#rudbornn vc: |8

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".................."

"Unless your idea of entertainment involves you being exsanguinated by countless blades, absolutely not. Now I reiterate, where is the Jailer, I am here for him, not you--"

" WON'T YOU ENTERTAIN ME ? even a little ? "

open to mutuals . 💙

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"Womp, womp 8)"

Rudbornn, after reaching down to pick up his horned helmet-- the helmet this vicious stranger had shot off his head moments ago-- stares sharply in the other's direction, and coldly says, "I understand the annoyance inflicted by my Calaveras and the flash device they mistakenly took hold of, but attempting to harm me for said mistake is unacceptable; consider your next actions or words with the utmost care, stranger, or you will find yourself not long for this world."

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@luminyasity​ (Haineko) liked for a starter.

“What...?” Rudbornn had set his helmet down for not even five seconds, and before he knew it, a strange woman had mischievously snatched it up. This was a terrible start to Rudbornn’s mission here in the Seireitei.  “You, please return my helmet at once, this is not remotely funny.”

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biskael said: *grabs the nearest axe*

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"You--…. !!!!" Rudbornn was going to chastise Kaisa for what he saw as insolence, but he soon noticed the incoming danger toward her. Rudbornn would try to close the distance between him and Kaisa before her flesh had been assailed by that Hollow, but more foes kept coming forth-- he couldn't simply ignore the rabid Hollows, having no choice but to cut them down as quickly as he could. By the time Rudbornn could Sonido to Kaisa's side, she was unfortunately already injured, but he would succeed in driving back further dangers, at least for the moment, having unleashed a flurry of Bala with his left hand, clearing their immediate vicinity of threats.

A handful of Rudbornn's Calaveras would Sonido to the pair's location soon after, forming a defensive ring around them to fight off approaching Hollow's as Rudbornn turned to speak with Kaisa.

"First of all, you must be more careful, Fifth Seat Kaisa, more observant of the battle's flow." Rudbornn immediately said, pointing to Kaisa's wound, accompanied by a disapproving shake of the head. "You left yourself wide open, and had you been facing down a larger threat, you would be dead right now."

Rudbornn, turning to look toward the errant Garganta and the gate-like object that appeared to be forcing its through, bringing with it even more of that strange Reiatsu, continues, "Second in importance, the Garganta; I am unsure what, or who rather, has taken hold of it. Garganta created by an Arrancar's Descorrer technique are leagues more stable than those used by lesser Hollow, but these Garganta can be overtaken by fellow Arrancar if they are powerful enough." Rudbornn pauses for a moment, and while he remains calm and composed, from underneath his helmet he heaves a heavy sigh that bordered on anxious. "What that means in regards to who we may be facing right now, I do not know, but if they have taken control of my Garganta, they must possess great power."

Rudbornn wasn't telling Kaisa everything, however. Rudbornn didn't know for certain who they were dealing with here, but that Reiatsu surrounding the Garganta, he felt like he recognized it. The presence Rudbornn felt was confusing at first, because it somehow didn't seem Hollow, but after utilizing his Pesquisa more thoroughly, one word came to mind; Espada. None of the Espada who still lived would assail Rudbornn in this manner though, so who was behind the Garganta?

Who was watching Rudbornn and Kaisa from behind that strange gate….?

"Fifth Seat Kaisa," Rudbornn says while still looking up at the errant Garganta and all within, "are you still well enough to fight despite your injury? To survive what we face ahead may require every ounce of strength you have left."

~*~ The fighting wasn't easy. It wasn't even what Kaisa had in mind when she had made her way there. What she did know was that she wouldn't back down even if she had been injured. Kaisa was quick, her movements practiced and sure as she fought. Her shield allowed her to absorb any cero that would be fired. The last one knocked her back hard enough that she almost fell backwards. Kaisa spit blood from a split lip and charged again, as reckless and stubborn as always. She was strong and yet not strong enough to take them on alone.

"You can't get rid of me that easy. Especially after this," she said between gritted teeth.

