[C] Who Is Isaac Dean? [Closed, Rick]

It was another beautiful day in karakura, another day to celebrate the fact that there were still some things that kept Rick's attention, or keep him busy. Precious things, such as making sure that the orders for the contracting business got done, as well as shipping out any sort of materials that were needed for other manufacturers that sought out his special "product". It was actually the soul synthesized counterpart of the material that Rick was selling, but for people to request it and use the material with their building and supplies, it gave Rick the satisfaction that people could feel a lot safer in their homes if it was constructed with the materials he made. It was the only cleansing of the soul that Rick needed in his life, the cleansing of morality, reminding himself that there was more than one way to help people.



Speaking of which, there was a special delivery of some kind that was requested of Rick, a man by the name of Issac Dean gave Rick a brief phone call about needing materials and possible specs to build something. Due to the fact that the person hat Rick was associating with was a Quincy, he had no further qualms about what it was used for, seemingly placing faith into the possibly existing goodwill of the Quincy race.

"If done in good faith, lend a hand whenever you can for your fellow brothers and sisters. Or better yet, that's what my grandpa used to tell me. "

Getting inside of his Jeep and placing the contents inside of the back of his car, Rick would start to drift off to the meeting place, which was something that Rick wasn't expecting to meet at in the first place. "Somewhere so secluded, he could have just come by the shop if he wanted to pick it up that way. "In a sense, it reminded Rick about the drug deals that Grisha was running, pretty tense when the main yakuza boss is a strong Arrancar. However, with the hope that this meeting wasn't going to turn into another rug bust shootout, Rick kept an open mind as he went to meet with Isaac.

Upon arriving there, Rick would wait a while, reaching for his favorite Cuban cigar brand, Rick would craft a soul synthesized lighter in order to light the butt. Afterwards, he would slide the cigar to the side of his mouth and put on his newly trademarked black shades. Rick's hair was relatively short, with his light beard cleanly shaven. He was also wearing a black outfit of some kind, the trademark Reishi Heiso. It was made of soul synthesized carbon, providing a reasonable defense of mitigating reishi upon contact, and a self-repair function. However, his favorite was the cameo quality that came from constructs that originate from spiritual alchemy, sealing out any trace of spiritual activity. It kept Rick contained, as well as kept the hollows off his back, he didn't want to endanger a fellow comrade.

When the lights blinked, Rick knew it was time to finally meet Issac in person.

"............................................................................................................................................................................"

The exchange was brief, but Rick became fond of the old timer. After they said their goodbyes, Rick went back into his jeep in order to leave.

WC- 543
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As Rick was driving away, he would feel something that he actually hasn't felt in a while, the presence of a shinigami. It was that feeling that made Rick pull his car over, making the shotgun Quincy feel a little uneasy at the fact that a Shinigami would be so close to this area. However, the shinigami wasn't following Rick, it was following Isaac.

"But why?"

Before Rick knew it, he started up back his jeep and started to follow Isaac's car, a little worried at the fact that his fellow Quincy could be in possible danger with the appearance of a shinigami. Rick didn't feel like it was random, or better yet, he knew better to think that it was a random occurrence. The simple fact that Freyleif's kids died in a horrid assassination attempt on the queen was more than enough to provide a reason for Rick to be overly cautious, as well as overly prepared to fight any adversaries off.

"Not again, I won't let something like that happen again. Not on my watch...."

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Following the car to some kind of abandoned warehouse in the span of thirty minutes, Rick would exit his jeep and do a quick weapons check of his utilities. Once he felt as if he had al he needed in order to handle this ordeal, Rick would place his one-handed shotgun on the side of his shoulder as he casually walked towards the warehouse.

He made it a little bit after Alain did, but the best thing about Reishi Heiso was the fact that Alain's reiatsu perception meant nothing to Rick, allowing the Quincy to go incognito at any given moment. Rick still felt Isaac's spiritual energy as well as the minuscule flickers of the shinigami that attempted to shield his.

"I guess I should let them know that I'm here....."

