[closed] Despite the interminable distance, in a brumous and sunny path

[onehundredswords]

Date & Time: March 8th; 8pm
Location: Somewhere outside the city you have a good view of it all
Characters: sensei and student
Summary: goodbye

[He'd arrived a little earlier considering he wanted to be there before she was. Seated on the ground and looking out to the city, his memories of these place really were fond. A lot fonder than anything he could remember in the past 100 years.

That in itself was kind of sad, now that he thought about it.]

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[onehundredswords]

I just told you why.

Besides, I make a point of never taking anything too seriously. I'm just not a serious guy.

[payback]

[She stops. And now she's looking at him hard. Rin Asano: getting serious.]

... What? Like you would fall through walls or something?

[Because he's a scary ghost... and... incorporeal... and...

... okay, KIND of getting serious.]

[onehundredswords]

[That actually makes him laugh.]

What? Who told you that happens?

[payback]

I saw it in a movie! "Casper the Friendly Ghost."

[onehundredswords]

[He just laughs harder at that, holy shit.]

Haha! Is that why you wanted to befriend a ghost? Am I fulfilling a lifelong dream of yours?

[payback]

No! Stop laughing! I watched that after I met you, and you're nothing like Casper, by the way!

[onehundredswords]

I'm plenty friendly! I made plenty of friends while I was here.

[payback]

Whatever, you're terrible at it! You're more like one of Casper's mean uncle ghosts.

[onehundredswords]

They sound more like my kinda company, I won't lie.

Besides, this Casper guy sounds boring.

[payback]

... Did you ever watch that movie?

[onehundredswords]

I've never watched a movie before. Never had the time.

[payback]

Really? But they're so fun...! You should watch a movie before you go do anything else.

[onehundredswords]

Ah, well...

[No, no excuse for that.]

...what should we watch?

[Yeah it's "we" now dwi.]

[payback]

[Oh it is huh...

She scratches her nose. She thinks about that.]

I like "All Dogs Go to Heaven." It's cute but it's sad.

[onehundredswords]

Never heard of it - buuuut I guess you're the expert here.

[He stands up, brushing off some crumbs from his jacket.]

C'mon, we can go do it now.

[payback]

J-just like that? [she's surprised, but okay. she gets up too.]

I can watch it on the NV...

[onehundredswords]

The NV?

[Walking, walking, walking. Lets go!

He doesn't know where tho.]

[payback]

I mean - [A quick shake of her head.] - our communicators. NV was what we called those things in another world... anyway, they're connected to all kinds of stuff. Movies too. [She has to walk fast to keep up with him! Dem long legs...]

[onehundredswords]

Other world, huh? So you've been to somewhere like Exsilium before?

[Although he stops, raising a hand to his chin thoughtfully.]

Well, if that's the case, where should we watch it?

[payback]

I've been to... [Tiny pause.] ... three, before now. That's why I'm going with Vanadi. I hope it'll be a little less getting dragged around, um, anyway - to the apartments?

[onehundredswords]

Ah, and here I had no idea you were so well traveled...I'm impressed!

[He starts off walking again.]

What were they like?

[payback]

Haha... [Almost a sore subject, but... a lot of those things are far away now, aren't they?]

They were pretty bad. Worse than here by a lot! This is the best place I've ever been.

[She walks a little closer, still pacing him.] What's your world like?

[onehundredswords]

[Tell him all about Mayuri, Rin.]

Really? That's a shame... I guess I got lucky then.

Mine though...well, it's like a big city for all of the souls of the departed, divided up into sections. Most people who die end up in the poorer areas and don't last very long, end up reincarnating. That's where I grew up.

Then you have the Shinigami, a military force who work in cooperation with the governing heads of the city. [Ah, the central 46...it seems like so long ago now that he helped Aizen kill all of them.] They live closer to the center of the city. I was one of the thirteen squad captains, y'know! Pretty important position. I had an entire division under my command. A lieutenant too.

[payback]

[OK, he's being weird, but she can't pass up the chance to take a poke at him:]

That poor guy!

[onehundredswords]

Funny; I've had so many people say that. Can't imagine why!

[heh]