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[ It's not until Xion glances at a clock that she realizes something is amiss. She could have sworn, last time she checked, that was 1 AM. And now it's 10 PM? That's not possible. Did she miss something? She couldn't have fallen asleep and slept that long. The journal catches her exclamation of surprise, and her quiet question: ]

Wait, what day is it...?

[ She wanders out of her room, confused, going to knock first on Jixsan's door before she tries Roxas's.

And he's not in there.

In fact, the room is empty.

Instantly, her heart sinks -- he's gone? home? -- but then the bizarre time difference occurs to her. Is something going on? Is there an experiment? As hopeless as she suddenly feels, she has to find out. Pulling on a jacket against the nip of the air outside, she grabs her journal and darts out of the house. ]

Has anyone seen Jixsan? His room is empty! Please, please don't have gone home, I don't know if I could take you leaving, too...

[ She ends up in the village center, near the fountain, and late in the evening as it is, it's quiet here. For a moment or two she paces silently, clearly worried, unsure of where to go from here. Anyone out and about at this late hour want to help a distressed teen? ]

(ooc; forward-dated to event start, sorry! as a refresher, just in case, Jixsan = Sanji,

concasse.)

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Jixsan... is that someone I've met?

[The name isn't ringing any bells for him, but it's clear from her tone that it's someone important.]

... yes? At least, I thought you two knew each other... but I think something strange is going on right now, anyway.

It's quite possible that we've met before and I simply don't recall the name. However, knowing the Malnosso, there is always the possibility of an experiment as well.

I'm starting to think that must be it. He's been living with us for years, but the other people in my house don't remember it at all... [ A sigh. ] Has anything strange been happening to you, Richard?

Anything strange?

[He has to stop and think about this for a moment, because really, when is his life NOT strange? But he hasn't noticed anything out of the ordinary just yet...]

... no, not to my knowledge. Everything seems to be just fine on my end.

Hmm... [ She sounds troubled. ] Let me know if you do, okay? Maybe it's just me and Jixsan, somehow.

Of course.

This Jixsan... what does he look like? The least I can do is help you keep an eye out for him.

He's tall, and blond! And he usually wears black. And ... he has curly eyebrows.

[He only knows one man in Luceti who has curly eyebrows. That's kind of an identifying feature, man.]

... do you mean Sanji?

... no, but you're the second person to think I was describing him.

I see. Then would he by any chance be a relative of Sanji's?

... I don't think so. He's never mentioned any family to me...

[This is all very odd...]

No relatives, and yet he looks like Sanji...

[ ... she'd started to suspect, but that makes it click into place.

Jixsan... Sanji. Looks like Sanji... the only piece that doesn't fit is his being a pirate.

Sanji ... must have been his name when he was human. ]

... I think I might know what's going on here. But I'd need to talk to him about it, first.

Would you mind enlightening me as well?

[Because he... doesn't really have a clue about the whole Nobody thing just yet. Although honestly, given his own past, it wouldn't seem that strange to him.]

... I'm sorry, but I can't. If this is what I think it is, then ... it's not my story to tell.

I understand. There are some things that aren't our place to share, no matter how much we may want to.

Thanks, Richard. Maybe in a day or two you can ask him yourself.

Maybe so, and thank you for explaining this to me.

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