A first for everything (INV)

Aien wasn't one who normally participates in public events as even before he became a substitute Aien wasn't exactly a big fan of festivals and even parties in general. He appears to be a young teen or at least appears to be a young adult. Garbed in a black jacket made out of 100% cotton making it easy to move in while also being comfortable. Both hands were covered as Aien tucked them into his jacket pockets with a short sleeved shirt underneath the jacket was a bit of red-orange color while having a Tie-Fighter as a design. On his legs is a pair of faded blue jeans with a pair of running shoes that has Kingdom Hearts II design on it.

Hanging around his neck is a set of wireless headphones as his amber colored eyes gaze over the hundreds of seats upon the two individuals. One was clearly dressed for the part to impress or at least uphold their reputation, while the other who seems more laid back also appeared to have just came back from vacation. Or it could be possible that Wilko is still in vacation. Aien blinked as he refrained from letting his own mind reading into their body language too much. He's never been in events like this before, but least to say the spiritual pressures around Aien's area was an odd bunch. Some of them appear to hold some hidden power within them, while others only seem to be like fodder to the Hollows to take whenever they want.

Still Aien was obligated to more or less act like a bodyguard around here just in case some Hollow or even Arrancar gets the bright idea to attack this area because there's so much activity going on over here. They have proven in Aien's eyes from time to time that they're attracted to large groups, but at the same time Aien was here to have fun. As much as Aien knows what his duty have been forced to become, Aien's youth raced upon the anticipation to play something he hasn't messed with yet. Of course he's heard of this new MMORPG from Wizard.inc a while ago, but he didn't really pay much attention to it. Mostly because during that time Aien was getting kidnapped, tormented while in the process of transformation, and also taken into prison by the Soul Society. Least to say this past month has been one hell of a ride for Aien, and he just needs something to take his mind off things.

"Bro I hope there's going to be a challenge in here. I'm sick and tired of all these noobs trying to best me when I am a champion in PVP." One of the participants boasted to a few other guys. Some of them look rather hesitant, others took that boast as a challenge and pretty soon an argument began until Aien looked over his shoulder with a look of annoyance in his eyes. "Save your bragging until after you have demonstrated at least half of what you wish to uphold. If anything those who brag generally gets the worst results in terms of statistics, or even cheat through hacks and such. In basic terms, you just planted a big target on your back because of what you said." Aien's words diffused he argument shortly after it started as Aien once again realized that was a bit out of character for him. Still Aien turned his attention back to the two individuals at the stage with his almost liquid gold eyes possess that look of a warrior. In fact the mere aura around him is enough to intimidate some other gamers, although Aien doesn't mean to.

Honestly Aien was rather impressed with how the first round turned out. Of course he participated as well and managed to take down exactly thirty four players before he unknowingly bumped into the same area as Ph4nt0m while low on health and mana. The moment Aien realized where he was Aien practically did the nope dance and evaded Ph4nt0m for a good minute until some other cheeky player came out of stealth and struck Aien from behind. The young man sighed as throughout most of it Aien just had this casual expression on his face until he came face to face against Ph4nt0m. "Dude, how long have you been playing this game? I know you had to cheat. There's no way you could've beaten me."

One of the participants was in disbelief as Aien's gamertag was AsenRM412. It wasn't a name up on the champion list, or really ranked high enough to be talked about. But if anything AsenRM412 was commonly seen in Battlefront for a time until it stopped about a month ago. Aien would of course shrug his shoulders in response as the round was coming to a close. "Well, after taking a moment to get used to the controls, it doesn't really take a genius how to play. I mean, this is only my first time trying it out, but still my point is proven because I am no genius and yet even I was able to PK you." In the back of Aien's mind he heard a feminine voice that spoke to him. 'And if a non-genius was able to beat you then good luck fighting against a true genius.'

