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[holeheart]

[the camera turns on to show a strange, all-white boy gripping his head with one hand and holding the communicator with the other. He's wearing the usual sort of rummaged clothes, though he's a bit more bundled up than the average newbie. He and cold don't get along well. He looks pretty bad, and pretty angry on top of that. A newbie, but without

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[lift]

[holy crap does his head hurt, but despite that and Shiro's words there's just one thing he really needs to point out--]

Shiro! You're here too??

[and he mentioned the dream world too so he must remember!]

Shit, ow, jeez I wish I knew what was going on here.

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[holeheart]

[a familiar face! Ohhh, he's never been happier to see that derpy little buck-toothed kid]

John! Keh, sure am! So are Ichigo, and Rukia, and Byakuya! ... and that Rinzler guy. You got out, too? Hnf... outta one cage and into another!

Hrrggghhh... I don't know, but no one's takin' credit for it.

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[lift]

[He's aware Rukia and Byakuya are friends of theirs, but he's never got to personally meet them himself. As for Rinzler that doesn't ring any bells.]

That's good! You guys being together still but, yeah, stuck in another place isn't all that relieving. Though.. I can't really remember much about the other place, heck I didn't even think it really happened till seeing you.

[rubs at his head, brow knitting a little.] Hrm.. Well for one thing it has to be a connection to this place.

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[holeheart]

[Don't know Rinzler? Lucky you]

I'm glad I'm not here all by myself, that's fer damn sure. ... yeah, everything but the important details are kinda slippin' away. But I know it happened! It had to have!

[Slipping away, like the dream it was. But Shiro won't let them go completely. He flaps a hand a bit] I've heard talk about a "glowing tree" that appeared around the same time that we got smashed. Coincidence? My gut says, No way!

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[lift]

Well with proof staring us right in the fact then of course it had to have! Looks like you remember it more than me though, I can only think of dreams and some people I know.

[A hand curls in front of his mouth, giving a thoughtful look until his hands gestures forward as he speaks.] A "glowing tree"..? If it shows up exactly at the same time I got to say that sounds awfully suspicious! Probably worth checking out but, I'm still trying to get use to the place. I don't know if imps or anything will be popping around the corner or not!

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[holeheart]

I refuse to forget. Anything! It's too important. [even if it's leaving him as he speaks. ... Which is why he's getting up now and going over to the cash register of the store he's holed up in. Ahh... a notebook. Perfect. Now he's writing as he speaks]

Yeah... I ain't seen it myself, but enough people have been talking about it. Well, if they do, you can do the windy thing, right?

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[lift]

[John watches curiously, it must be nice to remember a lot! John wishes he could as well but..]

Hm? Yeah!! I can still do the windy thing!

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[holeheart]

[He'll remember the important bits for you. And it seems like Rukia and Ichigo can still remember. The Hollow's poor brain just isn't working]

Good! We have our weapons as well. So we ain't defenseless.

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[lift]

Seriously?? All I have is the windy thing, my hammer and everything else I had on me are gone.

Maybe they're scattered somewhere..

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[holeheart]

Yeah, well, everything else we had is gone! Our zanpakutous are part of our souls, so... maybe they couldn't take those.

I'll keep a lookout fer yer stuff, though.

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[lift]

Huh.. Part of your souls?

[a smile after.] Oh thanks! I'll have to find something to use in the meanwhile though, hmm.

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[holeheart]

Yep. Our swords are manifested from the power of our souls. They're not just regular weapons!

Maybe a normal hammer?

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[lift]

Woah! That's neat! I never knew that.

A normal hammer could do yeah, won't be the same if it's small though.

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[holeheart]

Keehehehe! Now you know. I s'pose that's why we still have our weapons.

Hmm... so somethin' more like a mallet is what yer thinkin'. If you can find a hardware store, they'd have stuff like that there. I found a crowbar earlier if you want that.

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[lift]

A mallet could be useful! I'll have to check it out.

[scratches at his head, chewing on his bottom lip a little.] I doubt I'd even know what to do with a crowbar! But thanks, I'll check the hardware stores.

Man this would be so much easier if I still had the alchemizer and all that handy stuff in the game. I'm getting the feeling the dream was a lot easier than this.

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[holeheart]

[Really John? Really? Shiro rolls his eyes] It's a CROWBAR! It's heavy! You whack bad guys with it. Simple.

The dream was a cakewalk compared to this. If I had known we were just going to move into another cage... dunno if I'd be so keen on leaving, you know?