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[ There is a creature in the plaza.

Though initially it hid behind the clothing shop, it seems to be venturing out now, just slightly ... looking for an opening to sneak away.

Can this creature summon portals on its own? Xion does not understand it, this body. She has seen these things before, of course, but to BE one? It's strange and terrifying. She'd known before, when she had Sora's face, felt it, but ... hadn't that been an exception? She'd tried -- right now, she couldn't even talk. And she could feel it. This wrong face, this wrong body, not hers. The only thing that might mark her, right now, is a curious (possibly cruel) artifact the Malnosso let her keep upon her return. Around the creature's neck, on a chain, is a ring. Xion does not seem to have realized it is there. She has rather more important things on her mind, after all.

Turned into a Dusk. The one threat Xemnas always turned on his members should they become unruly. She'd known. But how... he's not here! She'd only been taken for a night at most. How could the Malnosso....

What is wrong with her?

Should you be about in the evening, you may see this creature trying to rush, twist, and dart its way back to house 14 in that odd, swaying way Dusks seem to move.

But be careful if you run into her while you're out -- she just might turn into someone else entirely. ]

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[ ... what? What is he talking about?

Xion, not having yet experienced the internal transition between appearances, still feels herself to be a Dusk, and only cants her head, looking confused. ]

[he's still on the swift approach, though he's never exactly had a Dusk run from him before. maybe it's the Dusk = enemy = must fight notion that's been ingrained in his brain the several months he spent traveling back home, but he's still not even close to not considering this one a threat.]

[the Keyblade's raised as he calmly steps toward her-- partly on his toes and ready to attack, and partly waiting to see what what she does.]

[ At the name, he flinches, and his gaze immediately drops to the ground.

He doesn't nod. But he doesn't really have to, does he? ]

[ Once it's on, she closes it up and pulls the hood up over her head. Once secure that she's as hidden as she'll get in this thing, she turns to look at him, her face thoughtful. ]

... I was kidnapped last night. My friends will probably be worried... but you're right, too. [ An uncertain frown. ] Let's grab something real quick. It can't hurt.

[Luke is a little unsure of how to answer. On one hand, it... honestly doesn't really matter how she looks. He knows her appearance is unstable, but no matter which form she takes, she's always just been Xion to him. On the other hand... she really does sound curious as to how she looks. But he'll finally answer while he looks down at the ground.]

Right now? You look like Kairi. But... You're Xion to me.

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[ Oh god. She darts some further feet away, but enticing Sora to chase her doesn't seem like a good idea, either.

Eventually she just stops, and curls up in a ball on the ground, her arms over her head.

Yes, this is a Dusk, cowering. Afraid. That's not something you see every day. ]

[ ... she looks so sad. ]

.... I'm so sorry. Should I go?

Why don't you give them a call with the journals? It may even be the best as well now that you can talk, given how your voice doesn't seem to change, I mean, I'm sure to have heard it when you talked to Haruki and all.

[He will lead the way to the restaurant though.]

I know you can understand me.

But I can give you more incentive, if you need it.

[... no, it's not. Sora stops a yard or so from Xion, just barely at Keyblade's length away- that's because he's tapping her with the blunt side of the weapon, almost wanting a reaction. don't do this. don't plant the idea in his head that all this he's been purposely attacking creatures who really didn't want to fight him back. not with that little niggling memory of the look on Saix's face right before he faded.]

Hey.

... Kairi. Of course.

[ And her voice... just like Kairi's ... they're identical, right now. She hates it. She hates herself.

You're Xion to me.

Finally, Xion lets herself relax against him, her head still down, but ... well, he's finally getting that go ahead, even though he already took the liberty of holding her. ]

[ She startles like a frightened doe, scared out of her wits at this point, and darts away again.

Just as she gains another yard of distance, her appearance instantaneously changes.

There stands ... you, Sora. Only have you ever seen yourself look so scared? Well ... have you ever seen yourself?

