[BleachITP Reborn] Episode 3: Gotei Joint-Ops! What could ever go wrong?

Kazuma was positively shocked at Nasumi's words.

He didn't expect her to care. Not after such a brief period.

The shock is more than enough for her to do as she likes. The 11th divisioner doesn't even seem to register that he's being carried. The pain of his wounds is apparently lost in the moment.

To see her work so hard in his stead makes his heart ache a little.

"Nasumi-san..."

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[A certain Arrancar]

"Hah! And here I thought you'd appreciate being given the iniative", the creature mocks in reply. "Why should I? You aren't really interested in who I am, none of your kind are. It's not like I could give a name meaningful to you anyway."

"But if you're not going to fight me due to formalities, well, that suits me just fine", the arrancar says and turn to leave, lifting its borrowed blade to its shoulder. Its other hand raises lazily to wave as farewell. "See you around, Yama-kun."

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Allan

"Yeah, no."

Elder will find that its turn puts its face directly in the path of Allan Crossdale's rapidly advancing foot. Regardless of the success of the surprise attack, the unseated shinigami flips backwards away from Elder, giving it a wide birth while still blocking easy retreat. He extends a finger at it.

"You still have something of mine, and you're not leaving until I get it back."

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[Nasumi]

Nasumi stares at Kazuma's back. The same man who only a dozen minutes ago had found it hard to stay upright is now offering to carry her again, and even talking about using Shunpo while at it. She sheathes her sword, thinking. Is this man for real? While some part of the 3rd divisioner finds her superiors unyielding attitude admirable, at the same time, it's makes her feel dreadfully inadequate. A pout begins creeping on her face. "Amagatsu-san..."

"... I refuse to be carried by you in that condition!", she shouts with volume that rattles his eardrums, face red as a strawberry. "Your body is not in shape to carry anyone, let alone do it in superhuman speeds! You should stop and think of your own well-being for a moment!"

Before Kazuma has a chance to protest, the girl kneels beside him and grabs his arm, then hoists him over her shoulder. She stumbles a bit and they almost fall down before she finds her balance - then she begins running after the rest of their group along the ground with steadily increasing speed. They should catch up with them in five minutes or so.

[A certain Arrancar]

"Hah! And here I thought you'd appreciate being given the iniative", the creature mocks in reply. "Why should I? You aren't really interested in who I am, none of your kind are. It's not like I could give a name meaningful to you anyway."

"But if you're not going to fight me due to formalities, well, that suits me just fine", the arrancar says and turn to leave, lifting its borrowed blade to its shoulder. Its other hand raises lazily to wave as farewell. "See you around, Yama-kun."

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As Allan attacks, so does Akio, sliding through the air with a flash step and makes an attempt to stab Elder in the back, while trying to grab her by the hair at the same time.

When Allan kicks the Arrancar, there's a loud splash, and his foot slows down as if it'd hit water, allowing his enemy to easily move its head out of the blow's way. Its dark eyes gleam with contempt - if it's surprised by his sneak attack, it doesn't show it. "So hasty. Didn't I tell you to stop worrying? I'm only borrowing this", it turns the glowing blade in his hand, "You can trust..."

Akio's attack is thrown off course when he collides with something that feels like a mass of water. His own speed works against him as the viscous liquid pushes painfully against his eyes and into his mouth. Almost in slow-motion, it seems, the Arrancar steps to the side, Akio's blade missing its side by mere hair's breadth. Then it blurs from sight, appearing behind Allan before he can even blink an eye, leveling the stolen blade towards the 3rd seat.

"... me to return it..." the Arrancar whispers to Allan, a disturbingly playful tint to its weary voice. Reiatsu it has so far worked to suppress is now pouring on the two Shinigami with all its might, grey waves flowing around and submerging them.

And as if that isn't bad enough, at the same moment the creature lets loose a Cero towards Akio's chest, energy flowing from Allan's blade and surging out like a spiritual river, the short distance between them giving nearly no time to dodge. Time seems to freeze as the blast roars past Allan, only an inch away from his left cheek.

