roune stalks into a very large room something like a great hall. the ceiling is so far above him it's hidden in shadows at it would take even him a few moments to run from one end to the other at top speed. any appeal is lost on him, most of his emotions are consumed with burning anger and frustration at the moment for being dragged, litterally kicking and screaming, from his battle in setsubara.
first he was taken from his fight with the shinigami, once more losing his prey. then he was dragged here to hueco mundo and las noches with no explanation for why or by whom. and on top of that he doesn't even know where ember is now. he moves to the center of the massive room, and inhales deeply, filling his lungs to the brim as he infuses the air with his reiatsu, then roars as loud as possible. his roar is loud enough to shake loose several showers of dust from the rooms unseen ceiling and even puts a few cracks into the floors and walls. he hopes the loud roar will attract some, anyone, but hopefully ember, and he knows someone will hear it. a roar that loud will be heard for miles around

Wrapped in her thoughts, Ember wanders around with wide eyes. Where was she? Was there a possibility that her brother could be here? Her sword is still bare and in her right hand when she hears the roar. Curious, she runs in the direction of it, laying her left hand on top of her sheathe and preparing to run into anything. She stops short when she spots roune, though she doesn't loosen her grip on her weapons.

roune senses someone approaching and in his anger then first thing he does is leap forward rushing at the presence before he thinks of anything else. it doesn't matter to him who or what he attacks, only rage, frustration, and hatred run through his mind as he trusts his hand forward to crush their throat. he doesn't even see her, he acts more like a rabid animal then anything else

Ember's first reaction is disbelif, then backing away. He's attacking me? B-but we're friends, aren't we? She can't bring herself to attack him; so she slings her sword into it's sheath. She can't talk either, words having escaped her. When his hand closes around her throat, she pushes at his chest and closes her suddenly wet eyes. She doesn't want him to see her cry, and she can't prevent it. This is something unusual to her, and so her fate now rests in his hands...

roune is stricken by first thought since being drawn to las noches against his will, it suprises "her neck is so soft" his fingers hold her neck, not crushing, choking, or even tightly, just holding her. slowly he calms down as he grips her, like electricity flowing out of him, or heat disapating. it still takes him nearly a minute after grabbing her to realize who it is "my love...ember.." he finally notices that he's holding her by the neck and lets go before looking at hi hand in horror at what he did "..ember, what'd i do...i'm so sorry love..did i hurt you?...did i really hurt you" he sounds like he says it to her, but he's really talking to himself, in disbelief and terrified of what he almost did to her

Ember opens her right eye, looking at him. She rubs her throat slightly "N-no, you simply startled me." She was frightened, suddenly scared that maybe this was a very bad place and that he might attack her again. If he did, she doubted she'd be able to fight back. She looks around, slightly avoiding looking at him. She worries now, about so many different things that it makes her head ache. She knows for sure that she wants to get out of this place.

roune looks around the room, avoiding looking at her once he notices the way she keeps from looking him in the eyes "i recognize this place, i've never been inside before but the last time i was here i saw it on the outside, it's las noches. at least i'm pretty sure it is, there can't be that many titanic white stone structures around Hueco Mundo. we can't leave here ourselves, we'll have to find a hollow or arrancar first, so they can return us to the world of the living through a garganta, preferably the one that pulled us here with that damn nagacion"

Ember looks straight at him, pushing away what she's thinking about and stepping forward to hug him. Before she overthinks it like she had last time she had been about to do this, Ember kisses him. Pulling away, she murmers "Naga-wha?" and tilts her head to one side, before acting on impulse and laying her head on roune's shoulder. "We'll make it out, together."

