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52 [Accidental Video]

[There's a series of slammed doors, when the PCD turns on -- anyone who has been inside of it will recognize the Temple of Heaven -- and anyone who pays attention will see that the reason for the slammed doors is quickly approaching the device.

Rei is opening doors, looking inside rooms, and slamming them shut.

Over. And over. And over. And over. And over.

It's a large temple, after all. There are a lot of rooms to look through.

But once Rei has reached the final door, the one closest to the PCD, she is breathless, her fingers are trembling, and she yanks it open with much more force than absolutely necessary. The door slams into the adjacent wall and the PCD manages to look inside it, quickly -- an empty, unused room -- before Rei slams the door shut so hard that the wall shakes.]

Damn it --

[It's choked through a sob as she turns away from the PCD, her shoulders trembling, as she struggles to get ahold of herself. The trembling soon turns into full out shaking and Rei turns, her back hitting the wall, so she can sink to the floor, her hands burying themselves in her hair as she cries.

Sometimes, it's just one last straw to finally break the camel's back.]

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[He looks up rather awkwardly from beneath her hand.]

I am not sick.

[And he's not slapping her hand away.]

...you're sure?

Yes, I'm sure. I just spent nearly a week in the clinic. I think someone would have noticed if I was sick.

[Kind of hard to correct someone when the mere fact that they're not calling you "Murderer" is enough. And violence? Yeah, let's not.]

[Rei would punch anyone who called Hitsugaya 'murderer' in the face with holy fire. So, really, it's probably a good thing that no one has dared. Or, if they have, Rei hasn't heard it.

She lets her hand drop into her lap with a deeper frown.

Usagi is so much better at this than she is.]

You don't have to pretend around me, Toushirou, if something is bothering you.

It wasn't Hinamori or Sasuke who disappeared, Hino.

[His tone is noticeably harder as he says it. He's not here to talk about his problems. They already did that.]

It's not a one way street.

[Her tone holds no bite to it -- just a careful reminder, before Rei drops it. Her hands fold together on her lap as she looks back out towards the trees.

She's still half-hoping that Usagi is lost somewhere and is taking far too long to get home.]

... it's better, anyway, that she's not here.

[He had a breakdown in front of Sasuke. Sasuke, that kid who's been through so much worse, and Hitsugaya Toushirou had crawled crying to him. He will avoid the subject for the rest of his damn life if he has to. That was more than a lifetime's worth of unnecessarily burdening other people with his problems.]

For her. You mean, "It's better for her."

[She's silent, for a long moment, as that sinks in. Saying 'That's what matters' feels like such a cheap out, and while the answer is practically bursting to come out of Rei's mouth, she closes her eyes.]

...I survived without her here before. I can do it again.

[But it sounds hollow.]

No one doubts that.

[A small brow raise. In case you haven't noticed, Hino, you're kind of infamous.]

[There's a liptwitch of a smile at that, but it doesn't last very long.

Because she doubts that. And that's, really, what matters, in the end.]

[Are they going to do the awkward silence thing? Hitsugaya knows it all too well to want to go through it with Hino.]

Lately there's been a trend of people disappearing and reappearing shortly afterward.

[She's not trying to do the awkward silence thing -- but Hitsugaya's statement causes her to close her eyes.]

I know.

[She leans forward, slightly, to hold her head in her hands.]

... it's not that she's gone, it's -- I've seen Usagi ressurrect worlds. I've seen her bring people back to life. She's the most powerful person in the universe, she's sealed away evil itself --

[There's the slightest hitch of breath, but Rei chews on the inside of her cheek, hard, to stop it before it starts.]

If the Animus can take her away without any trouble at all, what hope do the rest of us have?

We have the same chances we always had.

[It's not a comforting thing to say. The opposite, really. But it's the truth.]

We've known from the beginning that the animus have almost complete, if not complete, control of this place. Shinigami, demons, humans, gods. As long as they're here, the animus are able to limit their abilities and manipulate their surroundings in order to control them.

It doesn't feel that way.

[It's quiet.

It feels as if the Animus just ripped whatever hope she had of conquering this place right out from underneath her.]

[...Well. Damn. Hitsugaya is quite possibly the person least qualified to give someone hope. He's not exactly a very positive, optimistic person, and what little encouragement he does give is laced with cynicism and reality checks. How do you convince someone there's hope when you yourself don't see it?

He sighs, looking up momentarily before bringing his gaze back down, folding his hands between his legs.]

It will probably never feel the same way it did before again.

[There's a quiet hum of agreement, and Rei stays quiet, for a few minutes, to digest that thought. Life crumbles, in Adstringendum, and hadn't it been Al that had warned her that Usagi would crack, but she would keep going?

It's funny, how Usagi had escaped before she could do so. Rei supposes she should be grateful, for that fact, but instead, she feels impossibly lost.]

... Usagi would say that we made a promise to take control of this city and promises can't be broken, no matter what.

Someone has to do it. You're the one still here.

I'm not doing it without you.

I wouldn't let you.

[Have half a smile, Hitsu, before she sighs to herself -- mostly in faux exasperation.]

Not that I'd get a chance to -- you know, I've spent my whole life wondering if anyone else can do what I do -- sense energy and darkness and stuff, but it's really annoying that everyone knows where I am at all times.

[Between you, Ulquiorra, and Szayel, Rei has no privacy. 8|]

The same should could be said of how you use your abilities.

[She opens her mouth to argue, but in the end, she only huffs and crosses her arms.

Because he is right.]

[Ding, ding, ding. Winner.]

-- looking into the future isn't cheating.

Or -- following people around.

[Or creepy. Shut up.]

No one said anything about cheating.

[And, well. If she really doesn't approve of it, maybe it would be better for him to stop.... Not that he'll say that out loud. It would just worry her again.]

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[offline] Gah. Where did that "should" come from? :|

[offline] The Animus. ... or something.

[offline] ...yeah. Let's go with that.