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[slaythemoon]

[There's a loud crash followed by dead silence as things settle. After a few long moments, a low groan can be heard as the culprit manages to right themselves.]

Okay, that's it. I'm never again trusting anybody who wears more makeup than a geisha. [A hiss of pain] Owww... I thought he said it was supposed to send me back to Karakura, not...

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[ voice ]

[xnoble_reasonx]

...

[Back to Karakura. Considering he left Soul Society with his clothes on and very much in-tact, Byakuya is led to believe there is a little bit more.]

Kurosaki Ichigo.

[ voice ]

[slaythemoon]

Waitaminute, I know that-- [And the gears start turning...]

Byakuya?! So if you're here and I'm here but I just left here to go there and wound up back here... who redecorated Hueco Mundo and how'd they do it so quickly?

[ voice ]

[xnoble_reasonx]

[He never arrived in Hueco Mundo. It means Ichigo's further ahead than he is, from a different timeline. Finally. Now, if only he can get the monkey to sit still for a minute...]

You are not in Hueco Mundo. [Obviously.] This is the city of Anatole.

Tell me of the state you left Hueco Mundo in.

[ voice ]

[slaythemoon]

Annatold? Don't tell me his Garganta-in-the-Box screwed up this badly...

[And now for a brief description of Hueco Mundo~!]

I didn't break it. Okay, I only broke part of it. The others did the re-- why am I telling you if you already know?

Voice

[circus_bones]

Ah, but good make-up's a part of the show.

[ voice ]

[slaythemoon]

Not when it makes you look like something a clown puked up.

[ voice ]

[circus_bones]

Wouldn't know what that looks like. Always had a strong stomach myself.

[ voice ]

[slaythemoon]

You're lucky. I don't really deal with him much, but geeze, I think the lead in the paint got to him.

[yetsleeping]

I...

[There's a lot she could say. But, being Priscilla, and considering the rash of the naked and clothes deprived these days, all she can really come up with immediately is...]

Is there something wrong with your clothing?

[slaythemoon]

[A pause. He has to take a moment to check.]

Sort of? Um... I have a sleeve with a scrappy piece hanging off of it, half a hakama, and a few bandages. Thaaat's about it.

[yetsleeping]

Oh! So you're not, for example, naked or in need of a delivery of any kind?

[What a relief!]

[slaythemoon]

Nah. I just need a chance to rest for a bit and they'll fix themselves.

...I think.

[voice]

[afterplumblooms]

[Oddly enough, this voice sounds a lot like Rukia--well, Rukia might sound if she spoke very quietly.

She does recognize Unohana's name, even though she doesn't know this new arrival.] Ah...hello?

I'm afraid you aren't where you were anymore, sir.

[voice]

[slaythemoon]

Rukia? You're here too? [His tone has confusion written all over it] . . . What's with the 'sir'?

[voice, then video]

[afterplumblooms]

[He can't see her, but she goes very, very still, then switches to video--revealing a woman who looks eerily like Rukia, but paler, and more...unsure, maybe.

She looks at him with an almost desperate look.]

Please. You know something about Rukia?

[voice]

[slaythemoon]

If this is a joke, it's not very funny.

[...but he's going to humor her.]

Yeah. She walked through my bedroom wall, almost got herself executed, and came to Hueco Mundo to help me bring back a friend. Why?

[immyfathersson]

If you figure out the answer to that last question don't hold out on the rest of us.

[slaythemoon]

Which one was that?

[immyfathersson]

the one about getting home without knowing where you are.

[slaythemoon]

If I figure it out, I'll be sure to let everybody else know.