Whoever Wins Becomes Justice!

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❊ no such thing ❊

If there was a time and place for vengeance, now would be the time. Not adequately the place, though. For Aldous has once again woken up in a cold sweat, yelling at the top of his lungs. 

A vicious nightmare, as per the normal ill-mannered arousal. One of the past. One that might compel an individual into equally vicious crimes and gestures. This particularly awful terror aroused a memory that was perhaps the last straw, so to speak.

While drowning himself in liquor could be a panacea for most men, this one finds himself all but immune to any alcohol consumption. But, he drinks and drinks, and then he'll continue to drink until he thinks he might be drunk. But he's actually probably not drunk at all. It's a very sad process really.

A hearty quaff of whatever this terrible spirit happened to be only seemed to worsen his already grim mood.

Mindlessly tossing the vessel against the wall didn't aid the pain either. It seemed that today would need to be the day. He sighed in frustration.

At this very moment, several Daimyō were said to convene at the marine headquarters, Marineford. It was the perfect opportunity to force his way into a new age where royalty is given to those who earn it!

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← SING A SONG →

Enough about this nightmare business, though. Aldous has things to do. Quietly pacing down the steps of the lodging, he silently bitched to nobody in particular about how uncomfortably low the ceilings were. Grabbing his large pink feather coat on the way through the door, Aldous began his descent into the bay, where he'd find his next form of transportation. You see, Aldous is a wanderer, searching day-by-day for his retribution.

Aldous however, is not quite intelligent enough to form any sort of long-term scheme or strategy. So he continues to wander in a seemingly drunken stupor, albeit not actually intoxicated.

"Oi, I don't suppose you'll be paying for your stay again, Aldous"

This comment simply brought a wonderfully exaggerated smile to his face. This stupid boy had been bothering him since his initial arrival in the small ocean-side town he was in. 

A few lengthy strides in his direction were enough to make the child flinch and cower. But that wasn't enough to satisfy his frustration this time. Aldous grabbed the child by his throat and lifted him up to his eye height, nearly a meter off of the ground.

"I hope you don't mind, boy, but I don't think I can afford this nights lodging."

Aldous then began to laugh as the boy struggled to avoid suffocation. He supposed that maybe this urchin was a glutton for punishment. Consistently bringing pain onto himself.

"NO! You can stay as long as you'd like! PLEASE, just let go of my boy!"

He dropped the child. As his head turned in the direction of one of the homes owners, he found himself laughing again. 

"AHAHAHAHA! Now that's what I like to hear! I appreciate your generosity, ma'am, but it looks as though I won't be staying any longer!"

The look of relief on the mothers face, and the coughing of the child was unpleasant to him in a way that coerced his smile into a frown. But the woman quickly noticed, and made a sarcastic attempt of cheering him up.

"If you're looking for more trouble, there's supposed to be a Daimyō arriving. They say the Marines will be escorting them to Marineford."

Oh? Ooooohhhh!? The Daimyō will be in Marineford? An outrageous laugh soon followed. This was exactly what Aldous had been waiting for!  His feet quickly left the ground as he flew towards the coast.

technique used:

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Futon: Torihouto
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Gathering chakra to the users limbs the user gains extremely strong amounts of air underneath them allowing them to float in the air in a sort of flight. When the user is in the air, it resembles walking on water. Altitude can be altered by jumping. However this is not flight as the user can only move up or down however the user can fall and glide.
Special: --
Drawback: Uses up a fair amount of chakra. Dangerous to use in storms. The jutsu makes the user feel weightless which can be nauseating.
Description: The user gathers their chakra to there limbs evoking air to swell around there legs and arms, mainly there feet as they begin to feel weightless. With a large jump they soar into the air and wherever they stop at is where they remain as they float, normally one leg down and one leg curled up in front of them. They can jump again and again to gain higher altitude. To go down, the user merely dives or in better terms makes there feet higher then there head. Although one cannot fly you can straighten your body with your feet slightly higher then your head so the user falls but glides as they do which can gain a few miles before reaching the ground.
Limit: Must have Wind Release.

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← MIGHTY MIGHTY →

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!"

