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[ Maybe it's their mind playing tricks on them, maybe it's just a figment of their imagination. Or did they just see someone scamper past in a black trench coat? They just might have. Yet for some reason, someone- while it's hard to distinguish who with their hood up like that, comes briskly darting along not-so-subtly through the streets.

They look like they're just trying too hard, but it's habit and they just... need to feel that comfort zone as they do their best to get away from that moogle who seemed a little too curious about them. And its persistence only made them further push away, further remember what they have to do. A matter that assembles into words as they look down at the device it gave them at the corner of an alley, taking a breather. What did that moogle say about it? They turn it over curiously before that attention becomes mechanical, attention diverting elsewhere. [Accidental Audio] ]

How did I get here? [ The voice is that of a young girl, pausing uncertainly afterwards. Some people might even recognize that voice. It happens to be that of a familiar red head... ] ...I have to get back to the-

Hi there! Are you new here, kupo?

[ There's a surprised yelp followed by crackling as the communicator hits the ground. ]

( ooc: Meet Xion. She's a little bit on the skittish side at the moment due to just having woken up after, uh, fighting with one of her best friends. And now she's on the look-see about finishing what she was out to do, but then moogles happened. Feel free to catch her either while she's running around or respond to her whoops!audio or whatever floats your boat. )

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I think I'd better start at the beginning. There's, uh... there's a lot that Sora, Riku, and Kairi didn't know when this all started. And there was a lot that Roxas didn't know either 'cause Sora didn't know it, and he didn't have any of Sora's memories.

[Ven's just going to take a seat in one of the niches on the wall, now. You should probably do the same, Xion - this is going to be very, very long.]

[...After his first question.]

Umm... do you mind putting your hood down? It's kind of weird to not be able to see your face properly.

[ The fact that there were things that not even the Destiny trio knew doesn't come as a surprise to her. But it doesn't change the fact that there's something bigger than her own little world and that's... even if it's believable, there's this pending sense of something overwhelming.

But just as she starts to attempt to settle in herself, she is once again frozen. ~~Jeez, Xion, how many times are you gonna do this?~~

Her hood... Well. Arguing against it would raise suspicion. But lowering it... she wonders who he might really see. Will he see her? Or him? She reaches up and clasps the lip of it lightly between her fingers, debating but not going one way or the other quite yet. ]

[And he smiles at her hesitation, trying to make it reassuring.]

It's okay - Myde, uh, Demyx stayed with me for awhile when he was here. I know Nobodies aren't what a lot of people think they are.

[ That smile is so goddamn unfair, okay? Okay. It cuts right through her defenses and.. honestly hurts to see. But at the same time, it is how it is and- wait, what? ]

Demyx was here? [ Demyx stayed with him, for that matter? ~~What's with that weird name, too?~~ ] But I thought you said- [ Oh... ] That's right. [ The... time thing. Which would be the only thing to explain why she's even there if Sora's really awake.

But that still doesn't really cover her, does it? She's... not even a nobody. One step below. ] ...So. What do you think they are? Nobodies. [ And notice how she doesn't say 'we'. ]

Edited 2012-07-17 05:59 (UTC)

[Let's leave the Demyx stuff until later. The second question is more important right now. And he notices that "we" omission, but he chooses not to say anything about it for the moment.]

Nobodies are what happens when a person with a powerful heart loses their heart, except for people with hearts with no Darkness in them. [THAT he knows from personal experience.] Sometimes if the person's will is strong enough, their body will get back up and keep moving on its own. The most powerful and strong-willed people make human-shaped Nobodies and not the ones we fought in the mansion. They will remember everything about their past lives as well if the heart is away from the body long enough, which is why Roxas didn't remember being Sora - Kairi brought Sora back almost right away. Xemnas went around collecting all the human-shaped Nobodies he could to form Organization XIII, a group dedicated to getting back their hearts by gaining the power of Kingdom Hearts. Or maybe making a new one, I'm not too sure on that part. Riku and Sora defeated all of them except Roxas, who merged back with Sora when he woke up.

Was that all it was? [The voice questioned once more.]

Are you a new arrival? [Most people were used to seeing the moogles and not apt to be startled by them]

[Apparently Ciel was not a newb fan or at least not a fan of needless noise]

That communicator of yours transmits whatever you record to everyone else's communicator over a sort of network.

