The night is young.. The moon is full. Reno was enjoying himself and his alone time for the first time in a while. He figured someone or something would ruin it any second now, but until then he was just relaxing on a rooftop in Bogota, his home, just chilling and taking his leisure time seriously. "Nothing happening is a good sign.." He muttered to himself as he felt around for any beings of notable power nearby. He didn't sense anything that could threaten him..so he stopped and just continued his relaxation.

A hollow appeared soon after he let his guard down and swooped down on him only to be parried and then dead from a stab to the face a moment later by a now standing Reno. Sighing he sheathed his dual zanpaktou and kicked the roof under him softly in annoyance, "Figures they'd show up first.. I wonder who is next to arrive."

He thought he sensed another presence.. but it hadn't made itself known yet.. So he waited.

Relaxing until otherwise unable to.

Trying to.

Seriously.

It had been a number of years since Reno Kitsugi had departed from the Seireitei, and unfortunately given events of the last few years the Gotei 6 had all but completely lost contact with the former Captain. That was, until a recent blip on the radar peaked Doku's interest, and that blip had led him to the jungles of Bogota, a place you wouldn't normally catch Doku dead. The only people that knew were Kokoro, and Seo and he intended to keep it that way. For now he just had to try and locate this irritating bastard, so that they could have a chat of sorts. It was at that point that Doku stumbled upon some god forsaken building, saw a Hollow dissipating in the wind, and finally?

His target.

Doku gritted his teeth and stepped forwards, calling out to the man he hadn't seen in at least several hundred years. "Reno Kitsugi, it's been quite a while since I've laid eyes on you. How's life in this accursed fucking jungle, is it a good retirement location?" Doku's face wore an obviously sarcastic smirk, and he eagerly awaited a response from the man he once called an ally. If he was being honest, he actually hoped that he could go back to calling him an ally going forwards..

Reno ignored the man, though he recognized his voice oddly enough however he didn't quite remember where from, pulling out a blunt and lighting it with a lighter before breathing in and exhaling a large cloud of weed, "Doku.. what hell did youu crawl out from this time.. and what do you want because I highly doubt it has "anything" to do with this god forsaken piece of jungle." he rested a hand on his zanpaktou and smirked before taking another hit off his blunt, "It's been what.. 400..? 500 years? more? less? I can't recall correctly."

the air shimmered slightly for a second as the two's presences made contact with eachother but otherwise settled down because neither had initiated a combat strategy yet. Did this clown really travel to Bogota just to see Reno or was this a mere coincidence? Reno speculated but couldn't say for sure.. and was starting to care less and less as the seconds ticked by.

"WHatever it i I want zero part of any conflict. I'm bored not stupid.. fighting in this world brings about the wrath of the humans who have grown too powerful for their own good these days."

Reno had never been a pleasant man and if the initial part of this interaction was to serve as any kind of indication, this one wasn't going to be much different. Unfortunate as it was, Doku would be lying if he said he was surprised by any part of this. So there he was, the Captain Commander of the Gotei 6 watching as some degenerate Vizard was billowing smoke into the air like a factory fire for no good god damn reason. Moving on from that train of thought, Doku smirked as it seemed that Reno had finally put a name to the voice he'd heard. Doku listened intently and took note of the fact that Reno was presently resting his hand on his Zanpakuto in an inherently defensive manner. It was unusual to say the least, but also probably to be expected..

"You're right to assume I have no interest in this jungle fucking wasteland you call a home, I wouldn't even waste my time to visit it if I didn't know what I could find here.." Doku smirked as their Reitsu's clashed, creating sparks in the air. "My interest lies in you Reno, what your intentions are, why you're out here, and what you intend to do going forwards."

He partly clarified his stance with what he said next, but Doku would still chime in with a rebuttal. "While I share your sentiment that the Humans have grown too powerful for their own good, that doesn't explain why you're here living among these incompetent children."

Reno sighed as he listened to Doku, "Don't you mean what am I willing to do for you? Which is alot considering but still. You could have just asked.." he relaxed and put his hand down off his zanpaktou, figuring he wouldn't need it after all, "It's common knowledge that bogota has less frequent visits from the spirit world for ..i don't know.. pick a reason. Which makes it a fine spot to rest and keep myself out of trouble. Unless trouble is what you have planned?"

