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[hello everyone, this hermit has finally decided to come out from hiding. he looks annoyed, really, and he just pushes up his glasses before speaking.]

I seem to have been able to avoid the current... events, as well as interact with anyone involved. It was a miracle, really. But that does beg the question- does anyone know just how people are chosen for these kinds of things?

Honestly it just seems random, and I'm probably going to just stick with that conclusion until proven otherwise.

Locked to Orihime

Are you alright? I haven't seen you in so long. I was... kind of worried, actually. Sorry. [hopefully she was alright during the event!]

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I don't think you're wrong. This one was relatively tame. Mostly. I mean, it was odd but not disasterous.

I'm okay!

[And she's showing a video feed, so she must not be lying. Or at least, she's figured out that people who aren't okay won't use video to communicate.]

I got affected and freaked out a little, and hid my reiatsu. But it's fine now! I'm just catching up on my work! Glad you got to avoid it.

Then I definitely don't want to ever be involved in one of the more disastrous ones. I had better not be picked next time.

[okay, at least seeing her relieves him a little.]

...Are you sure? What happened to you?

[She hesitates. She hasn't really opened up to Ishida all that much, or vice versa, so she's not sure how okay he is with taking on her problems.]

My memories were different. I thought things turned out badly, even though that wasn't the case. So I guess hiding seemed like the best option that would keep people safe. It's a little embarrassing, Ishida-kun.

[they never open up to one another, and that's definitely his fault. at least, he feels that way. every time they have a chance to, he ends up pushing her away. it's difficult for him, he never has opened up to one of his friends. ever.

so maybe... he just needed to try harder, and maybe this was one of those times.]

Don't be embarrassed, it's just me you're talking to after all. Maybe if you were talking to a half-wit like Kurosaki, but-... ["I'm not like him." is what he wanted to add, but he bit his tongue on that one. that was stepping over boundaries that he knew he should never touch.]

...You never have to feel embarrassed or forced around me, is what I'm trying to say. So, if you needed to hide to feel better, then perhaps that was the better option.

Oh...well...actually I don't talk that much to Kurosaki-kun either.

[Maybe cheerful morning greetings, but about personal things, she's pretty busily engaged at trying to put on her best face, so he doesn't have to worry about her. Mentioning him puts a touch of red on her face, though. She's...kind of glad he's not here right now. Just thinking about him, knowing that he died...it's still painful. Talking to Ishida after remembering his awful death is the opposite. It's a relief, and a reassurance.]

It's kind of strange, but I guess I wound up confiding a lot to Sado-kun after everything started happening. We trained together so much, and he's a good listener! It's not very fair to Tatsuki-chan, though.

[So she's opening up a little about opening up. It's a step! She looks at his image again, then down at her hands.]

...I'm just really glad you're okay.

[true, he knew that she didn't talk to him much either, but he also knew that she wanted to so desperately. he didn't want to get in the way of any of that, he just wanted her to be happy. so, he decided that just talking to her and maybe opening up to her would make her much more happy- and that he can do.

as long as she's okay. as long as she can smile, he's okay.]

Sado-san is a great listener, and I bet he would give the best advice. I can see you confiding in him, definitely.

[and he knows that when ichigo was going through so much with the fullbring, orihime was always with chad.

oh. at her comment there's a definite bit of red on his cheeks as well. he glances down, nods to himself, then he looks back up at her. he put on the best and warmest smile he could for her. only for her.]

Why wouldn't I be? Besides, if anything were to ever happen to me I know you would be there to heal me right up.

I haven't...always, though. You got hurt so badly when you fought the 12th Division captain. And I couldn't do anything for you.

[And in those other memories, the things Szayel did to him...it took weeks before Ishida finally managed to die, and Szayel didn't ask her to bring him back once his tests were complete. It was horrible. And it's still horrible, because it still kind of feels like that actually happened, even though she knows it didn't.]

[It couldn't.]

[She can't look at his smile, she feels so guilty about it.]

But I'll try from now on. I know you've done a lot for me, and I'm grateful. Really grateful! I didn't say it before because I was so...

[She huffs a sigh, frustrated.]

I mean it, though. Thank you for looking after me.

[yeah, he did get hurt mayuri then.... but it was well worth it. he also got hurt during the encounter with szayel, and the other time with ginjo... he knows that he doesn't have the best track record. ishida frowns now, glancing off to the side.

he needed to train harder, he needed to get much stronger. he wanted to be so strong that orihime wouldn't have to worry about him as much anymore. he also... wanted to protect her, just like kurosaki did countless times.]

You don't have to physically heal me... you also... [wow, say it uryuu, he really needs to get this out.] ...help me out emotionally, too.

[he also huffed to himself, just trying to breathe properly again.]

You're welcome. And thank you for looking out for me, as well.

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[She...what...? Orihime stares at him. It's enough to pull her out of her funk, at least for now. She helped him emotionally?]

When...when did I do that?

[Which sounds really rude now that she's said it out loud.]

Not that I wasn't trying! Although I guess maybe it was more accidental, I just didn't...I mean...how do I put it?

