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@grimmjow, audio—

[arrancar]

( ichigo only gets two days to reflect on his actions after grimmjow stormed out on him. that's it. that's all he gets.

'cause the longer the boy sequesters himself away, the angrier he gets. stupid how that works. )

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT? ( in brighter news, he sounds livelier now that some time has passed. )

@kurosaki

[zangetsu]

What, Pantera? It disappeared during our fight. I didn't see it after.

（ ... y ... es? ）

[arrancar]

No, not Pantera, you idiot! The horn!

[zangetsu]

It's probably still somewhere in my room.

（ local man says tiredly, with a tired expression. ）

[arrancar]

Where are you? Are you in there?

[zangetsu]

Yeah.

[arrancar]

Let me in.

[zangetsu]

（ ichigo sighs, drags his hands through his hair and then stands up out of the ridiculous bean-bag chair in one corner of the painted room, walks over to the door and throws it open. grimmjow gets a scowl that's less petulant teenager and 'my face is just like this, deal with it.'

happy? ）

[arrancar]

( he is not happy, so he matches ichigo's scowl headon.

a portrait of politesse, he pushes past him wordlessly, not bothering with a greeting. his first order of business is to find that broken piece of his mask. he won't overturn his entire room for it since he expects it to be placed somewhere decent. )

@harukaze, Sometime after the Horseman event

[janescayre]

[Considering how she saw neither hide nor hair of him after the whole debacle, Fukawa supposes she ought to make sure he didn't fall directly into a sword. How annoying. So here she is, checking in:]

Are you dead now?

[Yes or no will suffice.]

text ↪ un: 十五

[zangetsu]

who are you??

and why would i be dead

（ ... more dead. dead again?? gross. ）

[janescayre]

[excuse him???]

What the hell? Are you kidding me?

You don't REMEMBER ME?

[zangetsu]

i have no idea who you are based on username alone pal

（ and he's been almost dead so much... like.

it's a broad pool. ）

[janescayre]

I'M NOT YOUR PAL

I guess it doesn't matter whether your body stays in tact, your brain is already done for.

Remember you yelled at me when I rejected you on Soulidarity?

[zangetsu]

no.

（ ichigo, terrible with names of any sort... ）

[janescayre]

[why is he thE WORST]

Do you have short term memory loss or something? Did you knock your head on a tree branch, or is your skull too thick for your brain to grow more than three cells wide?

I WAS THE GIRL BEING CHASED BY THE HORSEMAN, IDIOT

[zangetsu]

try leading with that next time

you can't expect me to give a shit about all these weird people and weird usernames.

but i'm fine

since you're asking

un: 火

[chokuto]

Kurosaki Ichigo.

[A message that comes one very late, very cold night toward the end of the month — after time spent researching all of the usernames associated with Grimmjow on the network. Yes, he's desperate.]

Is that person you?

[zangetsu]

yeah.

who're you?

（ he's seen the username around, but never paid much attention to it, and it's obviously not an actual name. still, there's a limited number of japanese people here, and only so many that would use the kanji for fire. ）

[chokuto]

Uchiha Sasuke.

You and Grimmjow must come from the same place. Are you as powerful as him?

[zangetsu]

（ right. the drugged guy who'd been able to sense his reiatsu. ichigo's focus sharpens, and wariness pinches one corner of his mouth. ）

why're you asking?

[chokuto]

[He hesitates, reluctant, but it only takes the memory of both Laurent and Fukawa to push him on.]

I am dangerous to others in my current state. The only Restless I've found capable of holding me off was Grimmjow, but I don't know that he could do it alone. I need someone capable of incapacitating or killing me completely.

[And the one who could have done it, that he's certain of, is gone.]

[zangetsu]

（ he's doesn't reply for a time, but that request is earnest enough that finally — ）

yeah, i'm stronger than him. i can do it alone.

where are you now?

[chokuto]

I was staying in the forests of Serene, but I've moved to the Hinterlands. It's less populated.

[Which given its reputation doesn't really bode well, but anyway.]

It may not be necessary, as I'm currently suffering from the Harvest's curse, but I needed to take the precaution.

[zangetsu]

that's fine. better safe than sorry.

（ the guards don't tend to let people back from the hinterlands, but that's a problem for tomorrow, or... you know, whenever they can come back. he's already up and packing a bag. clothing, food, a bedroll. who knows how long they'll be out there? ）

need anything?