"nagacion, it's some sort of barrier the hollows use to retrieve others of their kind, it's extremely frustrating to see your prey pulled away from you to safety like that. i've never had it used on me though, only on hollows and arrancar i've fought" he kisses her back with suprise, then holds her close to him, hoping it's a sign she forigives him for losing control of himself earlier "yes, we'll get out, even if i have to kill a few people to "persuade" them into releasing us"

Ember chuckles lightly and nods, then kisses his cheek. "Just so you know, I forgave you the moment you let go my love." She murmers, looking around at the room as much as she can without moving her head from his shoulder. She's being lazy in that regard, but she really doesn't care. She wants to stay close to him, because she trusts him and cares for him.

roune thinks about how best to achieve the attentions of an arrancar. he looks down at his left hand, the one that is still holding onto the mostly charged orb of his cero negro, then comes up with a plan that requires all the tact and diplomacy he has. he lifts his arm up and fires the cero off at the wall furthest from them to protect them from the huge explosion it causes. as it detonates he wraps his arms tightly around ember and holds her close, with his body between her and the blast to protect her from the searing energy and shrapnel that make it all the way back to them "there, that should attract somebody"

Akira walked casually down the halls of Las Noches, towards the two collections of reishi which he recognized to be the Vizard from Setsubara. He couldn't wrap his mind around why they had returned to the palace with the Espada, but it mattered very little to him. As he turned the corner he sensed the distinct gathering of reishi associated with a cero, and he watched as it slammed against the wall on the other side of the chamber. With his hands dug deep into his pockets he continued into the room and stopped slightly behind the Vizard, making his presence known so that they would not be startled into attacking. He spoke in a calm tone, making his intentions known very plainly.

"Good evening brother, sister..."

He paused for a moment, gathering his thoughts before speaking again. Akira was not like the vast majority of the Arrancar in that he wasn't as bloodthirsty and unrational. While most would consider the Vizard to be trash or mortal enemies, he simply saw them as individuals who had walked a different path. He was not so high and mighty to consider himself above another based on their race. He considered everyone who came to fight along side him for the same cause a brother or sister in arms and therefore addressed them as such.

"I can't pretend I know why the both of you are here, but that matters very little now. It would seem that you are stuck in this place and my guess is you would like nothing more than to leave correct? I know this because, i've been stuck in this place for centuries and i'll not stay any longer. Ever since I came to this place....no, no, that matters even less I suppose it's time to put this place in the past. Come, let us depart.."

With that Akira lazily turned around and took one of his hands from his pocket,touching a point of space in front of himself and reconstructing it to allow travel of himself and his "comrades" if they so chose to follow. He stepped into the Garganta and without turning to look at them, he spoke once more in a low and calm tone.

"You had better hurry, the portal will not stay open for ever. If it closes and you are still in this place I cannot say when or if you will find the chance to leave again. So I leave the choice to you, brother...sister."

Ember had jumped in startled surprise when roune had fired off that cero, and now she looks quizzically at the new arrival. Actually at a loss for words, she looks to roune for what he says. She'll follow him no matter what he chooses, and even gladder if that path led away from this place. Something about it just made her not like it at all, and especially since she'd never been here before it made the frenchwoman a bit wary. She wasn't entirely sure about what this place was, but felt that as long as roune was nearby she could take anything.

roune watches the arrancar carefully, wary of him, not for any particular reason or out of a distrust for his species, he just doesn't trust anyone but the woman at his side. he barely noticed him only half a moment before he intentionally made himself known, proving to roune that he'd rather not have to fight him, it would make him have to work to kill this arrancar. he's suprised "yes, we would like to leave, we never had any interest in coming or staying here, we were pulled here against our will by who i can only assume is your boss/leader. by the way, tell him i want words with him about this. i do not take kindly to being ripped away from the world of the living to be brought to this wasteland castle, especially not from in the middle of a fight, if it wasn't for the fact that i don't want to start something i'm not prepared to finish i would make up for the prey i lost with whatever arrancars i could find around here. but thank you for giving us a path home so easily cousin"

he squeezes ember slightly with the arm he has around her then heads for the garganta "if you want to talk to us again, try coming to earth instead of pulling us here"

Ember watches the arrancar as well, curious but silent. She follows behind roune, glancing about again. She wonders what had happened for the arrancar to suddenly pull back, and just when things were getting good. Had their leader been defeated? Or had they achieved some great feat? Either way, they had had no reason for pulling her and roune here, and she'd get an answer the next time she saw any of them. But right now she needs to get back to her wolf.