Teeth [Closed/Cazador]

Cazador had moved towards the outer walls of Los Noches in search of hollows to feed upon, he had found a few base and a gillian. Quickly consumed by the self claimed king, he was still healing from his encounter with Octavia, he wouldn't let that arrancar get away with that next time, but it did serve a purpose in proving he did have far to grow. He thought back to the moment he had used that strange new cero, how had he preformed it? All his attempts since then have been met with no success, his cero had grown stronger from eating the shinigami he was sure of it. Her skill in hado gifting him with a increased skill in the use of destructive magic even if it was limited to his cero and bala. He let out a huff of air in frustration. His thoughts clearer for the moment while his hunger had been filled for the moment, yet it always returned and it was doing so faster and faster with each meal, and growing larger. It took more then base hollows to fill him these days now he needed meals of real power like shinigami and gillians.



He continued to wander in search of prey, he reached out with his spiritual senses and suddenly he detected another hollow within this place. He closed his eyes and reached out further trying to get a better grasp on this beings reiatsu, he sensed real strength to this creature and decided it was a choice opportunity for a real meal and perhaps to try and figure out how to preform the grand rey cero again.Taking off as fast as his injured leg allowed him to rush towards the reiatsu he sensed, he had found a few shortcuts in his time in Los Noches and found a place out in the open sunlit sands. Using his reiryoku to create a platform under his feet as he slowly ascended into the sky above the crumbled wall, he waited there for the hollow to come through the gap in the wall. He wanted to read and judge this one before attacking. He had failed to take that arrancar's power into thought before attacking her and it ended in defeat for him, so now he took the time to judge his enemy before attacking.

WC 391

Desiderata saw the being even before she sensed him, a large black beast streaking up into the sky. Hard to miss against the white backdrop of rubble and sand. She paused as he ascended, and then slowly finished getting herself over the rubble, her movements more careful as she kept one eye on where she was putting her feet, and gave the rest of her focus over to watching the being. She realized after a few moments that not only had she seen him, but he had seen her. Or sensed her. Her senses weren't strong on their own, and she rarely focused long enough to extend her ability. Instead she relied on her eyes to hunt, and only used her senses after she knew someone was nearby. To try and see how tasty they'd be, mostly. The more spirit, the better she felt after consuming them.

Once she was standing on a spot clear of uneven rubble, she turned her face up to fully face him. They studied each other. Desiderata had not truly met another beast on the surface yet. Sometimes she caught something coming up from the forest behind her, but never a situation like the one she currently found herself in. She tilted her head, pondering. To try and eat the thing in the sky, or no? She recognized his form as what she'd been previously, not long ago. Before she'd evolved, when she'd had to fight other souls to wear her mask on the being they'd occupied. She still heard the voices of the souls, but she could control them more easily now. The hunger stayed, but the voices didn't threaten to drown her. It seemed the being in the sky was in that position now. A very distinct mask dominated the front. He would evolve soon. If she didn't eat him first. 

Was she hungry? That wasn't a good question. Desi was always hungry. But lately she was trying not to eat everything in sight. Because then there was nothing left but empty landscape to entertain her, and landscapes weren't very amusing. She needed to rephrase the question: Would she eat this being? Her hunger wasn't demanding right now, but what if she didn't find anything else to eat later, as she'd worried about before? She hesitated, maintaining her position. The being had noticed her first, after all. She'd leave it up to him to make the first move. Then she'd decide. 

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