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[So... monsters.

As if being transported back into time against your will and being basically forced to fight humans wasn't bad enough, coming back to what is supposed to be 'home' for now to find it crawling with monsters isn't exactly good for Byakuya's temper.

He's been good, he avoided killing as many people as possible during the mission because he didn't want to be involved. Monsters, though, he has no qualms about those. They even look like Hollows, in a way, and are clearly just beasts.

This one is big, though. So it requires a little more firepower than what he has been using so far.

He unsheathes his word and extends his arm, blade directed downwards ... and drops the sword, which disappears into the ground, as if swallowed by it.]

Bankai.

[The area around him darkens as giant blades erupt from the ground, framing him.]

Chire, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi.

[The blades seemingly explode into a multitude of what looks like cherry blossom petals... but they clearly are not, since the beast starts writhing in pain and bleeding from what appear to be multiple cuts to vital points.

And then, a silhouette appears behind Byakuya. A samurai wearing a mask that hides his entire face. The silhouette is half transparent, and Byakuya's eyes widen as he turns around to face it, beast enemy momentarily forgotten.]

... Senbonzakura?

[The silhouette appears to look in Byakuya's direction. Just before it fades away again, a single word is caught by the feed.]

'Master!'

((OOC: There are millions of blades the size of a flower petal floating in the wind in the area around Byakuya and the monster. He is usually in perfect control of them, but something surprising happened, so if you'd like your character sliced up a little - or a lot - feel free to make it happen!))

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[Just then, the silhouette of the masked man reappears next to Byakuya, and this time, he appears to take solid form. If the mask wasn't covering his entire face, he'd probably be looking very surprised. As it is, he is patting himself down, as if checking that he is indeed, solid.]

Master, this is...'

Senbonzakura. I didn't call for you, did I?

'I know! I don't undertstand! What's going on?

[They both seemed surprised, which meant this was not a planned development.]

Did an accident happen?

This is my zanpakutou's spirit. He should not be materializing without my permission.

... What is this place, Master? This isn't...

We are not in Soul Society or the Real World. Nor are we in Hueco Mundo. However, the explanations can wait. We have better things to do right now.

I understand.

Could his manifestation be related to the weapon system the initiative uses?

They talked about sentient weapons. I assumed this would be of no consequence for me since my weapon is sentient already.

They did something to me? I don't really feel different.

I understand it to be some sort of growth system, I must confess I have not looked at the weapon they gave me since I received it, I'm not much for weapons and don't need one even in a situation that might cause for it.

I did not think it would affect him.

[He and Senbonzakura are supposed to have reached their full potential together already. But it's true that having Senbonzakura materialize does give him more power.]