The Great Kut-Ku [Inv/Core]

It was dark where Viktor was. He made sure to stay in the shadows as was his specialty. A loud cracking was in Viktor's ear. 'Bzzz....the hollow is around. The humans have dispatched a group to deal with it. We do not believe that they are capable to deal with the hollow. You know what your job is correct?' Vikto sighed through his mask and touched the communicator in his ear. "Yes I understand. Cleanse the hollow and gather information on the group of humans. This isn't my first mission." Viktor waited for a response. 'Bzzz...We know Viktor, but as I said. The mission is the same. Do not do anything unnecessary.'

"Understood." Viktor took the communicator out of his ear, for now it wasn't needed. Viktor started hopping between rooftops at a speed that most couldn't match. That was when he heard the roar, it echoed through his body. A shiver being sent down his spine. 'What the hell was that just now?' Viktor stopped where he was and went back to where he heard the roar come from. There he saw what appeared to be a hollow contained in a...bubble? And another human...controlling the bubble? Viktor sat in the shadows between two buildings and watched as the hollow slowly became more human, until he was a human again. 'My mission is to find the hollow, but this...this needs to be noted.' Viktor watched as the two men started to walk away. Viktor followed them all the way to a bunker.

"These humans are so peculiar." Viktor waited and rang back in to Command. "No answer..." Viktor mumbled quietly to himself. It couldn't be helped, he needed to make sure that these two weren't a danger to him, themselves, or others. Viktor took a deep breath and waited until he assumed it had been long enough and they had went to sleep. Viktor walked up to the bunker, not worried about doors. He was a spiritual being after all. Viktor strode up to where he figured the sleeping rooms would be and walked through the wall.

Kvothe nodded slowly as Gage spoke, it was an admirable undertaking but Kvothe could not say he agreed with it completely; as he'd told Gage, there are cruel and fearsome things in this world. In the moment his mind had flashed to the monster from earlier, but that wasn't and wouldn't be the only qualm Kvothe had about waking everyone spiritually. There were people, maybe even some at Polarity, that would not flinch at the prospect of using the kind of power necessary to do something of that magnitude for their own gain. Moreover, there was Polarity itself to worry about; despite how they marketed themselves as protectors they were a business after all, people like Gage and Kvothe just tools to help them advance. It was a cynical way to view things, but it was how Kvothe viewed all businesses. If they tried to go against them in any way it could end badly. Kvothe opened his mouth to relay his thoughts, but ended up shouting "Vortice!" instead. A figure was coming through the wall, it's garb baffled Kvothe and it appeared to carry a sword. It couldn't have been a Hollow considering there were wards covering the entirety of the bunker, but...it couldn't have been a human either considering they were bound by the laws of physics...mostly.

"Gage, any idea what the hell that is?" Kvothe didn't like to swear, but after spending copious amounts of time in contact with Americans it sometimes jumped out of him Kvothe looked the thing in the eyes awaiting a response from either it or Gage while keeping his fingers aimed at the figure.

Gage jumped at Kvothe's sudden reaction to the appearing shinigami. Who reacts like that? Kvothe instinctually drawing his Vortice out the instant something shows up. The Shinigami himself seemed harmless, not aggressive and more so at a bit of a loss for general human customs. Questioning why human might still be awake he introduces himself as a member of Squad Two, was that the healing squad? No that was...Admin?...There were so many of them that Gage really couldn't remember which was which at the moment. All he knew is that Squad eleven was a bit of a pain in the ass, more blood thirst fighters than diplomats.

"Well hello Victor. What is the Gotie doing so far out here?" It was a bit of a legitimate question, hopefully this Shinigami was here for something other than the hollow that they are working on. The only thing worse than if he was here to steal the kill being if he was there to get one of the two of them. Being a bit out of tune with human culture he then asks about their odd sleeping schedule. "Uhhh..."Gage looks at Kvothe, not sure how to answer the question. "Well...I suppose most people like to get to bed about nine o'clock ish but...well...I guess its kinda hard to fall asleep out here. Lots of noise from the trees and we know that there is a hollow around here somewhere."

