| The Thirty Third Aura • Accidental Video |

[reflectivedawn]

[The first thing that gets recorded is the PCD being dropped unceremoniously onto the ground. It's easy enough to see that it's an accident, a mistake that wasn't meant to happen. But fingers get weak and slippery, devices fall to the ground and are left to film the scene as it unfolds before them

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[Video]

[capuletnomore]

[And Juliet was just going to send him a birthday greeting. It was one of the few things that had brought a smile to her face this week, thinking of her friend's birthday. But she'd wanted to wait until she'd finished the scarf she was making, and the light had been so poor....

Whatever he's seen, it cannot be good, not with that sort of reaction.]

Riku....

[Text]

[reflectivedawn]

[It takes him a while. Longer than it usually would, considering the person who had contacted him. And when he finally does answer, he can't even manage to do so in voice, but in text instead, the form of communication he hates the most.]

Yeah?

[Video]

[capuletnomore]

[This text, she is having none of it.]

It is a trick, Riku. A cruel, horrible, shameless trick. The Animus wish to hurt us.

[She manages to keep her voice firm, even though she isn't entirely certain of what she says. He doesn't need her insecurities on top of his own pain.]

[Video]

[reflectivedawn]

[Welp. You are shit out of luck, Juliet.]

Looks like they succeeded.

[Offline]

[taichou_tb]

[This week is taking its toll on Ukitake, sapping him of hope and positivity. He wanders through the fog, following Riku's presence, and tries to stay away from any headstones.

He's already seen too many deaths. He doesn't know what the next one will do to him.

And Hitsugaya is dead. Really dead. Ukitake just...cannot let more horrible things happen.

So when he gets to Riku, he doesn't say anything, just gently grips the young man's shoulder.]

[Offline]

[reflectivedawn]

[He jumps slightly at the feeling of the touch to his shoulder, even if he could sense the other coming. Ukitake's light and darkness were ones he had memorized long ago, and he would know them instantly. But he still jumped, as if the touch hurt, before settling.

He had taken to sitting against one of the other tombstones, Hanna's, bright greens eyes staring forward, locked on the pile of rumble.]

You didn't have to come.

[Offline]

[taichou_tb]

[Ukitake takes no offense at the surprise Riku feels. Instead, he kneels in front of Riku, looks at him for a moment, then wraps an arm around his shoulders, pulling him against Ukitake's chest.]

Let's go home.

[Offline]

[reflectivedawn]

[There's a small intake of breath as Ukitake wraps his arms around him, and for a moment, all he does is sit there, bright green eyes still staring forward. Before he realizes that, for once, Ukitake probably isn't hugging him because he's the only one who needs it. He's been watching the network. He knows what's going on. And he knows that, for once, he wants to be there for Ukitake.

So instead he speaks quietly.]

I'm sorry. About Hitsugaya.

[voice//private//unhackable]

[coraltaijiya]

[Just as she put the finishing touches on that keychain, too.]

[With a lump in her throat and a growing sense of dread, fingers closed tightly around the PCD, she does her best to keep her voice steady. She knows that name, she knows that pain, and she aches for him despite the graves she's been trying so hard to avoid this week.]

Coordinates.

[text//private//unhackable]

[reflectivedawn]

[Sorry, Sango, but as it turns out, you're shit out of luck too.]

No.

[This is his pain, Sango. And if it were anyone but Sora, he would willingly let you share it. But he can't. Because it is Sora, and therefore this a pain and a burden he has to carry alone.]

[voice//private//unhackable]

[coraltaijiya]

[She really hates the text function so she's sticking to voice with her own convenience. She sighs and quietly puts his present away--it would be unspeakably inappropriate to carry on as per usual right now.]

Then at least leave that place. The longer you stay...

[text//private//unhackable]

[reflectivedawn]

[He pretty much completely forgot you have a hard time reading, Sango.]

I'll leave when I'm ready.

[And that moment is not now.]

[Video]

[wingsandwill]

I have heard it's a poor choice to destroy the tombstones. It might be wise not to damage any others.

[And a pause.]

And the visions one sees near them are not necessarily accurate.

[Voice]

[reflectivedawn]

[Are you actually being helpful for once, Castiel?]

Yeah, figured that out.

[And a pause on his end.]

That still doesn't mean none of them are.

[Voice]

[wingsandwill]

[Hey he totally can be helpful when he feels like it]

This is true. However those you know are accurate presumably have already occurred and are nothing but memory, or a potential source of information. Any others can't be confirmed and therefore there's no reason to be concerned with them.

[/hypocritical]

[Voice]

[reflectivedawn]

[... You have a point there. Not like he'll ever admit it, but you do have a point.]

Even what you see when you destroy the tombstones?

[video]

[lcied]

[They might've not even introduced themselves to each other, but Hope does recognize Riku's face from before.]

It's -- it's better to stay away from those.

[Voice]

[reflectivedawn]

Little late for that, don't you think?

[Voice]

[lcied]

M-maybe, but the longer you stay there, the worse it becomes, and it might be... better to just leave.

[Voice]

[reflectivedawn]

Do you always give advice when it's not asked for?