly as tough as he liked to talk. I'm not saying I think something happened to him, but if it did, he had it coming. Whatever."
"Yeah, and what about the medic girl? Menoly told me she's gone. Nobody has any idea where she's at. And she hung out with Nemo. You know that. Hollows around Nemo vanish."
"It's been, like, a day. She's probably off getting medic supplies or something. More bandages. I dunno how being a medic works, but it doesn't mean anything. It definitely doesn't mean Nemo killed her and chopped her up or somethin'."
"Not chopped her up. Ate her. She feels like a gillian, right? Probably was a gillian before she pulled the mask off. You know who else was a gillian before becoming an arrancar?"
"Nakeem? Also, like, all of us?"
"You know what I mean, dude. Aaroniero. She's like him, except sneakier. She got Findorr, and then she got the medic. And Kukkapuro."
"Kukkapuro."
"Yammy's dog. You know. Where's he been since the fight, huh? You gonna tell me he's off getting medical supplies? You think he's got a busy schedule? As soon as Yammy was out of the picture, she got him, before anyone could notice."
"Freakin' Yammy's freakin' dog."
"Keep your guard up, man. She's clever. You let her get close to you, she'll eat you, too. I'm looking out for you, bro."
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Sinsystems
Patron Librarian
My only complaint about the omake is that I don't think Nemo or Cirucci are the sort to leave behind the limiter.
- Location
- Australia
Looking at how the two were after the battle had ended, it wouldn't surprise me that they'd forget about it.
Just a little though that popped in my head, but with the help of the glove and Marana, could we repair Neliel mask? Sure, with the level of our skill level it would probably take multiple session to fully repair it, but I can't get out of my head the image of Neliel "aging" the more here mask get fixed.
Sinsystems
Patron Librarian
Maybe but I think we'd need some decent levels in Medicine in order to make that work.
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- Just passing through.
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- He/Him
[X] Approach Harribel's Fraccions. They have less of the overbearing arrogance of other followers, but their demeanour is intimidating to say the least.
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- Brittany, France
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- He/Him
Harribel's Fraccions are in the lead, but this still a relatively close race.
I will call the vote in three hours.
I will call the vote in three hours.
