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"I, uhhh..." Vayle turned a slight pink. "I kind of picked this out based on what I read humans wear around this century. I can't exactly guess given how often human fashion changes! You have 80 years to live and yet you find so much time to waste deciding on new clothes!" Vayle manages to stutter out, turning bright pink as she realizes what was just said to her.

The wolf whistles from Mahoutsukai did not help her out. "I think I'm going to have to go beat up the research division when I get home..." the shinigami added with an irritated look. "I tend to prefer a more conservative look, honestly."

And with that, Vayle took a deep breath. "Kami can mean both paper and god, but becomes "gami" by being attached to something." Vayle would explain. "so actually, I'd be the death paper. Japanese is... a complex language. it's preferred up in Soul society though."

but then the rest of what Estrella said registered, and Vayle looked surprised. "Oh, are you one of those knights or lords I read humans have? Or... I think they're called... rappers now?" Vayle would ask. "...I'm a little new to actually patrolling the human world." she admitted after a moment, scratching the back of her head with an embarrassed look. "only became a Death god about 20 years ago."

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"Ehehehe..." Vayle laughed as Estrella gave a surprising compliment.

"come on. do it. use that hundred and fourty nine years of shinigami experience and-"

"I appreciate the compliment. I spend ninety percent of my time wearing the same black robes and staying in uniform, so it's something where I, uhh, don't get to diversify all that much. and Soul society's very much stuck in the past on that front."

As Estrella went on, Vayle was happy to have enlightened her friend a little about Japanese language. She was equally embarrassed when Estrella questioned her about rappers. "Well, I mean... they both give speeches, draw the hearts of the people, gain power from feudal contracts... It's reasonable is what I'm saying!" Vayle added with a nervous look, nearly spilling her coffee.

She waited for the Marquise to continue before saying anything else, looking like she was trying to hold her breath until Estrella said she was reasonable on that one. at the question, Vayle sighed. "It's... not quite that simple. When someone dies, they become a soul. We call them 'pluses' in our line of work." Vayle would add. "But getting to soul society isn't something possible or even allowed for a plus to do by themselves."

The woman shifted. "When a soul is left on it's own, it gradually decays and becomes less pure. This causes them to turn into what we call "hollows.". Those'd be the ones that look like monsters rather than people." Vayle would note. "And both of them are my job to take care of."

Vayle would give a smile. "Death gods are also called 'soul reapers' for this reason. We purify souls and send 'em to soul society to get them out of the human world, let 'em go to the world they're meant to be in. We also cut down hollows, purifying them of their sins, returning them to their human states, and sending them there too."

And at that, Vayle would give a giant shrug. "Of course, Death gods are super overworked, and we never have enough people with the right amount of power. especially with the population explosion trick you guys pulled about a hundred years ago to get into the billions. So, plenty of souls find a way to slip by and turn into hollows, and..."

A sigh. "People and souls that are eaten by hollows... become hollows themselves."

And with that, Vayle would add. "Oooh, they have lemon meringue here! I'm gonna order some!"[/i]

Vayle will wince at the statements. "...So they're just, like, artisans, then? Why do they sing about fighting one another and all the battles they've been through and stuff then? I wouldn't think a mere poet would be so experienced and bloodthirsty in taking other people's lives." Vayle will say with visible disappointment. "...If their songs of their heroic deeds are all fake I just don't know why the human world deals with them." She'll add with a look of annoyance.

Estrella seemed a little bit more serious once Vayle explained the human world, then. at least, until Meringue was involved. couldn't blame her.

"I never got that. like, it's clear you're shootin' something, or why would things stop when they hit air?" Vayle asked. "humans can be so smart when it comes to tech, but so dumb when it comes to other stuff... but it makes our job easier, so I'm glad." Vayle will say with a sigh. "...But yeah, that's a bit easier to explain."

Vayle will think for a second. "Souls have a special power... they call it "reishi." in soul society, but we'll just call it "spirit power". It's special energy normally only brought forth by people who've died. Every death god has a bunch of spirit power. Our swords are just concentrated amounts of it, forged to a killing edge, and our magic's all powered by it."

Vayle will take a deep breath. "Humans, however, can grow up with some in their body, too. This would be the case for you, as well. Otherwise, ghosts are just invisible. You're not the only one, but they're an exceeding rarity... and ones with enough power to clearly see ghosts are even rarer." Vayle would explain. "So... That leaves you as a brilliant human, who has a lot of spirit power even in this life, who's got front-row tickets to being a Death god herself in the next life." Vayle would explain. "Heck, with as much power as you got now, you might even be able to try for a captain's rank when you finally kick the bucket. And that's about as high as you can get."

And at that statement, the pie finally came, and Vayle immediately took a big bite. "ohhh my god..." The girl stated after a long swallow. "they don't serve these in soul society unless you really go looking... I always try to order one when I'm sent to the human world."

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"Well excuse me, but I happen to be very focused on the other parts of my duties." Vayle would add with a hint of pink going through her cheeks again. "I'm very busy learning stuff like purifying ghosts with Konso, Slashing up hollows, and..."
Vayle sighed. "well, since I became the 20th seat of my division, I've also got a pretty reasonably amoutn of paperwork to do myself. At least I don't have it as bad as my captain does. without a lieutenant, he has twice the work to do, and all on his own..."

Vayle would turn bright red at the statement. "w-well, whatever! I-I'm a top soul reaper! the stares of short-lived humans means n-n-nothing to me! I've got a very important position!"

making those statements with a huff, Vayle blinked back tears of embarassment as she realized how much of an idiot she looked like right now.

"A-anyways... You're actually not far off the mark." Vayle would add. "The living can interact with it to some degree, and souls are made from a core of it, but only a few people make more than they consume to live. It creates some issues, such as causing you to be hungry after death, but lets you do cool things with it. It's not some mystical bond, though." Vayle will note. "The Death gods have thirteen divisions. The twelfth division is also known as the Shinigami Research and Development institute. they do a bunch of sciencey stuff with it, like you guys do in general down here, to create things by understanding it better."

Vayle tugged on a bit of her skin. "It's how they figured out how to make cool faux bodies like these! Or some giant cannons! or the sword-door that-you know what let's not discuss the sword door it's stupid." Vayle would add with a look of annoyance at the last one.

As Estrella snickered, Vayle snickered too. "you'd make every man and woman in the 12th division angry and jealous of the recognition! So what I'm saying is, , go for it girl!" Vayle would respond,chortling through her words. "Man, I'd love to see Captain Akon's face after he found out!"

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