Don't talk of worlds that never were/ The end is all that's ever true

[bloody_snowfall]

[ It's not uncommon for any, or all of the hollows residing in the dream-castle along the outskirts of the nexus to go off on their own for days, sometimes even a week, or two at a time.
But, when a week becomes two, and two become four, well...then it's a little worrying.

After so long without contact, or even a hint of familiar reiatsu in any

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[deviouscharm]

My queen?

[Oh, look who's standing next to the huuuuge tank that holds the shark he and Knight caught when they went to get fish for Princess.]

[bloody_snowfall]

[ Not all the wild about having an audience right now.

Have a growl. ]

What?

[deviouscharm]

[He'd ask if she was alright, but she probably would've just growled at him some more. Instead, he just studied her silently, eyes sliding from her to the shark, then back to her.]

Would my queen perhaps enjoy a fight?

[bloody_snowfall]

[ Wise choice, there. For now, she only peeks over her knees at him, pointedly ignoring the shark. ]

...Perhaps.

[deviouscharm]

Only perhaps?

[Oh look who's letting his reiatsu rise in a prickling challenge. So going to be punished for that, but he would rather like Knight to stay in one piece when he does get back, which means some of Queen's anger has to be taken out.]

[bloody_snowfall]

[ In no mood to dampen her own reiatsu, it lashes out sharp, and precise to send frost crawling across the floor toward him. ]

If you are foolish enough to test me, then I will oblige you.

[ And vanishing from her curled up seat on her throne in a puff of black, and purple reiatsu.

...Now, you get to wonder where, and when the attack will come, not!Urahara. ]

[deviouscharm]

[Not!Urahara will just move towards the center of the room now, so that Shark-kun won't get caught up in this fight.]

[bloody_snowfall]

[ A puff of blackened purple reiatsu flares just behind him, and a neat kick is aimed between his shoulder blades, the pole of her scythe used for balance. ]

[deviouscharm]

[One minute it seems like her foot is going to connect. The next, he is crouched on the ground, one leg sweeping out to knock her balancing leg and pole from out under her.]

fff, sorry so late -_-;

[bloody_snowfall]

[ A startled, though half-strangled shriek as she starts to fall - but instinct, and reiatsu flares, allowing her to disappear in a puff of dark reiatsu once more.

Reappearing, again, this time crouched on the arm of Shiro's throne. ]

...You are full of surprises, it seems.

s'ok

[deviouscharm]

[He grinned and bowed.]

It keeps things interesting, does it not, my queen?

[bloody_snowfall]

Try "suspicious", and you will be closer to the truth.

[ Narrowed eyes look him over again. This time more critically. ]

...You spoke to my Knight. The pair of you brought that beast in the tank.

Do you know where he is?

[deviouscharm]

Suspicious can be interesting~

[But his expression turns more serious at her question.]

I'm afraid I do not. I have not seen or felt his presence for some length of time.

[bloody_snowfall]

[ Showing no outward sign of it, she's still disappointed. ]

That coward.

[ Guarded, again, but somehow the idea of fighting is not very appealing anymore. Very little seems worth the effort, just now.

Looking away, she daintily hops off the arm of Shiro's throne, and walks toward the tank. Even going so far as to show her back to the other hollow. ]

...He has betrayed me.

[deviouscharm]

[Following a respectful distance after her, he moves to the other side of the tank, watching her through the glass.]

How so?

[bloody_snowfall]

He left.

[ She actually has an erratic thought of breaking the glass, and killing the shark. But she doesn't, instead she simply lays a hand against the cool, clear surface. ]

...I told him my name, and he left me behind.

[ Which is a betrayal of the highest order. Especially since she regarded Knight as the last one among her packmates she could truly trust. ]