Tag:Urahara Kisuke
swept up amid this changing world Part 12
He wakes to agony, to too-loud noises and pulsing pain and the disorienting ripple of power-as-light across his closed eyes and— He exhales. Tries not to whine— (If he whines he makes noise and noise hurts so it will hurt and he just wants it all to stop—the noise and the pain and the light …
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swept up amid this changing world Part 11
((Warning for Erich having a pretty visceral panic attack in this one.)) “Sir, I’d like to formally register my complaint about this course of action,” Degurechaff grumbles as she steps into the tent carrying a fourth chair. She sets it down to the right of his chair and then stands behind it, her hands planted …
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swept up amid this changing world Part 7
Erich seats himself at his desk, Alexis still practically glued to his side, and takes a moment to clear the paperwork away as best he can with only one hand. He’s not about to pry his other hand free, not when he’s still soaking up her presence, but it does make things… difficult. Alexis helps …
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swept up amid this changing world Part 5
Degurechaff finds him later, hard at work in the command tent with all the lamps lit and stolen enemy papers strewn around him as he does what he’s been trained to do: analyze and plan. He’s not managed to glean much new from them, but the effort has at least helped settle his nerves. “He’s …
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swept up amid this changing world Part 4
He sleeps poorly that night. It’s strange to think that he’s already grown accustomed to his soulmate’s nightly visits, but somehow he has. Two nights of healing rest, a third interrupted visit, and now a part of him is missing the rest and reassurance even though it’s only been a single night. Degurechaff politely says …
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swept up amid this changing world Part 2
Erich wakes to a hand in his hair and ripples of warmth coursing through his body. He wakes to lethargy and contentment and safety, to the urge to close his eyes and rest, to trust, and it’s all he can do to fight past the unnatural desire and lift a hand to grab— A hand …
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Fox and Griffin Part 10
Kisuke snuck another glance at Griffin as the man concentrated on eating; he looked younger, softer, without his uniform or mask to draw the eye and add a hunter’s sharpness to his features. Not that his golden eyes and narrow eyebrows weren’t enough, but… Griffin had down feathers on his chest, visible through the gap …
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White Wings and Soft Cloaks Part 18
“And here’s Karakura!” Kisuke came to a stop next to Mami and stared across the bridge at Karakura, relief coiling through him at the sight of it; he’d never quite known how much the town had come to mean to him over the decades until he’d not been able to return immediately. For somewhere that …
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Bare Your Fangs to the Dusk Part 18
Erich followed his father into the man’s office, mouth dry and stomach a knot of tension; this was the moment where everything could go wrong, where he could be found out as a liar and— He honestly didn’t know how his father would react, either to discovering the lie as a lie or believing it; …
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Fox and Griffin Part 9
Erich fluffed and ruffled his feathers, shaking free the clinging damp from the long bath he’d indulged in. It had been a long time since he’d had the opportunity to bathe in Griffin’s form and it felt… good. Cleansing. His apartment didn’t have a bathroom large enough to accommodate his wings and his job kept …
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White Wings and Soft Cloaks Part 17
Kisuke drifted awake, mind fuzzy but body more rested than he expected it to be, given that the sun was already beginning to rise by the time he crawled into bed; the previous night had been more of a delight than he’d expected it to be, the simple ‘walk around the lake’ that Erich had …
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Bare Your Fangs to the Dusk Part 17
Kisuke gazed up at the tall palisade surrounding the Quincy compound, mind oddly blank in the face of Erich’s old guild; thoughts-worries-plans buzzed away in the back of his mind where Benihime’s presence lingered, but… nothing concrete, nothing he could put into words. (Just like those first, crushing months after he’d been banished.) (So much …
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Fox and Griffin Part 8
Kisuke woke abruptly, body held carefully still as his mind scrambled to catch up. He wasn’t in his own bedroom but he was in a bed, so he hadn’t fallen asleep in the lab— Someone yawned against his neck and Kisuke’s breath caught in his throat as his mind finally produced an answer. Griffin mumbled …
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Bare Your Fangs to the Dusk Part 16
“Dinner, loves!” Alexis announced as she ducked into her tent, holding a bowl of soup in one hand and using the other to keep the flap up so that Briar could follow her in with the other two bowls. “Put the research aside for five minutes and get some food into you,” she said in …
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Fox and Griffin Part 7
Kisuke sighed and buried his face in his hands, restless and exhausted and unable to sleep for the worry that gnawed at his mind. He just let Griffin leave. He’d let a newly declared villain leave safety simply because the man was confident in his contacts. He could have stopped him, could have insisted on …
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