Aien was actually keeping his spiritual pressure rather low to match the average human's power to blend in. Though Aien has never encountered a Bount, he didn't expect to pick up on her signature because 1: there's a lot of people here, and 2: Aien was actually pondering whether or not he should grab a frape or just a flavored iced coffee. That is until he felt a tug on his sleeve which caused his amber colored eyes to look over his shoulder. At first he didn't see anybody nor could he sense anybody there, and Aien is certain that especially at this close range he should be able to sense somebody standing here. Yet it baffled him to see that there was a middle school girl that possessed both the name and the skill rightfully earned of Ph4nt0m when he still can't sense anything from her.

The girl didn't say anything at first, but Aien can't help other than feel like she's being pressed on an urgent matter. Despite how young she looks Aien doesn't really see the hyper energy or even find that look of arrogance most children have. "Why do you Shinigami always ruin things... I'm doing nothing wrong and yet I always have to watch my back or one of you gets near me..." Aien can't exactly wrap his finger around it, but the mere fact that she said Shinigami suggested she wasn't an ordinary middle school kid. Though Aien finds it a bit disturbing that someone younger than his own sister is thrown into the chaotic spiritual world. Still he rose a brow since he has no clue what she is referring to.

"Um... I'm not exactly sure what it is you did or why they are keeping tabs on you or whatever it is. But my presence here is more like a vacation than anything else. Besides if I was suppose to look out for you or report anything my warden didn't say anything about it. So you're safe from me I promise, and while we're at it lets try to have fun at this event while it lasts okay?" Aien spoke since he has no knowledge of what happened to make Anna wary of Shinigami in general, Aien can't exactly act on something with no information of the task whatsoever. Basically the only way Aien would act on his own against Anna is if she starts attacking people without being provoked by a third party. In which case Aien would hopefully ease her worries since he can't report his findings since he was only supposed to keep an eye out on anything suspicious. So far Anna hasn't done anything or appear to be suspicious other than being here trying to have a fun time with games.

Whether she trusts Aien or not is entirely her choice. Aien is never the type to force someone to change their opinion or train of thought if it doesn't match his own. However Aien was starting to feel a slight headache forming upon his consciousness, and while it was slight Aien can already tell that focusing on something is going to be harder. So with Anna departed from the conversation, Aien made his way to the convention center to grab himself a fruit punch flavored Brisk tea. During this time he tried to find someone he could work well with, and quite frankly majority of them were either already taken or prefer to solo things out even though this would be more of a team effort.

So Aien would pick out someone who would prefer to be the supportive role and thus would start round 2. Aien picks out the Demon Hunter role this time while the partner picked the supportive Engineer role. In which case once the game started Aien's team would scout out a small section that was easily defendable and began setting up traps to both slow their speed while dealing damage from Aien's character. Meanwhile his partner sets up gadgets ranging from trip mines to even deploying turrets. Once that was done, both of them abandoned the spot and leave the others to tackle that area. Since it'll be like a beacon that someone is camping there, but in reality by the time they get through the traps the area is rigged with explosives which is later discovered by three different teams. Just that tactic alone wiped out about twelve teams with only ten more to go.

It actually didn't take much longer as the remaining teams were exhausted from their resources and started to make mistakes while Aien's team went into hiding for a bit while setting up various traps to ensnare a team while Aien's character takes them out at a distance. Everything was going smoothly for Aien as he was giving commands to his partner and their teamwork and planning was practically flawless so to speak. However there was a team that consisted two Engineers that basically just spammed a lot of turrets and placed a lot of explosives. Aien exploited their unfair defense by simply telling his partner to launch an explosive shell at the wall of explosives and there was a lot of boom from it. Of course Aien's team was quite a ways back to avoid the fallback, but little did they know that the last remaining team had snuck around their turret that was covering their back. In which case Aien's partner was quickly taken out by surprise and Aien was fighting for dear life against a Ghost Hunter and a Warmonger. Both deadly melee based roles that honestly were perfect to be paired up with. However with Aien purposely baiting them into a swampy areas and enter stealth mode to hide. Aien had to plan carefully, and it was very anticipating as this outcome had most people at the edge of their seats. Aien was a ranged based class, and thus the further out of their reach the better.

