German Hollow Quest 14

You, Neliel, Alistair and your entourage of about thirty other hollows are facing a strange hollow whose appearance eerily resembles that of the old medieval plague doctors.
During your march across the Forest of Menos this adjuchas came before you and claims that he only wishes to talk, truly an odd thing coming from a hollow.

"You claim that the only reason you are here is because you were curious?
Pardon me for not believing someone I've just met."
Neliel is the one who is conversing with him, simply because she is the only one he apparently recognizes as an individual.
He is seemingly ignoring everyone else.

"But of course!
Since we've only just met you have no reason to distrust me, correct?"
The bird like being responds in a most annoying tone, you can practically feel the smugness radiating from those slimy words of his.

"So if I tell you what we are doing then you'll leave us alone?"

The crow like menos keeps pacing back and forth as he is clearly eyeing up Neliel.
"Let's just say that depending on your answer I'll either leave you alone or I'll follow you if I deem you interesting enough."

"G-guys!"
Alistair finally speaks up and upon closer inspection he and his crew seem to be quite afraid of something.
Which is strange, considering that the adjuchas in front of you might be insufferable but he otherwise feels harmless.
"Y-you seriously have no idea who you are talkin' to?!
This is the guy that folks call the Plague Bringer!
We have to leg it RIGHT NOW!"

An imposing name to be sure but you have your doubts about the guy, he is clearly weak compared to the average adjuchas.
But as you are wondering about the validity of Alistairs claim you can see a black feather dart past you and stab Alistair in the neck.
He starts to foam at the mouth almost instantly and collapses on the ground.
You turn your attention towards Yata who looks like he just threw something.

It's clear that he is the one who attacked but after checking him out once more you can confirm that he doesn't have a single feather on his body.

"You should stay out of the business of grown-ups friend."
He says as he takes a more relaxed pose once again.
"Oh don't worry, he is in no danger. I just made his muscles relax a bit.
He'll be fine in a few minutes, but I just hate it when trash interrupts me."
He begins caressing his own hands and starts to giggle a little.
"So, will you finally tell me just what you are doing or will I have to use more "forceful" methods?"

It seems Alistair was right and this guy is indeed dangerous.
Up until this point you were sure that he was harmless but after this stunt and the malice in his voice as he spoke you must admit you were wrong.
The question is remains however:
Should you tell him about what you are doing?
Hell, should you speak up at all?
It seems he views you like he did Alistair, as a weakling hollow following Neliel.

"I assure you, I can be quite persuasive if I want to.
I loathe fighting but I'm by no means harmless.
It's just that whenever I fight, people tend to die in my vicinity."


>Tell him the truth and hope that he will leave you alone afterwards.
>Try bluffing.
>Ignore him and go away without a word.
>Let Neliel diffuse the situation.
>Teach him a lesson for attacking one of your allies.
>Other? (write-in)

Go to quest

Fuck off.

>Tell him parts of the truth.

Just tell him we're going back to camp, don't full out lie.

Sup OP, there's a quest board to contain these things now. Please go there.

No you fuck off.

>Let Neliel diffuse the situation.

>Tell him the truth and hope that he will leave you alone afterwards.

Because telling him about the plant may appeal to his curiosity.

>writing

spilling the beans wins

What? 3 different votes spook

Maybe he means spilling the beans in a controlled manner?

You decided the best course of action would be telling him the truth, even if only partially.
Judging from his reputation and ability he could have attacked you already if he was hostile.
So without further ado you step forth from behind Neliel and start talking to him.

"We actually..."

"I thought I made myself pretty clear. I'm not interested in weaklings!
Well, no matter."

He cuts you off almost immediately and fires off a feather towards you that he just produced from his body.
To his surprise you easily catch the flying projectile from the air and start twirling it around your finger.
For a moment there everyone with the exception of Neliel and Alistair, who is still limp like a rag doll, are staring at you confused beyond belief.
The lesser hollows keep shouting stuff like "He caught it!" left and right.

You stare at your assailant and let him feel just how vicious you can be.
"Don't do that."

For a moment there it looked like his heart skipped a beat, he was foolish to attack you but he is lucky you are in a good mood.
After he manages to collect himself from the shock he experienced when he felt your murderous intent he starts to talk again.
But this time in a more respectful tone and a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"Please accept my most humble apology, I didn't realize who I was dealing with.
I ask you to forgive my rash action and continue."
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"Apology accepted."
You throw the feather that was still between your fingers to the ground.
"What I was about to say is that we invited these hollows to the place we call our home.
If you don't believe us you can come and see that I'm telling the truth."

