sirenspull | 01 [video]

[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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[He tries for ~~Mizuiro~~ fake and overly friendly calm, but it's Keigo, so it's still shrill.]

Hello, Ichigo. How are you today? Seen any horrible monsters yet?

Is that better?

Not seen any monsters, but I got a real bad headache a few moments ago. Wonder why that is?

Oh sure, blame it on me instead of the crazy pull between worlds!

You don't help by screaming at me the second you get on the phone!

[Then he'll just have to show Ichigo that he can have a normal conversation without screaming!

Normal conversation...normal conversation...]

When are you from, anyway?

[Close enough. It passes for normal here.]

Final year at school just started, Yuzu and Karin just started middle school. What about you? How long have you been here for anyway?

[See Keigo, this is what maturity feels like. Doesn't it feel good to be grown up?]

You're older, like Uryuu. [So not fair.]

I was watching you walk into this crazy black portal to another world while we hid in the basement of some weird candy shop when I ended up here.

[Still not entirely convinced it's not Ichigo's fault.]

That was more than a year ago.

Yeah, that was over a year ago for me too.

[Seems like longer at times, especially considering everything that's happened in the meantime.]

Did Ishida tell you everything that happened since then?

I don't think I know everything, but it's more than you ever told me.

Like you'da believed me if I had.

[Here, have a heavy, long suffering sigh.]

What do you want to know, Keigo?

It doesn't matter now!

I've had Shinigami living in my apartment - my sister even had a crush on one! And there are Arrancar everywhere here!

What more do I need to know?

Yeah, I heard about the Arrancar. Don't worry about it, they're not gonna mess with you.

You don't really need to know anything, but if you wanna ask anyway I'm not gonna keep anything from you. I told you everything after I fought Aizen so I guess that I still owe you if you've not come from that far yet.

...your sister was crushing on- who?