twentieth form; the fourth wall has been breached!

[used_glare]

{In the middle of Ilex Forest, it is black at night. Like, tar black. You can't-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face dark. So naturally, when there's a very very very bright flash of light, it alerts everyone in the entire forest.

{Including one now very awake Ise Nanao.}

What was that. {As she stands, however, there's a familiar tingling in her

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[freezetheskies]

[Hey, Nanao! Watch where you put your feet, because there's a Dragonair slithering towards you. Remember Babeh Dragon Hyou? Well, he's back and not that far from his trainer....

...Who isn't very impressed at the moment, leaning on a tree and just giving you an iconface.]

Why would police be trying to catch you, Ise?

[freezetheskies]

[Honorable names, Hyou is sure.

A Captain in title and actions only; there's no division to command here, after all. No Soul Society standards to uphold, so that's a headshake. Yes, he is a little disappointed, but what's done is done.]

It almost makes you miss the trials from home, doesn't it. [Trials. A farce, really, but still. At least that made some logical sense.]

[used_glare]

{A nervous, shaky laugh.}

Almost. Not that poor Kuchiki-san had a proper one...

[freezetheskies]

[Ah, yes. That fiasco.]

She might have, if things hadn't gone the way they had. She'd have had a better chance, at least. [Or so he thinks. No way to be sure.]

[used_glare]

{A shrug, and a sigh.}

I'm... not entirely sure. Aizen was nothing if not thorough in his manipulations, I have discovered that much.

. . .

But she shouldn't have had the death sentence.