Fire Cracker's Night Life

[Gaz]

Kin #1

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School had ended for the summer break and Kin was now free to do whatever she wanted for the next few weeks before the exam season was about to begin. Now she could have instantly dedicated herself to studying, but that was incredibly boring, and the young Kin wanted to stretch her legs in this new freedom. And that is just what the young woman did as she woke up in the late afternoon and ran to the closest station to catch a train into the city.

The main population centre of Tokyo was always a wonder to visit for Kin as it was shifting, covered in all sorts of flashy signs and adverts, and filled to the brim with interesting people. It also had the best shops, maid cafés and other fun sights to see. It was a shame that Millie had been coerced to spend the day with her aunt… but she could go and show her best friend around at any point during the summer break.

The young adventurer had left home with a purse full of money and the intent to hit Akibahara to comb through all the anime and manga shops as well as going into a maid café for the hell of it. With this she had been out for hours, not realising how the day had turned into night and the bustle of the streets had changed from a manic scramble to a tamed throng of people who were taking in the atmosphere of bars and eateries that had opened up in the alleyways around the area.

Kin herself was not just the average human, she was a being capable of seeing and interacting with the spiritual realm. Her eyes saw more than just the people milling around but the occasional spirit that loped through the street, the purple butterflies that usually spied on the world for the Shinigami and small silver crows that scanned around. It gave the innocent a more tense atmosphere. She herself was a beacon, awash in a fine layer of multi-coloured fire that clung to her skin as a protective shield.

Just like she did every time she always vocalised her amazement. “Woah.”

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Kin: e68819
Shinobou: bbecff

[Mr. Moon]

Alexander #1

A young woman in her early twenties was sitting on small chai in the middle of a busy street, playing her cello. She wasn´t local. Anyone could tell by her European features and long ginger hair, that were blowing in the wind. No one really cared however as all people from the small crowd around her could focus on was her music. She was good but not that much better than many other talented street performers in that location, yet it was she who attracted the largest crowd by far. Part of the reason was her natural beauty, the other gentle vibrations of soul energy, she was unknowingly releasing during her play. Members of the crowd weren´t aware of this influence, but there was one exception to that rule.
Above these spectators, on the roof of a nearby shop was sitting a man invisible to the eyes of everyone but her. Dressed in white, he was tall and handsome, enjoying the music that was reaching him from below, while at the same time watching the surrounding with the eyes of a hunter. To the arrancaru the ginger smelled like the most delicious food, yet he never attacked her, despite all of his instincts telling him to do otherwise, her music being the reason why.
Just this week, Alexander devoured two hollows that were attracted by the reiatsu she was releasing. Two free meals delivered to him, each one returning him tiny part of his former power he lost, when he tore down most of his mask.
Just thinking about it made the men reach toward his face. His face, he couldn´t even remember when it was the last time he actually touched it or if this was the same face he wore back then when he still was a mortal. All he cared about at the moment was his next meal and the power it brought him as he clearly remembered the enemies he made in the Hueco Mundo. Enemies that would gladly use his current situation to dispose of him for good.

[Gaz]

Kin #2

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As Kin wandered the street a strange pulsing sensation caught her attention and drew her in like a moth to a flame. It was a subtle constant vibrating wave of spiritual energy that bounced and reverberated off of the walls and painted the air in a wonderful haze of spirit energy. This energy started to react to the basic protection spell Kin had weaved around her skin, stoking it from a soft glow in to a brighter multi coloured blaze.

This phenomenon was so enticing that it blinded Kin to the presence of a new alien entity spying on the scenario from a roof nearby. She walked through the crowd her spiritual spell acting as a sort of repellent that kept people away from here without them knowing why they had this sudden urge to just step aside. In a minute the young witch had gotten to the front of the crowd and her eyes sparkled with the beauty of the red head that was playing her instrument here. She wasn’t Japanese, that was for certain. With hair as red as that Kin assumed she was Scottish or Irish… they knew English right?

As the current song came to an end she stepped forward and bowed her head to the woman. “Excuse me.” She said with a thick Japanese accent. “You and your music are very beautifuru.” Kin spoke, softly to get the woman’s attention, her flames highlighting her as someone extraordinary in a different way than this musician was.