Aldous couldn't help but roar with laughter as he flew as fast as he could towards the small coast. That is, because if he wasn't too late; he could catch a lift on the Marine vessel that would be taking them to Marineford. His unnatural smile seemingly stretching from ear to ear as the wind blew through his short hair and long pink feathered coat.

Aaaahh, there it is! A Norimono, the sort of vehicle used to transport royalty was being escorted by Marines! Pretty obviously something important if you ask me. Unless they're intelligent enough to employ the use of decoy Daimyō, which Aldous had found to be untrue in his experience.

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← STOLEN PARADISE →

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

It'd most likely be safe to assume that'd be the sort of sound induced by an assault of this magnitude. Although it'd be hard to hear much of anything in the wake of a shockwave this large. Aldous is not one for minding collateral damage. The majority of the town was obliterated, or sent flying off of its foundations. 

"Ooooops, got a bit excited there!"

Aldous said, brushing the dust off of his unreasonably expensive black double-breasted three piece suit. He'd centered his punch directly on the cart, and winced as he glanced downward to check for remains.

But then again, Aldous couldn't help but laugh as he boisterously paced towards the large marine vessel moored at the docks ahead. 

techniques used:

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Chaos First Stage ‘Chaos Unlearnt’ [30]
Rank: ‘C’
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The first stage of chaos allows the user to unlock twenty-five percent of there max strength, there endurance and durability remains the same as stated as above. There speed however suffers the side effects of becoming sluggish and moving with problems at first. Once activated the user is now capable of seeing ones aura as it emanates from there body. This also allows the user to negated pain for a short period of time.
Special: ----
Drawback: You receive one negative to movement. Though a Kamyuja member is not capable of using chakra gates, they can use there chaos as as substitute in order to go into a chakra gate related fighting style. This eye is capable of mimicking the first and second gate. Please note you don't gain the benefits of those chakra gates.
Description: Picture When activated the user’s eyes turn into a brilliant glittering shade of lavender color. The significance of the color shows a hidden life wishes to explode out as the outer area of the colored eye gleams in a darker shade of purple, this causes the user to see in black n’ white as if they are colored blind. But instead of this being a disadvantage towards them they are able to see ones aura of chakra that emanates from there body. Once chaos is activated the user is able to demonstrate feats of incredible strength, this is possible due to the fact it allows the Kamyuja member to tap into only twenty five percent of there true strength. Though this allows the user to become incredible strong for a short period of time, there speed is reduce greatly as there movement becomes sluggish. When activated the nociceptor that allows a person to feel pain is shut down for a short duration of time. While the nocieptor may be shut down allowing no pain to precede forth to the brain so the brain can register to causing neuropathic pain. While the pain may not be able to transmit to the brain at the time, it is forced to be backed up until the nocieptor is open again. This can be dangerous due to the fact too much pain may not only cause physical pain but psychogenic pain that may kill him if too much damage is taken. That is why the body reacts by letting the pituitary gland release endorphins at a remarkable rate to reduce the pain consumption by fifteen percent only allowing the user to feel only eighty-five percent of the pain that is dealt to them.
Limit: Must have the Kamyuja Bloodlimit, This ability only last for twenty turns before automatically shutting off. After five turns after Chaos has been shut off the user is capable of activating it once again.

Ground Zero [90]
Rank: “A”
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user slams their fist into the ground with tremendous force causing the terrain around the user to be ripped apart as the landscape causing it to erupt in flames.
Special: This technique last for Three turns after the first stage.
Drawback: ----
Description: Similar to that of ‘Ground Breaker’, the user strikes downward towards the ground with there fist sending a powerful shockwave that not only shakes the land underneath them, but also destroys the land around them.
First Stage: After striking initial strike, a powerful shockwave consumes the area around the user. This shockwave tares apart at the land ripping trees out from the earth and sending them flying. Anything that is not bolted down to the ground or weighs about approximately a ton is sent flying in its wave. If anyone is in Fifty-five meters of the point of impact are thrown violently across the land sending them twenty meters back. After the dust has settled, the user will be found standing within a creator, which they created after punching the earth below them to perform the technique.
Second Stage: The next turn, the terrain within a 200 meters in a diameter blast, it becomes highly unstable as it begins to collapse in on itself and high pressure of steam begins to erupt from the ground. As the land begins to fall apart, it becomes imperative for anyone who is within the reach of this technique to escape before the land collapse in on itself entrapping anyone within it, in its rubble. In event if the opponent or even the user is unable to escape the area before the lands starts to crumble, they will find themselves facing a new threat. The geyser of steam that shoots out from underneath the ground, is boiling hot causing sever damage to anyone who comes into contact with it. (Note) If the user somehow manages to use this technique on a fault line that has volcanic activity, lave will spew out from underneath the earth making the land neither unbearable nor suitable to fight on. (Only Gm’s or staff can determine if you use this on a fault line, or have Gm’s or staff roll a hundred side die to determine it, but of course the chances of that is five percent)
Limit: Must be a Kamyuja Member, must have Ground Breaker.

