The Way Forward [Prestige Shinigami Request]
Dec 26, 2016 15:38:58 GMT -5
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Post by Nanami on Dec 26, 2016 15:38:58 GMT -5
Current Base GP: 4800
Prestige Power Ability
Prestige Power Description
Your Story
Before Nanami surrendered her powers and before she joined the Gotei she survived only on her instincts. These instincts gave her the strength to fight, to defend herself. But, the only way the young spirit could make peace with the centuries of her solitude, misery and bloodshed was by finding joy in the slaughter. This need formed the foundation of the Inner Hollow that would later haunt her. This went on for many years until finally she joined the Gotei and her way of life changed. She began to lose the need for the instincts but the fear she'd need the strength it gave her lingered. Time went on and with the peace and growing purpose the Gotei provided her she eventually grew to despise that part of herself. After so long of struggling with those desires she lost faith in her ability to change. Wanting to be free of it eventually drove her to throw away her powers in a vain attempt to defy the Gotei during the Quincy Culling. She hid away on Earth but was unable to move on because she believed that being powerless and living in solitude was the only way to be free.
Reforging her blade allowed her to meet Gamikira whose strength allowed her to see that she could be more. She relied on that strength and used it to carry her forward all the way to the third seat of the Fifth Division. She used that power when Takua forced her to confront what she knew now was her Inner Hollow, and it was that power that helped her overcome it. Only, it wasn't really Nanami's strength. Tokiyo's rebuke of her accomplishment led her to suspect how easy it was to overcome. This led to a confrontation with Gamikira where she learned that Gamikira set up her victory because she knew Nanami wasn't willing to accept her Inner Hollow. She wanted to give Nanami time to see the only option she had was acceptance. Realizing that not even her Zanpakuto Spirit believed led to a falling out. Gamikira refused to give her power to Nanami knowing that she would eventually fall and Nanami refused to do what Gamikira thought necessary to control her Inner Hollow. Nanami shut herself off to her spirit and subsequently the Inner Hollow she thought she had beaten.
Without Gamikira, Nanami's faith faltered but it is in their time separated is when Nanami truly began to embody that good she wanted so desperately to attain. She helped Ginjo find his way, she put Kirito on the path to attaining Bankai, she helped Kasumi become ready for the role of Captain. She learned that her love and compassion were far stronger than her desires to kill and hurt people. This provided the framework for her realization but she did not yet face it.
This led to her meeting with Eve. Eve's reveal that she knew about the Hollow in her soul threw her off. Every bit of doubt and fear about her discovery ignited at once and forced her to finally confront the truth. Nanami could never accept what her Inner Hollow represented, the joy found in suffering was abhorrent, the desire to kill for sport disgusted her. To fall to it was inconceivable, to accept it was anathema. By Eve forcing her to face those two decisions and in her being forced to decide that neither was acceptable her path became immediately clear. She would find the third choice or she would die.
This is the apex of Nanami's journey, everything she's done in her entire life has led her here. Her long sordid past has created a tremendous barrier to prevent her from moving forward. She spent so long being something she hated and desperately sought a way out. But, she was afraid of what she could possibly be without those instincts, afraid of being weak and powerless to hold on to the life she had begun to build for herself. This kind of identity change would be difficult enough for anyone, but for someone who has lived centuries upon centuries with no hope of a change it was nearly insurmountable. The Inner Hollow represents Nanami's past self. Gamikira is a hopeful reflection of who she wishes to be but even it is flawed with her own doubts. Nanami's overreliance on the spirit to change her was holding her back. In short, knowing that she was a crutch led Gamikira to make Nanami rely on her own growing strength.
When Nanami battled her Inner Hollow she lost because she wasn't yet ready to let go. Helpless and buried deep within her soul she was given a moment to reflect on her long journey, to see her life played out before her and to recognize the stark change from beginning to end. Gamikira's fading appearance allows her to confront the spirit for its betrayal and in doing so she puts together the last piece of the puzzle. She accepts Gamikira's apparent lack of faith as her own and accepts that she has truly changed from the monster she feared she was. She accepted that she can be whatever person she wants and embraces the fading remains of her Zanpakuto. She takes with her the light of Gamikira and the aspects of her Spirit that she admired; her mercy and forgiveness, her tempered patience. She uses this light break free of the bonds that held her and rises up.
