Because I realize you're just a dream

[freezetheheavens]

Who: Hitsugaya and YOU
When: August 31 - September 5
What: Catchall, basically. (Adult Hitsugaya, fire-related things, and headaches)
Where: Far Shore and Near Shore.
Warnings: None at the moment


[A. Bankai Training a.k.a Introduction of Adult Hitsugaya]

[It’s not an unfamiliar sight to see someone training, especially anyone who bothers coming to the forest near Kuraokami’s temple. What is an unfamiliar sight, however, would be what would appear to be an older version of Hitsugaya.

He’s in the sky, training with his sword. Bits of ice and snow appear with his movements, causing him to frown a bit as he reins in his reiatsu enough to ensure he doesn’t end up freezing the moisture in the air. Swinging his sword to the side, an ice dragon flows out from the tip and circles overhead before it disperses in the air.

He watches it disappear, sighing and rubbing the back of his neck before he decides to land.]

[B. Investigations]

i. Yamada Department Store
[After hearing about the department fire, Toushirou doesn’t really waste too much time checking it out.

The remains of the building stood out to him as he approaches it. There’s some faint look of wonder on his face, wondering just how bad the fire could have gotten this bad. It makes him frown, peering up at it before he slips inside the burnt department store.

People are free to join or prevent him from doing so.]

ii. Lava

[He would have initially missed the lava - the hot weather was already beginning to take a toll on him - but it was the smell of sulfur that managed to catch his attention.

So, Toushirou is looking in the direction of where he could practically feel the sudden increase in the temperature, expression somewhat annoyed. He breathes out, a hand coming up to cover his face.]

Now there’s lava?

[C. Headache-Induced]

[Now here’s an odd sight.

Anyone who knows Toushirou would be surprised to see him either sleeping under a shaded tree or leaning against it, eyebrows scrunched up together as if in pain. There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong, but at the same time, he pinches the bridge of his nose as if warding off a headache.

A teal eye soon glances over when someone approaches, but then soon closes.]

What? [His tone is wary, a bit on edge.]

[D. Wildcard]

[Make one up your own or hit me up at seabutterfly]

Comments

[freezetheheavens]

Whatever remains left.

[It's a vague enough answer but he does recognize Chikusa enough.

Even so, he does go inside all the same, nose wrinkling at the smell of sulfur in the building.]

Were you in here the last time when they began showing problems?

[kokuyoyo]

You mean when it was still standing...? Yeah... Along with most of the Far Shore.

[At least, the ones that actually do anything, Heaven. Chikusa nudges a burnt piece of debris.]

So you weren't...

[freezetheheavens]

I was here, too, but there were a lot of things that happened.

[A glance at him before he makes his way to the basement floor.]

Another person and I found an altar.

[kokuyoyo]

...Oh. [Slowly, Chikusa trails behind him.] So you found that as well.

[It's not a surprise to him, necessarily. Anyone would realize that the basement is the most suspicious place, even without a bloodhound at their side.]

[freezetheheavens]

It's not exactly easy to miss.

[Unless you avoided the basement, anyway.]

[kokuyoyo]

Some people here are really stupid...

[And Chikusa knows he's not wrong about that, either.]

They already made the altar unrecognizable.... I wonder why go to such extreme lengths...

[freezetheheavens]

Doubt anyone would want to realize there's a cult underneath the building.

[Not necessarily a cult, but close enough.]

[kokuyoyo]

Then they shouldn't have put the cult under the building.

[This is the kind of planning Heaven would do, seriously.]

[freezetheheavens]

As if they've ever succeeded in thinking things through.

[It's getting quite annoying honestly.]

[kokuyoyo]

Still.... Even with this kind of thing, they've been able to keep information and their identities hidden.

So.... That alone is something to keep in mind.

[freezetheheavens]

Were you able to discover anything the last time you were in there?

[With everything being burned, it'd be a tad bit more difficult to actually check if the altar itself would still be standing.]

[kokuyoyo]

....The altar in the basement.

[So, you know.]

Apparently, a lot of people used it before we found it.

[freezetheheavens]

Makes you wonder just how old this building is exactly.

[Since the altar doesn't exactly seem modern. Too cult-like to expect otherwise.]

[kokuyoyo]

Probably relatively recent... but the department store is new. I would say that the altar was as well....

[And only partially because he's been doing research on the side.]

[freezetheheavens]

You've done research on it.

[Not a question, a confirmation really.]

[kokuyoyo]

Well.... It was the grand opening... So people can figure that out if nothing else.

[But yeah he's been doing some things on the side.]

[freezetheheavens]

They can, but you've done more.

[If only there's something they can find in the destroyed altar room, though.]

[kokuyoyo]

Heaven probably will be.... But it's not like they're ever going to share anything with us.

[A nudge of his glasses.]

So someone should have...

[freezetheheavens]

Do they ever?

[Good for you, Chikusa.

But as they venture more into the burned building, it's evident they may not finding anything of worth.]

[kokuyoyo]

Not that I know.

[Fucking Heaven, really.]

[Walking has been enough, however, and Chikusa finally sinks down onto the most sturdy piece of debris that's around.]

....The fire really destroyed this place... Which I guess was probably the intent.

[freezetheheavens]

[He stops when Chikusa does, turning to look at him.]

I wonder if they wanted to burn anything else down aside from the altar to hide anything.

[But it's no surprise they won't find anything here at all.]

[kokuyoyo]

If they had, presumably someone would have found something.... There was the smell of incense all over.

[In, you know, vents and stuff. He blinks slowly at the other.]

...But any information would be difficult to gather...

[freezetheheavens]

[His shoulders roll back in a shrug.]

Then we may as well consider it a dead end in the meantime. [Until they can find out more...somehow.]

[kokuyoyo]

I guess.

[Chikusa will wait to see what else might come up in his research... and what Hakkai will want to do.]

[For the time being, instead, he takes a seat on a piece of rubble and just leans back. Getting back to the temple will be a long tiring affair. He'll wait here for a while to catch his energy.]