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compnetwork2012-11-09 10:40 pm
travelsthefarthest) wrote in compnetwork2012-11-09 10:40 pm
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☼ 001 [video]
[The feed flickers on and Lea fiddles with it a moment, turning the screen sideways briefly before making a face and righting it. Crazy newfangled technology. He's not wearing the watch, rather has it set on the table in his apartment like it's a tiny tiny computer. After making sure the little screen will stay upright by itself, Lea frowns at it a moment before scratching his head.]
So they tell me this watch thingy posts live to a network everybody in the city can see. Wow, that's pretty impressive--not just in technology but in trust! [He leans forward a bit, folding his arms on the back of the chair he's sitting backwards in and plunking his chin down on them.] I mean, I could say anything, and I wouldn't even be censored? [A low, appraising whistle.]
I mean, not that I'd ever do anything like that. [Grin~]
So where can a guy find the best ice cream in town? I've had a long day you guys wouldn't believe.
[Nothing like being dead and then waking up and finding out you got your heart back and wrangling with the idea of having real emotions again and debating whether or not you should track down your old friends who think you're dead and then getting pelted by children falling out of trees to wear you out. Yup. But he's not gonna go into details.
[A beat of silence and then he glances around as if making sure no one's watching before he cups a hand beside his mouth and says in a stage whisper,] Xemnas is an insufferable ass. And his briefings were boring as hell. [Just checking on that censorship thing. Yup. Nothing to see here.]
So they tell me this watch thingy posts live to a network everybody in the city can see. Wow, that's pretty impressive--not just in technology but in trust! [He leans forward a bit, folding his arms on the back of the chair he's sitting backwards in and plunking his chin down on them.] I mean, I could say anything, and I wouldn't even be censored? [A low, appraising whistle.]
I mean, not that I'd ever do anything like that. [Grin~]
So where can a guy find the best ice cream in town? I've had a long day you guys wouldn't believe.
[Nothing like being dead and then waking up and finding out you got your heart back and wrangling with the idea of having real emotions again and debating whether or not you should track down your old friends who think you're dead and then getting pelted by children falling out of trees to wear you out. Yup. But he's not gonna go into details.
[A beat of silence and then he glances around as if making sure no one's watching before he cups a hand beside his mouth and says in a stage whisper,] Xemnas is an insufferable ass. And his briefings were boring as hell. [Just checking on that censorship thing. Yup. Nothing to see here.]
Yuuup
Axel, what- what are you talking about?
[Well, no she knows what he's talking about but why on earth is he saying it? Especially when arriving in a world like this of all places?]
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[Wait. Is that--? That voice... he would know it anywhere, but... It can't possibly be--]
Wh-- Xion!? [What in the heck is she doing here? He had supposed it was believable he could get a bit turned around trying to get anywhere from that little island he'd never been to, but what's Xion doing in this place? The odds of them both winding up here because of a corridor glitch are infinitesimal!
[Moreover, she doesn't seem traumatized by his presence, which is a bit surprising, given that he was sort of hideously dying the last time he'd seen her. Something is suspect here.]
Are... you okay?
[He'll get to the subject of That's Not My Name Anymore later.]
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[There's a tight, almost constricting feeling in her chest. He remembers her. Just like Roxas. He's here and he remembers her and now they're both here and it's just... it feels like everything's going to work out. They can figure out what's going on in this world together. Somehow.
Her smile is a little tremulous.]
You just got here, right?
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[Maybe he's dreaming. He reaches up and pulls at one cheek, just to check.]
Ow!
[Nope, not dreaming. Rubbing his face with a grimace, he nods.]
Yeah, ah, about two hours ago. Figured I might as well get in a nap before I headed back home, but... I wasn't expecting you to be here. [He squints again and shakes his head.] What're you doing here, anyway? I thought I borked a corridor or made a wrong turn someplace.
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... ah that.]
Do you... remember talking to someone right before getting here? A man in a mask?
[Xion actually remembers a fair bit of what was said then, though it doesn't seem to be the case with everyone, she's noticed.]
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[Aaaand he'll just leave that there. He's not about to just announce his born-again-not!zombie status in public space, and he doesn't know about filters yet.]
Why? Did you have a weird dream like that, too? Maybe we just had some bad ice cream or something, in that case. Never can tell with dairy products.
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[Okay, how best to explain this... at least it'll possibly be a little easier than it was Roxas]
The dream... was real, and it's how we got here. They want us to help... well, they're trying to figure out whether to save or destroy humanity in this universe, and we're here to help.
[A.k.a. your bitty is being all altruistic with little regard for her own safety and such again. Though at least the risks are (mostly) less dangerous here than in some of the worlds they've been to in the past...]
While we're here, though... time doesn't seem to pass back home. Or at least that's what they've gold us.
1/2
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[More hero crap? Great. Heart or no heart, this warm fuzzies super selfless Robin Hood schtick had gotten them in trouble a few times in the past and he isn't sure he wants to invite that sort of trouble again.]
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We can go back home if we really want to, but...
[Please don't. Please don't go home already. You just got here. It's only just now that I got you and Roxas back. Please don't leave already.