He shifted a bit because standing in one place got dull but otherwise didn't move, "I am a mere blade to be pointed. The strongest of blades sure.. but a mere weapon at best. I have no qualms about that though however sad it may seem to be as my fate. If you could call it that." he shrugged "So I'll ask once more. What do you want Doku. Friendship will get you plenty far but not unless I know exactly whats going on." He laughed a bit as he finished speaking,

The man sighed as he listened to Doku before speaking. He seemed to think that Doku was interested in using him but this was not the case, at least not presently. "No I just genuinely want to ensure you're not a threat to me in any way, and I have another issue I'd like to resolve.. I'm worried about the Vizards, their power is immense sure but I'm not convinced that they're a safe addition to the Gotei.. In all honesty I would like a place to send many of them as they're found. A place for them to tame their demons so that they can be of good military use, but I don't exactly have many people I'd trust in that role."

Doku paused a minute before continuing, "I don't know many people who could properly fulfill that role, but you are certainly one of the few I would go out of my way to look into. So, if you think your utility is best served as a blade, then why not sharpen the blades of others?"

Reno certainly had control over his own inner hollow, but that took a full session of agony and misery and a large toll on Reno's own soul to come to pass. To train others to fight the hollow with all of their being? It would at least pass the time.. however, "Like I said I'm willing to tag along for a scheme or three.. however the idea of using vizards as a military should be out of the question.. the newer generations could go berserk at any moment and most of the Vizard who do have control over their hollows don't usually want to play good cop. However you seem to have a bunch just hiding away in your pocket..so I assume finding those who would play at being a hero is already done and I won't need to find these rare creatures myself.. Unless I am wrong?"

He rubbed his chin slowly figuring that either he would become a hunter of lost beings and would subjugate them into the fold or be forced to destroy them.. or he'd become the most savage teacher of history and then he simply shrugged, "Eh whatever fuck it.. I'm in anyways.. so the answer is a moot one I suppose. Well "Boss" whats the first thing on the agenda." he took another long drag off his cigarette turned blunt and crushed the remains in his hand before scattering the ashes to the wind behind him, "I suppose this means I'll be returning to Gotei for the first time in... ....forever?" he mostly said the last part as a musing to himself but it was loud enough for Doku to hear him anyways.

Doku listened to what Reno had to say and pondered for a moment. "It's true that I probably shouldn't be using them beyond a last minute last ditch effort, but that's simply not the position I'm in presently. I feel that the Espada could be gearing up for something at any minute, and the rate at which my Shinigami are Hollowfying doesn't decrease no matter what I do to stop it. Frankly, I don't think I can hope to stop the problem at this point, so I believe that the best course of action I can seek to move towards these days is containing the problem. That's where you come in.."

Doku nodded along and continued to listen to what Reno had to say before speaking up, "Well of course you'd be coming back, how else are you going to take care of them? I mean I suppose I could send them here but that seems pretty simple of me all things considered. And besides.." Doku smirked slyly before speaking. "I might still need a sword at my side."

Reno frowned but then laughed anyways despite himself, "So I'm a glorified babysitter now am I Doku? he shook his head and shrugged, "So be it. I had no direction for the moment anyways and this would pass the time.. Who is first on this list of yours since you seem to already have a plan for all of this." Reno had many thoughts on being able to return home still after so long but decided to keep them to himself for now. He didn't expect it in the first place and the fact it was dangled in front of him didn't really effect him as much as he thought it would.

The years have not been kind. Doku was raising an army though and that meant there would be plenty of battle.

That was something Reno could get into..

(Short post sorry)

Doku listened and it seemed that the man wasn't as choked up about the Gotei as he had initially thought. No harm no foul, he was welcomed back anyway and Doku knew that, at least in the mean-time, this made the Gotei significantly more formidable than they had been prior to. "I'm going to be honest with you Reno, I'm getting old. I need someone to replace me and my bastard son isn't exactly willing to pick up the position. He's too busy fucking off here in the human world for some god awful reason. I don't know where I went wrong to be honest, but that's here nor there.." Doku let his mind wander for a moment before snapping back to the point at hand. "Nonetheless I thank you for taking this position.. Shall we now discuss compensation or.. is the promise of combat enough for you these days?" Doku smirked, opening the Senkaimon as he awaited a response. For the first time in a while? Doku was a bit excited with things going forward.. Perhaps he'd go try out his new military force on the Espada sooner than he had initially thought.. Maybe..