Baby Steps

[Miranda Frost]

Seraph blinked and was about to reply when screaming could be heard from inside the tent. It totally ruined his metaphorical train of thought and proved to be an effective destraction from his conversation. He stuttered a little and then stood up straight and scratched his mask in contemplation, trying to grasp the topic at hand. "Eh... so...healing huh?... err... Yes! I remember now Hades.... This Hades is Hell correct, and you were created in Hell?", he asked sitting a good five feet in front of her, crossing his legs together as if listening to a good story. He had so many questions, so little time.

"and... and.. how are there penguins in hell? Does this mean there isss snow falling in Hell? Also you mentioned a sister, DesX. Is she as a adorable as you?", he fired out his questions one by one quickly. The healing process in that tent seemed to finish up, meaning he didn't have much time to finish any questions he may have.

[Schwi Dola]

This new guy suddenly took an interest in Desco and her origins. Desco liked it when the focus was on herself, so she responded though she blushed a little when Seraph said Desco was adorable. "Desco supposes Hades is Hell. Because Hades is the first place criminal human on Earth go to when they die." Desco wasn't aware, but Hell in Seraph's world was almost completely isolated from the politics of the human world and Soul Society and very few actually knew about Hell. Probably why Seraph was interested in the topic.

"But Hades isn't a uniform place like most humans think. There are plenty of different spots in Hades, including cold places where it snows! Desco wasn't created in Hell, Desco was made on Earth by daddy. DesX looks just like Desco except she is a different color because she is a different version!" Desco tended to blur some video game cliches with reality, though in this case her father probably did it on purpose. Just as Desco's appearance resembled Fuka enough to be her sister. Minus the red eyes, horns, yellow eyes all over her body, and pointed ears. "But Big Sis looks different than Desco because she's older and human."

[Guu]

"They aren't penguins by the way. They are Prinnies."

Guu was suddenly standing beside the two of them.

"Souls of bad people put in weak bodies for penance or whatever. That's what the one i ran into earlier told me anyways." She stated. "I'm done patching up the Soul Reaper. I'll be over by the fountain surfing the Dataverse if you need me."

And she walks off, seating herself by the water, pulling a dataverse device out of her stomach.

[Miranda Frost]

Hell, Hades. The two names rang in his ear, lingering for a few moments after being spoken. He knew nothing of the two except through human legends, stories, and prophecy, but it wasn't enough to quench his interest. Truly though, he really wanted to know about these places because it was one of two places he'd go if he were to return home. He knew not of his past life or lives, so there was no way to know if he'd be tormented in Hell or spend his days in piece in the Soul Society. He sure hoped for the latter, he knew too much of pain already to have an eternity of it.

Though this Hades that Desco described didn't sound so bad. Besides being infested with a bunch of penguins, it sounded less severe than the Hell he'd heard about, or maybe she was just numb to it all. But by the way she described her sister, it seemed that the two were the same, just different versions and makes of each other. Maybe Desco was created with DesX in mind or vice versa? It was interesting, perhaps he could create a little clone of himself to talk to.

Right as he was about to reply the strange child appeared, causing Seraph to jump in surprise. "DONT DO THAT YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK GAAHH!!", he responded before coughing and rubbing his hollow hole, located on his throat. He took a deep breath and composed himself. "eh.. sorry about that. Not often I'm allow outbursts like that back at home. Its a quick way to gain unwanted attention."

[Schwi Dola]

Desco looked at Seraph curiously and leaned forward. "Really? Where are you from?" In Hades outbursts, egos clashing, and overall rowdiness were the order of the day. Demons fought and talked and interacted in chaotic ways that made random outbursts fairly normal though the conflicting personalities made every outburst questioned by others. Desco didn't think in that much detail but felt that it was an odd statement.

[Miranda Frost]

Seraph stopped to think before sitting down on the blank, featureless ground. Where was he from originally. His curious mind was driven to find this out, to find his true personality. Throughout his time as hollow and arrancar from what he could remember, he was composed of a numerous, nearly uncountable amount of fragmented souls he had once devoured. He knew within this ocean of lost identities was his own, but he had no idea how to identify it. He had half-way accepted the fate of never knowing exactly who he was and began a new life as an arrancar. He had shifted his curious mind to other subjects, though his true desire would never leave. The espada stood again and shook his head. "My true origin is not known to me, but resides in the world of the living, on a planet humans call Earth. Somewhere along the line I had died and became attached to something in that world, causing my soul to stay and not pass on".