He seems to be amused.
"And why would you do that?
More importantly, why would these hollow just accept?"

"As you can see, I can be very persuasive.
And it's not any of your business as to why we invited them."

"I'll give it to you you have a way with words.
You've managed to push all of my buttons.
So you don't mind if I tag along then?"

"As long as you don't step out of line again you can do whatever you want."

Neliel turns to you.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?"

You shrug a little and try to reassure her.
"It's not like I can forbid him from following us.
It'd be worse if I couldn't keep an eye on him, besides I think he learned his lesson."

"Oh worry not Miss!
I promise I won't cause any trouble and that when my curiosity is sated I'll take my leave."
He bows a little.
"Also, I'm afraid I can't fix your friend but he'll get better in about thirty to forty minutes."

"Oh, that?
It's okay, I think I got this."
You say to him as you make your way to Alistair to heal him.
Though you are unsure as to what is it that he used your guess is that your mucus can take care of poisons.

He observes you as you stretch out your arm and let some of the mucus drip on him.
The thick substance seeps into his skin and makes its way to the bloodstream where it spreads through his body, cleansing it in the process.
"Don't worry, this'll fix you up."
You try to calm him down.
Eventually he manages to blink and move his eye around, shortly afterwards all of his muscles regain their functions.
He keeps gagging and coughing a lot but you could swear he tried to say "Thanks" at one point.

Yata however looks astonished.
His eyes are burning with a fire similar to the childlike excitement you can see in that of Alex.
"Incredible!
I never thought there could be a hollow with healing powers!
You'll have to let me take a close look at that sometime!"
After this charade you continue on your journey once more, it'll take a couple hours to get back to the tree.
On the way however Alistair pulls you over for a talk.

"Do you have any idea who this guy is?"
He asks.

"You've called him the Plague Bringer, correct?"

"Yeah.
And the name is not for show.
This guy is infamous for leaving piles of corpses wherever he walks.
They say all life is extinguished in his presence.
I think it's a shitty idea to let him tag along!"

What's up, spooky? Finally came at the correct time!

"If he tries anything Neliel and I can kill him easily.
Besides, you saw how I neutralized his little poison."

He looks at you with concerned eye.
"This guy doesn't use poison."

"Come again?"

"Poison doesn't spread from the corpses to anyone dumb enough to enter the area weeks after everyone died there."

"He uses viruses as a weapon then?"

"That's where Plague Bringer comes from.
There are horror stories of this guy that are very much true.
What if he infects us with something that kills all of us in a second?"

That's certainly a cause for concern.
But you doubt that he has any ill intentions.
With such power he could have killed you already if he wanted to.

"I'll make sure that he doesn't get the chance to do something like that."

"I hope you do."


The rest of the journey was quite uneventful.
It took about three hours to get back within sight range of your base, but out of caution you stopped the group at the base of the mound.

"Alright everyone!
We've reached our destination.
Make yourselves at home!"
The hollow crowd begins cheering after hearing your words.
"But there is one rule I'd like you to follow, don't mess with our stuff. Other than that you can do whatever you want."
The large crowd then begins to form into small groups as the regular hollows get to relaxing.

You turn to Alistair.
"I hope you can keep them in check."

"Yeah, I'll do that."

Now that this is out of the way you should do some stuff.
>Check on the crew at the top of the hill.
>Go and examine your vegetation.
>Talk a little with Neliel.
>Show Yata around to satisfy his curiosity.
>Other? (write-in)

>Talk a little with Neliel.
>Show Yata around to satisfy his curiosity.

>>Talk a little with Neliel.
>>Show Yata around to satisfy his curiosity.

>Talk a little with Neliel.
>Go and examine your vegetation.
make sure none of the new guys fuck with our plants

>Talk a little with Neliel.

>Go and examine your vegetation
We need to do this at some point.

>>Talk a little with Neliel.
>>Show Yata around to satisfy his curiosity.
Yo Spook! Just woke up.

>Writing

The first thing you want to do is either get Yata to go away or find something that occupies him long enough for you to do other stuff.
And just so happens, you know exactly what'll get his attention.