Sending out a message like that.. is like "the boy who cried wolf"... since I'm assuming that you're not in any real peril.

[She paused in thinking about what to say, she also wondered if they were going to be okay for when she had to go, which was pretty soon.]

Well, I hope that you will be able to find the inn that's around Traverse Town.

[ It's funny. Listening to him explain things as he does. Some of it she's well aware of. Like how Xemnas had gathered them to collect hearts, how it was to create Kingdom Hearts. And even the birth of nobodies themselves. Helps when you go snooping around in restricted areas. Still, it feels weird hearing it from Ven. And.. there's some things he touches on that she doesn't even know. She knew that Roxas had a connection with Sora- but directly calling him his nobody feels weird. And now he's not even.. here. He went back. To Sora. She should be happy, but the thought just makes something in her churn.

And then there's that talk- of the Organization. How everyone was defea- ]

Axel. What about Axel? He- wasn't really...

[Ven knows enough about Axel's friendship with Roxas to know why Axel did what he did. He also hopes - maybe just a little - that Axel remembered meeting Ven when he was a regular kid and not a Nobody, and that helped him become friends with Roxas. Because Ven has definitely made the connection that Axel was Lea. But he's not here - has never been here, as far as Ven knows, so it seems like whatever's going on is giving him a break. And Axel's obviously important to this girl, so maybe Roxas was too... Which could be why she's so wary of him. Arg, this is giving him a headache. That's not supposed to be possible.]

...Lea... Axel's... he's gone, too. After Roxas joined with Sora, he tried to help Sora so he could help Roxas, and he left the Organization just like Roxas did. He met up with Sora, Donald, and Goofy when they were trying to get to the World That Never Was to confront Xemnas, but Xemnas and Xigbar and Saix had left a whole bunch of Nobodies guarding all the entrances and they just kept getting attacked every step of the way. There were so many that even Sora wasn't able to cut through them all, and that's when Axel found them and joined in on Sora's side. He performed an attack that he put his all into, and it ended up using whatever life force he had in him. He used the last of his energy to open a portal for them to get to that world, and then he faded away.

[ Well, he'll just have to deal.

She might also be making a mental note of the fact that everyone else can probably hear what she's saying then. But there's just one thing that gets her. ]

A boy who cried wolf? But... I'm not a boy. And I don't see any wolves around here. [ Yes, she just went there. ]

I'm not Kairi. [ Congrats on being the only one she's actually been snippy about on that subject. Though given his first impression, can she really be blamed? ...Yeah, she's going to feel all sorts of awkward later. ]

[ An inn...? She has to wonder what Kairi's talking about, but she's sure a little recon could uncover things easily enough. Not that she's planning on doing any major recon there, but if she were to, well. In any case. \

I'll be okay.. I... get to know new places pretty fast.

[ She's still at first. Without words, without expression- at least for as far as he can see. But then her mouth moves, forming syllables on quiet unsteady breath. ]

...He can't be. There's no way! Axel wouldn't- he-! [ But a little voice in the back of her head cuts her off. Because that little voice knows how much Roxas had mattered to him. Known how conflicted he had been as he'd grown close to her, too. Stuck in the middle. Wanting to be there for her but being so wary of the Organization. There had been a constant divide, one that allotted her escape only to corral her back in later. Maybe it had only been after losing them, maybe that had been the time he had thrown everything to the wind, had done as he wished instead of what he'd been ordered. It wasn't a stretch to believe. And Roxas had his connections to Sora. They both did. But for Axel to do that...

She shakes her head slowly and her eyes are burning. Something's pressing in on her chest, too. She doesn't know what, but it hurts and the strain won't stop. ]

He can't be...

[she holds her hands up.] A-ah! Wait, don't worry. I'm a friend. Promise! [She smiles, sticking her tongue out casually.]

Okay then. Then I wish you good luck on figure that place out. it's a nice place to arrive to I think.

[Oi]

It's a literary reference. Apparently it's not one that you're familiar with.

In the tale, this boy is left to tend a flock of sheep. As a lark, he decides to raise the alarm that wolves are in the area. The other shepherds arrive to assist him only to find that it was a false alarm. Therefore, on the boy's next watch he "cries wolf" again.. only this time no one comes to help and this time the wolf was actually there.

