Silver nights and smoky days, and miracles woven anew...

[lionessofwinter]

[A wooden bokken in hand, Ru-taichou runs through the motions of a kata; feet sliding smoothly through the stances, arms swinging to strike an invisible opponent. A sharp exhale on each blow, sharpening the strike. Her singular bang is plastered to her forehead, evidence of the several hours of practice she's spent out here.

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[holyfight]

*was walking around, inspecting things since she just had a few days of missing time, but waaaaaaoooooooooooooo, that's really cool!*

Kuchiki-san? Is that your sword's power?

*you see, Hime's never really seen her shikai, even though she trained with her for a whole month*

[lionessofwinter]

[HOSHI--! She stumbles out of the kata in surprise. Inoue-san has some ninja skills no, wasn't distracted at all.

Have a slight grin, there.]

Yes, this is my bankai.

[holyfight]

Oh! Congratulations, I think! I don't think you had that where I'm from!

[lionessofwinter]

[She dismisses the bankai with a shiver of reiatsu.]

I haven't seen any of my doubles with the ability, now that you mention it.

[k0koro_kara]

[IN. AWE.]

...Kuchiki-san?

[lionessofwinter]

Inoue-san?

[Huh, she thought she was pretty far out of the way here...]

How are you doing?

[k0koro_kara]

Mm? I'm OK!

I didn't know you had a Bankai, though!

[Speaking of which, it's kind of chilly, and she's hardly dressed for the sudden winter temperatures.]

[lionessofwinter]

It was a requirement to become a captain.

[Noticing the girl shivering, she recalls the white hakama, gloves, and top. The air starts to warm with the relinquishing of her reiatsu.]

Sorry about that.

[suppressthedark]

[So. Someone, after his most recent handshake with death, had been trying to find captain!ichi to tell him something.

...However, he hasn't had any luck, which means he's basically just wandering around.

Still, this is very pretty! He'll just be watching, although his reiatsu probably gives him away.]

[lionessofwinter]

[She finishes the kata and comes to a stop, the mist blowing away in a few seconds when she cuts her concentration.

Oh hey, she knows this Ichigo!]

Hello. [Grin.] Looking for some red peppers?

[suppressthedark]

[....Scowl. Still a little sore over that one.]

No, but thanks for asking. Um, I was actually trying to look for your, uh, husband.

[lionessofwinter]

[If it makes you feel better, he got a kick in the rear for being rude to a guest, even if it was himself.]

Hnn? He should be... [She hesitates a moment, her concentration wandering to the dual-ring of teethmarks on her neck before pointing...west of them.] ...there.

[A slight frown. Now that she was concentrating, her husband seemed upset over something.]

Did anything happen?

[vaizard_taicho]

[ Ichigo is fully aware that Rukia had gone out to the ( somewhat destroyed ) field to work on her zanjutsu, and while he would usually tag along to heckle be a ready sparring partner, he hasn't so much as left the house all day.

Night is coming on, though, and being alone was becoming unbearable. So, Ichigo decided to go ahead, and go out. He didn't intend to pile more problems onto Rukia's shoulders...but that otherworld version of him had been...disturbing. A broken boy who believed that his only happiness, his only purpose in life was to serve the whims of the very same man that this Ichigo loathed with every bit of eight decades worth of pain, and hatred.

Keeping his distance, so as not to distract her from what she was doing, it's a small, selfish part of him that takes comfort in the icy reiatsu buffeting his senses. ]

[lionessofwinter]

[She stops after making it through a few katas without losing her concentration. Night has fully fallen, and though the lights of civilization are so far away, she still turns to him and spends a few moments just staring before she shunpos over right in front of him and, in an odd reversal of position, lets her reiatsu cloud over him, the comforting cool of an early Spring wind brushing against his own.

Quietly, she lays a hand over his, and says nothing. She waits for him to speak when he is ready.]

[vaizard_taicho]

[ He's no good at this stuff, though. But Rukia knows that, too. Instead of talking, then, he gives her hand a gentle squeeze, and nods toward the field of long grass, and a solitary tree not too far away. ]

Want to walk for a change?

[lionessofwinter]

Sure.

[She smiles at him, and lets him lead the way.]

[returntohalcyon]

[That...is awesome.]

Woah! Rukia-san can do that sort of thing?

[lionessofwinter]

[HI THAR, INOUE! This will be Captain Ru stumbling a bit, out of her forms.]

Umm...yes?

[returntohalcyon]

Uwaaaah! That's amazing!
I wonder if Rukia-chan back home is working on that sort of thing too?

[lionessofwinter]

[Blush~]

Ahh, th-thank you.