40 ⁂ goodbye, halcyon days (reunion remix)

[weaver_girl]

I just wanted to say - thank you so much, everyone. I'm so very grateful to have known you all.

I don't quite know how to put this, but it looks like my world - our world - is on the brink of a war. My friends are in danger. I didn't really know how bad the situation was until just now

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[snowburned]

Inoue Orihime.

My friend.

I remember now. I promised we'd find you. But you've been with us all along.

[weaver_girl]

Kuchiki-san. Rukia. That's a spot of trouble. What do I call you now, when you're not Kazahana?

You found me. Though--I remember seeing you hurt.

[snowburned]

From you? Anything you want. But...Kazahana is still fine, too. I think I remember everything, and there's so much to remember, but I'm not sure I feel like Rukia just yet.

[Some hesitation] Yes. That's the last I remember, too.

[weaver_girl]

All right. Well, I know I used to call you Kuchiki-san, but that feels too distant now, to be honest. Rukia-san?

I remember Tou Ichigo, and Ishida-kun, fighting one of the Espada. I [the pen hovers for a long time] couldn't do much to help.

[snowburned]

Rukia. And…Orihime, if that's all right.

[She never would have said this, not as the woman she was. Rukia doesn't quite match with Kazahana. But still, she's one person.]

That's because they took away your chance to do so. But it won't stay that way, I promise.

[weaver_girl]

Rukia it is. And Orihime is fine, too.

[Neither would Orihime, if not for these two years.]

It's strange. I've had time to think about things now, at least a little, and--I don't know if I ever thanked you. You believed in me when--

Thank you. Thank you so much.

[snowburned]

It was belief you gave me first, when I didn't even know it.

All of us together. Here and when we return.

[weaver_girl]

Really? [Inkspot. Pentap. Next topic!]

I agree. We'll find each other.

[snowburned]

Really.

That's right. No one will be left behind.

[weaver_girl]

I'm--glad I could do that, then.

Hopefully we can all find each other soon.

[snowburned]

We will. I'm sure of it.

You know, for all we've gone through here, I can't help but be thankful for the time we've had.

[weaver_girl]

That's true. I mean, we were friends before, and I looked up to you, but it all feels more solid now. Maybe a little less with the looking up, too.