Meeting 1. December {{Espada Only}}

The meeting room of the Espada was as usual, silent. Occasionally, a wind from the outside blew by and the sound of sand sweeping over sand could be heard. During the war between Arrancar and Shinigami, Las Noches had sustained some serious casualities. The Throne Room had been wrecked during Ichigo's and Ulquiorra's battle. Many of the pillars outside the rooms of the Espada had collapsed. And finally, the Espada Meeting Room had been split in two pieces by a Reiatsu-wave released by Zaraki Kenpachi. Tha back of the chair with a huge '7' on it's back was torn of and the chairs with '9' and '10', were completely smashed. But someone had appearently halfheartedly tried to repair the room. This person had used some rocks from Hueco Mundo to replace the broken chairs, but it couldn't be said to look comfortable.
It was probably the same person who put up a tarpaulin in front of the huge hole in the war, which made the room seem more like a war-camp than a meeting room. But now, after several months, the room would soon come to use again.

After all, the room hadn't been in use for quite the time. The last meeting inside it, was with a long gone Espada. Only three of those Espada remained and only one of them had held his position. And thay only Espada would possibly not pour a thought to his long lost team members. Coyote Starrk. Baraggan Luisenbarn. Tia Harribel. Nnoitra Gilga. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez. Zommari Rureaux. Szayel Aporro Granz. Aaroniero Arruruerie. And Yammy Llargo. Those were the exact names of the Former 9 Espada that lastly served Aizen. Seven of them were dead. One of them left. And the last one was stripped from the ranks of Espada and served under the current Sexta, Fuu Numa. Only one of them remained.
He was formerly the Cuatra Espada, now Tercera. The man's name was Ulquiorra Cifer. And he was possibly the most powerful of the 10 Espada which served under Aizen.
But now. He had two Espada superior to him. James White and the current leader of the Espada; Incognita Periculum.

The last mentioned was the one that had arranged and informed the Espada about the meeting. Yesterday, she had sent a message with a numero to each Espada-room. The Numero did not come back in one piece, though. Due to this, she suspected that some of the Espada disapproved her being the leader of Las Noches, instead of the Primera. Yes, the Primera could manipulate matter, but... He couldn't predict the future. But it was the same for her. As long as the Shinigami fell...
She was currently walking down the hallways of Las Noches, wondering if some of the Espada would be precise or if the most of them would be running late. Of course, she could predict the outcome, but that would just be boring. Her long black hair almost danced behind her head and her greenish grey eyes stared emptily out in the air in front of her. Her white blouse, which exposed her bossom , danced as wildly as her hair did. Her hakama was barely exposing her hips and the top of the '2'-tattoo was visible for the keenest eye.
The ribbon on the side of her head was also moving back and forth, like her hair. She was moving quickly by human standards, almost rushing through the corridors. The woman hoped that she was the first one to arrive, as it would look unprofessional if a leader wasn't present at the beginning of a meeting.

Her eyes were focused on a vast door standing before her. It wasn't a long time ago since she had ordered some Numero to fix the room. But it was obvious that she hadn't picked the right persons for it. The door looked like it was on the verge of collapsing. Looking at it didn't give anyone big hopes about the inside.
Her steps got slower as she got closer to the door and she suddenly stopped as she remembered something. The cups I had brought with me from the human world! Did I forget them? Grey eyes flickered from the left corner of the door, to the right. Nope, she hadn't forgot them. All ten were present on a table close on the right side of the door. Incognita continued to walk again, feeling the relief. After just a few steps, she was at the door. She raised her left arm and gently pushed the left side of this two-sided door. The door creaked, but it went up. She noticed that the Numero had forgotten to turn of the light, but it was alright. What could you expect from such egocentrical beings?

She grabbed five of the cups she had brought there yesterday and walked in. This will be rather exciting, the Espada Leader thought as she started to put down the cups. And no, she did not hand the cups out randomly. At the chair labelled with '1', she placed a cup with the text "Young and Horny". James and that Arrancar girl wasn't very discrete, as their spiritual pressures could be felt inside Las Noches too. They were a little bit unnaturally close to each other. Close to the chair with the number '8', Incognita placed a cup with the text "You light my fire, Babe". It was obviously a reference to Luciernaga's powers, but Incognita couldn't come up with something else.
Close to the chair with the number '5', she set down a cup with "Smile, if you are not wearing underwear". The cup even had a smiley close to the text. As she didn't know Kita very well, she just had to choose something. At the chair with a '4' on it's back, she placed a cup with the text "To young for this club" ingraved on it. She knew that Yeshua looked very young, but had the brain of an old philosopher. She would still treat him like a child. An innocent child...
She snapped out of her thoughts and set down the last cup close to the chair with a '9' on the back. The text on it was simple. "I liek turtlez." The cup was blue and had a turtle on the side of it. This was humor she didn't comprehend and wondered why she had bought it. And why was it spelled so badly?

