flameandpassion | 33 [Accidental Video]

[The PCD is turned on as it is tossed onto Rei's bedside table with a resounding thunk. The girl doesn't appear all that happy and her eyes look suspiciously bright, but her hair shields her face as she bends down to scoop up whatever had fallen out of her bag.]

-- stupid -- immature -- why did I even --

[And Rei tosses her bag onto her bed before she pauses in her tirade. Her eyes suddenly grow wide and her breath catches in her throat.

She crosses to the bed and reaches out to the bed, fingers curling around an object. When it's lifted to eye-level, it's shown to be her Mars Crystal Power transformation wand.

The last time it appeared in Adstringendum, it had been during the canon update/backdate event. When she had been given a rush of new memories, when Hitsugaya had lost his limbs, and when Hino Rei and Tsukino Usagi died.

She turns to the PCD to grab it before noticing it's already on. A muscle in her cheek twitches before she exhales slowly, resting her new transformation wand against her cheek, closing her eyes to think before she speaks.]

... Toushirou, you haven't done anything dumb, have you? And girls, have you gotten anything?

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... mmm.

[She pauses before switching over the filter. Just in case.]

Al thinks that's because of the amount of energy it takes to pull off a big event. They can't do it again the following week. That's why they're staggered.

It makes sense. Although one has to wonder how much energy it would take to give people familiar objects like this.

Hopefully it's a lot so January is a good month.

Oh -- ! I didn't even ask. Did you get anything?

Hopefully.

[Siiigh.]

Nothing worth mentioning.

So you did get something? What is it?

If it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning!

Is it that bad?

Did you get a stuffed dinosaur too?

...No. [Okay, when she puts it that way, it doesn't seem quite as horrible.] A soccer ball. I might as well just give it to Sasuke.

[...]

Why did the Animus give you a soccer ball?

[No, seriously, she's confused.]

Who knows.

[He literally has, like, no material possessions of any importance that he doesn't wear on his person already. It's either a soccer ball or a watermelon.]

[Well, at least the watermelon would make sense.]

Do you play soccer back home?

No, I don't. I don't have time for pointless games.

[And lo and behold, that sounds like a very good reason to give him a soccer ball while he's here. Who'da thunk it.]

Maybe they gave it to you so you could make time for once.

I don't want to make time for it. [Grumblegrumble. But he will for Sasuke. And if Rei wants to join in, he can't stop her.]

Tough! I want to see your soccer skills.

I don't have skills like that.

[It just so happen that his skills happen to be conducive to it. Which is not the same thing. Shut up.]

I was under the impression that you were good at everything involving speed and beating someone up.

I don't beat people up.

[Don't make him sound like a bully. ;;]

...But I know what you're trying to say.

[Hey, beating people up =/= bullying. That's just how you get things done sometimes. :|]

The Animus gave it to you for a reason.

Most likely to mock me. It doesn't matter.

Sasuke wants to learn about it. When that happens, you can do what you'd like.

That means you're important enough to mock, Toushirou, they're jealous.

I'll join! I bet together we can take you.

[Wait, hold up. You can't just go back to soccer after saying something like that. This is like ... some sort of break through here. Being important enough to be mocked, huh...?

No. No point in putting too much thought into it. Just leave it be for now. It is enough, however, to elicit a small, competitive smirk.]

...I wouldn't take that bet if I were you.

[Hey, that's what Rei tells herself when people mock her. It's worked out pretty well so far. After all, no one would mock you if no one knew who you were.

His smirk will get a smirk in return.]

Bring it on.

Very well.

[She's so going to lose, but she's already accepted that fact. Stupid shinigami and his ability to, you know, move past the speed of sound. Jerk.

But he's having fun! It's totally worth the inevitable loss. ~~If she enlisted Mako and Minako in addition to Sasuke, maybe they'd score a goal.~~]

Set a date and I'll be there. Don't be too upset when you lose, Toushirou.

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