Blasting a hole in the metal hanger, Rick would walk through and instantaneously utilize his spiritual alchemy to repair the hole he just created, making it as good as new. As a matter of fact, it was like the metal hanger was never busted in the first place, being completely crafted with soul synthesized steel.


After that, Rick would point his spirit weapon at the corner office.

"Heilig Magnum, Klavier!"

The sound of bullets flying through the area of the corner office was all that could be heard for the time being. The massive array of energy was being emitted from Rick's spirit weapon. The bullets themselves were shaped like silver arrows. with the Quincy symbol being sketched in each round. However, if Alain as to pay attention, it would seem as if each and every bullet curved around Isaac, the old man wouldn't even have to lift a finger in order to be out of harm's way. It was very telling of the skills that Rick had at his disposal, he mastered his weapon long ago.

"From babies to old men, is this a contest to see which shinigami could go the lowest? "

Wc 502

Stats and skills locked

Master Spirit Weapon

Total WC 1045

Rick was sure that his attacks hit, with the hope that he dealt just a bit more damage besides a few little cuts and bruises on the shinigami. Regardless of the result, he would have expected the old timer to bolt out of the room, the calvary just showed up. However, that didn't happen, which seemed a little strange to Rick. Sensing the spiritual energy of the old timer, Rick could at least attest to the fact that Isaac was still alive, that had to matter.

As for the glasses-wearing shinigami, to say the least, he was unamusing to look at. This man didn't receive not one scratch, not even his glasses were broken. I could attest to the man's skill, but there was no real rise of spiritual energy from within the room, not even a flicker. For someone of his caliber to have such a result without the cinematic blasts of energy, it was safe to assume that this man would fight similar to Genki, a man that Rick, even with help, couldn't beat.

Would this be the same scenario?

"I don't really need to be civil with the Shinigami, that's how your people's been greeting us these past few months. What? Don't like being treated the same way you treat us? "

As usual, when it comes to events that portray to the Quincy, most people just go on about their lives as if it wouldn't have any affects or backlash whatsoever. Even at the mention of what happened at the hospital, this man acted like he didn't know. Rick had no real way of finding out if this individual was telling the truth, Quincy powers didn't work like that. However, when it comes to the things that Rick was good it, it always involved dispatching spiritual threats.

"Why do I interfere? Because I'm a Quincy, and whenever I see a Shinigami hanging around my people, I don't feel too comfortable with a god of death looking over the shoulders of my people after they brought it upon themselves to kill us on principle."

Rick was hostile, but he couldn't help himself, with every passing second, he felt himself getting angry.

" I'm here to protect Isaac from people like you!"

With that being said, Rick utilized his silver cannon round, firing out a giant cannonball made out of soul synthesized silver. The reinforced alloy of the soul synthesized construct was packing an incredible power and density as whole, being capable of breaking through things

To Rick, this was a test to see what he was up against. If Alain had an armor, he would probably try to test it against Rick's armor breaking wrecking ball. If Alain utilized any spiritual energy to counter the ball, or even use his speed to dodge, that was just more information for Rick to gather.

Right now, the ball was literally in Alain's court, with the hopes that it could end up being a more positive result for Rick this time around.

WC 500
Total WC 1545

With the attack splitting in two, the answer to the man's combat ability was answered for Rick. What this individual was good at doing was bolstering their own control over his reiryoku to achieve supernatural feats with his sword style. Even though he manages to cut through Rick's cannonball, the durability of the cannonball still managed to hold enough to damage the man a little. However, this part was the most important, seeing the man heal off his damage was what Rick really needed to know.

He was tackling this situation like a hollow hunter, figuring out what the creature can do before he made his moves. In this case, it was a shinigami that seemed that he liked to talk more than act. That was quite alright with Rick if the man didn't want to fight back, Rick can just restrain Alain and help Isaac escape. From the way that things were looking right now, that was Rick's best options laid out in front of him.

