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[fourteen]

( 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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[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

Well, imagine it. Say I'm the Secret-Keeper for my house. The perimeter of the spell ends just at the doorstep. I Apparate every day just inside the perimeter, right on the front porch, so that no one can see me enter. Say I miss my entrance one day and land too far back or that someone grabs a hold of me while I Apparate and they end up inside the circle of the charm. This would effectively give them the secret. In theory.

[Speaking from experience, NO OF COURSE NOT. There's a smile in her voice as she continues.] You're a friend, Xion. It's the least I can do to make the village a little safer.

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[fourteen]

Ohhh. So that would give it away... we'll have to figure out a new way of getting into the house that'll be harder to see, but that's still a lot easier than constantly moving and trying to hide that way.

[ oh Hermione. |D we still love you. ] ... you're amazing, Hermione. [ she laughs ] I'm looking forward to tomorrow now!

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[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

I think... I think if it's anyone who isn't the Secret-Keeper, it ought to be okay. But it can't hurt to be careful. I could extend the perimeter of the spell so you can come into it from the back, walk around, and still get in the front door...

It's nothing, really. I've just had to study a lot of magic. [She considers herself lucky!] I really hope it helps.

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[fourteen]

That would be perfect! Can you really do that...? [ amazed. ] Your world's magic really is incredible...

[ laughs again, the sound of it so much more cheerful than the tone of her voice at the beginning of this conversation. ] It sounds to me like it paid off.

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[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

I ought to be able to. It shouldn't be too difficult. It's all a matter of placement.

[She can tell and she's glad she could help.] It's paid off before, at home. [And under much more dire circumstances.] I'm glad it can still work here, even though it's not up to full strength.