She swallows a little forcefully. There was something else here that had to be addressed too.]
Looking for us? Did we get separated back home?
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Well sheesh, what'm I gonna go home for if you and Roxas are here? [He tilts his head as if to look beyond her then, a crinkle forming between his brow.] Where is that little slacker, anyhow? Can't even be bothered to come say hello? How rude. [Because Xion being here without Roxas is completely unfathomable.]
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[Something isn't right here. He squints at her again, like maybe he's not entirely sure what to say next. She looks like the same Xion he remembers, and though he knows she's a replica and wouldn't put it past the Organization to create some sort of false Xion to throw him off (honestly, he's a little surprised they never tried that), he can't imagine they would have been able to program her this well. They hadn't been able to give the Riku Replica a perfect copy personality, either, so this felt a little too advanced for them, especially without Vexen's help...
[This still leaves him wondering what happened, though, and he rubs his chin.]
Maybe that funky dream scrambled my brains. What's the last thing you remember before you got here?
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We'd just gotten back to Disney Castle. But... before that were looking for Aqua.
[And now, because it's very important...]
[Private ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM ROXAS]
[There...]
There's... something important you need to know. Not everyone remembers the same things. Sometimes... they'll remember things completely differently, or they'll remember more or less.
[That was the simplest way she'd been able to explain it thus far.]
Like... Riku's here, but he doesn't really remember me from home at all, though he says he saw me in a city like this one, called Promenade.
Roxas is here too. He's fine, but...
Axel... he's... the last thing he remembers is the day when he and I were told someone had been eliminated at Castle Oblivion. Back in the Organization.
['He's less than a month old']
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[He doesn't really have too much time to ponder this before Super Helpful Carryover Private Filter happens, and he just sort of stares at Xion for a good fifteen seconds. This has got to be some elaborate prank or something.]
Super Helpful Carryover Private Filter
So... you're telling me that somehow or another, Roxas has regressed to a point in time like two years ago?
[Okay, Lea... think. How could something like this have happened? Luxord is the only member of the Organization who has control over time, so it's not like Roxas could have literally gone back in time or anything. So how could he have lost those memo--
[Wait.
[A look of something akin to genuine horror washes over Lea's face then, and he nabs the little watch to pull the screen closer, as if he could grab Xion's shoulders through the image.]
Wait, how did that happen, Xion? Did... did DiZ's programming not work? Did that bastard lie to us? [And the horror is replaced with sudden anger.] If he's responsible for this, if he put some kind of... I dunno, virus or something into you... After everything we went through, if he's to blame for this I swear I'll string him up by his own spine.
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and mostly negativebut the idea that he did this not only doesn't make sense... it's also clearly escalating this situation in a way that was a bad idea.]N-no, Axel that's not what I mean at all! I mean... if... if he'd done something, if I'd taken Roxas' memories or something like that- I-I'd know, wouldn't I?
[She's trying to explain this as calmly as she can. She's not entirely succeeding]
Axel he's shorter than me. I don't think DiZ could do that.
[Because Roxas had been a good inch or two taller than her back home.]
It's like... if time freezes while we're here, then we can go home and it's like we were never gone. It's like it really is him from back then.
yes good
But how is that even possible? [It's more rhetoric than that he actually expects an answer.
[This really makes no sense. Okay, so if time freezes when they come here, and Roxas came here that long ago... then who did they spend the next two years with? Had the Organization made a copy of Roxas? Were they in league with whoever that man in the butterfly mask had been? That feels a little too elaborate; that was long before any of them had defected... if Xemnas had known they had planned to do just that, why not just take them out back then? Why go to the trouble of creating a copy and bringing them here to this strange world?
[Did this have something to do with that destruction or salvation of the worlds she had mentioned?
[Ugh, this is giving him a headache.]
Okay... just... [He holds one hand up, a silent request for a moment of quiet to collect his thoughts. This is a bit much to try and swallow all at once: the not being dead anymore, the having his heart back, the decision to return to the kids after all, all that had been headache enough, but now all this on top of it?
[He kneads his brow and then sighs heavily before lifting his eyes to Xion.]
Okay, I don't really get it, but I think you're probably right: if you had absorbed his memories, you'd know. You've always been able to tell before, right? Once you knew what was really happening to the two of you...
[There's something like apology in his eyes. He doesn't like losing his temper in front of the kids, and it doesn't happen often, but DiZ has always had a knack for pushing the wrong buttons, and even mention of the bigoted old bastard is enough to make Lea's lip curl with contempt. He doesn't care if he's 'gotten better about it', he's still a bigoted old bastard as far as he's concerned, and the idea that he might have been behind this was more than enough to get his hackles up.]
I dunno, if... if Roxas has physically regressed, that seems like a whole other ballgame. [He rubs his face with both hands and sort of groans.] Ugh, this makes no sense at all; what is this crazy place?
[And he lifts his head again to give her a serious, if confused look.]
So you really don't remember actually finding Aqua?