I didn't mean for you to take it literally... [Sigh] I'm only suggesting not to make frivolous entries that make it sound like you're in distress lest at some point you actually are.

Edited 2012-07-24 21:19 (UTC)

[Ven's not entirely sure what's going on now, but he can guess that Axel was more important to her than even Lea was to him. She sounds almost like... she's about to cry. That isn't what he wants, not at all - and that's very much NOT a Nobody reaction, that he acts on instinct and moves over to give her a hug.]

I'm sorry... I know this isn't easy to hear.

-Huh? [ She looks up from the ground, her hand now clutching the communicator in her hands. There's just something about the way the girl holds herself. It's just a little bit... off. She doesn't know how exactly, but... she doesn't take her eyes off of her as Xion slowly gets to her feet. She's uneasy, she knows she has to get going. But there's just this funny feeling, making her pause for just a moment... ]

Yeah- that's. That's all. [ Yep, completely all there was to see. Which is kind of lucky. Coulda been much worse like a dark side or something. She'll roll with a moogle over one of those any day. ]

New? [ Oh... Maybe he means... ] You came from another world, too. Like Michiru.

Oh... I think I understand now. [ Not quite sure on the flocks and shepherds deal here, but she gets the gist of it. She's pretty certain anyway. ] That's not what I meant to do. I didn't even know this... worked like it did.

But... it won't happen again.

It- seems that way. [ The weakest of smiles goes here. ] Thank you.

[ Important is an understatement. Axel was- is. And always will be... one of her best friends. And with the last note she left him with so fresh in her head... the guilt only further strangles her by each passing second.

It's a moment only alleviated by pure shock when she feels Ven's arms wrap around her. Her friends have taken jabs at her, they've ruffled her hair, and they've put their hands on her shoulders. But a full embrace is something startlingly new to her, never mind one done by someone she doesn't know even if it feels like she should every time she looks at him.

All she can do is freeze there. She doesn't move away, but... she doesn't move at all for that matter. Her body tenses though and then there's a shiver than ebbs through it as she feels wetness slipping down her cheeks. ] Axel...

[Truth to tell this isn't something he does all that much either - with family when something really important has happened, that's pretty much it. He's not entirely sure why he did it himself, except she just sounded so lonely and so sad. He remembers when Aqua disappeared, before Terra showed up, and even with Sora and Riku and Kairi around he'd felt all alone... But it's even worse for her, because apparently something had gone on with Sora that probably Sora himself wasn't aware of, something important having to do with her, and now all of a sudden everything else ever is going on for her and he knows she'd prefer Roxas right now but he's what she's got. At least he's someone - he can be there for her.]

Maybe... he might show up. [This is going to be difficult to explain, and he's not letting go of her yet, but it might give her some hope.] Like what happened with you - sometimes people come from in the past and not just the present. That's what happened with Demyx, so it could happen to Axel too, maybe. There's just no way to know for real.

How...? I mean... how is this even possible? I'm not supposed to- [ She hiccups suddenly and then attempts to draw a hand to touch her lips. She fails, but she's quiet for a moment all the same from the strange sensation. Soon enough, she shakes her head and one of her hands reach to hold onto one of his forearms with a feather touch. There but barely. She ducks her head now though and her tone comes off just a little firmer. ]

It's... not right. He should be here instead. And Roxas, too. [ If anyone deserved second chances, it's those two. Not her. Not her. ]

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She shoves them out of bed and off my desk ;.;

Kitties are good at knocking everything off everywhere, too.

Oh jesus yes, mine is epically good at that.

Same! My one in particular loves to break things like that! Ffffuh!

Nora apparently thinks it's cute. IT'S NOT, CAT.

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Video Forever on this side XD

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They're lucky they're cute when they do uncute things like that.

Yes, that is the evil response. She is never not cute.

|D Works for me!

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And so you're forever doomed due to that cute.

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Sweet XD

Not that I mind so much

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Voice Gah! I thought I tagged this. >>

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Yeah, I don't think I mind that either. Even if my babies destroy my things sometimes. >>

Nora thinks knocking EVERYTHING OVER EVER is great fun

YEAH WELL. That's Chelsey in a nutshell over here. They would probably be best of friends~