Giovanni had intended to do research, honestly he did but somehow they found out about his "ability" and he became the subject of research. just because he has a hightened spiritual sense somehow he was automatically the research subject. thats how he found his senses tested time and time again.
using his awareness he was 'requested' to traverse a lightless cave that apparently most people didnt get through. Pitch black was putting it mildly. the place slowly robbed him of his physical senses. sight was obviously the first to go. Then hearing, scent, and taste... yes he tried to lick the wall,,, dont judge him. then of course he was without all his senses. there was nothin down there, a complete void. he wasnt even sure he was moving half the time. and if he was there was no Garuntee he wasnt walking into a wall. the objective of the 'exercise' was to use his spiritual senses to find his way out. He tried to light the way with a kido but even though he was 100% sure he used it there was no light. it perplexed him.
there was only so long he would be able to stay down there before he died of starvation or dehydration. And on top of that he wouldnt have been able to feel it. damn this sucked. There was also the small matter of what happens in cases of sensory deprivation. when a person is robbed of multiple senses they tend to hallucinate badly. And chances are they werent friendly hallucinations. Nope there were a few Hollows that jumped at him. His parents yelling at him,. a seemingly random little girl. the head captain denying him a promotion cuz he was too sexy. nurse flawless was there too, though in this case Nurse panty-less was a more appropriate name. then of course there was sorareo... and that was confusing. because Sorareo might have actually been talking to him but Geo had already been hallucinating so much that he wasnt really sure anymore. this shit wasnt good for anyones sanity. perhaps the darkness itself was an halucination... who the hell knew at this point.
Of course he tried to sense his way out, relying solely on his awareness and senses but even that was damn near impossible. so he quit. somewhere in the dark void tunnel of nothingness Giovanni Cain gave up. He reached to his side and took hold of his zanpakuto....he spoke its command but wasnt able to draw it. it was like Sorareo couldnt even hear him either. he gripped the sword tighter before he realized... he Giovanni focused long and hard to harmonize with his zanpakuto spiritually. If they could not hear one another he would have to forcibly draw his zanpakuto on his own. doing so was a tireless endeavor. He never would have known how screwed up his own spiritual pressure was. it was that lack of harmony that kept him from being able to use his own sword freely.
Now that he understood that, he knew what he had to do, and his mental visual of the situation helped him actually fix the issue. first was figuing out how to control it. it wasnt the same as reatsu it was more like his reiryoku. and manipulating that was awkward to say the least. once he finally figured out how to move it as a whole, he had to figure out how to move it delicately to fix the issues and get the knots out. The process was long and slightly painful but as he cleared up the spiritual mess that was his existance he felt better about his surroundings. what seemed like days later he was finally in a position of harmony with Sorareo that he felt confident in his ability to draw the blade in the darkness. with a slow and steady pull, being in perfect conscious harmony he drew the sword from the scabbard.
So much time had passed and he had been so focused on the task he had forgotten that he originally planned on offing himself and that was why he wanted his sword. with his spitual network cleared up and operating smoothly his sense was sharper and he found that it was easier to find his way out of the darkness. he could uses his spiritual pressure as a sonar, sending it out and seeing what bounced it back to discern the path ways within the dark void. eventually he emerged, sword still in his hand.
the first member of the corp that approached him might have been trying to congratulate him on not dying but Giovanni struck him in the nose with the hilt of the sword shattering the persons nose. and pointed the blade at the neck of the next one. "you have two choices, feed me or get fucked up next" for some reason giovanni had to threaten them for them to realize he was not happy at all with being placed in that death sentence of a trap. this one took to long to answer and got hit next. The third one caught on and tactfully fed giovanni every bit of food and drink he could stuff in his face.
Giovanni ignored all of the kido corp members circling him like buzzards untill he was satiated. "what?"
"how did you make it out?" one asked, like they didnt expect him to get out at all
Giovanni looked around at all the inquisitive faces that he would one day make regret sending him down there "figure it out your damn self"
"thats not how it works down here. we share information"
"Oh? is that so. thanks for sharing the info about the 1 in 3.2 million chance i had of surviving. Thanks for even giving me a damn choice in the matter. all of you should do yourselves a favor and shut the hell up. all of you are on my shit list..." he left the threat up to their imaginations as he continued eating. no one said a word to him for a while after that. He comandeered him a room and some new clothes, washed and went to sleep. he never asked how long he was in there. he didnt want to know. all he knew was that he made it, that had to count for something and if it didnt then being able to draw his zanpakuto definitely did.