Title: If All the Worlds a Stage
Character: Aizen Sousuke
Rating: K
No one can say why someone wears a mask. What do they have to hide? Their reasons are entierly their own.
I wore the mask of the quiet scholar, the humble, perfect man who never stood out, even when he stood alone.
For centuries I hid behind that illusion, ever since I discovered the means to true power. Before I learned my Bankai, I built up my mask of quiet perfection, so flawless I fooled even those who made it their life's work to crack through other's façade. At times, I even fooled myself.
If All the Worlds a Stage, then the men and women are merely actors.
Some are just better than others.