Rukia Kurosaki

Analysis eh? Welll, YOU- are a weirdo. Plain and simple xP i could go in detail but I stalk to gain information on deadly weaknesses you don't want people to know about ;D

Secret: I can be won over easily with a well-made AMV. xD Other one: I don't stalk, but I creep.

The Mixer of the Opera Lead

I need to change my clothes before going for interviews. But nothing's clean and professional at the same time. -.-

Dear all of the above, Does this story you're making involve explosions? There could always be more C4 And pirates. - Random reader of things and stuff.

((Sorry I'm late. My computer's still crap, so I can only add a short turn for now.)) So Aero had seen the way she'd taunted her... But rather than unnerving the Jaeger, it gave her an annoyed air. As her weapons crumbled in her hands, Tamsin gave a start, dropping the useless yellow metal. Hesh was slammed hard in return for his angry words. Spear-sharp spires of black shot up from the stark white of the rift floor, rising from beneath the fighters with what wasn't quite deadly accuracy. Aero wasn't trying to eliminate anyone. She was toying with them, showing off to prove that she could do as she pleased against her powerless enemies. Leaping back to avoid a spike that burst from the floor in front of her, Tamsin was caught off balance by a second spire that rushed from the left and ran through her upper arm, sending her reeling to the opposite side. The woman rolled as she dropped, careful not to land on the arm that was bleeding heavily. With a curse, she tore the flannel shirt from over her tanktop, cringing at the sight of blood and bone. The blue-haired woman stood quickly, tying the sleeved shirt around her now all but useless limb with her teeth and right hand. Wrapping the dangling sleeves around the back, she took the yellow tie from her ponytail and let her short hair fall, using the hairtie to secure the sleeves in a second knot. She was already losing feeling in her fingers, and figured the nerve damage would make her makeshift tourniquet necessary. Then the rift disappeared. She saw a knife flashing, and the dripping red again, but this time clearer. The pocket knife in her pocket, the one not fortified for the rift, hadn't been her own. She'd taken it after a brawl. That last one, when her partner had been shot. Tamsin remembered the searing pain in her head as she'd wrenched the knife away. She knew why she'd grown her bangs out, and dyed her hair blue, her partner's favorite color. History wasn't going to repeat itself. No comrades would die beside her this time. Tamsin let out a sigh as she broke from the thoughts, brushing her bangs back out of her face to reveal stitched eyelids where her formerly-covered eye should have been. There had been a crystal in the hairtie... That was the source of her discomfort. And now that she remembered more about her life, she wasn't going to stand down... The woman with a steel-grey glare looked to Iyana, whom everyone seemed to be staring at for a moment. She was taunting Aero, showing confidence and faith. Just as it should be. "Seven... they used to say it was a lucky number," Tam added, clutching her left arm, "But with us it's more about how all of us together are more powerful than you. Human spirits are strange things; they have fears, needs, and humility, but also courage, compassion, and strength. Seven humans, and only one Jaeger? Your odds are cut for every one of us."

((Sorry I missed things~ @@)) Tamsin raised her bat and frowned, looking down her nose at Aero. "I say we fight this b**** all together and give it our all." Twirling her weapon in her hand, she drew the folding knife from her left pocket. "Despite who we were before all this, now it's our job to take care of this. For Alita, and for those Saisei would destroy..."

Tamsin sighed and shook her head. "I knew we'd have to lose our memories of this place..." She frowned and looked across the faces of her allies, wondering what they'd seen in their brief illusions. And anyway, what about Alice? The way her eyes had changed, did that mean she herself was a Jaeger? Or was it some trick of Moto's? She rubbed her own grey eye, wondering if anything in this place could be explained. "So, we're stuck here forever 'till SAISEI destroys us or we die, whichever comes first?" Iyana asked, obviously unhappy with Joshua's explanation. The blue-haired police officer didn't like the options Iyana had figured. With too many questions on her mind, Tam decided to ask one connected to their conversation. Looking up, she made eye contact with Joshua, asking firmly, "Has Saisei sealed the Worlds Gate? And could there be a way to defeat him or unlock it if he has? Don't say there's no chance just because we're weak little humans. If Saisei's got something to do with this war, and tries to unify the one for some insidious purpose, I think it's only fair that those of us stuck in the rift should try to take him down."

