Post by Niccolò Vespucci on Feb 3, 2014 2:55:05 GMT -5
They say it all breaks down to keeping your feet on the ground
My sole intention is keeping my head in the clouds
They say that I can't last a day in the real world
I say you wouldn't survive one night in mine
The Novena Espada stalked the sands of Hueco Mundo, his feet dragging him along the white dunes at supersonic speeds, the sound of static puncturing the eternally silent night. This was an unknown area to Nico, an expanse of sand within the borders of what used to be Hohlreich territory, which he had never got to explore before, hence his decision to utilise his Sonido rather than teleporting around. If he teleported, he tended to miss things as he simply skipped over them, while if he used his stepping techniques he was able to survey the land as he went. He wasn’t on the hunt for anything in particular, and while he had felt the presence of a few powerful Hollows in this area, none were of the level that Luucio requested.
He felt a few stir in caverns far below the surface of this world, these slumbering giants awakening as Nico passed them by. It was incredibly common for Nico to sense powerful presences below the sand, not all Hollows enjoyed the constant battle for survival that took part on the surface, those who were strong enough to keep to themselves generally did. It was the weak that fought upon the surface, trying to devour and gain enough strength so they would not need to fight again. It was an odd notion, but something Nico understood, he himself had grown weary of the constant struggles with the Hohlreich, and he assumed it would be no different for these beasts under Luucio’s reign. The Novena didn’t particularly give a shit about them though; as long as they stood out of his way he wouldn’t have to cut them down.
One of the many advantages to teleportation over using his Sonido though, save the obvious applications in battle, was the fact that he could smoke on the go. When you teleport you don’t physically move, thus there is no air resistance to extinguish your cigarette or rip it from your lips. He stopped upon a particularly high ridge of quartz, gazing upon the barren world below him, lighting a cigarette and inhaling. He had felt the presence of an Arrancar, one rivalling his own spiritual power, for a while now. He hadn’t gone out of his way to get close to him; it was mere coincidence that lead him to stop at this particular moment. Nico was intrigued that Luucio didn’t already have an Arrancar such as the one before him in his employ. Nico would have a little fun with this one, if there were no consequences. He spoke in a patronising tone, talking down upon the Arrancar. It was oddly symbolic of the physical positioning of the pair, Nico sat upon a ridge far above the Arrancar, and Nico’s role in the Espada versus this outcast.
“So close to the Godking’s territory! Do you not fear Luucio?”