She slowly walked out of the room, grabbing the five cups left. She walked to the seat with '10' on it's back and placed the cup in front of it. It was an arrow that pointed to the left on it and a text saying: "I am with stupid." It was possibly too much making fun of the Novena twice, but... She couldn't resist it. Incognita's dark hair continued to dance as she walked over to the seat with a huge '3' on it's back. This was possibly the funniest of them. "Smile. It makes the world a better place." The cup itself wasn't funny, but it stood in stark contrast with the Tercera Espada, Ulquiorra Cifer. She lowered her legs, before jumping gracefully over the table and walked over to the chair with the number '6'. Again, the cup itself wasn't amusing, but it really fit the Sexta Espada. "Silence is golden."
Even though she found them amusing, Incognita did not smile or laugh during the time she set them out. It was one of her inabilities. She couldn't feel real joy. A hint of happiness, but not anything like that. Since the incident.
She walked over to the Septima's chair. "I am a pwetty girl" was the text of the tea-cup. The Espada Leader wondered why someone would spell so badly and why that would be funny.

She looked at the cup in her hand. "Who said I didn't have humor?" Indeed a genius cup for herself. Her eyes looked up from the cup she was holding in her hand and straight at the relatively unharmed Espada Leader chair. Her feet barely lifted from the ground as she passed the two chairs before standing next to her own. Her hand lowered itself and put the cup down on the table, before sitting down on the chair. Now, she just had to wait.

OOC: This is a picture to show the table they are sitting around;

Spoiler:

A peaceful aura engulf the dull grey halls that aligned the building known as Las Noches, as a young boy no older then sixteen made his way through them. The bright blue neon eyes that scanned across the rather dull walls gave away who he was. There had been a rumor about an espada who was like no other. The espada supposedly didn’t like to kill others and often prayed before each life he took. Yes, the espada were certainly interesting to say the least. But the arrancar was also hated by a few, for their espada was “Peace”. Some of the others thought that peace meant that the arrancar was planning on turning against it’s own ranks.

But this wasn’t the case, for anyone who knew the meaning of peace knew that it had an alterative meaning. No matter the race each strides for peace for its people. For piece to come there must be war, since the two interlink with each other. One couldn’t stride without the other, and so far. But who was this espada that I speak of so freely? His name is Yeshua, but is only known by Chaos. There was only one other arrancar who could called him by his real name; Yeshua. And it was Incognita, the leader of the Espada. And one could say she was like a mother figure to him but rarely did they show that side in front of others. However they did converse sometimes but not often.

Coming to the door that lead to the meeting room, he push them open as scanned within it. His eyes noticed the long table with chairs. In front of each chair there was a cup which had writing on it. He didn’t bother reading the writing right off for his eyes fell upon Incognita the Espada Leader who was at the head of the table. Moving into the room, a smile came across his face “Be a long time. Hasn’t it Incognita?” He said before taking his seat. Chaos wore the standard attire along with black gloves, which were of course his zanpakuto but most didn’t know that.

The right glove hand circled around the top of the cup “Seems like I’m here early.” Was all he said before he went silent, now he waited for the others to show. Chaos was the never were the one to talk that much and one could bet, that this arrancar wouldn't say that much at this meeting.

James had thought long and hard for what he should wear for this meeting. Finally deciding on a nice black suit. After adjusting his tie, he clicked his tounge and headed in the direction of the meeting room. He had snuck out from Val, leaving her lying asleep in his bed. He though it best for her not to know about this. He also had with him a briefcase, containing ciggeretes and 10 flasks of rum.

He walked at a fast pace, a ciggerette already burning slowly in his mouth. He thought of a few things on the way there, one being he wouuld finally get to meet all the Espada in one place. Another being how he would not rip the head off of Chaos. Still, in front of Incognita he shall try and remain calm. He had not his Zanpakto with him, it was much to bulky for this occasion.

He slowly entered the Meeting room with a grin on his face. " Hello to you all. " He looked at their wear and down at his, " I thought this was a formal occasion? " Clicking his toung he took a seat and placed his briefcase down infront of him. Looking and the cup and chuckling, then opening the case slightly and taking out one of the flasks. Pouring it into the cup, picking it up and taking a small sip. Nodding in approval.

Suit:

A cheerful tune was being whistles while the red head made her way through the hallway towards where the meeting room was. Lucy had a good feeling about today, and especially since she was about to meet all the Espada in the same room. That meant that something was probably bound to happen, most probably something amusing. She was very well aware of the tension between some of the members, and also knew that there were those that didn't approve of their current Leader. She however, didn't really mind it. As long as she didn't get bothered and was allowed to carry on with her duties like she chose to, then she rarely found a chance to complain about anything or anyone. Her Zanpakuto rested firmly against her right hip, where her Number was tattooed on. It was very visible thanks to her clothing, which was in her mind very comfortable, but looked more like a bikini with some half way see-through clothing hanging here and there. A very handy outfit when fighting, but not really something to wear perhaps when trying to look normal in the human world. She had had a few moments of people staring like she was crazy, especially when it was winter time. Alaric, her ever so serious fraccion, had tried to make her put on something more a few times. Buuut Lucy was too stubborn, and it usually ended up with her lighting his shoes on fire.

