14 [Video Post]
[Rei is sitting underneath a tree, carefully arranging slips of white paper into an envelope. Those that know her -- and know her practice -- may recognize them as the ofuda that Rei never leaves home without... which brings up the question as to why, exactly, she's got so many of them with her.
Her transformation wand is in her lap, but it looks ( Read more... )
Her transformation wand is in her lap, but it looks ( Read more... )
What is it?
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She hesitates, only for a moment, before speaking.]
Ciel's butler, Sebastian, is a demon.
[Blunt always works best.]
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That particular revelation, however, doesn't seem to surprise him. Instead, it makes him thoughtful. Tense and certainly not happy but not shocked.]
...How did you come to a conclusion like that?
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[Okay, an exaggeration... sort of. Sebastian's aura covers the place like a thick blanket.]
... Ciel was injured. I decided to go help. The minute I walked into that place, I felt it. And when I got upstairs and tried to get Ciel out of there, he refused, and that thing just appeared in the room behind me. I didn't even hear him. And... he told me.
[She fiddles with the PCD for a minute, worrying at her bottom lip. Sebastian had told her he could kill her if he wanted, if Ciel ordered it. Every single thing about the demon made Rei believe him, one hundred and fifty percent. Telling Hitsugaya isn't about a pre-emptive strike, necessarily. She just needed someone to tell.]
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He just ... told you?
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[A stupid decision. An idiotic one, really, to show Sebastian what she was capable of. She doesn't waste time explaining herself or justifying the action, but presses forward.]
And he -- Sebastian -- told me that he would kill me, if it were his master's order. Ciel told me what he was, but didn't give the order. Obviously.
[As she's still here, but she's furious. She hates giving up and surrendering, but what choice did she have against such a presence?]
I haven't gone home yet because I don't want him to follow me.
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[A heavy sigh. All of the just-out-of-reach hints he's seen the butler drop since he's been in Adstring have definitely pegged him as the last sort of person to whom you ever want to hand over your address.]
The clinic's location is advertised openly and is well defended. If you don't want to go home, send a message to your friends and stay here.
...Though it sounds like you're safe for the moment.
[Phantomhive hasn't seemed the type to so quickly change his mind.]
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For the moment.
[She looks up at the camera. Here is the real reason why she bothered to contact Hitsugaya in the first place.]
But what should I do now that I have the information in the first place? People should be warned... and he's gotten -- well, creepier the past couple of weeks. And I've never felt a presence like that in my life, Toushirou, and I fight youma for a living.
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If Hino sends out a warning, will that be all it takes for Phantomhive to issue that order? He doesn't know the boy well and is cursing himself for it now. But there is at least one thing....]
Phantomhive was willing to tell you what he did because of the situation. The situation's changed again; now you know, so there's not as much reason to lie to you. Ask him. Over a private filter, don't go back to that house. Just ask what he would do if you warned people over the network.
[It's still not a foolproof suggestion ( ... )
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Her lips twist into a scowl. But Rei has her own responsibilities. Usagi. Ami. Any attention brought to her is attention brought to them, especially Usagi, who can never leave well enough alone, especially if Rei takes an interest in something. Sebastian knowing about her powers was bad enough. Sebastian knowing what Usagi can do would be disastrous.
She cannot fail Usagi again. Not ever. Galaxia had killed her, but Sebastian will not.
When she speaks, she's obviously bothered, but she fights to keep calm.]
After the event. I'll do it.
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[Well, best for Hino. But that's what Hitsugaya is concerned with. And hopefully by then, Hitsugaya will be back to perfect condition.]
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[She chews on her thumbnail for a moment. Best for no one, really. Everything about the situation made Rei's senses scream at her to leave and run away and not look at Sebastian again. He was evil personified.]
It is what it is.
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[He's never been great at this sort of thing. But he remembers. In the blur that is his memory of the day before, she's been affected by the event. The indecisiveness in her actions is bothersome. Not to mention she has just talked to an evil demon butler.]
You're alright?
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I die, when I go home.
[It's said quietly, almost faintly.]
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How.
[The volume of his own voice matches her own, eyes half-lidded as if they've suddenly become too heavy to hold up.]
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I found an enemy I couldn't beat. She's powerful -- the strongest senshi in the universe. And she... destroyed us. She ripped out my Star Seed when I went to defend Usagi --
[She stops for a moment.]
The last thing I remember... is Usagi holding me and asking me not to leave.
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