Terrified, this puppet is, though she would be moreso if she knew what she looked like right now. As it is ... the change has yet to register. ]

[ ... where's a Keyblade when you need it?

A snarl crosses Xion's face and she drops back into a fighting stance, unarmed though she is. ]

Back off!

[ .... !

Dammit, what is she now?! Suddenly uncertain, her guard falls as she hesitates between keeping her focus on him and reaching up to feel her face. ]

[Luke will still take that opportunity to pull her a little closer and rest his chin on her head, as if to hide her. It is a little like hugging Kairi, but... not really, to him. Maybe it's because he's a replica and can kind of get what Xion's going through - it'd be like his own programming screwing up... Maybe it's because he's never been taught, even through context, to be put off by certain appearances or gender, if such issues even existed on Auldrant. Whatever the reason, he really isn't bothered. But he knows how much it devastates Xion... And right now, all he wants to do is help. He'd do his best to help even if it wasn't her.]

... Do you need anything? Clothes, food?

[ ... here she hesitates. ]

... no. I'd better explain this in person.

[ ... it's just that she's uncomfortable. She doesn't want to call them and explain that she's all ... messed up, like this, and have them come running to find some random person. ]

Let's just go. I'll head back soon.

[ Hm. Sometime while she was speaking, the person in the coat changed. But the coat remained, so it's almost a little harder to tell.... her hair is still blond. But it's short and spiky, now. ]

[ HUGE HEAD SHAKE.

Don't go.

Just. Don't go.

It hurts but he needs someone right now. ]

[and there he freezes, immediately straightening then nearly reeling back in shock and an entire mess of other emotions he doesn't quite know how to register. confusion- that is not a normal Dusk; they can't just change back and forth into truly human forms, and certainly not him- and a smidge of horror. there's even anger tucked somewhere in there, blooming out of confusion.]

[given the expression Xion shot at him that he's never even seen in a mirror, Sora realizes that whoever this is, they're not going to hurt him. but he's not exactly about to let them get away, either.]

Hey, wait! [he's just chasing now, Keyblade dissipating into a flash of light. it'll always be there if he needs it.]

...come on, come inside. We'll figure something out.

[He's going to pull out his journal then, flipping to a new page and pulling out a pen as well. Strange, pens are, especially when one's so used to quills. He's holding the items out to the Dusk then.]

Tell me who you are.

[ GONE. Leaving. She really does not want to get whacked with that Keyblade, though she does not turn around to see that he's banished it.

However, before she can get too far, her internal change catches up with her exterior change, and the sudden shift in how she expects her body to move makes her stumble and go sprawling, painfully, to the ground. ]

Ow, jeez...

[ ... she spoke.

Who is she now? She looks at her hands -- pointedly not at her pursuer -- at her body. Lifts her hands up to her hair.

And goes white as a sheet when she feels the spikes there. Now she'll look at Sora, perfectly aghast. ]

... but the boys. What will they think? I don't even know who I am right now. Am I still Riku?

[ She's not Leon, either, that's for sure. ]

... I don't know what to do.

[Slow on the uptake, this one. But the wings are a nice fat tip-off.]

Xion...[He's still confused though, reaching out and poking her in the cheek.] But how...?

[ She realizes too late she can't hold a pen.

DUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

A sigh. How stupid is she? But the suggestion might still be valid...

Instead of even trying to take the pen, she uses her claw hand to draw on the ground, in the dust and dirt.

X

I

and the first part of an O. But Draco should get it, by then. ]

...you're not Riku, that's for sure. [She's holding out a hand though, an offer to take her inside to try and figure things out.] I can explain to the boys what's happening, and then all of us can work together to figure something out.

[Oh, he does. And he immediately shuts the journal and just gives her an incredulous look.] Are you really? Xion can't possibly be a--[Well now wait. Wait. The Malnosso brought him back as a ferret once. Anything's possible.]

They did this, didn't they?

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