"... when I'm done."

[Elder Battle]

Allan's face flashes an "oh crap" expression as his foot is arrested by Elder's thick Reiatsu. He struggles to move faster, but even by the standards of his unexceptional rank Allan lacks raw power, and he is held nearly immobile despite his best efforts. He lands after a few seconds, but is still helpless to move as Elder continues to taunt him.

Crap, this thing is too strong...

When Elder lands behind him, Allan shudders with effort as he slowly spins to face it. He can't move anywhere near fast enough, however, and can only watch as his own sword is used to direct a Cero from Elder at his superior.

[Silva]

Silva continues running, hearing the sounds of the battle draw closer. She isn't entirely sure what's driving her. She just knows that she has to see it, has to watch. Something about this creature didn't sit right with her.

She rounds a corner and looks up in time to see Elder fire the Cero at Akio.

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When Allan kicks the Arrancar, there's a loud splash, and his foot slows down as if it'd hit water, allowing his enemy to easily move its head out of the blow's way. Its dark eyes gleam with contempt - if it's surprised by his sneak attack, it doesn't show it. "So hasty. Didn't I tell you to stop worrying? I'm only borrowing this", it turns the glowing blade in his hand, "You can trust..."

Akio's attack is thrown off course when he collides with something that feels like a mass of water. His own speed works against him as the viscous liquid pushes painfully against his eyes and into his mouth. Almost in slow-motion, it seems, the Arrancar steps to the side, Akio's blade missing its side by mere hair's breadth. Then it blurs from sight, appearing behind Allan before he can even blink an eye, leveling the stolen blade towards the 3rd seat.

"... me to return it..." the Arrancar whispers to Allan, a disturbingly playful tint to its weary voice. Reiatsu it has so far worked to suppress is now pouring on the two Shinigami with all its might, grey waves flowing around and submerging them.

And as if that isn't bad enough, at the same moment the creature lets loose a Cero towards Akio's chest, energy flowing from Allan's blade and surging out like a spiritual river, the short distance between them giving nearly no time to dodge. Time seems to freeze as the blast roars past Allan, only an inch away from his left cheek.

"... when I'm done."

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A rapid spin of a blade puts Akio in a slightly better position to take the hit. Holding the blade backhanded he fires his own blast of reiatsu into the cero, slowing it slightly to lessen the damage it will cause. Unfortunately it's still a powerful blast, exploding into Akio's blade and body with enough force to push him down into the ground below.

Debris rises from the crash site as Akio flares his reaitsu as well, firing another of the blasts toward elder before immediately going back to the attack. A flash step into the open and another to reach Elder, attacking her rapidly if she blocks with the sword.

But between the flashes one can see tattered clothing and blood stains. Also seen is smoke slowly coming off Akio's body as his sweat is burned off. "I. Will. Not. Lose. To. A. Hollow!" he yells, each word louder than the last and punctuated with a sword slash or stab.

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A flash, an emission of power.

A voice from the light.

"Crystallize, Kuyashinaki."

The sword vanishes in a flash, and a enormous amount of ice slams into the cero, as Karite reappears elsewhere.

"I'll admit that surprised me Auset. But did you really think it would stop me? Did you really think that I didn't have a way out?

did you really believe you could win?"

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Auset

There didn't seem to be anyone to hear just what Karite had said (despite the admittedly bad-a** way he had done it), the blow back from the blocked cero being surprisingly fierce for an arrancar of Auset's ability. In either case, frozen gibbets lay scattered about the clearing with non-frozen ones, the remains of a shattered arm and leg that left Auset sprawled in the dirt.

For once, it seems like the arrancar's regeneration had been hampered, likely because of the frozen 'caps' of ice blocking the opening to her damaged limbs. Still...the bandaged arrancar wasn't moving or even healing like before.

