(Since I want to get on with the plot, Hunter has withdrawn, and Ryv and Josh need some DM appreciation... I'm gonna get things moving.)<br/><br/>Captain Aizen nods, giving a gesture to an unseen compatriot. Slowly, the gate slides open, revealing a brilliantly lit pathway before them. A pair of black butterflies, the guides between the worlds, flutter down in front of Masato and Deanna, hovering just a few inches off their shoulders. He waits patiently for them to step through the Gate, and closing it behind them.<br/><br/>A minute later, a snake-faced man with very light hair appears beside Aizen. "Ohh, so was that them, hmm? Very cute, weren't they? Are you sure they won't be an issue?" "Certain."<br/><br/>*************************<br/><br/>Some time later, atop a flat-roofed building in the middle of downtown, a large gate appears, inches above the roof. It opens, and a pair of Shinigami step out into the daylight. Of course, no one sees this... but it happens, nevertheless. Studying the directions given on the map, provided by Aizen, they'll discover that the shop is less than a half-mile away, in what apparently will look like the entrance to an old root cellar.<br/><br/>What they won't notice, is the dark reiatsu, floating, hovering... hiding, only a mile in the opposite direction.<br/><br/>*************************<br/><br/>Daichi and Yumi, however, will likely take notice of two surges of reiatsu; one, a faint, sinister, and wholly familiar one, a Hollow, lurking nearby, trying to hide its energy... and the other, a brief surge of power, easily recognizable: Shinigami.<br/><br/>(Sense Motive: DC 15 to notice the arriving Shinigami, DC 20, to acknowledge the Hollow as a threat, and not merely a passive, malign energy, DC 25 to pinpoint the Shinigami, unless they intend to mask their reiatsu, at which point, raise the DC by 5, and DC 30 to discover the Hollow's location.  For the Shinigami, DC 30 to know about the Hollow, or the other two players, right now.)