"Hey Yata, I want to show you something."

"Hmmm?
Oh yes, please I simply must know what's so special about this place."

WIth that you take him to the top of the hill where your garden is located.
When you get high enough to see the blue leaves Yata simply stops and his jaw hits the ground.

"What is the meaning of this?!"

"Just come, you can check it out if you want to.
But don't do anything to them, you got that?"

"Y-yes, of course."

When you finally get to the plants he begins examining them closely.
He is handling each leaf like a delicate flower, he doesn't dare touch them in any serious manner.
Your plan was a success, he'll probably keep squatting for hours and just stare at the vegetables.
Good.

With this done you go ahead and say hi to your friends.
Each of them wave to you but you simply yell to them that you have business to do with Neliel.

Back at the base of the mound you can see Neliel armwrestling one of the larger hollows and easily beating him.
When she is done she cleans her fur of the dust and makes her way to you.

"Making friends, I see."

"They are simple beings with simple needs.
Apparently Alistair keeps their aggression in line by giving them various means of letting off steam.
Most of these are quite violent.
But it's almost endearing, they are simple people with simple needs."

"Come, I'd like to talk in private."

The two of you make it far away from them so no one can see or hear you.
You lean towards one of the quartz trees and start conversing with her.

"So, what do you think?"

"I was concerned at first but I think we found a diamond in the rough.
It'll take a lot of work but in the end it'll probably pay off."

"So..." Neliel brushes her hair to the side. "What's the history between you two?"
She says so while looking towards Alistair.

Ouch.
She doesn't realize it but that's a touchy subject for you.
You're not sure he would even approve if you told her the whole stuff.

"It's... complicated."

"It's okay, I have time."

You let out a heavy sigh and stroke the bridge of your nose.
"It all started back in the living world.
I was alone and I was scared.
I went into the only direction that made sense to me and eventually we've crossed paths.
It wasn't pretty, let me tell you that.
But we've met a couple more times, each one more embarrassing than the last and none of them was pleasant for either of us.
He'd probably be made if I told the whole stuff so let's just say that we weren't friends.
There is one thing I can tell you about him however, he earned my respect.
That's more than what most people can claim."

"I see."
She seems puzzled.
"If it's so embarrassing then I won't push you to tell me more.
Maybe I'll ask him once."

"Yes that'd be for the best.
But at the very least you can count on him to keep those hollows in check.
He has a knack for that it seems."

After a brief pause Neliel breaks the silence.
"I'll go and meet up with the others, Pesche and Dondochakka must be worried."

"Sure, take care."

After she leaves you take a few moments and think things through with Alistair.
You've done many horrible things to him and it still feels weird to have him as an ally.
Maybe it'll be better once you get used to it, but who knows.

Once you cleared out your head you also made your way to the base of the tree where Yata is still preoccupied with the plants.
He keeps examining each plant with great care and seems to have lost all connections with the outside world.
However as you tap on his shoulder he snaps back to reality.

"Oh, I'm sorry.
This doesn't happen that often, I apologize."
He takes a proper bow as he begs for your forgiveness.

There is a quest board now, OP.

"But these plants are marvelous!
I haven't encountered anything like this before!"

"You really seem to be excited about it.
More so than I was."

"Believe it or not but I used to be a scientist when I was alive.
Encountering something unknown makes my blood boil!"

"You remember your past life?"

"With great clarity, actually.
But I must say, you've exceeded all of my expectations.
You are simply full of surprises!"

"So, I take it you won't be leaving any time soon."

"Only if you don't object to me staying here."

It seems he wants to stay here.
He seems to be quite intelligent and his scientific background might be useful.
On the other hand he is a little insane and very impulsive, having him around might also cause some tension.

Do you accept his offer to stay here?
>Yes
>No
>Other? (write-in)

>>No
I don't think that would work out for everyone else. You are however welcome to visit for a bit.

>>Yes
Provided you follow the rules and don't scare off the others.

>>Other?

The problem is he scares the shit out of everyone else, maybe he can stay nearby and visit?

>Yes

Better keep him happy than unhappy though so he doesn't have any reason to be our enemy.

>Other? (write-in)
Follow the rules and we're fine.

>Writing

"As long as you stay in line and don't endanger anyone you can stay if you want to."

