This Won't Hurt A Bit... [Rabbie]

[Jessu]

How curious~? This is incredible!

Yamanaka Yui

Hm, yes, that would play out nicely…? Placed with poise at her desk with a pencil behind each of her ears and another which seemed to be balanced betwixt the base of her nose and the pursed lip between it, a moment of excitement and the joy which Yamanaka Yui felt at seeming to solve a little issue she had been wrestling with saw the latter seem to drop from such a precarious position and onto the desk in front of her, though even with this sacrifice it would seem that her satisfaction would be short lived.
Wait, I forgot the…! The lips of the lass curled upward and those big eyes seeming to glisten like obsidian for a moment but not much longer, all too quickly did the feeling of zeal seem to fade as the fox realized that she had made an error in her calculations and overlooked something important, and so with yet another pencil which had been resting within her snug grasp the whole time did she cross out her supposition and sigh with no small amount of weight with such an action.

Rats. If only I had a few samples and readings? Puffing out her cheeks as she realised that yet another route through which she might be able to pose a rather intriguing supposition had been cut off, the lass looked like a child who had been told she was being deprived of dessert for some act of misbehaviour as she lamented the overwhelming number of variables before her, and wished that she had just a little bit more in the way of tangible facts and figures and items within her various vials and flasks which she might call upon.
I could try asking our visitor again? But she didn’t seem keen on my taking samples… Offered an opportunity to get that very thing when a fair haired member of the ‘other side’ had arrived as an agent of peace and cooperation or at least thinking that at first, while they had done a little dance and dalliance between them it seemed that their diplomat had unfortunately proven hardly the most dedicated of enthusiasts when it came to the art of science, and instead had brought more feeling of anticlimax than anything else to the door of the twelfth divisions office for biological research. Though one had to hope that where one window closed, another might open, perchance…?

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Rabirria had to admit.  Operation 'Patent Violation' hadn't been one of her most well thought out schemes.  Getting into Seireitei was actually pretty easy.  She slipped into Rukongai first and then just made sure no Shinigami caught her coming out of Garganta, before making her way up to the gate.  Then she just had to wait for someone who had permission to go through.  That big spherical barrier meant people had to go through the proper gates, no matter who they were after all, wait for the gate to open, and then use her Sonido and subdued reiatsu to speed through without anyone noticing a thing.

All that had gone exactly according to plan.  She had an excellent shinigami costume, and a veil to cover her hollow jaws that could be easily dismissed as fashion if someone did come across her.  It was also deep into the night.  Unfortunately that was about as far as her planning went. 

Rabirria was here, in the lair of Squad 12 to try and find the Shinigami's designs on a kishi to reishi converter.  Obviously they had to have their own, and it might be able to create an easier way to get around the King's taxes and taxmen.  Unfortunately Rabirria had not thought about how she was going to find this.  So, really all she was doing was trying to stay out of sight, let the cover of night keep her hidden and check inside random buildings that didn't seem residential in hopes of finding like...a patent office or something?  They had to keep their designs written down and stored somewhere right?

Besides getting out would be easy, so as long as she didn't run facefirst into a shinigami, she should have plenty of time to search. 

[Jessu]

How curious~? This is incredible!

Yamanaka Yui

“Hmmmm…” The lass left to lean back on her stool as she considered the matter which currently seemed to be kicking her ass rather resoundingly, Yui hummed to herself as she considered to brood over it a little while longer and lifted her finger to her jaw contemplatively as she did so, before letting her gaze run around her environment idly as she perhaps sought greater inspiration or at the very least a change in the scenery provided by her visual focus.
Goodness, it’s already dark, hm? As she did so the brainy beauty catching sight of the window and recognising how the canvas beyond it had seemed to change from brightness and clouds to something much darker in composition, the black haired biologist blinked for a second as she realized that the sun had set for the day long before she had ever realised it, and then rubed her brow as she wonders if she should stick at it or go home for the day.

No wonder I’m so peckish… This lapse in her concentration at the very least seeming to help her feel that little bit more aware of other factors and perhaps principle among them the near growl-inducing emptiness which she felt in her belly, Miss Yamanaka allowed her palm to drift down to her abdomen to pet the area gently in realization at such a fact, and wondered to herself in that way she did if her current issue might be being stifled by something rather simple.
I should probably get a snack at the very least~? The brain one of the greediest organs within the body after all and likely only performing at its lowest ebb when one was afflicted by the pangs of hunger, with the matter considered from such a perspective it seemed rather foolhardy and likely even futile for her to continue her efforts without something within her system, and so she nodded to herself and began to make for the break room with a mind for sating her need for nutrition. After all, this might end up being an all nighter, right? Again…

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"Guh, nothing again."  The arrancar let out a sigh as she put her hands on her hips.  Her hollow jaws even briefly parted beneath her pink veil to exhale.  The building she'd wandered into definitely had a lot of things in it.  A lot of boxes, phones, weird pills, more phones, various bottles of things that weren't alcohol and that was about all Rabirria could tell about any of them. 

