Twenty-five plum: and with no language but a cry

[peach_kabobs]

[Video]

[Hinamori turns the PCD, breathless with adrenaline and a little worry. She's turned on the PCD in case something happens to her and she doesn't have time to do so later. Her eyes are wide and the breeze is whistling into the room, even as she leaves it, catching the spark and shine of broken glass on the floor, the sheathe of her

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[video]

[fn_rebel]

[Jet's eyes are a little red. He hasn't gotten much sleep and the scream starts him. It worries him, too.]

Hey...where are you?

[video]

[peach_kabobs]

[She gasps and stares at the video and somehow she got blood smeared on it because who are you did you do this can you bring him back--]

No, no no no! Home is safe, why was he gone, why-

[video]

[fn_rebel]

You're not...you're not making any sense.

[He frowns, adjusting his PCD to give her a better glimpse of his face.]

Just send me your coordinates. I can help you.

[video]

[peach_kabobs]

[She doesn't know who he is, and in this distraught state she's not particularly polite about finding out, sorry...]

Who are you, what do you want?

Was it you?

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[marsfireignite]

[ . . . and then her brain stopped functioning.

It's something of a blank stare, actually. Because this is an event. No part of Rei accepts that this transmission is actually happening. It's a vision -- a horrific hallucination brought on because Hitsugaya is someone that she loves very much and obviously, his death would be one of the first things the Animus would see.

But that looks -- real -- and Hinamori's hands are covered in blood, but --

Her voice is faint.]

Toushirou -- ?

[Video]

[marsfireignite]

[And then, just like that, her voice snaps back into place, and her eyes narrow slightly, because she isn't going to allow the Animus to one-up her. Again.]

It's the event.

[Complete and utter denial is a go.]

[Video]

[peach_kabobs]

[She's shaking like a leaf in a gale and there's blood everywhere (how does one person have this much blood and it's not supposed to be out like this, no no no) and she looks like she can't decide whether to cry or scream or try her futile healing spell again]

He isn't waking up, he's not--

I can't-

[Can't form coherent sentences, apparently]

[Video]

[marsfireignite]

[And there it is. The tiniest curl of fear. Her intuition. This is wrong. Hitsugaya would have responded by now. Found Hinamori. Told her it wasn't real --

No. This isn't real. It can't be real. He can't just die. She wouldn't let him go and do something stupid like that.]

Hinamori.

[Video]

[mere_shopkeeper]

[For a second, Urahara is about to dismiss this video as another hallucination. It would make sense for Hinamori to hallucinate the death of Hitsugaya.

Then his brain kicks in, still a little sluggish from what he's seen outside, but sharp enough to realize that hallucinations are only viewed by one person during this event. And that is blood on her hands. That he too can see the body.]

I will be there shortly.

[Video]

[peach_kabobs]

[She opens her mouth--to refuse, interrogate, accuse--but then realizes Urahara has pulled off some crazy shit before now so maybe he can make Hitsugaya wake up, make him not be dead, so she doesn't say anything at all in acknowledgement]

[Private//Unhackable]

[bunny_flower]

I shall be on my way as well.

[Private//Unhackable]

[mere_shopkeeper]

I shall see you there then.

[law_of_reason]

[Like everyone else, he first assumes it's just the event- but reality checks in after a moment.

Kurotsuchi's more surprised that he's less pleased than he thought he'd be at seeing this.]

...How disappointing.

[peach_kabobs]

[What does he mean by that? She has no idea, and right now everything she doesn't understand is either not being processed at all or turned into suspicion. Congrats, Captain Kurotsuchi, you're target #1]

Was it you? Was it?!

[law_of_reason]

[Does almost laugh at the anger, though, waving dismissively at her.]

The body would be in a more interesting condition if I had anything to do with it.

[peach_kabobs]

[Taunting her doesn't help any... She grinds her teeth, grtting them so she doesn't scream at him more.]

If I find you've touched one hair--

[Video]

[taichou_tb]

[When Ukitake sees the corpse, he reacts predictably: a gasp, widened eyes, and an overall look of disbelief on his face. But then, as the seconds tick by, his expression falls into one of apathy.

It's just an hallucination, after all. He's seen nearly everyone else he loves die (some more than once), what would make this any different?

It's just an hallucination.

Nothing more.

His voice is devoid of emotion when he addresses Hinamori.]

Just wish it away.

[Video]

[peach_kabobs]

[It's different because it's not going away and she can feel the blood on her hands and the ragged edges of the hole and smell the coppery tang of it]

I tried, I tried, it's not--

[Video]

[taichou_tb]

Walk away. I think these things only work close-up.

[Video]

[peach_kabobs]

I can touch him, I can feel everything. The others, no, I couldn't, the other times I saw him--

He isn't waking up and he isn't going away and there aren't any grave markers nearby and I can't--