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[the_rotator]

Four file cabinets of paperwork, three overstuffed bookshelves, a complete set of furniture, someone's petrified lunch—that's disgusting—one kotatsu...

And that's just in this office. This move is going to take forever. People I know who can lift a lot, prepare to be drafted.

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[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I could draw a portrait in memorial.

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

Just as long as you don't get Renji there to rend his garments and rub ashes in his hair...

No wait, that's some old Western thing, not Japanese. Sorry, wrong piece of world history.

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

Why would someone put ashes in his hair?

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to show the depth of your grief and remorse or something. I don't really...

Look, it just sounded good.

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I can think of better ways. But it's just as well—Renji's hair is so long, it would take forever to wash the ashes out.

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

I think you missed the point, Rukia.

Besides, I'm not dead. Just buried under a ton of dusty itchy hand-written crap that looks like it's from the Tokugawa Era. How far back do these archives go?

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

You'd better not be. I'd be quite put out if I had to fill out all those forms regarding your transfer and then you just died anyway.

...at least that far, actually. Try using a face mask if it bothers you that much.

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

Ach, woe. All that paperwork down the drain. Guess I better keep kicking so your track record stays smooth.

I am using a face mask. Seriously. We're taking turns going into the room and breathing on the veranda.

[Private]

So... can I buy you lunch after I'm done with this shelf? We've been here since seven.

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

Now you're thinking.

Really? That is pretty bad. But I guess accumulated dust is to be expected after a few centuries in the same place.

[Private]

Hmm, I'll have to check if my other boyfriend has any plans.

derp derp this comment exists in the eternal now

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

Come see for yourself. Only don't, we have enough incipient asthmatics here as it is.

[Private]

I could just knock him out and stuff him in an empty file cabinet. Problem solved.

Of course

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

I think I'll manage to stay away.

[Private]

I don't know, he's pretty strong.

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[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

I thought we decided I wasn't going to do any more battles to the death for you.

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[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

No one said anything about dying.

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[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

So I'll stop at knockout. Your time is running out. I can't be on lunch break all day.

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[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

Since my other boyfriend doesn't actually exist, I think you win without throwing a punch. I'll be in my office.