Darkness swallowed the landscape as Moto's illusion engulfed the fighters. The last thing to appear before the blackness faded was a glowing yellow light. Tamsin reached for it and found herself holding a small crystal. All at once the light turned blinding and Tam steeled herself as the brilliant white of the Rift morphed into the dull colors of a city. Home... It was a distant memory, and the very existence felt false, but this was her home. Cracking gunshots echoed in the still air. The woman turned around, only to feel a burning weight pulling at her. There was a group of teenagers facing her, and to her right, a man wearing a policeman's uniform. Shots had been exchanged, and Tamsin knew without a doubt that this had already happened. "We knew you was a narc, Tammer," one of the taller teens sneered, his pistol raised at the man who was her partner. As she clenched her fist, the woman realized that she still held her yellow-tinged baseball bat. She could change things. Letting out her breath, the blue-haired girl raised the weapon, and another bullet raced past her head. "Sorry Tammer, this is the way we gotta end things." Lunging at the boy with the ancient 2051 Federal-issue pistol, Tamsin tried to crack him over the head with her bat. The rift-forged weapon sailed straight through his figure, crashing uselessly into the strangely solid ground. Spinning, she looked back to see herself standing beside the police officer, clutching a metal staff. "It's undercover officer to you, bitch," the other Tam snapped at the leader. There was a scuffle, and a final gunshot screamed into her ears. Tamsin squinted her eyes closed and tried to concentrate on returning to her fight, knowing what happened next. She heard the fall as her partner succumbed to the gunshot wound, and listened to the robotic voice of his data sweeper tablet clash with her own echoing shouts as it stated clearly, "Officer Deactivated. Database Erased." A moment later, there was silence. Peeking at the deep maroon, the police officer shuddered. Somehow, the air was heavier and more threatening than it had been in her illusion. "FINALLY...." The ground that had been so solid quivered at the very sound. "FINALLY." That voice was echoing from nowhere and everywhere, enveloping everything and yet leaving enough rein for confusion. Where was it coming from? "BURNING EARTH. SMOLDERING CAULDRON. FATE AND FORTUNE. HOPE AND DESPAIR. I AM ALL." There was no longer a white, pristine rift. The shaking expanse gave a sense of helplessness, and Tamsin found herself stumbling as she tried to feel her way toward anything in the darkness. "AND SO IT SHALL BE. A YOUNG GIRL, CONSUMED BY HER ID, EMERGES TO SERVE." Tamsin was no longer listening actively to the voice. She was trying to shut out the grating words as Joshua and this being conversed. It didn't make sense. After all that had happened, what more could there be? Hopelessness and dread fell over the angel's words, and in disbelief the girl shook her head. What girl? Why was consciousness split? She looked to Joshua for an answer as the rift regained its light, but the angel was trembling, and beads of sweat betrayed his fear. "SAISEI. He has come back into the world." (Sorry for cutting the dialogue short xD It was getting too lengthy to tell her every reaction, and I don't think everyone wants to read my cut and pasted Moho-posts again. xP)

Tamsin was shaking her head, not having felt a tug from the memory crystals so far, as the Jaeger made himself known. The suited, eyepatch-wearing humanoid seemed less monstrous than Aero, but he still looked sinister enough. She couldn't hear well through the ringing in her ears after she'd been bowled over by a pair of Shadows, but she caught mention of Aero and the cafe as she cut down a Shadow. Her teammates were listening as well, and the blue-haired woman raised her bat as Joshua appeared. Golden light rained down, scattering and demolishing Shadows left and right, and with a pop Tamsin's hearing returned to normal. Joshua was speaking... "Alita probably told you all not to engage a Jaeger, right? And yeah, if you did back then, you'd probably die. I get this feeling, though, that you're worth more than you look. Why don't you take that Jaeger down? I'll keep this army busy." With a hint of a smirk, Tam nodded. Finally, someone was choosing to believe in the group. They weren't being saved, protected, or shielded yet again. And Moto was just unlucky enough to be the first enemy they faced while emboldened with such belief. "Nice to meet you, Moto. It's too bad you're not on our side." She let out her breath and raised the hand her bat was in, making eye contact with the Jaeger only for a moment before looking to the group. "Shall we?"

