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[ The feed turns on to see a little, small room. There's a candle lit, and a girl's face complexly looking into the feed. A Sunkern in her hand chirps. It's obvious whoever is operating this thing doesn't really have much of an idea on good angles, or how to actually use the video camera. She turns the PCD to the ceiling, where a Woobat and a Shiny Zubat are both sleeping. It then turns again to see an Ekans wrapping itself tight around a sleeping Torchic before it turns back to Momo.

Once she has the feed pointing back at her, Momo blinks twice before beginning. ]

Is this... Is this on? Hello guys! Hmm, let's see! I'm Momo Hinamori! I've been mostly just trying to adjust and learn how to get settled in so I wouldn't ask any questions you guys probably heard a hundred times before! So, now, that I'm settled in, I kinda have a question. It's about Team Rocket...

[ She pauses. ]

They're charitable freelance dentists, right? [ ...Yeah. Leave it to Momo to be so off subject... ]

And, uh, have any of you ever got people from home come here but they're like younger than what they used to be? One of my close friends arrived here, except he was from a time where we were both in school. And then one of my friends showed up here as a little kid and then they both went home really quickly. Why do people show up here and just leave anyways?!

Also! If someone sees Princess Gorgeous - I think that's her name - please let me know I'm looking for her! She looks a lot like Hayate, except she's an impostor. [ She's very timid with this whole network thing. How many things does she talk about? When is it appropriate to end? ]

Ahh! Sorry for all of the questions, I guess I just have a lot on my mind! I'll talk to you guys all later! Thank you for listening! [ She kinda lingers on the feed for half a minute before realizing she needs to turn it off. So she'll fumble around with her pokegear until it actually turns off. ]

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I think it always looks like a duck, [she confirmed. Picturing Sasuke with any other style just seemed weird.]

Yeah... you definitely don't seem like a bad guy. I don't know how you could have ended up there in the first place.

Well, if it does look like a duck to me when I meet him, I'll be sure to tell you. [ Tenten: you will be vindicated! ]

Yeah... I wonder how rockets are selected in the first place. One of my best friends ended up as a Rocket too and he's not really a bad guy. He's a little too confident but that doesn't make him bad. [ In fact, they're both very vulnerable to emotional manipulation! ]

Great! [Yes! Assemble: Team Prove-the-Existence-of-Duckbutt!]

Who's that? Your friend? Do you think he could work with us?

My friend's name is Izuru Kira, and I'd like to think he'd help us, but he went home. [ Beat. ] So he can't. [ Sorry, Tenten ): ] We were briefly partners here! And now I have his pokémon so I guess I work as a one woman team!

Oh... I'm sorry I didn't get to meet him. But if you're able to train with his team, that's kind of like having him here, right?

It's okay, but I think you would get along. Or at least, you'd get along with how he used to be. He's a little different now. [ Like, he's majorly depressed now and she thinks Tenten doesn't have time for that. ] And yeah! Having his pokémon here kinda gives me a strong spirit! I can't ever let himself or myself down, because his team is now a part of mine!

Well, maybe someday, if he comes back...

[Though she's not sure how to feel about that. After all, what would it be like to go home, and then suddenly be yanked back out of nowhere? No thanks!]

That's the right way to look at it, I think! That way, it's almost like he's fighting beside you~

He'd probably be from around the same time period as I am! [ She shrugs. ] I hope he remembers it, about a 50 years later... [ She totally hopes. ]

Yeah! I'm sure all of the lieutenants and captains are by my side in spirit. Except for Captain Mayuri, and probably Captain Kenpachi... [ ....She gulps at the mention of them. What scary creatures. ]

I'm sure he will, but he just might not know that it's okay to talk about it... maybe. [She just shrugs, not sure one way or another.]

What's wrong with Captains Mayuri and Kenpachi?

Maybe. He's a private person, so whatever happens, it'll make sense if he doesn't want to talk about it. [ Mostly because it'd be so awkward! ]</small.

Nothing's wrong with them! [ She's a bit too defensive wit the way she responds to that. She looks both ways before she whispers. ]

They're just really really crazy. Captain Mayuri is allowed to experiment and torture people in order to test his new science experiments and Kenpachi always picks fights no matter where he is. He always lives to fight and it just makes his squad a bunch of bullies sometimes!

That sounds... wow.

So even Shinigami can have the same flaws as humans, huh? That's something we don't always hear about in the stories, but if it's like having a second life, I guess it would make sense. But what's there to experiment on with dead people? Aren't they just like... [She waves a hand, clearly in what's meant as a ghosty gesture] Smoke and spirits and stuff?

It's not perfect. Everyone has a flaw or two, but some people are a bit more flawed than others. [ She's being as diplomatic as possible. ]

And no. Your soul becomes a physical entity when you're in the afterlife. Otherwise, it's just inside you, kinda like a kidney.

I don't know if you can call that a bit... [What's diplomacy?]

Weird to think about, though. I'll have to keep that in mind, I guess... if my world even works like that. I wonder if shinigami are like that where I'm from...

They're against the corruption of souls, and, as a result, keep the entire reincarnation cycle going so the worlds don't collapse. They're a little gruff, but, their expertise and strength makes them invaluable to operations, so we have to tolerate them. [ In other words: we wish they were saner but they aren't. ]

I think Shinigami are universal, but that's just from my experience. They'd probably be similar in rank and organization.

Right... I guess that makes sense, but what kind of... You know what, I'm just going to take your word for it, all this worlds-collapsing business is something you've probably got more experience with than me.

Well, I'm really glad I can say I've met a Shinigami without dying first!

I'm sure you'll learn all about it and become just as versed as me once you enter the soul society in about three-hundred years from now!! [ That was an awfully cheery sentence... ]

Yeah! That's a special thing to happen to someone! It doesn't normally happen! Mostly because we kinda aren't allowed to. [ Or they get the Sogyoku... ]

Uh... huh...

[Momo...]

Wait, back up. What's this about three hundred years?

Well, I figured you'll live to about a hundred, then you'll die and continue to live in the Rukongai until you realize your potential to join the Soul Society Academy, and then you'll do that and it'll take you another one hundred and fifty years to become a lieutenant, just like me! [ What a very very long and eternal plan ): ]

[She just stares for a moment before laughing a little uncomfortably.]

Sounds like you've got it all figured out, huh? So souls can decide to join this Academy instead of getting reborn...?

No, but the afterlife usually lasts a very very long time. It lasts hundreds of years, which is why you should probably join the academy and learn how to become a shinigami, like me! [ You can become just like Momo too!!! ] I think you'd make a really good one.

Uh...huh...

You really think so? I guess it's something to think about... does your personality change, or are you still, like... yourself?

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Your personality usually remains the same. Sometimes, the experiences in the afterlife can kinda make you a little bit different but that makes sense, you know? You're a sum of your experiences, so, there's no wonder that you'll change and grow to the things, and people, around you. But it's never for the bad, usually. The Soul Society is so different from the world of the living, it's kinda necessary in some regards.

[ She doesn't really have a problem with answering this question a little more bluntly than she actually should. ]

Uh-huh... [That really seems to be all she can say in this overflow of information, oh man.]

I guess when you put it that way, it really doesn't seem as bad as it could be. I'm not in any hurry to end up there, though!

You shouldn't! Enjoy the life you have now so you know exactly how to better the next one! [ This is an encouragement from a Shinigami to live a long, fulfilling life at a career that will rarely allow you to pass forty ~~intact~~. ]

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