"You wanted a singular assessment? We can't even defend ourselves against hollow attacks in fear that the shinigami will come knocking on our doors to kill us instead. You say "co-exist", but you monetize the souls of wild animals with no remorse or emotion, nothing but their hunger to satisfy them. Or even worse, they were so fucked up in real life that even in death, they became monsters of their own making. Oh yea, I ran into too many kinds of those. "

Slowly moving his way over to the right side of where Isaac didn't move, Rick continued to talk in order keep Alain's mind off of what he was actually trying to attempt.

"Coexisting is impossible when you pushed us this far, and regardless of whatever district or structure that the shinigami split up to be, it was an order to kill the children of the Quincy queen right out of wedlock that was initiated by your people. You attacked a pregnant woman in a hospital and killed her kids, "you" as in the shinigami. There is a line, humans still believe in some lines not being crossed. You feel nothing, regret nothing, pay attention to nothing, even as my words echo in your ear, you probably disregard me as nothing more than a Quincy that needs to be put down. The shinigami, they feel untouchable, don't they? Tell me, "God Of Death", do you think I should worship you?"

Analyzing was complete for Rick, he had a feeling that he knew how to handle this character, but securing Isaac came first. Taking out a small canister, Rick would set the canister and roll it on the ground towards Alain. The blue canister was five inches long and three inches wide. The top and bottom were comprised of blackened soul synthesized steel, along with a silver trigger node at the front of the canister that Rick just pressed. It was easy to assume that Rick just prepped a bomb of some kind, but that wasn't the case. The canister itself started to emit a bluish smokescreen, which could easily cover 50 feet.

In addition to that, Rick decided to cover the next ten feet of where Alain was standing into a double layered soul synthesized granite box. Not only would this allow the canister's smoke to condense for Alain to received the full effect of the smoke contents, but it would be quite challenging for Alain to break through, due to the spiritual construct that he was trapped in.

The smoke itself contained an anesthesia component that was particularly effective on the spiritual beings that were exposed to it. The effects are temporary, but the induced drowsiness was made to deter the fighting capacities of the adversaries and lower their reaction time, which was what Rick needed to buy time.

If rick received some semblance of success, he would make his way over to where Isaac still remained. The man seemed frozen of some sort, which made Rick wonder if this was due to some kind of spiritual technique.

"If it originates from Reishi, maybe I can do something about it."

Touching the frozen Quincy, Rick decided to utilize his own mastery over reishi in order to disperse the ambient reishi that was being used within the context of the kido technique, dispersing the anomaly so that Isaac can move. However, Rick didn't have enough time for a conversation, tossing the older man his keys.

"Take my jeep, he can't track it. "

WC 750
Total WC 2295

SPOILER: Click to show

Scaled off Holy artifacts master


Name of Artifact: Anesthetic Smokescreen

Where was it found i.e:Invented By Rick Rogers

Clan/ruins, ancient tomb ect: " Ashia Clan"



Appearance:

A blue canister that's five inches long and three inches wide. The top and bottom are comprised of blackened soul synthesized steel, along with a silver trigger node at the front of the canister to prime it for detonation. 




Any effects: This item, in particular, serves as something akin to a bluish smokescreen, reaching as far as 50 feet in an AoE distance from where it detonates. Not only did it cover about 50 feet of vision, it also contained an anesthesia component that was particularly effective on the spiritual beings that were exposed to it. The effects are temporary, but the induced drowsiness was made to deter the fighting capacities of the adversaries and lower their reaction time. This smoke has no internal effect on humans and Quincy, the cannister itself can be fired from the Quincy weapon in order to maximize the distance how far the canister can travel instead of throwing it.

With the shinigami being occupied and Rick basically freeing Isaac so that they could escape together, things were finally starting to look up as Rick and Issac started to head down the stairs. However, the rise of spiritual energy as the granite containment broke free almost effortlessly, allowing Rick to truly gauge the spiritual energy of Alain this time around and realize that they were about the same strength. OIn Rick's mind, the last time he fought someone of this caliber, it was Grisha, the Arrancar yakuza leader. In addition to that, it was in Grisha's own turf.

