[Since when has having a realistic chance made a difference to him? Even in the face of logic and all probability, Ichigo fights! And if Orihime is good enough to stand with him against Yhwach, he's more than happy to have her beside him in this... weird-hero-battle-world. He forgot the name of it already.]

Kyouraku-san's here? For that long?

[Finally, good news, and more confirmation that this place is definitely transplanted from normal time and space. As goofy as Shunsui is, he's more than capable of understanding a situation and guiding people appropriately. Just this once, there's a damn good chance Ichigo will fall in line and do as he's told, if he's the one giving the orders.

...But first, he needs to sit down with Orihime in his entirely normal, unremarkable, boring room where nothing exciting will ever happen, much like his room back home. Where they will eat snacks.]

They must. If it ever got out that everyone they took here is stuck here, there's enough of us here that things will get ugly, fast.

[Open rebellion, pretty much. Ichigo assumes most of the heroes are falling in line because that's the only thing they can do, but an alliance like this is highly tentative. It may not even last forever the way it is...]

I'm not worried. If they're a problem, I'll just keep away.