An uneasy feeling washed over the younger soul, seeing the change in the gargantua, the pink reiatsu leaking out. She glanced at Rudbornn, wondering if he knew what was going on. Unfortunately that moment she looked away from her latest opponent, a claw got her arm subsequently making the shield arm useless. Kaisa cussed through the pain and stabbed her opponent through its mask, destroying it.

"What the fuck is with the fucking garganta?" She growled, looking again at it and glaring at the pink reiatsu still hissing through the pain of her injured right arm.

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It had been a long time since she'd been in Hueco Mundo, longer since he had seen her. The last time she was with him they had to fight for their lives but she still had fire within her. The last time she was in Hueco Mundo she was a captive of one cruel Quincy. Her long hair was gone, cut in a way that was too ragged.

"Rudbornn-san... I am glad to see you again," she said softly. Her normally brilliant green eyes didn't hold their former spark but other than that she was physically okay. She was just scarred.

When Rudbornn received reports from his Calaveras that Kaisa had been sighted within Hueco Mundo again, he heaved a deep, annoyed sigh.

Today, the Picaro (a collection of two-hundred childlike Arrancar) had been particularly rambunctious, and wrangling them all back into Las Noches where they belonged had been a hassle. Now, it had been a while since Rudbornn encountered Kaisa in Hueco Mundo, but learning that she was here again, on top of what he just dealt with in regards to the Picaro, gave him a headache (or a bigger one than he already had), because he was fully expecting more trouble from her.

Deciding to head out and meet Kaisa before she inevitably found her way into Las Noches, Rudbornn was hoping to make this a quick ordeal-- speak to her, trap her, and then send her back to the Soul Society, quick, easy, and painless (hopefully).

Who Rudbornn would eventually happen upon wasn't the person he was expecting, however.

The person Rudbornn was looking at, the person speaking to him, was Kaisa, there was no doubt about that, but she was vastly different to the Kaisa he remembered, vastly different to the Kaisa he had fought alongside in the past. Kaisa seemed a lot calmer than Rudbornn remembered, and that was a plus, but everything else besides her change in hair style was concerning-- she seemed so subdued, and meek, there was no fire in her eyes anymore, no spirit to her voice...

"Fifth Seat Kaisa?" Rudbornn replied, sounding genuinely surprised, and concerned. "I... wish I could say the same to you." Rudbornn would have said he was glad to see Kaisa, too-- he initially came here expecting her to annoy the ever loving hell out of him and cause trouble but he would have been glad, at the very least, to see she was still alive, would have. Seeing Kaisa in this state, Rudbornn didn't feel like 'glad' was a sentiment he should use.

".... What in the blazes happened to you?" // @codename-freya

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Rudbornn gets why some Arrancar would join the Wandenreich, he knows that a lot of them, if not most of them, were literally forced into it, and that the only choices they had were literally join or die, and he felt bad for them, but in the aftermath of the Wandenreich's invasion and occupation of Hueco Mundo, he would have to treat them as enemies all the same.

Rudbornn would try and reach out to those Wandenreich Arrancar when they met and/or clashed, he really would earnestly try and convince them to join his struggle in pushing the occupying invaders out, but you can imagine that most of the time, those Arrancar didn't even consider his offer-- they saw what the Jagdarmee did, and what the Wandenreich in general were capable of, and those Arrancar either stuck with the invaders out of fear or their primal inclination to follow who they saw as the strongest.

This was a hard reality for Rudbornn to come to grips with, and it would be very hard for him to cut down these Wandenreich Arrancar when they would cross paths, but it was something he would have to do on a few occasions, and something that would further stoke the disdain he held for the Wandenreich-- it was bad enough that they had invaded Hueco Mundo, slain countless Arrancar, and destroyed what little sanctity the Arrancar had been building there, but then they put the surviving Arrancar into the position of having to fight and kill each other...? It didn't get much worse than that for Rudbornn.

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@keikakudori​ liked for a small starter!