[A certain Arrancar]

"Ugh. That's such and ugly word", the creature mutters, launching itself away from Allan, easily avoiding the grating blast of bone dust. It swims through the grey bubble made of its own reiatsu effortlessly, though at first it seems to move too slow to dodge Akio's charge - but then he collides with the viscous substance, and there's a distinct feel of wading through cold water again.

"Fine then! If not Hollow, what about a Demon?", it snarls, carefully deflecting each of Akio's furious blows. "Angel? God? I've been called all of these. Which would you accept as your defeater?" It pushes forward, locking their blades and halting Akio's advance.

"That is your sword's true form, isn't it?", it taunts. "Is that blast all it can do? Tell me, Reaper - what can you do to win..." the beast detaches its offhand from its blade's hilt and points it index finger towards Akio. "... if your ability amounts to mimiccing an ability every other Hollow can use by instinct?"

Allan

Allan manages to push out of Elder's Reiatsu field as the powerful hollow moves away from him, then closes his eyes, bows his head, and begins speaking under his breath.

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[A certain Arrancar]

"Ugh. That's such and ugly word", the creature mutters, launching itself away from Allan, easily avoiding the grating blast of bone dust. It swims through the grey bubble made of its own reiatsu effortlessly, though at first it seems to move too slow to dodge Akio's charge - but then he collides with the viscous substance, and there's a distinct feel of wading through cold water again.

"Fine then! If not Hollow, what about a Demon?", it snarls, carefully deflecting each of Akio's furious blows. "Angel? God? I've been called all of these. Which would you accept as your defeater?" It pushes forward, locking their blades and halting Akio's advance.

"That is your sword's true form, isn't it?", it taunts. "Is that blast all it can do? Tell me, Reaper - what can you do to win..." the beast detaches its offhand from its blade's hilt and points it index finger towards Akio. "... if your ability amounts to mimiccing an ability every other Hollow can use by instinct?"

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"Is this monstrosity your true form, Hollow? You taunt me as though you're going to win. You're a god only to those weaker than yourself. You will burn for your sins, Hollow."Akio moves back to look at Elder, sword lowered. "The shinigami have a different name for you. One that is spoken in hushed tones by the captains and ranked alike. They call you Elder, the demon of the mortal world. You say you'll defeat me today, but I know too much of you and your kind to lose."

The sword comes up slowly to be held above Akio's head, blade oriented from right to left. "I'm just too good for you, Elder." His Reiatsu finally flashes, the temperature seeming to drop in the area as the wind and rain whips around.

"Let's get this over with. Come at me if you want. If not, you'll die quickly." The reiatsu slowly covers his blade, the shards of bone oriented to make the weapon more brutal and with a better cutting power. This visibly strains Akio at first, but soon is done and usable.

"Elder? Good grief, that makes me feel old", the Arrancar chimes, glaring at Akio as he disengages. "Then again, I guess I am old. Oh well."

It grasps its sword with two hands again, examining Akio's technique. "Burn for my sins? Tell me, Akio-kun..." It lunges forward, slashing diagonally upwards from right to left with all its might. "... why should I burn for something I might as well repent for myself?"

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Auset

There didn't seem to be anyone to hear just what Karite had said (despite the admittedly bad-a** way he had done it), the blow back from the blocked cero being surprisingly fierce for an arrancar of Auset's ability. In either case, frozen gibbets lay scattered about the clearing with non-frozen ones, the remains of a shattered arm and leg that left Auset sprawled in the dirt.

For once, it seems like the arrancar's regeneration had been hampered, likely because of the frozen 'caps' of ice blocking the opening to her damaged limbs. Still...the bandaged arrancar wasn't moving or even healing like before.

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Karite stares coldly at Auset. He then turns around, shaking his head.

"At the start, I thought you were strong. But it turns out, you're just another weakling.

Goodbye... Arrancar."

He begins to walk away.

