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[ Waking up in a forest in a white sundress when it's cold and snowing is no fun at all, especially when she is dead certain she's not supposed to be here at all. She's clutching the journal she found to her chest as she makes her slow way through the trees, shivering violently. Every so often she stops and sets the journal down so she can cast a Fire spell to try and warm her hands a bit. She's desperate to find some shelter, anywhere she can get out of this cold and just have a moment to think through what the heck is happening here.

But she has no idea where she's going, and finally she stops, letting a few particularly hard shivers pass before she looks down at the journal in her arms. Her musings are a little muddled by her teeth chattering, yes. ]

I don't understand... I'm n-n-not supposed to be here, and I don't even know what happened to my clothes, or what this little book is for.

[ And she glances over her shoulder, frowning softly. ]

And I've g-g-got these wings ... last time I checked, I definitely didn't have wings.

[ Heaving a sigh, she hugs the journal close to her chest again, and rubs a hand up and down one arm, staring at the sky. ]

W-W-What's going on...?

(ooc; I tried, but alas. spoilers abound in comments!)

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[ holy cow ]

Wow ... I guess that would explain a lot. It must have been so confusing to show up here and talk to them.

[Roxas turns his head and sees her, running forward and stopping in front of her.] There you are.

It's unimportant at this point in time.

It was, but I'm used to it now. Been six months since I showed up, and I'm just about used to things.

Pretty sure Roxas has been here for a year, too.

Wouldn't be the only thing I'm not telling him.

[ she can't help it -- the moment she seems him she thinks of the last time she saw him, what was happening, and suddenly she can't meet his eyes. but she does try to smile anyway. ]

Hey.

Really...? [ cuuuuurrrriiioooouuuussssss. but! he isn't trying to make her life hell, so she'll let it go. ] Well ... okay.

Don't worry, poppet. You'll do fine.

[Poor Roxas. He has no idea what's going on, so he tilts his head a little at her reaction.] Hey. Sorry it took me a while to get out here.

[ she makes an angry, frustrated noise, almost like a growl. but he's not there, and it's not like she can force him ... so she goes quiet for a moment. she's got a modicum more control when she finally replies ]

Then leave me alone, Vexen.

It's okay. I forgot to ask, but ... did you happen to bring anything with you? I'm really, really cold.

[ WHAT ]

A year?! That... [ shakes her head ] This is too weird.

Some people have been here twice as long.

[shrugggg.]

Apparently when you do leave it's like you never came here to begin with, so there's nothing to worry about. This place isn't that bad once you get past the experiments.

Thank you...

[ shouldn't ask. shouldn't ask. really shouldn't ask. has to ask. ]

Why are you being so nice to me?

Um...well it's not much, but it should fit you well enough until we get back. [He's just going to present his Organization coat to her. He doesn't wear it much around Luceti, but the Malnosso gave it to him anyway.]

I still don't like the sound of those. Being experimented on and not being able to do anything about it ... it's creepy.

Sometimes the Malnosso actually cut us some slack. About a week ago they made this amusement park appear... It wasn't half bad.

... [ wordlessly she takes it from him, slipping it on, though she does wonder about her wings for a moment and how they'll fit under it. and what is he wearing then, anyway? for mun's benefit and all. ]

Thanks.

[Lucky her, Roxas had wing-holes cut in his jacket since he used to wear it around sometimes. And since they aren't going to be outside for very long, he's wearing his normal Twilight-Town outfit with a long-sleeved black shirt under it for arm-warmth.]

Sure. Let's get going, it's a lot colder than I thought it would be out here.

[ oh, that's nifty. once she gets her wings through Xion peers over her shoulder at them, blinking, before shaking her head and zipping the coat up. ]

Okay. Is it always this cold, here? --and where are we going, anyway?

Sure you wanna know the answer to that?

[ eep! ]

Uh ... not really, actually.

[There's something like a disdainful snort on Vexen's end but nothing else.]

[It makes things a lot easier, that's for sure. Roxas is going to tilt his head in the direction he came from and start walking, indicating Xion should follow]

No, not always. It's starting to get closer to winter. It started getting really cold like this this time last year, too. For now we're going back to the apartment I share with Axel until we figure something else out. That's okay, right? I'm sure he'll want to see you.

[ and follow she does, though she's still not properly looking at him. she just listens in silence, nodding a bit ... until he tells her where they're going. she stops right in her tracks, looking at him with mixed worry and alarm. it's only for a moment, though -- she forces herself to keep walking so he doesn't stop. ]

... is he there right now?

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