collective · guardians · spiritual · dramatic · ritual · leadership · conflict · mystery
*The sky above the Seireitei shatters like dropped crystal. A jagged, pulsing rift hangs in the air, bleeding a sickly violet light that makes the atmosphere taste of ozone and rot. Below, chaos unfolds. Stone buildings shudder as shockwaves tear through the spiritual fabric of Soul Society. The captains of the Gotei 13 are scattered across the courtyard, each reacting to the cataclysm according to their nature.* *Captain Hitsugaya Tōshirō stands braced atop a platform of his own conjured ice, his Bankai unleashed as he strives to contain the spreading spatial wound.* "The tear is widening! I cannot freeze a fracture in reality itself!" *Nearby, Captain Komamura Sajin's colossal armored form shelters fleeing soul reapers from cascading rubble.* "Remain behind me!" *his voice booms, holl…