Lifting a hand up the arrancar scratched the back of her head as she turned to walk out of this little storage room.  What she was looking for clearly wasn't here.  Hopefully she'd actually be able to recognize it, but could she find a room with some paperwork please?  Back out into the open paths of the...what did they even call the territories of the squads?  Manors?  Villages? Sectors?  Sections?

Rabirria stepped out of the storage room and right out in front of Yui.  For Yui, someone with stark pink hair and a matching pink veil had just stepped out of a storage room, with no lights or anything.  In fact, thanks to the side profile view she had, she might even see a glimmer of something strange beneath the veil.  Almost like glimpse of someone's jaw but with no skin or muscle or anything. 

She stepped out so abruptly that Yui might not even stop before colliding with the disguised arrancar, who whether or not she did could only really think of.  "Oh...hi?"

[Jessu]

How curious~? This is incredible!

Yamanaka Yui

“Oh goodness!” The issue with which Miss Yamanaka had occupied herself still seeming to weight heavily upon her mind as she drifted through the hallways and toward the break room, her arms were tucked behind her back and eyeline focused upon the floor as she bobbed along the corridors with such a dire level of distraction that she only seemed to notice the new soul when the girl took to voicing a greeting, which naturally prompted one of surprise from the now astounded eighth seat of this division.
“Sorry, hello there~!” The sable scientist so startled by the introduction in fact that she couldn't help but squeak at the note of recognition before correcting herself politely, she found her pulse beating hard in her chest thanks to an encounter she had never expected given the lateness of the hour and likely would have overlooked had the other party kept quiet, though never for a second did she seem to show any sign of suspicion at noticing a person here whom she had neither anticipated nor currently seemed able to recognise.

“You caught me by surprise there?” The ebony haired enchantress never one to elude an explanation when one was due either and as such feeling little compunction to hide the reason behind her astoundment either, Yui nodded as she affirmed her shock at seeing another person trawling the hallways like she was so often prone to do, and then paused as she looked over the veil of a vixen toward whom she could confess no sense of familiarity. Which, admittedly, was odd in itself.
“You know, I can't say I've seen you around here before…? Are you new?” All too aware of how she might remember someone who had been sent to her office for a physical who for requirements of physicality or psychology had seen fit to sport a veil and as such able to draw only one conclusion, while those of a more doubtful disposition might have found a note of suspicion for what they saw before them instead the black belle came up with something more innocent to excuse both of their lack of acquaintance, though even as she did so did not intend to leave it lie. After all, in one way or another she liked knowing the staff here inside and out, didn't she~?

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Well they didn't ram into each other, but the two were still maybe a foot apart at best.  Here Rabirria was trying to be sneaky and avoid getting to close to anyone and now here she was.  She could probably lean in and kiss the girl without even straining herself if she wanted!

Still externally she played it cool, the shape of her eyes and brow not giving away to her inner concerns.  "Ah sorry about that."  Rabirria replied in a cool but polite fashion, "I didn't mean to startle anyone, but yes I am new."  Was this woman going to question why Rabirria was operating out in the dark without any lights?  What she was doing in that storage room?  Well that probably depended on how sensitive that stuff was, but surely it couldn't be that important or it'd have better security!

"Oh jeez it's really late though huh?  Must have completely lost track of time.  I should probably retire for the evening."  They were all research and science types here right?  Surely the idea of someone not realizing it was this late wasn't that abnormal.  She could just get away from this woman on the pretense of turning in for the night and then continue on her way, easy peasy.

[Jessu]

How curious~? This is incredible!

Yamanaka Yui

“Oh no, no no, I tend to get a bit wrapped up in the old brain a little too much sometimes~?” The buxom biologist waving away any need for the apology that her apparent junior offered up to her, Miss Yamanaka confirmed that her surprise was more born from how she hadn't had her head on their current plane in that moment, and lightly rapped her temple in a playful fashion because of her admission as if she was trying to reinforce a message to watch where she was going.
“Ahhhh, new enough that I haven't done your physical yet, I'm sure? Something to look forward to…” Nodding as this new face confirmed that she hadn't long ago joined the division, the black belle couldn't help but point out that her absence of familiarity was largely down to the fact that she hadn't had the opportunity to give the girl a routine check over as she had become accustomed with all of their members, and affirmed her keenness to offer one in a bright and breezy and perhaps accidentally innuendo bearing manner as well.