Her thick and long hair radiated in all the colors of the flames as she walked in quick and confident steps towards the meeting hall, each color seeming to depend on how the lightning in her surroundings were. But usually it seemed to hold an unusual red color, making many wonder if it was truly her natural color or not. Which it of course was. In her left hand she carried a bag with 3 rather big thermoses who were all filled with delicious Oolong tea. Lucy had found herself quite fond of that tea lately, and thus had decided to give the others a taste also. The message she had received the day before had included a request for Lucy to provide the Espada with some tea for the meeting, and she had been more than happy to. Now finally upon the door, she tilted her head slightly to the side while poking it with a single finger. Well this seems to be falling apart. I wonder what would happen if I sneezed on it.. I'd probably feel like someone with a super strong sneeze since it would most probably fly away! Grinning from ear to ear at that thought, she finally entered the room. Inside of it were already Incognita, along with the Primara who was called James and then the Espada she believed was number 4. A rather young looking fella, whom she hadn't really communicated with before. Not that she had communicated with many of the Espada. Was he named Yeshua or Yesss..haya? No wait.. he probably had a nickname.. something C..Co?..Chaos! That's it![/i]

The Octava gave the three persons inside of the room a big smile, her rich brown eyes sparkling a bit with her unusual cheerfulness like usually. "Good day to you all!" Walking up to Incognita, Lucy made a small bow to show her respect before holding the bag up. "I brought the tea, Leader." Placing the bag on the table, seeing that it wouldn't be good to serve the tea yet unless all the Espada were present, Lucy then stared in curiosity over the table at the cups who seemed to be set up for each member. Those cups seemed to be pretty cute, making Lucy wonder where she could get them in the human world. She made her way quickly towards her own seat, and picked up her cup. A laughter escaped her lips while she read the sentence in her head. "You light my fire, Babe" ? Awesome! Looking up she wondered if that had been her Leader's idea. Most probably.. she really does surprise me! "I am totally loving this!" The cup got put down again, and Lucy was literally squirming around to be able to know what stood on the other cups. Try to not act like a kid in a candy shop.. She let out a small huff and leaned against her chair, hoping that perhaps later on when the meeting was over she would be able to sneak a glance at each of the cups.

Now glancing at the other members, she blinked a bit in surprise at the sight of the Primara in a suit. He did look rather handsome in it, but a bit formal. Wait, were we supposed to dress up or something? Lucy raised a single eyebrow, already picturing her fight with whomever would try to make her wear an uncomfortable dress. The other two seemed to be casually dressed though.

Ulquiorra rubbed the base of his neck, he stared into a full body mirror in his "palace" the thing was, he was unsure which of the almost identical outfits he should use, in the end it did not really matter but the one he usually wore was kinda dirty at the moment, so he had to replace it with another one, almost similiar the only diffrence was that the tail coats where a bit shorter and rounded up in form where they united, his shoes where quite small for his size perfectly adapted to fit his feet, his helm on his head rested as usually on his right side, he felt ready and left he hated to rush things so he took things in a quiet and a cool way...

Rushing things would only make things worse in all aspects. As he approached the meeting room Ulquiorra noticed that the door was in tatters, seemed like the repairs where only half done just as Ulquiorra was going to push the door open before he could even touch it, it fell down pretty hard into the meeting room with a loud thud, Ulquiorra stared at the other Espada`s inside, the espada`s that he had read and expected where there, it satistified him to know he was right, Ulquiorra took a big step past the door as if nothing had happened his gaze ran down at the tea cups for each espada, Ulquiorra noticed something written in them, he stopped at the first chair and read it, obviously the seat was of the sexta espada something was written in there "silence is golden" .... .... was this another silly joke of Lucy`s? or was it Incognita`s doings? Ulquiorra sighed, well at least it sounded decent...

For who ever put these up had a silly sense of humor, well someone might suppose that it was better than withouth any humor at all but Ulquiorra was not one of those, he just hoped that if something was written in his cup then he would refuse to read it, because it most certainly was something insulting (or how he saw it) he stood straight before his old seat of the 4th on the opposite side of the table, currently it was being occupied by none the less than the child prodigy Yeshua or Chaos, he respect the child for having the nerve to take the seat of a fourth, he was intelligent he knew that just like himself however he had heard rumors that this child seeked peace? well it was nothing personal but Ulquiorra thought that he was a bit too soft or perhaps young to take the seat of his old... Ulquiorra walked past Lucy and their leader Incognita, he noticed texture on his cup which made him close his eyes as he took a seat, only one chair from James, he took his seat withouth a word in sight keeping his arms in his pockets, wished that the others would come soon so they could proceed with the meeting soon enough...

Was there a surprise to be called to the meeting of the Esapda? No not really. Kita talked to her Fraccion quickly and then headed to rooms. Her current clothing had blood on it from a rather satisfying hunt, and while she normally wouldn't care, she figured she might as well look good for the boys that would be there. A smirk crossed her beautiful features as she looked at herself in the mirror in her room. Pulling on her uniform, she pulls the halter feature over her head and fixed her chest into the top, which displayed her tattoo quite nicely if she did say so herself.

Her lower half was completely stripped down, and she grabbed a pair of pants, pulling them on, before slipping her tabi and sandals back on. She was going commando, just in case of a rendezvous after the meeting. As she shook her hair out, she take another look at herself and smiles. She was one gorgeous woman, to be sure. Walking out of her room, she heads for the meeting room. Apparently she was the fifth one to appear there, and when she walked in and sat down next to the Primera, she glanced at the cigarette hanging out of James' mouth, desperately wanting one.

A glance down at the cup in front of her sent her into a small laugh fit, and a HUGE grin. Looking up to the leader's seat, she raises the glass in a salute, with a smile on her face. How true it was. How true. "Primera, can I have one of those Cigarettes, that I know your packing in that briefcase?" She said, giving a nod to the others. Kita's eyesight barely saw what was written on Ulquoirra's cup, and started to smirk. Oh yes, this was going to be an amazing meeting, especially since James' cup said Young and Horny. Which was so true. So true. "What's this meeting about Incognita-san?" She asked softly, looking at the woman.

