Duel the Eleventh

[ofnobility]

[There's the tinkling of a cat's bell, and Utena's voice, soft. She's singing, tunelessly, in Japanese -- it's instinctual enough that it isn't translated by the journal. It seems to be a nursery rhyme. More than likely it's to the kitten in her lap, which mewls in response. After a while, it stops.]Hey, uh...say, everyone. Has anyone seen Rangiku-

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[bitchin_beanie]

Huge Cans is gone too?

[ofnobility]

[LMAO WTF JAN. Utena is pissed.] Don't call her that or I'll punch you again! Her name's Rangiku!

[Some of her bravado wears off after a moment.] I don't know. I haven't seen her.

[bitchin_beanie]

When someone writes about this fuck or that fuck that they haven't seen in a while, you ever see anyone pipe up and go, hey, here I am, I just wandered off and fell down a well for a while?

She's gone.

[ofnobility]

But sometimes...that's not true. There were people who left and came back about a week later, I heard. It doesn't mean they're gone forever.

You don't know that for sure. She might come back.

[bitchin_beanie]

Yeah, fine, there's that. Give it a week, I guess. She doesn't pop up again by then, she never fuckin' will.

[ofnobility]

You don't --!

[A long pause on her end. Soft, but determined:] She'll come back, I know it.

[bitchin_beanie]

Yeah, we'll see.

Wouldn't put much money on it, though.