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somebodyloveme

I CAN BE BEAUTIFUL IF ONLY YOU'D GIVE ME A CHANCE

Was it not fascinating, the whim of happenstance? A thousand faces are forgotten for every one remembered, and yet it seems as though some meetings could not be mere coincidence, but rather the preordinance of the involved parties, as though they had sat at a table in some life before this one and decided that they were to cross each other's paths at an exact moment in time.

Because this world would never be the same because of it.

Alastor did not live here - this port city on the coast of Mizu no Kuni. He did not live anywhere, in truth, but that was neither here nor there. The boy had been perusing the pages of a little purple-covered tome from a book vendor, happy that he was able to read most of the words. The merchant had been growing impatient with Alastor, eyeing him with a scowl and folded arms, but the little boy paid him no mind, turning the pages awkwardly with a fluffy, gloved hand. Alastor liked the book - it was full of fanciful tales that he was pretty sure did not document verified reality, but they were amusing, nonetheless. After a time, he had finally glanced up at the vendor with a blank, contemplative expression, and wondered if it was worth twisting this man's perceptions till he gave up the book for free. This persisted only a moment, however, before the bomb exploded behind the little boy.

Or at least, that was what Alastor immediately presumed the sound to be - after all, what else but a bomb could produce a noise of that magnitude? Could rip apart the earth with such a force that the pressure of the detonation could be felt at his back, could send random debris flying through the air, missing Alastor by inches? Nothing, obviously. It was a bomb. "What the hell!?!" Alastor heard the merchant shout.

Intrigued, Alastor turned, a little frightened, and raised a paw to his mouth as people began to scurry, shouting in panic or wailing their agony. His lilac eyes blinked in wonder as the dust began to settle; a thunderous voice echoed out from the crater - not as loud as the explosion had been, but rather close. "Ooooops, got a bit excited there!" It sounded so very gleeful, so Alastor was reassured that things were probably okay. Even though the townspeople were screaming and fleeing from the scene, Alastor actually moved forward towards the destruction. That man was okay, right? Gah, Alastor could not see!

Once the powder and splinters fell to the floor, the centerpiece of the catastrophe was revealed. Alastor stood on the very edge of the new impression on the earth; it dipped away in front of him, but this was the limit of the true destruction. There he was! The man! Behind his black paw, Alastor's mouth formed a little 'o'. He was so tall! Alastor had never seen a man so large. Wait - was it him who had created the blast?! "Wow!" Alastor could not help but whisper to himself. Wait, no, stop! Where was the man going?! He was heading to the docks!

Alastor felt the impetus to follow; he had so many questions! An obstacle course had been laid out for him by the gouging out of the crater. Disfigured people moaned, pillars had been tipped over and larger structures had been crushed into unidentifiable heaps, but Alastor was determined! He stepped over a bleeding body, scrambled up over a pile of rubble that did its best to deny him a foothold and hopped down the other side. "Excuse me!" Alastor shouted, waving the hand with which he still clutched the little tome. He knew people often said that when they wanted attention. Still, he really needed attention! "Excuuuuuuuuuse me!" He yelled again, scampering through the destruction. He was gaining on the taller man's longer but slightly less energetic strides.

It became increasingly obvious - and increasingly frightening - just how big this man was as Alastor closed in, and there was a moment in which he paused in horror and thought it probably best to turn back - but no! No. Something inside of Alastor insisted he not be afraid. It gave him courage. Very close to the giant now, but still not having gained his notice, Alastor clutched both his paws in front of his chest and summoned one last bold shout, drawing a deep breath and summoning all the volume he could from his tiny vocal cords, rising above the sounds of groaning, wailing and crumbling concrete.