Curious. Curious, curious, curious. Solis sighed as he stepped from his room, his footsteps echoing throughout the hallways. Surely he wouldn't be the last one there? Being late was so... wrong? It just didn't feel right to be late, no matter what the humans said about it. Being "fashionably late" was just what they called it when they were too lazy to speed up a bit. Ironically enough, Solis still didn't speed up. He walked at his leisure, listening to his shoes click and clack upon the castle's tiles. It wasn't laziness for him, it was just... apathy. If he was late, nothing would happen. If he was early, nothing would happen. If the entire castle was filled with clocks that screamed for an hour or two if a single Espada was late, maybe he'd start to care.

But this tangent had completely made him forget about his previous thoughts... why did he want to be on time again? Was there anyone he needed to pester? No, this wouldn't be the right time for that. He should at least use his tact for once. Ah, of course! He had no idea what the hell this meeting was about! If he got there on time then maybe he could probe others for information. He turned the corner slowly and spotted the open door of the meeting room. He sped up just slightly because he noticed the scent of Lucy's tea. Surely no one would notice if he decided to take a thermos or two?

As he sat down in his seat, he smiled and spoke to those who were already assembled. "I hope this day finds everyone well." Solis turned to Lucy and flashed his obscenely white teeth. "How are you today, Lucy?"" Solis had taken a liking to the Octava Espada, she was nice, beautiful, and she made an amazing cup of tea. She reminded him of a suburban housewife that had a bit of a pyromaniac streak. He fingered his teacup for a second before noticing the writing on it. He looked at Incognita and smiled, though he wasn't sure if she noticed. He was surprised that the woman actually had a sense of humor. He spoke the word 'pwetty' a couple of times and chuckled serenely.

Solis sat up straight in his chair, pulling it into the table. He decided not to ask what the meeting was about, because it seemed that no one but Incognita knew anyway. He rubbed his golden eyes with the sleeve of his stark white Espada uniform. He muffled a yawn with his hand and simply gazed off into space.

Fuu walked slowly towards the meeting room, if he bounced in it would just be odd, and a little awkward. Having people question him on why he was in a good mood would force him to speak; and normally he never spoke… That and he wasn’t going to start now. But really, it wasn’t that he was in a good mood. He was more excited than anything. This had been the first meeting in a long time, and he wanted to know what was going on to make them call for one. Moving his hands into his pockets he walked a little bit faster. He was more than likely late as it was; I fight with Grimmjow on why he couldn’t come had taken longer than planned on.

Making his way into the room, he looked around to see almost everyone. So he was fashionably late. Awesome. Moving over to his seat without making a sound he looked at the cup. It caught his eye almost immediately. “Silence is golden?” He mutter softly, hoping no one heard, but of course Kita probably did because she always watched him like a hawk to see if he would speak.

Sitting down he picked up the cup, holding it in his hand and peering at it closely. Looking around the table he noticed a lot of other people had cups with different sayings as well. So Incognita had a sense of humor.

J with his white hair and chains around his neck walked on to the espada meeting room. As he opened the door into it He walked past the others with no words to say to them. Locating his seat he sat upon it and saw a cup. As he turned it he saw it read. 'I liek turtle.' His eyes widened as if in shock of this lie. He sighed and looked around at everyone else to see who had done it but it had seemed that the others had ones to, Reading ulquiorra's he laughed then decided to wait upon the start of the meeting. He closed his eyes as if in a calm state.

The leader of the Espada, which also held the position as Segunda Espada eyed each and every member of said group from left to right. It looked like every single member, except the Decima Espada had met up. She was relieved that it was the weakest member that had to go and not one of the stronger. There weren't many arrancars that possessed power that could rival the one of any member of the Espada, but as some did, Incognita could find someone that fit.
She leaned herself forewards and held her chin both her hands and wondered where she should start. There were a plethora of topics she wanted to bring up, but before doing anything she should summon Ulquiorra's Fraccion. She needed someone to serve the tea. It would not look respectable if she did so herself, therefore she was choosen. The Fraccion seemed to be quite sullen and introverted, but what did she know? Luna was calm at the very least. She sat up straight again and swiftly pushed a button under the table. If it was the correct button, Luna Flores would hear a loud beep from a speaker in her room, indicating that she could enter and serve the tea.

"Welcome, dear fellow members of the Espada." Incognita opened with the usual polite phrases. The tone wasn't personal, concerned or indifferent. As usual, it was just a chilly whisper. "This is the first meeting held after the Winter War. We lost many of our fellow arrancars during that war and only one Espada remains." Incognita briefly eyed Ulquiorra before she continued to speak. "We aren't weakened though. This is Espada is stronger than the one Aizen gathered. Or so I believe." She closed her eyes briefly. "But before starting properly, let's have some tea. And I thank you for bringing us tea, Luciernaga." Incognita nodded gratefully towards the Octava Espada. She had heard talk about this woman's tea and how good it was. The leader of the Espada would eventually find out herself in a few minutes.
Her mind trailed from the tea to something far more serious. Which topic should she start with? And how would she gain the Espada's trust? Wouldn't it be best if she started of with the announcements she had decided to come with? Possibly. But she wanted the Espada to become comfortable first.

Posting Order:
Incognita.
(Luna will serve tea here)
Chaos.
James.
Luciernaga.
Ulquiorra.
Kita.
Solis. (Solis is absent, so we'll skip him in order to speed the meeting up)
Fuu.
Sosuke.

