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[ihavecharacter]

[At first it's just an eyebrow with some muttering about stupid contraptions.] How does this thing work?

[He pulls it closer, but there's an eye now. You wanted to see an eye, right?] And just how are you supposed to tell if it is working?

[He sighs before holding it a little farther away.] Well, I do not know if it is working. This thing is unusual at best. I suppose I might as well make an introduction. Hello. [He goes to tip the hat that is not there before making an annoyed expression and moving on.] My name is John Henry, but you may call me Doc. If anyone is better with these things, I believe I may be in need of some instruction.

Unless I am talking to myself. [This is said softer and meant to be mostly to himself.] Perhaps I ought to stop this before I make even more of a fool of myself.

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[zangetsu]

（ honestly, he has no idea what the hell to do with this. he's torn between trying to get to the bottom of this or just abandoning ship altogether. ichigo's not the most social asshole on the planet to begin with, and this conversation is just so weird (his fault, probably) that instead he just.

makes a frustrated noise he's definitely glad did not get captured in a voice call, and then tries again: ）

okay.

can i ask one question?

[ihavecharacter]

[There's a long sigh before he nods.]

You may ask one question.

[zangetsu]

（ he has the good graces not to preface this by saying, if you are who you say you are. ）

most people don't expect to be famous after they die.

what makes you so sure there's historical texts to read about?

[ihavecharacter]

No, I suppose they do not. It is true that Wyatt and I could have faded into obscurity despite the OK Corral. I happened upon someone who kept me from dying, so my aging is on pause as you were.

I have heard Waverly go on countless rambling talks about myself and Wyatt. I have seen the information myself. Not that I have spent much time reading it, but that is what it is, I suppose.

[zangetsu]

（ 'aging on pause'. where has he heard that before...

was this guy actually picked up by a shinigami?? is there even an american branch of soul society?

wild. ）

okay.

thanks.

（ for... ）

for answering i mean.

so i guess a place like this must be a pretty big change.

（ he's not saying he buys it. but. he's more convinced than he was, and he'll listen at the very least. ）

[ihavecharacter]

Of course. It is certainly a change from Purgatory. But most places would be.

[zangetsu]

（ an afterlife by any other name... ）

and you remember it? being there, i mean.

[ihavecharacter]

Of course I do. I remember everything. [A beat.] It is just a place named Purgatory and not a part of Hell. Should that be your thinking. Though, it may seem that way to the Revenants.

[zangetsu]

christian purgatory, right?

[ihavecharacter]

Yes. But it is just a city in America. Truly.

[zangetsu]

is that a set-up for a bad joke?

[ihavecharacter]

I have no reason to make a joke. I have lived there for some time. Inside the Ghost River Triangle.

[zangetsu]

（ ghost river triangle.

well.

okay then. ）

is that related to the bermuda triangle?

（ look, at this point, even ichigo doesn't know if he intends that to be a joke of its own or not. ）

[ihavecharacter]

I do not know what it is you are referring to.

[zangetsu]

spot in the ocean where shit goes missing.

lot of people think it's some weird supernatural thing.

（ look,,, he's a millennial, he's absolutely watched a conspiracy theorist documentary or two. ）