浮竹 十四郎 | Ukitake Jyuushirou

[The PCD turns on, showing Ukitake outside of his home, a bandanna tied around his face to protect his nose and mouth and his hair pulled back. He's sweeping, ash and other lighter debris swirling up where he works. More than once he has to turn away to keep it from getting into his eyes. But it's only in the near distance that he has to do this. There is a defined line where the destruction meets grass, as if a boundary had been made and held throughout the entire ordeal. And that's exactly what had happened.

Ukitake sweeps a little more, pausing every now and then to move some bigger pieces of debris out of the way. Then he finally stops and surveys his work before walking back toward the house, where he sees the PCD recording.

He doesn't greet the feed with a smile like he usually does, but he doesn't look terribly sad, either. He's just tired, dark shadows under his eyes making this evident, along with the blankness of his expression.

Pulling the bandanna down to reveal his face (and his "tan line" from the ash), he addresses the network.]

Where else can I help?

[There are no words of advice, no condemnations, just that question.]

[Time for Daddy Shirou to be captainy again. He doesn't look happy, not at all, but the determination is clear in his face. He means business and you all would do well to listen to him.]

As everyone has undoubtedly seen by now, Madara has taken a select few of us hostage. It is understandable to want to help them, but I ask that you wait for now. Madara is a dangerous man and if he has indeed merged with one of the Animus, it is impossible to say how powerful he will be now. Rushing into a situation without a proper plan of attack will only get more of us hurt or killed.

So please, please keep your head right now, as difficult as it may be. If you feel you must make an attempt, check it thoroughly and be prepared for the worst. Use your head, don't lose it.

Either way, we'll figure this out. He can't keep this up forever.

[Ukitake looks concerned, and even though some sunlight filters through the window to cause the affected skin to sparkle, he doesn't seem to be as intrigued as he normally would be.]

Funny.  I didn't look like this at the beginning of the week.

( [Private//Unhackable to Hitsugaya and Sasuke] )