Only a few moments after the button had been pushed, the sound of calm steps filled the air.The small frame of Luna casted a long shadow over the table as she walked towards it. Her purple hair, was as always, left hanging down to her waist, the bangs framing her face. Standing only 5.5, she was noticeably smaller than most arrancars. Her uniform was a basic one, a ankle long skirt hanging down from her waist, having a V cut in the front so she could use her legs freely. The only skin shown was from the neck above, a odd thing if you looked at how some arrancar female`s dressed. Her hands was hanging down her sides, being hidden by the long sleeves of her uniform. A black belt was tied around her waist with a black holster hanging at her right hip, the purple hilt of her sword sticking out of it. Her mask fragment was located at the left side of her head, it was quite small. It took the shape of a half moon with 3 curved spikes sticking out of it. Her reaitsu was almost fully suppressed, making it have the same level as a normal fraccion. Having reaitsu and powers that could rival most of the espada`s, meant that she had to keep it suppressed. Being a modified arrancar, she was considered a treasure left behind by Aizen, something that needed to be protected. Luna stopped around 5 feet from the table end, bowing for a moment in a sign of respect.

It has changed a lot...Tia-sama was the only female espada back then..., she thought to herself as she walked over to were the 8th espada was sitting, apparently she had brought the tea. Luna slided her surprisingly slender hands out of her sleeves, closing her smooth fingers around one of the large thermose`s. Luna started by pouring up to Luciernaga, better known as lucy among friends. Lucy walk and served in a calm, yet steady pace, making it clear that this wasen`t the first time she had been doing this. Lucy had served twice to an espada meeting before, but back then, her creator Aizen had been sitting in the chair. She remained silent during the entire serving, her eyes studying the text on each cup as she passed by, finding it quite funny to see what was written. The new leader was different from Aizen, an example of that being the cups. The last one she served was Ulquiorra, and she found the text on his cup to be the most ironic one. She had seen fragments of emotions displayed by him over the months as his fraccion, but smiling was something she haden`t seen. After pouring into his cup, she placed the thermose on the middle of the table, walking up to Ulquiorra`s chair so she was standing between the ninth and third espada`s seat. She let her arms return back to her sides, the sleeves covering them up again. Her icy blue eyes seemed to have a soft glow in them, and the tear alike symbol under her left eye, resembled Ulquiorra`s symbols under both of his eyes slightly.

Not a word were spoken from the Cuarta Espada as the others filled in all surprisedly on time. His neon blue eyes looked at each arrancar as they came in, most of them he didn’t know. Maybe that should change sooner or later? But Chaos doubt it, he wasn’t the one to talk that much unless spoking to or if he was talking to the Segunda Espada. Which was a totally different story to say the least, he done had some interesting conversation with her and hoped they continued on. After everyone had filled in his eyes rested upon the Segunda Espada, as he listens to her words.

He wondered why she brought up the false god, known as Aizen the one who had led the former espada’s to their demise. He loathed at those who had followed that man, for never did he show this on his face. In fact his facial expression were emotionless, void of any emotion and any sense of it. When the fraccion came there to serve the tea, removed his finger that was still circulating around the cup, too allow her to pour it properly. Once she had done said deed, he brought the cup to his lips and moisten his lips before placing to tea back on the table.

Not a fan of tea, no matter who made it. The cuarta preferred water thought he won’t complain. Now he will just wait to see were this meeting will lead.

James allowed the tea to mix with his rum, taking a sip of his now new concoction. He also removed a ciggerette from his case and handed it to Kita. Taking one out for himself and lighting it, then handing the lighter to Kita. The Primera knew his place, was not power hungry at all. Instead was completely loyal to any who lead him that he deemed worthy, if they were not, he would wipe them off the face of this earth and hopefully not have to exert control himself. He hated the pressure.He respected Incognita and found she was worthy to lead the Espada.
\
(OOC:sorry short)

"Oh hey Solis! I'm doing good, and you?" Her face lit up with a smile. It was pleasant for Lucy to have Solis sit next to her since they two were starting up what seemed to be a nice friendship. She tried to focus her attention on him while waiting for the answer, before turning her attention back towards the others around the table. The Leader started speaking, making the red head focus on her words as she wondered also how Incognita would handle this whole situation. Surely she knew well that there were some that were opposed of the current Leader, although Lucy couldn't say for sure that she knew who those were. Probably not Ulquiorra, he seemed to be the type that just went with the flow and followed those that were stronger than himself. She couldn't say she knew enough about the others to really guess about their alligance, at all. Oh yay ! Tea time. "It's nothing at all Leader, it's just my pleasure." Yeah take that ! I rule.. lalalala..my tea should be known over the whole world! Lucy tapped her fingers playfully on the table, while waiting for Ulquiorra's fraccion to enter the room. It was somewhat a relief for her that she didn't have to serve the tea to the others. She just might be a bit too tempted to "accidentally" pour on someone's lap. It would be priceless to hear Ulquiorra scream like a little girl while having hot tea on him. No...no. I do not wanna die this soon.. although it would be worth it. Alaric would probably scold her if he saw the look on his Espada's face at the moment, but well.. he wasn't here now was he?

