bamfsecretary | first form; intro! {video} (backdated to christmas day)

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first form; intro! {video} (backdated to christmas day)

Hello Route. Look at your Pokemon. Now back to me. Look closely at what's on your screen. It's an Abra!

...why is there an Abra holding a PokeGear. Hmm. Listen closely to the speaker. Verrrry closely. Apart from the squeaking sounds of fresh, virgin snow being trodden on, and happy little "Abra!" sounds from the fox-like Pokemon, there seems to be something else....

"GIVE THAT BACK NOW!"

Ah, yes. The sweet dulcet tones of one Ise Nanao, who, by the sound of it (if your eardrums weren't blasted by that yell) is chasing after that sassy little Abra who has her 'Gear. That sassy little Abra also jumped three feet into the air, sending the 'Gear flying in a wide arc, and eventually coming to a convienent landing in a nearby tree. All of route is then treated to the sight of a very flustered Nanao wrapped in a rather familiar haori chasing madly after the cheeky little fox. Cue yakety sax.

{ooc: Hello route! Feel free to reply, laugh, troll or do otherwise. :D Replies could come at any time.}

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[Better get moving. The later routes only get longer.]

If you can get it to settle down and work with you, perhaps. I wouldn't count on it, though.

{Well, there''s no time like the present. She looks around for the little fox, and the camera pans from left to right}

That's looking like a very rare thing, seeing as it has a habit of disappearing on me. Which is a pity, really.

{She starts off in a vague westward direction, figuring that the Abra will find her, rather than be left behind.}

Where are you, taichou?

[Oh, it'll catch up once it realizes she won't play it's game.]

Violey City. It's nearly two weeks from where you are, with all the snow. [Glance towards the door. Was that...no, just footsteps.]

Matsumoto is here as well.

{Although she now has someone else to keep an eye on in the form of Nanako!}

Two weeks?! {She frowns. Footsteps weren't always good...}

I... know. She's talked to me as well. Have any other Shinigami been here, in... Johto as well?

[Nanako will keep her from stressing out to badly!]

Or longer, if you're held up in the city between for any reason.

[A moments pause, then a nod.]

Kusajishi-fukutaicho and Gin were here for a time. But they've both gone now.

{Hopefully. God knows Nanao doesn't need much more stress!}

Ghhk! ...please, Hitsugaya-san, tell me you're joking.

{She's shaken badly - Kusajishi and Ichimaru-taichou were here?}

Were here for a while..? What do you mean by that, Hitsugaya-san?

[Just wait until Kyouraku shows up someday. That'll be an absolute mess.]

You should know I do not joke.

[Calm DOWN, woman. It's fine now.]

Exactly what I said. They were both here, in Johto, but they're gone now. They've somehow returned home to the Seireitei. [...an explanation is in order.]

Everyone in this place has one of these devices. When a persons signal disappears, it means they are no longer here to be contacted.

{OH GOD that needs to happen. If only for the lulz.}

My, ah, apologies... Taichou.

{And here's a return to the normal honorifics that you're used to! Which is always a good sign that she's regained control.}

Here, then gone? What kind of being are we at the mercy of..?

{She squints at the device - there seemed to be different functions, but she'd never been too good with technology.}

I see... However, I'm afraid that my.. Pokemon, is it? Knows more about the functions of this device than I do.

[Should there ever be a second 4th wall....]

[Have a nod, Nanao. Keep your head and you'll be fine. Eventually. What's important right now is an impromptu lesson, or so it seems.]

There are three ways of contacting someone with this device. Video, Voice, and a Text function. All three channels can be locked to a certain person or broadcast to everyone that has a device. There should be further instruction in your handbook, but don't count on it making sense. [Lock codes, text codes, font codes...the hell if it makes sense.]/small>

{Do you Shunsui?/what is coherency}

{Nanao nods herself, and then pulls out a red A4 book, and jots down the notes.}

I... see. When I reach the next settlement, I'll make a point to investigate those functions. {She smirks slightly} You do remember who my Captain is, don't you?

{Why does that sound familiar...}

[Sadly, no, but now we have Shunsui bait!]

[Smart woman. ....aaaand how could he forget who her captain is.]

Kyouraku-taicho can be rather hard to forget. [For the sheer number of times he's gotten Matsumoto drunker than a skunk, at least. His battle skills aren't anything to sneeze at, either.]

{Drat.. ah well, maybe someone here plays him, or knows of someone who plays him}

{Of course she's smart. And pfft how did you forget?

Mm. He is... how do I put this politely rather unmissable. Usually by the scent of sake that clings to him like a second haori...