"Incredible!
I, Yata Garasu hereby swear fealty to you!
I can promise that you won't regret this!"

"I hope so."

"By the way, can I take a sample of this fruit?
Or perhaps of your mucus?
You know, for research."

"Let's not get carried away.
You can take one of the fruits if you really want it that badly."

Following this he reaches for one of the fruits and removes it with incredible precision.

"I must go and analyze this immediately!"

You shrug as he skuttles away into a corner and starts his "examination".
With this out of the way you go back to the group.
Neliel currently can be seen talking with the guys.

"Hey Boss."

"Hello guys.
Did we miss anything?"

"Nope.
Pesche and Dondochakka wanted to go down and greet our new friends but they quickly changed their minds.
Tell me, how did you find such a savage group of hollows?"

"Remember the boss of the guys who used to bully you?"

"Oh..."

"Hah, I told you didn't I Dondochakka?
Pesci totally used to be bullied!"

It looks like not much has changed in your absence.
Pesche and Dondochakka are still as insufferable as ever.

"Well, I'm beat.
I'll go and take a nap at my usual spot.
Do me a favor and go introduce yourselves to our guests, if anyone gives you trouble just tell them that you are with us.
Oh and by the way, if you see a strange bird person then leave him be."

"Okay~!"
Pesche gives you a thumbs up and starts to make his way downhill.
"Come on guys!"

Once they are gone you go to your usual napping spot and curl up into your usual sleeping position.
It appears Neliel is also exhausted and she went into the tree to rest.

For once you got some pleasant dreams, a welcome change from the usual stuff.
In it you are sitting under the shade of a single tree in a large meadow and reading a book.
Doing nothing is so relaxing.
It seems you can only get some rest in your dreams now.

But this serenity doesn't last for long.

You snap your eyes open as someone keeps tugging your shoulder.

"Boss! Boss!
You have to wake up!"

"Pesci I swear to God I'll skin you-"

"We are under attack!"

As he said that you can hear the sound of an explosion going off in the distance.
The shockwave is so powerful that even though the detonation happened in the air the ground beneath you is still shaking.
You look in the direction of the explosion and see Alistair fighting...
Oh no.

That power unmistakably belongs to Aimee Morris.
The hollow that managed to hospitalize you and Neliel.
Knowing his capabilities, Alistair doesn't stand a ghost of a chance fighting a gargantuan power like her.

"Neliel told me to get you ASAP!"

"Yeah, I can see why.
Go and secure the area Pesci!
Try and protect the other hollows!"

"That's the other thing Boss!
Look!"

Looking in the direction Pesci is pointing you can see the hollow that terrorized the hollow village in the deeper part of the Forest of Menos.
The yin-yang hollow is currently fighting Pesche, Dondochakka and Alex.
Luckily this hollow is much weaker than Aimee, so much so that up until now you didn't even notice it since Aimees power simply drowned its reiatsu.
It seems that even this hollow got a lot stronger, but the goof trio should be able to hold it off on their own.

"It looks like there are also a couple of other hollows that followed them, Neliel is currently engaging them Boss."

"Okay Pesci.
I'm on it.
Remember, keep the regular hollows safe!"

With that you use sonido to get in range of Aimee, the one who represents the greatest threat.
As you arrive she clobbers Alistair and he crashes into the ground, sending debris everywhere.
She cracks her knuckles as she looks you over.

"I've been looking for you shithead!
What's the matter?
Did you run out of rocks to hide under?"

You assume your basic fighting stance, which is reminiscent of the basic boxing stance.

"It just took me a while to wake up.
I was barely able to notice your power."

>which is reminiscent of the basic boxing stance.
whoa whoa whooaaa

...is Kaizar orthodox or southpaw?

Uh-oh. She's back.

I have the oddest feeling that our new plague buddy is REALLY going to flex his muscles in the upcoming fight.

"Cute.
I only hope you can actually put up a fight now!
Last time you surprised me, but miracles like that happen ONCE!"

With that she charges you with the speed and ferocity you expected from her.
Her loud roar is followed by her incredibly powerful punch which you can actually dodge now.
All you had to do is strafe a bit to the right side and her fist flies past you.
You then follow up with a powerful uppercut straight to her jaw, the impact delivers enough force to send her flying backwards.

After doing two backward sommersaults in the air she regains her footing and starts to move her jaw around a bit with her hand.
She then spits out two molars only for her high speed regeneration to kick in.

