Soul Society
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Says her assistant, suddenly popping out into view, at least this time an active Hell Butterfly. Narrowing her eyes Kayami was not in the least happy with this interruption.
"Yes?"
"This is Kozaki, Ma'am two Captains have came here to seek you out, they are making way to your central lab now, we've left a clear path to there."
"And why are the defenses and containment not active?" She asks sharply waiting for the hand radio like conversation to continue in kind.
"We... didn't think that was prudent..I mean they seem to be looking for you and sticking to the main lab together, we were not sure how to deal with that.. it far surpasses your simulated requirements, plus we normally only attack him..." The feminine voice responds in kind with some slight hesitation.
"Well I guess the traps would not be effective on two Captains working together, still you should have at least threw your bodies at them, but then again that would be a waste of resources.. Just leave them be as you have. Oh and do have another aide on hand. Some civility should be shown to our guests.
As for you, do go to the Kido Corps and arrange the transfer..be quick about it-"
With that the Shinigami Captain doesn't wait for a response, using her Shunpo skills to quickly leave the area, her request suddenly made sense for another aide, this one simply could not keep up with his Captain. Fortunately for Kayami she had simply and physically walked about outside, not gaining too much in way of distance from her headquarters.
Closing the distance fairly rapidly, she had reached the lab in time to detect Aiji broadcasting his presence and Shuzo voicing his question.. Were they guessing or had they sensed her, hiding her presence wasn't one of her skills after all, still the timing was funny.
"Oh but of course I don't mind. Guests are always welcomed, though its a shame a few field tests didn't happen on the way.."
She says in response to the latte's question, shimmering into existence suddenly with hands in her pockets, smile to her face. A lab coat wearing aid suddenly comes in the doorway behind his captain, panting as he did so. Gaining a look of ire from his boss, the male quickly recovers.
"As to that other question, I was just out actually attempting to arrange the transfer. They should either be undergoing final checks or being ready for shipment now, but allow me to show you both the way. Or perhaps I'll just put them on monitor unless you wish for a direct inspection. I wouldn't ever have someone else use equipment I considered unsafe." She says lying through her teeth on the last bit. Looking at her subordinate, the woman's smile is still fixed showing no sign of her falsehoods.
"Captains Kagesutchi and Kusanagi are our guests, bring us some tea and cups. Ah yes, the western set, the should get to try some Tea from there, let's keep it simple, Darjeeling should be agreeable, and some rice crackers.. Just a small amount, and patch in the monitor, you did install the new one, yes?"
"Yes Captain Yukimura, we installed it shortly after you b...requested it. I-I'll be back with the Tea at once!"
Noting the icy glare for his near screw up, the man had a bad feeling about this.
"Oh, have Kozaki bring the tea, you should really see about cleaning up Test Chamber Four. It won't take you long and you are less delicate than she.."
Bowing low in respect, the aide quickly leaves as Kayami switches on the main screen, flipping through various channels by a touch screen, the Gigai seemed to be in the maintenance bay still.
"As you can see they look more plain than the typical Gigai minus of course the lines on the legs and segmentation. Coupled with the soul candy a release can be achieved fairly quickly. As to what the lines are for, I've compressed the internals, think of them as Matryoshka Dolls... ah it is a type of stacking toy from the Human World, the point is this allows the dolls to compress and expand their size in various places, thus it's possible for Shinigami not of the same exact size to quickly swap said Gigai, cutting down on our maintenance efforts and needing to mass produce several specialized models around specific body types. I've also been experimenting with ceramic plating to make up for structural defects common across all the Gigai, but that is still being worked on.
Moving along this also allows for different genders to swap the dolls out fairly quickly, the default form will revert if no soul is present, but of course that doesn't mean one can simply swap into and out of them instantly, but it does beat having to send them back every time we want to change the user. Also I have been working on more of mimicking features of humans and an extended operational time, but that is still also in testing. Overall in most aspects they are a step above my predecessors work. Unfortunately the issue around clothing is not one I can resolve, we must use the old ways to solve that.."
Not elaborating much on some aspects of what she said, Kayami finishes her lengthy explanation as a young female Shinigami who was in more traditional garbs enters the room, if anything could be said to be odd of her it would be her straw hat with it's so called blinding sheets. Effectively just paper that traditionally showcased a servant who was blind and deaf to their masters affairs, being a fairly small girl compared to her taller Captain, she pushes in a small cart that contained some tea cups, tea pot and a plate of small rice crackers, with sugar and milk in small cups to the side.
"Greetings Captains, I am Third Seat Kozaki Kaede, your tea is ready Mistress."
"Ah, good, she's a family Servant that wished to join the Division, you may speak openly with her about. So what more questions or information did you have for me? Would you like to see the Gigai up close?" Grabbing a cup as Kozaki pours some of the brown liquid, she then puts in a single sugar cube, as Kayami smells it briefly before taking a sip.
"Tea?" She asks the two, pot held above the fancy china cups.
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