German Hollow Quest 25

really spin the bottle what are they 12?

Harribel looks at Yata and then closes her eyes.
"That was unnecessary."
She grabs the bottle and spins it around and it lands on Alex.

"Erm truth I guess?"

"Come on, this is weak!
Nobody's going to accept the challenge?"
Apacci shouts.

In the meantime Harribel asks her question.
"What is your relationship with Kaizar?"

"That's easy he's my d-"
She stops midway.
"He's my damned hero, he offered to take me in when I was wondering the desert all alone.
Okay, my turn!"

She spins the bottle and it lands on Apacci.
"Yes, my turn!
Dare!"

In that moment you can see a mischievous glint in Alex' eyes.
Apacci doesn't know what she just unleashed.

"Okay, from now on every time Yata drinks you have to as well!"

Apaccis expression goes blank and she looks over to her new drinking partner, the guy with the largest liver in Vanaheim.
Yata grins with an expression of pure malice and downs an entire bottle once more, all the while he doesn't break eye contact with Apacci.
In that moment she resigns her fate and gives in to despair.

The game goes on for several minutes and so far you managed to avoid getting picked all the while others had to do quite a lot of ridiculous shit once everyone got some alcohol in their system.
Mila Rose had to kiss Yata somehow so she gave him a peck on his cheek and Apacci got totally wasted in the process.

Apacci spins and finally it's your turn.
"Choome on you bashtard!
You were laffin at us all thish time, now pick!"

This might be troublesome.
>Truth
>Dare
>Stand up and leave.
>Other? (write-in)

>Truth

>Dare

>>Dare

>>Dare

>Dare

>Dare

>>Dare

>Truth

Apologies for the wait.
The update might also come slower than usual, hopefully I'll pick up the pace.

>Writing

>All these dares
Dammit, truth could have been beautiful.

Dare is just cheap embarrassment.

Is something happening today? not a lot back 'n' forth going on in the thread.

I know right? We could have revealed anything, like our most badass moment, when we killed like 20 shinigami with a single attack before we even went menos.

Monster Hunter Generations just released today, I'm hunting dinosaurs!

Exactly!

"Alright, dare."

"Awright!"
She shouts as she smashes her elbow into the table and raises up her palm.
"You have to armwrestle with me!"

You blink several times at her words trying to comprehend what she just said.
It's quite hard to take her seriously in this state.

"How barbaric!"
Sung-Sun chastises her.

"Apacci..."
Mila Rose also questions her sanity.

But you do as she says and grab hold of Apaccis hand.
On the count of three you two begin struggling against one another but it's not even a contest.
She is sweating profusely as she tries to move your hand but it just doesn't flinch.

When she realizes that it's futile she reaches for her weapon.
"Thrust Cierva!"
Her sword erupts as she activates her resurrección.
Even in that state she struggles with moving your hand.

"What are you trying to prove?"
Mila Rose asks her.

"Shut up!
This is the guy who took all of us away and began bossing around Mistress Harribel like he is superior to us or something!
I can't stand it!"

You tire of this charade and began considering giving up on purpose but as you are absorbed by thought you fail to notice the reiatsu creeping up behind you.
With a bellowing laugh the tyrant steps forth.

"Now this is what I'm talkin' about!
Strength against strength!"
Marr claps behind you as he keeps laughing at you.

You look behind yourself at the monster while still holding onto Apaccis hand.
"You..."

"Oh don't mind me!
I just came over to see what's up and MAN I love what I see!
For some reason I like you more every time I see you, bringing more babes here and showing off your power like that!"

You quickly beat Apacci and stand up to face him.
"Hey we weren't finished!"

You quickly turn to scold her.
"We were, now SHUT UP!"
You shift your attention back to Marr.
"What the hell are you doing here?"

Oh god, here we fucking go.

Prepare for jackassery

"Huh?!
I just finished screwin' around with lil' Barry and his goons.
I came back here because this is our base now right?"

"Yeah, about that.
The Menos you assaulted attacked us with a literal army in response to your actions.
And you expect me to welcome you with open arms?"

