oo24 [ voice // action for housemates ]

[fourteen]

[ Xion sits down to make this post in her room, quietly unhappy about it, but knowing she has to persevere. He wouldn't want her to be sad, she knows it.

She'll have to find a new teacher.

But Xion finds she just can't sit still, and rises, speaking as she moves down the hall. ]

For anyone who knew him... Longshot has...

[ then she notices something. Sora's door is slightly ajar, and the inside of the room...

as if entranced, Xion slows, then moves towards it, giving a gentle push. ]

Gone ...

[ it's empty. the room is empty, completely bare of any sign that Sora was ever there. ]

... home.

[ and that's it. Xion has lowered her journal, giving an upside-down view of the wall through the journal's camera as she stares at this empty room.

it takes a moment -- a long, numb, endlessly empty moment that may go on for two or even three minutes -- for Xion to sink to her knees. only then does she finally, slightly, come back to her senses. she adds her final statement in a voice that, while even, is just barely above a whisper. ]

And ... and Sora ... Sora has also ... gone home.

[ if heartbreak had a sound, it would sound like her voice. for anyone who replies to her over the journals, it will be some time before she responds. housemates will likely get to her first. ]

Comments

[Voice]

[fourteen]

... Regal?

I ... [ a beat ] I don't know.

[Voice]

[lezareno_prez]

No matter how many times you experience it, it never gets any easier when someone dear to you returns home.

[Voice]

[fourteen]

[ sdlkghlakjadghd why you gotta hit home so hard, Regal. Xion pauses for a long moment. ]

It's happened before... I've had a lot of good friends go home, but... it's never been like this. Sora is... he's... he's important. [ her tone wavers on that last word, almost an imploring note, asking Regal to understand just how critical Sora was to all of them. it's a hard thing to communicate through words. ]

[Voice]

[lezareno_prez]

[Regal understands, or at least thinks he does. Lloyd was much the same way to him and his other remaining companions-- the glue that held them all together.]

It's only natural to feel upset over this, but if Sora is anything like a certain friend of mine, I doubt he would want you to remain unhappy for long.

[Voice]

[fourteen]

[ STOP SAYING EXACTLY WHAT SHE NEEDS TO HEAR, DANG. or rather, don't stop, because it really helps a lot right now. she makes a quiet noise, somewhere between a sob and a laugh, though she doesn't sound like she's crying. ]

I know he wouldn't. It's just so hard. We're all sad, and scared he won't be okay... but you're right. He'd want us to be happy. It's just ... it's going to take time.