"Not bad.
Glad I didn't practice for nothing!"

She then clenches both of her fists and begins to scream as loud as possible.
Her roar and increasing reiatsu begins to fill the forest.
When she finishes several quartz trees in her vicinity turned to dust and the air got filled with her hot red reiatsu.

"You're dead shrimp!"

How will you fight such a powerful opponent?
>Beat her until she submits.
>Use your speed and finesse to out maneouver her
>Utilize your mucus to turn the tides.
>Long range energy projectiles are a good iddea.
>Other? (write-in)

>>Utilize your mucus to turn the tides.

>>Use your speed and finesse to out maneuver her
>>Utilize your mucus to turn the tides.

She hits hard. But she don't hit so good.

>>Utilize your mucus to turn the tides.

>Beat her until she submits.
short simple too the point, this bitch needs to get put in her place.

>Use your speed and finesse to out maneouver her
>Utilize your mucus to turn the tides.

Avoid possibly getting caught up in a close range explosive attack, so says my instincts.

>Use your speed and finesse to out maneouver her
>Utilize your mucus to turn the tides

>Utilize your mucus to turn the tides.
Afternoon Spooky.

Yes.

Mucus + speed wins.

>Writing

Also:

Start rolling 3d10.
Best of 3, DC 16 Crit 23

Rolled 4, 6, 6 = 16 (3d10)

yies

Rolled 3, 5, 5 = 13 (3d10)

Rolled 9, 3, 1 = 13 (3d10)

I'm late.

Rolled 10, 6, 10 = 26 (3d10)

Rolled 6, 6, 2 = 14 (3d10)

Rolled 10, 10, 7 = 27 (3d10)

Going for it.

you sure could have tried to be more late!

Well we pass at least.

Guess who's an asshole?

Rolled 6, 6, 6 = 18 (3d10)

Phew.

We passed but it still hurts

be gone with thee satan!

I blame sleepy for this. It's always sleepy's fault.

Hey. It's not my fault THIS time okay?

Just look at this guy. Clearly he is at fault.

This kid.

>he says even as his roll was just as bad

Both y'all niggas is the problem. WE NEED TO BUILD A WALL TO KEEP OUT THESE BAD ROLLS!

Make the dice gods pay for it.

They'll let you think they've paid for it while you bleed out on a throne of 1's.

"Let's go!"

She begins to attack you once more with a straightforward rush but this time the speed has more than doubled.
But it won't be that easy.
If you fight at full power you should be able to handle her right now.
When the first punch comes you dodge it easily like you did before, unfortunately this time there was so much force behind her fist it created a large shockwave that managed to hit you despite her fist missing you entirely.
It's not enough to deal serious damage but it manages to send you flying a bit and you are open for her next attack.
Luckily you already had something planned but it's not exactly ready yet so you have to use it prematurely.

As her fist comes flying toward you you pull on one of the strings of mucus that you already deployed.
In that moment one of the adjuchas class hollows that are fighting against Neliel comes flying towards you right in between you and Aimee.
Her fist digs into his chest and comes out of his backside.
Meanwhile you already grabbed his shoulders and jumped upwards.

After you finish your somersault and land behind Aimee you can hear the hollow screaming with his last breath.
"Aimee, you team killing BITCH!"

"Shit!
Don't think that'll work!"
She swings her entire body and her extended free arm crashes into you with a mighty lariat.
"Gotcha!"

But with a sonido you appear behind her once more.

"What?!"
She looks back at her arm and sees what looks like you slowly dissolve into a large pile of goo around her arm.

And that's the opening you were looking for.
You pour all the strength you can muster and punch her in the back.
The attack carried enough force that your fist tore a chunk out of her backside.
It's not a lot of damage and even this will disappear with her high speed regeneration but at least you are now equal in terms of wounds.
She roars in pain and begins reaching for her wound with the arm that is still stuck in a hollows corpse.

This bitch can't stop herself from killing allies apparently. Never let her become an ally.

Out of this little exchange of blows her scream was the greatest thing that you achieved.
Each and every hollow that followed her got demoralized by the injury of their leader.
Now, slowly but surely your friends can push the attackers back.

Meanwhile Aimee grabs the corpse of her former comrade with both hands and rips it in half.
"Nice parlor tricks asshole!
But it won't work again."