          “Lord Aizen...” Rudbornn, kneeling before Aizen’s throne, falls silent for a few moments, before mustering up the will to speak. “... Preparations for your foray into Karakura Town are nearing completion, and the Shinigami appear to be acting just as you said they would, but I must ask,”  Rudbornn removes his helmet and looks up at Aizen, “what if things go wrong?”

          Rudbornn quickly adds, “I am not expressing doubt in you or the Espada by any metric, but I worry nonetheless-- what if, by some inconceivably small chance, the Shinigami win?” Though he tries to hide it,  Rudbornn’s voice is tinged with fear, fear spurred by the thought of losing the person he held highest in regard, his lord, his savior, Aizen,

“What if... what if you do not return? What is everyone to do?”

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❛  you’ve been outflanked.  ❜ ( aims this directly at rudbornn )

the blacklist sentence starters | selectively accepting | @biskael

How could the tide of this battle have turned so drastically?

The assault led by these Quincy had been unexpected, true, but for the most part, the Arrancar of Las Noches had held their ground, and at one point it seemed as though they were poised to drive these invaders back. Rudbornn had been part of this stalwart defense of the domed fortress, and while the former Espada tangled with other invaders, he and the rest of the Exequias (his Calaveras and others) faced down a number of Quincy who called themselves 'Jagdarmee'. Rudbornn had fought well, keeping who appeared to be the foremost of these 'Jagdarmee', the man who had introduced himself as Quilge, at bay, but something had always seemed off with them. This entire time, Rudbornn felt as if this opponent had not only been holding back, but that they were waiting for something. When a loud yell that belonged to Harribel, Queen of Hueco Mundo, echoed throughout all Las Noches, and Rudbornn turned to see them held aloft by the throat in the hands of an ominous figure, he could see his suspicions had been correct.

With Harribel defeated in such a clear and brutal display of power by these invaders, many Arrancar within Las Noches began to either flee or surrender to the Quincy, and Rudbornn watched these events unfold with utter disbelief. "No...." Rudbornn whispered under helmet, feeling a pit of despair begin to gnaw at him from the inside, "no, this cannot be." To the left and the right, Rudbornn, who was at this point growing more frantic, his cold, calculating front show its cracks, yelled out to his resigned allies, chastising them for their cowardice, but none listened, none cared.

As Rudbornn's voice quieted down, he could hear the smug words spoken by his adversary, and the reality of those words sunk deep into his heart like a blade.

Outflanked? Outflanked didn't even scratch the surface of the situation faced here. This was total defeat.

"You may be correct." Rudbornn replied, after slowly removing his helmet, his gaze pointed toward the ground, at Quilge's feet, his expression and tone somewhat sullen. "For all my effort here today, for all the effort of my brethren, it would appear this battle is decided." Rudbornn would grip the handle of his Zanpakuto tightly, and then look up to meet his gaze with Quilge's. Rudbornn's expression in that moment would steel, and within his eyes, a fire would ignite.

"However, this war has yet to reach its conclusion, if I have anything to say about it." Rudbornn would suddenly Sonido backwards, aiming to make his own escape as a great deal of his Calaveras swarmed Quilge. As Rudbornn continued to put more distance between him and Quilge, he loudly declared, "I, Rudbornn Chelute, Captain of the Exequias and Guardian of Las Noches, vow to drive you Quincy out one day." But for today it seemed Rudbornn would have to swallow his pride and retreat, if he wasn't captured or killed before he could get away that is.

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"Oi, Rudbornn!" The small blonde called out, giving him a giant smile, "I'm back."

After staring at Kaisa for a few moments and then letting out a very deep, vexed sigh, Rudbornn replies, "I will say that it is good you survived your wounds," Rudbornn hadn't wanted to see Kaisa die, no matter how troublesome they may have been, "however I must stress how unfortunate it is that you are right back to endangering yourself by returning here."

A great number of Calaveras' appear behind Rudbornn, and in their hands are not their blades but instead what appears to be ropes, and oversized scoop nets that looked big enough to trap a whole person, "I am prepared to see you captured and sent back to your Gotei 13 at a moments notice should you not behave yourself. Keep that in mind, Fifth Seat Kaisa." // @codename-freya