Valiosa had received a huge boon during the past year and a half in the form of new Arrancar who were strong enough to accept her gifts and stand at her side against Soul Society. However, because of this she had to make use of both eyes more frequently than she ever had to before. It was draining her, mentally as she became more paranoid everytime they were both socketed in her head. Even though she had the power to see and alter the future itself she always looked around as if someone or something was watching her. This behavior became more apparent when the most recent Espada joined their ranks where she broke out into a full sprint as if running away from something. Not even Antonio, who plays host to the Left Eye of the Soul King, could understand why she was behaving this way. Whenever he took the Left Eye he never saw anything that was out of the norm, but also, when Valiosa removed the eye her behavior would settle down, almost relieved to be free from it. She eventually went comatose after the recent usage of both eyes and Antonio has stayed by her side ever since, playing the role of a personal guard against the new host of Espada whom he doesn’t entirely trust. Any trust he had gained towards Kuvello began to erode away as more Arrancar joined.
The Plot
Aside from the Espada there is also a small army of Arrancar being created which is why Hueco Mundo has grown so silent. Gillian and Adjucha are being turned into Arrancar to fuel this army which will be the foot soldiers that will be led by the Espada. Valiosa has been fine tuning the plan of attack between her panic attacks, sending smaller inconspicuous Hollows to the Soul Society to not exactly spy on the Shinigami but to understand the layout of the Seiretei itself. This helps her plan even more, however she doesn’t understand the importance of anything being reported back to her. She has no clue who, what or where Central Forty-Six is, what Division is in charge of what, etc. What she does know is what Divisions have Captains and those will be the ones attacked first. Her plan is coming together nicely but she needs a few more things first, things that can only be found in the Human World. The Soul King parts she has collected were stripped from Humans who exhibited strange powers unrelated to the parts they were in possession of. It was as if the Soul King fragment granted the human a power they desired based on their psyche. It is how she first obtained the eyes, by slaying two twins who did not have much strength or understanding of their Fullbring to defend themselves. From there the harvesting began.
Valiosa has failed to find The Right Arm of the Soul King and cannot even see it even if she uses both eyes, only seeing complete darkness. Regardless of this the harvesting has yet to stop as there exist things like nails, and perhaps even teeth, although these don’t amount to much of a power boost, though they could maybe have other uses. A strange sense of greed has crept its way into Valiosa’s mind, an urge and yearning to collect more and more fragments even though her collection has everything it needs to make the Espada powerful. She can’t acknowledge it herself but Antonio can see it, the fact she keeps torturing herself with the eyes to enhance these Arrancar. It’s a sickness not fueled by revenge for Esmerelda but for something else that he cannot see or understand and this time it has nothing to do with his dull nature.
”Rebels are meaningless b-because they can’t t-touch us…”
Eerie Arrival
Out of thin air Antonio is in the meeting room with the other Espada and surprisingly Valiosa is not with him. He looks around at the Espada with obvious untrusting eyes, too dull to hide his emotions as they are written all on his face. The ever-light steps of Valiosa are heard approaching from the main entry way into the room, Antonio had moved ahead of her out of a sense of security to ensure these Espada weren’t being too rowdy. Since his battle with Estarossa he has gotten quite a big head about himself and about the usage of the Left Eye. Though one thing he has failed to disclose to anyone is that his healing factor had taken extreme damage due to whatever concoction of a Cero Estarossa shot at him, even with the Left Eye all he can do at most is stop the bleeding of a wound but it will remain open. Valiosa enters the room, her hands behind her back and a cheerful smile on her face.
”Don’t be so apprehensive, Antonio, they are our friends and friends trust each other.”
She looks around at the gathered Espada and puts on an even warmer smile, a sense of excitement and pride filling her very being as she feels like she may be able to avenge the death of Esmerelda.
