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[i_love_taiyaki]

[The feed is an EXTREME CLOSE-UP on Renji's eye as he peers into the lens, then pulls the device back and tilts it on its side. It's pretty obvious he doesn't really know what he's doing with this technology nonsense. He definitely looks a bit worse for wear--he's bleeding visibly and appears to have scorch marks all over his face and upper torso

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[i_love_squats]

Hey, hey, calm down. Take a deep breath and sit down. You're going to need to be sitting when you listen to what we have to tell you...

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[i_love_taiyaki]

[Pause, but okay, fair enough. He sits down on the edge of the bed he woke up on, then narrows his eyes at the camera.] ...So I'm sitting. So what the hell's going on?

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[i_love_squats]

[Video works for Zack, and he switches over. Have a nice, almost sympathetic smile, and a handsome face with two glowing blue eyes. He even offers a half-wave, though he feels bad. He always feels bad during these talks, dammit.]

You're not--you know, it never gets easier trying to explain this-- you're not home anymore. Well, not really. This is Anatole, and you came in through The Door, but it's a one-way sort of passage thing. We're--Hey, did anyone send you the kinda Welcome Wagon Packet, yet? With the explanations?

[i_love_taiyaki]

[Oh, hey, video. This guy resembles Kaien a bit, actually. He grins a little when the guy makes an awkward explanation, then he waves a hand.]

Yeah, somebody from home shot me the info--pretty crazy setup, I gotta say. I guess in the long run it's probably not the weirdest thing that's happened to me...

[His smile broadens a bit.] So you got a name, stranger? I'm Renji; nice to meet'cha.

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[i_love_taiyaki]

[Ohai, he knows that voice. ...Wait, what's she doing here?]

Rangiku-san? How'd you get here?

[i_love_taiyaki]

Magical door and what now? [Oh, I see that sake cup.] Rangiku-san, how much have you had to drink today?

--And the injuries ain't that bad. Seriously, they look worse than they are.

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[heartbetween]

[Oh hey, he recognizes you! Vaguely. From the eleventh, he thinks, and...didn't Byakuya mention him before?]

Hey, calm down a sec! You're not anywhere you think you might be. This is Anatole--it's a completely separate world from Soul Society or the human world. Or Hueco Mundo for that matter.

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[i_love_taiyaki]

[Oh, okay, someone who's actually gonna give answers-- Wait, someone who knows about Soul Society?]

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[i_love_taiyaki]

[.......You look vaguely familiar. Actually you kinda look like Ichigo dunked his hair in ink, but the voice ain't right. WTF.]

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[i_love_taiyaki]

Do I... know you?

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[sewing_prince]

[Just sort of blinks at the Forge. Especially since Renji said his name.]

You're not in Hueco Mundo, any more, Abarai, and as far as I can sense, that Espada is not here either.

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[i_love_taiyaki]

Ah-- Ishida! [He wasn't concerned at all. Have folded arms and a harrumph now.] Oh, good, you didn't manage to get yourself killed after all.

I've kinda started figuring that out now, but... Well, it's just as well the Octava ain't here. [pause.] What about the others? [He doesn't specify if he means other Espada or other teammates--let's see which issue Ishida tackles first.]

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[sewing_prince]

If you mean of those who went to Hueco Mundo? Then it's Kuchiki-san, Kurosaki, you and myself. If you mean everyone else... there does seem to be a fair bit of Shinigami running around.

[Yeah, let's not talk about the managing to get yourself killed part. Because he doesn't really want to think about getting run through with Zangetsu.]

[i_love_taiyaki]

[So no Sado and no Inoue, huh? Well, for now four out of six isn't bad, whatever this place is.]

Yeah, I heard Ukitake-taichou's here, and I've talked with... [Rangiku, Byakuya, and... Shiba-san? Shiba...-fukutaichou? What the hell does he even call him?] a couple other people I know.

So how long have you been in this place, then?

[XD Renji doesn't even know about that, so no worries on accidentally reminding him about it.]

[slaythemoon]

Heeeey! Re--

......Wow, you look like you were hit by a bus.

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[i_love_taiyaki]

Ichigo? [Oh good, you're looking to be in one piece, too.] Well, you know, getting the crap beat outta me is a hobby of mine.

... What's a bus?

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[slaythemoon]

[Aw man, how to explain a bus..?]

It's like Kenpachi... with wheels.

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[i_love_taiyaki]

[Th... that sounds terrifying.]