Tamsin wiped her brow with the back of her sleeve. Hesh and Alice had done well, and with the three of them, that Reaper was down. Shattered into nothingness, it was no more a bother than the Shadows that raged all around. She looked up from her companions to see Shadows closing in and Iyana and Aquilas fighting the second Reaper on their own. Cracking her neck as Alice praised their work, Tamsin pocketed her knife and headed back to Iyana. She noticed the tear in the girl's bag and gave the skeletal commander an impatient look. "You did that, huh?" Shaking her head, Tamsin smacked the Reaper on the side of the head with her bat, enjoying the dry crunch of metal against bone. She then started taking down the Shadows that attempted to protect it, dropping them one by one. "Take him down, you two! I've got ya covered."

(Not that easy to kill a Reaper, Ari. They're way stronger than the Shadows. Your bullet'll hit, but we need more of a fight with only two of these guys and at least a thousand Shadows. I assume the reapers, as commanders, have horses of some kind. Correct me if they don't, though. xP) Tamsin hadn't been counting the number of fallen Shadows, but as they disappeared she was glad to see the wave thinning. Everyone was making quick work of the Shadows so far, and it looked like the group was turning the tide with its effort. With another pair of Shadows down, she reached over and messed up Iyana's hair with her free hand. The girl moved, looking away from the enemies in front of them, and Tamsin followed her gaze as she twirled her bat in her gloved hand. There was a Reaper among the enemies, and it was finally drawing its bow. Aquilas was in its path... There was another gunshot, and the skull-like head was grazed. "Not enough," the woman muttered. She struck a nearing Shadow, then told Iyana, "I'll be back in a minute... "Aquilas!" The red and blue-clad fighter fought her way along the front line, each movement a kill and another step toward the Reaper. As the skeleton-figure knocked an arrow, Tamsin remembered something she'd been told at the cafe. 'It's best to take out the Reapers to make the Shadows panic.' Alright then... Taking up her folding knife in her left hand, she studied her opponent, making note of the shield strapped to its left... well, it wasn't exactly and arm... Its radius and ulna? Either way, Tam wasn't going to let it fire off a single projectile. Quite literally coming up swinging, the blue-haired woman wrapped her hands around the base of her bat and took a running leap, forcing the Reaper over the side of his mount with a two-handed blow. As it fell, she crushed two Shadows that started to interfere. As the Reaper rose, she noticed a nick in his skull from hesh's bullet and a piece of a rib swinging halfway down its chest. Skeletal structure looked male, and Tamsin grinned, jesting, "Good, I don't have to hit a girl." The Reaper raised his weapon and took a stance that kept his chest protected by the shield, and the girl nodded. "Fair fight, then..." Tam let out a breath and readied herself, a weapon in each hand. As the Reaper gave a twitch of motion, she charged. She'd try to hold his sword and shield with her bat and strike with the knife until she could disarm him or break the shield that was protecting his torso. With a yell, Tam made the first strike, leading to a deadlock between the enemies as she pushed forward with the length of her bat and he held his ground, eventually forcing her back with a parry. The two collided like this three more times, and on the third occurrence, Tamsin was able to make a hit; when the Reaper parried, she faked a swing to the right and twirled her bat, forcing his sword to his left with the weapon and nicking his arm with her blade. Three Shadows came to the Reaper's defense, and she let out a sigh. "Fine, you can all die..." (They'll continue to fight in the next bit. Don't want to put too much or finish a Reaper off quickly EDIT: Uwahh, I started using real names. =_= Fixed. Gomen.))

I haven't the faintest idea what my patronus or memory would be.

