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[goneonenight]

[The feed turns onto a face that may be familiar to some. Her hair is much shorter, her eyes larger and her cheeks fuller, but it’s unmistakably Yoruichi, even if she only looks about nineteen right now.]

[She looks rattled, but determined not to let her recent arrival get to her all the same. Still, her words are hurried, betraying her obvious distress.]

If there’s anyone out there from the Onmitskidou, or the Gotei 13, or Seireitei...or Rukongai, I guess, can you let know? And if you know why all these humans can see us--

[She stops and pulls in a deep breath, her face firming]

I got an explanation but it doesn’t make sense. Since when are humans even capable-- [the last is a mutter, almost to herself] So just. If this thing’s working and you have some information, it’d be a big help.

[She bites her lower lip, then reaches out to turn off the device]

(ooc: Backdated to earlier today.)

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[goneonenight]

[she frowns as well]

Well, we are gods of death--that's what shinigami means. But no one worships us or anything.

[goneonenight]

Yeah. At least at home one or two things will make sense. This place is insane.

[She sounds a bit petulant, but she's understandably overwhelmed]

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[goneonenight]

[Oh, no, don't look sad, crazy hobo]

Are you saying you know me when I'm older?

[chubbybun]

Each of our pantheons has its own god of death, but I take it that is not thy meaning. And I am aware of the kami but not thy order. It seems our worlds are quite different.

How strange to bring a god of death to a land where it does not exist.

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[gained_a_level]

[ SHUSH YORUICHI, YOUR NOT!HUSBAND IS STRATEGIZING-- I mean no shut up. ]

Yes. Although given your unique background, I have no way of discerning your true age.

[goneonenight]

[She blinks; she'd missed him mentioning that before]

What do you mean it doesn't exist? Everything dies eventually.

[chubbybun]

Dies, yes, but returns. This is a place where death is not permanent.

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[goneonenight]

[You can't talk to me that way crazy hobo not!husband]

Are you human too?

[goneonenight]

[She gasps, going pale as a hand covers her mouth.]

No...no, that's...impossible. That would destroy the balance, destroy everything.

[chubbybun]

It applies only to us transports, and we are eventually sent home, which mayhaps preserves things.

But given that time itself is currently in chaos ... this is not the most stable of places, my lady.

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[gained_a_level]

No, I'm an angel of the Lord.

[ And something about his tone might suggest this isn't the best thing to be. :< ]

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[goneonenight]

An angel? Wow, which lord?

[Because clearly you mean a noble, and not God]

How did they do that? Can you tell me? My father's going to want to know if other Houses are taking angels as vassals...

video; OMG YORUICHI WHAT

[gained_a_level]

The Judeo-Christian one.

[ Because that's a perfectly reasonable question to ask, thank you. ]

Apparently, the Initiative use temporal devices to abduct their conscripts, or transports as they are often called.

[ Wait. ]

...I am not your vassal.

[goneonenight]

No, I guess it isn't...that must make it tough to live here.

[The polite (and technically correct, for her) address prompts her to remember her manners, and she inclines her head to the proper degree to show respect.]

Sorry, I'm being rude. I'm Shihouin Yoruichi.

[chubbybun]

I have not found it so difficult as of yet, but my life has never been exactly idle.

[He smiles and head-bows back.]

Balder the Brave.

Do not worry, if thou art as skilled as thy rank would suggest, I think thou shall do fine here. And I do not believe we shall remain here forevermore.

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[goneonenight]

No, no, I'm not trying to steal you from Judeo whatever House. That would be rude, unless they were mistreating you.

[Squints]

Are they mistreating you? You don't seem happy. We're really fair to our vassals, some families have been with us for generations.

[Look at that face. Those big, earnest eyes that for once are not trolling you.]

video; OH GOD YORUICHI *SHUT UP*

[gained_a_level]

...I think we should return to the subject matter.

[ Dodging that whole 'mistreating' bit, okay. Dodging like WOAH. ]

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[wentviral]

Nature's way of weeding out the weak from the strong.

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[goneonenight]

I was just saying. If you were my vassal, you'd have rank over everyone else except for the people sworn to my father. Unofficially, but whatever.

[video]

[goneonenight]

[Mulls that over]

So...you're some new version of human?

[goneonenight]

Balder.

[She says it slowly, the syllables unfamiliar on her tongue. His words get a quick grin, the first flash of humor she's shown since her arrival.]

I have to be skilled. Father wouldn't accept anything less.

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[gained_a_level]

Are you... trying to recruit me?

[ Yoruichi, what are you doing? ]

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[goneonenight]

I'm just saying, since we were--will be--friends at home in the future, if you needed my House's protection, I'd give it to you.

[Because it hasn't occurred to her that she meets him here as an adult, not back in Seireitei]

I mean, I'm the princess, I'll be responsible for everybody sworn to us one day anyway, so why not help out a friend?

[Blinks]

I don't know your name, though.

[boughtabookstore]

It's a lot to take in at once, but eventually you'll get used to it. In the meantime, do you have any questions?

[video]

[wentviral]

No. I am what humanity should have been.