Playground Rules (Open to anyone in the 30 day challenge who wants to post)

Huh, looks like I am going to have to be the light in this darkness.

Andrew had remained silent as he moved through the sphere. Though he had felt the heat, the heat was nothing to him. After spending as much time as he had in kitchens both in the restaurant he started off in the Rukongai to the restaurants that he had been in when he started to transition back to civilization. To use heat on a fire elemental and ask how hot it was is just like using cold on an ice elemental and asking how cold it was. Besides that though he had compromised sight, but he still had his other senses. He kept his patience, the vizard following the sound of her voice as he kept moving forward. He wiped the sweat from his brow as he looked around in the darkness.

For him there were two objectives as he held his zanpaktou: keep walking straight for the exit and look for things that seemed to be out of the ordinary. Even with limited vision he kept his wits about him. He followed the reiatsu of the dark element wielder when he heard her saying something called a darkfire fangs. He stayed in a defensive position as he squinted out into the distance. He then moved forward as he spoke in a clear voice,"Hadō number 41, Geruto Oshii." The reiatsu began to build up in Andrew's blade again but unlike a normal attack from his zanpaktou this felt too different. He swung his blade, creating a bluish gust of reiatsu infused wind to push the fangs back. But it was clear to him that the finish line is in sight so to speak. He continued to move forward, ready to approach the outside world as he spoke to the other vizard. "Too bad your fire only comes in one flavor, mine comes in three."

The man had made her DarkFlame Fangs blow up too early, and was now heading towards the edge of the darkness. Then she heard him say how her fire only came in one flavor, while his comes in three, and Sherri laughed, a high feminine laugh.

"True, my flames are only that of Darkfire, but my hollow has something else. Oh, and he really doesn't like little shinigami flame brats like yourself."

She brought her left hand up to her face, drawing it downwards as she donned her hollow mask. Her voice was different now, as if both a male and a female were speaking at the same time.

"I feel no need to resort to Blazefire though, so let's continue."

She flash stepped between him and the edge, slashing out at his chest in a horizontal motion, a bit closer then she usually would be in an attempt to stop him from stepping back. All she needed was one nick, and she smiled happily, the temperature of the area now was another twenty five degrees hotter, a total of fifty from the usual temperature.

If she had successfully gotten him with her darkfire, she would then flash step back in to the center of the dome, otherwise she would bring herself in to a defensive stance between the closest edge and him.

He stood there, his arms crossed, propped against the basketball pole. The woman was trying to taunt him and now he had decided to be serious, his eyes taking in her form. Her hands appearing way to big to be useful for quick lightning fast attacks, this would work in his favor. He was used to use his hidden half to identify the purpose for the hands but he enjoyed a mystery sometimes. He watched the chains wrap around her hands, she made no move to free herself when it was clear that she could have shattered them at any minute, His arms parted and he held his hands up, palms pointing to the sky. "You see I want to attack you but I lost my sword...." He said with mock sadness. He could feel the power coming from the area of darkness, more than once he felt heat on himself from the two fighting with in. Both using fire to harm the other, a bit stupid in his eyes but he wasn't going to tell them now. Now his eyes went back to the bound woman. He slowly walked forward, his hands jamming into his pockets as he approached her, he stopped just out of her reach, in an area where he could react to an attack but still be close to her.

He smiled at her just a bit, she was damn evil but she was a looker none the less. "You won't win this fight, no point in carrying on. Just leave or I'll be forced to harm you." He said to her, his face turning to a mask, his tone lacking any sarcasm to it. He was turning towards his battle spirit and away from his playful sarcastic self.

"Mm. She thinks so little of us. We're so underestimated..." Carmine said. He calmly moved further from the mist, the heat becoming noticeably higher. He still held the chain of his bakudo in his hand, and after a moment of careful planning, he figured out something of a plan. "Let's see what we can do here, eh?" A hint of laughter was in his words, as he slowly drew his Zanpakutō. Eyeing the length of the blade, he gave it a few swings through the air, before seeing what he was hoping for. A single arc of electricity ran up the blade from the hilt, and without a second thought, he touched the chain of Hainawa with it. Immediately, a jolt of electricity ran through the chain in both directions from the origin point that Carmine had chosen. The bolt that reached him gave him a jolt, but at this point the slight bursts of electricity could be described as a comforting.

