Its a school night[Invite]

The soft voice behind Theocelese was enough to give his mind pause, once the words were registered. In this pause, his grip on the Guardsman's throat loosed just enough when he turned slightly to look back at the girl. The distraction gave the almost dead man the literal breathing room needed to throw a hand up, a bolt of golden light aimed at the Arrancar's head fired off. The last ditch effort to take care of his master's sworn enemy did not go as planned, and the attack went astray. Theocelese moved out of the line of fire, from what would have been a rather nasty and frightening wound. Unfortunately to the girl behind them, it was headed right for her instead. The thin composition of energy was in essence, like an armor piercing bullet, meant to punch into an armored target. Unlike a normal bullet, this attack would leave an exit wound about the size of a baseball. The attack that missed its intended target, would instead find itself punching into the young human's gut.

Unaware of what transpired, and feeling the pangs of an overwhelming fury take hold of him again, the Guardsman would be smashed into the ground, the throat collapsed and neck broken. Exhaling in a manner that was near snorting. Now that this matter was finally concluded, he called out to Erisu. "None of your business, girl. Return home, and forget what you have seen this night." From his kneeling position, Theocelese moved back to his feet, and turned to look at the human who'd trespassed onto the scene. His face went grim at the sight, and his gut turned into a tight knot.

He understood all too well the regret the girl was feeling, and it lashed at him internally. A thousand barbed whips snapping and cracking at his mind. The headache returned swiftly then, a dull, pooling ache that inadvertently caused him to let out an elongated exhale. Not wanting to be alone with his own thoughts, Theocelese came to when Erisu picked up his hand. His thumb ran over the top four knuckles of her hand, another comforting gesture, and he gave a half smile. "I will not lie to you...I plan for more than a fist to your father's face. I may even let you address the injustice of his treatment of you, yourself...but the rest, to this I swear unto you, I will not engage in combat with. If I can talk them down, so be it. I will leave it at that, but if these people pursue me in armed combat, I do not guarantee their safety. If need be, I will sever their powers and render them truly human for the rest of their days. The Quincy are my enemy...they have taken so much from me that by the time this is over, I won't be able to count the bodies left behind in my wake." Keen on continuing his bad habit, a fresh cigarette was lit up, and the old one, discarded off to the side. Thinking as nothing more than a soldier was hard at this point. When all he knew he needed to do was dispatch foe after foe was met with a plea to not harm the true enemy...Theocelese would be more than happy to close his eyes, and wake up on the little slice of paradise dreamed of by both himself, and his beloved wife.



His hands ran together, fingers running over where his wedding band once rested day after day. He'd given them back to Sophia with a promise and a reminder that they would need to be wearing them again. "I will teach you, Erisu, and make sure you have the proper capabilities to never look at another and wonder if your fate is ever in question again. Until that day comes, I will protect you, and keep you safe from harm." It was almost time. The rapidly diminishing number of chain links indicated so. The Arrancar stood to his feet, dusting his hands off before crossing over his chest in anticipation of the event. Still, no Shinigami. Another change of topic to get the girl's head in a better state of mind, he'd add: "Maybe you can help me come up with some designs for Las Noches. It always needed the touch of a tender heart, but maybe we can do something with the inside of the palace. I always liked to think we could have a vast forest and running streams in there." He could see the growing agony in Erisu's face, and couldn't help but to grimace. He felt it too. Remembering the day when he was butchered and murdered in this very town, the mind-destroying hatred and rage that surfaced that day.



"Stand now. Do not let this force you to your knees. Combat the robbing of your sentience and remember who you are, who you love, who you want to be." Theocelese knelt down again, a hand held out to aid Erisu.

"Then we are in agreement." The voice came not from the Arrancar's lips, but his own words formulated in thought, and sent without verbal need to Erisu. He wanted to gauge the reaction to the occurrence. "If I am not present and you are in need of my presence, all you need do is think what you need to say to me, and I will hear you." This time, the man spoke aloud, and did so as his fingers raked across the open air, tearing open the divide between this world and the one the newly mutated soul would come to call home. The portal would land them just outside of Las Noches. Theocelese gestured to Erisu to follow beside him, and with their leaving of the human world, all that would await the denizens of Karakura in the morning was just another mysterious, and gruesome murder. Of a child, none the less. Theocelese said nothing since his last words, and while he showed no emotion or mental affliction, there was an anger boiling inside of him that could only be turned inward.



"I'm going to make the assumption that you were never told of the place we are going to. It is desolate...and it is dangerous. Trust no one, and be quick to answer with your claw. Hueco Mundo is a place where the strongest, or smartest survive. You may not be tugged by the need now, but like the others, you will seek to evolve and see your strength grow. I can assist you in this endeavor." By 'can', Theocelese was more or less inserting himself into this endeavor to some degree. Whether or not Erisu understood this at a moment....Well, it didn't take the noggin' much joggin' to get a feeling the whole reason this happened was because of the man himself.