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Meals of Fate... Aug 9, 2018 20:25:44 GMT

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Post by THEOCELESE on Aug 9, 2018 20:25:44 GMT

Just the same as Theocelese was to Caesar, so was the Vizard to the Arrancar. Everyone from the old days was a check and a balance to one another, and there was a reason as to why the obscenely large table they all sat at to meet and enjoy meals together with one another was circular in nature. It represented the strengths of unity and equality. There was a reason why their coined phrase was a simple two words: "No Kings". Kingship led to tyranny. There was a reason why Theocelese always emphasized that no one in The Alliance should ever fight alone, and this battle strategy held dual meaning. In their shared unity, they could rely on one another's shoulder. They could bring down any tyrant....and most importantly, the united forces from all walks of life prevented any of themselves from turning that horrid path. Such was Theocelese's original intent for those he sought out, though it was to keep him from becoming what he hated the most. He admired Barragan--truly, he did, not because of the other Espada's immense and mortifying powers, but because he was a constant reminder of what Theocelese himself held within his grasp to become. The former king of Hueco Mundo grew to such heights that when it was his time to be overthrown by an even greater force, Barragan became the very thing he despised: a pawn. One with dreams of retribution, no doubt, but a pawn nonetheless. His worth was still greater than most but..did Aizen care if the Espada died? No. And it circled back to Theocelese's own perspective, he knew of his own passion and dedication to others and to have ever thought of the ones he cared for and protected as nothing more than means to an end? That, in itself, was Hell.

"How can it help a man who has already accepted the fact that the sands of time for him are running low?" Theocelese replied softly, the words laced with anger just the same as Caesar's own. "I'm not asking you to create a monster with a conscience, Caesar!" The Arrancar stood from the chair, both hands hitting the table beneath them. " Gods be damned, I'm asking you to teach her the oldest saying the likes of you and I have always had to live by. 'Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster. For when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you'. We have both tread that fine line, but we have always had one another to keep from falling." Theocelese snarled out, his pupils dilating almost instantly, and the rush of rage swirled to the forefront of his mind. Instinctively, his hands began to twitch, as if begging to grasp the handle of some weapon.

"I told her she could choose to opt out of all of this. I helped the girl avenge the death of her parents and I wanted it to be the end of this path for her. I could not make the decision for her, it is hers and hers alone. If you have the means to make her forget what we truly are, and what the truth of the cosmos really is...by all fucking means then do it! Erase her memories and give her false ones, let her remember her parents dying in a freak accident and not that they were devoured by a god damn monster. Seal her powers before they even begin to fully manifest, lest they fail her and she finds herself clutching her innards beneath of some fucking Quincy bastard." And now, the Arrancar lifted a single arm, finger pointed accusingly at Caesar. "Just like Hidane! Cross! Solinex! Even Matrium is gone, Caesar! My brothers, my sons, almost my entire fucking family is gone! There is few of us left as it is!" Just at that moment when it looked like the Arrancar was about to take his fury out on the table, both hands caressed the smooth edges, then quickly went for another cigarette. He'd come close to breaking a gasket, but with a deep breath, the red tinge around his vision crept back into his thoughts.

"When that girl gains strength, those of us who stand and stood for what is right prosper. It allows us to go back to what you have enjoyed until we are needed again. But strength is not the be-all-end-all, it is knowing when one must pull back from the daemon inside. If we leave her be, several things may happen. She may die well before her time, alone and terrified. She may be conscripted, treated like I was under Aizen, or discarded and branded as an enemy as you were under the Gotei. Or, she may grow older and one day have her blade aimed at you, and it is then when one of these few outcomes, a few out of many, could have been prevented." Theocelese exhaled loudly, and still angrily. With cigarette still in hand, both appendages curled into fists.

"If you have the means of stopping this here and now. Tell me, and we'll give the girl a proper life. I've given her a home, you supply her with a steady income and make sure she keeps up on her schooling. If not...then help me give her guidance. Let this be the last oath taken in my name and rather than make a monster, we will turn her into what we could never be, Caesar. A true hero." From the shouting, Theocelese's tone shifted back to a quiet one. In his heated moment, he'd almost been bellowing loud enough that the thieving human surely could have heard him.

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Last Edit: Aug 9, 2018 20:27:03 GMT by THEOCELESE

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Meals of Fate... Aug 9, 2018 20:46:39 GMT

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Post by Shiro Inazuma on Aug 9, 2018 20:46:39 GMT

"Yosh!" Shiro clapped her hands together at a job well done. A large stack of takeout boxes now sat on the table they'd eaten at, each one filled to the brim with foods and pastries of all kinds. "This aught to be enough for Mr. Rose." She stated aloud to herself. She'd been careful not to make the stack too big, she still wanted to be able to carry it, though she'd intended this stack for Theocelese anyway.

Shiro could hear Mr. Rose's voice growing louder. He seemed angry about something which she could fully understand. She was still made at Caesar for calling her flat. Carefully Shiro lifted the stack of boxes and made a slow but steady pace towards the door the two men had used to go out onto the patio. Pushing the patio door open with her back, the girl pushed her way out onto the patio, giant stack of boxes in tow. Both men were engaged in conversation. Theocelese looked, to Shiro, to be in a bit of a temper. She could almost see the veins popping out of his forehead.

