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[1stguardian]

All right. What's the plan now?

Or don't you have a plan? You don't, do you? Can't say I'm surprised. You never know what you're doing.

Whatever. Just don't take forever figuring it out. I've still got a lot left to do and I don't have time to wait on you.

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[faeth]

Mm? Why is that?

[ blinking inquisitively. ] I'm not yet confident in my stitching for such a grand endeavor, but I'm sure Ishida-kun would be happy to get you fitted for something if you're interested.

[1stguardian]

Ishida would put strawberries on it.

It's okay. We can skip the cape. My bankai's kind of like a cape anyway. Long. Billowy. It's great.

[faeth]

[ ... oh oops, don't snort, Orihime, that would be rude.

anyway, she tries to picture it: Ichigo Kurosaki, the Bankai prince. ] Yes, but I think it's still missing something, though...

[1stguardian]

[ He tries to imagine what it's missing. There's the obvious thing, and that makes him roll his eyes. ]

Hope you don't mean a crown, because one of those would look horrible with my hair.

[faeth]

You don't get a crown until you're a king, I think! But I guess a tiara would look a little silly...

[ she can picture it -- and framing his figure with her fingers, she peers at him through it. ] Do you know how to ride horseback, Kurosaki-kun?

[1stguardian]

No way am I wearing a tiara, Inoue. My sisters, on the other hand, would love that. I get one, I'll give it to them.

[ He has to think about that one for a minute. Turns out, no, he has no idea how to do it. ]

Not really. But it can't be that hard, can it? I bet I could.

[faeth]

If we asked one of those talking ponies to help out, maybe we can find out if it's a latent talent of yours!

[ yes, because prince charmings ride my little ponies around, very good, Orihime. ]

[1stguardian]

You really think a talking pony would want me riding around on it?

[ He's also unsure about whether he wants to be riding around on the back of a talking anything, but that's not cool, so he doesn't mention it. ]

[faeth]

... I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem if we kindly asked permission.

It might be easier to negotiate with a talking one, than to try to bribe the strong silent-types with carrots and sugar-cubes.

[1stguardian]

[ That makes sense. Even if the talking pony part still seems a little crazy. ]

This's why you're the brains of the operation, Inoue. I'd've wasted my time with the carrots.

[faeth]

Oh no, I-I couldn't be the brains... Maybe the aspiring lackey or the comedy-relief!

[1stguardian]

I think Keigo's the lackey. Might be the comic relief, too, now that I think about it.

No, you've got to have a bigger part than that.

[repelling]

[ Or crosses. ]

[1stguardian]

What?

[ Nope. Didn't say a thing. What's a cape? ]

[repelling]

If you wanted a cape, that could be arranged!

[ Don't mind him he's kind of excited by this. ]

[1stguardian]

[ All of Ichigo's unsure right now. ]

You're serious, aren't you?

[repelling]

[ How can he even ask that? It is impossible to joke about capes. ]

Now, not white, of course. Black has potential, but it might be a little... expected.

[1stguardian]

Ishida...

[ What was it Naruto said? Friends call friends - But we're not friends! Except they kinda are, Ichigo's trying-to-be-cool denial to the contrary.

But the Quincy's off in sewing land and he's probably not coming out any time soon unless Ichigo shocks him out of it. And well, hell, it's worth a lecture on manners. Even a punch in the face. ]

Uryuu. [ Doesn't even stumble over it even when he can't remember the last time he said it. If he's ever said it before. ] You don't have to waste your time making a cape for me.

1/2

[repelling]

[ ... ]

[repelling]

[ That is a shock. So much of a shock, he completely misses the actual point of it. ]

Wh- [ What's with the name, but also- ]

Don't be absurd, I wouldn't offer if I thought it was a waste.

[willoffire]

[ AWW YEAH. NARUTO WILL BE OVER HERE.

PREENING.









A little. ]

[repelling]

[ STOP BUTTING IN, UZUMAKI. ]

[willoffire]

[ SHUSH, YOU KNOW YOU LOVE IT. URYUU.

TAKE IT LIKE A MAN. ]

[1stguardian]

[ Doing the mental equivalent of throwing up his hands, Ichigo concedes to the inevitable. ]

Why wouldn't it be a waste?

[repelling]

[ Get with the program, what is remotely wasteful about capes?! ]

Why would it be a waste?

[ This is getting nowhere. So, it begins to dawn on him, though he should have seen it from the start. Despite what Kurosaki said to Inoue-san, really. ]

Honestly, Kurosaki, rather than use my name, just say you don't want it.