"SIIIIIIR!"

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← OL' ROCK BOTTOM →

Aldous was chuckling. It was a mild chuckle. Sort of a chortle, that initiated from a light floating giggle. A teehee in manner. But it could not- no, it simply would not cease there. An amused yuk began. But an attractive one. But there it was!

BUHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHA!

A wonderful, booming laughter. His chuckles had dissolved into a wonderfully charismatic guffaw. He spread his arms, and raised his head to the skies as he walked. The day was looking up!-

What was that sound? He continued his laughter anyways. Must've been a rat or something, he supposed. But there it was again. The crumbling debris that had been to that point curiously chasing in his direction now found itself a voice!

A rather quiet voice, he remarked in his own consciousness. But if it survived this destruction, he could be a threat. Perhaps the marines recruited an individual that wasn't utterly useless? No, it wasn't a marine. This one was far too short to even be considered a deck-hand. 

"SIIIIIIR!"

As he turned around and amusingly watched the child very nearly crash into his leg, Aldous changed his mind. The boy or... girl? Had managed to grab his notice. The thing was a panda. But not actually? It had a panda hat, which was very interesting. Aldous likes hats, you see. He also likes costumes. A costume composed of a hat deserves a thumbs up in his book.

"Hmmmmmmm? What's this?"

Aldous leaned over to inspect the um... Well I guess we'll find out exactly what it is later, and queried with a very large smile on his face. 

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somebodyloveme

I CAN BE BEAUTIFUL IF ONLY YOU'D GIVE ME A CHANCE

THE GIANT TURNED, its head almost blotting out the sun. Like a frightened animal, Alastor stared up at it with his paws covering his mouth. It leaned down and peered at him with red lens-eyes and powerful musculature that was somehow present even in its face. "Hmmmmmmm? What's this?" It inquired, with a voice like thunder and shifting earth. The little boy was intimidated, but so much of the panic he probably should have been experiencing was simply absent. Part of him was demanding he avert his lavender eyes and search for anywhere else to look but at the present... danger? But he simply stared right back. In fact, something gave him the courage to lift his hands from his face and smile.

"That was really cool, sir. How did you survive the bomb?" He asked, respectfully temperate but eager for the answer, so much so that it was an effort not to bounce up and down on the spot. He must know of that power!

The question remained as to whether the behemoth would relinquish his secrets voluntarily, or require some persuasion. Perhaps he would even be hostile, and need to be quelled. Alastor had known people to be quite unpredictable in their actions and reactions, especially the commanding type. He was quite ready to back-step a sudden swing (or something of the sort)... though if the man had any more bombs, Alastor thought he would probably get hurt anyway...

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← SUNLIGHT DRIPPIN' →

Bomb...?

Aldous blinked momentarily while he considered exactly what the thing could be referring to. But a slight glance upward revealed the answer he was searching for. The surroundings appeared to be that of a ground zero. It very nearly could pass as a bomb of sorts.

But, there was a more important question lingering in his mind. If this boy thing was here... How did it survive?

"Hmmmm.... Mmmmmm..."

Aldous wondered out loud. As he peered at the aura of the young panda, he saw purple. To Aldous, purple doesn't mean anything. In fact, he'd never seen a person with a purple aura before. As for what the hell purple actually means, I'm not sure, and Aldous is especially not sure at this point. But it's very intriguing!

"Interesting... VERY INTERESTING!"

He shouted between spurts of laughter, kneeling to a height more akin to its stature. Placing a very large palm gently on top of their head, Aldous presented another query for the youth:

"Your name?"

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somebodyloveme

I CAN BE BEAUTIFUL IF ONLY YOU'D GIVE ME A CHANCE

"Hmmmmm... MMMMMM..." The giant rumbled, and Alastor thought maybe the big man had forgotten his exploits, but apparently not; he merely did not see fit to reply directly. Alastor judged, however, that seeing as this man ostensibly owned a lot of bombs and could blow the little boy and a lot more people into tiny pieces, he had little room to argue.

