I Wanted Professionals, But You'll Do

Repetition, That was how one became strong. So this sudden change was... confusing to Amaya. She couldn't recall a time where she ever attended any big wig-type meeting like this, and for the life of her she could hardly even remember most of the names of the people that would be attending save for Seran and her sister, Hikari. Unlike Theo, Amaya wasn't anywhere near as fancily dressed as he was, Instead Amaya was dressed in a simple black leather dress that came down roughly half-way down her thighs. The walls of Los Noches weren't exactly unfamiliar to her, She could recall the brutal training that Seran put her and her sister through in Hueco Mundo. But as she walked the halls she couldn't help but feel this place was simply too unnatural, She didn't like it here... It felt cold and it wreaked of death and destruction. Amaya wasn't sure of what had happened here, but she knew whatever it was... It was fueled by negative emotions. She knew, of course, about Hollows and Arrancarr, She knew of their tenancies but didn't much care for that. The way she saw it some had points and some didn't. Looking upon most hollows she could hardly say she felt sorry for them, or that she regretted killing them when they tried to kill her. She knew that Arrancarr had regained some semblance of their humanity and she would've rather avoided confrontations with them at all costs, She knew that Arrancarr were far more powerful than their normal Hollow Counterparts.

Her footsteps echoed through the halls as she approached the Meeting Room, Her heels clicked with each step and rang out the all-too-familiar *clip, clip, clip* with each step. She figured if this was to be a meeting, she should probably not be dressed to fight. The only change in her wardrobe were her shoes, sneakers for fighting and heels for social gatherings. She had a rough guesstimate of how many people would actually be attending, and this would be the first time meeting all of the other guests. As she approached the chamber she could already hear a new voice, her eyes narrowed a bit... a voice she didn't recognize, but even so she had to remember that this was still only a social meeting... and if her Father trusted them, then she too should trust them. With a quick relaxing sigh she continued forward, rounding the corner and into the room where the door had already been open. She could see... A lot more than she had thought would be here, as she looked around she saw numerous female Arrancarr, Her Father... and another Male. He was dressed in a rather fancy suit, one she didn't expect for this kind of meeting. In truth it really shouldn't have surprised Amaya as much as it did, but for one reason or another it did. She cleared her throat as to announce her presence as she made her way past the male, not looking at him or even really acknowledging his presence as she made her way up towards Seran.

"Hello Father" She said with a bow as she took a seat next to him "Are all of these people apart of the guests?" She asked curiously, still only paying attention to Seran and not the other male.

BREAK FREE OF THE CHAINS

That Hold You Down

Another day in this dreaded place. She found Hueco Mundo boring, even if she did escape Los Noches all that was outside was sand and hollows. They never usually did anything worth sneaking out for and it would be problems if she got into a fight and injured. Seran had told her multiple times to stay put at night. At least in the human world she could steal learn things here it wasn't so simple. So this meeting that was being called was most definitely a treat for her. The white haired girl broke the corner just the unfamiliar voice reached her ears. There she saw a blonde man in a top hat standing in the door way. Over his shoulders she could see her sister, Seran and one other person whom she didn't recognize.

"I presume you're either early or right on time, as I doubt father would be here if it were the latter of the choices you gave yourself. Now if you'll please excuse yourself out of my way."

Hikari was far from ill mannered but she didn't like people being in her way and was rather blunt when it came to people skills. She brushed pass the man standing before stepping into the room wearing a white top, blue jeans and black knee high boots. She walked over to the head of the table and took the seat closest to Seran's right. She smiled in greeting to her sister, "Amaya, you're early."

Her eyes then turned to Seran, "May I ask what we're here to discuss Father?" As she spoke she fanned a hand in front of her face blwoing away the smoke coming from the cigarette the arrancarr had lit. "And who are charming hybrid friend over there is?" She asked more out of curiosity simply because he reminded her of Dane. Well in terms of the feel of his reiatsu not looks, but none the less this mans presence brought memories of the vizard to mind. "He reminds me of Hidane."

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Seran’s fingers continued drumming softly as the others arrived. Theocelese was first, with a full entourage of other arrancar bringing in the prepared food. Seran glanced around at them, noting with disappointment the lack of any tuxedos. The all female ensemble was certainly interesting, arrancar woman always had the air of femme fatale, and the dresses certainly didn’t leave much to the imagination. He went over the guest list again in his mind, hopefully the men would be able to focus even with the alluring hostesses. Theocelese stepped to his side, but Seran’s only response to his question was:

“Late.”

To Hikari and Amaya, Seran paid little attention. They knew enough to understand he would let them know what they needed to know when they needed to. Hikari’s comment about Hidane did give him a slight pause; he’d have to make sure she stayed away from him from now on. Not a good influence.

The rest of the arrivals slowly filed into the room. Most weren’t very talkative, with the unsurprising exception of Liam. Seran had hoped to find not only him, but also the young fullbringer that had accompanied him to the hotspring. As of yet he had been unsuccessful, and he had begun to wonder whether the quincy had personally taken steps to keep her hidden. An interesting question with many avenues, but one for another time. Seran cleared his throat, enough of the guests were here to begin.

“If you would all please take your seats at the table, we can begin. Your food and drink have been provided by Theocelese and his arrancar associates, if you need anything else do not hesitate to ask one of the ladies and they will have it brought.”

He waited as they all found seats at the large table.

“Very good. You all know me, and I have no doubt some of you may recognize a face or two among the other guests. There will be plenty of for you all to get further acquainted in the coming days, but for now this will suffice.”

Seran raised a hand, and on queue small rectangular plaques rose up out of the table in front of each of the assembled individuals. On them, the first name of the person sitting in the designated chair.

“Make note of the names, these are the people you will be working with.”

He made a slight glance at Hikari and Amaya. Hopefully they would know he expected them to memorize far more than the names of their new “friends”.

“Now then, I expect the question on all of your minds is why I have brought you here. I understand being brought to this place may have been… ‘uncomfortable’ for some of you, especially on such short notice. I can only apologize and hope you will understand that we are slightly short on time. Monitor, if you please.”

At Seran’s say so the lights in the room dimmed, and at the center of the table a cylindrical pillar began to rise up.

“The reason I have assembled you all, is this…”

With the hiss of escaping gas, a small opening appeared in the top of the pillar, and soft yellow light flowed out as sealed crystal tube with metal caps revealed itself. Sustended within, a beautiful, luminous gold seed, so spellbinding that even Seran himself could not tear his gaze from it.




“This…. Is a very special seed, backwards evolved from plants discovered here in Las Noches, remnants from a project the arrancar under Sosuke Aizen had toyed with but abandoned. It is, in my professional opinion, a link to a time before the entirety of this world was a lifeless desert.”

He allowed a moment for the words to sink in, unsure if the others would understand the seed’s importance.

“Unfortunately, as it is now, the seed cannot grow here. In fact it would already had rotted away were it not for that special crystal casing I obtained by simple lucky chance. It requires a substantially different environment than what this world currently offers in order to germinate. That is why I have brought you here, to help to collect the components and create an ancient biome from which this seed will grow.”