“Yes, we've both been burning the oil of midnight, no~?” Chiming with that happy sense of agreement as the stranger also commented upon how they had both been caught up in whatever task had kept them here so late, Yui felt only more intrigued at the common factor of them both apparently being workaholics with a tendency to lose track of their timing while busy in their respective lab, and smiled as she wondered whether she might have bumped into a soul likeminded enough to befriend. After all, there were so few even in this place who seemed to 'get' her, right?
“No need to dash away though. What are you working on, Miss…?” Perhaps such a reason enough for her to also not wish to see the woman skip out on her life so quickly as well, or at the very least without something of an introduction as well, not only did she ask after her name but also the project she was working on as well. After all, it must be a doozy if it was keeping her here this late, no~?

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Physical?  Great, Rabirria hadn't just stumbled into some random twelfth squaddie, but one of the few people who'd be in a position to see through her ruse!  What weirdly good luck that it was someone juuuust out of the loop enough that there was a reasonable explanation for why she didn't know Rabirria. 

"Yeah, guess I'll be doing that tomorrow?"  With just a hint of a tone of not being quite sure.  Unfortunately separating without suspicion wasn't going to be as easy as Rabirria was hoping as the woman insisted they walk together a little ways, engage in a little friendly conversation.  Rabirria really didn't have an excuse not to that wouldn't rouse suspicion so it seemed she was trapped here.

"Heh, well it's more what I don't want to work on.  Academy taught us plenty but it didn't exactly give us an extensive list of everything that's been invented or attempted and failed.  I was told the documents about that sort of thing can be found near where we keep Headlight fluid?"  Headlight fluid wasn't a thing, and Rabirria knew in the human world there were several militaries where it was common to prank new members of a unit by sending them to requisition some of that or a similarly made up item.  In other words, Rabirria was framing herself as a brand new member who had spent all day wasting her time, the gullible victim of a simple and (hopefully) common prank.  Maybe it'd even get her directions to what she was looking for.

[Jessu]

How curious~? This is incredible!

Yamanaka Yui

“Headlight fluid? Hmmmm… Wait a second, isn't that…” The brow of the beauty with the black locks seeming to tighten extensively at the details which her apparent junior seemed to reveal to her, while many wise souls might have quickly picked up upon the little bout of ribaldry inherent in the task unfortunately it seemed there were times when Miss Yamanaka had no sense for comedy or baser wit, and so she instead took the matter wholly seriously and gave it the necessary consideration. Which, in this case, proved quite the handy coincidence.

“Something to do with the new automotive vehicle the mechanical department borrowed from the human world for study? Yes, it must be! Gosh, this place is like a maze, I'll show you the way to their lab…” The belle a biologist by trade but that voracious and unstoppable curiosity contained within her something which saw her hunger turning to all topics of research within the building, she remembered some report or rumour about one of their minor divisions becoming interested in the gas guzzling means of transportation which had seized the world of mortals in the past century and recognised the correlation there, and so she thought nothing of reaching for the hand of the new woman in her life and marching toward her target. Never for a second doubting the sincerity either in this stranger, or the task she suggested…

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No, no.  What the hell was happening?  Headlight fluid was a joke, a prank, it was made up!  Why was this woman taking it seriously?  Shinigami could be humans from all walks of life, and there'd been like 70+ years of cars and time for jokes about headlight fluid to spread to the afterlife!  Was that not enough time?  Had Rabirria picked the wrong angle for her 'novice shinigami getting pranked' or was this woman just that dense?! 

Okay this was fine, this was still salvageable.  That place was probably shut up for the night, so it would just be Rabirria and this woman.  So far it seemed she'd managed to dodge giving a name by just acting like a nerdy airhead, no telling if this woman would ask again but...they'd just head to this place, probably not find what Rabirria was looking for, and then maybe this woman could direct her to where they actually kept their patents, schematics and whatever.  She...she had to know right?

The mechanical department might at least be a good place to start, so Rabirria's eyes crinkled as if smiling and she'd nod. "Wonderful, thank you so much ma'am!  Let's get going!"  It was night, and this woman didn't suspect anything was wrong.  This was fine.  Rabirria was okay.

[Jessu]

How curious~? This is incredible!

Yamanaka Yui

“Ah, this way then, shouldn't be too far…” Nodding happily as they set off to find that headlamp fluid, though Yuis stomach still seemed to year and churn with want for fulfilment the scientific Shinigami found her sense of duty taking precedent, and thought it more important to help a new face than fill her own with the nutrition she needed. After all, this was probably going to be a mere detour, right?

