Kimiko Sakurai; 11th Squad Captain

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A set of gauntlets worn upon the Captain’s arms, covering her wrists, forearms and hands with the light but strong material, a sign of her fondness for hand to hand combat. Each gauntlet wraps entirely around her arm up to her elbow, leaving her free to block and fight using the entirety of her forearms and hands. The gauntlet is secured to her hand through the glove-like interior of the gauntlet and several straps to tighten the grip. The exterior layer is made up of strong but light materials, crafted for vicious appearance with spiraling engravings covering any bare surface.

The fingers are made up of three parts, one which covers the tip of the finger with a wicked claw which extends an inch past her tips, their curvature allowing easy grasping of flesh. The knuckles of the fingers are the highest sitting layer on the fingers to allow for easy flexibility while giving hefty weight to punches. Finally a last piece stretches between knuckles as protection more than damage. Along the length of the fingers extend various spikes and hooks for a more devastating effect in close combat. On the back side of her hand is a long curved plate acting as armor while helping to hold the ensemble together.

The rest of the gauntlet stretches from the wrist to her elbows, covering the majority of it with thick plates for protection and added weight for strikes made. The material is of the same strength as the rest of the gauntlet, but a little thicker and heavier due to the lack of movement and required flexibility. Interlocking plates surround the arm from top to bottom, and back again, leaving very little flesh exposed for attack.
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Greaves

Four Tanto

Katana

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ZANPAKUTO:

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[/b] (戦争, War)
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An assumed man of great physical physique, although his sex is really unknown with the assumption based on a voice cast from the depths of a black shadowed hood. Standing at 7 feet tall, with a wingspan of three meters, the man is intimidating from first sight. His body gives a constant and unexplainable white-gold aura which pulsates from his body in quick succession. The wings are light grey, connecting to his body near the spine at either side, just inside his shoulder blades.

The armor upon his shoulders and cast around his entire body is pure gold, only a few fabrics and his wings are otherwise. Short tabs of cyan material border hands from his shoulder pads and around his waist a long skirt of pure white fabric with a golden and cyan embroidering at the edges hangs. The skirt reaches down to his ankles, shorter at the front however which only reaches to his knees. Starting at the nape of his would be neck and covering his entire head is a white hood, the opening at the front a pure gold border, underneath a black and gold helmet which peaks through at the cheeks and top of the head. The helmet has a large opening at the front, but only shadows and darkness can be seen inside as the invisible figures dons his armor and weapons.

The entirety of his weapons and armor are made from pure gold, though wielded as though paper in his hands. Each piece fabricated perfectly with no flaws and exquisite detail. The armor consists of a set of greaves, gauntlets, chest-piece and shoulder pads. The chest piece is rather large, covering the entire upper body. The armor also extends lower, covering the waist with separate bands, while around the neck the armor expands higher to guard against different angles while giving it a rather unique look.

Sensō wields multiple weapons, all depending on his purpose. None of which are kept upon his body when not in use, he holds a unique ability to summon his weapons to his at will with a small incantation, their shape appearing to him in a golden glow where his hands are. One of which is a long sword, the majority of the blade made of dark gold but with a rounded encompassing guard. The blade itself is engraved him top to guard with searing white letters which flicker. The entire blade is surrounded by golden-white flames. The other is a long spear, made from the same dark gold. The spear has a long vine like pattern down its shaft.

The large angelic being is rather strict in his teachings and nature, though not religiously. His whole mindset is faceted around war, the entirety of his being appears to be the focus of such, thus his aggressive and eccentric armor and weaponry. His skills in such is also extremely high, his ability to wield his weapons easy surpasses most, along with his ability to instantly summon and remove any of his weapons. The man lives and breathes for combat and it’s pleasures.

Though often on his mind, he can be a sympathetic and generous being, his strict nature often making him feel guilty. Though he believes Kimiko to be capable of great skill, he questions his assumption at times due to her soft and kind nature, although proven wrong on any occasion they fight. He is also extremely perceptive and adaptive, knowing that Kimiko is capable of shifting weapons as quickly as he, he often matches her in speed of her transitions from one to the other. His powerful and odd voice booming from the shadows within.

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The inner world for Senso is massive compared to some Zanpakuto, having extended over miles and miles of overridden cityscape which now thrives under wildlife. Once a city bustling with activity of over a million patrons, all going through their daily schedule to survive the torrent of time and come out happy, but now just a wasteland to nature. The streets deserted and now ruins amongst the mold, grass and trees which intertwine through the artificial structures. Tall buildings towering through the horizon and blocking the low constant orange sunset from highlighting all the beautiful features that remain, each showing years and years of wear and decay.