[Maybe he'll just keep the part about dying to himself for now. He knows now that lying because he thinks it'll save them pain isn't the way to go, but somehow adding that to the table feels like overload right at the moment.]
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At last, she shakes her head]
No... we were still looking... Does that... mean we found her, though?
[And then at that moment something else sinks in.]
Wait... you remember? You remember everything the same way I do?
[After Riku and Roxas she'd... she hadn't known what to think, the full implications hadn't really sunk in yet. But he remembered the same things she did.
She feels a little silly for not realizing it sooner.]
Where are you now?
[It looked like he was in an apartment room, from the camera, but which one? Was it close like Roxas' was? Speaking of which, Roxas... she needed to figure out what to do about him.]
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Are you implying my memory retention isn't up to snuff, young lady? [And he snorts a sharp laugh, as if to remind her that, as usual, he's mostly joking.] I can't say for certain that I remember it exactly the way you do, since I can't read your mind or anything, but... [That's actually kind of a bizarre question, Xion.]
Uh... apartment 8-06, in the... [He reaches into his pocket and pulls out that ID card they gave him.] Oh, Pisces. Pisces building. Or ward. Or something.
[He puts the card back in his pocket then and gives her a stern look.]
Sounds like we've got a lot to talk about; if you'd rather continue the conversation in person, I'm game.
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[She's not sure how to delve into the topic, even with things filtered as they are. Meeting up is probably best for now... made all the easier when Lea gives his location
Xion can't help but laugh and stare up at the ceiling of her own apartment.]
You're two floors above me, this whole time. I'm in 6-07. Roxas is in 5-06, but we've been staying together since he got here.]
Should I bring Roxas too? He'll probably be really confused but...
[She doesn't like leaving him out of this, even if... even if he doesn't remember most of everything.]
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[And then he sort of laughs.]
Figures--I get lost looking for you two and you're both right here. I just can't win.
[A nod then with a wave of one hand.]
Well of course--if he's actually somehow... gone back in time or something to that long ago, something tells me leaving him to his own devices might not be such a good idea. You gonna come up here or should I meet you down there?
Action time!
[She wouldn't call her job complicated, or buying food to eat and things like that. But when it came to the hows and whys they were here, the people from their worlds and from others?
Yeah, it was pretty complicated.]
I'll find Roxas and meet you up there. [Then she pauses, and adds one more thing. It was better Axel knows now] Axel... back home Roxas was just told one of the people who went to Castle Oblivion got destroyed. He's really worried about you. I told him you were okay, but...
[Just... be prepared.]
I'll see you soon, okay? Don't go anywhere!
[She cuts off the feed there and runs off to find Roxas - and make sure he isn't getting himself int trouble somehow. True to her word though, around five minutes later there'll be a knock on Lea's door, and on the other side, Xion with Roxas in tow.]
Jumping in like a jumping thing!
But you haven't told me where we're going yet!
[Explanations would be good. Sure he's been a bit of a restless couch potato aside from when he'd tagged along to Xion's work, but that didn't mean he wanted to run into something blind...]
[Even if it looked like they were just bothering one of their neighbors.]
[Seriously, Xion? Warn a brother.]
/dramatic music
Well, clearly I'm fine, so that's one less thing for him to have to worry about, right?
[Right. He'll save explaining that he wasn't so fine after they found Aqua later. Giving a nod, he waves at the feed.]
Noplace I'd rather be.
[And as the feed cuts off he groans and smears a hand down his face. Wow, Lea, way to win Cheesy Line of the Day--the hell was that? Sure, it's true that anyplace the kids are at is where he'd want to be, but... really? Ugh. Maybe she didn't hear him.
[A few minutes later there's a knock at the door, and he goes to answer it, giving her a feigned look of incredulity as he leans in the doorframe.]
You could'a just portaled in; since when is mi casa not su casa, huh?
[He's... really happy to see her--to see both of them--but he can't let on why just yet. Part of him wonders why he even bothered to worry that they'd be angry or upset if he came back after having died. He can still remember very clearly the look of relief that had lit up Roxas' face when they'd met up again after the debacle at Castle Oblivion. He hadn't expected to have the opportunity to see it again, for that matter.
[Reaching out and ruffling Xion's hair fondly, Lea leaned slightly to one side to peer inquiringly at Roxas behind her. He does look smaller (which really, Lea hadn't thought was possible). Curious indeed--he really can't figure how this could have happened, but... well, in a way that just means they get to start over from there. He'll know a little better this time around, at least: no more lies.
[He gives Roxas a jovial wave.]
Well if it isn't my favorite chatterbox.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40 also man I am spamming this icon in this thread orz
Xion just gives him a half-exasperated look at the teasing. She might've given him some kind of comeback - really what if she'd gotten the number wrong and portaled into someone else's room? Again, though, there was something a little more important here. She turns to Roxas, grinning slightly.]
See, Roxas, I told you he was okay.
I'd like to apologize for what I'm about to do to your inbox 1/??
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I'm done I'm sorry lndlkdsg
lies i do not think you are sorry at all 8[
And even if you were you shouldn't be imo
Okay yeah I'm not that sorry
good. gosh.
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