Even with the threat of a possible veritable death sentence looming, nothing can really stop the Reaping from being boring. Lining up, waiting, standing, more waiting. Shinobu and Issui end up near Caro, as per usual, though they appear to be missing someone.

Shinobu raises her brows at Rukia's choice of entrance. "What, I don't get a hello?" She asks with a sniff, mouth turning down into a frown. She even pouts, a little. "I'm hurt," She adds, a statement she punctuates by leaning over and flicking Rukia's sad little ponytail.

She spares a glance over at the boys' side, and immediately has to try very hard not to laugh. "What happened to him? He fall down a hill or something?"