The electricity heading in the other direction would no doubt be a shocking experience for their arrancar friend. The jolt wasn't nearly large enough to cause any serious pain, but Carmine hoped that the arrancar's metallic hands might conduct the bolt a little more, possible numbing her arm for a moment. If Carter was going to do anything, now might be a great time.

Lala smiled as she held the low level bakudo in her large hand. She started to wonder just how long he would hold onto it. Then Carter started complaining how he didn't have his sword. “Hmm that is a problem. I could offer you mine. It would probably be better then yours since it can actually cut me.” She spoke mocking his weak weapon. “No? Okay maybe your partner would be willing to go get it for you.” Lala said as her smile got slightly bigger. What could she mean by that.

The static came down the chain running through her metal hand. She winced a bit but it wasn't anything. Though a little pain was bothersome causing her smile to vanish. “DAMNIT that hurt.” She looked over at Carmine. “Why don't you just go grab your buddies sword he seems to be stronger then you.” She said as she pulled the chain using her strength trying to throw Carmine up and into the sword if he held onto the chain. After hitting the sword he would then be swung down into the ground. Though this was if he wasn't smart enough to let go of the chain. If he kept holding on she would continue using him as a mace till his arm broke off.

Though ether way it didn't bother her the chain was still wrapped around her hand. As long as they didn't break it off she would use this chain as a weapon against them.

Good thing I don't wear any body armor.

Spice began to build up into his blade as he quickly ripped off his shirt, leaving him topless for the time being. With the temperature rising the less clothing he had on then the better he would be able to endure the heat better. As he threw his shirt aside, he put his middle and index finger on edge of the blade closest to the hilt and did a quick swipe. The sound like a match being struck could be heard as the spice that was closest started to smolder and then ignite to make the spice in the grooves heat the edge of his shikai, turning the edge of his weapon white hot with fire. He knew what he was going to need to hit as he spoke with a soft voice. "Legs like a jack rabbit's, reach for the sky. Bakudou 11 Haru Bōdo."

A blue light began to surround his legs as he clashed against Sherri's attack. He pushed hard against her attack, watching the sparks fly between his weapon against hers, standing his ground as the vizard knew what to do. He can tell by the heat that he was not going to be able to stay for long inside the dome. Shaking his head, he then focused on where she had been initially. She needed him to stay in the dome and being in the dome would be her advantage. The vizard then grinned as he looked at her general vicinity. "Okay dark fire, time for me to be the leader and you follow me." He then used his shunpo, the bakudou he had used increasing his speed to escape the dome. He knew the bakudou was going to be only enough for one shot, but sometimes one shot would be all he needed.

She pushed against him, then watched as he used shunpo to try to escape the dome. She smiled, using a flash step of her own to easily outpace her opponent. Her mask highly increased her speed, and she past him up, turning around at the edge of the dome to face him. Pushing towards him she swung her blade, using her momentum from overshooting in an attempt to push him back towards the center of the dome.

She then aimed her the tip of her blade towards her opponent, the flames forming in to the maw of a wolf before shooting towards him. Grinning, she then used another flash step to get next to him, her blade slashing out at his stomach. Her eyes glinting malevolently, she then used another flash step to move till she was just out of range of his vision.

"You lead me? Surely you were joking there, there is no way someone of your speed can consider themselves my equal, let alone outpace me. Even with that little Kidō of yours you couldn't come close, I'm the one leading you around here."

Once again her words seemed to be being said by both a male and a female at the same time. Once she finished talking she would flash step to a different area of the dome, staying the same distance from her opponent, watching to see what his next move was.

Carter looked at the arrancar, she was going to try and trick him and he decided he would risk a quick run through. His legs propelling him forward with great speed, his eyes mindful of the chain that she could whip at him. He sprinted straight forward at her, as if attempting to run right through her but at the last moment he shifted his footing to come up on her left side. Calculating that most fighters are right handed and her left hand would be her lesser skilled tool.

