As a heads-up, Kaede's a pretty rude character. Goes with the territory of being a farmer-turned-bandit-turned-gangster-turned-squad-11-shinigami. If she's crude, crass, or otherwise mean, it's meant towards characters rather than roleplayers.
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Kaede looked back over to the soul reaper she didn't recognize as he summarized his version of what had happened. While she listened, her brow grew more and more creased as she started to frown. Whoever he was, he had a twisted sense of propriety if he was talking down to Luna for attacking a Hollow. When another man arrived, again one she didn't recognize, Kaede paused for a moment before growling a response to Angelo's commentary.
"A Hollow eating other Hollows doesn't help. That's how a Menos forms, dumbass; Hollows cannibalize one another until a bunch of them come together."
She could hardly believe the man was actually a soul reaper, to be saying the sort of things he was saying. Whatever his circumstances were, it seemed like he had some very unusual opinions about how Hollows should be handled.
Hopping down from the lamp post, Kaede landed next to Luna. She was about to issue a last ultimatum to the pair of men, when she was interrupted by the emergency ringtone of her soul pager.
"What?!" she snapped into the communicator, her sword still in her other hand and at the ready. Shock crossed her face as the voice on the other end of the phone explained what was going on in soul society. "Wait, slow down! What the hell?"
She looked a bit dazed as she closed the soul pager and put it in an inside pocket of her shihakusho. Looking at the hollow and the two men, she shook her head. "This'll have to wait," she said, turning to face to Luna "Soul Society's gone bat-shit insane. We need to get back there."
Thrusting her sword Higanbana into the air in front of her, she turned it clockwise to open the Senkaimon for them to return through.
"A Hollow eating other Hollows doesn't help. That's how a Menos forms, dumbass; Hollows cannibalize one another until a bunch of them come together."
She could hardly believe the man was actually a soul reaper, to be saying the sort of things he was saying. Whatever his circumstances were, it seemed like he had some very unusual opinions about how Hollows should be handled.
Hopping down from the lamp post, Kaede landed next to Luna. She was about to issue a last ultimatum to the pair of men, when she was interrupted by the emergency ringtone of her soul pager.
"What?!" she snapped into the communicator, her sword still in her other hand and at the ready. Shock crossed her face as the voice on the other end of the phone explained what was going on in soul society. "Wait, slow down! What the hell?"
She looked a bit dazed as she closed the soul pager and put it in an inside pocket of her shihakusho. Looking at the hollow and the two men, she shook her head. "This'll have to wait," she said, turning to face to Luna "Soul Society's gone bat-shit insane. We need to get back there."
Thrusting her sword Higanbana into the air in front of her, she turned it clockwise to open the Senkaimon for them to return through.
When she heard her orders, the hair at the nape of Kaede's neck stood on end at the mention of a strange Hollow. Kaede nodded her head once and answered "I'll check in on her." Turning on her heel to face the doorway, she made her way to the Senkaimon with haste. Perhaps a little more haste than was entirely necessary, but the memory of what had happened to Tobio was still fresh on her mind.
She'd known Tobio since way back, when she still ran with the gangs in the 54th district. He was a young soul; headstrong, a show off, and a brash twerp. He used to call her 'Anego', and was almost like a younger brother to her. When she up and left the district to train at the academy, it didn't take long for him to decide he wanted to too. On the other hand, it did take him a while to grow strong enough for acceptance. By the time he entered Shin'o, Kaede was already a lieutenant.
Whatever had killed him, they still hadn't found it, and it hadn't look like they were going to find it. For exactly that reason though, Kaede was eager to get to Karakura town. If it was still there, she owed it to Tobio to get some pay-back.
A string of consecutive shunpo brought her to stand at the foot of the gate, where she caught her breath for a moment as the Kido corps finished their preparations to open it. As soon as the portal was made, she dashed through it, a limiter seal forming on her as she made her way to the world of the living.
When she arrived, she took up a high vantage point atop a telephone pole before visualizing the spirit ribbons. The distinctive red of a soul reaper's reiryoku formed two ribbons quite nearby, which gave Kaede pause for a moment. The captain-commander had only mentioned one soul reaper already in the field. Whatever the case might be, Kaede made her way towards them at high speed, coming to a stop balanced on the corner of a roof. The spot overlooked a scene where a man she didn't recognize, and Hollow in a dress, and the third seat of squad 13 stood in a face-off. She made no effort to hide herself, and drew Higanbana from its sheath.
"What's going on here?" she asked, not singling out any of them for an answer. Her eyes narrowed as they fell on the Hollow.
She'd known Tobio since way back, when she still ran with the gangs in the 54th district. He was a young soul; headstrong, a show off, and a brash twerp. He used to call her 'Anego', and was almost like a younger brother to her. When she up and left the district to train at the academy, it didn't take long for him to decide he wanted to too. On the other hand, it did take him a while to grow strong enough for acceptance. By the time he entered Shin'o, Kaede was already a lieutenant.
Whatever had killed him, they still hadn't found it, and it hadn't look like they were going to find it. For exactly that reason though, Kaede was eager to get to Karakura town. If it was still there, she owed it to Tobio to get some pay-back.
A string of consecutive shunpo brought her to stand at the foot of the gate, where she caught her breath for a moment as the Kido corps finished their preparations to open it. As soon as the portal was made, she dashed through it, a limiter seal forming on her as she made her way to the world of the living.