"What's that?!
You say that like they were hard to deal with.
Come on, don't tell me that this ruffled your feathers!"

"That's not the point!
Your actions endangered my people.
Either you are going to change your attitude or we are going to have problems!"

His eyes begin to glow with malicious light.
"Oh we will?!
Now tell me, why exactly shouldn't I kill you this instant for talking back to me?
For bringing a few tramps into the fold? Don't you think for a second that you are invaluable!
I could tear all of your heads off this instant and not a single fuckin' thing would change in the grand scheme of things!
SO GET ON YOUR KNEES AND START LICKING MY BOOTS BEFORE I GET VIOLENT!"

In that moment you run through the many scenarios that could unfold from this situation and you even considered doing as he said.
Unfortunately for you something problematic happens.

"Hey, hey, hey...
What did this humongous asshole jhust say?!"
Apacci stands up from behind the table.

Yata looks at her, positively terrified.
"Uh oh..."

"'Cause I heard him callin' us tramps or somethin'!"
She begins cracking her wrists.
"I'LL TEACH YOU SOME MANNERS YOU BASTARD!"

"Apacci NO!"
Harribel shouts at her but it's futile.

The red ball of energy disperses from her hand and shoots for Marrs armored body.
"Bala!"

The red energy bounces off of him and you can see Marr getting ready to attack.

>Try and calm down Marr.
>Don't interfere, Apacci just saved your hide.
>Intercept Marr (Fight)
>Other? (Write-in)

>Intercept Marr (Fight)
Take it outside our base.

>>knock out Apacci for her own well being Then fight Marr

>Intercept Marr (Fight)

Fuck sake. Let's try to drag the asshole away from the base before he demolishes all we created, so that the gigantic crater left where our spine used to be is in the desert, rather than home.

Makes me wonder how Wang Lan deals with him.

>>Intercept Marr (Fight)
Take the fight outside our base, then use a Cero to kick up dust to hide us, and attack him with our energy suppressed.
I don't expect this to actually work, but its worth a shot.

Why do I have the feeling that he just got back from shoving THE SPIKIEST fruit in all of Vanaheim straight up King Spooky's pelvic bone?

Well... Marr respects shows of strength, but I am pretty damn sure he will effortlessly wreck us, then again a lot of the other Espada have said they have been trounced by him before.

We probably shouldn't have made a big deal about the guys that came after us, I don't even remember them making it to Vanaheim and I am pretty sure most of them would have been demolished by the Arrancar already there.

Ohwell

>Intercept Marr (Fight)

He may kick our ass, but he will respect the attempt at strength I think, and as far as I know he hasn't killed any Espada for pissing him off, yet.

>>Intercept Marr (Fight)

>Writing

Also, I'm warning you.
Make up your mind about how you want to approach the fight as you'll have to decide soon.

I fear we may have fuckered up....

I think we should draw him away but also not try to kill, just get him to vent, preferably without killing us or anyone nearby...

Apacci no, appaci, stahp.
>Fight Marr

Draw him away, and Don't go toe to toe with him. His strength is clearly monstrous, so hit and run tactics and stealth is completely necessary. Also, flat out tell him that we don't expect to win, but we're going to make him work for it.

Without hesitation you turn around and chop Apaccis neck, knocking her out.
The other two Bestias cry out.
"Apacci!"

You turn back to face Marr.
"You want me?
Fine, but not here."

He just grumbles and follows you.
As you lead him away doubt begins to take root in you.
Meanwhile you can hear the three remaining women behind you asking questions of Alex and Pesci.

By the time you lead Marr outside the boundaries of Vanaheim you can practically feel his bloodlust oozing from him.
He stops and you keep going for a while only to turn around and face him.

As you look at him you can see his typically golden eyes turning red and going with murderous intent.
You can feel that he reached his limit and that he can no longer hold himself back.
He kicks himself off and shoots off toward you like a bullet.

You barely register his movements he is so fast.
His fist soars right for your face and you barely have time to dodge it.
But as his hand flies past you the air current hits you and sends you flying.