”I don’t mean to keep you for long since it seems like you’re having your own meeting, but I have some marching orders. I would like for you to venture to the Human world and kill any human with spiritual pressure. The gifts I’ve given you were all found hidden inside of humans who were completely unaware of what it was they had hidden inside them. I found the eyes by mistake because of this, and I managed to sense out the other parts with them. You should be able to do the same. I would say be careful but at our current level we have nothing to fear from silly little humans with powers. I would like for you to move out at your earliest convenience, search Karakura and Naruki for the parts. This is the final bit of preparation needed for our attack on Soul Society so please do hurry. Now, I’ll let you get back to your meeting.”
The girl takes a bow and turns on her heels to exit the room, Antonio stays behind, watching the Espada a bit longer before vanishing right before their eyes. Not even the sound of Sonido could be heard meaning he used other means to vanish from their sight. He reappears by Valiosa’s side who is casually striding down the hall.
”W-why do we n-need more g-gifts? A-all that's left out th-there are sc-scraps…”
Valiosa nods her head and looks up cheerfully at Antonio.
”Because a Shinigami woman who also had the presence of a Hollow told me that powerful tools can be made using the scraps.”
”A-and you tr-trusted a shi-shin-shinigami?”
Valiosa looks away and laughs lightly at the question because it does indeed sound ridiculous for her to trust a Shinigami, the same sort of being who slayed Esmerelda.
”Well, she is more than just a Shinigami, while she did not give me her name she gave me her title. The Mother of Vizards. And she showed me the most beautiful thing, her ability to turn into a hybrid of Shinigami and Hollow. So we struck a deal, she and her cohort shall defend Hueco Mundo while we are away invading Soul Society and in return I give her the ‘scraps’ as you called them. She aims to use them with some other tool she has, and with her help we can probably get Esmerelda back.”
Antonio stops, jaw dropped by what he just heard, even though he thinks it's too much to believe. However Valiosa is the smartest person he knows, she orchestrated all of this herself so the thought of someone outsmarting her is near impossible. But the thought and possibility of reviving their dead God Queen is too good to pass up. And with everything they have done to get her back, maybe Esmerelda would grant them real Espada ranks. For Antonio and Valiosa the Espada ranks they currently have don’t mean much because they do not view themselves as the same sort of being Esmerelda was, so they feel as if they do not have the right to raise real Espada, hence why their numbers are based on the order of their arrival rather than power. Once the shock wears off Antonio catches up to Valiosa, wanting her to speak more about this Mother of Vizards.
The Plot
Aside from the Espada there is also a small army of Arrancar being created which is why Hueco Mundo has grown so silent. Gillian and Adjucha are being turned into Arrancar to fuel this army which will be the foot soldiers that will be led by the Espada. Valiosa has been fine tuning the plan of attack between her panic attacks, sending smaller inconspicuous Hollows to the Soul Society to not exactly spy on the Shinigami but to understand the layout of the Seiretei itself. This helps her plan even more, however she doesn’t understand the importance of anything being reported back to her. She has no clue who, what or where Central Forty-Six is, what Division is in charge of what, etc. What she does know is what Divisions have Captains and those will be the ones attacked first. Her plan is coming together nicely but she needs a few more things first, things that can only be found in the Human World. The Soul King parts she has collected were stripped from Humans who exhibited strange powers unrelated to the parts they were in possession of. It was as if the Soul King fragment granted the human a power they desired based on their psyche. It is how she first obtained the eyes, by slaying two twins who did not have much strength or understanding of their Fullbring to defend themselves. From there the harvesting began.
Valiosa has failed to find The Right Arm of the Soul King and cannot even see it even if she uses both eyes, only seeing complete darkness. Regardless of this the harvesting has yet to stop as there exist things like nails, and perhaps even teeth, although these don’t amount to much of a power boost, though they could maybe have other uses. A strange sense of greed has crept its way into Valiosa’s mind, an urge and yearning to collect more and more fragments even though her collection has everything it needs to make the Espada powerful. She can’t acknowledge it herself but Antonio can see it, the fact she keeps torturing herself with the eyes to enhance these Arrancar. It’s a sickness not fueled by revenge for Esmerelda but for something else that he cannot see or understand and this time it has nothing to do with his dull nature.
