haori | Entries tagged with hacking up lung bits

[Ukitake makes a rare voice post. He's brave enough for video, but the fact remains that he is covered in blood, both his and someone else's, so he spares the network that much. Still, when the feed begins, his breathing is audible and it's clear that even that much is painful for him. But he soldiers on and speaks, his voice quieter than usual and lacking that joyful tone that he usually exudes so well.]

This won't be easy to hear, and it's just as hard to say, but it must be done.

[Of course, he's interrupted by his own coughing, a familiar sound to those who know him and recognizable as his illness acting up again. The sound is harsh and it's evident that this is a bad attack.]

...It must be done. Riku has been killed. I am...taking him to the clinic, so he will be there until he comes back.

[Another coughing fit overtakes him again.]

Heh...I think I will also be there for some time at this rate. Retsu-san, I apologize for this.

And, please, everyone. Look after yourselves.

[He pauses, as if considering saying something else, but it's never said. Ukitake turns off the feed.]

[When the feed flickers on, it shows a sight that has been showcased a few times recently.

Ukitake, paler than normal and as still as the room he's in, is still dead in the dark. His hands at his sides do not move and the sheet over his chest does not rise with any of his breath. It is surreal to still see such a man with such a passion for life like this. He may be a god of death, but it is evident that even the Shinigami cannot always cheat that in which they excel.

And so the scene continues to play out, with an eerie calm and silence.

But, if one watches the feed closely, they will notice something different about the subject. Did he just...?

Yes. His hand twitches slightly and a few moments later a weak breath is taken, shaky and pained. His chest rises slowly and barely, but as the seconds pass by, the urgency reaches him and his breathing becomes louder, faster, but the struggle is still there. Something isn't right.

Ukitake takes another breath, but it's too much. He coughs, the sound familiar to anyone who knows him and his illness. He tries to push himself up, but he's still weak. Instead, he weakly raises a hand to his mouth and turns to the side, trying to get rid of everything wrong in his system. He coughs more and blood begins to leak through his thin fingers.

He may be back, but it's not without his own, normal troubles.]

[ooc: I'm posting this early because...I miss Ukitake and I won't be here tonight. I will try to get to as many tags as I can before I head out, though!]

[The feed flickers on and shows a familiar countertop and a familiar white-haired man, though his haori is nowhere to be seen. Ukitake once explained how to make ochazuke with hand gestures in that same kitchen. This time, however, there is a tea cup and steaming kettle and Ukitake slowly pours the water into the cup. He doesn't look too happy like he usually does though, and coupled with that melancholy is something else-

A very familiar cough.

The kettle is set down loudly on the counter as his free hand covers his mouth, the coughs violently shaking his body. They last for a few seconds, painful rasping sounds, and eventually thin lines of red stream through his fingers. As the coughing subsides, he pulls his hand away from his face and wipes his bloody lips with the side of his already stained hand.

Leaning against the counter, he tentatively takes a deep breath, fortunate that his lungs give him that much of a respite. Of course, everyone who knows Ukitake also knows that respite is rare and won't last long.]

[The feed opens with the sight of Ukitake coughing into his free hand. Luckily, no blood can be spottted. Yet.]

Ungh...my apologies. Even with the weather clearing up, it seems that it has finally caught up with me. [Cough.] It's what I get for traipsing about in the snow.

[He tucks himself into bed, propped up on pillows again. This is a normal pose for the Shinigami, as friends have and will come to know. Sniffling, he speaks again.]

I should be back to myself within a week or tw--

[There must have been a tickle in his throat because he's coughing violently now, red visible through the cracks of his fingers before the feed ends.]

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浮竹十四郎 | Ukitake Jyuushirou

Entries tagged with hacking up lung bits

Cough 066 - [Voice // Filtered away from Bubbles // Forward-Dated to Tuesday Morning]

Cough 057 - [Accidental Video//Forward dated to Midnight]

Cough 041 - [Accidental Video]

Cough 021 - [Video Post]

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