✩ 069
[[...this entry number is almost eerily coincidental...]]
[Private to Hinamori]
Muguruma Kensei was given a leave of absence to tend to some personal matters, just so you're aware. It was sort of sudden, so I'm still getting the paperwork in order, but I wanted to make sure you knew about it if someone came asking.
[Private to Rikichi]
Don't go after him. I think you can probably guess what this might be related to, too, so let's respect his wishes. He'll get it under control, and he'll be back before you know it. Just make sure to keep his spot open for him. Tell the troops he's on a leave of absence; s'what I told Hinamori. It ain't a lie--if he'd had time to ask, I would have approved it anyway. This isn't something to fuck around with, after all.
If he ain't back for the Christmas Party, though, all bets are off.
[Private to Hisagi]
I assume you got the same message I did, and came to the same conclusion I did. There's a box from his quarters that's indicated to go to you if he's not back in two weeks. You're welcome to come pick it up now so you can throw it at his head when he comes back...because he's coming back, whether he likes it or not. He's got his two weeks. After that, I'll go drag his ass back kicking and screaming if I gotta. There's room on the away team if you want. Lemme know.
[Private to Kuukaku]
Hey, you okay? [he's not sure she knows, so he doesn't want to just spill the news if she's not aware--this is testing the waters]
[Private to Hitsugaya]
You're feeling okay, right? I'm not being weird, this is relevant.
[Filtered to friendlies]
Hey, Flower Person. ...Good timing.
[Renji had a very stressful morning, and came back from lunch to find another mysterious bouquet of flowers on his desk--a single amaryllis surrounded by a few anemones--tied with a ribbon and two typed cards with numbers on them. He still has no idea what exactly is going on with all this, but it was an unexpected pleasant surprise after a decidedly harsh start to the day.]