Sitting back up in his bed Gage puts his feet back onto the ground. This has to be the...fifth...maybe the sixth Shinigami that he has met on chance in the world. They seemed to be everywhere, popping up like weeds, but only in the eastern Asia. Not once in all his time back in the US did he ever find a Shinigami walking around.

Viktor sighed in relief as he noticed the other man put his fingers down. 'Not too sure what he was going to do with his fingers, but I would have to guess it has to do with water.' Viktor remembered seeing the man manipulate water earlier, when they were back in the city. He turned to face the one who had spoke. "To answer your question, I was sent here by the Gotei. Something about a really strong hollow roaming around." Viktor narrowed his eyes for a moment. Taking in everything about the man who had spoke to him. 'He seems perfectly fine right now, so what was that thing that he did earlier? I could have swore he was a hollow, I felt it in my bones.' Viktor shrugged the thought from his mind. "I'm assuming some human organization sent you two to deal with the hollow?"

"Bzzzz.....bzzzzz" Viktor heard some static and touched his ear piece. "This is Viktor. I didn't catch that, please repeat your message." Viktor moved his hand from the ear piece. "Bzzz.....bzzzz" More static. 'There must be something interfering.' Viktor looked back at the man. "There's something interfering with my signal back to SS. Is it just the two of you here?" Viktor tapped his ear piece and yet there was still only static. He took the ear piece out and looked it over, there was nothing wrong with it from what he could, but then again he wasn't gifted with technology. He was a silent fighter, not an inventor. Viktor put the communicator back in his ear. "Today is just getting weirder and weirder." He mumbled to himself.

Kvothe still wore a bit of surprise on his face due to Gage interacting with the Shinigami so casually. Was he really that inexperienced that he didn't know of the people who apparently shared the same goal as Polarity? Kvothe sighed quietly and watched Gage offer to fix the earpiece that the Shinigami had been communicating through. There was a juxtaposition to seen here, the third man wearing his strange archaic garb while speaking into a piece of technology that even Kvothe had little experience with; it made him wonder just what else these Shinigami possessed. Was it all from the human world or had they developed it themselves? Kvothe assumed that whatever was i development went towards combat. It made sense with the information that he had been presented with so far. As Kvothe pondered the technological advances of Death Gods, he felt a twinge on the fringe of his spiritual senses. How could he have forgotten? They were here on a mission after all; Kvothe didn't want to interrupt, but what kind of rumors would get around about him if it got out that he possibly let a Hollow slip under the radar because he was being polite.

"Gage, Viktor we can discuss compensation in a bit do you guys feel that?"

It would not be unusual that the Shinigami have not heard of Polarity as the group does what it can to maintain secrecy. Even if civilians who find out about the group are either bribed or inducted into the company as an employee so that the secret remains theirs. The Gotie on the other hand didn't keep up their secrecy as much as they should. For someone who has done zero research on the group Gage feels as if he already knew a bit too much about the group as a whole.

This particular Shinigami was unique in that he was traveling alone, something that he has not encountered from all the other shinigami in his realm. He had once heard of the stealth squad but he did not know their function. His imagination however did not expect this, something closer to the generic ninjas coming to mind rather than the regular Shinigami that he has in front of him. Was it possible that the second squad was really that much stronger than the other squads? Traveling alone was generally a sign of responsibility and even squad 11 didn't do that.

Taking the ear piece Gage sends a small spark of green light into it, adjusting the receiver and transceiver so that they emit on the specific frequency that Gage's own equipment use. "No problem, its important that we all stay on the same page or shit gets out of hand. Gage tosses the earpiece back, keeping a mental note of the electronics of the ear piece. If this thing was able to communicate with soul society it must have some way of breaching the barrier between the two worlds and if that was the case then it might serve as good starting place if he ever wants to create a portal to Soul Society.

