With a group as many and varied as the Espada, it's no wonder that, upon entering the meeting room to see that the number of chairs at the meeting table has more than doubled (there's a chair on either side of Aizen's for Rai and Rosie) and that all of the new chairs are filled with people whose predominant wardrobe color appears to be jet black, their reactions ranged from a raised eyebrow to a full on "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?"*
Once all of the original Espada had gathered in the meeting room and taken their own seats, Aizen got everyone's attention before saying, "As I'm sure you've all noticed, we have a group of visitors with us today. They'll be staying here temporarily as a sort of learning vacation. Sitting on either side of me are the group's designated leaders, Rai Kit and Rosie Isis. Now then, as the rest of our visitors have yet to introduce themselves, I believe we should get to that now."
After a moment, the being sitting to the right of Stark pulls the hood of their cloak back to reveal a young woman with waist length silver hair and matching eyes, as well as a pair of silver wolf ears perched atop her head. Around her neck is a choker made of some sort of black stone that seems to have been etched with a pattern that resembles a wolf's teeth. Her voice is soft and slightly musical when she says, "I'm Janine Wolf, the first of the Espada Negra. I would prefer, however, to be called Jenna."
The young woman sitting next to the second Espada speaks up next, bringing attention to her long pastel pink hair and icy blue left eye, as well as the fact that her right eye is completely covered by a piece of the same black stone as Jenna's choker, "I'm Yasha Hanyou, the second of the Espada Negra." she gestures to the young man with pastel blue hair tied back into a long ponytail at the nape of his neck sitting to Hallibal's right, who then continues the introductions, bringing attention to the fact that his eyes match Yasha's, only reversed, "Name's Inu Hanyou, third Espada Negra and twin to Yasha."
The young woman sitting next to Ulquiorra speaks up next, "Saturn Shadow, Negra Quatra. Youngest of the shadow triplets."
No one misses the fact that Saturn's ice blue eyes are covered by what appears the be a transparent piece of armor made of the same substance as Jenna's choker and the twins' eye patches, extending from ear to ear with both ends shaped like wolf ears. She's also nearly identical to Ulquiorra in her style of dress and hair color, only the fact that her skin color matches Grimmjow's and the "tear track" markings on her cheeks being blood red instead of teal setting her apart from the white-clad man beside her otherwise.
The red head next to Nnoitra gives a slightly psychotic grin before she says, "Shadra Shadow. Negra Quinta. Oldest shadow triplet."
Shadra's black-stone adornment appears to be a circlet tiara at first glance, but if you look closer, it's actually sculpted to look like a snake eating its own tail. Looking that close also gives a good view of her eerie green eyes. Just after Shadra's introduction, the strawberry blonde beside Grimmjow adds, "Alicia Shadow, Negra Sexta. Middle triplet, call me Rose."
Indeed, there is a reason for Alicia's nickname, as her outfit, obviously modeled as a female version of Grimmjow's (she added a strip of black material decorated with scattered gold lightning bolts over her chest so she's decent), reveals several tattoos of stylized roses in multiple colors, though the dominant color is black, like the markings on her face, also modeled after her counterpart, as is her black-stone piece, being a replica of Grimmjow's mask.
The young man standing behind Rose then speaks up, drawing attention to his blonde hair and eyes that are a strange -almost hypnotic- swirled pattern colored in gold and silver, "Zee-kay, Fraccion to the Negra Sexta."
Zee-kay's black stone piece isn't on his face or neck, but rather is a pair of cuffs around his wrists. After he finishes speaking, the child sitting next to the seventh Espada draws attention to her long silver-white hair and the pair of dog ear perched on top of her head by saying, "I'm Nadeshiko Taisho, the seventh Espada Negra."
Nadeshiko's outfit seems to be a variation of Rose's, in that the strip of cloth across her chest is plain black with no decorations. Her black stone piece is a circlet tiara with a crescent moon hanging down to lay against the center of her forehead. Her gold colored eyes turn to the young woman to the right of Syzael then.
She's nearly identical to Saturn, except for having moonlight white hair, her black stone piece taking the form of a masquerade mask, leaving ice blue eyes visible. Her outfit is that of an Arabian princess with Asian fighter's slippers and a pair of silk gloves normally worn by those who handle jewelry regularly. She smirks a bit as she says, "Name's Crystal Kage, though with this mask on I prefer Luna-hime, or just Luna. I'm the Negra Octava."
With that, Luna nods her head towards the young man sitting to the right of the ninth Espada. He glances in the direction of Rose with a slight smirk before turning his ice blue eyes to look at the rest of the people gathered there, "Sai Radium, ninth Negra Espada and oldest child of the Sexta." Upon closer inspection, Sai does indeed look much like his mother, though his collar length blonde hair is more golden as opposed to his mother's strawberry colored mane. His black stone piece takes the form of an earring jokingly shaped like the Japanese kanji for human.
The young woman sitting next to Yami brings their attention to her next by saying, "Rosalin Elric, tenth Espada Negra and chameleon alchemist. Please, call me Rosa" Rosa's hair and eye color seem to be ever-changing as she sits there, her already shorter than average build dwarfed further by Yami's mass next to her. What catches their attention the most, though, is the white cotton gloves she wears, leaving not even her wrists visible to them as the fabric seems to almost be attached to the ends of her black sleeves. Her stone piece takes the form of a barrette, holding her bangs away from her left temple to reveal a faded Orborus symbol.
Last, the group of five nearly identical women standing behind Rosa speak up, starting with the one with a black streak running through the center of her bangs, "Lily 'Fear' Ishva, oldest of Rosa's five sorrows." The woman whose streak goes through the right side of her bangs adds, "Ivy 'Hatred' Ishva, second of the five sorrows." Next is the woman whose streak runs through the left side of her bangs. She gives a smile to Sai before speaking, "Iris 'Rage' Ishva, third sorrow and fiancé to Sai." The last two speak together, one with a single streak down the center of her back and the other with a streak on either side, "Sakura 'Desertion' Ishva and Nadeshiko 'Vengance' Ishva, twins and the youngest of the sorrows." The five sorrows all speak then, "Please feel free to use our second names rather than our human ones." Their black stone pieces take the form of barrettes like Rosa's.
*can you guess who did what?
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