on heading to Terminal Tokyo

[illusionsofgodhood]

It is an acceptable alternative to imprisonment.

I'm sure that there will be something there that will catch my interest. I doubt it will be these "partners" that you have made mention of, but they will prove to be useful in the long run. As to what exactly they will be useful for, that I will keep to myself until the appropriate time.

Comments

[interspace]

Just another tool, huh?

[illusionsofgodhood]

[He inclines his head slightly to the side, looking momentarily like he's thinking on her words.]

Perhaps. It depends on your point of view.

[interspace]

And how much you like double entendres.

[illusionsofgodhood]

That would be one way to put it, yes.

[There might be a hint of amusement in his voice.]

[interspace]

I think I can safely say it won't be boring with you around. Gotta keep people on their toes, you know.

[illusionsofgodhood]

We wouldn't want them to get complacent, now would we?

I highly doubt that my presence would cause as much--[and he pauses momentarily, trying to think of the proper word to use]--entertainment as you think it will.

[interspace]

Maybe not to the characters, but the players?

[illusionsofgodhood]

That is unlikely, but even so, I have something prepared in case it does occur.

[interspace]

This, I'm gonna have to see.

[velvet_papa]

My my... and here I thought I had seen most everything walking the endless halls of the Velvet Room.

It is obvious that you are no human, yet you are most certainly not a shadow either... tell me. What are you?

[illusionsofgodhood]

I was once a spirit known as a shinigami, but I have since evolved into a being far greater than what I once was.

[velvet_papa]

[You'll forgive him if the word Shinigami doesn't register immediately. He's kind of had to teach himself Japanese. When it does register, Victor just seems amused.]

A Shinigami? God of death, hmm? And here I thought Nyx was the closest thing to a goddess of death there was.

The question remains, though. If you have evolved into something else, just what exactly does that make you?

[Why no, the elderly man doesn't seem to be phased by someone claiming to be a death god. After all, what is there to fear when death has lost its sting?]

[illusionsofgodhood]

[It's cool, man. Aizen understands language barriers and he'll give you very few points (it's hard to impress him) for understanding it.]

Merely a name, not quite a correct description of what they are. Despite what the majority of them believe, they are not gods nor are they as infallible as one. They are only powerful spirits who have the ability to assist the souls of the dead in entering Soul Society, the land of the dead, and purifying those souls that have lost their hearts and become corrupt.

[He's not exactly surprised by somebody not being phased by him existing. Aizen has honestly dealt with stranger things.]

Something far closer to a god than anything else that has come before me.

[Translation: He's a crazy evil butterfly monster. At least until he lost all of his powers except for immortality.]

[velvet_papa]

[Well, when the only other people to exhibit a power like his were Japanese, you start to learn. Besides, several centuries of observing the world through windows makes a man bored.]

[Still, the concept of godhood seems to be one that is amusing to Victor.]

It appears such notions of deism and the pursuit of the almighty is not lost even on your kind.

I hate to dash your delusions, but there is no such thing as God. Monotheistic, or poly. If there were, I would not exist, for I have spat in their very face, accomplished the impossible, and escaped their singular imposed fate.

[illusionsofgodhood]

It is a lack of a god that has sent me down this path I travel. If there was one, then the world would not be the way it is. Thus, I have become stronger and evolved past the limitations my former self was trapped in so that I could be the one to finally fill the vacancy that has plagued the world for so long.

[velvet_papa]

Again, I hate to dash your ideals, but there is no such role to fill. As a general rule, there cannot be a 'god.'

I should know, several so-called gods serve me without hesitation.

[little_terror]

[ Have a Yachiru blowing spit in your general direction cuz you suck. :( ]

[illusionsofgodhood]

[Of all of the people he could meet here, he didn't really expect to find Yachiru. Mostly because there is a lack of Kenpachi and a Yachiru without a Kenpachi is something that just doesn't make sense.

He's pretty sure Kenpachi is going to show up at any moment and try to fight him. Because that's just how things work.]

Lieutenant Kusajishi, what a surprise to see you here.

[little_terror]

Mou! What are you doing here??

[ Yachiru's pretty sure the biggest poopyface in the whole wide world shouldn't be here! He's supposed to be... well, she's not sure where, but it's the place where the bad guys are put. The bad place. Because Poopyface is not the nice Megane-kun she used to bother for sweets (like everyone else in Seireitei). He's mean and bad and things!!

And Ken-chan's not around to fight him! ]

[illusionsofgodhood]

I'm merely passing through. If I may ask, what are you doing here?

[myfedorarocks]

Headed there too, huh?

[illusionsofgodhood]

I am.

[myfedorarocks]

And? Tell me your thoughts. I need to know what I'm getting into.

[corpseking]

Ya do realize these partners yer given there are sapient beings, right?

Ha! Wait, no. Forgot who I was talkin' to.

[illusionsofgodhood]

[This is different and somewhat unexpected. Oh well, it's not really a problem. He can deal.]

I was aware of that fact before you brought it up, yes.

[corpseking]

[a small grin. No reaction from Aizen to seeing the likes of him out and about. A little surprise might have been nice, but the Hollow knows who he's dealing with.]

Ah, right. You just don't care. Everyone in the universe but you is just a tool. Steppin' stones for you to achieve your goals. [tell him something he doesn't know, Hollow.] Haaa... you know that only works if yer stronger than everyone else, though.