On the surface of her Inner World she knows that the two paths, rejection, and acceptance cannot work as she has already tried and failed at both. Nanami embraces her own strength by letting go of her fear and accepting that the past is the past. The last light of Gamikira joins with her Inner Hollow and they disintegrate, vanishing formlessly into the depths of Nanami's Inner World. Like a seed, their descent causes the changes of her Inner World to revert, and then change once more. The waters begin to flow with gentle waves, the air around grows rich with the scent of life, the simple tree in the midst is reborn as a massive beautiful towering symbol of growth and life.
Gamikira and her Inner Hollow appear to be little more than a trace of a memory, but Nanami is not alone in her soul. A reborn spirit emerges from behind the massive roots of the tree within her Inner World and Nanami knows her name at once.
Shirazayagami.
The home of a merciful blade. A reflection of the traits Nanami wished to embody and free of the past she now has the freedom to be that idealized self. Together Nanami wields her power and pulls herself from her Inner World to end her battle with Eve and find her new future free of fear.
Facing Truth
[Reconciliation] - Unwritten thread, a solo where Nanami confronts Gamikira. The details above cover it in full, nothing is left out by its omission as it is explored in consequence and its important details explained across the threads listed.
Regaining Lost Strength
Facing Mistakes - Posts after last post are considered AU, the thread was redirected. It's awaiting a final post from my partner but is otherwise done on my end.
Roll The Dice
Left or Right
Turning a New Leaf
Prestige Power Ability
[禁血白聖社] Kingetsu Shiraseija, The Bloodless Sanctuary.
This power is an inversion of her Bankai. An invisible barrier spreads from the moment of the blades release creating an area around Nanami where violence and violent urges are suppressed. Those able to resist the inherently pacifying effect will find that any wounds created by anyone within the field, or delivered to anyone within the field, will be reduced severely. This effect is applied universally.
This power is an inversion of her Bankai. An invisible barrier spreads from the moment of the blades release creating an area around Nanami where violence and violent urges are suppressed. Those able to resist the inherently pacifying effect will find that any wounds created by anyone within the field, or delivered to anyone within the field, will be reduced severely. This effect is applied universally.
Prestige Power Description
Nanami's robes shimmer and from head to toe they shift from the typical black of the Shinigami to a pure white color devoid of any blemish or mark. The air within the invisible boundary becomes pure and rich with the scent of life. Anything of the natural world seems to bloom and brighten and a feeling serenity permeates throughout. Indoor spaces seem to become more immaculate, dust and signs of wear fade and things seem to retain a luster of when they were new.
Those within this field feel any hostile or violent desires lessen. Those susceptible to the power will find it all but impossible to pull a blade from its sheath and if their blade is drawn they will feel a strong desire to sheath it again. This applies to anyone attempting to cast a hostile spell.
Anyone able to resist that compulsion and who manages to fight on will find that once fatal strikes cut shallowly and bleed little. Kingetsu Shiraseija is a place meant to be free of violence, woe to any who try to defy its purpose.
Those within this field feel any hostile or violent desires lessen. Those susceptible to the power will find it all but impossible to pull a blade from its sheath and if their blade is drawn they will feel a strong desire to sheath it again. This applies to anyone attempting to cast a hostile spell.
Anyone able to resist that compulsion and who manages to fight on will find that once fatal strikes cut shallowly and bleed little. Kingetsu Shiraseija is a place meant to be free of violence, woe to any who try to defy its purpose.
Your Story
Before Nanami surrendered her powers and before she joined the Gotei she survived only on her instincts. These instincts gave her the strength to fight, to defend herself. But, the only way the young spirit could make peace with the centuries of her solitude, misery and bloodshed was by finding joy in the slaughter. This need formed the foundation of the Inner Hollow that would later haunt her. This went on for many years until finally she joined the Gotei and her way of life changed. She began to lose the need for the instincts but the fear she'd need the strength it gave her lingered. Time went on and with the peace and growing purpose the Gotei provided her she eventually grew to despise that part of herself. After so long of struggling with those desires she lost faith in her ability to change. Wanting to be free of it eventually drove her to throw away her powers in a vain attempt to defy the Gotei during the Quincy Culling. She hid away on Earth but was unable to move on because she believed that being powerless and living in solitude was the only way to be free.