You touch your forehead quickly only to see blood flowing out of it.
*What power and speed!
No...
It's not speed, his movements are clumsy and slow when you really think about it.
His huge burst of speed came from him kicking the ground beneath his feet in order to launch himself like a cannon ball!
He is nothing BUT strength!*

You react quickly and grab your sword.
"Mend and Maim, Basilisco!"
You release your sword and assume your true form right off the bat.
That's the only way you'll survive.

How do you fight him?
>Brute force against brute force.
>You can't match his strength! Compensate with speed.
>Use smart tactics, lay traps and try to stack the deck in your favor.
>Other? (write-in)

Also start rolling 3d10.
First 3 considered.
Dc is hidden this time and it's determined by the choice you make

Wait wait wait.... wait....

Any chance there is a spare Epoch Ending Asteroid hanging around nearby? We could hit him with it repeatedly, I am pretty sure dinosaurs have a racial weakness to those things.... I mean, if little dinky mammals survived but huge tanky dinos got blown to bits, must be some racial weakness right?

Rolled 7, 8, 8 = 23 (3d10)

>Use smart tactics, lay traps and try to stack the deck in your favor.
Worried about how pissed traps might make him, but I think it is a better option than speed or brute strength.

>Use smart tactics, lay traps and try to stack the deck in your favor.

Rolled 1, 8, 8 = 17 (3d10)

>>Use smart tactics, lay traps and try to stack the deck in your favor.
we can grow our limbs back right?

Rolled 8, 8, 9 = 25 (3d10)

Forgot to roll.

Rolled 7, 4, 9 = 20 (3d10)

>>Use smart tactics, lay traps and try to stack the deck in your favor.

>Use smart tactics, lay traps and try to stack the deck in your favor.

Combined with raw speed. Kaizar has never really been a brute force fighter, he's been a lethality based fighter. It's not about hitting hard, it's about striking with the right amount of force in the right location, and Marr doesn't understand that. Use it against him.

Holy shit. This might actually sorta work.

>Use smart tactics, lay traps and try to stack the deck in your favor.

The 8s have it, then

O-ooh...

>Writing

I'm guessing we should have went with speed

[Nervous axolotl noises]

I'm sure it's fine

I think we actually managed to hit him.

...

I just realized, none of us took into account that he hasn't released yet and that using traps is probably going to offend some sense of honor he has.....

I think we might be in for a world of hurt...

I am operating of the assumption that Marr has probably seen like, ALL the dirty tricks in the bleach multiverse.

He is literally older than dirt after all.

To be fair, this is shonen, fighting dirty is kinda rare. And we're like the only hollow who can suppress our power.

youtube.com/watch?v=2hC0D5l_0wI

The wound on your forehead closes, staunching the flow of blood.
As you see Marr preparing his next assault you begin formulating your plan at lightning speed.
Your hands are swift as they cross paths with one another as you spin your web of mucus.

And just in time as Marr kicks himself off once again.
He soars through the air like a tankshell his fist winding up.
When he gets dangerously close you jump up and let the absurd amount of threads get tangled up around his fist, slowing it down.
"WHAT?!"

You stand on his fist stuck in the air and begin running up on it toward his face.
You can't really make out his expression behind his helmet but you guess it's a mixture of surprise and rage.
Before jumping off of his shoulder you deliver a kick to his chin.

Not only do you hear a cracking sound from underneath the helmet but you also managed to kick his helmet off.
You jump off and fly away while giving a passing glance to Marr.
His face, now revealed, shows his seething rage.
True to your past predictions his eyes turned bloodshot red and there is blood trickling down from the side of his mouth.

You land several meters away from him and already prepare the next phase of your plan.
Extending your two fingers you gather up the energy to discharge a cero just as Marr manages to free himself from his bindings.
The threads didn't even hold out for a second after he began applying his strength.
As Marr jumps toward you once more you shoot the Cero straight into the ground, whipping up quite a large dust storm.
He pierces the storm like a spear and almost clears the entire thing with just one swing of his fist.

"WHERE ARE YOU?!"
He shouts as he is looking around the place for you.
What he doesn't notice is the wire of thread hidden under his feet as it emerges from the ground.
"WHAT THE-?!"
The wire wraps around his neck and you emerge from the cover of the sand.
You begin spinning him around by the wire around his neck.

