Yellow kept his eyes on Seimei, he seemed agitated and on edge. He had every right to be but so far the Rangers have done nothing to invoke such a negative response. Yellow suspects this one of being tightly wound, a ball of stress and nerves that will crack should any of the rangers do anything wrong. Speaking of the other rangers, aside from Green, they are all behaving in their own unique way. Pink has her back to the entire situation, sitting down on the edge of the building and enjoying the skyline of Naruki. If she wasn’t before she is now currently thinking about getting a residence here in the city. Red is grinning ear to ear with pride over how Green is handling this situation. If Blue’s mouth could be seen he is practically doing the same and feeling that same sense of pride. While Seimei is assessing them to be a threat the Rangers are busy day dreaming about living in the city and having pride in their teammate.
“Well damn that was quite the introduction. And while we’re at it, I’m the Juubantai Taicho, Jushiro Izanagi. You already knew I was a Captain though, which means you’ve probably been observing us Shinigami for quite some time”.
Green nods his head, not even denying it in the slightest. The observations on the Shinigami weren’t malicious but the Quincy had other means of gathering intel on their military structure.
“I reckon you know more than you’re currently allowed to say. But that’s okay, I won’t begrudge you that. Firstly, thank you for eliminating Antonio. I had hoped to personally do it myself but it wasn’t to be. I now have some many questions. Like, how did you manage to do it and so swiftly? What manner of weaponry did you use? What drove you to pursue Antonio in the first place?”.
”We’ve been having skirmishes with Antonio across Hueco Mundo for a decade now, we learned his habits and ways of fighting all while holding ourselves back, letting him learn nothing. That pretty much sums up the first question, if you sand bag someone for ten years then suddenly go full throttle on them they won’t survive. We also used teamwork, that's just how we, in particular, do things. And what led us to pursue him…”
Green looks back at his team and Red gives the nod of approval. Green looks back at the Captain to answer.
”Antonio was labeled a Sinner by his Majesty. The sin of using a fragment of the Soul King for a means of gaining power.”
This may spark a question on what sort of authority Adonai has to just label someone a Sinner. Either he is an egotistical maniac or there is more to this Quincy Emperor than the Shinigami currently realize. While these brief answers were given the Captain began asking more personal questions about the Rangers. Green was willing to oblige the questioning, as the Rangers themselves are free to speak openly about themselves.
”Blue is mute, he’s been that way since we were young. A birth defect, but he communicates through sign language or writing with pen and paper. And easy on the comments about Pink please. She’s had to deal with that sort of crap for years, it's why she is so cold and jaded now. She used to be a lot more up beat.”
Hearing her name Pink’s head turns ever so slightly to see why she was mentioned. Catching just a bit of what Green said caused her to roll her eyes and then set them back on the skyline, returning to ignoring this whole meeting. The Captain then continued with his questioning.
“You mind talking about this specific Arrancar that your Emperor wants dead? I mean that sounds rather personal, like they were being nefarious towards your kind. You mentioned that the Quincy are slowly returning to the human world. I imagine that Quincy will want to inhabit both the human world and this other dimension you were locked in? As for cooperating with each other. It’s not a decision I can make all on my own. Such a request will have to be agreed upon. For example, we know not the manner in which you slay Hollow kind. Do you use swords? I mean I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. Mine is about thirty-seven inches long, maybe yours have more girth? Wait. Pause. Damn. Well, shit. Regardless, I’m sure we can come to a mutual agreement that would benefit both. I would very much like to meet your leader but that privilege will be passed onto our Captain Commander. If I can make this meeting happen, how will we get in contact with one another? Heh, I suppose you can send word through one of my officers stationed here in Naruki City”.
Green chuckles a bit because there are a lot of questions to answer all at once, on top of how human the Captain was speaking. He sounds like any other human in the living world, he honestly expected all Shinigami to speak like they come straight from feudal Japan. He thinks for a moment, answering all the questions in his mind before doing it out loud. Meanwhile Red has his smile turned upside down as he looks to Blue.
”Did you catch all that?”
Blue shakes his head.
”Yeah, me either. I hope Green doesn’t look to us to repeat any of that.”
