fourteen | oo36 [ voice // action ]

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oo36 [ voice // action ]

[ There is a girl in the woods west of the village. She's unconscious, and wearing a New Feather dress, so it'd be easy to mistake her as part of the crop of new kids.

However, she is anything but new to this place (and new to showing up wearing things other than what she ought to be wearing gosh darnit), and when she comes to, she will sigh, quietly, under her breath. She wakes up groggy and feeling extremely tired, oddly, so she won't bother trying to go anywhere on her own just yet. It is, thankfully, not cold today. However, it is pouring rain, which is also just her luck. So she will curl up at the base of a tree, trying to get shelter from the worst of it, and reach for her (slightly soggy) journal. ]

This has got to stop happening...

( Luke | Locked 100% )

Hey. Sorry I just disappeared like that. Um... can you come pick me up? And bring a coat? Or an umbrella, or something...

[ The first voiced bit, before the filter, was sort of murmured to herself. Now she addresses the journal directly, figuring she's got at least something of a wait ahead of her. ]

Hi, guys. Can anyone tell me what I've missed? Or maybe just how long I've been gone. The draft had only been over for a day or two when I got taken, I think...

Is everyone okay?

[ Of course, Ven and Vanitas are immediately on her mind, but she doesn't say that outright. She also doesn't know about who's left... and who's arrived. She's not aware there's been a new feather cycle at all! Someone ought to get her up to speed.

a day later, in the evening, an additional filter is added to the post. ]

( Richard | Locked 100% )

Hey, um ... I ... wanted to talk to you.

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[ ... she can't help but laugh. ] Hi, Sanji. [ she clasps her hands behind her back and wanders in, over to him. ] And just why would you need to track me down?

To check up on my favorite young blossom of course~!!

[ she laughs again, moving over to take one of his hands between both of hers and give it a squeeze. ] Sanji! [ come on man, what. ] I don't know about a young blossom or anything...

I dunno. Luke-kun might agree with me.

[giving her hand a squeeze back... and looking devious again]

Speaking of which - nothing happened while he escorted you back home.

Right? [Take that any way you wish. 8D]

[ ... turns

bright

red.

Sanji y u do this to her. it is terrible. you are terrible. everything is terrible forever. ]

... how did you even know--?

[ no. stupid question. of course he knew. he's Sanji.

HE KNOWS EVERYTHING. ]

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[ ... dis face. ]

Um ... he carried me home. But ... nothing really happened, no. Why? [ followed by an innocent look. Sanji what could you possibly be suggesting. ]

[Oh, he just carried you.

8|

Put his hands on you.

8|

Luke, you are NOT WORTHY, and Sanji sends a bitter curse on your shitty house, your shitty head, you shitty --]

Oh no, just curious, Xion-chan~! [Ah ha ha... Jeez, he can't keep up his inner rage with her looking at him like that. And so he grins again, the sound soon followed by an affectionate ruffle of her hair] I'm glad he went to get you.

... Oh. And thanks for telling me, by the way. That he took you home. [8D No, Xion, Sanji doesn't know everything.

He just knows the right statements to say]

[ lucky for them both she omitted the part of the story where her white feather dress turned see-through when soaked and she only noticed it after he got her home, huh....

Xion just makes a quiet indignant noise when he ruffles her hair, releasing his hand so she can reach up and pat it back down. ... then she blinks. ] ... wait, you didn't-- I thought you already knew... and why are you thanking me? [ so confused. ]

I suspected, but you're the one who just confirmed it~

[Why is he thanking her...? Just another bout of honest teasing, but he answers with something different] If anyone should've picked you up, I'd hope it would be him. [Which is the truth. Even if he might try to set Luke's hair on fire the next time he sees him]

... Sanji! [ YOU CHEATER. DX now she understands the question -- and the fact that he was teasing her. B| have a light smack on the arm.

but ... she does smile a little at what he says after that. ~~please don't set his hair on fire, dad, she likes that hair.~~ ] I could have asked Axel and Roxas, too... or Sora, or you. [ she laughs. ] He just came to mind, I guess... [ gee, I wonder why. ]

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[Fff you guess? There are so many things he could respond with, all of them worthy of another smack if Xion's so inclined.

