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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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[Filtered]

[fourteen]

... that's true ... we hadn't even thought of that yet. We've been so busy keeping watch and -- ... and making sure the person he attacked got better. [ . . . ] I'm going somewhere else tonight... but I think we might finally have a solution.

[Filtered] Bah. Sorry for the lateness. Had computer issues.

[endgames]

A good one, I hope. I understand that you gotta have a lot on your plate right now, and I don't really know much about the guy you're worried about, but you're making it sound like something that should be dealt with as soon as possible.

[And while staying somewhere else for the night is a step in the right direction, it makes it sound like you're not sure what's happening next.]

[Filtered] it's cool. believe me. 8|b /drowning under tags anyway

[fourteen]

It's the best one I can think of... it'd hide the house, forever, from everyone except the people we wanted to see it. If everything works out, we should be able to do it tomorrow... which means all we have to do is get through tonight.

[Filtered]

[endgames]

[Color him impressed, though he's wondering at the mechanics of pulling that one off.]

Yeah, that oughta do it. Can it be hidden from someone who already knows the location, though?

[Filtered]

[fourteen]

I think so... it's hidden from sight, so even if you know it's there, I don't think you can get in... at least, I'm pretty sure. But I know Hermione wouldn't have suggested that to me unless it would really work, so... I trust her.

[Filtered]

[endgames]

[Ah. So that's who suggested it. From what he's seen on the journals of Hermione Granger, she's very clever indeed. The plan is probably sound.]

Mind made up, huh? In that case, there's not much else I have to offer.

Just keep in mind that staying where you're at can still be a big risk. This place has too many variables - people with all kinds of abilities coming in and out of it. Just like you found someone to help hide you and your friends from this guy, he might someday run into someone with a skill-set that could help him get to you again.

That can probably be said whether you move or not, but I can guarantee that it'd be a lot harder to find a place when you have less of an idea of where to look.

[Filtered] why didn't I see this D8

[fourteen]

[ ... his words stay her. seriously, for the first time. most others have seemed to think Hermione's idea alone was fine... but Shikamaru brings up a point she can't ignore.

slowly, seriously, she nods ] ... you're right. I understand. Once Axel is better, I'll ask someone in the house to come look at new places with me -- just in case.

[Filtered] Gawd, Emily, I've only been waiting this WHOLE TIME. *SOBS* *OVERACTS*

[endgames]

[He nods, glad that she's listening. His advice has been blown off by people before, so it's a nice change of pace.]

Best of luck to you, then. I hope it works out.