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[fourteen]

[ Xion had walked into the clothing store in the village square as her normal self. Just a sixteen year old Poppet picking up some warmer clothes for winter, nothing new.

She darts back outside just a minute later, looking deeply bewildered and rather ... different. For one, she's suddenly three inches taller than she was a moment ago, and somehow her hair has grown to hang a good four inches past her shoulders. Not to mention she seems to have filled out that teenage body of hers. This is definitely a woman, one who seems to be in roughly her mid twenties.

Considering she was just in the clothing store, she's dressed rather impractically for the weather in loose, flowing black pants and a black camisole. It's an outfit more appropriate for working out in... and given the bow she has in her hands and the quiver of arrows on her back, it looks like that's what she was just doing.

An arrow is now nocked on that bow as she stares around in growing alarm, before her eyes narrow in thought and frustration. Down goes the bow, and the arrow goes back in its quiver.

Give her a moment or two, and she'll have darted back into the clothing store to grab a coat before heading to the fountain, bow once again over her chest, reading her journal as she goes.

When she speaks, her voice has changed a little, too -- it's only slightly lower, but somehow she just sounds older. ]

This isn't... this isn't the Luceti I was just in. Just a second ago it was summer, and I'd been... it doesn't matter.

[ this young woman is frowning rather severely at her journal, her mind obviously working a mile a minute as she thinks. ]

... is there something strange going on? Can anyone tell me when this is? What year is it? Something doesn't seem right.

[ there's a pause, now, and a little bit of anxiety as she proceeds. ] ... is everyone still--? ... dad? Axel, Roxas? ... Riku?

[ unconsciously, Xion raises a hand, pressing her fingers to her mouth in worry and in thought. The observant may notice that there seems to be a plain gold band around her ring finger. Surely that can't be a wedding ring? She'll drop her hand before you can get a closer look, though. ]

Please, tell me what's going on.

[1) different bracket style just because. but also to cut down on the length of this thing.

2) she looks something like this, only with the hair midway down her chest instead. spoiler as to who she married. 8|

3) all replies will come from reactualized and y'all better appreciate because making that shit took FOREVER. also please do comment here if you want Xion to have knowledge of a future version of your character!

4) I'm tagging like a beast EVERYWHERE right now, please do ping me if I missed something somewhere.]

(edit; WHOOPS I just realized there's a bit of a time discrepancy in some threads, as to what time of the year it was when Xion was poofed back. :|a gonna just handwave it. sorry!)

Comments

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ It's only with the second calling of the name that Repliku realizes why it sounds familiar. Isn't that the name he gave to Kyrie? Why is someone shouting--

He turns, and nearly falls off his feet. Is that... Is that Xion? ]

[reactualized.livejournal.com]

[ older and curvier. why yes, yes it is.

Xion sees the way he reacts to her, and she slows, suddenly uncertain. When did he start going by Kohan...? When did he tell her that name?

Shoot. Maybe she should have called him Riku... ]

Hey... are you okay? [ aside from still being stuck in that form. she's none too pleased about that. ]

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ He's uh. Too busy staring at her to really give a proper reply. No not at her chest. She... really grew up. Part of the experiment?

... This hurts his head. ]

[reactualized.livejournal.com]

[ why not, it is now an awesome chest.

at his lack of response, she sighs, then pulls out her journal. flipping to an empty page, she creates a filter, then places the book in front of him and hands him the pencil she keeps tucked into it. ]

Here. It'll be easier this way.

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ Because she is a girl and he is still an awkward pseudo-15-year-old

He looks up at her, then takes the journal and writes in it. ]

'What happened?'

[reactualized.livejournal.com]

[ would it help if she bosomsmooshed you, Rep

Xion is silent for a moment as she considers this. ]

I think I got Shifted ten years into my own past. That is... I'm from ten years into Luceti's future.

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ That would make him feel SO AWKWARD YOU HAVE NO IDEA

He stares at her again. Ten years? No wonder she's... ]

'You've been in Luceti the whole time?'

[reactualized.livejournal.com]

[ this means it should definitely happen

she stares right back at him, then watches him write the words. she's nodding before he finishes the word "whole." ]

Yeah. [ so have you. ] Luceti is my home. I'm glad I haven't left.

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ lol o u

He lowers the pencil, staring at the words on the page, suddenly unable to meet her gaze. There's a lot he wants to ask. A lot. But he doesn't know if she'd answer.

After a moment, he starts writing again. ]

'Why did you call me Kohan?'

[reactualized.livejournal.com]

[ she's silent for a long moment, then looks at him with unusual seriousness. ]

Do you want the truth? [ do you want to know your own future? ]

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ He misses that look, his head still down. He, too, doesn't respond for a long moment. When he finally starts writing again, it's even more messy than before, just by a little. ]

'It doesn't matter. It's not important.'

[ Except that's not true at all. What is true is that he's afraid of the answer. ]

[reactualized.livejournal.com]

[ Xion narrows her eyes at those words, thinking hard about this.

When she makes her decision, she slips a hand under his chin and tilts that little Heartless head up so he's looking at her. ]

You told me your name. Years ago, after you got your body back... you told me you wanted your name to be Kohan.

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ He's not sure he wants to keep looking at her. It's painful in a way he doesn't know how to explain, but at the same time, he doesn't want to look away. Or maybe it's what she just told him. He can't tell. He hasn't felt like this... since Kyrie came back to Luceti.

Finally he pulls his head away uncomfortably. ]

[reactualized.livejournal.com]

[ ... Xion pulls her hand back, her expression falling. Was that the wrong thing to say? ]

... Kohan?

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ He shakes his head and looks back up at her. No, it's nothing. This is just a lot to take in all at once. ]

[reactualized.livejournal.com]

... [ she gives an uncertain huff, but lets it go. ]

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

[ This is weird okay give him a break :<

He goes back to the journal. ]

'What are you going to do now?'

[ Let's get the subject off of him, shall we ]

[reactualized.livejournal.com]

... try and find everyone. There's going to be a lot of people I'll need to talk to... plus, I want to make sure everyone's okay.

[personafalsify.livejournal.com]

'What if they're not here yet?'