“Do you mind if I ask…? I mean it's terribly rude, I'm sure but…” Never one who was all that good at small talk however unless it involved that of the 'shop' she worked in or anything otherwise related to learning, all the same the brainy belle couldn't help but keep glancing toward the lass as they walked along with a noted sense of intrigue, before deciding it was better to state the reason behind her attention outright and hope they might make something of it.

“I happen to specialize in biology so… If you have scars or some condition which necessitates your um, covering, I might have some ideas to ease the result…?” Unable to restrain her curiosity over the veil the woman wore but not just for her own sense of understanding, Miss Yamanaka was well aware of the treasure seen in a woman's appearance and ultimately just wanted to offer her some help if she had an issue which she felt she needed to hide, and was happy to loan her expertise and her lab to help her if need be…

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Wouldn't it be funny if what Rabirria was looking for was actually wherever the hell they were going?  Then again the mechanical department didn't sound like the place to go for a portal that could convert matter into spirit.  Rabirria had to face facts she was wasting time but...it was still night, she still had hours and hours left, a little time to make sure her cover wasn't blown was acceptable. 

"Hm?"  Her head turned slightly as her guide spoke up about wanting to ask something potentially rude and...damnit the veil!  What should she say?  Okay no, this was easy, she could explain this. "Ah!  Ahem, well..."  She shifted her shoulders slightly before, "No nono, there's no...scarring or anything of the kind it's...cultural.  Back when I was alive it had a...religious purpose and while I...know how the afterlife truly works, it still feels...strange to not be wearing it."

There, that ought to satisfy the woman, hopefully. 

[Jessu]

How curious~? This is incredible!

Yamanaka Yui

“Ohhhh, I see, I see? Like one of those security blankets? No, no, that makes it sound too childish, but… I think I understand~?” The response that this supposed rookie gave her seeming to be enough to at least provide the raven with reason not to pry too heavily into her accessory, while Miss Yamanaka was perhaps prone to putting her foot into her mouth as this little moment would readily prove, she was not wholly insensitive to the beliefs and customs that people came with either. In fact, she actually quite liked the idea of it, and could vaguely recall more distant portions of the human world having customs such as that.

“So I take it you remember your mortal life? How fascinating~! Was it terribly long ago that you were sent here…?” Perhaps flooded with more curiosity by the answer however and as such not about to let the lass off with an easy ride of things really, while it did seem to be rude to probe a stranger on matters of their principles and the like, from her view things were different when it came to the topic of memories of the human world. This only seeming to raise the stock of this stranger as a research subject in Yui's eyes, she never had the chance to question someone who had received a konso let alone study their soul, and discover if there was any difference for the more uncommon method of reaching soul society…

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Well the security blanket comment was pretty funny. Rabirria would have agreed if they were talking about someone else but as it was...should she act offended?  Affronted?  She really didn't want to start an argument so. "Nonono you're fine, I am not a stranger to putting my foot in my mouth."  Maybe being offended would have gotten this woman to go away, damnit!

"Well of course I remember I-"

Wait...what?  It was rare for souls to remember their past lives?!  Was this a joke?  If someone didn't pass on they'd turn into a ravenous monster that clearly remembered everything as they devoured their old family but if you just passed on as intended you'd forget your human life?! 

It only went to show, reality was a joke and Rabirria was right to refuse to take the world seriously. 

She cleared her throat abruptly, hoping the darkness of the night hid the sheer surprise in her eyes when she'd realized what Yamanaka had just said.  "Sorry, I sometimes...forget that most people don't have the same luxury.  It was quite awhile ago though, the memories of that time are faded somewhat."

Damnit!  She'd been doing so well too!

[Jessu]

How curious~? This is incredible!

Yamanaka Yui

“Yes, you must have been Konso'd~? Our research shows that those who receive that are usually more likely to remember their previous life~?” The explanation that this fresh face was all too easy one to forget the boon that was her recollection something which hardly surprised Miss Yamanaka, she knew all too well of the studies of parties who did and did not remember their time among the living because it had been something she had found fascinating and envious of, and explained what they believed to be the truth of the matter. Likely something to do with the guiding hand on the natural order, no?

“Gosh, it's busy tonight, isn't it~? Hm, usually people don't wear their Zanpakuto around the lab…?” Not that she had too much time to observe on the mechanics of passing into the afterlife either psychologically or otherwise when she spied another pair in black robes seeming to be marching down the hallways in the opposite direction to them, in all honest this was the busiest that she had seen the place at this hour of the night in she didn't know how long, and as such found her curiosity seemed to tip in the direction of this new duo and the items they were carrying. I mean, they didn't look a whole lot like researchers, did they…?

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