[Hueco Mundo]
Silbern
At this point, as Torahiko and Demetrio walk down the halls with the black Arrancar, two humanoid Hollows wearing uniforms of ZHE Quincies cross their path, coming from a corridor to their right. The faceless black Arrancar halts.
What's with those clothes?"
The Hollow on the right salutes.
"We found some excess uniforms lying around. Thought we'd look less like hostile interlopers when wearing the same colors."
The black Arrancar nods.
Sounds plausible.
The Hollow on the left tilts its head and look at the cross it's carrying.
"So, what's with the cross? Trying to renact Passion of the Christ?"
The heavy silver cross on the Arrancar's shoulders sways as it shrugs at the comment.
I'm pretty sure I look more like the Devil. Let's get outside and see what the others found.
The Hollows march out of Silbern's gates, with the Arrancar following them with heavy steps. They expect Torahiko and Demetrio to follow. Demetrio looks at Torahiko for guidance.
Meanwhile,
Sarah arrives on the yard too with the many-eyed Arrancar and the two other Hollows. What she sees is quite a change from the open desert behind. There's a large,
silvery palace covered in rime and icicles ahead of them, casting an eerie light on everything nearby. Before the palace, to her left and right, there are also garrison buildings and airplane hangars. It looks like a military depot large enough to supply a whole brigade.
Amidst the buildings, dozens of Hollows are carrying stuff towards a supply truck parked next to one of the hangards. Some of them are standing in formation nearby, while yet others are trying to get a disheveled group to line up. If Sarah looks closely, she can see this smaller group is apparently composed of other, living humans! They're wearing similar uniforms to the Hollows, but their uniforms are dirtied, occasionally bloodsoaked and many of them appear wounded. She can hear sobs coming from some of them even from this far. Sad, is the best term for describing them. They're all also pretty young - if Sarah gets closer, she might realize they're just 17 or 18 years old, the majority of them.
She might also see a black-skinned and black-clad humanoid with no face and horns growing from its forehead descending the steps of the palace while carrying a silver cross glowing with blue light.
If Torahiko and Demetrio get close to the group of returned Quincies, they can recognize many of them. These are some of the same people who Torahiko trained with! They're depressed, due to having lost to Las Noches, and horrified by the situation.