Once he was ready and a lot of avoiding. Aien launched a few bolts over at the opposing team about thirty meters away as he was trying to catch their attention. So Aien had placed more of those slow effect traps while raining down arrows on them. By the time the team got close enough to try to attack finally, Aien had built up his ultimate skill to where it could deal x2 damage and nulls incoming damage for .5 second. So while yes they managed to deal a large amount of damage for the rest of that second upon activating the skill, they could do nothing to evade since they were so close to Aien. In which case Aien had them checkmate and thus he won the moment they came for him. With Aien very low on health, he barely managed to win and that was him taking full advantage of his class's abilities and passives.

Aien's hands were aching after he eliminated the last team and rose to be the victor. A sigh of relief slipped from his lips as that was a really close call, but Aien's headache only got worse and the entire time Aien was listening to his music from his headphones. Aien lowered his headphones and there was a bit of applause from the crowd. He didn't say anything other than he reached over to pick up his bottle and took a few sips of his tea. In which case Aien was trying to relax his mind, and since he can't detect Anna's spiritual pressure to begin with he hasn't noticed her chasing her doll around.

First Aien sees the doll being tossed around, and he recognized the doll belonging to Ph4nt0m/Anna. To be honest Aien thought some older guy snatched it away and started the monkey in the middle game. That is until he saw the doll actually moving oddly even when it was supposed to still. Of course some dolls move on their own if they are programmed to do so, but from the looks of it the doll looks too squishy to possess anything to serve as a functional limb. At least that is what Aien originally thought until it grew into a six foot doll.

That is when Aien knew right away that this normal day just turned into a serious problem. Aien would let out a sigh as he already knew that this event just ended short. However there was Ph4nt0m that tried to order the thing into a sealed state. Aien was still sitting on his chair as he was watching the spectacle unfold, and while this would call for the job for Shinigami to come up. Aien doesn't think changing forms would be a wise idea, but he shouldn't get involved without being prepared first. Aien would take another sip from the tea before standing up from his seat while the crowd was dispersing from the scene. Aien didn't run, and instead he was starting to approach the stage with one hand tucked in his jacket pocket. "Heed my call, Aurora."

Like someone pulling the curtains away to reveal a scene on a play Aien's warm black hair peels away into spiritual particles to reveal a silver white color in its place. Crimson cracks began to form under his eyes while the iris began taking a crimson red rose glow; leaving no trace of the once amber eyes. The air around Aien feels heavy with menace and hatred that could easily be mistaken to be equivalent to Hollow energy. "Honestly this job is one pain in the ass. But hey could you please not strike the young lady again? I'd like to wrap this as soon as possible, or at least before the Soul Society begins to take notice of this event." Aien's voice, it wasn't a single voice that can be heard, instead Aien's voice sounds like there's a second voice that is disembodied yet saying the exact words in sync with his own. "Then again when one has Top Hat over here spouting such foul language and assaulting a minor on top of that. Yeah that's going to reach the news all around here by morning, so I suppose there's no point in being subtle anymore, but it is the point." His eyes were looking up at the tall doll as there was a visible dark crimson aura around Aien's body that bends and twists in an odd fashion.

Well there goes quite a few things confirmed in Aien's mind, but still Aien can't just sit by either. Perhaps the girl did kill a few hundreds of people to stay alive and is probably the reason why the Soul Society is after her. Whatever the reason was this action would be unprovoked in Aien's mind and seeing how Anna is not doing anything to fight back Aien felt like he should take matters into his own hands before things get out of hand. Gathering the reishi around his feet, Aien would shunpo to stand between Anna and the doll. As for Dungeon trying to spin around Aien the kid would simply place his right foot in front of the doll's left foot while simultaneously delivering a light chop at the back of the doll's neck.

Aien's foot would trip the doll or at least cause it to stagger a bit as the chop was to help throw the doll to the ground flat on its back. As for the kick to the ribs the aura around the kid's body quickly hardened to where it felt like Dungeon was trying to kick through gravel. Thus the cloak absorbs the impact from the leg unless it possessed power stronger than Tier IV. In the case that Dungeon doesn't go down even with Aien's enhanced strength from his human powers being active, Aien would follow up by grabbing the back of Dungeon's collar and with a lot of strength behind it attempts to throw the doll back for a possible 5 meter gap. Still Aien doesn't assume the offensive nor does he appear to hold a Zanpakutou neither in his hands or on his person. "Bount, Arrancar, whatever it is that don't matter to me right now. For all I care you can be another Shinigami and my actions won't be different from what I am doing now." Then Aien would glance over his shoulder at Anna before stating towards her now. "This is your power right? Can you see about calming him down one more time?" Aien asked since he was still hoping to end this as quickly as possible without resorting to catastrophic property damage aside from what's already been done.