(Bring it on ** I call dibs on one of the reapers, I'll take it out at the end/climax of the fight. Fight scenes~ =w=) Tamsin cursed under her breath at Hesh's harsh shouting. "I'm encouraging the team without being emotional, you ass," she snapped, clocking a shadow in the head as she turned to glare at the foulmouthed companion who was quickly getting on her nerves. "I'd say I want to see you try to blast that Jaeger, but I'm not anxious to have even you killed!" She noticed Prem's posture as he fired off a slew of arrows, and smirked. He's good. Letting out a breath as she finished two more shadows with her bat and knifed a third in the throat, the blue-haired melee-fighter began tearing arrows from the fallen shadows. Ducking under a broad swing, she slid across the ground on her knees and dropped the pile of projectiles beside Prem. "Luckily spent ones can be reused, unlike bullets" she muttered quickly, giving an informal half-salute before returning to the fray. The pure adrenaline as Tam bashed her weapon into the enemies was familiar and energizing, and knowing what she'd been told about the shadows, there had to be crystalline memories nearby that would tell her why. She took a quick look around to ensure that her companions weren't having trouble. No one appeared to be wounded so far, and every fighter was holding his own. Tamsin made her way to Iyana, fighting through the mass of Shadows silently. When she made it to the girl's side, the woman smiled. "Doing alright?" she asked, raising her bat at the nearby Shadows. "How about you and me slice and smash our way to getting back our memories?" She felt a kinmanship with the younger girl despite being sure she was an only child, and was sure to keep her covered when it came to the fight.

"No problem. Nice to meet ya, Aquilas." Tamsin pulled away from the conversation as Prem introduced himself and studied the group. Everyone seemed to be doing okay, for a ragtag group of amnesiacs at least. No one seemed truly overwhelmed, and she was glad to see that. Tightening her tuft of a ponytail again, she decided that if someone seemed to be giving up, she wouldn't let it happen. Everyone in the group was going to survive, get their memories, and leave the Rift, hopefully the same person they were before being tossed here. The blue-haired woman heard the sound of a folding knife opening, and looked up to see Iyana making eye contact with everyone and brandishing her weapon. A ways off there was a large patch of darkness. Shadows.., maybe even reapers. With a sigh, Tamsin watched as everyone prepared to fight, addressing the group to make sure no one made an error in confusion. "Be careful. Only fight with the weapons given or prepared by Joshua and Alita. Shoot or strike to kill. And as we're always told, don't die." Moving away from the edge of the group, Tamsin swung her bat in an arc, listening to the satisfying whoosh it made breaking through the air. It was a comfortable, nostalgic feeling, and she wondered whether she'd played baseball or used a bat-like weapon. The girl patted her pocket, checking for the extra pocket-knife she'd stowed there in case, and let out a breath, charging at the creatures that seemed to have just noticed the humans. She didn't know if she was the first to make contact, but her first strikes were efficient; The surprisingly tough weapon she'd pummeled the nearest Shadow with left it doubled over for a moment, and she took the opportunity to send what she figured was a finishing blow to its head. There was a little chaos as the groups collided, and Tamsin made a mental note to keep an eye on the others. If someone was hit, she'd move to protect them. After all, she could keep fighting while protecting someone, and it felt natural to want to... Which was odd considering her memories thus far. Breaking from her thoughts, she blocked an attempted hit with her blunt weapon. Tamsin took in a breath and held her ground, taking up the folding knife in her left hand and lunging at the unprotected side of the Shadow she was tussling with. As it cringed away, she was able to swing her right arm again and do a double-strike at the creature's neck. She heard the sound of arrows flying as the fallen enemy toppled, and Tamsin glanced in the direction of the sound quickly, hoping it was Prem's shooting and not a long-range opponent. ((Fightin' time. xP I'll leave it here for interaction's sake.))

