Two Weeks Ago
Not long after the situation was defused with the unstable monstrosity Kassius cast away before freeing himself. It was hard to think this all happened on the same day but this was the price they all accepted becoming the monsters that they are. With his artificial hollow cleaning up the shards from the shattered Hogyoku, Izeel focused his attention on what was important at the current moment; Kassius. The benefits of improving on Arragon’s pseudo-sentient Las Noches design allowed for him to make changes of his own and improve upon them, turning each of them into replicating sensors and devices meant to be able to record and gather intelligence. Opening up a visual screen that displayed everything going on, Max and Izeel observed the actions of Kassius as his form slowly began to form in a strange but intriguing way then immediately went on the attack. He soon realized how his hubris could have probably cost him, letting his thrill of studying this thing first hand almost result in death him. Surely, a mistake he would make sure not happen again and make sure he would be better prepared to deal with their next encounter. He was never one who relied on others to keep him safe or put all his faith in the trust of others getting things done, and instead always strived to see what his talented mind can overcome.
As the days persisted he continued his research on discovering what secrets his new specimen had for him along with scanning to get a reading of how powerful Kassius truly was. Strangely during all of this Max decided to stick around in his laboratory to help keep a watchful eye on their prisoner. At first, he had personal quarrels about this decision since the first time Max stepped into his laboratory did nothing but disorganize and destroy his stuff but eventually, he came accustomed to it and valued another intellectual mind. Every once in a while his systems would cause alerts of Kassius reiatsu spiking out of boredom or whatever reasons went through this creature's mind. Each time Maximiliano was hovering over his shoulder growing excited about what he was doing which felt no different than a kid being at the zoo waiting for the cage animals to do something exciting. On display screens, it monitored various information down to Kassius's resting body weight, his reiatsu wavelength, and most notably one of the interesting discoveries of fluctuating scan particles found on him. Through closer inspection, he found traces of the Dangai reishi on him and part of his body from slumbering inside of it up into whatever foolish soul awakened him. By studying the reimyaku he could learn how the adherent effects it could have on somebody and other practices it could be applied to could lead to big breakthroughs.
During their time monitoring Kassius, Max requested a particular item that could help conceal his reiatsu. Going through a bit of trial and error to discover material that could withstand his spiritual power without being destroyed took a little time, before deciding to go about it with the same approach he did with the Hogyoku casing creation. Instead of finding an existing material, he synthesized multiple materials together to make a unique elastic fabric capable of withstanding his spiritual pressure in his sealed form and designed with high durability to endure harsh conditions and heavy damage. Once he finished the last little touches on it, he watched curiously as Max tried it on wondering what kind of sense of fashion he had. The specially modified Caja Negacion was his next completed project. He took a little inspiration from how Max managed to detain and defeat the monster initially. While the ordinary Caja Negacion trapped its victims into a created pocket dimension, this one was designed to create multiple layered pocket dimensions that constantly fluctuate renewing itself. Of course, because of Kassius' adaptive nature, this wouldn’t work forever just like Max spirals, but it would slow him down and hopefully, a reason wouldn’t present itself to keep him in it long enough for him to learn how to adapt.
Izeel also took this time to work on one of his other greatest creations the SIQ virus which would continuously spread victim to victim turning them into pseudo Arrancar with hive minds. While working on this is when Max brought up something that Izeel too had small inquiries about.
Quote:”You know, apparently Quincy used some sort of shadow portal to invade Hueco Mundo, same for Soul Society as well, I believe. You would know better than I since my knowledge was passed down through word of mouth. That being said, do me a favor amigo, and look into it, yeah? Either figure out how they work or figure out if we can open up a Garganta on the other side of them. Our next big step will be the slaughter of those Quincy scum.”
” I had some thoughts on that too. Shinigami uses Senkaimon to traverse through the worlds, Arrancar uses Garganta, and Quincy uses Shadows. Well, Fullbringers don’t use any special travel, and from recent events, the Togabito has been spotted using the Hell Gates surprisingly. You ever wondered why Shinigami can't open up Garganta or Arrancar can't use Shadows like the Quincy? I believe we are all synchronized with a certain reimyaku of the universe that allows us to travel back and forth between our worlds with the Human World being the shared link. Instead of figuring out how to enter into a singular faction's place, I have an idea of creating a device based on the Garganta device but designed to act as a tuning fork to zone into their world frequencies. In theory, it will allow us to create back doors to let ourselves in but just requires the proper reiatsu to sync with their territory.”