The headbutt from Dungeon did little to the kid as he harnessed his strength to return the gesture by countering that possessed power equivalent to Tier III in addition to his x2 strength. Of course with Aien already having a headache it certainly did not help him whatsoever. Still he endured it and that cloak was thick with black like rock pieces. Aien would sigh once again before reactivating his release by willing it to stay active. "Humans consume life to stay alive everyday. Whether its eating something that doesn't scream such as plants or to even eating themselves. It is the cycle of survival no matter how you look at it. Hollows eat because they need souls to fill up the emptiness that they feel and also gain more power in the process. Even Shinigami consumes food and they're already souls that have passed on."

Aien remains in his place as the cloak continues to form at least a small disc that covers his torso. "I have no idea what a Bount is, and I've never heard of them up until now. You say that she lives off the souls of others? Then in my opinion she'll be perfect cleaning up the trash that Soul Society tends to leave behind. Such as those who are supposed to go to Hell, but they're still lingering in the Human Realm as a plus soul that'll eventually become a Hollow much faster than others especially if it continues to commit crimes that it committed in life. If the Soul Society made her into what she is now, and has evaded them for so long. Then maybe the Soul Society needs to take another course of action since clearly this one isn't working for them." At this point Aien is more or less talking to himself, but he is still keeping an eye on Dungeon. If he continued with that attempt to attack Anna then Aien's cloak would proceed to form a partial dense shield around Anna to absorb the impact.

"Besides I can't act in such behavior based on a possible nonbiased rumor that you're just saying to kill Ph4nt0m. The way I think of it is to never give up, because the moment you start to think about defeat then you have already lost. Since it is a slippery slope to making that defeat into reality. I don't know what you two have endured over the past seven hundred years and frankly I don't really care. I'm only sixteen so even a hundred is beyond my scope of imagination. What I do care is that if you have been with her for all this time then that means you're somewhat like her guardian, or maybe even her source of power? But if she can live off from souls then that would suggest she can harness her powers from herself. Perhaps a companion? Are you a Bount as well?" Aien posed a series of question mostly to clarify things for himself, but at the same time Aien is also trying to throw Dungeon off his game so that Anna would have more time to recuperate and plan on her move to subdue her Doll.

Letting someone handle their own problems is something Aien can fully understand. It is something that Aien has been doing for majority of his life now. So while Aien doesn't proceed to move away he doesn't seem to be guarding Anna anymore as the partial cloak moved from her to the kid. In which case he watches with both hands tucked in his jacket pockets now. Where he'll bring out the one liter flavored tea and after twisting the cap off Aien begins to take a sip out of it. For the most part Aien is making sure this fight isn't being taken elsewhere such as outside for example. Just about all of the other people had departed from the vicinity by now which was a good sign for Aien.

'Shouldn't you stop them before things get out of hand?' That feminine voice posed a question in Aien's mind before he shrugged his shoulders in response. 'This is something they must solve on their own. It is very much like how Shinigami must come into terms with their Zanpakutou Spirit before they can effectively harness their soul's power. Some can do it as easy as snapping my fingers, but others tend to have a hard time to even hear their spirit's voice.' Aien spoke mentally back to the voice as it did indeed belonged to the voice of his Zanpakutou. 'This case is a bit different from a Zanpakutou though.' Of course the case is going to be different since it is not a Zanpakutou, but still the concept was the same. 'Perhaps, but the situation is just the same. This one just happens to be more... physical I suppose.' To anyone who can see Aien it appears that he's just standing there with the cloak of reiatsu forming various small disks here and there for a brief period of time before dispersing into the seemingly wispy aura.