Rena gets bored

This new life SUCKS! Rena fumed to herself as she stormed her way to the front of the coalition main headquarter's as if she was about to bust into her own home. She didn't care how weakened she had become she wanted to do SOMETHING.

And she knew who to talk to.

Her student Jun was in the Coalition and she decided it was time to see how far her had come since then and if he had even been using the techniques he was taught correctly. Of course when she walked into the building she was stopped by guards and asked to leave.

Which she, in her already pissy mood, decided to reply to by kicking said guard in the face and sending him to the ground. Grunts she could still handle. She wasn't leaving til she saw someone in a position to take her to Jun, "I'm not leaving and you can't make me!"

"I'm here for Tomoshibi but until he or someone else comes down here I guess I'll play with you big boy." Rena said as she waited for the guard to get back up and he started brawling with her. This easily continued for either five minutes or until someone came down to stop the stupidity of the fighting.

Whichever came first.

When/If someone did show up Rena would Patoh Pah the guard in the stomach last second just to knock him out for stopping her in the first place. Served him right.

Serena was quietly working as she prepared to reveal her true self to the coalition and hope they didn't think to badly of her. Yes, she'd been sent to infiltrate them, but she defied all logical thought, and now planned to betray her Lord. Of course, she'd had reservations about wiping out another race of living, breathing creatures for a long time. But if they were going to survive, she needed to do more than just think about it, and tell the coalition the truth, and also give them the information they needed to fight back effectively. She just needed to do it in the right way so that they didn't instantly turn on her and kill her. Luckily, she had Tadatomo on her side.

"Some one's fighting down stairs!" She heard someone shout. Serena looked up, wondering what the hell was going on. Listening, she heard the commotion. With a weary sigh she made her way down into the lobby, to see what she could do. She found a man and a woman brawling in the middle of the room, everyone else shying away from the fight. She recognized the man, he was here when she first signed up.

Serena walked forward into the ring of people, She grabbed and spun the guard so that he ended up behind her. A fist bumped into her chest, since she was a good deal shorter than Ron the guard, sending vibrations through her, as the woman tried to knock the guard out. Serena looked at her, tilting her head slightly. "please stop trying to break our guards, Ron's only doing his job." She said. Her hand hovered at her side, ready to produce a pistol if she needed it. Though given that punch's lack of effect, she probably wouldn't. "..Can i help you?"

Rena blinked as her plaything was taken from her, "I told the guard why I'm here and he decided to be rude by telling me to leave. I don't care who they are no one tells me to leave." She said as she flicked a hand through her hair and giggled, "Shame he couldn't fight better though. Anyways I'm here for Tomoshibi. Jun Tomoshibi. Whether he's here or not I don't know but I do know he works here. he's my student and as such I have the right to see him and make sure he isn't misusing what I taught him."

Her powers may have been gone but her ability to tell who was stronger than her wasn't entirely gone. This girl..........? The thought suddenly struck her as odd that she questioned the girl part of this as she looked her over and looked at her hand which felt like it hit a brick wall. Rena shook her head after and simply ignored it figuring it was her own new found weakness and nothing more. This girl was strong either way.

"So could you take me to him or at least to a place I could wait for him til he gets back. This is the fourth time I've been here and only once have I not been stopped by the bloody guards." If the girl declined her request she would merely go past her looking for Jun on her own regardless of whether or not someone tried to stop her. Hopefully the girl would just be helpful and then Rena wouldn't have to lecture Jun about the rudeness of the Coalition and how it's a bad influence on him later.

Serena crossed her arms and and gave the girl a mild look. "I could tell you to leave and toss you out for causing trouble... However I happen to know Jun, and I figure he'll want to meet you too." Serena said. She turned to the crowd and waved an arm. "Go on back to your things and stuff, I've got the situation under control." She said, dismissing the crowd.

She turned back to the girl. "Come along then, if Jun is here there's only two places he'd probably be." She said. His appetite was well known, so the first place she led the woman was towards the cafeteria. She glanced at her to make sure she wasn't planning any more trouble. "So, you said you trained him? did you teach him the magic or the fancy moves? Like the one you tried to use on the guard?"