"But still, I wouldn't really consider the human world as that much of a home-field advantage. "

It still bugged him to such a degree that this shinigami was upright and moving around with such efficiency. The closed space combo with the anesthesia was supposed to at least hold off the shinigami until a little while longer. This probably meant that the healing technique that the shinigami used surpassed superficial wounds, maybe it could also heal ailments that were caused by other properties and pathogens as well. At this point, Rick was a bit unsure if his way of defeating the shinigami would be foolproof, he was at least at 70% this time around. It all really banked on how good Alain's kaido was, and that was even if Rick would manage to land a hit on the man.

Either way, during the attempts of escape, the Shinigami would start a chant in order to launch some sort of containment spell at the both of them.

"More magic shit?"

With Rick's quick thinking, he pulled out his custom Seele Schneider and armed the weapon.

"Anhäufer!"

Starting with a light glow, the Seele would then begin to pull the raw Reishi from the bakudo spell, draining it draining it's substance and deteriorating the Kido attempt. With the energy being absorbed, as well as Anhäufer being active, Rick would be passively absorbing the Reishi and Reiryoku that his opponent would release. Neutering Alain's offensive presence, Rick would scoff as he held the Seele in one hand and took at Alain with his shotgun in the other. It was a good chance that some of Alain's tricks won't work properly, and Rick was about to take advantage of that.

"Double Tuning!"

Fusing two of his special rounds together, Rick would create a brand new kind of blast to fire at Alain. Combining the rapid round and glass shrapnel, the newly rapid glass shrapnel would consist of a multitude of blasts that would contain a bluish glass in each beam. With the massive array of blasts coming in Alain's way, the benefit of manipulating the trajectory of the rapid round attack would come into play. Each and every blast would zigzag at high and low intervals, and even travel towards Alain's blind spots in order to hit him.

However, if Alain though the damage would be simple to heal off this time around, he would surely be mistaken. The glass that was contained in each rapid round was made from soul synthesized glass, which fragments upon contact to skewer the target. In addition to that, a direct hit can wound an opponent and continue to feed upon a spiritual body to grow into a crystallizing state of soul synthesized glass.

With the benefit of simply feeding on the targets spiritual body, this was sure to provide a new challenge that Alain had to overcome.

WC 577
Total WC 2872

It was regrettable, but Rick's solid defense had a hole in it after all, and it was the fact that Isaac was effortlessly captured that started to get to him.

"Why didn't I think of this before?"

Rick cursed himself in his own mind, he honestly thought that he could pull from the technique just enough to dismantle both attempts at capturing both Quincy. Rick had a little too much pride in his devices and wanted to show them off a little more. However, the showing of Quincy technology doesn't go over too well if Rick is unable to utalize it to the fullest extent in order to protect his comrades. What he tried before was a good attempt, but it was considered sloppy in his own opinion if Rick didn't originally think of his attempts to be foolproof.

In the meantime, the utilization of Rick's powers seemed to take quite a toll on in Alain in the sense of the number of defensive efforts he had to put up. There was still a direct hit, leaving it to be somewhat of a waiting game in order for the full effects of Rick's technique in order to take root. An opening of some kind would happen soon, but for the time being, Rick had to hold out for as long as possible to at least free Isaac from his bindings.

However, Rick had to give it to the resilient Shinigami, he was still ready to fight. Moving at a quick speed, Alain mysteriously vanished from the side, fitting the soles of his feet with Reiryoku in order to find his way behind Rick. It caught Rick by surprise, allowing the Quincy to garner a good sample of the Shinigami's swordplay. Even though the diagonal slash was well placed in Rick's blind spot, Rick's gunplay skills up to par.

It was almost to the point of pure instinct in regards to his shooting capabilities and how Rick handled his spirit weapon. As Alain got into his close quarter's motion, Rick's gun-kata came into play. He didn't make it easy for Alain, winging back his weapon as an automatic response in order to precisely shoot at the blade of Alain's sword in order to throw off his trajectory.