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Kin: e68819
Shinobou: bbecff

[Mr. Moon]

Alexander #2

As her last piece came to an end, the redhead raised her head to take a look at who approached her. The curious look on her face however quickly changed into shock and fear as the woman had barely any experiences with the supernatural world around her. She had no idea about the true nature of her abilities, let alone about the real identity of her “guardian angel”, but she knew that strange beings were targeting her lately and this one, while not as monstrous as the previous ones was strange enough.
“W…who are you?”
She asked in English, moving her instrument between her and Kin, as if it was a shield that could protect her.
Meanwhile, above their heads, Alex was watching the scene unfolding below with great interest. As usual, Isabella´s performance enhanced by her newborn powers lured a great deal of people to her, but this time, something was different. Well, no something but someone a young woman stepped out from the crowd and approached her. The Arrancaru couldn´t judge her intentions and frankly didn´t even want to as all he could focus on was the delicious Reiatsu that emanated from her. This girl, whoever or whatever she was had a strong soul, one that would probably help him to regain his previous powers.
Slowly drawing his sword so it wouldn´t make any unnecessary sounds, Alexander jumped down from the roof and approached the two women in front of him, the crowd instinctively making space for him as the dead was walking among them.
“You are scaring her.”
He purred; his face barely capable of hiding the excitement from an upcoming battle.
Strangely enough, Isabella didn´t look frightened by the presence of an Arrancaru. On the contrary, while still holding her instrument between herself and Kin her face relaxed a bit, almost as if the presence of this predator gave her reassurance that everything will be alright, that she was safe.

[Gaz]

Kin #3

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With the woman’s stunned reaction Kin looked a little shocked that she could cause such a fright, she had put so much effort in looking friendly too! She bowed her head softly and opened her mouth to reply but was interrupted as a hulking form of dread and negative emotions landed nearby and interposed itself between the two living women.

“I apologise, I never meant to scare anyone.” Kin replied to the man in japanese, knowing the power of the soul was good at translating those words. Then she put on a weak smile as she moved to look past the man. With a little effort she calmed her tone and put her hands together as a sign of respect for the woman. “I am Kin. Kin Kaida. Your Musicu is lovery.” She said with a tick accent butchering her words.

Then she looked back to the man and really examined him, seeing how he had chunks of a broken hollow mask on his head a pit opened in her stomach as a fear stoked the flames in her heart. The young witch remembered the words of her master, to never fight a hollow that looks more man than beast with a broken mask. That façade she had given the musician turned to a steely determination as the spark in her eyes ignited into a roaring flame. That reflected in the fire that clung to her skin, shifting and writhing with a passion.

“Be gone Arrancar, go before we have to fight. I do not want to hurt anyone.”

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Kin: e68819
Shinobou: bbecff

[Mr. Moon]

Alexander #3

The Arrancaru paused, his sword pointing down along his rear leg. He positioned himself between Kin and Isabella, almost as if he was really protecting her, tilting his head to one side.

“Fight?”

He asked, with a hint of mockery in otherwise perfect, melodic voice. Alexander wanted to tell her, that there won´t be a fight as fight needs the parties involved to be roughly equal, that this will be a hunt and she will be the prey, but something stopped him. A sudden realization that probably should occurred to him sooner.

Isabella, she never saw him hunting for anything else but Hollows. And he already spun the story about him being a guardian angel protecting her from demons for too long to change it now. He had no idea how would she react if he hunted what looked like a perfectly normal woman in front of her. Would she panic? Would she start questioning him? For now she looked afraid of Kin, but that could quickly change with first blood. Whatever this girl was, he could say she was strong a big step towards his previous power but...she was not worthy loosing his favorite lure.

As all this ran through his head, the arrancaru cursed for himself, continuing with his sentence.

“I am not looking for one.”

These words sounded so unnatural to him that they could hardly get pass his mouth, but in the end he managed to say them.

“Unless you wish to harm my charge. In that case…”

He pointed his zanpakuto at her chest leaving enough space between the tip of his blade and her that the two wouldn´t touch even if he made a step forward.

“I wouldn´t show you any mercy.”

To put some weight to his words, the arrancaru released his Reiatsu. It was no burst of power as his reserves were rather modest, but curiously enough another, much stronger force responded to his, as Isabella supported him without even knowing.

[Gaz]

Kin #4

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The Arrancar’s response caught the young witch off guard, she had been taught that every hollow was only out for one thing and that was strong souls to consume. Or the easy ones if they were not bound in a living vessel. The fact he was actually protecting a person instead of actively trying to hunt them was baffling and that steely look she had melted away to one of confusion.

“No… no fight needed if you are protecting this wonderful musician.” She was speaking in Japanese, though the power of the soul would translate her words to anyone who also had a strong soul. The skin of flames that ebbed and flowed with her mood shifted to a curious purple colour as Kin shifted her attention back to the woman and she bowed deeply as an apology for spooking her.

“You have good protection spirit. He feisty.” She told her in terribly broken English, but it was still better than the majority of her classmates. “I am Kin; it is grand to meet person with such good musicu.” She stood up and offered her hand, genuinely concentrating on the flames that surrounded it to make them recede just in case that was a cause for concern, she could clearly see spirits after the Arrancar made himself known to her. Maybe Kin could help her train to understand her powers better.

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Kin: e68819
Shinobou: bbecff