Shiro made her way over to the table Mr. Rose stood or sat at, she couldn't really tell with the stack of boxes obscuring her view. She gently set the boxes down in front of him, reacting far quicker than she'd expected to when the top box nearly fell off. Breathing a sigh of relief at the recovery, Shiro placed the box properly on top of the stack, looking to Theocelese with a large grin on her face.

The stack of boxes now securely in Theocelese's care, Shiro stood back, turned to Caesar and stuck out her tongue. Shiro then turned back to the door and procured the most haughty stance she could manage before heading back inside to load up more boxes from the bakery.

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Meals of Fate... Aug 9, 2018 23:43:17 GMT

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Post by CAESAR CAERO on Aug 9, 2018 23:43:17 GMT

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Caesar couldn't hold back a laugh as Shiori came marching out the bakery with what seemed like a large box of his bread. It was almost comical the way she strutted towards him and Theo like a she's done something she was extremely proud of, setting the boxes in front of him before sticking her tongue out at the vizard and turning heel right back into the bakery.

I'm sure you like to handle a lot of things with your tongue don't you? he called after as he shook his head lightly, he had to be careful though lest he too became like Theo. Her little tirade was certainly more than welcome as it eased whatever tension lingered between the pair and the vizard couldn't help but reminisce about his life when he was her age, when it was just him, his uncle and aunty. His parents had died but that void was replaced by his uncle as best he could, his aunt made sure he was never hungry either. He'd lost his parents yes, but in a way he hadn't lost his family.

I've always admired your ability to see ideals, Theo, he said rather calmly now. But do not romanticize what it is that we do, you and I are not heroes and we can't teach her to be one anymore than two cats can teach a dog how to bark. His eyes moving from Theo to the boxes of bread and back again. You and I will give her the power to choose based upon the sole reason that we must trust her to use it wisely. Theo had rebutted his points, even if whilst somewhat irritated, rather effectively and in his points Cae's own questions were illuminated somewhat.

We're all monsters Theo, each and everyone of us. Lurking just underneath the surface, waiting for just the right moment to emerge, in a way the vizard was speaking of himself more than anyone for that statement rung truer for him more than anything else. You either embrace it or are consumed by it. There was a steeliness about him as Caesar looked upon Theo's face, in his eyes the arrancar would find his answer to the initial question he asked.

Nevertheless one should always have the power to fight their demons, for that reason and one more I will train her. If all her gained strength couldn't prevent her from losing the ones she cared for then it would be for nought. An action performed in vain. The second is that you WILL return, I don't care how you do it, but there is no point in gaining strength if at then end of it you're as alone as when you began. If you cannot deliver on that, you may as well find someone else.

Those were his terms, given how Theo had pretty much snuck this little bread stealing bag of hormones on him, he was well entitled to them.

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Meals of Fate... Aug 10, 2018 0:57:09 GMT

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Post by THEOCELESE on Aug 10, 2018 0:57:09 GMT

Whatever tempered fury lingered with Theocelese melted away as he saw Shiro scuttling out with...with...exactly what he wasn't expecting her to actually do. ACTUALLY....she seemed to pick out and take far more than he expected. With this temporary break from the serious discussion, all the Arrancar could do is smirk at Caesar, then give him a shrug. The Vizard knew Theocelese was good for the tab, anyways. He always was...save for the few times his sneaky Greek fingers managed to pluck an extra cookie or muffin when Caesar wasn't looking. Just as fast as the kid came out, toting her prizes, she went right back inside. It was for the better, he thought. She didn't need to hear any of this conversation right now. Maybe he'd tell her later, but certainly not right now. The tension came back, almost at full force, so much so that the Arrancar could taste it.

"To some, we are, Caesar. To others, we are villains. It's just a matter of who writes the history books until the next war." He hadn't disagreed, but acknowledged what was said, as it was merely the truth. "Yes...there is no disputing that....but that is why I've always stood by the importance of having one another. You feel it just the same as I do, for we are both children to the Goddess, Nyx." Theocelese left the table, taking the few steps over to the Vizard, arm extended....Not to shake at the hand, but at the wrist for the warrior's embrace the Arrancar was so famous for upon greeting those he respected and considered family. The ill-effects of self-doubt wavered, the Vizard's words hitting home at a level he would come to deeply appreciate. Theocelese had all but accepted the conditions of the coming battle. Life at the cost of his own sacrifice. He hadn't admitted outwards, but now...the thought of a future brewed. One where there were twenty people over for dinner. "Aye...I suppose you're going to need proof that I killed a god, aren't you?" At last, there it was--a warm and welcoming smile. When the two men's arms locked, and Theocelese pulled Caesar in to wrap the other arm around him, the Vizard was subjected to the Arrancar's one-armed bear hug. "It...It was called by the former Espada, Ulquiorra Schiffer, Segunda Etapa. You are the only one who knows this, and will be the only one to see it before I depart." The hug tightened. "Ave Domina Nox." Theocelese said, then explained. "All Hail The Night Lords. Not a bad title for us, hm?"