*Bam Bam*

Rick was sure that the arrow-shaped bullets that were made of soul synthesized silver would do the trick, but he spoke too soon. Even if Rick's impeccable marksmanship to aim for something specific played a role in his probable defense, Alain effortlessly cut through the first bullet and the second bulled only managed to slow down the momentum of Alain's swing. The end result would only result in a deep cut being sustained on Rick's back, causing the Quincy to grimace in pain as he rolled to the side in order to move closer to Isasc and free the man with the Seele Schneider.

However, Rick continued to maintain eye contact with his opponent, a little more ready for what Alain brought to the table.

"Be ready to make a break for it....."

WC 511
Total WC 3383

 OOC I'll take a minor on the back from the first action to block, second was to free Issac


That's one for one

Rick was still hearing nothing from Isaac, nothing substantial anyway. He didn't hear if he was hurt, or why the shinigami was even after Isaac in the first place. However, that did bring about the assumption that there could be no reason, that the shinigami was there to start questioning Isaac about something that was beyond Rick's understanding of the situation. It was the pure audacity of the shinigami to come on over to the Quincy and expect cooperation after making an example of their queen. They thought that running that young girls chance of starting a family was something that could break them, but it enraged the Quincy instead. But just because the Quincy didn't immediately retaliate in some sort of suicide mission, it didn't mean that the order had simply forgotten and forgiven the shinigami for what they did. That wasn't the case at all, a special kind of karma goes full circle for those who think that they are completely untouchable. In the meantime, Rick was willing to risk his life in order to protect one of his own.

"Isaac, you still with me? Don't worry, I'll get you out of here. "

It was a promise that he wanted to keep, but Isaac was admittedly in the way somewhat. If there was a small bunker that Rick could put the man in while he handled the Shinigami, he would.

"As a matter of fact.......wait..."

Once again, Rick's train of thought was interrupted by the shinigami, but the glasses wearing pajama man had the nerve to throw a car at Rick this time around. Rick was durable enough to know that such a car would be unable to hurt him too much, even if backed by the strength of the shinigami. However, there was Isaac to think about, leaving Rick to conclude that acting recklessly wasn't the best course of action to take at this time.

"Guard!"

Constructing a soul synthesized granite wall that curved at the top, the brown sedan would make a full contact with the granite wall and explode almost instantly. The shockwave itself could be heard from a mile away, along with moderate collateral damage to the area. The wall held up, but the notions of capture were completely gone from Rick's mind. Such a thing could have killed Isaac if Rick wasn't careful, making him even more aware of his own mortality. The only thing that was working for Rick at the time was the constant smoke that filled the area. With some quick thinking, Rick resynthesized Isaac's clothing that was made up of Kishi to be recreated into its soul synthesized fabric counterpart. Not only was it 10 times stronger, it was also made of the same material that Rick's Reishi Heiso was, blocking out Isaac's signature.

"Hide..."

Rick would say this silently to Isaac as he rushed out from behind the wall, loading his Seele Schneider inside of his shotgun and firing the Seele towards Alain. With the seele being used as the ammunition for Rick's Quincy weapon, it was arguably the perfect counter for Alain.  A physical high-speed impact can be destroyed by a spiritual high-speed impact, meaning that the Seele Schneider can do more damage to someone physically strong when they physically attack. In addition to that, even if Alain thought of something slick, the seele loosens the bonds of reishi of whatever it cuts, having a more impactful presence against Alain's bakudo style. 

573 WC
Total WC 3956

OOC: Seele details are facts taken off the wiki
Check for this would be Holy Artifacts Master
In the new system, it would check off weapon prof, which is also master, it'll stay the same. 

"Well....that happened..."

There was a backup plan that Rick had in store when it came to the Seele Schneider, but for a person using strength as their main force of deflecting the attack, Alain sure as hell had no problem knocking away the Seele. Things were starting to get a bit desperate, Rick didn't like it at all.

"Alright Isaac, I need a bit of options here, nothing seems to be working!"

Isaac nodded his head, a bit frantically, but the older Quincy still remained focused on the task at hand.

"I have something that might work comrade, but I'll need about a minute or two in order to dig it up. Do you think you can hold him off till then?"

"It's not like I have a choice here. If I don't stand my ground with everything I got, I doubt we would be leaving here with just a few scratches."