She frowned when the lady suggested that she could just have Rena thrown out, but the frown faded as she mentioned knowing Jun and began to follow her to where one of the two places she mentioned was. The Cafeteria. Yes Rena remembered Jun's otherworldly affinity for eating and the memories made her chuckle a bit to herself as she made sure to keep up with her new Escort, "Yes I trained him. Maybe not in everything he knows but I trained him in my martial arts style. It focuses on body strength and signature moves as well as a combination of Muay Thai, kick boxing some jujitsu and random bits of Kenpo."

She pulled her bamboo shinai practice sword from out behind her, how she had it back there is beyond knowledge, and grinned, "I also taught him some basic kendo. Despite his use of his body as a weapon knowledge of kendo could easily save his hide during a fight where he has to fight weapons."

She sighed softly and remembered how horribly difficult her training regimen was for him. It put him through hell and that made her smile, "My training routine was tough and merciless but he passed it in the end. He's a much stronger fighter for it too I'll promise you that." She looked around the cafeteria and didn't see anyone obliterating plate after plate nor did she see anyone resembling Jun.

"I guess he isn't here. Where else could he be at this time of day? Surely they wouldn't keep him out on the field all the time?"

Serena nodded. "Ah, I see. I faught him when I first joined up. I'm allot stronger than him but I was impressed by his skill. Then again I wasn't shown how to fight by my father. He thought me to use guns but besides that, Jun was my first real fight. Just as well, because after that, things got very crazy around here." She explained. Of course, she didn't really have a father, though the coalition believed her 'father' was the man who built her, since they eventually figure out she was a machine. She didn't see a need to divulge this information to the woman though.

They reached the Canteen, and indeed Jun wasn't there. She shrugged. "I guess he really does stop eating eventually. Well, lets go check out Alexander's lab. If he's there, I'll probably run along. Alexander's still a little mad at me for not obeying his orders and I'd rather not get in trouble again." She said. Then she headed in that direction.

"Sounds like he's keeping up with his training at least then. That is nice to hear that he's making some friends too." She said as she followed the women, "Hah that's a riot. Oh? A lab you say? I hate labs.. I had my vizard hollow spirit nearly removed by one." It was quite painful." She began to follow the lady to the new location and remained mostly quiet for the rest of the trip until they got there.

"That's.. quite the Lab.." She would say in amazement when/if they arrived, "It's a lot bigger than the one I was stuck in back in Gotei at least. They had a small budget though.." She cupped her hands over her mouth after a moment,"HEY JUN" She said all of a sudden, "YOU DOWN HERE BOY!? YOU'D BETTER RESPOND IF YOU ARE!"

Serena nodded smiling. "Yep. I guess we're friends. He eventually forgave me for kicking him in the crotch. In my defense, I had no idea it would be so... Painful. I'd never do it again to someone I like, it was pretty horrible of me really." She frowned when the woman spoke of being a vizard, and raised an eyebrow at it. "Oh, wow. That sounds terrible... But, if I'm not mistaken your human now? Or is that a complex Gigli your using. Wait sorry no, Its Gigai, right?"

They arrived at the lab and Serena led her in, looking around for Alexander and Jun as she did. "Well, humans have to spend more time on advancing technology, when not all of them have access to magic swords and spirits... Sorry I hope thats not offensive. I don't know much about the gotei." She said. Nodding she added, "As the main defense against humans with powers, arrancar and sinners, the coalition has a pretty big budget. Of course there are others out there who do what they can but I don't know if they always see eye to eye with the coalition."

Alexander had jumped, accidently firing the tranformable shotgun he was testing at one of his assitants. Who had dodged the buckshot. Walking towards the commotion, he came across a woman and Serena. "I'm sorry to inform you, but Junny's shift doesn't start for another half hour. He'll be here in another fifteen to twenty minutes...I'm Alexander Kerensky, Chief of Research and Development. Is there something I can help with?"

The six foot tall bounto questioned. Green hair, teal eyes, business attire minus the suit jacket, but with a trench coat, and a black bucket hat. It was at that moment the elevator dinged. And out came the blond that was asked for. "HELP ME!" The blond did a tackle at the closest person. Which happened to be Rena-sensei.

