Rukongai

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Northern Rukongai​

District #	District Name	Notable Events	Current Status	District Size
1	Komakaitana (細かい棚, Fine Ledge)		Functional / Inhabited	Small
2	Natsukashii (懐かしい, Fond Memory)		Functional / Inhabited	Small
3	Midorine (緑根, Green Root)		Functional / Inhabited	Small
28	Murasakikiri (紫霧, Purple Mist)	Furuguchi Ancestral Home	Lawless / Inhabited	Small
79	Kusajishi (草鹿, Grass Deer)		Lawless / Inhabited	Enormous
80	Zaraki (更木, New Tree)		Lawless / Inhabited	Enormous

Southern Rukongai​

District #	District Name	Notable Events	Current Status	District Size
1	Yōsai (要塞, Fortress)		Functional / Inhabited	Small
42	Kodaikemono (古代獣, Ancient Beast)	Komamura Ancestral Home	Lawless / Inhabited	Medium
57	Jigokukairō (地獄回廊, Hell's Corridor)		Lawless / Inhabited	Medium
58	Kuroihashi (黒い橋, Black Bridge)		Lawless / Inhabited	Medium
65	Han'ei (繁栄, Prosperity)		Lawless / Inhabited	Large
78	Inuzuri (戌吊, Hanging Dog)		Lawless / Inhabited	Large

Western Rukongai​

District #	District Name	Notable Events	Current Status	District Size
1	Junrinan (潤林安, Lush Forest Peace)		Functional / Inhabited	Small
3	Hokutan (北端, North End)		Functional / Inhabited	Small
4	Karyū (下流, Downstream)	Higasa Estate	Functional / Inhabited	Small
10	Aoihana (青い花, Blue Flower)		Lawless / Inhabited	Small
30	Okashikuni (お菓子国, Candyland)		Lawless / Inhabited	Small
32	Hokuseikawa (北西川, Northwest River)		Lawless / Inhabited	Medium
48	Semariyami (迫り来る闇, Looming Darkness)		Lawless / Inhabited
77	Sōshō (創傷, Wound)		Lawless / Wasteland	Large
80	Tamaya (霊屋, Mausoleum)		Lawless AS HELL / Inhabited	Enormous

Eastern Rukongai​

District #	District Name	Notable Events	Current Status	District Size
3	Museigen (無制限, Limitless)		Functional / Inhabited	Small
31	Rōrōkon (朗朗圏, Roaring Circle)	Harai Compound	Functional / Inhabited	Small
64	Sabitsura (錆面, Rusted Face)		Lawless / Inhabited	Large
76	Sakahone (逆骨, Reverse Bone)		Lawless / Inhabited	Large
78	Ichirin (一輪; One Flower)		Lawless / Wasteland	Enormous
79	Shinsha (神社, Shrine)		Lawless / Inhabited	Large

Small	Less than 50 sq miles
Medium	Between 50 and 150 sq miles
Large	Between 150 and 400 sq miles
Enormous	Greater than 400 sq miles

 

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10 Years Later
Part 2 Begins

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[Ywi]

Shibuya followed the Shihouin, listened to every reprimand dully, even her own, offering nothing but a scoff, face crinkling. She knew this wouldn't be permanent, much as her ambitions craved for ever higher skies. She's selfish, a non-combatant, only ever searching for the means to her own ends. That didn't stop the sting of humiliation as she offered her haori to the baldie, gritting her teeth, face grim and filled with nothing but frustration, and turned on her heel to march out of the meeting at hand. She had no intention of continuing to listen to what no longer concerned her. And, as it stood, stripped of her Captaincy, even a numbered seat, in her mind nothing pertaining to the Seireitei concerned her. Least of all the Gotei 13.

In a sense it was freeing, she thought, to be able to go back to her prior life. Not that any higher-ups would allow her to do so- But that's the thing, isn't it? She was now a nameless, faceless peon in her division, so what does it matter if she returned to her family's hallowed grounds out in Rukongai? Even with her skill, the fact is that she'd been deemed a useless creature by the Captain Commander, and what good is something useless? It isn't, thus she isn't, thus; She would return home. Perhaps with her tail between her legs, humiliated like a dog, but alive and no-worse for wear. Which is more than she could say for many others who actually engaged in that last kerfuffle.

Her life is what matters above all. Not scientific discovery. Not reconnaissance. Not this gaudy army full of lesser beings.

Her intent was to stop only briefly at the S.R.D.I. to gather her belongings, yet, she hovered in her now old office, things packed away easily, sparse as they were. While she certainly hadn't done much in the last conflict, she had still scribbled and written extensively on other matters- mainly the business side of 12th, but still, it counted as work she had done to stabilize the economy as much as she could as a singular person.

With a flick of her wrist, the trash at the end of what used to be her desk caught fire, burning controlled within the metal confines. She's a woman of grandeur, of purpose and some form of theatrics that tell how highly she thinks of herself. So, it was inevitable that she'd toss page after crisp or mangled page of documentation into the little fire. She only had a few moments to toss what she most deemed worth burning before the fire alarm sounded, sending the division's designated firefighters scrambling to find which section had caught flame. They didn't have sprinkler systems down here- Far too dangerous for their machines to risk, so rather than panicking to make her leave, Shibuya gracefully took her box of things and walked calmly to the elevator.

It was a long, slow walk out to the 31st district of Rukongai, but it's one she made nonetheless. Enjoys the far less restricting atmosphere, how clear she felt now that she no longer had to multitask every little thing surrounding the 12th, no longer had to risk her life for the 'Good of the Seireitei'.

Once she arrived home, locked safely behind the towering walls of the Harai estate, she sat at her prior workstation. The one laid bare in the living room of her abode, muted light casted across the shadowed floor, reminding her of what she took from herself in that very room hundreds of years ago. The one thing that should have mattered to her, rather than her own selfish hunting for yet more power and influence.

Family.

Perhaps she should write Tarou.
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