Seraph scratched the chin of his mask in thought before continuing. "My soul self ate itself away, and thus I became a hollow. From what legend tells of me, I stalked the battlefields of many important battles in human history, but I became stuck in a cold land named Russia, and fed myself the souls of Napoleon's dead troops. eventually I made my way to japan, and found a way to remove my mask, giving me a more human appearance."

He turned to desco and gestured lightly at her, before resting his arm. "If you refer to the residence I was referring to, then I was talking about Los Nachos...no.... Los Noches, an Arrancar Fortress. My kind are generally a little more brutal than I."

[Cloud Strife]

Nyeseth had thought a similar thing, Arrancar were generally more bloodthirsty and brutal than Seraph had shown himself to be, so it raised a couple of questions in Nyeseth’s head. Either Seraph was so powerful that he was able to stay calm and collected, selecting to hate or kill only what he wanted, or Seraph had some form of unspoken motive. Nyeseth wasn’t sure of wither of these scenarios, it could be one or both, the latter scenario was something that made Nyeseth weary of this Arrancar. Normally he would kill on sight, or alert his captain and then take them down, but since the laws of this world are different than his own, it could mean that this Arrancar may not be a threat.

‘That’s right, Arrancar are generally more brutal and fierce, that’s not to say that you aren’t, but you haven’t shown any brutality towards us… yet.’ Nyeseth interjected as he walked towards them from Guu’s shack of hell, a name that he had come up with while in there. He walked with his left hand resting on the handle of his Katana, his clothes, somehow repaired and his injuries healed or almost fully healed, it was as if he was almost ‘as good as new’.
‘Arrancar are generally just spiteful beings that kill on sight, from my experience, the fact that you didn’t, means that you’re different. I’ve heard rumours of friendly Arrancar, but no personal experience to back it up… We will see about you.’ Nyeseth explained as he walked towards Desco, watching Seraph as he did so.
‘Oh and I saw the way you looked at me when you first arrived, looking for a seated patch. Don’t underestimate me, I was offered the seat of Vice Captain but turned it down, too much responsibility.’ Nyeseth added as he turned his attention to Desco.

Nyeseth knelt down as to see eye to eye with Desco. He gave a smile and then patted her on the head.
‘Hey, thanks for the help back there Desco, I don’t know what would've happened if you hadn’t come back.’ Nyeseth smiled as he thanked Desco, and it was true, if she hadn’t returned he probably would have lost against the other two, and who knows where he’d be if that had happened.
‘So, any idea of where you’d like to go now?’ Nyeseth asked as he looked around at the Gates that dotted the horizon.

[Guu]

While the group was focused on Nyeseth, Guu suddenly appeared between him and Seraph. She looks up at Nyeseth.

"Do I not get a pat on the head?"

[Cloud Strife]

Nyeseth, startled at Guu's return, looks down at her, a primal instinct within in him told him to run, but instead he looked at the little girl and tried to smile.

'D-Did you want a pat on the head?' Nyeseth gulped as he slowly turned his head to look at her, a single bead of sweat fell from his forehead, down the left side of his face and off of his chin.

[Guu]

Guu starts rubbing against Nyeseth like a cat, while purring loudly. Nyeseth, quivering like crazy, lands a hand atop Guu's head. She immediately bites his hand. It didn't hurt considering she didn't have any teeth, but it was still weird. In a panic, he shakes his arm like crazy, flinging her into Seraph.

Getting on her feet on top of a toppled over Seraph, points in a random direction.

"We should go that way!"

[Schwi Dola]

That was an odd thing, but it was something Desco only shared with her little sister and siblings it sparked some interest. In all of Earth there was only one place where demons were being manufactured and Desco was one of the products of that venture. That this venture also ended up as the foothold a certain human used for his own gains only to be defeated in part by Desco, and again defeated when he become the embodiment of God's Will as Fear The Great made Desco's existence ironic from the point of view of the guy that funded her creation. "Desco was created in Japan! Did you visit Tokyo?" Naturally, like all things in Japan that lead to the inevitable destruction and conquest of the world start in Toyko somehow as Desco was created for to help Genjuro's biological daughter.