She is right, now she'll be expecting this.
But if you had more time to set it up you could have forced her to kill several of her teammates. Too bad.
Instead you just have to beat her the old fashioned way.

Rather than waiting for her to attack you launch your own barrage of attacks.
Using sonido you shower her with punches from every angle.
Your assault is so overwhelming she can't really defend against it, instead she covers her face and simply takes it.
But after a few seconds she lets out an explosive wave of reiatsu to send you flying.

"That was more annoying than anything!
Your punches are like bug bites!
YOU CAN'T BEAT ME!"

She begins to charge more energy with another furious roar.
This act just reeks of desperation, she already used a good chunk of her power to simply stop you from beating her to a pulp.
Now she is charging a cero on top of her already substantial powerloss.

While dodging would be too easy you can't exactly allow her to fire it off in the direction of the tree.
So you accept her challenge and begin charging your own cero.
But you do yours with a little twist.

You put your two hands together and gather a large clump of mucus between them and form a sphere out of it.
When you are done you start compressing your reiatsu into the globe and watch as the turquoise ball grows with the iconic sound of the cero.

Both of you finish up and Aimee releases the cero from her mouth.
"CERO"

Meanwhile you bring your own cero to your side and then stretch out your arms forward.
"Cero Absoluto"

>regeno cero
oh fuck.

Cero: The signature technique of Menos Grande level hollows.
The cero can be formed by utilizing various means but the basic principle is the same, condensing the hollows reiatsu until it begins to emit a distinct glow and then firing the collected energy.
The cero by nature is an explosive.
The large quantity of energy condensed to such an extent is simply too unstable and erupts in a violent explosion once it makes contact with something.
This rapid expansion of air followed by heat is reminiscent of conventional explosives.

But your variation on the technique alters its basic properties.
During your training with Neliel you managed to utilize your mucus as a sort of stabilizing agent for the whole process.
Not only does this make the Cero Absoluto much more stable but it also gives it extra mass.
This technique is not an explosion, rather a continuous stream of energy that obliterates anything in its path and only there.

When the two made contact Aimees cero exploded while yours tore its way through the full force of the blast and hit your intended target.
After the energy subsides you can see her still standing but heavily panting, her whole body singed.
She is frowning as hard as she can, you can hear her gritting teeth slowly cracking and then shattering due to her immense rage.

"RETREAT!"
She bellows to her allies.
And the hollows quickly loose all fighting spirit they still had.
Their boss being defeated in such an obvious demonstration of power coupled with the fact that they were getting beaten up finally broke them.

As all of them are running with their tail between their legs your friends and allies pursue them to enact some much deserved revenge.
But you don't feel like chasing them, you are way too exhausted for that.
While the Cero Absoluto trumps the regular cero in a contest it takes much more energy to produce.
Instead you shift your attention to Alistair who is still lying below you, badly beaten up.
You begin treating his wounds immediately.

As you are mending his wounds the horse like adjuchas speaks up in between grunts.

"You actually managed to beat that monster?
Tell me, how much stronger did you get?"

"Only barely and you don't want to know."

"Hah."

Once you made sure he won't die from his injuries you look around to see if anyone else is injured.
Unfortunately the others weren't so lucky, while there aren't any injured there are a few dead hollows lying around.
As you are looking around at this mess Pesci comes to you, looking concerned.

"Boss we managed to chase most of them off.
But there are a few that we captured.
What should we do with them?"

Looking over your prisoners you can see that there are a few adjuchas amongst them but most are regular hollows.
You don't know if they were forced to obey or if they were willing participants but you don't really care.

>Let them go, I don't care about the small fries.
>Execute them here and now.
>They attacked us and now get punished for it. They are our property now.
>"I know who'd make good use of them, Yata."
>Other? (write in)

I don't know what's wrong iwth me, but as I read this fight I can only think about how we are going to utilize our not!Yggdrasil for living.

Are we going to carve a passage through the center going upwards then hollow out rooms parallel to the "elevator" tunnel? Are we going to instead start to carve chunks off of the side to make depressions in it all the way up? Will we take branches from the top and fashion them into platforms along its bulk?

Halp. I've been drawn into the tree.

>Execute them here and now.
They attacked us with intent to kill and failed. They are now food.

>>Execute them here and now.

>Execute them here and now.

