ⅶ - [voice/action]

[mnementomori]

[there's the sound of someone clearing her throat, then unsteady breathing for a short moment.]

I just--...

Is everyone okay?

[the question wavers for a moment, before the girl stumbles into the rest of her words.]

Did anyone get hurt? It's just, I haven't seen--

[the sound of cloth rustling.]

Never mind.

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[anyone by the clock tower will find Xion there, Keyblade in hand, despite the danger of the flowers. She's looking over the destruction caused by her fight with Paderau, when they were monsters. The glass doors are shattered beyond repair, and a large chunk of the wall still clinging to the torn away hinges, the steps littered with shards of glass. Inside, sections of the tracks buckle upward, metal rails torn clean in two, walls gouged by oversized claws and scorch marks. Thankfully the main structural points are still intact, leaving the tower standing.]

I'm sorry, I couldn't....protect it. Is that why you're nowhere I can find?

[she tugs her her hood up closer around her face, and steps carefully into the wreckage.]

Comments

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[mnementomori]

I hope so. When I asked her, the Queen said she'd "lost" her, and she'd try to find her. And then a week or so later, my friend came back.

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[orderlybento.livejournal.com]

... Wow. I know people can come back, but I didn't know asking would help with it.

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[mnementomori]

It's hard to get to talk to her, though...

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[orderlybento.livejournal.com]

Mm, I've barely even seen her since I came here.

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[mnementomori]

Is there someone you want her to bring back? I'll ask her if I see her first.

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[orderlybento.livejournal.com]

[She pauses, but then shakes her head.]

Not really; I'm not sure if I want to ask her that, though I appreciate the offer.

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[mnementomori]

...you'd rather go home instead?

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[orderlybento.livejournal.com]

[Oh, that makes her really silent.]

... I'm not sure.

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[mnementomori]

[she looks concerned.]

Not sure? Was it...dangerous there or something?

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[orderlybento.livejournal.com]

[She kind of... rubs her arm self-consciously, as if unsure.]

Kind of? It's... complicated.

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[mnementomori]

[she ducks her head a little.]

If you don't want to talk about it, that's okay. I'm sorry for asking.

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[orderlybento.livejournal.com]

[She pauses on the rubbing her arm, and smiles at Xion reassuringly.]

It's okay. My world... just is under attack at times.

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[mnementomori]

[she stiffens a little at that.]

Attack? From what?

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[orderlybento.livejournal.com]

Ah... Angels. They're monsters from another world.

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[mnementomori]

Monsters from another world...I used to fight things like that.

I'm sorry. I hope everything's okay there.