Desco had never heard of this Los Noches but she assumed it was another Netherworld. Which she would be right about had the world been formed in her native universe though the unique circumstances of Hollow formation would probably have linked them to a parallel Earth separate from what Hades was connected to. But before she got an answer she was sidetracked, or rather re-railed, back onto the topic of what to do right now. Desco looked out at the gates in the distance, they seemed interesting enough so she pointed to one at random. "Can we go and see what that is? It's probably a portal Daddy talked about!" Desco thought about a Dimensional Guide being close to the portal somewhere, it was all too natural in the Netherworlds. Talk to a Dimensional Guide and get teleported to other places, but it wouldn't be Meaver who guided in Hades. "Is the Dimensional Guide close to it, or here in the center?"

[Cloud Strife]

Nyeseth shook his hand in an attempt to rid his hand of the saliva left by Guu. Nyeseth cringed as he looked at his hand, it felt unnatural, Guu’s mouth had no teeth, and a lot of saliva. He didn’t know whether she wanted him dead or just wanted to torture him. He sighed as he rubbed his hand down his shihakusho and returned to his usual idle position with his left hand resting on the handle of his Zanpakuto.

Desco and Guu had both pointed to the same gate, which made him slightly worried as it had been the same gate he had just come from. That stupid forest, home of muscly green men, and dinosaurs that had tried to eat him. Of course, in his own world, he would have simply passed through them, like a ghost. But here in this world, he was a physical entity for everything to see and touch.

‘Do you guys really want to go there?’ Nyeseth sighed as he looked towards the gate, remembering how he’d just made it out before the forest had consumed him. Guu turned to look at him, he cold, emotionless face sent a chill down his spine.
‘Fine! Fine… we’ll go…’ Nyeseth said quickly, as to avoid any more harassment from Guu.

‘Oh uh… Seraph, are you coming? Because if you are, you better be on your best behaviour... Or I will put you down.’ Nyeseth added as he picked Desco up and put her on his shoulders and began to head towards the gate.

His threat had sounded a bit harsh, but he had to be. Seraph was an Arrancar and although he hadn’t shown any evil intentions, he could be a threat. Nyeseth just couldn’t trust him right now. Neku had attacked simply because of him being a Soul Reaper, and if someone who doesn’t even know what a Soul reaper is could be so aggressive, then an Arrancar was certainly capable of the same actions as well. He had to be careful.

[Guu]

As Nyeseth took his first steps towards the gate, he felt something shimmying up his body. A chill came down his spine as it felt like it slithered up his back. Hairs raised on his neck as he felt the noodle like arm grasp his shoulder. He didn't dare look over, for fear to see those eyes up close again.
Guu climbed passed Nyeseth and onto Desco; sitting herself perfectly balanced on top of her head. The added weight nearly caused Nyeseth to fall on his back, but remembering what else he'd be dropping he quickly regained his posture. A bit wobbly, he continued to walk forward, trying to pretend that didn't just happen.

[Schwi Dola]

Desco wasn't sure what he was doing when he grabbed her, emitting a little confused oh, but once she was sitting on his shoulder she giggled and held out her arms to appear as an airplane."Yea, let's go!" But before they got anywhere Guu climbed up there with her. Desco had no problems with this, but Nyeseth was having trouble with the oddly balanced load throwing him off. She didn't know what game Nyeseth was doing, but she laughed nonetheless, happy to be doing whatever. "Yay! Seraph should pick us up next! Just like in the Item World!"

[Guu]

As Guu was typing out a blog post on her Dataverse device, she slipped off Desco head, tumbling forward in front of Nyeseth, falling flat on her face. Her body was stiff as a board in a 90 degree angle with her face keeping her up right. The image is reminiscent of a lawn dart sticking up out of the ground. After a few seconds of silence for imaginary laugh track, her lower half stretches into the air to sit back down on top of Desco's head. The upper half of her body soon follows. Despite her face being a little red, she looked exactly the same as before. She acted as if nothing had happened.

"Onward!" She said in a bored imitation of a yell as she points forward.