>>"I know who'd make good use of them, Yata."
this is a better punishment then death yo.

>"I know who'd make good use of them, Yata."

YATTA

> Interrogate first (who, what, why?)
Then
>"I know who'd make good use of them, Yata."

>"I know who'd make good use of them, Yata."
For science.

> Interrogate first (who, what, why?)
Then depending on answers
>Execute them here and now.
or
>"I know who'd make good use of them, Yata."

I vote for this

>Writing

>"I know who'd make good use of them, Yata."

Rather than judge them here and now you'd rather ask a few questions from these bastards.
You walk up to the closest hollow and grab him by the throat.
As you raise him up from the ground and choke the life out of him you start interrogating him.

"Alright scumbag.
Tell me EVERYTHING you know and maybe I'll kill you quickly!"

"P-please, I don't know anything!"

"Wrong answer."
You squeeze his throat a bit more, not quite enough to suffocate him but enough to make breathing hard for him.

"STOP! STOP!
I'll talk!"
Upon hearing this you slam him to the ground.
"We all work for Aimee. She likes to surround herself with male hollows and treats us like weird fetishized pets.
It's humiliating but that's the only kind of satisfaction we can get.
She is also fuck-strong, so saying "no" is a death sentence.
She basically gathered a small army to hunt you down.
The only one who teamed up with her willingly was that two faced weirdo!
So please don't kill us! We had no choice!"

You cross your arms as you stare down at this sniveling coward.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you."

"R-really? Thank you! Thank you!"

"I'm not finished."
You turn your head right.
"Yata, come here!
Can you explain to me why you weren't fighting?"

"My apologies, but my power doesn't differentiate friend from foe.
Pretty much all of my lethal techniques kill everyone in the vicinity, except me."

"Hmm, fine.
That's acceptable.
These guys are all yours then."

"Marvelous!"
He begins to cackle in a most disturbing way.

"W-what do you mean by "we are his"?"
The confused hollow asks.

"I'll stay true to my word and I won't kill you.
But did you really think death is the worst thing I can do to you?"

You bind the hollows together with a mucus leash and hand them to Yata so he can do whatever he wants with them.
You were almost excepting to hear their screams in seconds but to his credit Yata is a real professional.
Once they died Alistairs hollows devoured them alongside their fallen comrades.

>BRUTAL.jpg

Meanwhile far away from the great quartz tree.

"SON OF A BITCH!"
Aimee punches a tree and it shatters to a million pieces from the impact.
"I swear... Next time I'll kill that bastard!"
She grabs one of the hollows within arms reach and then bites off his head.
"I need to get EVEN STRONGER!"

While she is occupied with her immense rage the other powerful adjuchas in the area speaks up.

"This was a useless endeavor.
You've said to us that we can get revenge on the lizard.
But you are clearly incapable of beating him."
Escamas is not at all amused by the recent development of things.
Aimee convinced them that if they combine their strengths then the axolotl hollow would surely die.
"If you want to attack him, then fine.
But we won't participate in your suicidal attack."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!
DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY YOU SCHIZOPHRENIC BITCH?!
WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU CAN LEAVE?!
You stay here until that bastard is dead, understood?!"

Escamas readies for combat, normally Aimee would be too powerful to fight but right now she won't be able to put up much of a fight.

"Oh my.
What a foul mouth you have seƱora."

And that'll be for today.

We'll continue tomorrow. (hopefully)

I'll do the archiving right now.
Pastebin update will have to wait until tomorrow

fucking aizen.

>tfw Aimee gets arrancar'd but Kaizar Vasto'd while she did that

Her frustration would be so real you could cut it with a knife.

arrancars even from Gilean are usually stronger than vastos. That said if Kaizar goes vasto then rips his mask off he could probably laugh her to death........literally.

Hammerhead hollow not canon, woo.

what?

Thanks for running Spooky!
Until next time.

>An hour late
Feels bad

SO what did we learn today kids?

Aimee is actually really bad a fighting, and no matter how strong she gets she'll be defeated in a cartoonish fashion because Kaizar shenanigans.

Ruthless Skill Monkey > Berserker Meathead

I can't help but wonder how those poor bastards in squad seven are doing during all this time. Seeing as we tainted one of them scared (at least mentally) the rest of them, and got their caption to swear vengeance on us. I wonder if they have just been trying to rebuild or if they've been actively looking for us.