GRAVEYARD

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[On the instant of your death, you're suddenly outside of your body - probably staring down at the remains it's become.

Yet, you're not alone. For all of you (except Szayel), a young man appears from behind you, his face set into a firm, yet sad, scowl. His shaggy strawberry blonde hair is pretty eye-catching, along with the black and white Shihakusho he wears and the large sword on his back, even as he gently tries to lead you back into the lobby and away from what was once your body. You can still clearly hear and see the living, if you want to try - but they can't see or hear you.

'Welcome to the world of the dead in this Resort,' he says, quietly. 'Looks like you're stuck here with the rest of us.'

He hands you a tablet, just like the one you had before. "You'll need this if you want to keep talking to them,' he explains, looking sad.

It looks like you've passed on, and yet...You still feel like you have a role to play in all of this.]

Comments

[dereban]

If you want to rest a bit, nobody's going to blame you for it, you know. I certainly won't.

[messianic]

... Yeah. I guess so. I... want to stay awake, though.

[Because--]

If that explosion woke everyone up, then...

[Even if he can't do anything, he wants to be here to watch and make sure Akira doesn't find his, uh, body.]

[dereban]

. . . Kurusu's going to be the first one to try and find you because he knows.

[messianic]

[... He buries his face in his hands and groans.]

I know.

I don't want him to find me. Please, please... don't let him find me.

[dereban]

Even if he doesn't, he's going to find out in the end... he'll probably want to see it even if he's not the first person to.

[messianic]

[... Yeah. He knows. That's how Akira is... but from what he experienced of it via his soul being there before Ichigo yanked it out of dodge?

Not pretty.]

He's dealt with so much here from the very beginning.

He deserves...so much more than to constantly be hurting.

[dereban]

I know. [ She doesn't get or know all of it, but she's had the feeling that was just the kind of person he was from the very beginning. ] For you, he probably deserves the world, doesn't he? And not this bullshit. Maybe after everything. . . you guys should go on a vacation together.

[messianic]

... Ha... yeah.

[Minato dips his head, lips curved in a soft, gentle smile.]

He does deserve the world. He's fought so hard to make it to this point, and... I don't want the world to take anything away from him anymore.

[...Tentatively:]

A vacation sounds really nice, honestly.

[dereban]

Yeah. He's had to deal with a lot of bullshit. And I've heard other related things that he probably doesn't like, too. We have our work cut out for us, to be honest. Not just with hauling ass here, but figuring out how to change the Foundation. And then a vacation. Probably somewhere that can't kill us.

[messianic]

.... Yeah. It's time to make some changes.

Once we get out of here...

We have to make sure nothing like this can ever happen again--or any of the things the Foundation does to people.

... But after that, definitely a vacation.

[dereban]

Maybe it can be a group vacation. Maybe we should make a list of vacation spots...? I could invite everyone over to my world, I guess? It's probably one of the safer ones out there and isn't really fucked up. Plus, Yokohama's pretty big and has a lot of nice date spots.

[messianic]

Yeah, I definitely still want to go to Yokohama.

[Minato is taking this well, but. He's no stranger to death, so maybe that's no surprise really.]

I think I owe Akira a lot of nice dates for this.

[dereban]

It'll be fun.

[ Inaba doesn't seem to be surprised at how well he's taking it, if she's going to be honest. ]

And you absolutely do.

[messianic]

So we'll all go together when we get out of this mess. A trip, so we can all relax...

I'm excited for it.

[dereban]

Yeah. If we're all going to Yokohama, we definitely need to get everyone on the Ferris Wheel at least once.

[messianic]

That sounds amazing, I'm not going to lie.

All of us on that ferris wheel together, getting to see the sights and take it easy...

[... It kind of makes his chest feel tight.]

[dereban]

It's honestly also really beautiful at night, I heard. I haven't actually been on it yet myself, since I haven't had any reason to.

[messianic]

Time to experience it for ourselves, then.

Right now, I think... I'm definitely looking forward to any sorts of new experiences I can get.

[Isn't that what feels like living most of all?]

[dereban]

Guess so.

Any new experiences would be nice-- ah, as long as "new experiences" aren't "shitty experiences".

[messianic]

[... CASUALLY JUST...rubs the back of his head...]

... It's sad that we have to add that distinction on at this point, huh...?

[dereban]

It's unfortunate, but I guess it's something that had to be done.

[messianic]

[Ah well...such is the way of the world.

Especially this world.]

...Anyway. That's it, huh...? We just hang around and watch and try to cheer people on from here...?

[dereban]

Pretty much.

It's simple, but. . . it's better than nothing. At the very least I can't say that it's lonely, though?