Still, it did not look as though he was going to blow Alastor up. The boy retreated behind his paws again and began to quiver involuntarily - the man was very close to him, now! - but surely if the terrorist had wanted to hurt or kill him, he would have done it by now? Still, Alastor shied away from the hand a little, before it inevitably came to rest upon his hatted head. The giant fist was strong; Alastor felt as though if its owner had a thought to clench it, his head might be squashed like an egg. Fortunately, there seemed to be no such inclination.

"Your name?" It asked instead, which was vastly preferable to being squashed. "A-... uh... umm..." The kedoin could not quite decide what to say. Oddly enough, people did not ask for his name often. "A-Alastor..." He finally decided upon, his lip trembling.

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← SUNLIGHT DRIPPIN' →

"Alastor!? HUUUUH!?"

What the heck kind of masculine name is Alastor? Out of all the names you could pick for a person that could probably be either gender... Blithering idiots, the lot of them. Needless to say, Aldous was dumbfounded, as well as utterly irked. 

"Siiiigghhhh..."

Aldous took a deep breath, allowing the bulging veins on his temple to recede. He stood up and adjusted his glasses, glancing towards the child, ensuring he hadn't frightened it with his sudden outburst.

Whomever decided on the name for this thing was next on his list of people that need to receive a beating- no. No, it's not worth it. Rather than waste his precious time on a task so nearly meaningless as this ridiculous name, it may just be better to decide on a more fitting title.

Resuming his previously crouched position, Aldous peered at the child. Seemingly looking straight through it, he pondered.

"Hmmmm... Mmmmmmmmmmm"

Genderless names aren't exactly common. Besides that, finding a fitting epithet for such an interesting person was more than close to impossible. He stared at the kid for what seemed like an eternity, running over several names, deciding each to be less acceptable than the last.

"Lilith..."

He mumbled to himself. AH! That's it! The perfect name! Not that a boy would be named Lilith, he preferred to think of the child as a girl anyways. Definitely satisfactory for the most interesting person he'd ever had the pleasure of meeting.

"Your name's Lilith now, kiddo. Also you're a girl, if you didn't know that before."

He stated. It wasn't exactly a proposition, more of a decision. For some reason Aldous didn't feel comfortable enforcing resolutions onto the girl, but this was especially important for their future. Definitely a wonderful one.

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somebodyloveme

I CAN BE BEAUTIFUL IF ONLY YOU'D GIVE ME A CHANCE

THE GIANT SEEMED DISPLEASED with the name, which frightened the little boy. Was he about to receive retribution for his apparent misdeed? The larger figure stood and adjusted his ruby glasses; Alastor realized his teeth were chattering, and he bit down to still his jaw.

The other then leaned in again, as though scrutinizing Alastor on a deeper level. He hummed a meditative hum before a word escaped his mouth...

"Lilith..."

Alastor's lavender eyes widened; his hands came away from his mouth. That word was so... pretty, it was beguiling; astonishing! Alastor ran it over in his head a couple of times, before his tongue moved almost of its own accord to form it. "Lilith..." He breathed in reply, no longer seeing the behemoth that stood before him. The sound was so beautiful. Alastor wanted it all for himself!

"Your name's Lilith now, kiddo."

!!!!

Lilith's mouth opened wide in surprise. "Really, sir?!" He whispered in awe, though he did not think he had been heard. He... he could have such a pretty thing? For himself? His eyes almost seemed to sparkle as he clutched at his mouth, lilac eyes swelling in happiness. He wanted to hug something, but there was little in the way of comfortable or safe things to hug about; Lilith did not think the big man would enjoy being hugged. So, instead, he clutched his own torso and rocked back and forth, spreading the warmth of this wonderful word all throughout his body, assuming the mantle in full!

"Also you're a girl, if you didn't know that before," The giant elaborated. Whoa! Lilith was not sure his little heart could take so much astonishment. Was he really? No... she? It? Am I? No, surely not? Girls always had big breasts, and he didn't have those. Or, well... not all girls did. Was it possible? ...Even if it was not, he liked being called a girl. The warm fuzziness in him swelled.

"Thank you, mister. What's your name?" He responded, simply by way of conversation.