As you spin him around you manage to create a literal hurricane.
When you feel like you can't accelerate him anymore you smash him straight into the ground, causing the sand to shoot up like a geyser and the rock beneath it begins to crack.
The ground shakes almost like a huge bomb has been set off underground.

From the crater the gigantic Arrancar emerges with such groveling noises that make your spine tingle.
His armor seems to be cracked on several places and there's dirt on it.
He stands up and looks at you, his rage has changed from a burning inferno to a cold, hard diamond.
"Ya done?"
He asks in a surprisingly calm tone that only serves to make you even more terrified.
But you don't answer.

"That's it huh?
Fine..."
He slowly walks out of the crater that you created for him and comes in front of you.

He looks deep into your eyes.
"Resigned your fate, have ya'?"
Marr raises his fist and smashes you down.
"What the?!"
He shouts as his fist gets stuck in your substitute.

You use Sonído to get up behind him from your hiding spot and cut the palm of your hand.
After extending your arm at the back of his hand you begin charging your reiatsu.
In a brief moment you thank Dordoni for explaining this to you a little while ago.
The turquoise energy begins to condense in your palm as you fire.
"GRAN REY CERO!"

You discharge your blast right in the back of his head, creating a gigantic blast similar to that of a nuclear explosion.
The energy is great enough to bend space itself.
When the dust settles you sigh with relief, since there is nothing that could survive such force.

But just as you thought that a hand emerges from the crater and grabs your head and tosses you aside.
From underneath Marr emerges seemingly unscathed, you didn't even destroy his armor.
"THAT'S IT! EVERYONE DIES!"
He begins to tear off his armor with his bare hands and the pieces dig deep into the ground.
When he is done only his regular espada uniform remains with his coat used as a belt.

Woops. Is he about to release? Hopefully we are far enough from Vanaheim to prevent his Reiatsu from murdering anyone there.

Welp

We did good though, right?

Aizen-senpai, save us!

Marr is standing in front of you and for the first time he doesn't have his regular, rock like armor on.
His muscles expand with each breath he takes.
He begins to give his now unrestrained muscles a try.
"You thought that this shit is for protecting me?
Ye'r dead wrong! It's to protect little shits like you from ME!
This shit is nothing more than a restrain!"

In a flash he disappears and he punches you right in your stomach.
You are sent flying at an incredible speed, penetrating the sound barrier once.
As you stand up grasping your torso you thank your luck for setting up a protective layer of armor "just in case".
But you have no doubt in your mind that it won't work a second time simply because you won't have the time to set it up.

"THAT'S IT! BLEED YOU MAGGOT!
NOW LEARN YOUR PLACE AND GET ON YOUR KNEES!!"
He shouts at you.

How will you continue?
>Keep up this act and fight him with covert tactics.
>If he can't hit you he can't damage you. (Speed)
>"No choice then..." (Activate Assault Mode)
>Get on your knees and beg for his forgiveness.
>Other? (Write-in)

>"No choice then..." (Activate Assault Mode)

>>"No choice then..." (Activate Assault Mode)
it's seems will have to use..."That".

>"No choice then..." (Activate Assault Mode)

>"No choice then..." (Activate Assault Mode)

Assault mode gives a huge speed boost as well, yes? Because as previously mentioned, we can't match him for raw brute strength, so we need to shank him to death with potshots.

>"No choice then..." (Activate Assault Mode)
I'm tired of his shit.

>"No choice then..." (Activate Assault Mode)

Seriously guys, he hasn't even released. Even if the Assault mode lets us deal with Marr unbound, we are utterly doomed if he uses his Ressurecion. And it looks like trying to fight only pisses him of.

>"No choice then..." (Activate Assault Mode)
I will not kneel.

He has said befroe that he likes survival of the fittest and that cowards piss him off,which leads to him getting amgry and it starts happening, so really we are screwed either way

good news is if we survive this 4 days later we will be impossible to kill

We're damned either way at this point, we might as well use the opportunity to try to teach Big King Asshole a bit of humility.