Even though this was a bit of a dangerous situation, Rick still kept a smudge of his humorous enthusiasm, However, Alain would change the situation entirely by making a huge gamble. After achieving his Shikai, Alain would extend his blade in an attempt to cut the entire warehouse in two, bringing his sword to half the length of the building itself.

With the horizontal slash coming their way, the appearance of the fast-moving blade would put Rick more on his toes. As the blade came, Rick would notice the appearance of the zanpakuto moving toward Isaac as he ran through the wreckage.

"Shit!"

Pointing to one of the sections of the warehouse wall that was still intact, Rick would quickly convert a circular point of Kishi into reishi. Instead of just reconverting the entire section of the wall, Rickfo0cused it on a singular point, which meant that he was containing a reishi based structure n the middle of a Kishi based compound. It was highly dangerous in theory alone, due to the fact that reishi and atoms don't exactly mesh well. However, Rick didn't need to hold the bonds together for too long, it just had to be long enough for him to save Isaac. After synthesizing the atom originated compound into its soul synthesized counterpart, Rick would make a brick like a pillar direct from the wall in order to push the sword off target and temporarily stop its momentum.

Rick knew what it meant to stop the trajectory, the blade would be heading straight for Rick instead. But he didn't care, he knew he could take it.

"Huh?"

Isacc looked back in time to see the blade bearly swing past his body and lunge through from the right side of Rick's chest, nearly up to his shoulder. His reishi heiso protected him from the damage getting serious, but it was a moderate wound that was capable of bisecting Rick's arm. It didn't succeed in doing so, but from the blood squirting out and the unimaginable pain in Rick's shoulder, his right arm was shot.

Noticing that once again, Rick took a hit for Isaac, the older Quincy sped up the digging process and promptly found the weapon he was looking for. It wasn't anything out of the ordinary, which surprised Rick.

"A flare? "

"Just trust me, when it goes off, you'll have a chance."

It was up to Rick to be the offensive counter to this bout, and fighting spiritual bodies was pretty much unfair if you weren't aiming for the head. Either way, Rick placed his trust in the man.

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After Alain's attack, it got a little quiet. Reishi heiso allowed both Quincy to work off the grid, but not without a bit of sacrifice. Even if Alain was to retract his blade, the shinigami would notice the blood stain on the tip of the weapon. It was a good assumption that someone was hit by his attack. but who?

That was something for Alain to think about on his own if he ever did, due to the fact that a flare was thrown in Alain's direction and started to light up the section in a spiritual chrome-like color. It seemed like nothing at first, even if Alain was exposed to it, but the energy that the flare emitted was an alienated form of spiritual energy that remained unusable for a spiritual body. The spiritual energy itself would engross a spiritual body with a kind of energy that seemed like a stabilizer, due to the energy recovering spiritual bodies into Kishi upon contact. The atom aspect of Kishi was like a reactive poison, with so much of it being exposed to a spiritual being preventing the buildup of energy that would actually be usable to Alain.

Without Alain being able to summon his full strength, for the time being, it would be Rick's time to shine. Seeing the crome light through the bisected building was the signal, with Rick firing in that direction with everything he had. He needed something more, much more than anything he's ever done.

"FULL TUNING!"

Since Rick never did this before, it would take quite a bit of his stamina. However, Rick tuned in all of his specialized rounds in order to create a new kind of attack that involved everything that he was capable of. It was a rapid-fire of blasts that resembled a cero, with the color of the blast's bearing a bluish silver. There was so much mass involved with the beam itself that it felt like a solid construct, but it had the freeform fluidity of Rick's other attacks. This particular blast covered all aspects of Rick's capabilities, the crippling shrapnel wound, the multitude of blasts being launched by the rapid rounds, the density breaking power that resembled Rick's cannonball blasts; the aoe aspect of Rick's grenades, and finally, the reishi eroding aspect of Rick's eradication beam.

The area itself would have been devastated, with so many aspects that Alain had to deal with. If this didn't kill him, it sure as hell would hurt.

WC- 999

Total WC- 4955