[Silva]

Elder? Odd name. So, it is a Hollow then. Seems way more powerful than any Hollow I've come across.

Silva continues watching the fight, making sure to not get near. She doesn't want to get dragged into it. Much to Medric's dismay.

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Karite stares coldly at Auset. He then turns around, shaking his head.

"At the start, I thought you were strong. But it turns out, you're just another weakling.

Goodbye... Arrancar."

He begins to walk away.

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Auset


As Karite turns his back on the arrancar, a silent sigh passes her lips. It was always such a pain to restrain her regeneration mostly because it meant prolonging...well...pain. That was the past now, rising up from the ground like some terrible unkillable thing, khopesh in hand. She didn't even wait for her arm and leg to finish regenerating, the dark-skinned Auset lunges forward to bring the bronze blade in a sweeping diagnol cut that leaves a deep gouge in Karite's back.

"Tch..I'll tell you the same thing I did those others! What happened to all that training Shinigami are supposed to have done? It's head or bust!" she grumbles loudly, stumbling back as her limbs finish regenerating and lunging forward to try and plunge her khopesh through the vice captain's body.

Karite gasps as the blade stabs him.

He whispers, dazed and confused from his being stabbed,

"It appears... I underestimated you... Arrancar."

The venom in that word, the sheer hatred that emitted from it, would make most flinch.

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Karite gasps as the blade stabs him.

He whispers, dazed and confused from his being stabbed,

"It appears... I underestimated you... Arrancar."

The venom in that word, the sheer hatred that emitted from it, would make most flinch.

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Auset

Considering that the arrancar had been blown up, stabbed, delimbed, bound, and various other sundry things within a remarkably short time period herself, the hate filled statement doesn't exactly bring her much discomfort.

"Don't worry...I get that a lot." the arrancar offers apathetically, even as numerous bandages spring from her body to shoot towards the pierced officer. They bound about arms, legs, torso, and head with surprising speed, making Karite look like...a...well...mummy even as more reached out to bind his limbs against his body.

Despite the bindings, there was little danger of suffocation or being crushed. Instead it came from a growing feeling of weakness, as if something was sapping Karite's strength right from his body into the bandages around him. And that ominous draining was only picking up speed as the Privaron Espada greedily absorbs what reiatsu Karite has left to replenish her own...

Karite's body appears, a wing of pure ice on one side, his head down.

His sword arm is slowly being covered with ice, and he grimaces at it.

"It appears Auset, that you've forced my hand. It seems that the only choice I have left is to... end you. Because if you've seen my final ability..."

He looks up. His eyes, usually filled with kindness for his friends, and a pure cold look for his foes, are filled with wrath, and they flash a pure, pure white.

"Then you must cease... To see it."

Karite's sword goes down, to where it would be sheathed.

He slices upward, creating a pillar of ice, rising high above Auset.

A downward strike, and ice begins to fall, fall down towards Auset.

Falling towards her death.

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"Elder? Good grief, that makes me feel old", the Arrancar chimes, glaring at Akio as he disengages. "Then again, I guess I am old. Oh well."

It grasps its sword with two hands again, examining Akio's technique. "Burn for my sins? Tell me, Akio-kun..." It lunges forward, slashing diagonally upwards from right to left with all its might. "... why should I burn for something I might as well repent for myself?"

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An easy downward sweep imposes the hardened blade in front of the attack as Akio's left hand rises. "Hado 33: Sokatsui!" He says as the blue energy fires from his hand at Elder. After the fact he disengages, flying away from the hollow for a short time and standing his ground. "I'm done playing, Elder. Let's hurry this up."

[A certain Arrancar]

When Akio's blade meets with Allan's, there's a loud, disconcerning crack. The Arrancar gives its borrowed weapon an alarmed glance, and immediatly leaps backwards, even as the blue fire shoots after it and hits its chest. For a moment, its form is obscured by azure flame - then it emerges from them, stopping sligthly above both its enemies.

