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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[man_genius]

Be safe.

[weaver_girl]

I will, Genius. I'll do my very best to.

What are you planning to do?

[awokentospring]

Inoue-san, all that you have said here is quite understandable. A comrade who shows care for their precious friends is worthy of anyone's admiration.

You... Thank you for looking after Gai-sensei. I know your friendship means very much to him. I only wish I had been able to get to know you better.

[weaver_girl]

They're my friends. Of course I want to help. Thank you, Lee-kun.

I think he looked after me most of the time, but he's very important to me, too.

This isn't the last chance we'll ever get to meet, is it now?

[live_ringer]

Sounds like a pretty serious situation you're going back to. I know you're a tough girl, Orihime, but I'm going to ask you to look after yourself anyway.

[weaver_girl]

It's because it's serious that I have to go back. I'll be as careful as I can. Thank you.

How about you and Stellaris? How does it look?

[live_ringer]

Good luck with it.

We're... considering our options. Since we've both been here for more than a year, I don't think it would hurt to stick around a little longer and figure out how this place works before making any plans. So I'll be looking forward to any journal-writing you do in the future; knowing contact can be made will be a help.

[weaver_girl]

I really think we should test it, yes. Though even if it doesn't work, I'd still have to go back. People already travel between dimensions in my world. There must be some way to open a gate to Edensphere, too.

Though--if we've really been here two or three years, then the fight would already be long over. I'm just thinking about what Renée said about the twenty-three seconds.

[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.

[blindedmewith]

Can't I come with you?

[weaver_girl]

Yes. I want you to. But--I'm in a really bad place to bring anyone with me. With us.

You know, we should talk. You and Axel and me.

[blindedmewith]

Why? What's dangerous?

...okay. Yes. We should all talk.

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[weaver_girl]

I'll tell you in person.

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[So have a Kagerou, sitting down on the couch with her serious face on.]

The last thing I remember is Toushi saving me from--actually, you've seen him. The horn-masked man I turned into about a year ago. They... held me captive because they wanted me to use my powers for them, or... maybe it was all a ruse. I don't even know. It's all a lot to take in in a really short time.