Open Log

[wellsuited]

Who: EVERYONE. Seriously, everyone.
When: Forward-dated to tomorrow night.
Where: A large building that had once been damaged, but has now been repaired. (Directions provided to anyone who needed them.)
Format: Action, paragraph, multiple threads, past, present. AKA whatever you'd like.
What: A little party to mix business and pleasure.
Warnings:

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[yetsleeping]

[Priscilla arrives in a dress... which fairly qualifies as the first time she's worn one in some months. In fact, she can barely remember the last time.]

[Kind of like parties in general. She wasn't sure she'd be able to make it, and only did make it at the last minute, and now she finds she's completely forgotten what on even does at a party.]

[So. She lingers by the wall instead, watching people and feeling a little awkward.]

[Hm. Maybe she should go on an impromptu patrol.]

[slaythemoon]

[He vaguely recognizes her from video posts, but he'll be damned if he can put a name to her face. She looks about as comfortable as he feels though, so he's going to take the initiative and break the ice. Maybe that might help with the awkwardness?]

...hey.

Ichigo, you are terrible at names.

[yetsleeping]

[She feels him approach - his... reiatsu, is it? - spills off of him like water from those... fountains in town. And if he were from her world - or if she could read reiatsu the way she can read yoki - she would recognize him based on that alone.]

[...but he isn't, and she can't, so she doesn't know him, until he speaks. But then, she lifts her head a little and smiles, and says...]

Hello! You're... Ichigo? Unless I'm wrong. If I'm wrong, that would be really embarrassing.

But not for you! Just for me.

He's awful with them. They just don't wanna stick.

[slaythemoon]

[He gives her a small half-smile and moves to lean against the wall nearby]

Got it in one! I just thought I'd come over and say hi since I don't think we've ever actually met outside the box.

[...]

Though... no offense, but you look like you feel about as comfortable here as I do.

The poor dear. :D

[yetsleeping]

I don't think we have! Although you did offer to let me hit you, once. That was almost like meeting.

[Well, that's sort of true. She nibbles on her bottom lip, and shifts her feet in places.]

Well... I don't normally go to parties anymore. I mean, I used to. But I've never been that comfortable with them, and I always feel a little bad that I'm not doing something else.

I mean, something useful.

[...]

Oh! I'm Priscilla! I bet you don't remember my name.

He needs more... of whatever vitamins is good for memory XD

[slaythemoon]

Hey, the offer still stands. Any time you want to get away for a while, just say the word.

[His smile widens a bit and he can't help but chuckle.]

I'm not really a fan of them either, but I figured that since I helped her with rebuilding, showing up would be a good idea. There's always too many people at these things and I never know how I'm supposed to act.

I guess as long as I'm not swinging a sword around, it's fine, though.

[And that chuckle is going to switch over to a sheepish grin as he raises a hand to rub at the back of his neck.]

I remembered your face! I'm... pretty bad with names.

...I don't even know. :|

[yetsleeping]

Actually! I think I'm supposed to help train you. I mean through the judicious use of spars!

According to Elena, anyway. She hired me to do it!

[...]

[She eyes Ichigo, and then the people around her.]

I wouldn't mind swinging a sword at a party.

Not that I would hit anyone! That is, unless they asked me to. But it would definitely make things more interesting.

...well, if you like swinging swords.

:3

[slaythemoon]

[That deserves a laugh.]

Well, I guess that's fair, then, since I did shoot her down on the treadmill thing.

[...]

It'd definitely liven things up a bit...

[yetsleeping]

She hired me to train all of the fighters, except uhh... well. There are at least two that I definitely can't help since they're much stronger than me, and one of them is actually my teacher.

But I'm not really sure they count as working for her anyway - Isley just does what he wants to do, and I'm sure the other one is the same way. It just seems likely.

[She nods twice, her head bobbing a little.]

Anyway! Other than that, I should be able to handle it.

[A little cock of her eyebrow as she watches him, sidelong.]

The only one I wonder about is you, but I guess we'll find out.

[slaythemoon]

I think you might have your hands full, then. I took some karate lessons as a kid, but that's about it. I've never been formally "trained" on how to use a sword. Zangetsu and I just kinda... go.

[He tilts his head slightly and grins at her, more than a little intrigued by the idea.]

I guess we will.

...just don't go easy on me unless you want me to hold back.

[yetsleeping]

Really? I trained for most of my life! ...but I was still pretty clumsy with swords until I got here. Then Senji taught me different techniques, and Arthur - he's gone now... but he was my first swordsmaster, and then there's Isley who's probably the best swordsman I've ever seen, and --

[AND SHE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SWORD FIGHTING.]

...and I'm always going easy on everyone. I mean, because if I don't things get really bad. But you don't have to hold back! Even if you cut something off of me, it'll just grow back.

[slaythemoon]

[He's a bit surprised by her enthusiasm. It's almost as if he's talking to a female version of Kenpachi... but with more common sense.]

I had a lot of instruction along the lines of "stupid shit will get you killed" ...not that it helped much, but I'm still alive, so that's gotta count for something. I've been pretty beat up, though. I don't have my body here, but it's all scarred to hell thanks to Renji and Byakuya.

The only thing I have to warn you about is that for some screwed up reason, my reiatsu is tied to my shihakusho. So it's like the less reiatsu I have... the less clothes I end up with. When I got here, I was at maybe about half, and that was after Inoue patched me up a little, but I had a sleeve, a little trailing piece, and maybe part of my hakama? Not too sure, exactly...

[yetsleeping]

There's nothing wrong with learning on the job. Unless it gets you beaten up, I guess. Normally, I don't get injured at all, unless I'm too sloppy and, anyway I don't mind if you walk around almost naked.

[Wait, that sounded weird.]

Well! I don't mean you should just decide to strip or anything like that, but sometimes clothes get destroyed in battle anyway, so I'm used to it.

[slaythemoon]

[He stares at her incredulously for a long drawn out moment... and then starts laughing. Thanks, Priscilla! He needed that.]

If I end up naked, it probably means I'm dead, but yeah. Just wanted to throw that out there because I'll keep going til I can't move, but if somebody else knows how to guess at what I've got left, it could mean I don't have to end up dead or passed out on the floor.

jkasdkjasd

[yetsleeping]

All right! If you're nearly nude, it's time for a time out!

[...]

Do you pass out a lot?

Re: jkasdkjasd

[slaythemoon]

Most fights end long before that happens. Actually, the only reason I'd rather stop before that point is because if I hit it, I have a harder time staying in control. The second I lose consciousness, it's out and then it's game over.