”Rebels are meaningless b-because they can’t t-touch us…”
Eerie Arrival
Out of thin air Antonio is in the meeting room with the other Espada and surprisingly Valiosa is not with him. He looks around at the Espada with obvious untrusting eyes, too dull to hide his emotions as they are written all on his face. The ever-light steps of Valiosa are heard approaching from the main entry way into the room, Antonio had moved ahead of her out of a sense of security to ensure these Espada weren’t being too rowdy. Since his battle with Estarossa he has gotten quite a big head about himself and about the usage of the Left Eye. Though one thing he has failed to disclose to anyone is that his healing factor had taken extreme damage due to whatever concoction of a Cero Estarossa shot at him, even with the Left Eye all he can do at most is stop the bleeding of a wound but it will remain open. Valiosa enters the room, her hands behind her back and a cheerful smile on her face.
”Don’t be so apprehensive, Antonio, they are our friends and friends trust each other.”
She looks around at the gathered Espada and puts on an even warmer smile, a sense of excitement and pride filling her very being as she feels like she may be able to avenge the death of Esmerelda.
”I don’t mean to keep you for long since it seems like you’re having your own meeting, but I have some marching orders. I would like for you to venture to the Human world and kill any human with spiritual pressure. The gifts I’ve given you were all found hidden inside of humans who were completely unaware of what it was they had hidden inside them. I found the eyes by mistake because of this, and I managed to sense out the other parts with them. You should be able to do the same. I would say be careful but at our current level we have nothing to fear from silly little humans with powers. I would like for you to move out at your earliest convenience, search Karakura and Naruki for the parts. This is the final bit of preparation needed for our attack on Soul Society so please do hurry. Now, I’ll let you get back to your meeting.”
The girl takes a bow and turns on her heels to exit the room, Antonio stays behind, watching the Espada a bit longer before vanishing right before their eyes. Not even the sound of Sonido could be heard meaning he used other means to vanish from their sight. He reappears by Valiosa’s side who is casually striding down the hall.
”W-why do we n-need more g-gifts? A-all that's left out th-there are sc-scraps…”
Valiosa nods her head and looks up cheerfully at Antonio.
”Because a Shinigami woman who also had the presence of a Hollow told me that powerful tools can be made using the scraps.”
”A-and you tr-trusted a shi-shin-shinigami?”
Valiosa looks away and laughs lightly at the question because it does indeed sound ridiculous for her to trust a Shinigami, the same sort of being who slayed Esmerelda.
”Well, she is more than just a Shinigami, while she did not give me her name she gave me her title. The Mother of Vizards. And she showed me the most beautiful thing, her ability to turn into a hybrid of Shinigami and Hollow. So we struck a deal, she and her cohort shall defend Hueco Mundo while we are away invading Soul Society and in return I give her the ‘scraps’ as you called them. She aims to use them with some other tool she has, and with her help we can probably get Esmerelda back.”
Antonio stops, jaw dropped by what he just heard, even though he thinks it's too much to believe. However Valiosa is the smartest person he knows, she orchestrated all of this herself so the thought of someone outsmarting her is near impossible. But the thought and possibility of reviving their dead God Queen is too good to pass up. And with everything they have done to get her back, maybe Esmerelda would grant them real Espada ranks. For Antonio and Valiosa the Espada ranks they currently have don’t mean much because they do not view themselves as the same sort of being Esmerelda was, so they feel as if they do not have the right to raise real Espada, hence why their numbers are based on the order of their arrival rather than power. Once the shock wears off Antonio catches up to Valiosa, wanting her to speak more about this Mother of Vizards.