{agdhsj He. Never. Stops. Drinking. Ever. But his skills on the battlefield had saved her life more than once, and she could not let herself forget that.}

[There's always muse hunting.]

[It's been quiet, alright? It's easy to ignore people who aren't here..]

I doubt he would be quiet if he arrived, at any rate. We'd hear him coming. [Nearly a mile away, probably. ...unless he was being serious and actually trying to avoid them.

A person saving your life makes it easy to let some things....slide.]

{Is muse hunting a legal sport?}

{She can understand that. Although it was anything at the point she was pulled from.}

You'd be surprised, Hitsugaya-taichou. {A wry tone? Why are you showing so much emotion, Nanao.} He can be silent... when he chooses to be. {Bluuuush. But she won't tell.}

In a place like this, however... I believe that he would not make contact unless he believed it was safe for him to do so. In some ways, he is incredibly cautious.

{He'd saved it six times, if Hitsugaya was to ask. And it made some things easier, yet otehrs... considerably harder.}

[Hunting Muses? Yes. Killing muses? No.]

[Iconface. Visible emotions, from her? Okay, that's a tiny little shock.]

I'll take your word for it. You know him better than I do. [And always will. He and Kyouraku are like oil and water, really.]

{ahsdfha Who said anything about killing muses ;A;}

{Upon seeing that expression, Ise immediately returned to her default expression - iconface.}

Indeed! One hundred years... Has it really been that long?

{She's lapsed into a sort of thoughful silence.}

[Juuuuust putting it out there. /has had this one die several times.]

[There we go; there's the Ise he sort of knows. That is a nod, though. Kyouraku is a constant for someone so young; hell, much of the Gotei 13 is a constant for him. But they're marching to war now...]

It will be strange, when he retires.

{asdgj that's happened to me a few times /hopes it doesn't happen to her}

{That face drops when retirement is mentioned}

Somehow... I think both you and I know that he won't retire.

When I left...

[Good luck keeping her!]

[....they are more liable to die than retire. There goes his attempt at being optimistic, though it doesn't show on his face after he hears that second little bit.]

What was going on when you left?

{THANK YOU. I think the biggest problem I'll have is keeping her logical.}

{She's seen plenty of her comrades die over the years. Not good memories, those.}

Ukitake-taichou and Kyouraku-taichou were facing off against Yamamoto Genryuusei-soutaichou...

There's no guarentee that they'll survive, let alone win...

[You're doing great so far~]

[They never are. Even after years have passed, the deaths still haunt you.

A moment of surprise, then...]

They survive. A more pressing matter arose and required the Soutaichos attention. [He'll explain what that matter was if she asks. Or later. Later is good.]

{Why thank you~}

{She remembers each of their names. They were her squadmates, if not her friends...}

WHAT. How - what - why..?

{brb, on the edge of tears. She turns away quickly, but you may still hear a half-choked sob, and see a tear or two.}

Thank goodness... {Her voice is thick.}

[He gives her a moment of privacy, looking away from the screen, before he continues speaking.]

I can't say if they were injured or not, but I do know they survive that battle and the incident that occured and ended it.

{Kiyone appreciates that. He's picked up the 'Gear again, and is currently filming Nanao's haori-clad back.}

Th-thank you. Ah..

{She turns back to face him, and while her eyes are still glittery-bright with unshed tears, she has tried to compose herself.}

But... How do you know they survived?

[A moments pause, then he glances down. How does one deal with a teary woman who normally isn't like this?]

People here...can be brought from different time periods in our world. I know this because I'm from several months after the time you come from, and Matsumoto from later than I.

[....and that sounded a lot better in his head.]

[Video] O_O /hides from scary icon/

{Video} She does scary well, doesn't she?

[Video] Very well, I daresay.

{Video} Maybe there should be a RAEG post at some point

[Video] Oh, someday for sure~

{Video} Maybe if she catches a Magikarp with a Lazy nature...

[Video] .....that would cause unbridled RAEG in anyone.

{Video} I'm thinking of calling it Shunsui...

[Video] Well. At least the name will keep it.....manageable.

{Video} She'll probably take out all of her pent-up frustration on it.

[Video] Would not be surprised~

{Video} lolol do you read the punchline is machismo?

[Video] ....apparently, I do now. Hi, late Fishmas.

{Video} PFFT yes another convert!

[Video] Yes, another convert.

{Video} I'm getting good at that.

[Video] A very nice skill to have~

{Video} ...should I ever wish to start a cult

[Video] People swaying skills aren't just for forming cults.

{Video} but cults are fun!

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{Video} jhdsadh comment FAIL

[Video] where? /saw nothing