The train had taken long enough, including waiting for it to come. Ishida hadn’t gotten much done on the train, save coming up with several ideas on how he got here. However, all were totally ridiculous and impossible. Upon arriving at Paixao Central Station, he was put off from lack of an explanation as to why he was even in this place. The fact that he was on a train to meet Kurosaki didn’t make it any better, though being with that shinigami was better than running into Arrancar. No, wait. That was a lie.

After scouring the Station and not seeing a single mop of orange, Ishida made a “tch” noise and stalked out of doors. Eventually, he found himself in something resembling a park. Lo and behold, there was that obnoxious orange head, accompanied by a pig, lion, some blonde girl, Rukia, and two doppelgangers. One was identified as the plush named Kon, if only by it’s personality, and the other presumably the “Kaien” he had heard about. One question still remained:

How in the world were the pig and lion talking?

Ishida walked up, confused as anything at the antics of the group, as well as the group as a whole.

“Quite the… interesting group, Kurosaki.”