Reforging her blade allowed her to meet Gamikira whose strength allowed her to see that she could be more. She relied on that strength and used it to carry her forward all the way to the third seat of the Fifth Division. She used that power when Takua forced her to confront what she knew now was her Inner Hollow, and it was that power that helped her overcome it. Only, it wasn't really Nanami's strength. Tokiyo's rebuke of her accomplishment led her to suspect how easy it was to overcome. This led to a confrontation with Gamikira where she learned that Gamikira set up her victory because she knew Nanami wasn't willing to accept her Inner Hollow. She wanted to give Nanami time to see the only option she had was acceptance. Realizing that not even her Zanpakuto Spirit believed led to a falling out. Gamikira refused to give her power to Nanami knowing that she would eventually fall and Nanami refused to do what Gamikira thought necessary to control her Inner Hollow. Nanami shut herself off to her spirit and subsequently the Inner Hollow she thought she had beaten.
Without Gamikira, Nanami's faith faltered but it is in their time separated is when Nanami truly began to embody that good she wanted so desperately to attain. She helped Ginjo find his way, she put Kirito on the path to attaining Bankai, she helped Kasumi become ready for the role of Captain. She learned that her love and compassion were far stronger than her desires to kill and hurt people. This provided the framework for her realization but she did not yet face it.
This led to her meeting with Eve. Eve's reveal that she knew about the Hollow in her soul threw her off. Every bit of doubt and fear about her discovery ignited at once and forced her to finally confront the truth. Nanami could never accept what her Inner Hollow represented, the joy found in suffering was abhorrent, the desire to kill for sport disgusted her. To fall to it was inconceivable, to accept it was anathema. By Eve forcing her to face those two decisions and in her being forced to decide that neither was acceptable her path became immediately clear. She would find the third choice or she would die.
This is the apex of Nanami's journey, everything she's done in her entire life has led her here. Her long sordid past has created a tremendous barrier to prevent her from moving forward. She spent so long being something she hated and desperately sought a way out. But, she was afraid of what she could possibly be without those instincts, afraid of being weak and powerless to hold on to the life she had begun to build for herself. This kind of identity change would be difficult enough for anyone, but for someone who has lived centuries upon centuries with no hope of a change it was nearly insurmountable. The Inner Hollow represents Nanami's past self. Gamikira is a hopeful reflection of who she wishes to be but even it is flawed with her own doubts. Nanami's overreliance on the spirit to change her was holding her back. In short, knowing that she was a crutch led Gamikira to make Nanami rely on her own growing strength.
When Nanami battled her Inner Hollow she lost because she wasn't yet ready to let go. Helpless and buried deep within her soul she was given a moment to reflect on her long journey, to see her life played out before her and to recognize the stark change from beginning to end. Gamikira's fading appearance allows her to confront the spirit for its betrayal and in doing so she puts together the last piece of the puzzle. She accepts Gamikira's apparent lack of faith as her own and accepts that she has truly changed from the monster she feared she was. She accepted that she can be whatever person she wants and embraces the fading remains of her Zanpakuto. She takes with her the light of Gamikira and the aspects of her Spirit that she admired; her mercy and forgiveness, her tempered patience. She uses this light break free of the bonds that held her and rises up.
On the surface of her Inner World she knows that the two paths, rejection, and acceptance cannot work as she has already tried and failed at both. Nanami embraces her own strength by letting go of her fear and accepting that the past is the past. The last light of Gamikira joins with her Inner Hollow and they disintegrate, vanishing formlessly into the depths of Nanami's Inner World. Like a seed, their descent causes the changes of her Inner World to revert, and then change once more. The waters begin to flow with gentle waves, the air around grows rich with the scent of life, the simple tree in the midst is reborn as a massive beautiful towering symbol of growth and life.
Gamikira and her Inner Hollow appear to be little more than a trace of a memory, but Nanami is not alone in her soul. A reborn spirit emerges from behind the massive roots of the tree within her Inner World and Nanami knows her name at once.
Shirazayagami.
The home of a merciful blade. A reflection of the traits Nanami wished to embody and free of the past she now has the freedom to be that idealized self. Together Nanami wields her power and pulls herself from her Inner World to end her battle with Eve and find her new future free of fear.
Facing Truth
[Reconciliation] - Unwritten thread, a solo where Nanami confronts Gamikira. The details above cover it in full, nothing is left out by its omission as it is explored in consequence and its important details explained across the threads listed.
Regaining Lost Strength
Facing Mistakes - Posts after last post are considered AU, the thread was redirected. It's awaiting a final post from my partner but is otherwise done on my end.
Roll The Dice
Left or Right
Turning a New Leaf