Smoke rises from its charred scales, but it doesn't seem to pay heed to its injuries - it's more interested on the blade it now holds horizontally before its face, running its finger along the blade. A quick glance shows there's a deep notch on it now. "Hmmph. Seems like I was rigth", the Arrancar muses, grasping the tip of the sword with it's off-hand. "Too flimsy for my tastes."

Snap.

With a slight twist of its wrists, the Hollow breaks Allan's blade into two. For a moment, it regards the pieces with what seems to be disappointment, before turning towards Allan and offering the hilt and severed blade towards him.

"It seems practice is over. Here, you can have it back now."

"Bakudo 30:****otsu Sansen!" Akio states as he fires three golden beams toward elder. "You're fighting me, worm. Pay attention. Bakudo 26: Kyokko!" He says the last without worrying about whether the first ability hit.

The arrancar's eyes twitch in annoyance. It turns its head to face Akio, and its skeletal mouth snaps open, stretching wider than should be possible. Grey energy swells out and washes away the binding spell before continuing towards Akio just as he begins turning invisible.

Then, its mouth snaps shut again, and it turns back at Allan, even though it still gives a sideways glare towards Akio's last position. "Quiet there, impatient one. I'm taking a break here. It's disgraceful to whine over such things."

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The arrancar's eyes twitch in annoyance. It turns its head to face Akio, and its skeletal mouth snaps open, stretching wider than should be possible. Grey energy swells out and washes away the binding spell before continuing towards Akio just as he begins turning invisible.

Then, its mouth snaps shut again, and it turns back at Allan, even though it still gives a sideways glare towards Akio's last position. "Quiet there, impatient one. I'm taking a break here. It's disgraceful to whine over such things."

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Akio uses shunpo to both avoid the blast and move very close to Elder, and a bit above, though out of reach. He begins muttering under his breath quietly, "Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle! Hado 63: Raikoho!" This he fires while still close to Elder if she doesn't manage to stop him.

Unfortunately for Akio, "very close" turns out to be a mistake. Even though he's invisible, the Reiatsu platform he stands on brushes against the swirling bubble of Reiatsu around the Arrancar, alerting it to his presence. Talking isn't exactly hepling your case either, friend. His estimation of "out of reach" turns out to be wrong as well - it isn't how far the creature can swing with a broken blade.

It's how far Bala travel in tenth of a second. And he's still within that range...

The Arrancar flicks the hand holding the severed blade towards Akio, a grey light flashing from it against the platform he's standing on. The 3rd seat might find himself without a foothold for a moment - his situation isn't helped when the broken blade follows the energy blast, threatening to pierce his pelvis.

Besides its now outstretched left arm, the Arrancar stays put, still holding the hilt of the broken weapon towards Allan. "Well? What are you waiting for? Go ahead, take it. I'm not going to eat you."

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Unfortunately for Akio, "very close" turns out to be a mistake. Even though he's invisible, the Reiatsu platform he stands on brushes against the swirling bubble of Reiatsu around the Arrancar, alerting it to his presence. Talking isn't exactly hepling your case either, friend. His estimation of "out of reach" turns out to be wrong as well - it isn't how far the creature can swing with a broken blade.

It's how far Bala travel in tenth of a second. And he's still within that range...

The Arrancar flicks the hand holding the severed blade towards Akio, a grey light flashing from it against the platform he's standing on. The 3rd seat might find himself without a foothold for a moment - his situation isn't helped when the broken blade follows the energy blast, threatening to pierce his pelvis.

Besides its now outstretched left arm, the Arrancar stays put, still holding the hilt of the broken weapon towards Allan. "Well? What are you waiting for? Go ahead, take it. I'm not going to eat you."

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The broken blade hits home, pushing through Akio's skin and muscle quite easily. Unfortunately for Elder, he never stops chanting, only giving off a pain induced gasp halfway through. He still manages to fire the kido, now even closer to Elder's head before firing.