Gage didn't feel a hollow coming but he was never one to brag about his sensing abilities. "Yeah," Gage was still a little fatigued, tired from his earlier escapades. "Lets get this started." Gage takes a knee at his bag and pulls out a few pieces of equipment, his break blade and his hollow knife tucked into his belt, the break blade being in the shape of a cross that he hooks onto his belt.

Viktor thought to himself for a moment. 'Okay, I need to go as long as possible without releasing my Zanpakuto. If I do, they could inhale too much, and it would slowly kill them. I could give one of them my mask, but then what about the other one? The other one would be left to hold his breath as long as he possibly could. Although if the hollow is too strong it might be necessary to to use it as soon as possible.' Viktor felt like he was at an impasse. He pulled out his tracker and saw the triangle getting closer and closer to their position. He would have to make his decision soon as to how he would go about it.

The other Fullbringer said something that pulled Viktor out of his thoughts. 'So this guy is a long range, tactician?' Viktor tucked that information away into his mind in case he needed it for later. "I do believe that would work. I don't know how bubbles will get us up close, but I trust you guys." Viktor looked between the two Fullbringers. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?" Viktor tightened and loosened his grip on his swords, a feeling of worry crawling down his spine.

While the other two men stood within preparing themselves, Kvothe clasped his hands together and calmly made two bubbles; the bubbles were small, normal sized spheres that Kvothe set to follow his companions. The bubbles hovered near their shoulders and Kvothe began to explain the logistics of his ability while walking towards the door. All that the two of them needed to do was touch the bubbles when they were ready to move, it would expand and cover them entirely.

"Don't be alarmed, the thing will pop once you reach your destination and if I somehow get indisposed you can pop it from the inside by applying an equal amount of spiritual energy to an attack. Give me a holler if you need me I need to get set up." Kvothe took a deep breath and started to take in light, if the two men were watching closely enough they'd notice his eyes turn prismatic as the light hit them. After he'd absorbed enough light, Kvothe ran outside and started to turn the light he'd collected into a large blue tower; from there, Kvothe could see in every direction: it was the perfect sniper nest. He could see the thing approaching it was close, closer than Kvothe would have liked. He wouldn't have time to create as many ripples as he needed.

"Hopefully the two of them will buy me enough time..."

Gage listened as he finds the last of the equipment that he wanted, even throwing shields onto the pile of random tools. Snapping his fingers a green spark of light arcs from his fingers to the pile and fills the weapons with his energy. Shields start to float and hover shoulder level while spinning like a frizz bee while swords lift into the air as if there were a rope tide to the tip of the blade, the weapons all spinning slowly. "Alright, lets get outside." Gage steps outside with the floating gear forming a small wall of equipment behind his back. The mask that he was offered was taken happily. If this Shinigammi's release was as dangerous as he was making it seem then maybe he should take extra precaution against the chance that the release was going to be out of his control. The shinigami's reassurance that they would not lose anyone did not make him feel any better as he had not had the thought come across his mind yet.

He knew that this was going to be dangerous but he had not really considered that it was going to be fatal to anyone. Yanking on a strap on his arm he tightens the armor down the last little bit before turning to face the direction that the hollow was appearing to come from. Over his right shoulder the small bubble floats, his new means of travel for the time being. "Okay, I am going to stay up on top of the camp site," it really didn't count as a camp site as the 'camp' was a concrete bunker. "When it get close enough I will get the drop down on it." Looking at the Shinigami with his blades crossed he does something that he has done hundreds of times before this. Using Soul Communication he bounces himself off the ground into the air and lands lightly on the roof of the bunker taking a knee when he lands. "Victor, your going to take point to draw it in. I will take it from above when you get it close enough and the over all goal is to keep K'vothe out of trouble. If this thing is as strong as its signature seems then it could be the end of us if it gets its grabby little hands on anyone."