Who: Ulquiorra Cifer, OPEN
When: Anytime during the week
Where: About Anatole
Format: Prose or Action, whichever is preferred.
What: The Espada's just trying to get himself more familiarized with the city. Perhaps you can also call it reconnaissance.
Warnings: None at the moment, depends on who he runs into.
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Where the shadows fall )
When she spots Ulquiorra he happens to be in her way, in a manner of speaking. He stands on a rooftop that is part of the route she plotted to get from the Foxhole to the edge of the city as efficiently as possible. She notices too that he has that kind of energy like the shinigami have, slippery to read, hard for her to gauge precisely because it is not exactly yoki.
She lights on the rooftop not far from him but does not sat anything at first, the dark grey hood of her cloak pulled down to hide her eyes, not that he would know what it meant that they are silver.
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Finally he shifts, looking towards the cloaked woman, but of course he speaks no greeting. Instead he watches her expectantly.
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"I haven't seen you before."
It's as friendly as greetings to strangers get for her.
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And then she breaks the silence for them, her words prompting a slight shrug in response.
"I don't often make public appearances. ...but then neither have I been here very long."
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"I see. A recent arrival."
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"...am I interrupting you from something?" Ulquiorra asks, since she had to have stopped for a reason.
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"Not exactly."
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Ulquiorra tilts his head just so, as if asking why she'd bothered to stop at all if that was her answer.
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She won't say she has nothing better to do. That isn't exactly the truth, but attempting to gauge the more powerful newcomers is always of interest to her.
"Priorities change."
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The Espada reflects on those two simple words that the woman speaks next. They are an answer to a question unspoken, and not even necessarily addressed to her.
Priorities change. Indeed they do, and in a world completely new, they must.
"...and what do yours now consist of?"
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"Assessing the environment. It's always changing here, too."
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"A wise thing to do. The environment seems unpredictable, if not the people here."
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She doesn't break gaze with him still. She's very good at staring contests and she really doesn't like to lose.
"The people on the other hand, can eventually be learned. If one takes the time to observe them."
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And yet unsurprising. Perhaps that would also be a point taken into account in consideration for how long Aizen has been here, but then the ex-Shinigami did like to bide his time in matters.
"Such is always the case. And time seems to be something aplenty, here."
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Having been here more than a year now, she is fairly well acquainted with its erratic nature and it bothers her still that it is so very unpredictable.
"Time is indefinite. Even more so here than elsewhere. But even so, it is often not put to good use."
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Ulquiorra considers her following words, conceding them with a nod.
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