City outskirts come into contact with an overgrown forest, the same one responsible for retaking the city from the grasp of the humans, which again extends miles into the distance. Creatures of all sorts live and commune in the forest rather than the city, more for security than any other reason despite the lack of any and all human life in the world. Birds freely soar across the skies chirping to each other and finding useful nests in the tall trees. While on the ground a few dangerous predators lurk about for stray food that could become an easy dinner.

A few prime locations amongst the ruined city have come to Kimiko’s attention, the first being a temple on the eastern coast of the harbor, the second a chapel in the busier streets of the city itself. Although despite their popularity with the girl, walking the streets and finding the silence puts her at ease. Even some of the smaller hidden treasures amongst the city itself are beautiful, rusted buildings standing shoulder to shoulder with painted walls bringing them to life while a distinct light green grass and moss grows in the shadows before coming into the light. The contrast between nature and artificial is beyond intriguing, it is downright awe inspiring.

Temple Courtyard
Along the eastern coast of the city is one gem which has forever been engraved into the mind of Kimiko, an old temple run by some organization. The building stands 4 stories tall with another level underground, beautiful Middle Eastern influenced architecture make the whole building a pleasure to look at. The whole back of the building, facing out to the ocean, has balcony’s which are faced to take in the full strength of the sunset. Once painted a pale red, but now faded and worn to an orange in some locations, the building still takes on a mysterious vibe. Once again the overgrown nature having run throughout every part of the building brings a new level of life to the structure, plans growing inside and outside which flourish with color. Great vines run through the basement and parts of the upper levels while the grounds around it are covered in tall plants.

Chapel
Once again Middle Eastern influences show through on the building’s architecture, ornamental paintings strewn into the walls surrounding the interior of the building while the outside has worn away greatly. The whole interior of the building is open, a few narrow doorways being the only real restrictions. The biggest room sits at the back, although unsure of its purpose originally, the room is now used as a meditation zone for the Visored. The majority of the floor lay half a level lower, and instead a large pool of water rests gently in the sun, the roof decayed enough that sunlight is able to pierce through broken beams of wood. Large windows surrounding the entire upper level also help to guide sunlight into the warm room. Surrounding the pool of water is a pathway which connects the surrounding rooms to it, but up high sits a bright blue wall with several window openings higher and two doorways lower but still at the second floor, accessible from a staircase hidden in the adjoining walking.
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SHIKAI:

release command:

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Name: Boomboom
Type: Offensive
Cooldown: Four posts
Cost: Medium
Range: Long
Description: One of the more powerful techniques in her reservoir, the ability itself a more powerful version of her basic ranged attacks. She starts by collecting a large pocket of reiatsu around her gauntlet, using far more than she does for her basic attack, before taking aim and launching the large attack into the distance. She can either wait for the attack to collide with something and explode, or she can remotely detonate the attack. The main difference between this and the other is that this can only be used once before requiring a cooldown and that this attack creates a very large explosion with a thirty-five meter radius.

For: Shikai
Name: Protectythingy
Type: Defensive
Cooldown: Three posts
Cost: Medium
Range: Short
Description: Despite the love for close combat and a reckless abandon to get all close to smash faces, Kimiko has developed a technique to use as a defense. The technique utilizes the reiatsu pockets that she is capable of creating and manipulating to create a living shield which surrounds her to protect against all manner of attacks. The shield itself is living under the control of her Zanpakuto and can be manipulated to focus on one area in attempt to block an attack. When the shield is struck, pockets explode to nullify the damage coming at her as a counter, however the explosions won’t hurt her. The shield is capable of blocking three attacks before dissipating and going on cooldown. If three attacks aren’t blocked in two posts, then the shield dissipates anyway. If the opponents Hak is greater than her Sei, then the shield is broken through.

For: Shikai
Name: Pewpew
Type: Offensive
Cooldown: One post
Cost: Low
Range: Medium
Description: With Zanpakuto turned to its released form of gauntlets and greaves, Kimiko’s abilities become extremely close range. With the majority of her fighting being up close it becomes increasingly more difficult to inflict damage on anyone too worried about copping a fist to the face, leaving her to come up with a solution which provides insurances against such. Her abilities being related around the creation and manipulation of pockets of reiatsu with explosive properties, with a little tweaking and twisting she has managed to produce a ranged attack. The attack consists of collecting reiatsu around her gauntlet, with some aiming and a swift punch she can send a small pocket of reiatsu flying into the distance until it either collides with something and explodes, or travels over fifty meters and dissipates. The attack travels as fast as a bala and travels in a straight line, however it’s limited to two strikes overall from either gauntlet or greave in one post before going on cooldown.