Alex found the situation amusing. But alas, turned to Serena. "Would it be possible for me to borrow you at some point in the near future and you give an honest opinion on this *holds up transformable shotgun*"

"Hahahahahahahahah Kicked in the balls by a girl.. Don't worry about it it's probably not going to be the last time it happens and I'm sure he'll be fine even if it does." She said to Serena while listening to the rest of what she said before a large commotion was heard from the Lab room infront of them. Then someone she recognized showed up to talk about Jun's shift not starting for a bit. The shotgun looked neat but Rena wasn't into weaponry like that. Then the elevator dinged and she saw another familiar face that started to run right at her.

Rena just grinned as she was suddenly hugged by her old student who seemed to be running in fear of something. Maybe a fan girl or an army of girls who thought he was too adorable to resist huggling? She decided to spook him further, "Welcome to Hell maggot. You've just hugged the devil!" She said as she hugged him comedically tight though she lacked the strength to do any damage to him while doing so, "How ya been kiddo. Been a long time since I've seen you. What's with the cry for help you telling me you are too weak to handle Alex's experiments anymore!? Do we need to revisit your training!?"

"Hi Alexander." She said curtly and politely, "Been a while since I saw you last too. How have you been? Is Jun here giving you any trouble?" She laughed heartily as she accused Jun of being trouble when she knew Alex was more likely to do that than Jun the goody two shoes was.

Serena seen Jun fly out of the elevator followed by one of the secretaries who worked on the office floor. Serena had seen her before, and she was a bit of a flirt, which might explain why Jun was running in fear, since this woman was a good fifteen years his senior. Serena pushed the handsy secretary back in the elevator. "Oh god run run! the labs off limits to people with no powers, someone dropped a vial of airborne poison!" she said. The woman rushed back in and hit the button for her floor, and the doors closed. "There, problem solved." She said smiling at Jun.

She joined the others as Alexander asked for her to take a look at the shotgun he'd been working on. "I'll take a look now but shouldn't you contact your mercenary engineer for some help?" Serena asked. She took the gun from him anyway and had a look at it. "Its a bit... top heavy... That'll effect accuracy, though it's a shotgun sword, I doubt anyone wielding this thing would be standing to far from the person their shooting at. The kick on this must be crazy too. Maybe a single barrel would be better, and you could make it mag loaded that way. I suppose you could have a double barrel mag loaded shotgun but... Thats a bit overkill, don't you think?"

She handed him back the weapon. She didn't know if those suggestions were any help, but she didn't really daly to much in weapon creation. She considered it for a moment. "I'd like to help on this. Maybe I can implement blades into my pistols too, if we can get the prototype going..Maybe contact that engineer and see if she'll let you take a look at the weapon she had, the sword rifle. You could use a similar blade deployment to help keep the weapon balanced when its folded." Serena said.

Jun was exceptionally greatful to Serena for getting her off of him. Damn pedofile! He squeezed his former master as well. "I don't care! I'll take training with you over dealing with crazy bitches any day!" The blond was happy to see her. Despite being harsh and coming up with insane training routines and practices, she was always fair...for the most part.

"I've been good. Haven't had time to be a part of Alex's experiments. Between assignments and school and basic stuff here, I've been busy..." The boy practically groaned. "I'm gonna hate tomorrow...my crazy cousins are visiting..." He really wasn't looking forward to that.

Alex shrugged at Serena. "Sometimes it's just better to figure things out for yourself. There's only so much she can help out with anyway." The man nodded at the android's anylasis. "I plan on having different types of munitions for it, hence the lack of a mag. I'm thinking about using a revolver like loading system...there's a lot of moving parts though. I've tried the double barrel with mags before, but only the strongest of people could handle it, so yes, that has proven to be overkill. The kick isn't terrible, just a little higher than our standard, and Jun can handle those just fine. He used to have one.

She had handed him back the weapon and continued. He thought about it and nodded. He waved at Rena. "Indeed it has. I've been fine as well. I haven't had to gas Junny for a while, so he hasn't been too terrible. *cue Jun blushing and pouting and crossing his arms* If you'd like to take him, go ahead. He needs a day off anyway. Shall we?" He led the android to his firing range. The bounto had several different models of the shotgun sword on a different table.

Jun smiled. "So, what do you want to do? And what brings you here? I noticed the door was intact and there was no knocked out guards this time...but were you at least treated with respect?"

