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( Sokka | Locked 100% )

... I need your help. And you can't tell anyone, okay?

( Aqua | Locked 100% )

Aqua... I know we haven't spoken that much, but I need to ask you a really, really big favor.

( Sanji | Locked 100% )

[ a long silence goes here. ] ... could I stay at your house tonight?

( Luke | Locked 100% )

I'd -- [ ... ] Can I see you?

[ Xion is out of the house today. Mostly because it's become almost impossible to stay there. She hasn't slept for more than a handful of hours since Vanitas attacked -- three days ago. She's so exhausted she can barely stay on her feet, but better awake and moving than a sitting target.

Who could sleep, knowing that at any minute someone stronger than you and your friends could break into your home and kill you whenever he wanted?

It's this question that drives her to address Luceti at large, once she's got herself settled on the railing of That One Bridge. Hey, it's like right next to her house and she wanted to sit on a bridge, so sue her. ]

( filtered AWAY from Vanitas and Saix | Locked 100% )

What would you do if you didn't feel safe in your own home anymore?

[ and this is to say nothing -- not a damn thing -- of how she feels about Roxas right now. He had no excuse -- what defense could you give? -- and Axel almost died -- for what? Why? Why had any of this happened? Does she blame Roxas, for extending the invitation, or Vanitas, for taking it? Even if she had something to say to him, she couldn't -- he hasn't been home in days.

It's a very numb Poppet that's sitting on that there railing, swinging her legs and staring at the water below. Please interrupt her thoughts -- for they are very grim ones. ]

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... I don't think finding a new place would help... [ he'd find them again. she knows it. ]

I guess that's why I'm asking. I'll take anything right now.

[ ...he hates when people sound so desperate >: so while we're hanging under your anti-Vanitas and Saix filter, why not. ]

My name is Akimichi Chouji; I'd be glad to do whatever I can to help out.

... Akimichi? Why... [ would you bother, I'm just a stranger-- ] -- I don't know. I don't want anyone else getting hurt because they're trying to protect us... that wouldn't really make things any better. We need a way to ... to hide from him, I guess.

[ He's never been one not to offer. Though the hiding aspect of the ninja lifestyle isn't exactly his expertise, either. ] It seems like moving would still be a good idea, in that case. If he's already found you where you are, staying put is pretty dangerous.

Hiding isn't impossible, even in a place like this.

... it happened three days ago ... I guess we should have already moved, but we've been so busy trying to take care of our friend who was hurt, and just keeping a watch...

[ a pause. he may say that, but ... it feels impossible to her, right now. ]

Maybe for a little while, but ... we couldn't hide forever. I know he'd find us again.

It can sometimes do more harm than good to move an injured person right away. A watch is good.

[ ...mrr, Chouji really dislikes villainous types >: ] If it gets down to it, plenty of people here would help. I think a lot of them would rather help and risk getting hurt than have to stand by and watch. Just don't forget that, okay?

He was refusing to go to the clinic, too, so ... we've just been trying to take care of him. [ the little bit of validation there is actually a relief, and she sighs. ]

I -- I know, it's just -- I really don't want anyone else to get hurt! I just ... want a way to stop it. Maybe it's stupid, to think that...

[ He can understand that, really. ]

Not stupid. It's good to hope that things can get better without people getting hurt. It's just also good to have a plan in case things go wrong.

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[ voice ] y so adorable, Xion.