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Hino Rei ([personal profile] flameandpassion) wrote2011-10-26 02:43 am

78 [Video] Forwarded to the dawn.

[When she had seen the image, she had thought it wasn't real. Why would she believe it? The very nature of this event was to see people die -- it was just a hallucination. A horrific, horrid, terrible hallucination, but a hallucination all the same. Still, Rei had a feeling in the very bottom of her heart that something was not right -- so she set out to find Hitsugaya. Just to make sure he was okay.

He hadn't picked up his PCD and he obviously wasn't at Juubantai house, otherwise he would have told Hinamori that it wasn't real. So Rei set out to the wall surrounding the city, to his favorite spot to sit whenever he felt upset. No Hitsugaya. She then hopped the wall and went to the Wastelands, to his favorite sparring location -- and then to the second favorite sparring location -- and then the third, the one they frequent whenever they both needed to let off some steam. Still no Hitsugaya. She checked the clinic, the dojo, the fountain in the center of town, the surrounding tall trees, and finally, she had dropped back down on the steps of the Temple of Heaven, with her PCD in her hands, to stare blankly at the ground. It's at this moment that the feed has actually started -- just Rei, on the steps, staring at nothing.

When she speaks, it isn't clear whether or not she knows it's recording -- but her voice is so quiet, and faint, and heartbroken. There are no tears or choked sobs or any of that dramatic nonsense -- but it's obvious, in the way that Rei carries herself -- the way her shoulders slump and her cheeks pale -- that she is positively devastated.]


He's actually dead, isn't he.

[Her fingers curl around the PCD and the feed shakes, ever so slightly, with the change. Her hands are shaking. And if you look carefully, it's obvious that Rei herself is trembling. Almost every single person who has been with her for as long as Hitsugaya Toushirou has been has eventually left for some period of time, but not him. He's practically indestructible. Always the one to drag her away from doing something stupid -- and sometimes the other way around -- but Rei has never had a day pass in Adstringendum where he has not been there to tell her what to do whenever it got to be too much. And now, when it's too much -- way too much -- he isn't here. Temporary or not (oh, if it isn't temporary -- no, Rei can't even consider that as a possibility, because she may very well crack), she can't quite grasp the idea that she can't pick up her PCD and call him to tell him to come over and sit with her. Even if it's silent contemplation of how badly their lives suck. Or for him to tell her to snap out of it and stop being so depressing, because not only did this happen, but Minako -- vanished. Again. And on top of that, Hitsugaya --

She closes her eyes and -- finally, tears roll down her cheeks at the motion, but she doesn't actually cry or sob. Not quite yet. That is going to be reserved for when she's alone. No, instead, she keeps speaking, and while her voice is still quiet, and still positively heartbroken and crushed, there is a fine edge of anger to it now, and it is obvious that Hino Rei knows this is broadcasting to the entire network.]


When he comes back, he's going to tell me what happened to him, and not even God can hide you from what I'll do to you. You'll be punished, and when I find out what he lost because of you, you'll be punished again. Come forward now or hide in your hole like a coward, it doesn't matter to me, but I'll find you.

[He'd do the same for her, after all.]

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[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2011-10-28 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives her a look at that comment, and his version of a shrug. As much as he doesn't like Hitsugaya, it's for minor reasons; he doesn't think the shinigami is in any way bad, and clearly he means something to Rei. So eventually he responds with a simple comment.]

I find it unlikely he would choose to be, so retribution would be unwarranted.

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[identity profile] buntails.livejournal.com 2011-10-28 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
We'll find those out. And no matter who it is, we won't let them hide.

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[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2011-10-28 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Castiel thinks seriously about this a moment.]

It might be.

[Sorry Hitsugaya, he's changed his mind. Making Rei cry is indeed a bad thing.]

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[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2011-10-28 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, then sits there next to her silently for a few minutes. At least she'd smiled, if barely.]

Is there... I'm supposed to offer something.

[What, he's not sure. Help? Condolences? He doesn't bother to guess, just telling Rei flat out he doesn't know. She'll understand.]

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[identity profile] painhumbles.livejournal.com 2011-10-28 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Peachy keen. [Said in the same tone as one would say FUCK NO, but like he's talking.] You invade my space when I'm gloomy- no sense in not returning the favor.

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[identity profile] painhumbles.livejournal.com 2011-10-28 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Castiel knows a few spells, y'know. [So does he, but Castiel's better at them, Grace or no Grace. Gabriel's better at breaking them than making them and sometimes not even that.]

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[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2011-10-28 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Okay. At least he's already helping, though, apparently.]

I will remember that.

[He says it mostly because he doesn't know what else to say in response.]
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[personal profile] saucey 2011-10-28 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm fine.

[No he's not, he wants to go crazy and kill.]
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[personal profile] hyuugahime 2011-10-28 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
H-How? How did it happen?

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[identity profile] feel-nevermore.livejournal.com 2011-10-28 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You say that like he meant to. [Raven's pretty sure Hitsugaya fell into a trap and even so, he must have fought until the very end.]

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[identity profile] buntails.livejournal.com 2011-10-29 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is a much more encouraging line of thought, and Usagi nods.]

Mm. So let's make sure we're ready for when he is. We should do something nice for him to come back to.

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[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2011-10-30 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
I don't intend to. I have seen enough of this event.

[And he feels like he should keep an eye on her. She's stuck with him the rest of the week; he has sigil work to do anything. Screw the outdoors and the stupid gravestones.]

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[identity profile] painhumbles.livejournal.com 2011-10-30 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[He finds a seat and flops down on it.] Spells are the original iPhone apps.

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