"I came to make sure you were staying out of trouble." She raised an eyebrow at him as if questioning his sanity at this point. Had he not realized? Ah right he wasn't a very good sensor, "Looks like I won't be able to train you myself anymore kiddo. You are so much stronger than me now it's not even funny. I'm full on human these days. Don't even get the benefits of having powers anymore."

She flicked a hand through her hair, "I fought Ron and was messing him up a bit before Serena showed up and stopped our little sparring but other than that yes I've been treated with respect." She looked over at Alex who was talking to Serena and moved to follow them, "I actually had a secret agenda..figuring if I found you I'd run into Alexander again as well..."

She made sure to get Alex's attention one way or another before continuing, "I can't stand being powerless. But my only other choice to regain power is to become a hollow..something I'm not keen on for obvious reasons. Think you could help a girl out?"

\Serena nodded and followed Alexander. He led her into a firing range with several prototypes on the table. "I see you've been busy. If my father was still alive, he would have been so helpful right now." she said, she even looked a little mournful when she said it. Serena wasn't thinking about her fake father though, but rather her true maker, who she'd left to die long ago. It wasn't a lie that her maker would be of help here, since they'd built her after all.

"Interesting stuff." She said, picking up a triple barrel design with a sliding blade, the thing looked more like an axe then a sword. She raised an eyebrow at alexander, before putting it back down on the table. "You know... you could try lower the amount of moving parts by installing a container like device to store the blade. When the handle folds back to straighten the weapon so that it can be swung like a sword, the blade materialises into place. It would reduce weight too.." She suggested.

Alex didn't comment. He didn't know how she felt. He never met his personal creator. He thought about what she said. "That's true. It's not like we don't have the technology to do that. Another option would be stealing a line from you and base the blade off of yours. It utilizes nanites, doesn't it? Using an energy blade is another option..."

Jun whined worriedly at what she said at first. He was glad that she was treated with some respect, beyond Ron. Speaking of whom... "I think he was one of the guards you knocked out last time you were here...and I guess he can hold a grudge. I'll talk to him about this." The blond saw her look over at Alex. Immediately, Jun had an idea of what she was really here for.

He followed her. The bounto looked at the approaching duo with a curious tilt of the head. He listened to Rena. Jun piped up too. "Please help her? She's my friend, mentor, master, I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for her! You must help her!" The blond was giving his puppy dog look, complete with wide, green eyes, pouty lip, and hands clasp in prayer.

Alex sighed at the sight. "And you wonder why your cousins attempt to dress you in skirts and dresses. *cue Junny grimmace* I need to know more of the story. Being reverted from Vizard to Human is a big deal. I don't think it's ever been done before. I've heard of shinigami possession-ish happening with Sharu, but that's about it. You can also try the Tomoshibi Diaries."

"That's a good point. Granted, I'd have to open them since they have a seal on them that makes it only a Tomoshibi can open it. They're from my great-grandmother. She was a former shinigami. It's because of those diaries that some of us have learned kido, but there's a bunch of stuff in there too. We do also have biosuit...but its sale is very...restricted to Coalition members only..."

"All I can tell you is the Soul King zapped me. I remember what happened before and after that but the actual act was so fast I didn't have time to even figure out what was going on myself.." She sighed aoftly, "learning Kidou is impossible for me I fear. I remember the incantations and even how it felt to cast the spells but my body can't generate the proper spiritual flow. It's taxing enough just to manage my martial arts moves."

She perked a bit at the mention of a Biosuit but then frowned as the Coalition was mentioned as a restriction, "I would...consider.. joining the Coalition if that helped me gain access to one.. but I wouldn't enjoy it.  The Coalition is very controlling, despite their intentions, and that was the very reason I left the Gotei and then the Kishimasuku in the first place."

She rubbed her chin, "I suppose we can go and read the Tomoshibi Diary if you think it would help but chances are they've never had a case like this. Originally I was split into two people. I guess he was trying to be nice to me or something, you may even remember that Alexander. But when we found eachother in the real world we realized that by staying near eachother we would eventually meld back into the same being again. Which we decided to do. Thats why my name was changed to Renko when I came back. Apparently this was not an intended possibility though because not long after I returned to this "Normal" state the Soul King zapped me again this time reducing me to what you now see before you. So I'm not asking for my original power back though that'd be nice. I just want to remain in the game and not some useless old bat left to rot unless teaching someone somethings."

