Red Rover [ Closed | Ai ]

"Okay," she agreed, looking anywhere but at Cayo. 

As the small full-mask advanced towards her, Ai took half a step back before thinking better of recoiling fully. The small hollow had proven himself to be reasonably trustworthy. The fact that both arrancar and full-mask yet lived was proof of that. However, the little arrancar found it hard to shake centuries of running and jumping at the prospect of physical contact. Yes, for now, she could only believe that Cayo meant well. 

Allowing the full-mask to poke and prod her with whatever means he saw fit, she took the chance to get a closer look at Cayo himself. She hadn't paid too much mind to the oddity of the creature before, but it now struck her as quite strange. The hollow was actually encased a sack of what Ai could only assume was skin. Before she had figured Cayo to be nothing more than an amorphous blob capable of manifesting hands. Of course, her figuring, as it so often was, was wrong. The full-mask seemed to have a body much like her own save for the fact that it was confined by an odd membrane. Hollow, as it turned out, did indeed come in every shape and size, go figure.

"Yeah..." she responded, no doubt confirming Cayo's suspicions about a stomach ache. "I'm sure it'll be fine though."

She paused as her stomach did another flip.

"I can rest later!" she declared, more to herself than the full-mask. "Plus, maybe some walking will be good. Follow me!"

Gesturing dramatically with an outstretched arm, Ai sidestepped the full-mask and took the lead once more. The next few minutes were comprised of a walking tour of Las Noches as Ai knew it. She pointed out the scary tentacle monster beneath the sand, the monolithic towers of the Espada, and, of course, where one could find the royalty under the dome. These, in the arrancar's mind, were important points to see and know about. Hopefully, Cayo was paying attention, because, as much as Ai hated to admit it, the true power of Hueco Mundo lay in Las Noches and nowhere else.

"Annnnnnd, that's my home," Ai stopped in front of the tower Levi had taken up residence in. "You can usually find me around here."

She waved in the direction of the tower.

"It was nice to meet you," she gave a shallow bow in the direction of her new friend. "I hope we can play hide and seek again at some point, take care."

With that, the small arrancar made her way to where Levi could often be found and away from Cayo. Normally, the lesser hollows shied away from the place. Naturally, this made the tower a great place to recoup from the worst stomachache she'd felt in a while. Though, in her opinion, it had all been worth it to meet Cayo who she did sincerely hope to see again. Then again, Hueco Mundo could be quite the unforgiving environment so she couldn't be sure that the small full-mask would live through it. All too often she met an interesting hollow only for it to disappear into the void. Life, or what passed for life, in Heuco Mundo could be fleeting at the best of times.
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