Instead, Sanji's smile abruptly turns... sad. Not one of depression, but of acknowledgment - that they're gonna have to say goodbye to this lightheartedness for a time, and focus on what he wanted to tell her in the first place]

Xion-chan... [He pauses, giving her time to catch the change in voice and atmosphere.]

[ she registers it almost immediately, though it takes a moment to sink in.

Something Is Wrong.

after a quiet, surprised moment, her expression folds into something concerned, and both her hands drop to hang loose at her sides.

she doesn't say anything. just looks at him, and waits. ]

... Naoki went home.

[ the words sink in slowly, in stages. at first there's the shock, like she can't even really believe what she's hearing. the shock then turns into something blank and numb, as the words really register.

... Naoki.

She thinks of him, and of his smile, the way he'd touch her hand, the way he vowed to help protect her, the way he saved her life -- and all the breath goes out of her in a rush, a quiet, wounded noise escaping her as she ducks her head.

Naoki.

And he's gone.

Richard...

She lifts one arm, her hand gripping her other elbow. All in all she just looks a little ... sore, tender, like something hurts. And sad. ]

... when?

About a week or so ago. [Sanji hasn't been keeping track of the days. He only notes how the bitter sting is slow to wane.

After a pause, he blows out a breath too, one of his hands darting into his hair] I don't think everyone knows yet. Isamu wasn't in the right mind to inform us. [No one besides himself, and Richard. Maybe Raph. Anyone else was left to pry it from his mouth, and Sanji, after making sure Isamu wouldn't leave them for good, didn't bother to check who succeeded]

... oh. I see. [ she nurses her wound, quietly, not looking up for another few moments. when she does, her expression is conflicted. ]

Should ... someone tell the rest of the village?

Eventually, I'd think so. [Most of them aren't mind readers. And it stands to reason there are still friends of Naoki's who don't know he's gone home.]

... Did you want to? [Because, Sanji notes, her expression says the thought's crossed her mind]

[ she nods. ] I wouldn't mind... though I'll have to ask Richard and Isamu first.

Heh.

He'd like that. [And from his tone, it's evident he's not referring to Richard or Isamu] If you did that for him.

[ ... well. if she'd had any doubts before, they're gone now. his tone and his expression make her throat constrict with sudden tears, but she holds them off and nods fiercely. ]

I'll do it, then. ... how are they, anyway?

[it's here Sanji's gaze falls, as if pained by the question. That alone could answer her]

Isamu... the kid took off for a while. And Richard... [To be honest, he doesn't know. Sanji took the selfish route for once in his life and kept to himself. But he hazards a guess anyway]

They've seen better days.

... I can't imagine how they feel right now. [ well ... actually, she can. Sora left. Riku left. She can picture it pretty well. But she's so focused on them right now that the thought doesn't even occur to her. She looks worried. ]

I'm going to talk to Richard. I ... there's no way he's alright, but still, I... [ trails off. this sucks. ]

... I'm gonna miss him.

... Yeah. [He offers a tired half-smile, the only real proof this has hit him harder than he shows.] I'll miss him, too.

[But he's quick to recover and erase his weariness.] We can check up on him together. Somehow I doubt he's left the house.

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[action] 2/3 i lied

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[action] ... /loled. so. bad.

[action] hey, he's got to give into fatherly rages once in a while

[action] as long as no one winds up with their skull kicked in. |D

[action] /watches Sanji put forth valiant effort 8|

[action] ... but is it valiant enough. 8| that's the important part.

[action] ... so long as he doesn't put 2 and 2 together and realize Xion's outfit was see-through >>

[action] ... he will never know. >> << >> 8Db

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[action] no one dies from skull cave ins and everyone lives happily ever after!!

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