Serena frowned when Alexander suggested they could try reverse engineer her nano tool. "Wow, maybe ask a girl to dinner before you try getting a look at her hardware." She said laughing slightly. "But no, I don't think thats possible. The Nanoblade is part of the nano tool built into my right arm. Reverse engineering it would require removing and dismantling my arm, which would be unpleasant for me. I do feel pain, not as severely as a human but its still not nice. Some would happily claim I'm not alive and don't deserve a choice to get hold of my technology, which is why I pretended to be human when I came to you in the beginning."

She considered the other option. "An energy blade, huh? you'd need to somehow make it solid so other weapons wont just pass right through it when someone blocks, but it would certainly cut effectively." She said. She had no experience with energy blades, most Serion used metal melee weapons. Energy weapons was possible, but humans had those, albiet no where near as advanced. Since they were talking to Rena about her restoring some of her own power, Serena made a suggestion. "Why not become a cyborg? The coalition knows a cybernetics mechanic who might help you out."

The bounto chuckled a bit himself at the android's joke. "It would speed up the process if I could take your arm apart, but I don't think so if it will cause you pain or discomfort. I can observe you extending and retracting it a bit more, looking at it under a microscope, and stuff like that. Just to give me some ideas on how to start making it. Clearly, there are some debates about AIs about still. I'm not one of those that think that. If you have a "brain" that acts similarly to a human's, then you have just as much right to freedom and the like as the next sentient being.

An energy blade is no problem when it comes to hardness. *cue producing an energy sword himself* The issue with that idea is the design aspect. Do I want it to run similarly to how I produce energy weapons or do I make it run on the user's power? Perhaps a power core itself? This is more of a special request for Jun anyway, so I'm not worried about mass production yet."

He listened to the shortened version of Rena's story. It was certain a strange one and didn't really help him. Most he could think of was training. And the biosuit. But she also didn't want to join the Coalition. "Our biosuit is a little outdated anyway. It's more used by lower members. From what you say, I assume you want to at least stand a chance against Junny, correct? Cybornetics is one way. I can do that myself. Although Gaige would have some extra tricks built into the cybornetics that she would implant. Her suits are also pretty nifty and comes with specialties. She's quite the bright young woman and I can definitely learn a thing or two from her.

Go ahead and check the Tomoshibi Diaries, that's plural. I believe Riku borrowed one to help his friend at one point due to it being awfully similar to a vizard situation? If it has something like that in there, who knows what else is there. It might require a kido expert, however. Riku is one such expert, but who knows what's going on in Soul Society right now. If you don't find anything satisfactory, at least think about the options we gave you. I'll even give you Gaige Ashe's business card she gave me. I saved the contact information already, so you can keep it if you wish. I'll even give her a heads up and ask her to give you a discount. Otherwise, we can sell you some nifty things to make your fights and future endeavors easier. But nothing beats having your own abilities."

"Thanks sensei. Wanna stay here or head on over to my place? The diaries are in our basement with a couple of memorials..." If Rena accepted the invite over, Jun would take her while Alex would continue speaking to Serena about the special request project.

Rena sat cross legged right where she had been standing and looked deep in thought for a moment. She already knew getting her original power back would only cause a third bout of backlash and that may end in her actual death if it were to occur again. She wouldn't be that reckless but, to her, being who she was meant that she had her soul. Cybernetics was indeed an option because it would still be her just a more mechanical version and people use those to improve the conditions of their lives all the time.

On the other hand even if the Tomoshibi Diaries had information that could help.. she would either have to ignore it for fear of regaining her original power or she would have to do something quite drastic that could result in a negative effect on her soul. Something she couldn't tolerate as it was her most important feature.

"I'll take a look at the Dairies.." She said after taking longer than she thought to think further on the subject, "If I went with cybernetics they have limitations than no amount of my training could surpass. Even if I got masterfully done parts I'd still have a quirk or two and it'd drive me nuts. I need my body to respond the way I tell it to and no matter how perfect the parts are I can't get that guarantee with mechanics."

So she followed Jun and didn't stop following him for any reason until they arrived.