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Affiliation: Las Noches | Rank: Fourth Espada | Zanpakuto Name: Murciélago

Lesser of the Two Evils...

Humans are such fragile things. They can be gullible, toyed with, confused, hopeful, foolish, arrogant... Yet they all share something in common: their ability to be used up and thrown away. Common trash lost in the sea of a stimulating divine comedy.

But things change. Ideas warp. Kings fall and the cowardly peasants think they have won the day, but in reality they are swept up like dirt under a rug. Once again: used up and thrown away.

Though my disdain for the weak race of humans has never altered, it has been... readjusted. There is nothing more vital to a dissection than a live specimen.

The woman. I needed to find what made her tick. What brought her joy and happiness, so I could crush it and let her carry on in a more realistic sense of the world. Did she know that when we all die, we just become pawns to be scattered and gathered again at the player's mercy? No. Her mind was too simple to distinguish the difference of life and death. To her, Kurosaki was the only reason to hope and believe... but he too shall topple.

And then there was Kita. A different kind of human. Not fully human or Espada in my eyes, but belonging in neither world. Was she an accident? A precursor to what Lord Aizen has planned? Or just a movable pawn in which there is limited access...? Her existence is patronizing. I lose no sleep over what she is, but rather the thoughts of what she isn't plague my waking hours.

Kita has become an itch I cannot scratch. A thorn I cannot reach. A life I cannot take.

Emotions are not something I indulge in, yet I do not fight the one that overtakes my mind when she is near. The curiosity is like an insatiable beast; crashing and tearing its way through the thin film of decency. I need to know what she thinks... What she encounters... What she knows... By bringing myself closer to her, I will eventually crack this mystery of humanity and extinguish their life force.

One human at a time.

Ulquiorra: *blinks slowly and looks at Kita* I must have missed what you said... repeat yourself. *continues walking down halls of Los Noches*

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• Part 3 Shadows In the Forest:

((In case there was any confusion, this was all supposed to be going on in Ulqui's head... well up until the point where he starts talking to Kita. And sorry it's so crappy. It's already 12:25 and I need to go to sleep.))