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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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[He was expecting to go up behind the Dusk and whack its head off and that be the end of that. What he wasn't expecting was the Dusk to...turn around and start to walk off. He lowers his Keyblades a bit (not much, mind you, but a bit) as he starts to follow it again. There's something very off about this situation.]

Where are you going?

[ FREEZE.

TURN AROUND.

IS THAT ROXAS WITH TWO KEYBLADES.

OH GOD RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darting ... behind ... some bushes now, tyvm. Please don't Keyblade me I'm innocent ]

Hey, get back here! [Because running away has stopped Roxas from chasing things before. He's going to rush over to those bushes, hovering over the Dusk.] Well?

[ Is that a Dusk you thought you were hovering over? No, sorry, it's Olette.

... worriedface. ]

Oh, Olette...hey, do you remember that white thing tha--

[...wait, Roxas. Olette left Luceti months ago. Think about this.]

Uh...hi? [...smooth, man. Smooth.]

... hi.

[ ... she speaks! Though a little startled by this revelation, she manages not to lift her hands to her face and hair.

PS: That is not Olette's voice. ]

...what's wrong with your voice?

... Roxas, I'm not Olette.

[ Don't you see the violet wings, dude. They're visible now! ]

[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...?

[ ... why are you poking her. The weirdness of it does not allow her to be properly unhappy. She rubs at her cheek and shakes her head. ]

I don't know... all I remember is waking up in the plaza and knowing something was wrong with me. It took me a few minutes to figure out I'd been turned into a Dusk. I thought that was all, but ... I guess not.

...maybe it's magic gone bad. [He's really thinking of the memory he has of Sora's where Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are busy fighting over his outfit and continually changing him.]

[ This look says "Really, Roxas? Really?" with a tiny, speculative frown. After a pause she shakes her head. ]

It's the Malnosso. They took me last night.

[Grumbling.] It's still a logical theory.

It's always them, isn't it? I'm going to find them one day and teach them a lesson, just you watch.

How is that logical...?

[ Either way, she clambers on out of the bushes, brushing leaves off her clothing as she goes. But she doesn't look up at his words. They're hollow and she knows it but she also knows he wants to mean it. So in the end, all she does is sigh. ]

Right now I just want to go home.

It just is, okay?

[It's probably best just to ignore him, Xion. Roxas is in one of those moods again. Instead though, he watches her appear, nodding to himself.]

...you think the spell around the house will let you in? I mean you're you, but you don't look like you. I'm not sure how it all works.

Wh... but I can see it!

[ Sudden dismay, looking back down the road towards their home. If she can see it ... that means she can get in, right? She's still ... she's still her. Shouldn't she still be able to?

... only now she's afraid to even try, and draws in on herself, slightly. ]

...never hurts to try, right? Let's go see.

[ ... except she doesn't. She stays right where she is, visibly uncertain about this. ]

[Walking, walking...ope, wait.] ...Xion, come on.

[ ... ]

But ... what if I can't get in? Then what do I do?

...we can always build a tent.

... [ she gives him a gentle push on the arm, but hey, she's smiling. ] You big dork. Fine, we'll try the house and see.

[A slight grin.] What? It'd be a great tent. [But he nods toward the house and gestures for her to follow.] If for some reason it doesn't work, we'll see if Axel knows something to help.

Yeah right. Have you ever put up a tent before? [ tiny grin. ... but the mention of Axel makes her smile fade just a little, and she shakes her head, looking out over the road. ] I could just stay in an apartment for a few days.

No, but how hard can it be? [His grin fades when hers does though.] Why? That's kind of silly if we can get you into the house.

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