YOSHI NANASE

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Private conversations with Yoshi (justonezero)

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Friday Dec 7 -- Evening

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Once Ichigo had given him the all clear, Szayelaporro tracks down Yoshi, wherever he may be.

"Ah, Mr. Nanase? I would like to speak with you."

[justonezero]

[He's... pretty much back to normal now! None of those weird feelings anymore. Everything is fine!]

Hm? What is it?

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[everything is JUST FINE]

[Szayel has a plain composition notebook in his hands, as well as his purple pen]

I would... ahem... I would like to speak with you about the circumstances of your death. While the details are still, mmm... fresh. I can't force you -- [well, he could, but then ichigo would kick his ass] -- but I do humbly request. Getting as much data as I can is crucial.

[justonezero]

Oh, okay.

[That's easy enough.]

It was Flat. He's the wolf one.

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Mr. Escardos? [Szayel seems surprised, but he writes it down in his notebook] I suppose it's always the ones we don't expect. After all, the Jorogumo is Rean Schwarzer. [he taps his pen on the notebook] Can you walk me through what happened?

[justonezero]

Oh. That's too bad. He seemed nice.

[Hmm... Wonder if there's a way to take them out from this side...?]

He came to my room really late at night. I figured he wanted to kill me, so I left my key for the others in the couch and he noticed. We talked for a while and he kept going on about sacrificing me to his god. He thinks the puppy is like his savior or something?

[It's weird.]

We went outside and I tried to stun him with a program, but... it was based on sound frequencies. I tuned it to knock a person unconscious, but I guess it's different if it's a wolf spirit!

[Oops.]

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He does, doesn't he? He's very bad at being a monster, though.

[Szayel shrugs. If the Jorogumo is going to kill again, Rean is really going to have to do better next time]

[he nods as Yoshi speaks, quickly taking down notes] So you did try to defend yourself. That was a good thought, sound is a powerful and underutilized weapon. I'm sorry it didn't work. As for the puppy... it's no savior. That puppy was just an accident. But what kind of "god" was he talking about?

[justonezero]

Is he?

[Huh! That's news.]

I couldn't really tell? He mostly thought my eyes would be a good sacrifice to it. Sorry, we were mostly talking about whether or not I was garbage.

[DERAILED BY SHITTY SELF-ESTEEM.]

After I tried to stun him, he turned into a wolf and attacked me. The first was... cutting open my abdomen. After that, he took my eyes.

[He's a bit more blank here, reciting the events.]

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Yes. His trap design was... well, frankly it was laughable. If I had not walked into it directly, he wouldn't have caught me at all.

[more nodding, more writing. This is all very good information! He hadn't heard anything about a 'God' from Rean..] Sounds like some strange fanaticism to me. [he tilts his head with a sympathetic smile] I see... there was a cleaver missing... did he use that? Or simply the wolf's claws and fangs?

[justonezero]

He had the knife with him before he turned into a wolf. But... after that, I think it was fangs...?

[Mmmm, he's not as sure about that though.]

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[then he probably doesn't know what happened to it, after.]

I see. What purpose did the clothes serve...?

[justonezero]

I took a coat for myself before we left, but it got cut open when he... [Y'know.]

Maybe it was covering that up?

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My theory is that it was for... well. The gross-out factor. You are an innocent, well-liked boy. Seeing your body in that condition would be psychological warfare. [he shakes his head] I don't understand, though. The Jorogumo was definitely feeding on my body. It seems like yours was just mutilated.

[justonezero]

Oh. That's because he wasn't going to feed on me. He said if he was going to eat, he would have fed on someone else.

He was feeding the puppy.

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Ah. My little creation? Well. It does have a liking for fresh meat, so that's no surprise. 'Duke Pinkington' didn't eat very much, then.

[justonezero]

You created it?

[Szayel

why]

He talked about my eyes a lot, so I'm guessing that's what it ate the most of.

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On accident. Since you've been so helpful, I can explain to you how, if you like.

[Szayel frowns and writes something else down before closing his notebook] Eyes aren't very filling but I suppose I'm not a three pound puppy, either.

[justonezero]

I have a feeling I'm going to regret this, but... lay it on me!

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So! The Apprentice -- Kurosaki Ichigo. When I died, I found him and he was quite injured. As it turns out, he had tried to take on the Bargest himself. The beast is incredibly fast, and inflicted wounds on Kurosaki before fleeing. I took Kurosaki into my body to heal him, but it seems the wolf beast left being many pieces of its soul energy in the wounds. I was unable to digest it, so I had hoped to just... expunge it. But when I did that... ah... a puppy happened, instead.

[he pushes his glasses up with a serene and knowing smile]

[justonezero]

...

Wow! You said a bunch of words and I don't think I understood any of them at all.

[UM???]

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[right.

Humans are stupid]

I'll dumb it down for you, dear boy. Kurosaki was injured by the Barghest. I healed him. In doing so, I absorbed the tiny bits of itself the Barghest left behind. Those bits combined with parts of me and Kurosaki and became a puppy.

[justonezero]

[HE HAS NO IDEA HOW SOULS WORK, HAVE MERCY PLEASE]

...Do, uh, bits of things usually become... baby versions like that?

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No, actually! [he seems OVERLY CHEERFUL ABOUT THAT] Which is why I need to study that pup more closely, when I have a proper lab.

[justonezero]

Can you actually get one of those?!

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I asked. They won't give it to me. [pout] But Mr. Nanase, rest assured; I do not intend to spend the rest of eternity in the belly of this strange, hotel-shaped beast. I will escape -- but I must unlock the secrets of this place first.