Once his internal pondering was done Green looks to the Captain with a smile on his face and ready to respond.
”The Arrancar his Majesty wants dead is Emillia Laurena Kastile. Heterochroma eyes, one purple and one pink and she also has long pink hair that she keeps in a braid. Her mask fragment covers the lower half of her face. She is wanted for the same sin as Antonio, using a Soul King Fragment to gain power. We understand the balance the Shinigami must keep so we are hoping that, with your cooperation, that we will be able to freely hunt for her and execute her without having to do it sneakily as we have been doing these past ten years.”
He gives a pause to let the Captain soak in this information.
”Then the matter of us living in the human world. Not all Quincy are combatants, some have a basic understanding of their powers but can’t do much harm with them. They wish to experience a life outside of Lichtreich, the name of our realm. They’re living like ordinary humans, but we Quincy look after our own so if any harm befalls them then we must retaliate. His Majesty’s protection extends to all Quincy. It's why we need peace talks and understand so if a slew of Hollows are killed you understand it was in self defense and not senseless hunting.”
There is hope that Quincy won’t be hounded by Hollows and given the near twenty years of silence things seem good. These “civilian” level Quincy have so little Reiryoku to their name that they can suppress it and pass off as an ordinary human in the eyes of a random Hollow looking for a meal. Though if someone went looking for a Quincy they would sense their presence all over the city. Then came the method of slaying Hollows and Green was more than happy to show off his Spirit Weapon. He holds his hand out to the side and using the ambient Reishi in the air he summons his lance, holding it upside down.
”We use Spirit weapons, every Quincy has one that is unique to them and their method of fighting. I have a Lance, Red uses a Bow, Yellow uses a Katana, and Pink uses Greaves like the leg armor. Blue doesn’t have one, he uses his bare hands. We Quincy use Reishi to fight primarily. The ones that are living civilian lives cannot manipulate Reishi the way those of us who are trained for the military can, they also don’t meet the Reiryoku requirements for things like that either. At best they can make cups and the like.”
Green disengages his weapon, the traces of Reishi fading away and revealing a five pointed star charm hanging around his wrist. He made sure the Captain could see it so he knows that's how they form their weapons.
”As for the meeting, his Majesty would like to meet here in Naruki City ten days from now at noon. The human world is good neutral territory for both parties. His Majesty will have some peace offerings to give to the Commander along with more specific information that I am not allowed to speak on. Umm I believe that covers everything you asked, if not please do let me know if I missed a question or didn’t answer it in a way you liked.”
Then the final question is asked, it seems to have more weight to it than the others for some reason. Asking about their home directly puts Green a tad bit on edge, but it also gives him an advantage to set a precedent. He takes a deep breath and answers the question.
”Our home is known as Lichtreich, as I mentioned before. It was created a little over two thousand years ago by his Majesty, Adonai. It was meant to be a safe haven for our kind and as such only our kind know how to access it. This is why you know nothing of it because it was created outside the keen eyes of all but the Soul King himself who can foresee the future. That is all I can say about our home, anything more will have to be answered by his Majesty. Are there any more questions you’d like to ask?”
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The Rangers are all shocked by Yellow suddenly speaking up, even Pink turns around to see what he is going to say. The fact he has something to ask is odd since he is usually the quiet one merely observing the situation. Yellow points at Seimei and asks his question to him directly.
”You there, why is your hand on the hilt of your blade? Are you so fearful of meeting new people that you immediately think we are going to be violent? If so, is this how all Shinigami behave? Is your Captain an outlier of peacefulness within your ranks?”
He stops talking and sighs realizing he asked more than one question to Seimei and so he combines it all into one.
”What are you afraid of?”
The question couldn’t be any more blunt than that. Yellow has been observing Seimei and he doesn’t like what he has seen in the slightest. It makes the strategist of the Rangers worry if all Shinigami are so gungho for violence. Is there a potential of them being stabbed in the back the moment they believe them to be friends? These are the sort of things Yellow thinks about, it's what keeps the team safe, however, in this moment it goes beyond just his team. He worries for the Quincy race as a whole.