Luna finally entered the room and started to do her work as the fraccion. Lucy let her eyes follow the girl around while wondering how it was to be the fraccion of Ulquiorra. On the best days he even called people scum. She nodded towards the blue eyed girl, thinking to herself that maybe she should invite her for a visit sometime and have a chat with her, before glancing around the room to see if the others were done getting their tea. It was probably best to wait with taking a sip until the Leader was done drinking a bit. Lucy nudged Solis lightly with her elbow and grinned at him, knowing that he was very much fond of this particular type of tea. She felt somewhat very happy to have found a fellow Espada which could somewhat follow her humor and weird mood up. She perked up a bit, seeing that Yeshua -and- James both took a sip of their tea. So much for being polite and waiting for the Leader. Cavemen... But I hope they do enjoy the tea!

((OOC: Might wanna edit a bit in the post with Luna xD She was called Lucy there 2 times.))

As almost every espada settled themselfs in their seats first there was kita that came after him she was a strange one, she had that rude, going berserk about every little thing and awfully noisy attitude, even at the espada meeting or maybe it was the fact that she was sitting next to him?, well whatever it was he would have preffered the meeting room as a smoke free place, since the smoke would most likeley disturb his thoughts, he thought how he should go about it? ask her or swiftly get rid of it? well words seemed to be an only option at the moment he raised his head slightly and opened his emerald green eyes to stare at kita for well over 5 seconds it seemed like James had lit a cigar on his own as well, Ulquiorra sighed and dropped the matter as he once again turned to himself...

And then there was james, the weird espada never seemed to cease to amaze him with that attitude of his, 1 why was he wearing that ridiculous outfit? just because he was a rank higher than the rest did not mean he could go about the meetings in las noches dressed as he wished, and 2 he was smoking! unheard of in las noches, why would someone smoke when they where dead? unless they wanted to die a second time of lung cancer no wait that was impossible what was the damn point anyway with smoking drawing toxic fluids into your body so that it would make you feel better? it was addictive he knew that but he doubted that james could stop smoking anymore knowing him he had been smoking for decades already, It was his concern now that he had brought his smoke into the meeting room, and ontop of that it was rude to boot, it simply messed up the taste of the tea and he honestly did not feel very pleased to know that his little tea party was ruined by someone higher ranked than himself, all of these thoughts Ulquiorra kept for himself, not allowing a single emotion to stirr up within him, the only things he had showed was when he turned to look at the two for 5 seconds and then turn his attention back away from them...

Solis was there, Fuu was there even Jsosuke was there but the 10th seemed to be missing, how unfortunate he probably got himself killed again, Ulquiorra thought while his eyes fell on their leader, as she spoke he listened with closed eye lids, as she was done talking Ulquiorra allowed his lips to part ways, and he opened his eye lids once more staring at their leader I do hope you did not gather us just to enjoy the tea and discuss its flavors... those particular words where meant to lucy weather she understood it or not was none of his intrest, his keen intrests lied in their leaders words alone... now that he brought it up lucy did seem kinda arrogant with her tea and all... Ulquiorra allowed himself to give a small sigh, while he expected Luna anymoment now, and there she was, he just hoped that she would not screw up this, like if she dropped something or broke something, Ulquiorra would feel like she would have to be punished straight out if that happened here at the spot, Ulquioirra was not particulary violent in nature, it is when something catched his attention or intrest that his violent side could catch his enemies off guard... As Luna finally poured some tea into his cup he made no gesture or anything towards his fraccion he also made no notice when she obviously read what was written on his cup, she should have been honored that she was allowed into the meeting room during a meeting... that and Ulquiorra expected her to be strict and follow the leaders orders as told... the primera and cuarta seemed to have no etiquette when it came to waiting for everyone to actually get their tea and the leader to start drinking her tea, Ulquiorra did not touch his tea as it stood now, hell he did not even look at it, the only thing he allowed to do was to take a deep breath and smell the luxurious tea, altrough the smoke coming from james and kita was slightly disturbing he would ignore the entire smell over all...

Kita took the lighter and the cigarette from James, and lit the cigarette hanging from her mouth. A glance at Ulquorria showed him staring at her, and she had to control the urge to blow a lung full of smoke into his face. She really really wanted to. But she figured she'd be nice for once in her life. And when he was rude to Lucy, she had to control her urge to dump her tea over his head. After all, Kita might not have liked Lucy all that much because the woman meant that she had competition, but Kita also had a soft spot for the 8th Espada. Well, it was more that she had a soft spot for the former 8th Espada Syzael Apporro Granz, and by exstention Lucy. She really really liked him, too bad that 12th Division Captain had killed him.

Listening to Incognita's words, she almost wanted to defend Grimmjow, who was also an Espada, even though he had WILLINGLY took on the spot of the 6th Espada's Fraccion. "I hate to correct you Incognita-san, but we have two Esapda's still living, and one of them only want his spot back but it's currently filled." she said, having said her piece about it, and sips at her tea, which with the taste of the cigarette in her mouth, tastes fabulous. A smirk crossed her features as she raised her glass in a small salute to Lucy, and noting that later she'd be telling the woman that she'd have her back if she needed it.

((As Solis is absent, we'll skip his turn))

Fuu sat silently like he always did. Nothing ever entertained him a meetings. If he could speak honestly at the moment or even in a way act honestly. He would just get up and leave. Half the time he never really paid attention, half the time missing out on something important.

