Hollows Eve

-the old man mixes it up and hands him the sake bottle-

"there you go, dont go gulp to quickly, it might make the nerves a little nervous and result to unwanted hollowficantion" the old man laughs as he wipped the glasses

"No that was just a joke" He was not funny at all

"All the same, I get your point" Aries said to the old man after taking the bottle, pouring himself a cup which he still had on him at the time. "This tastes divine! I can see the allure of such a blend" he says taking another sip, the potency making his nostrils flare out as he sat the cup down. "Why does it seem like everyone is at war with their inner hollow? I say draw it out and use its strength...you never know sometimes."

*shunpoes in and takes a seat next to Momo

"Hey..you look weird..you okay?"

*Orders a coffee

"you ordered something? If not, you want something to drink?"

Satisfied by the flow of people the old man cracks a smile and hands the couple a menu
"oh, lovely couple we have, what will you two be having?"

he continues wiping his glasses and serves everyone complimentary tea

the old man coughs a little as to hearing she think she saw him somewhere
"oh i see, so you've never been here before, but i feel i though i saw you from somewhere, anyway, what brought you here then?"

"Interesting" the old man smiles as he saw a familiar bracelet on the girls right arm "can you be that little rascal taicho's daughter?" he said as he stared closely into it

*listen without saying anything, clearly not liking the old man

Thinks : "There's something weird about the old man, I don't like this.."

hmm, that little brat a shinigami girl that used to run around rukongai streets running errands for her master, she used to come here a lot looking for rare and unusual sake, i can clearly remembering her bringing her little daughter here asking me to babysit.

it was one of those times i will never forget. the first time i ever held a child >< and the child bit my finger!!

*Haji drinks his sake as he sits and listens to the old mans tale.

His mind drifts in and out of memories of his own time in Rukongai.

He speaks up as the old man trails off*

You know; now that you mention it, I remember seeing this kid running all around these outer districts.
Guess it could be any one, hard to tell one from the other so many years ago, But it was always weird to me;
Seeing as how this wasn't the kind of place children stayed unaccompanied very long..."

Ahh yes, there are many lost children around this parts, but there were more where the eve used to be, i cant remember what happened back then, but they suddenly just vanished

"Ano, do you mind if I have another? I'm afraid one cup isn't enough to satisfy my inner hollow...he's always thirsty for something!" he says finishing the last of his cup and setting it down empty, in front of the old man who was talking to the 7th Division's captain.

ahh, another cup i see?

-the old man grabs something from the counter and hands another bottle to Chris-

there you go, only the best we have ^^

"Arigatou gozaimasu" he says to the old man as he takes the bottle and pours himself some more. "This concoction is truly superb, it fills my insides with such vigorous ecstasy my inner hollow is elated" he explains as he savors it slowly then sets the cup down on the counter. "So...do you ever sample your own stock from time to time?"

you can say that, but i guess an old man has it's limits, my nephew always samples it before selling. unfortunately he's not here at the moment ^^

He finishes the last of it and sets the empty bottle down in front of him. "Well its been surreal but I must take my leave now, ja ne" he says to the old man as he gets up, grabbing his zanpakuto from the edge of his stool then heading for the front door.

*watching CP leave, Haji calls to him*

"Be careful out there.
It's getting late, and there are always some thing out there waiting..."

*He turns his gaze back to the old man*

"Ah yes... I remember those children...
Now that you mention it, it was strange how they just disappeared one day;

Almost as if something drew them away..."

*Taking a sip of his sake he contemplates a bit before speaking*

"The old Eve you say?
Maybe that's what I was thinking about a while back.

I thought this place reminded me of something from a long time ago..."

"Yeah, but that kid.. what was her name again, she had a bracelet just like the one you are wearing now, i think she was once a captain too" the old man thinks but was out of words for some reason "ah, this old brain of mine, please forgive the old man"

he looked over at haji and replied "ahh yes the old eve, it was farther away from this district, everday was a warzone. You might have seen it before too, but who knows..."

the old man just smiled at the young shinigami as he gave him another cup of hot choco
"you must be that kid she brought back then, but i'm not quite sure until i hear from her again"