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← SUNLIGHT DRIPPIN' →

"I'm Aldous!"

He responded while standing up to his full height once again. He'd very plainly decided he liked Lilith. He was sure they'd be friends, maybe even best friends. It was made clearly evident that Lilith wasn't actually a child, and the more mysterious, the more interesting in Aldous' eyes!

"I think we were destined to meet, Lilith!"

He continued with an enlarged grin on his face. A fantastic grin that almost seemed to stretch beyond his smile, maybe even past his ears. But, needless to say, a fantastic introduction.

"How'd you like to turn the world upside down with me?"

Yet another query for the girl. But it wasn't an unreasonable one. It's not often that Aldous meets a person that he actually likes, and on such an occasion he finds himself compelled to invite them to join him.

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somebodyloveme

I CAN BE BEAUTIFUL IF ONLY YOU'D GIVE ME A CHANCE

"I'm Aldous!" The giant boasted, almost as though it were a championship title. It was with an amicable tone, however, and Lilith was happy that he had apparently earned the colossus's affection. "I think we were destined to meet, Lilith!" He stated further; Lilith's little mouth gaped in joy. He was beginning to feel the same way, and he was encouraged by the taller figure's wide grin. 

"How'd you like to turn the world upside down with me?"

Lilith blinked. His delight was replaced again by astonishment. Even though he knew the entire time that it was what he wanted, he hesitated a moment, and turned around to view the crater behind him. A crowd had assembled at the rim, gasping still in horror; some had descended into the shallow pit and were extracting other men from the ruins. But many, many eyes were on him or Aldous. They looked frightened.

A warm tingling sensation went up the boy-girl's spine, and he shivered in pleasure, before turning back to Aldous. He smiled with his pallid lips and nodded eagerly. Lilith liked the idea. Behind his airy stares and blithe smiles, there was a hungry animal that was beginning to grow sick of being downtrodden and pushed around near-constantly. At the offer of world conquest, the little book's significance paled. Lilith dropped it to the concrete. "The whole world?" He inquired, making sure.  

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← SUNLIGHT DRIPPIN' →

"AHAHAHAHA! That's right! Every single inch!"

Aldous replied enthusiastically. A daunting task for some, but Aldous remained hardly fearful. In fact, he was excited. But if they wanted to make it on time, they'd need to go now.

Ah! Sudden recollection revealed so Aldous that he was supposed to be on his way to the harbor! Hopefully this introduction didn't consume too much of their time or they'd be late!

"Now, let's go Lilith or we'll be late to the party!"

Aldous exclaimed while turning around and pacing in the direction he'd previously been heading. The harbor yo.

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somebodyloveme

I CAN BE BEAUTIFUL IF ONLY YOU'D GIVE ME A CHANCE

"AHAHAHAHA! That's right! Every single inch!" Confirmed Aldous, and Lilith's smile grew contented; more at ease, ironically. To have found somebody with such ambitious aspirations brought a sense of release. Power. This being that had been known as Azaz'el, Alastor, Cain, Jin and now Lilith - and maybe other things in future, before its lifespan expired or it was finally slain - loved the presence of it. Loved to feed it and watch it prosper; loved, when vulnerable, to be beneath its protective wing. 

"Now, let's go Lilith or we'll be late to the party!" directed the giant, and Lilith nodded eagerly. A breeze blew and turned the pages of the little book over with a rustle and disturbed some of the powdered rubble. It was a little scary, but when Aldous departed, Lilith fell into step at his right side, barely standing at half his height. He had to sort of skip along to keep up with the colossus's much larger strides, but he didn't mind.

"Are you taking a ship to the party, Aldous, sir?" He asked with that same easy expression.

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← AVOVE THE CLOUDS →

"OY! Finish the preparations! If you aren't ready when the Daimyo gets here, it's your ass, not mine!"

Ugh, what a drag... This Vice Admiral was what you or your friends may refer to as a hard-ass. But only the best for the arrival and protection of Daimyo, right? Like anybody was stupid enough to attack a Daimyo WHILE the Marines are protecting them. Sheesh.

These were the thoughts of generally every Marine on board this wonderful Marine vessel, which would be used to transport a Daimyo from this backwater hick port fishing town. It smelled like rotting fish, and to make it worse, there were drunks everywhere. 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!