Of course he never really cared. If he could just let Gimmjow go to it instead he would do that as well. Of course it would just go to his head and he would try to kill him again, and of course Fuu would just stop it and Grimmjow would get angry. Leaning back in his chair he looked around as tea began to be given to everyone. When had that began? Shrugging he leaned back more. He was hoping that something entertaining would come up. Guess not....

J leaned forward on the table in a trysome position. He was hoping the meeting would speed up for it wasn't concerning J at all. But it would be a waste not to listen to every word the leader said, As most people say knowledge is power. Under his breath saying. "Bull." It seemed forever to J just to start the stupid meeting, closing one eye J slept in a sense.

As Ulquiorra spoke, Incognita's left eyebrow slowly rose. Who did he think he was? And what did he think her intentions were? She slowly shook her head while thinking. At the very least, this meeting could help her see which of the Espada that was reluctant to her leadership and which wasn't. I assure you, Ulquiorra, that we will discuss more serious issues than tea-flavors in this meeting. Just when she had replied to Ulquiorra, the Quinta Espada, Kita started to correct her. She sighed inwardly and set her gaze directly at Kita. To be 100 % correct, Kita-san, there is three members of Aizen's Espada alive. The Former Tercera Espada, Tia Harribel, left Las Noches before the Espada even had a chance to rebuild itself. I will talk more about her case later. Grimmjow can only hope to get a really low rank within the Espada, as his powers no longer matches the one of the rank Sexta. Novena or Decima would be more fitting for him, though it is possible that he does not even match their power. Incognita was going to look at Kita for a while, but then she heard Novena mutter something. She couldn't hear what he said, but the tone did sound disdainful. Her eyes flickered over to meet the Novena Espada, J Sosuke's eyes.
Incognita briefly wondered why he was given the spot within the Espada at all. Sosuke. If you have better things to do than to participate in this strategic meeting, then do it now. At the cost of your spot as an Espada of course. And I can guarantee you something. Replacing and killing you will be piece of cake for me or the top Espada. Do you comprehend? Her tone wasn't harsh, but calm and emotionless. Some Espada needed to be scared into loyalty and he was appearently one of them. Incognita actually found it amusing. He was the weakest of everyone in the meeting room, yet he showed the most lack of respect. The meeting had to continue, though. She couldn't let such a pathetic thing bother her.

The Leader of the Espada closed her eyes. Now, now... Where should I start? The normal formalities are done, now I'll just address the changes of Las Noches. she thought, before opening her eyes. As we haven't heard anything from the Decima Espada, he will no longer be considered an Espada. If anyone has someone to recommend for this position, then please do so before the meeting has ended. Incognita took a short break of speaking, before she continued. As the most of you know, I am only the temporary leader of Las Noches and holds the title as Segunda Espada. However, I give up my title as Segunda Espada and will be the full-time leader of Las Noches. Espada-members. Please give me your opinion on this. I don't want to lead an army that can't even trust their leader. For the first time since Incognita arrived in the meeting room, she poured some emotion into her voice. It could barely be noticeable, but it was there. It made her voice sound more impactful than she intended.
That does also indirectly mean that my position as Segunda is open. Members of the Espada. If there is someone you know that could take my position, Incognita briefly stopped and eyed the Primera, James White and hoped that he thought what she thought. I would appreciate it if the nominations for Segunda Espada is given before the meeting ends. Otherwise, I would just rank every member of the Espada one rank up. Dixi.
Incognita stopped there, signified by her signature saying "Dixi". Now, she just had to wait for the Espada to state their opinions.

As the meeting had progress the young arrancar had learnt a lot from those that he will be serving over and under. And he could already tell that he wasn’t going to get along with a few of them for they were to full of themselves. What a pity though, at least he thought he would have found more then one espada that he could have an intellectual conversation with. But it seems he hasn’t... Throughout the whole meeting Chaos didn’t touch the tea and a smile came across his face as the leader spoke of killing off the demica espada.

The smile was a rarity for the young arrancar not because he didn’t smile a lot it was because it disrupted the peace around him. Something are meant to be kept inside. “Dear Incognita, you shouldn’t be doing the dirty work or taking out the trash.” He said taken a sip from his tea, before going back silent. It came to a surprise to him that she was giving up her position to take up as the espada leader. It was a bold move on her end but yet he could see her as the leader. “You are the only one who stepped up to the plate. You decided to have this meeting as far as I’m concern you are the leader.”

Chaos hoped that his words held some impact for truth been told none of the other espadas had stepped up to the plate. No one else decided to take the job of Espada’s Leader. Incognita had decided to take on the responsibility when no one else had asked her to. So to him, she was his leader. Since he was one of the new members, he didn’t have the chance to interact with those around him so he couldn’t say that he new anyone that could take the Segunda position. So maybe the others will have a nomination.

James took another sip of his tea and politely listened. He thought about a nomination and the Decima, both of which he had ideas for. Valentina would like as spot as Segunda, and James woudl not mind showing what happened when you disobeyed a direct order from their now complete leader. He would offer to give him a special spot on one of the pikes just outside one of the doors to Las Noches. Now he felt it was a good time to add those as after thoughts, his main focus was her stepping up as the supreme leader. He did not doubt her abilities and leadership qualities, but she would be ripped apart without support. " As one of the Espada to have had the option to lead, then gracefully had no quarrel when you took the position, I give you the full support of the Primera Espada behind you. As for the dealing with the Decima Espada, as soon as you give the word, " He snapped his fingers, and the hand that held the teacup, now held a monstrous very barbaric verion still containing the joke and the tea, " The insect shall be dealt with. "

He took another sip of his tea, but his way to suprsied himself at his unconcious changing of the cup. Though it caused him only to grin and take the sip with a smile. Afterwards he held up a finger to show he was still talking, and if he was correct, he was still of higher rank and should have had the first word after their leader. " Also, I nominate my Fraccion Valentina Volpe for the rank of Segunda Espada. She is by far powerful enough, proven by the fact that she has survived me on two seperate occasions. " He put his hand down recreating a cigerrette after noticing he also unconciously destroyed his last one. Lighting it up and relaxing into teh back of his chair. His part was done.