Allan

Allan had had a plan. It was a good plan; hang back, wait for a minute. Elder wouldn't be paying attention to him, he wasn't a threat. While Elder was fighting Akio, Allan could chant a Kido. Bakudo, probably. He had seen enough of Elder to use one that would be effective, and it might help Akio win against the extremely powerful enemy.

This plan is blown to hell, back out the other side, past the Seireitei, and back down to hell again as Elder casually snaps his sword in two.

Allan chokes in pain as his Zanpakuto breaks, staggering a few steps back and putting a hand over his chest. He breathes heavily for a few seconds while the pain fades, before regaining his footing somewhat. He blinks for a few seconds at Elder as the Arrancar offers him the remains of the sword, before taking the hilt numbly. He stares at the fragment for several seconds before his eyes close and he falls back, hitting the ground a few seconds later.

[Silva]

Silva winces a little when Elder breaks the Zanpakuto.

Well, Medric, you glad I didn't join in the fight now?

Medric remains silent, and Silva smirks a little.

[A certain Arrancar]

The Arrancar's eyes widen slightly in surprise as Allan keels over unconscious. It hadn't expected the shock to be so great to the brisk youth. Maybe battle fatigue finally caught up with him? It considers diving after him and softening his descent, but the yellow light shining behind its head reminds it of the more urgent matter at hand.

A split second before the kido fires, it dispells the platform under its feet and whirls upside down in the air, kicking the yellow orb gathering before Akio. A brief, grey flash accompanies the strike, and then the spell goes off - electrical discharge causing a blinding explosion between Akio and his target. Around them, the bubble of Reiatsu blows to pieces and falls to the ground as large grey drops amidst the ordinary rain.

The Arrancar collides with the ground a second late, tumbling in the wet grass for a moment before managing to stumble up. Its stance is wobbly - no doubt courtesy of the shock it just recieved. It blinks its eyes a few times, still seeing nothing but sparks after the flash. "Pray tell me, but what where you thinking?", it shouts so that Akio will hear no matter where he is. It feels its surroundings with its Pesquisa - in the spiritually poor environment, Allan's weakened signature is still clear as day. The creature notes one other creature standing not too far, but it isn't Akio. Hopefully it wouldn't be a new enemy.

"Surely you realize that if I had not redirected that bolt of yours, it would've gone straight through me and hit the boy there." It nods towards Allan. "And you must've realized you'd get caught in the explosion yourself. Do you have a deatwhish, Akio-kun?"

[Silva]

Silva feels the reiatsu from Elder's Pesquisa. And she gets a little worried.

You think it knows we're here?

Hope so.

Silva shakes her head a little.

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Karite's body appears, a wing of pure ice on one side, his head down.

His sword arm is slowly being covered with ice, and he grimaces at it.

"It appears Auset, that you've forced my hand. It seems that the only choice I have left is to... end you. Because if you've seen my final ability..."

He looks up. His eyes, usually filled with kindness for his friends, and a pure cold look for his foes, are filled with wrath, and they flash a pure, pure white.

"Then you must cease... To see it."

Karite's sword goes down, to where it would be sheathed.

He slices upward, creating a pillar of ice, rising high above Auset.

A downward strike, and ice begins to fall, fall down towards Auset.

Falling towards her death.

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Auset

The Privaron Espada is more then a bit surprised when Karite unexpectedly re-appeared outside of his bandages, the empty half-person shape collapsing in on itself even as she raises her newly regrown hand to ruffle through her sandy hair.

"Geez...you just don't get it, do you? You can't kill me, not anymore. I've just absorbed too much energy from you, I can keep healing for a good long while now." she says with a long, exhasperated sigh, giving a shake of her head when the pillar of ice abruptly appears above her.

"...sonuva.." Auset doesn't get a chance to finish her expletive as the ice pillar crashes down on-top of her, even as (slowly) her reiatsu bleeds away from that location...