He fell to his knees, his momentum carrying him still, sliding through the grass. His left hand pointed under her armpit as he slid past, "Hadō 4 - Byakurai" he said in a whisper, his left hand making a finger gun with only his index finger pointing outward.

Lightning erupted from the tip of his index finger and flew forward towards the woman's exposed armpit before he slid past and came back to his feet behind her, His left hand gripping at the air, a metallic rod forming where he grasped, it glowing slightly. Swiftly it pieces of metal materialized from thin air and combined to the rod forming a dull grey longsword in his left hand. He smiled just a tad, bringing his arm down, the tip of the blade going to connect with the top right half of the shoulder blade of the arrancar woman from behind, the slash would go down and across the woman's back to end at her left hip if it connected.


Carter's eyes were focused now, his smile appeared wrong. His eyes looked cold and sharp, his whole demeanor gave off the aura of business but his smile on his face was wrong, it was as if it had been stitched on against his will and he was forced to wear it. He backed up out of the reach of her arms and coiled his legs before leaping upward landing on a close by slide.

"I should have known this wasn't going to last too long..." Carmine said in an almost nonchalant tone. Almost on cue, the arrancar pulled his Kidō chain, swinging him bodily through the air. As he reached the apex of his arc, he released the Kidō, and the chain disappeared. Riding that momentum, Carmine sailed through the air a ways, twisting his body around as he did so. As he flew through the air, he spied Carter dashing in to attack, taking advantage of the arrancar's throwing motion. Twisting around so that his body angled towards them, Carmine solidified the around beneath his feet with his spiritual pressure, pushing off to fly down towards his unwitting opponent. Hoping to use Carter's attack as a distraction, Carmine made certain to angle himself to fly over the arrancar's right shoulder. As he went by, he drew his Zanpakutō, meaning to strike at her shoulder.

As he flew past, he reached a hand down to touch the ground. Using his hand to slow his speed, Carmine twisted to land feet first into a crouched stance, his gaze once again on the arrancar. "And if you liked that, I'm just getting warmed up," he said, resting his Zanpakutō on his shoulder. Glancing at Carter, Carmine couldn't help but feel a slight wave of unease. The look on his face didn't quite seem right. Frowning slightly, Carmine stood to his feet, re-sheathing his Zanpakutō as he returned his gaze to the arrancar.

Lala kept her eyes bouncing from one to the other tracking them both. While she wasn't pissed off she could be aware of both of them quiet easily. Looking to Carter she saw him coming at her. Finally a melee attack from him. To her left, hmm while normally this would be a person's weak side if they were right handed, it wasn't Lala's. She was a berserker. Her weak side was her back. Everything else was a target.

Even with that the experiment that made Lala gave her an advantage over normal people. In order to work all the fine programing for the massive arms to work this seamlessly half her mind was mechanical doing all the calculations. Generally she is too pissed to take advantage of it and it just keeps her hands moving. Though in rare cases when she is clear headed it gives her a slight advantage allowing her to multitask. Not enough to do two complex actions at a time but simple things are possible.

Lala moved her left arm over aiming in the path of Carter, but close enough to her, to make him lose his shot at her. Not to hit him right away. That wouldn't be fun, but to give him a chance to dodge. The glowing in her hand dimmed as she unleashed the cero charged in her left arm. Its fire time was almost near instant since it was already charged up and ready to fire. It was a major advantage. Too bad she could only keep one charged per arm. Though most are caught off guard by the first sudden shot and take the hit. That was one problem dealt with how about Carmine.

She looked over to see the Shinigami charging her. His attack seemed to be a lot simpler then carters though, charging to slash her shoulder off. She wasn't going to waste a cero on that. Lala could tell he was weak enough a cero might kill him. That would be boring. As he came at her shoulder she reached up using her mechanical fist to grab his blade. His weak power wouldn't be near enough to cut the hardened hierro her hand was composed of. Using her strength to hold onto it, She wouldn't let him have it back too easily.