[She sits back, blinking as she, too, huffs a little breath.]

I didn't know I was able to help you that way. When did I do that?

[when does she do that? all the time. just her presence, her charm, it's enough to heal him in those sorts of ways. he may have said too much though, and he suddenly feels the need to back off. he promised himself he would open up, and wasn't what he did enough?]

It's not like it's ever... been a particular instance. It's just... [how does he put this without coming off too forward?] ...you've always known how to calm other people down Inoue-san. You just give off that kind of energy. Maybe it's your reiatsu?

[no, idiot, it's not only that. orihime has always warmed his heart and that's why he enjoys being around her. though this conversation does make his chest clench, and he wants to stop talking about it. he wants her to be happy no matter what, but it does hurt a little knowing she would never see anyone other than kurosaki.]

You help me out in that regard a lot.

My reiatsu?

[She blinks again. Then she smiles awkwardly with a little laugh.]

But Ishida-kun is always calm! Even in the worst situations, you're completely unflappable. I can't take credit for that!

[Orihime realizes (falsely) that he's probably just trying to make her feel better. She did open up a little instead of slapping on her usual doofy smile and pretending that everything's just fine, so...she supposes he worried, and started trying to help her. Just like when they were in Soul Society, and Tsubaki got hurt. Well it's working, she does feel a little better at his reassurance. He doesn't need her. But it's nice to believe that he means it anyway.]

[....he really didn't know how else to steer this conversation. he was backtracking, avoiding, and just lying pretty much. it wasn't her reiatsu, it was just her presence and her smile that healed him.

ugh. way to go uryuu.]

Not true, there are plenty of times my emotions get the better of me. [he glances off to the side....]

...Like... with my father.... [aka the worst person ever.]

[This is the first time she's ever heard Uryuu talk about his father. She knows he liked his grandfather, but there's a lot about his family she just doesn't know.]

...What about him?

[It's just a little prompt, she hopes. She doesn't want to be nosy about it, but it sounds like maybe he wants to talk. Maybe she can be his Sado.]

[ishida glances back up at orihime. he should tell her, he should tell one of his friends about his life at least. he hadn't told anyone about it, no one knew a thing about his life except for maybe his love for his grandfather. he bottled up so much it was insane.

orihime was just trying to ask him about it, she wanted to know more about his life, obviously. he pushed up his glasses again.]

That man is barely someone I can call a father, he's just related to me, nothing more. He only cares about himself, about being a doctor, and he never.... [ishida had to take in a breath.] He never believed in a single thing I wanted to do.

My grandfather raised me, not that man. So I get a little heated around him, I tend to lose my temper and yell at him.

[She's surprised...more that he's telling her something so personal than the actual contents, really. She's not sure how to respond. She's never met Ryuuken (not yet), and can't offer a different perspective.]

I see... I heard that you lived alone. I suppose that must be why, then.

[And now it starts to make a little more sense, why he always looks so isolated, and prefers to do things alone. It's what he's used to.]

You really yelled at him? I didn't know Ishida-kun was such a rebel!

[he nodded at her, indicating that that was indeed why he lived alone. his grandfather had passed, he had his father but he refused to be around him. he was alone, he wanted to be alone, but he also wanted to reach out to those he cherished. he refused to be like his father, he would never be someone so heartless and awful like that man.

ishida cleared his throat.]

I-I'm not a rebel, not really. I just can't stand being around my father. He's always telling me to stop being a quincy and to just be a doctor already. I... can't do that either.

[he won't be a doctor, he won't.]

Really?! But you seem really good at being a Quincy! Why does he want you to stop?

[She's surprised to hear that Uryuu was supposed to be a doctor. Even more surprising is how vehemently he doesn't want to be one.]

What do you want to be instead? A master tailor?

Because he doesn't think a Quincy is necessary. He's wanted me to stop ever since I was a kid.

[ryuuken is so stupid.]

I don't know what I want to be, I just know I don't want to be whatever my dad wants me to be.

[he'll think of something, eventually. he does find it weird though, that he's telling her this much. he nods to her.]

See, this is how you help me out, Inoue-san. [just by being there, just by talking to him.]

[She's starting to put together a mental list of job possibilities. She can see that a lot of people have been intrigued by his sewing talents since he got here, whether it was Maribelle or that anonymous person on that big post that got super busy.]

[But it's that last statement that derails her immediately, and she has to stop for a moment as she remembers how they got to this point at all.]

...Really?

[She points to herself, wanting to make sure she heard right.]

I'm not being too nosy asking all these questions?

I would like to know this as well. This is the second one I've ended up involved in, so I wonder if there is a way they pick who gets affected and who doesn't, or if I am just plain unlucky.

What are you telling me that for? I have no control over it, I've gone full "Mad Queen" because of this place's nonsense before.

So far I've noticed that there's really no way to know when one will be picked. I think it's entirely random, and I think you may just be incredibly unlucky as well.

Y-you have? Oh... wow..

[even weiss has gone crazy in these events? jeez...]

What did it have you do?

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