Nightshift 37: Soccer/Recreational Field

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Since the recreational field was quiet tonight, Phoenix found himself pausing briefly between doors, glancing up at the sky. It was what the sky looked like on television, pitch blackness interrupted by bright points of starlight, which was what really made him stop in the first place, really. He'd spent his entire life in Los Angeles. He didn't expect anything from the night sky but a dark, dusky rose, dotted with perhaps five valiant stars, assorted satellites, and the blinking slow-motion of airplanes coming and going from LAX. Seeing the sky the way he'd always known it was supposed to look pulled at him strangely. There wasn't supposed to be a single thing about this place that was beautiful, but there were the stars, cold and twinkling and completely unfamiliar.

He turned away abruptly, walking quickly for the next door before he could stare any longer. This wasn't the time to get caught up in things like that.

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Allen couldn't be certain how exactly Hanatarou could be sure of something like that, but he also didn't think the boy would be lying, especially about someone he'd known like that. When he suddenly got a bloody nose, it was startling, but maybe it had something to do with the way he could tell there was something wrong with his friend?

"Hey, are... are you alright?" Allen asked, concerned about the shinigami. He glanced up at Sora, not sure what exactly they ought to do at this point.

"If someone as strong as the captain was..." he trailed off, "other people might be hurt as well. Maybe we should go after them?"

[lighthearted]

Just like that. It made Sora shiver to think of how easily someone like Hitsugaya could fall to that sort of fate, but dwelling on it when they were in this dangerous area wasn't going to do any good.

Sora took a moment to consider Allen's suggestion, but then he turned to watch as some of the people who had been following them for the funeral ran off toward the institute again. "They're probably going to check it out," he observed, pointing the girls out to Allen and Hanatarou.

It was around that point that Rangiku came back over the wall and met with the group who had been attacked. It looked like any possible funeral had been broken up now, which made him wonder what they should even be doing.

"Should we go figure out what's going on from Rangiku?" he asked, turning to glance at his roommate. The healer would have a better idea of how this was all going to pan out, right? Maybe it would just be better to hold a funeral for both of the shinigami at this point, as depressing as that was to think about.

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"'m fine," Hanatarou replied, keeping one hand at his nose as with the other he gave a vague wave, dismissing Allen's apparent concern. It wasn't bad, it never was, and he was getting used to it. He was more concerned with what the use of his powers had told him. "It just happens."

He followed Sora's gesture toward those who were leaving and nodded slightly, then froze in place as the other seemed to be looking at him for a suggestion. Him? What could he possibly know or do or...well, he had no idea about anything.

The healer blinked a couple of times, then gave an uncertain shrug and closed both hands about the strap across his chest, shoulders hunching slightly. "I d-don't. Um. Sure...?" It was clear that he was entirely useless, so maybe he'd be better off finding somewhere quiet and out of the way to sit and be a confused and upset waste of reiatsu.

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Sure enough, there'd already been at least a few people headed up to help. Which meant that Sora's suggestion was the one they probably ought to go with. Though who this Rangiku person was, he'd no idea. Hanatarou appeared to agree though, and taking some kind of action was a lot easier than dwelling on their losses.

"Lead the way," he told Sora, since the other boy still seemed somewhat uncertain. He was probably just shaken up by the ordeal; any normal person would be.

[lighthearted]

Seeing how none of them knew what else to do, Sora shrugged and then nodded when Allen supported his idea. While he was used to taking the leader role, it did feel a little strange to do it when Hanatarou might be better suited for it in this case. But his roommate obviously didn't want to take charge, so Sora was just going to have to go ahead.

"All right..." Even though Rangiku was busy with some other patients, Sora figured she would be expecting them.

Motioning for the two other boys to follow him, Sora approached the female shinigami.

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