Theocelese released Caesar, a grin of confidence plastered on his face. His eyes were alight with some new found fire. A far more powerful determination than could be seen previously. "You demand I return. I promise to you, to Shiro, to my Sophia and Alexandria and all of our crazy family. To the gods themselves, vengeance alone will not be victory. But the fighting does not stop there, Caesar...you know this...The Quincy reckon themselves a shadow looming over creation, ready to devour it. We will show them that there are things in the dark who do not take well to the discomfort they bring...and those fleas shall know fear when we are inclined to scratch." And now for what Caesar knew was coming. Theocelese dug out his wallet, like he always did, and began pulling several times the amount of what his bill usually was. "When we're done with this...all of this, and my shield can be a decorative piece above my fireplace...I think you and I would do well to go into business together."

OOC: So this seems like a good stopping point for here unless you guys want to make one last post. Up to you, I don't care.

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Meals of Fate... Aug 10, 2018 1:56:57 GMT

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Post by Shiro Inazuma on Aug 10, 2018 1:56:57 GMT

What did he mean by that!? Shiro sucked her tongue back in before heading back into the store, her face turned red as she tried to decipher the meaning behind Caesar's wording. "Well whatever... I'll get lots of tasty food from this place." She mumbled to herself, dismissing her attempt to understand Caesar's comment and pulled out another box. Strawberry Shortcake went into this one. More loaves of different breads into another. The teen packed enough for herself to carry but not so much that she would burden herself, remembering how long it took for them to walk to the store in the first place.

Once she was done packing everything up, Shiro's curiosity about what the two had been discussing finally reared its face. Unfortunately for the girl, it seemed as if the conversation had ended by the time she'd finished raiding Caesar's bakery. "Meh, whatever... I'm sure if I was meant to hear what they were talking about they would have included me in the conversation." Shiro shrugged and moved back to the table with her stack of boxes. It was smaller than the one she'd delivered to Mr. Rose but it would not be any easier to carry. They did have a roughly forty or fifty minute walk ahead of them, assuming they were going straight back to Mr. Rose's place that was.

OOC: All done here if Caesar wants to wrap things up otherwise I agree with Koz

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Meals of Fate... Aug 10, 2018 7:15:04 GMT

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Post by CAESAR CAERO on Aug 10, 2018 7:15:04 GMT

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The meeting had gone too fast for the vizards liking, perhaps because up until that point he'd always assumed he was alone, perhaps because he would have to face that loneliness once they were gone. Words were just that, words, the guarantee meant nothing in the large scheme of things and Fate cared little for the promises of man. But he would allow himself to believe, if not only because those words were spoken by Theo himself. The arrancar held out his arm and the vizard naturally moved to clasp it at the wrist with a firm grip, the arm being used transforming back to its hollowfied state in response. Monster or otherwise they were friends and that trumped any inner demon or deformity.

The arrancar pulled him into a hug that seemed to pump a little air out of the vizard's lungs, in return Cae would give the man a hearty thump on the back with his own free arm. You're a buffoon you know that? he half chuckled, the old gods may have been real but that didn't change Theo's knack for the dramatic. It was welcome though, if only because the vizard didn't know when the arrancar would return.A bunch of Night Lords we are, a baker and an old man with thing for young girls, Theo would understand this more than anyone given his greek heritage, for they were laborers, poets, people with lives first before they were soldiers. At the mention of segunda etapa Caesar paused, almost taken aback by the information.

You mean to say there's. . . .a second level?

He'd always assumed the possibility of a second release, arrancar were shinigamified hollow of course and so it should only follow that the resureccion should have a second stage just as they had bankai. But he'd never seen any evidence to support that statement, up until now anyway. It seemed that there was more to the arrancar than he'd initially assumed. With that information came hope, hope that Theo would live up to his guarantee.

Of course the arrancar had to be an immediate downer after he released him from the hug, talking about the quincy invasion and the war that was practically on the soul society's doorstep. Thanks for that little reminder, he said a little sarcastically, I'd forgotten the damn arrow flingers had a bone to pick with the rest of the world. He'd played the role of the ignorant, but true to his words, this was a situation that could no longer be ignored. It wasn't until Theocolese pulled out his wallet and Shiro reappearing from his bakery that Cae began to notice just how much of his food the human had boxed.

I'll hold you to that, he smiled taking the money, he was still running a business after all.A greek diner with some old school desert sounds like a fusion made in paradise. Turning to Shiro the vizard would give her and the boxes she carried a once over with his eyes before striding past her towards his bakery. You better have developed a bust when I next see you, he prodded one last time as he opened the door, it'd be an insult to my cooking if you stayed that flat. With a chuckle the bakery door would close behind him before she could offer any retort.

As much as he'd tried to avoid it, it seemed inevitable that Caesar would have to pick up his blade again. Perhaps, he consoled himself as he had the last time he'd drawn it, this will be the last time. If anything that was one thing definitely worth fighting for.

Exit Thread?*

*OOC: wasn't too sure how to wrap this up considering it's y'alls thread so i just exited. for any reference this thread can be considered closed at this point.

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