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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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[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm already here. I don't suppose we could just borrow a couple squads off the Eleventh?

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't object, but you might have to offer to fight them in return.

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

If that's all they demand in return, hey, I'm not complaining. Would be a change of pace.

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

Even if the captain himself decides to require payment for the use of his men?

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

Can you afford to lose me for the couple days it'll take the Fourth to tape me back together?

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

If we get a whole squad of helpful Elevenths in return? Certainly.

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

Let it not be said I didn't give my all for the Thirteenth.

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, we'll erect a little monument in your honor if we can find room.

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

Oh, just pile some stones up in the backyard, that'll do.

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

"Here we remember Kurosaki Ichigo. He was occasionally helpful."

[fighting-boy.livejournal.com]

"Alas, poor sucker. We knew him well."

[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.

[howls-at-stars.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah, I'm on my way.

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

It doesn't have to be right now, Renji. Think of it as a marathon, not a sprint. I'm going to shamelessly use you for a few weeks.

[howls-at-stars.livejournal.com]

Shamelessly, huh? Pff, you act like this is a new thing for you.

[the-rotator.livejournal.com]

Of course it is. I don't usually get to do it for official business.

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.