When she arrived, she took up a high vantage point atop a telephone pole before visualizing the spirit ribbons. The distinctive red of a soul reaper's reiryoku formed two ribbons quite nearby, which gave Kaede pause for a moment. The captain-commander had only mentioned one soul reaper already in the field. Whatever the case might be, Kaede made her way towards them at high speed, coming to a stop balanced on the corner of a roof. The spot overlooked a scene where a man she didn't recognize, and Hollow in a dress, and the third seat of squad 13 stood in a face-off. She made no effort to hide herself, and drew Higanbana from its sheath.
"What's going on here?" she asked, not singling out any of them for an answer. Her eyes narrowed as they fell on the Hollow.
Oh I'm totally fine with it being a mistake, that's how it felt during the initial reading. Togabito are strong, and automatically res/regenerate, so it makes plenty of sense that Light might have killed a shinigami on accident. I just had a sinking feeling for a moment that the recruit's death was going to be played off as completely unrelated to her when you mentioned the stair thing.
TL;DR I like the idea that she didn't understand how fragile 'normal' soul reapers are, and will be riffing off of that. If Kaede ever learns of Light's connection to the dead recruit, she will probably still hold her responsible for it, regardless of whether or not it was a mistake or accident.
TL;DR I like the idea that she didn't understand how fragile 'normal' soul reapers are, and will be riffing off of that. If Kaede ever learns of Light's connection to the dead recruit, she will probably still hold her responsible for it, regardless of whether or not it was a mistake or accident.
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This didn't strike me as terrible vague. You've got that it was an accident, but you also have that she knocked his head off. I don't really see how that could be just her witnessing an academy recruit falling down some stairs; that seems like a disingenuous backstep from a previous post.
At the same time, it's not like the Soul Reapers have everything surveilled all the time. Probably the most they'd know about the recruits death is that they died of injuries while on a training patrol. Unless there was a witness there'd be no evidence linking Light to the dead recruit. That being said, if a recruit was decapitated, I imagine that the gotei 13 would have at least some sort of warning ongoing about Karakura town until the issue was resolved or declared a cold case.
I think if we're going to put together a common tie in our characters' backstories, we should be working together on what we think should happen (or have happened previously), rather than being like 'well yeah you can say that if you want, but I reserve the right to later say it didn't go down like that'. Generally I've found it's good to draw a line between IC knowledge and Meta knowledge when working this sort of thing out, and if we're not willing to be open and do that I'd rather just not include the recruit in Kaede's backstory.
she didn't want another skirmish with an academy newbi who had a strange notion of attacking her on sight. It was a shame too, Light'd more than happily sit down and have an idle chit chat with them if they had offered, but no, she had to accidentally knock his head off. And unlike the hell people, the soul reavers didn't regenerate at all.
This didn't strike me as terrible vague. You've got that it was an accident, but you also have that she knocked his head off. I don't really see how that could be just her witnessing an academy recruit falling down some stairs; that seems like a disingenuous backstep from a previous post.
At the same time, it's not like the Soul Reapers have everything surveilled all the time. Probably the most they'd know about the recruits death is that they died of injuries while on a training patrol. Unless there was a witness there'd be no evidence linking Light to the dead recruit. That being said, if a recruit was decapitated, I imagine that the gotei 13 would have at least some sort of warning ongoing about Karakura town until the issue was resolved or declared a cold case.
I think if we're going to put together a common tie in our characters' backstories, we should be working together on what we think should happen (or have happened previously), rather than being like 'well yeah you can say that if you want, but I reserve the right to later say it didn't go down like that'. Generally I've found it's good to draw a line between IC knowledge and Meta knowledge when working this sort of thing out, and if we're not willing to be open and do that I'd rather just not include the recruit in Kaede's backstory.
So I had a thought, and figured I'd run it by everyone here before putting it into practice:
In Light's introduction post, it was implied she'd killed a rookie from the academy. I was thinking it'd be interesting if Kaede knew that 'newbie' and has a reason to hold a personal grudge. Whether or not the Gotei 13 (and Kaede herself) knows who the killer was doesn't matter so much; it could still be an unresolved incident, but it'd give something to build off of.
In Light's introduction post, it was implied she'd killed a rookie from the academy. I was thinking it'd be interesting if Kaede knew that 'newbie' and has a reason to hold a personal grudge. Whether or not the Gotei 13 (and Kaede herself) knows who the killer was doesn't matter so much; it could still be an unresolved incident, but it'd give something to build off of.
So, waiting on Jynmi and Hiro?
Blarg, I didn't read in full. Ignore me.
Well I left her post open-ended in case you wanted to give any instructions through Katsuo, so that should work fine.
Sliding open the door, Kaede strode two paces into the room before bowing briefly. She held her hand forwards with the sealed roll of papers, saying "Here's the captain's paperwork you wanted for your report, captain-commander." It was a conscious effort for her not to let sarcasm slip into her voice, as her division's captain hadn't even touched the papers.
Kaede put the scroll in the inbox tray on Captain-commander Katsuo's desk, noting the amount of work the head shinigami had waiting for him. Privately, she was thankful that she didn't have as much responsibility as him; if for no other reason than the amount of work that would imply.
Taking a step back from the desk, she bowed again and waited to be dismissed, saying "If that will be all-"
Kaede put the scroll in the inbox tray on Captain-commander Katsuo's desk, noting the amount of work the head shinigami had waiting for him. Privately, she was thankful that she didn't have as much responsibility as him; if for no other reason than the amount of work that would imply.
Taking a step back from the desk, she bowed again and waited to be dismissed, saying "If that will be all-"
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