Invention 01 || [Text]

[mere_shopkeeper]

[To say that he was surprised when the Karakura Town around him faded into this rather dilapidated looking place would be an understatement, but Urahara was adaptable and upon finding the PCD on the ground next to him, had proceeded to look through the various text messages on the network.]

It would seem like I have been transferred to an alternate world, hopefully not the result of the Tenkaikezzu malfunctioning since I checked the calculations again and again before activating the pillars. Well, if it is, I have to say... this would probably be the most dramatic miscalculation I've made to date! Either way, aside from Unohana-taichou and Hisagi-fukutaichou, might I ask who else is here?

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[mere_shopkeeper]

Ah, Unohana-taichou! Apologies for not recognizing you.

[bunny_flower]

Ara, no need to apologize, Urahara-dono. If anything, it is Soul Society who should apologize to you.

[mere_shopkeeper]

[A stare at the PCD screen that she can't see.]

What for?

[bunny_flower]

... It is rather strange, as I've had this conversation with you before.

But I believe there are amny things we should apologize to you for. We failed you, and Hirako-taichou, and all of the others that fell prey to Aizen's schemes. We let ourselves be blinded.

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[mere_shopkeeper]

Ah...

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[mere_shopkeeper]

[A few moments of silence as he allowed himself to think back to a hundred years ago, to think back on those first few years in the human world, to think back on the fear and anger, the pain and hurt. They had been tracked and hunted like animals, never given a moment's rest until Seireitei realized how useless it was to try and go up against his and Shinji's combined wits. He let himself think back on the mistrust and determination of the Gotei 13 to think wrongly of them instead of looking in at themselves. And then he let himself bask for a brief moment in the remembrance of their embarrassed request for help from the very man they had accused and exiled, but he quickly left that place and focused on the here and now.]

Well, it's all in the past now! No need for apologies!

[And the here and now was one in which they all needed to band together against Aizen.]

[bunny_flower]

I can only be grateful if you think it can be elft in the past. But I would also like to apologize in my own name. Not as a shinigami captain or a part of Gotei 13, but as someone who should have trusted you, and Shihouin-dono.

[mere_shopkeeper]

[Nervous chuckle that she can't hear.]

Apologies aren't necessary Unohana-taichou!

[bunny_flower]

It is kind of you to say, Urahara-dono.

[mere_shopkeeper]

We were all exposed to Aizen's shikai at some point... the truth was hard to see.

[bunny_flower]

That's the least one can say.

[mere_shopkeeper]

Indeed.