[1ST DANCE] - Displaced

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

[Shirayuki has been spending a lot of time outside now that the snow has fallen. The wildlife doesn't seem pleased about it and all the birds she's come into contact with have done nothing but squawk irritably over it. It makes sense, she supposes, if it's not supposed to be this cold here. But she is very much enjoying it. It reminds her of home...

But even so, her situation is rather peculiar, and still she's not fully sure what to make of it. There are, at minimum, at least three other shinigami here, and their zanpakuto have not been separated from them. None at all. Only her. Why her? What made her special?

Maybe it was because it was possible with her. She had been unglued from Rukia before. Maybe it was simply just not possible with the others. Those bonds had never been severed as hers and Rukia's had. Maybe that's all the reason there was...

Shirayuki couldn't be sure. She was still bothered by it none the less, and she was dealing with that on top of various sources of guilt and the compulsive need to protect her master, even when they were separated like this.

She rest her face in one hand. She was getting a headache.]

...Perhaps a vacation from all of that fighting and worrying will do me some good.

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[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[blinking] Zan..pa..kuto? Is that a kind of power source for the shinigami?

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

It is what my kind are... Swords... Living blades born to protect and guide our masters. They are as much our power as we are theirs.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Were you separated from your master when you were brought here?

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

My master is here, but we were not together when I awoke by the shore. It wasn't until a bit later that she found me. The odd part, is that we come from different times. I have seen things she has not. There is a large amount of time between what she last remembers and what I do.

There are other shinigami here -- At least three. -- and none of them have had their zanpakuto separated from them like Rukia-sama and I.

All of it concerns me.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Only you two? Maybe it has something to do with this place...but that wouldn't explain why only you and miss Rukia were the only ones who didn't stay connected.

I wish we knew who brought us here, it'd be easier to ask her if she were around.

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

The only reason I can come up with is that she and I have been separated before.

Kurosaki seems to think it's that "Lady Eureka" likes me more than the other three zanpakuto, but that seems ridiculous.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Its common for you to be separated?

He thinks because she favors you, she gave you your own body? I wonder...[That did sound a bit silly, but maybe this 'Lady Eureka' did have the power to do that.]

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

No.. Really, it shouldn't be possible. Not under normal circumstances. It happened once before, but I wasn't placed outside. I simply was transferred into Kurosaki's soul for a period of time.

That's what he thinks, but I can't imagine why I would be special... Senbonzakura is far more powerful than I am, and if this Kurosaki and Shiba's zanpakuto are anything like Zangetsu and Nejibana were, then between the three of them, there's no reason to choose me.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Miss Shiba?! I met her. I think she said she was a friend of your master. You all must have come here together then, right?

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

The circumstances surrounding Shiba-san are.. odd. Her and Kurosaki both. They are not the people we knew. Not exactly.

No, we've all arrived separately from each other, and from different periods of time. It's alarming but I am trying to take things one step at a time. At the very least, it's comforting that everyone that has arrived has been someone close to Rukia-sama and not someone who is a threat.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Oh, okay. Well, I haven't met the man you mentioned, but I have met miss Shiba and she is a good person.

[his face brightens] Miss Rukia is okay then, isn't she?

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

If she is anything like the Shiba-dono we knew, I am not surprised to hear it. I did not know the Shiba Kukaku where Rukia-sama and I came from. Things were.. slightly different for us.

[She smiles and nods.]

Rukia-sama is fine. She is safe and unharmed, and she is getting to know people here in order to form a group effort to find a way back to our respective homes.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Oh. Did she not exist in your time, or was she just not an aquaintance to you?

If she needs, I can offer any help to her. I know I can't do much, but I will do my best.

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

She was not Rukia-sama's Vice Captain. That role was filled by the eldest Shiba, Kaien-dono....Though the events that unfolded, as far as I can tell, are mostly the same.

That is good. You will have to speak to her about it.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Oh, that explains it.

[Nods] Alright.

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

Her and Kurosaki are a mystery to me, but if we're being kept by someone as powerful as this Lady Eureka seems to be, I guess I should just accept it.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

I wonder what kind of person Lady Eureka is...

Oh, my name is..uh, Fletcher. I know you are a sword, but is there something I can call you?

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

As far as I can tell, she's just frustrating.

...Oh goodness where are my manners. I've gotten myself so flustered I didn't even introduce myself.

[She smiels and bows politely.]

My name is Sode no Shirayuki. You are welcome to shorten it however you choose. I'm aware it's quite a lot to say.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

No, its okay. I think suddenly being brought to a place you don't recognize is an inconveince for many.

Oh, how about, Shirayuki? I think its nice. [he smiles.]

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

[She nods politely.] That is fine.

It is very nice to meet you.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Did you want to be alone? I don't want to intrude, I was just looking for someone but you didn't look well.

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

Oh no, it's fine. I am not particularly used to being alone, so I do not mind some company.

There is someone you are trying to find?

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Oh, okay then.

My brother...I don't know if he was taken here too, but I haven't seen him so...I'm not sure he's here.

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

Peculiar... You are the second person I've met searching for their brother here.

[She thinks a moment, back to the photo that Domon showed her.]

...But you are not the brother he was looking for.

Again, so strange. Rukia-sama's brother is here, but not the people who seem to seek out their brothers. It truly makes me wonder.

[Though really she's not fully sure if she wants Byakuya around Rukia. Sure they'd started getting along better after her arrest and execution were pardoned, the fact that he let it get that far still bothers her.]

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Oh...[since she said they weren't looking for him, he knew it couldn't be Russell.]

I hope he isn't...[no, he couldn't think that way. He just had to stay positive.]

Miss Rukia has a brother too?