Truth beyond the lies...

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Special conditions: Arrancar resu. Forme (permitted)
Special conditions2: Shinigami shikai (permitted)
Objectives: Investigate the ancient chamber / confirm the whereabouts of the hogyoku shard(s)

Somewhere in a deserted area in the middle of Hueco Mundo, a sand storm blew across a large dune which collapsed revealing a hidden ‘chamber’ leading underground. It’s been long deserted, and is now falling into ruin. Inside can be heard the far off sounds of water droplets falling into shallow pools, and well as the eerie whirling of the wind through the dimly lit halls and passages. Recently, a number of powerful hollows have been spotted wandering the chamber’s once deserted halls. There have also been reports of a hogyoku shard possibly being hidden deep within the chamber.

Shiro squirms to get free, "Desta!!! Get off me!!! it's not funny!!!"

Leting go of shiro Destadi looks over at Altria, "Me? the same reason that brought you here! I'm interested in these ruins! as they have been buried for years... they have only recently been uncovered... is it really all that strange that I would want to see what may be hidden as well?" he smiles at them charmingly.

"Um..no,I guess not.They are rather..curious.But also unsettling.." Glancing around she can't shake a strange foreboding,shivering slightly.Pushing the nagging feeling away Altria turns towards the path leading further in,eager to get it over with and return to safety of home."You're coming along I take it.Have you explored it inside yet?"

Smiling charmingly while at the same time slyly, "why no I haven't fare lady Altria, but... may I ask to come along with you? as it seems... there are many a strong hollows around here.... and well it would be most unfortuneate if something were to befall you." he laughs in a merry care-free manner.

Tenchiru feels as if there is something suspicious, but crosses her arms. "And who, may I ask, are you, my good sir?" she asks. She could feel something, but decided it best to not be pushing her nose into either of these affairs. "Let's explore, anyways. Maybe we'll find some food?" she licks her lips, refraining from making funny noises.

Turning around to look at Destadi for a long moment her eyes narrow slightly,a strange look flutters across them.Laughing lightly Altria smirks in a way that seems unlike her,"Interested to help?How nice.Yet I think I can manage,hmm.Let those Hollows come.Tsuki has been wishing for a real battle." Shaking her head she suddenly smiles sincerely, "You are of course most welcome to come Destadi.You are free to do as you wish after all.What is it they say,the more the merrier?" Glancing at Tenchiru she looks slightly confused."Um..food?If this place was underground for a long time..I doubt anything edible would..um..survive.."

"Oh yay! I'm most honored to be graced with the pleasure of accompanying you all. shall we be on our way?" he walks farther down into the gloom of the chamber.

Rolling her eyes at his manner of speech Altria silently follows behind Destadi further into the chamber,staying on guard for any nasties. 'Somehow..I'm getting a bad feeling...no,it will be ok.Everyone's here..' Reassuring herself she still places one hand on her zanpakuto's hilt,ready to draw it at a moment. "Strange..I do not feel any Hollows near by.."

Stopping at the sudden noise she narrows her eyes,"Never mind..it appears something is here.Heh..time for some exercise." Smirking she moves deeper into the chamber towards the roar while keeping her senses open.Gathering reiryoku around the left hand in preparation for a kido just in case,it glow silver lightly.

*thinks: Geez! that thing looks like a total Zombie!!!* He looks at everyone before charging right at the hollow slashing it through the side.

Catching sight of the Hollow she takes in its weird appearance." A..mummy? What is this,a crypt horror movie?" Following after Shiro she flash steps behind the strange Hollow,pointing her left hand at it.Skipping the incantation she decides to do a lower kido first,"Hadō #31-Shakkahō." Firing a ball of red energy from the air she flips once,landing lightly and drawing her zanpakuto.

"Ahh.." Blocking the claw with her blade she gets flung back,hitting the wall painfully. Stumbling up quickly she winces at the cracking sound,holding one arm to her side where a bruise is surely forming."That thing is...strong." Moving further away from the melting wall she eyes the Hollow,cautious now. "That was nasty..it spits acid?" Deciding to keep a little distance she gathers much reiryoku to her hands again,deciding to try something stronger.Circling around the Hollow so it doesn't catch her in one place with the acid she quickly goes through the incantation." "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens. Hadō #64-Sōren Sōkatsui." Reiatsu flaring brightly two shots of blue fire fly at the Hollow,much stronger the the first one.