Present Day
To those oblivious to what Max and Izeel have been up to these past 2 weeks inside of his laboratory, they would have felt Max's spiritual power seem to plummet during the first week. The remaining time during the week outside of multitasking and trying to avoid boring Max with scientific talk, he worked diligently on the special dimensional device that was meant to be key to the invasion against the Quincy in their home turf. The irony of the situation was quite beautiful were they so boldly invaded not just Soul Society but Hueco Mundo too, and now they were about to soon get a taste of their own medicine. With no changes in Elliora's condition improving over the weeks he continued to monitor her as well, but when she would recover was completely unknown even to him. A part of him hoped she would have learned her lesson by now with this being the second time she placed herself into a coma but he knew that was just hopeful thinking. He stayed focused on creating the device, in the background out the corner of his peripheral vision he took notice of Max heading to his more prized inventions. Listening to what he had to say about his achievements on not just replicating shinigami tools and technology but improving on them with his personal touches, part of him took great pride in hearing somebody acknowledge it. The other part just only relished in the fact of outdoing his enemies in technological advancements. As the God-King approached the racks that held the gigai customized for infiltration in the World of the Living and sabotage missions, he looked on curiously to see what Max had in mind.
” Be my guest, they have yet to be tested out, so let me know how your test run goes. Any information you can provide on your return can help me improve upon that and fix any issues you may have or some features installed you might seem fitting.”
Finally shifting his attention away from the device getting constructed, he completed the more trivial task allowing for his artificial hollow to take over its completion. He removed his glasses and cleaned them watching how the God-King entered into the Gigai with a very curious expression on his face especially on the sense of style their fearless leader chose since he only walked around in a primitive loincloth. For a second there he was a bit concerned if he intended to do something tackless like walking around with a bare minimum of clothes or just give his gigai a loincloth. Seeing him in actual clothes was an intriguing sight to behold. The denizens of Las Noches again experience another strange thing almost as if their God-King’s reiatsu disappeared entirely and the presence of powerful Fullbringers reiatsu presence could be sensed by those who were keen with their spiritual senses.
Quote:”Ah! How is this amigo? Very human-like, yeah? Hmm, this Gigai changed my skin color as well, that will take some getting used to. I’m very proud of my complexion, it matches the sands of our home, makes me feel close to Hueco Mundo, as if I were born from its very sands. Now, I’m heading off if anyone asks where I went… tell them… I’m out for a walk. Hahaha! I’ll try to bring you something back amigo, you’ve been a great help these two weeks.”
” It is definitely something to get used to witnessing, but for the most part, you should blend right in as long as you don’t do anything too bold. I am looking forward to seeing what fun things you will bring back, and live specimens are always appreciated.”
With those final words spoken Max took his leave from the laboratory entering into a Descorrer leading to the World of the Living. After two weeks he finally had some time to himself and a bit of privacy to do something he was waiting to do out of the eyes of others. That was until not even minutes after his departure another person decided to make their presence known.
Quote:"I need your… intelligence for something… give it…
” Like a weed you hideaway waiting to be removed from the earth or maybe a cockroach is more fitting since you at least somehow seem to keep living. Interestingly, you think you can remain hidden within my lab little weed. Give me one good reason why it is worth my time to do such a thing?”
To Galia’s shock and surprise without actually looking in the direction where he was located inside the laboratory ground, he pointed his finger directly in his direction with a cero charging up waiting for his response. It amused Izeel that he thought could attempt to sneak into his laboratory undetected and demand help. Galia would probably be wondering how Izeel even managed to detect his location when normally he is untraceable while swimming through surfaces. The answer was right under his nose. Las Noches was not an ordinary structure but built from multiple living organisms all capable of sensing something traversing through them as Galia’s ability didn’t make him intangible which the injuries to his legs were clear evidence of. One after another the universe kept proving to disrupt any chances of having peace to himself as his computer systems began beeping repeatedly responsible for monitoring Elliora’s condition. The sounds of glass shattering followed with the liquids washing across the floor, and a little feral girl on edge. His charged cero energy dispersed when he was about to ask who let this meddlesome brat free into his laboratory when realizing who stood before him.
"HOOBA DA FRAB WOKA DEPWA?!"
"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!"
The first thing his eyes locked onto was the crack in her mask seeing this little terror in front of him. Only one other case through all his knowledge resembled this which was with the incident that befallen the former Tres Espada Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, and her fraccion. He recollected countless known languages, and thousands of different decoding and deciphering skills in his arsenal to translate what she was saying. Knowing how fragile the situation was in her state of confusion he took a friendlier approach to try to distill the situation and hoped the weed in the ground knew to just shut up until this got dealt with. He kept his hands visible toward her while making slow moves to prevent misunderstandings of any signs of hostility to let her know at least at this moment he meant no harm. Oddly, enough in his mind dealing with her in this child form was no different than how he dealt with her when she was normal. The only difference he saw was just her ability to formulate sentences and communicate properly.
”Mi nombre es Izeel...soy tu amigo que te salvó.”
My name is Izeel...I am your friend who saved you.
He started to wonder if his intelligence was a curse or gift, after all these predicaments he kept ending up in.