Tamsin stayed silent as Joshua berated them. She hadn't really intended to take Hesh outside for his bag. It was useless to him most likely. She was hoping that when he woke up a bit he would come to his senses about going back out. They were being sent out again now that the other girl had woken and the two newbies had drank the rift antivenin. She hung back as they began moving out, letting the others move at their own pace. Tamsin felt a tug on her sleeve and turned to see the girl, who had dark hair and wore a hoodie, standing behind her. "Where am I?" she asked. Tamsin smiled and gestured for the girl to follow, lingering behind the rest of the group so that she could explain the RIft. "We're in a place without time. From what I've seen, I believe most of us are from different worlds and times, and we were drawn here by a Jaeger called Aero. Jaegers are humanoid creatures with color-changing eyes. They're very dangerous, and you are not to engage them. There are two other types of monster called I think, Reapers and Shadows. We can fight them with our enhanced weapons. Our memories have been scattered on entry to the rift, which is itself an insidious place. What you drank will protect you from its poisons. "Your memories will be contained in yellow crystals throughout the rift, and they'll react when you're near. Shadows and the rest feed on the crystals, so we have to gather them before they're consumed. Otherwise the memories inside them will be lost forever. We need to find all our memories to get out of here. Sorry to drop so much on you, but you two got bitch slapped into the middle of all this after we got our explanations." She offered a hand with another smile, then added, "Bag boy is Hesh, Skull-cap's name is Prem. The younger girl is Iyana, Misaki is the woman in armor, and Alice is the one over there. I'm Tamsin, by the way. Do you recall your name?"

Tamsin nodded at Prem, but even though Hesh had been pretty harsh, she didn't want to send the newbie out where creatures could find him. "Look, we can't go back to the area where we found you. If you dropped the bag on the way, you can go pick it back up, but I'm not going to send anyone back. If you're too 'fraidy cat to go by yourself, I'll come with you, since I know Misaki can handle things here, but my help's all you're gonna get if you don't feel like goin' alone." After her long winded response, the girl put her feet up on the table and waited for an answer. She felt like she should stay with the group and try to keep everyone together, but despite her temper, didn't feel like making an enemy of Hesh right off the bat.

Tamsin raised an eyebrow at Hesh before hefting up her baseball bat. "For your information, Hesh, if I smack you, it will be with this bat, and you'll be dead, let alone unable to snap any necks. I'm watching you now, bitch." She flicked off the newcomer and took a seat at the table, her bat on her shoulder. (Sorry Ari, but Tamsin has a potty mouth and doesn't like threats xP)

After addressing Iyana, Tamsin turned to look at Hesh, who'd been spouting nonsense before Alice gave a short explanation. "We hauled your ass from the crash site, kid," she added, "This is Alice, the girl is Iyana, the woman in armor is Misaki, and Prem's the dude over there." She pointed at everyone as she listed names. "The woman out there who fought the Jaeger for your life and ours is called Alita, and don't forget that. You're not gonna have any memories right off the bat, but you can gather 'em through yellow crystals. And just to clarify, you stay with the group. A Jaeger could ice your ass in two seconds. I'll let ya wake up. Alice, if he says somethin' stupid, just smack him..."

A Jaeger, THE Jaeger, was changing the game. She wanted to shout, to turn and yell at Aero that no, the humans were not swine, and they'd end her pitiful existence... But she held back, doing as she was told and trying not to endanger the others. They were no longer to follow Alita. Tamsin gave a heavy sigh at the thought of leaving the girl behind, but she knew there was no reason to argue. Alita had chosen to take on Aero and get the humans to safety. "Thank you," Tamsin mumbled, taking one of the unconscious girl's arms as Misaki took the other. The group ran straight back to the cafe; a few turned to look back, and the blue-haired woman knew she heard crying from at least one member of the group. I'm sorry, she thought. Her grip on the survivor's shoulder tightened, and Tamsin steeled herself as she faintly remembered having done in the past. There's some kind of war the Jaeger's are involved in. This one has it out for human and 'angel' alike, so I assume the fighting's between those factions... And then we got tossed in here. Damn, if I remembered who I was, I onder if I'd still be pissed about being taken from that life. "Alice, Prem, watch your step." When they'd trundled the two survivors into the cafe and closed it up, Tamsin set the girl she and Misaki had carried in a chair and walked to Iyana, who wasn't standing huddled with the group or close to another person. "Hey," she mumbled offering a smile, "You doin' alright, Iyana? I'm not gonna fuss over you 'cause you're young, but if you ever feel like no one's listening, or you need somebody to talk to, I'm 'ere, 'kay?"

Hannibal. Not a particularly romantic movie, but still xP The book confirms the romance, but even in the movie it's intriguing and though twisted, I support it xD