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[About half an hour before this feed goes live, the more spiritually sensitive inhabitants may have felt the arrival of a very, very potent source of spiritual energy interrupting their senses. Sorry about that, he can't help it.

The NV feed being broadcast is video, it’s after dark and someone seems to have accidentally pressed the video function while trying to get to grips with their newly acquired piece of tech. And now he’s picking a fight with it.]

Send- damn it what the hell kind of piece of crap are you?! Don’t give me that ‘number is not in service’ bullshit I know that damn number’s right!

[There’s a beep and apparently this is enough to make the orange haired boy on the other end of the line growl in frustration.]

What the hell kind of phone are you supposed to be you piece of junk!

[It looks suspiciously like the NV is about to be hurtled at the nearest wall, and now viewers can very plainly see an annoyed teenage face scowling at the screen as it is held at arm’s length, before he seems to notice that the red light next to the camera is on and…]

Crap is this thing on? Hello? Anyone there?

[And then he sighs, moving the NV back down to a more user friendly distance and glowering at the camera.]

Okay, if anyone’s paying attention then I need to know how the hell to get to the asshole who thought dragging me here was a good idea. Or you can point me in the direction of someone who can help.

And, uh, anyone know what the international code to dial Japan is? I need to call home and let 'em know I'm gonna be late for dinner.

[There’s a pause… and then he seems to be mulling something over. What he is considering is whether or not to explicitly call out the familiar sources of reiatsu he can feel in this strange new city he’s found himself in, thus a) exposing his Shinigami allies where they may not want to be exposed or b) making him sound like a crazy person if they’re not here and he’s just imagining it all through displacement induced wishful thinking. He opts for a happy medium, scowl still etched on his face.]

Oi. I can feel that you’re here, y’ know. Anyone feel like saying hi or am I on my own out here?

[But that scowl's still not gone. He really looks like he's weighing up his options here, and then, with a rub of his neck and a sigh (because he knows in advance he's going to regret asking this but he doesn't have a choice), he adds this little beauty to the end of his transmission. Desperate times call for desperate measures.]

And I'm kinda missing a corpse. I had it before I got here and now it's gone. Anybody seen one?

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Uh... no not really. I was... uh...

[He's just about to sort of come up with an explanation but then she mentions undead and his thought train immediately derails.]

...are you talking about the undead like zombies?

Don't worry, I hear that time stops back home when you're pulled here. If you're lucky enough to go back - [ Without getting killed ] you can find the body and your Master won't be angry.

Zombies? I - guess that's what you call them in this era, yes. It generally takes a really strong necromantic spell for something like that though. The Darkness monsters here - I think they're the closest thing.

Hey listen I don't have a master or anything like that, I do what I want and even if I did I get the feeling a lot of people wouldn't mind me losing that body but I do.

[Yeah he got the lowdown on Darkness monsters. That was fun.]

Okay, so I don't need to worry about zombies and just need to keep a look out for monsters. I can deal with that.

You're an independent? I hear it's harder to be taken seriously without a Master - but you must be pretty good if someone's trusted you with a corpse.

Why would anyone not care about you losing the body? His - or her - family wouldn't, and what about their friends?

[ A quick nod. ]

Right - they're pretty nasty though so you should be careful if you go out at night. Or be able to run really, really fast. [ A sheepish chuckle here. ]

I'm Ella; what's your name?

Kurosaki Ichigo. And I'm not an undertaker, I'm a high-school student.

[And a Substitute Shinigami but that is personal!]

I don't know where his friends are, and my friends don't really get why I was taking him back to get buried in the first place so...

[He trails off, rubbing the back of his neck.]

None of the people I know here would care what happens to his body, but I'd like to find it before some monster decides to use it for a tooth pick or something. You can't fight back if you're already dead.

A student? So then - [ Now you've gone and confused Cinderella, shame on you. ]

Well it's nice to meet you anyway, Kurosaki. [ She will never get used to this Last Name First business. She still thinks Toushirou's first name is Hitsugaya. ]

You won't need to worry about the body, at least - if you go back to your world, you pick up where you left off. At least so I hear. I haven't been back in... over a year now.

Nice to meet you too.

[Eh, names are tricky business. Just try reading them in kanji, the possibilities and mistakes to be made are endless.]

A year, huh? And no-one's any closer to figuring out a way out of here?

[ Ohohoo, nooooooooo thank you. She'll stick with English :D ]

Afraid not. Well.. not intentionally anyway. A few people have been back to their world, but ended up back here again anywhere between a couple of days to a few months later.

[ A pause. She hears someone familiar with you, Ichigo~! ]

Who -- is that Byakuya with you?

Huh? Yeah, he came out here and found me. Why, d'you know him?

Yes - He and Hitsugaya are dear friends of mine. And I work for Byakuya at the University.

Byakuya works at a University?!

Yes - he teaches Japanese Poetry there. He's got quite a fan following from the girls at the university actually.

[Okay, the idea of a Byakuya as a professor of poetry at a university is just mind boggling, because while he doesn't doubt that Byakuya's probably got a head for that sort of stuff, the idea that he has a fanclub is just-

Oh god, where's Renji when you need him? This new nugget of information needs to be shared. Immediately.]

...Byakuya has a fanclub?

[ Uh - should she not have mentioned that? Oops! ]

Yes - a lot of the young girls at the University are really infatuated with him.

[ ... she's gotten a bit of heat from some of them herself, for working with Byakuya - but Ella always ignored it because. Pff, He's a friend. Whatev. ]

Sometimes they try sneaking in chocolates and stuffed animals to him - but it was worse a few weeks ago on that Valentine holiday. The office was full of things.

[Poker face.

Poker face.

Poker-]

Are you kidding me? Byakuya the idol?!

[ She muffles a faint giggle at that reaction. ]

I'm telling the truth. You'd see for yourself if you ever pass by the University. Even my stepsister is infatuated with him.

[Okay, okay seriously stop it. His carefully crafted mask of insouciance is about to break at the idea of Byakuya being trailed by a bunch of infatuated girls. It's just ridiculous.]

But... why? Byakuya's not exactly a ladies' man.

Certain women tend to want the unattainable. Byakuya rebuffs them pretty harshly but that just makes them more determined.

The women in your world haven't chased after him before? I didn't think it would be that much of a surprise.

[The women in his world can't see Byakuya unless it's under extenuating circumstances.]

Most of the girls I know who know him are either way too young, not interested or his sister.

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