001. Notes || [Video]

[nemu_doll]

[She felt the familiar reiatsu’s upon her arrival, yet the only one of importance was missing-Mayuri’s. Two days of searching for her Captain yielded no sign of his passing either through the town or the Forge. The network held a wealth of information, easy to extract, yet his presence remained obscured. Yet… there was still one avenue left to

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[turquoice]

He isn't here.

[nemu_doll]

Hitsugaya-taichou.

[A pause; an answer she'd already concluded.]

Was he here before?

[turquoice]

Not in the time I've been here, but he may have been before.

[nemu_doll]

I see. [He didn't know either.]

Thank you for the information. [A small bow at her shoulders to accompany her words.]

[turquoice]

What are you planning to do with yourself without him here?

[nemu_doll]

[A question she'd been asking herself since she'd first realized his absence.]

There are some specimens here. [She'd encountered them in her search for her father.] They might hold some interest to Mayuri-sama.

I will retrieve them and look for a way back. [Without any orders, this was the best she could do. Even though he treated her like a useless puppet, he'd still given her a mind of her own, an intelligent one. She would not disappoint him.]

[turquoice]

If you find any information about a way back to Soul Society, be sure to share it with one of us.

[nemu_doll]

[A quiet nod.]

How many shinigami remain trapped in this place?

[turquoice]

Myself, Kuchiki, Kuchiki, Ukitake, Abarai, Zaraki, Hinamori, Kyouraku, and Kusajishi.

[nemu_doll]

Too many. [And all of importance.]

How long have you been trapped?

[turquoice]

Over half a year, now.

[nemu_doll]

...

Everyone you named was within Soul Society in the last six months.

[turquoice]

Time works differently here. Including taking us from varying points on the timeline, somehow.

[nemu_doll]

They don't know we're gone. [She surmised... did that mean Mayuri didn't realize her absence? She didn't believe that.]

[turquoice]

The fact that those of us from further along in time never noticed any absences seems to suggest as much.

[nemu_doll]

A reasonable hypothesis. [Not fact.]

When I return to Mayuri-sama, I will confirm it. [She placed more trust on Mayuri's inquisitive skills than any of the shinigami trapped in this place.]