((I am SO sorry about my absence D: ... you are all free to stone me ;_; The holidays got a bit busier than I had expected.))

Lucy merely allowed a small glance in Ulquiorra's direction while letting out a soft scoff. He was just as stingy as always, nothing to be surprised about there. Guess there's no helping it, not like he's about to change anytime soon. The red head leaned a bit backwards in her chair while stretching lazily. A surprised glint entered her eyes as she watched Kita, the 5th Espada, seemingly being irritated at Ulquiorra before raising her glass in a salute to Lucy. To be frank, Lucy would have much more anticipated getting a knife between her eyes rather than that, as she knew that Kita might not really be a fan of other females. But hey, she wasn't going to be complaining. It was a nice surprise to find Espada nowadays that weren't trying to either insult you or rip your throat out. So with a hearty smile, the Octava grabbed her cup and raised it towards Kita. Cheers for being able to survive a bit longer in this "dog eat dog" world. After sipping on the tea, the cup went back to the table and she was again trying to pay attention to what was being talked about. Oh wow.. already we are having something amusing happening. It seemed like the Novena might not be a long lived fella if he kept up his attitude, and Lucy's eyes ran quickly from one face to the other to see if there would be anyone else besides Incognita which would want to take the honor of freeing the 9th seat.

Lucy couldn't think of anyone to fill the other spot which was seemingly open now. True her Fraccion was strong and she considered him to have great potentionals but that was only for the future. And plus, she would never give up her cute Fraccion. Whom would she torture then? So with a shrug she waited for the next issue to be discussed. Oooh well.. I don't have a problem with Incognita. And she just showed me something interesting to her with these cups she provided us. Lucy couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at Jame's proposing, while she wondered if it was truly a seat for his Fraccion. Oh well. "You can count on my full support, Incognita-sama." It didn't happen often, but for once Lucy the 8th Espada seemed to have a serious look on her face and there was nothing humorous to be hinted in her usually playful voice. She did like their current Leader, and preferred having her over perhaps getting someone that would prove to be bothersome.

OOC: don`t worry Lucy we wont stone you, we understand...

IC: Ulquiorra focused himself on the diffrent opinions that the espada`s spoke out so openly, it made him understand more of their thoughts, he gazed back at Incognita I stand corrected... as he finished his short speech he picked up his tea cup from the table, taking small sip, and then placing it back where it belonged, It was kinda foolish for Kita to bring up grimmjow, he was a man of the past, a mere shadow of his former self, as for Valentine Volpe he did not question her strength to carry out the seat of segunda, but her loyality to their cause? personally Ulquiorra would have disliked to take orders of that woman since he had know her of the past and could not trust her judgement, and therefore he strongly stood against James idea of an additional espada While its true that she`s probably stronger than me, i can`t comprehend how you can trust her, let alone Nominate your "loyal" fraccion for such a position, she might be loyal to your cause but Incognita sama`s? Ulquiorra shook his head slightly dissapointed... yet he took another sip of the tea before he continued...

As for the position of the segunda espada... i have no real need to step up a ladder to reach new heights, as ill gladly take orders of James and our belowed leader...As im sure she can make the right decisions on her own, withouth the least of concern of our motives and belives... Ulquiorra spoke in his usual tone of speech, he had said what he wanted, and he would listen to their opinions and assumptions...

OOC: Well outta character we won't stone you, but in Character? That might be a different story. XD}}

IC: Kita listened to the leader speaking. She had absolutely no problem taking orders from Incognita, because the woman was equivalent to a god in her eyes. Giving a nod, Kita speaks up. "Incognita-san. I'll follow you to the death." Okay, so Kita was a little bit extreme, but that was who she was. Her mind was functioning much faster then normal, because she needed to be able to either play people against each other, or she needed to be able to take who ever opposed her down. Had she been able to read minds, she would have known what Ulquoirra, the 3rd Espada, had really been thinking about her, and she more then likely lost in on him.

As it was, she gave James a glare as he suggested his Fraccion. At least Ulquoirra was being honest about his opinion, though he was beating around the bush a bit more then she cared for. So she was going to be blunt with the entire meeting, and damn her language. "Like fucking hell you we can let her take that on. Are you fucking nuts James!?!? She's a fraccion, and the only reason that you haven't killed her is because you've been too busy fucking each other's brains out." Oh yes, Kita was quite to the point. "And I really don't give a shit what Ulquoirra says, but he's the best person for the job being the Segunda Esapda." That killed her to say that, but he really was the best person for it. "Put what's her face down at the bottom, and if she wants to rank up, she can fight us all for her position to rank up, just like the rest of us who fought for our positions instead of being given them."

If Ulquoirra ranked up, then Kita and Choas would as well. She was not going to let another woman in on top of her, even if it meant having to side with Ulquoirra for the time being.