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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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Can't say I blame ya.

... You've been staying in the same place, or..?

Yeah. We've all been taking turns keeping watch, and looking after Axel... but even when I try to sleep, I can't. I just keep thinking about what would happen if he came back...

... Roxas isn't even here.

[The way she frowns makes it plenty clear how she feels about Roxas skipping out]

Tch. I figured him a little more mature than that.

[ dead silence. she tries to say something, but ... the words just don't come out. a long minute passes before she manages anything at all ]

... Sanji, he ... Vanitas, he ... [ trails off. how do you begin to explain that your best friend basically betrayed you to a hated enemy? except ... she's still not really sure that's what happened. it sounds more and more like he just made a mistake... and now they're all paying for it. ]

... [So. This is more complicated than she first considered. Isn't that always how it goes?]

Why don't you come over anyway, when you're done looking after Axel?

... I'm not even home right now. Kairi's looking after him... [ a pause. ] ... I can come by.

[She nods] The door's open for you.

[ ... well alright then. After only a moment's hesitation, she heads over there. She hasn't told anyone else what happened between her, Axel, and Roxas that day... but she could use the benefit of an outside opinion. Especially one she trusts as much as Sanji's.

She said the door was open -- so once Xion gets there, she just heads inside, peering around ]

Sanji?

In the kitchen, Xion-chan! [Where she is making tea and... well, something else. Sanji isn't fully aware what her hands are doing right now; they're just moving, shaping, creating without a conscious thought. It keeps her busy]

[ that gets a little smile. of course she is. so Xion heads in there, pulling her coat and scarf off as she goes. it's a relief to see her not!mom -- one of the few people it isn't a stress to be around right now. ]

Hi, Sanji. ... what're you making? [ well, even if Sanji isn't sure, poppet's gonna ask. ]

[She wipes her forehead with the back of her hand and shoots a lazy grin over her shoulder]

Dunno. Guess you'll find out with me, huh?

[ ... she smiles a little wider, setting her things down on the back of a chair. ]

Okay. That sounds good to me. [ she'll settle herself on that same chair, watching with interest. ]

[Honestly? She's just making croissants. If not for other things, she'd remember all the steps she'd already taken, a few of which she's doing now - pounding the dough, completing the turns.

It's not even that she's not paying attention, per se, as a chef must always be aware; she just trusts her hands and her instinct enough that some parts of her mind are allowed to wander in thought. There's plenty to think about.

Once she's finished pounding her newest batch into a 9-by-16-inch rectangle, then completed two more turns, she sticks it in the fridge and brings out another 9-by-16-inch rectangle, ready to be cut and stuck in the oven.]

Should I add bananas and chocolate, you think?

[ Xion watches her in peace, finding it soothing in her own sort of way. It's distracting and kind of interesting without taking too much brain power to think about. It's nice to focus on this for a little while, anyway, instead of the inevitable. She pulls her knees up to her chest and hugs them, then grins. ]

Definitely.

[Sanji approves of this decision. It gives her something else to do while the bread is rising in the oven. Melt chocolate and butter together, first, then stir in sugar and water to make the glaze. The bananas will come later, once the croissants come out]

Looks like I'm making a dessert, then.

[ rests her chin on her knees, looking fairly contented. ]

Hey, there's never a wrong time for a dessert.

Just don't let that shitty captain of mine know. Or I'll lose whatever moment's peace I can take.

[She won't mention how quiet the house has been lately, so much that she doesn't need to worry about Luffy bothering her. The natural enthusiasm that accompanies the meals in House 6 has been sucked dry. But it's nice, yes? To pretend a little]

Will Xion-chan want some once it's finished?

[ the corner of her mouth quirks up, and she doesn't respond to that part. she knows from pretending, especially right now. ]

Of course. How could I pass up something Sanji made? [ she's probably been eating as little as she's sleeping -- she could use the food. the dark circles under her eyes and the pronounced paleness of her skin speak to how poorly she's been taking care of herself, anyway. ]

[Sanji notices. Sweets aren't exactly the picture of a balanced meal, but anything will do when you're hungry and need a bit of nutrition.

Out come the croissants ~~far earlier than they should but wtfever THIS IS LUCETI~~. Each gets sliced in half, the long way, and now it's time to drizzle the chocolate mixture in between. Then after that, the bananas are nestled on top of the chocolate. On goes the top half the croissants, drizzled with the last of the glaze, and voila.]

Here you are, Xion-chan~! [She sets a plate in front of the girl]

[ ... devours.

SORRY, IT'S NOT VERY LADYLIKE, but the smell of the food reminds her how hungry she is, and she just goes to town. it's really good, too -- though she'll wait till her mouth isn't full to tell Sanji that. ]

[You're talking to a woman who smokes and cusses hard enough to make Satan blush when she's pissed.

GO TO TOWN, HONEY. 8|b]

[ you kidding? she's already done. ... and smiling kind of sheepishly. ]

... I was hungrier than I thought.

You looked it.

[She turns completely, giving her undivided attention] I'm glad I could help.

... [ she'll take a sip of that tea -- assuming it was at some point offered, ah ha -- and sit there quietly for a moment. Sanji's sudden, undivided attention brings home what she came here for, and her mood takes a noticeable shift. her smile doesn't go away, but the air around her seems to somehow close. ]

... Sanji, Roxas did something really bad.

[Her tone isn't judging - yet]

How exactly? [Though just in case her blood pressure decides to hit the stratosphere, she pulls out a cigarette]

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