The entire ship rattled with a concussive force, that coincidentally or not, cut itself just nearly short of the dock. People ragdolled down the streets, and their properties along with them. 

"OY, WHAT WAS THAT? YOU, YOU, AND YOU GO LOOK!"

The Vice Admiral barked between screams of terror and pain. Through the smoke, an imposing figure was.... Laughing? What a bloody lunatic! Did he kill the Daimyo? I suppose it wouldn't matter now, the Marines had already reflexively prepped the ship to sail.

But it was too late, the man was already walking towards them. If he wanted to, he'd probably be on the ship already. They could only stand and watch in horror as the man, and his child stepped down the dock towards them.

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← SUNLIGHT DRIPPIN' →

A pink feather coat. A ridiculously large one, draped on the shoulders of an equally ridiculously large man, much in the fashion of a superhero cape. Although this man is no hero. In fact, if you so much as hinted at his heroistic qualities, you might have a fist impaled through your torso.

But nevertheless, he continued to approach. With each ridiculously large step, the dock buckled and cracked and waned under some sort of invisible force. All around the Marine Vice-Admiral, his men fell one at a time. 

One after another, perfectly adequate Marines fell unconscious. 

Step.

Step.

Step.

Step.

A sort of eerie silence filled the air. The silence that's so piercingly quiet, you could hear the emptiness in your head. Each step further up the gangplank, the ship wailed in agony. Creaking and snapping under some sort of unseen weight.

Step.

He stopped. The silence was worse. Filled by a silent sort of whistling sound, that probably wasn't actually there.

"This is a nice ship you've got here! Ehehehe, why don't you take us with you to Marineford?"

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somebodyloveme

I CAN BE BEAUTIFUL IF ONLY YOU'D GIVE ME A CHANCE

ALDOUS DIDN'T bother answering the question, but the way his grin widened made Lilith optimistic. The boat they were obviously destined for grew closer, and Lilith's head flicked from his companion to the boat to his companion and back again like an eager little mouse. When the congestion of people got too much, Aldous once again shunted them aside with a concussive blow to the earth. Again, panic ensued, panic which Lilith did not quite comprehend, but the chaos lit a fire in his lilac eyes; he bit his lower lip in excitement.

"OY, WHAT WAS THAT? YOU, YOU, AND YOU GO LOOK!" The orders could be heard shouted above the din, and Lilith knew this time that the words were hostile, and they were directed at him - or well, at least towards Aldous, but Lilith was standing really close to him, so...

His hands dropped to his sides, no longer clutched at his jaw. He waltzed along beside the much larger figure of his companion towards the ship and up the gangplank as soldiers dropped around the two of them like ragdolls. Lilith tilted over them with a grin as they sagged over. One of them tilted over into the water below. "Bye bye, mister!" Oh boy, Aldous was so cool! Even Lilith's powers couldn't do anything like this.

It took Lilith a moment to realized Aldous had stopped walking, and he ducked back a couple of steps, hoping he hadn't ruined the scene too much. "This is a nice ship you've got here! Ehehehe, why don't you take us with you to Marineford?" Aldous suggested. Lilith looked towards where everyone else was - at the obvious captain of the vessel - smiled, and nodded encouragingly at him. It sounded like a great idea!

MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GANGNAM STYLE

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somebodyloveme

I CAN BE BEAUTIFUL IF ONLY YOU'D GIVE ME A CHANCE

[EXIT]

MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GANGNAM STYLE

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← SUNLIGHT DRIPPIN' →

When you're killed, I suppose it only makes sense that you die. This particular death was about as unexpected as they come, though. Aldous found himself peering downward towards the state of his midsection. The solar plexus, as some doctors and martial artists may label. 

There seemed to be a hand there. Reaching through the very center of his upper body was a hand engulfed in lava. Smoldering dripping red liquid. 

A brief look over his shoulder revealed a young man, standing not much shorter than him. He wore a black suit and a marine coat and hat. Through the smoke he could see a pair of red eyes. 

But that was it, down he went. The very last thing he heard was something along the lines of;

"You're lucky I got back in time, Vice Macaroni."

-That can't be right...

bleh- [scrap]

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