Silver linings, I guess. Our hierro is gonna end up stronger than Spoonbug's.

>Writing.

not to mention our internal organs

Whats left off them

If Assault Mode fails, who is up for letting the Einherjar take over?

Kaizar becomes the Borg King?

Nah, it just turns his brain off and puts him into 'KILL EVERYTHING' mode

WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO!?

We're a soldier. Regardless of the odds of victory, we fight to win.

Did you really think we would kneel to his.

Not act like a fawning scyophant/mewling bootlicker to the Jackest of all Asses.

Gotta have some pride and conviction, even if it gets us turned into bloody chunks.

...

You don't have too much of a choice in the matter you have to use all of your power.
Without giving it a second thought you squat down and begin screaming as the pressure builds up inside of you.
As the steam begins to emanate from your body you shout at the top of your lungs.
"Assault Mode!"

The parts of your resurrección that were white up until now have turned crimson red alongside your blue eyes.
You strike a pose as the steam escapes your body at great velocity.
Marr looks at you unamused, you are surprised he even waited this much for you.
"Is this another one of your cheap party tricks?!"

You look up at him.
"Not quite!"

You explode with great speed towards him and hit him square in the jaw.
He doesn't even flinch at the impact but you can see small amounts of blood trickling down the side of his mouth.
"Is that all?!"
He swings his arm and hits you right in the face.

You could feel your jaw dislocating after the impact and your arm fracturing when you hit the ground.
After somehow managing to stand up you pop your jaw back in its place and look up at your opponent.
He seems to be barely damaged after everything you tried to unleash at him.
Despite his claims the armor DID protect him from most of the damage you dished out but it probably harmed more than helped.
Your evaluation is as follows: He has no actual speed, no reiatsu, no defense and no finesse.
What he has is power but he has that in abundance.

You look him straight in the eye and try to answer his question.
"I guess so...
But if you are willing to wait I might be able to provide you with something more..."

He raises an eyebrow as he folds his arms.
"Fine! But make it quick!"

You smile a little as he said that and crouch down once more.
*This might actually kill me but I have no other choice...*
With gratuitous amounts of screaming you increase the pressure inside your body once more.
This time you try going beyond what was your previous limit.

>This time you try going beyond what was your previous limit.

they'll gros back better.....hopefully

So I think I missed this, but was About to say Dad?

Yes.

That's what I read it as being, yeah.

;-; the feels, also glad to see I didn't miss us getting fisted to death.

blame apacci

We should have picked truth

Wouldn't have changed things.

As the pressure and heat rises what used to be steam turns into fire and what used to be light smoke becomes a thick red mist around you.
The pain is unbearable, even worse than the first time you ever tried out Assault Mode.
As the wind begins to pick up around you it picks up the dust particles in the air and begins to swirl them around you in a small tempest.
Due to the dust particles in the mist small jolts of static electricity begin appearing around you, all crimson colored.

With a final push you manage to reach a new height.
You look at Marr in your new visage, covered in crimson fire and surrounded by scarlet lightning.
"This is not everything that I have. This is more.
This is Assault Mode: Schnellgang!"

He looks over at you with the same neutral expression.
After he finishes examining you he begins to grin.
"Excellent!
NOW! SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!"

You don't hesitate and attack him as soon as you can.
As you swing he also delivers his own punch and your fists collide.
At first the air expands around you and then implodes only to explode one final time in a huge shockwave.

As you pull your right arm and he pulls his left arm back you both switch and swing with your other arms, producing the same result as before.
You repeat this process again and again with increasing speed until your motions are reduced to a blur to outside observers, all of whom are currently struggling to hold their footing in the typhoon like wind.
Every punch leaves your arms a little numb which ironically ends up helping you as it lessens the ungodly amounts of pain you are feeling.
In your flurry of blows you manage to deliver quite a few punches to him while he also hits you a few times.
Each time you hit his head it reels back a little before he snaps it back with an ever wider grin.
But every time he hits you it feels like one of your organs rupture from the shock.

Regardless of that you keep pushing more and more until Marr has to walk backwards.