Destadi dodges the Acid breath from the hollow and pulls out his duel zanpakutos, then zigzags up to the hollow and slashes it up the middle. he then back-flips away to give the next person a chance to strike.

The Hollow's claw lashing and cutting into her side Altria gets send flying again from impact. Crashing into another wall clumsily she slides down,momentarily dizzy."Nghh..." Taking in a slow breath she winces,her side and back burning. Glancing down she sees clawed marks slashing deep into her side,pouring blood. Reaching for her back she feels something wet there,bringing back fingers stained red."Tch..bloody hell..what's wrong with me today?" Diverting reiryoku to stop the bleeding's she stumbles up,using Tsukiyomi for support. Taking a steadying breath she quickly shunpos towards Uriko upon seeing the Hollow breath in her direction.Throwing left hand out she quickly calls out,"Bakudō #39-Enkosen!" Hoping the barrier will stop the corrosive effect.

Loki laughs at the Hollow."Ah ha ha ha ha..a mummy! It's cosplaying as a mummy. Ha ha ha.That's rich." Grinning he draws Raijin,calling the electric flow.The golden blade crackles with sparks running up and down it,shining brightly in the dimness of the chamber."Altri-chan,you alright?Stupid mummy.." Loki's golden reiatsu rises,swirling wildly around him,with his bad control over it he looks all aglow with golden light. Switching zanpakutou to a reverse hold he dashes at the Hollow. Once close Loki digs his katana into the Adjuchas calf,pushing away from the ground with force and jumping up.It slashes the Hollow deeply from the leg to the shoulder with help from the upward movement but he makes sure to avoid wound already made by Destadi and gross looking black ooze it bleeds,cutting little above it.Current from his katana transfers to the Hollow,high voltage running through it.Reaching maximum height of his jump above the Hollow and now coming down Loki plants both feet onto its face,hard. Being of small build he makes up for weight lack with force of gravity and reiatsu. Driving the Hollow down its head smacks against the ground with a loud crack. Grinning Loki cartwheels further away to safer distance,stopping close by Destadi without noticing. Watching the Hollow he waits to see how effective his attack was.

Cowaring at the sight of the hollow suddenly appearing out of nowhere, and at the cloud of acidic haze, Uriko throws her arms up in front of her face as if to sheild herself from it. Expecting to feel a burning pain from the acid cloud, Uriko looks up, lowering her arms while letting out a sigh of relief when Altria put up a kido shield just in time. "..... ph-hpew...... T-Thanks... 'neesan..." watching loki take out the hollow, she gasps in horror when it disnintigrates into a pool of black ooze. "ewwwwwwwwwww! .... th-that... is sooo gross!" she makes a disgusted look before turning away.

Looking rather amused at the sight of the hollow becoming a pool of ooze, Destadi claps Loki on the back smiling cheerfully, "My, My! most impresive if I do say so myself! congradulations no?"

Realizing that she had totaly spaced out Kyuri pouts in a rather quirky way, "aw man! How could I have possibly spaced out on that?! ohhhhhhh! no fair!" she bounces twice before making a serious but quirky expression, "oooooooooooh! what now? what are we gonna do now?!" she bounces in an anxious way with a very impatient look in her eyes.

Shiro sheaths his zanpakuto before looking around, "is everyone alright?" he glances over to Kyurihiko, a scowling expression darts across his face, "Hey Kyuri? can you wait just a few seconds please? you're going to get yourself killed if keep being so impatient all the time!"

Kyuri rolls her eyes at Shiro, obviously pretending not to hear him, "yeah yeah yeah... I just wanna keep moving! I mean... If there really is a hogyoku shard here, then someone else could possibly be making their way to it already!" She makes a somewhat weid expression, before continuing, "Come on! let's keep moving! I wanna have a good challange! standing around is soooooooooooo like boring you know?" she begins bouncingin place once again, totaly ready to get moving.