For: Shikai
Name: Bambam
Type: Offensive
Cooldown: One post
Cost: Low
Range: Short
Description: One of the more deceptive attacks of Kimiko’s arsenal. Hidden in her usual assault of punches and kicks is one devastating attack that is extremely hard to notice. While released and in the form of gauntlets and greaves, Kimiko utilizes her reiatsu manipulation to create a pocket of explosive energy around her gauntlets or greaves. The process is short and sweet, causing up to two strikes from her gauntlets or greaves to produce a piercing explosive effect when it makes contact with anything. Causing her close combat to become even more deadly with the skill she possess with her weapons.
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BANKAI:

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Sensō no kami (戦争の神, God of War)
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[/b] Bankai
Name: Pewpew
Type: Offensive
Cooldown: One post
Cost: Low
Range: Medium
Description: With Zanpakuto turned to its released form of gauntlets and greaves, Kimiko’s abilities become extremely close range. With the majority of her fighting being up close it becomes increasingly more difficult to inflict damage on anyone too worried about copping a fist to the face, leaving her to come up with a solution which provides insurances against such. Her abilities being related around the creation and manipulation of pockets of reiatsu with explosive properties, with a little tweaking and twisting she has managed to produce a ranged attack. The attack consists of collecting reiatsu around her gauntlet, with some aiming and a swift punch she can send a small pocket of reiatsu flying into the distance until it either collides with something and explodes, or travels one hundred and fifty meters and dissipates. The attack travels twice as fast as a bala and travels in a straight line, however it’s limited to two strikes overall from either gauntlet or greave in one post before going on cooldown.

For: Bankai
Name: Bambam
Type: Offensive
Cooldown: One post
Cost: Low
Range: Short
Description: One of the more deceptive attacks of Kimiko’s arsenal. Hidden in her usual assault of punches and kicks is one devastating attack that is extremely hard to notice. While released and in the form of gauntlets and greaves, Kimiko utilizes her reiatsu manipulation to create a pocket of explosive energy around her gauntlets or greaves. The process is short and sweet, causing up to two strikes from her gauntlets or greaves to produce a piercing explosive effect when it makes contact with anything. Causing her close combat to become even more deadly with the skill she possess with her weapons. [/ul][/blockquote]

INNER HOLLOW:

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Kimiko’s hollow mask is a brutal devilish looking figure. Matching the shape her face perfectly, but with a few protrusions there is little to give away her identity after it is donned. The mask itself isn’t based specifically on anything, but more just a combination of devilish features which come to resemble the demon inside of the woman that she would rather keep down. The majority of the mask is a bright white with black outline for most of the features and only a few parts of the mask break this exception being cast in a shadow black to create a violent contrast. The mask itself doesn’t just slit flush on the front of her face, from the cheek upwards it starts to encompass the rest of the head, the very tip of it reaching near the back of her skull, leaving only golden locks to flow from behind, although tied back into a pony tail anytime the mask is worn.

The eyes of the mask are horribly angled into an aggressive portrayal while narrow and vicious in appearance, leaving only golden pupils and black eyes to rest behind once worn. The eyes are framed above by just as steep black lined eyebrow ridges, which extend their coloring to other parts of the mask, but help to give the eyes an aggressive look. The nose is thin but long, and skull like in shape, reaching from the lip up to her forehead. At the bottom of the mask is a three pronged chin, two colored black while the middle remains white, the tip curving outwards away from the face slightly to create a horn like appearance.

Starting at the tip of the black pointed chins are two sharp teeth, their beginning at the tip and reaching up to the rest of the mouth. The mask itself looks like it could split in two, the chin and bottom set of teeth separate to the top set of teeth and upwards. Nothing connects the bottom chin to the rest of the mask save the wide set of gruesome grinning teeth. Each tooth is carefully sculpted to give the most sinister and wicked look possible for its location, each ending in a sharp razor tip instead of rounding out as normal teeth do. Starting from the center outwards, the set of teeth connecting the chin to the rest slowly curls up into a grin, the bottom jaw stopping while the top has a few teeth without equal opposites on the lower set.

Prominent cheekbones set themselves apart white in colour with wicked black shadows covering just below to fill the mask in a little. The cheekbone section of the mask is slightly pointy outwards, but stretches out and up to the top of the ears, even going so far as to curve around the head and cover the sides and her ears with the mask itself. The top of the cheekbone structure ends in a little hook, which then connects to the eye ridges which stretch from the nose, above the eyes over and to the very edge of the mask. The eye ridge creates a dark shadow at the edges of the eyes but more importantly curves over the top of her head to the middle of her skull, where it once again hooks off before curving back into the top of the skull.

The top of the mask finishes off just at the apex at the back of her skull, leaving the nap of her neck and the back of her skull vacant of its extended reach. Almost like a devil’s horns, the top of the mask curls up into little hooks, the inside of each black to create a greater contrast just before it comes to an end. The black markings on the mask are all straight with sharp corners if required to change direction. Overall the mask has a very menacing and evil look, only made worse when worn by black iris and golden pupils which shine through to peer at any it opposes.
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