Making Rounds [Victor/Kaida]

[zaz]

A soft 'tap-tap' would sound out, unheard by any but one, as Victor's feet met the rooftop. Once more he glanced over at the school building, then down at the device he held in one hand, shaped vaguely like a phone. They appeared to still be in the building, though he had faintly heard the last bell just a minute prior so they should be exiting soon. Walking over to the building's edge, his gaze raked over the students leaving the building, occasionally glancing back down at the device to check. It was a handy little thing he had picked up from Squad 12, simple in function so it wasn't very hard to get. Its purpose? To scan an area for any notable spiritual signatures, as his own ability to do so wasn't terribly great as of yet, though he planned to work on that sooner rather than later.

He had located one in the school he was now watching, though it didn't feel right to barge in while classes were still in session. He had instead been busying himself patrolling the area, as was his assigned job to do, while he waited for school to end for the day and the person he was tracking to be released. It was for no sinister purpose that he did so, in fact he hoped that their interaction, soon upon them, would be amiable in nature. He had no desire to upset the locals, quite the opposite, he was simply going a bit out of his way to touch face with any notable examples of them. There were several reasons he did this, but the primary one was to establish connections in the area during the length of his patrol. It was possible that they knew of trends and happenings of a spiritual kind that he didn't, and he wanted to cover all of his bases, thorough as he was.

The device did measure the vague direction of whatever it detected, and the thickening crowd of students made catching his target by eye very unlikely until it thinned out again enough that he could use the device to pinpoint someone. Stepping away from the edge of the rooftop, Victor instead opted to lean against a nearby wall, keeping an eye on the device so that he'd catch when his target started leaving the area, after which he could then pursue them until they were isolated enough that starting an amiable dialogue would be more feasible and not lead to awkward occurrences of them being observed talking to thin air.

Figuring he'd be waiting a few more minutes at the very least, he slipped the device into a coat pocket and leaned back. It really was more comfortable wearing clothes similar to what he wore in life, and he was glad that he managed to grab some from Squad 8. It was for this reason that he donned a long black coat instead of his usual uniform, with an equally dark pair of jeans and long-sleeved shirt underneath, capped off by fairly simple but equally dark boots. Okay, so his color scheme didn't change much, but he liked what he liked.

[Gaz]

Kin #1

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Today had been a boring day of school just like any other for the young witch. She had gone through all of her classes like normal, chatted to her friend group and made a great effort to help Millie the new student integrate into it and had a back and forth with Gokuro the delinquent student. Her only difference was that she had no feasible way of hiding her spiritual power as she subconsciously always wore a protective spell. That had the added bonus of keeping her protected in her everyday life… at the cost of making her a shining beacon to the spiritual world.

During the day she had noticed a new presence lingering in the area, it didn’t feel like a Hollow or anything else that was dangerous, so she just did her best to ignore it. She ignored that presence all the way until the end of school and when she was walking home. It was as she was alone, and that spiritual being kept following her that decided that fight was going to be the response.

The flaming aura of her spell shifted from the rainbow of colours to an deep angry red colour as she got herself prepared to act. Her Murasaki High uniform was uninteresting, what was interesting though was the intricate braid her ponytail had been put in.

“I’ve seen this in many shonen, creep follows a girl home from school to assault her. Are you trying to get at Shinobou?” She asked, looking back over her shoulder to let her eye catch a glimpse of her tailer.

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Kin: e68819
Shinobou: bbecff

[zaz]

Just a few minutes later and Victor unpocketed the device once more to check its reading. As expected, the spiritual signature he was following was on the move, and it had moved far enough away that it was now time for him to move with it. Double-checking the direction on the reading, he'd pocket it before beginning his pursuit, leaping from building to building, though in a fairly unhurried manner, as he made his way in the same direction. He wasn't in any rush, being fairly sure that he wouldn't lose them, and he wanted to give enough time for students to disperse, lessening the chances that their encounter would be interrupted.

Closing in on his target, having come close enough that he could easily track them with his own senses, he finally got an eye on them, and the first thing that he noticed was that they were very bright. Not they themselves, but an aura around them that seemed to shine. Some kind of magic, perhaps? With what he had seen so far within his time in the afterlife, he wasn't surprised. He doubted much could really surprise him at this point, which he supposed was a benefit from having already had his worldview thoroughly shattered. Furthermore, the fact that such a phenomenon existed around them meant that they were likely already aware of the spiritual world to some degree, as he doubted such things formed naturally. That would make contact with them less potentially awkward.

Though he was initially going to wait until they were almost home, wherever that happened to be, he was somewhat surprised to be called out before then. It was his intention to do all he could to minimize the chance of interruption, but he supposed stalling any longer would be weird, and would definitely work against his image. Utilizing the basics of Shunpo, which at this point was all he knew of it, he'd land closer to them, though still a respectable distance away in an attempt not to startle them. Lazily resting his left hand on the guard of his Zanpakuto, he would then introduce himself. "Shinigami, Squad Ten, Hayashi Victor. I assure you that I intend you no harm. My purpose is to make contact."

[Gaz]

Kin #2

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The schoolgirl examined the man as he appeared in front of her and introduced himself to her. The first thing she noticed was his hand resting on his weapon… the Zanpakuto as her master and Ishifude called it. How he was a respectable distance away and how his posture seemed more laid back despite his language being pretty formal.

“Kaida Kin, Tokyo Witch and senior year student of Murasaki Highschool. What happened to Ishifude of Squad Eleven? Or does her patrol does not cover here?” Kin asked tilting her head to the side as the magical skin that rippled like fire shifted its colour from a passive blue to an inquisitive purple. With in the flickers around her hands was licks of real flames that appeared and vanished quickly. She was passively nudging the soul of the air around her to ignite but didn’t take action to fullbring that fire.

“Do the Squads not talk to each other Victor… Wait! Victor?! That’s not a Japanese name.” Her apprehension became excitement at the idea of a foreigner Shinigami. There were so many different Manga that had used that. Even Western Comics had the strange foreigner with alien powers trope!

With a skip the balls of her feet flashed with green light and in a bright step she appeared right by the Shinigami. “How long have you been a Shinigami? Do you remember what it was like before you died and went to the Soul Society? Did you have strange powers before then?” Kin asked, rattling of questions in an excited haze as the skin of magic shifted to an excited yellow in colour.

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Kin: e68819
Shinobou: bbecff