Day 7 | ~ Moshimoshi ~ | Video

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[Xion turns the video feed on. It's midday and her hood is back up, but she's sitting outside on a bench across the street from the phone booth.]

Thank you... whoever found the antidote. That was... close. At least, it felt like it.

[She lets out a slow exhale.]

Anyway... I think I found the source of the ringing. [She turns her CAT so it catches sight of the phone booth.] There's a phone in there that's going off all the time. But when I picked it up, all I heard was beeping. When I hung up, it started ringing again.

[She turns the CAT around again.] Did... Anyone else get that message? [She fiddles with her CAT to find the text, and then she reads it aloud.] "No time to talk. Find the booth, don't get caught. Come between midnight and one. More to come later."

... pretty straight-forward. But with that curfew... [Xion frowns.]

But I think it's important. This is like the music inside the greenhouse. It's not going to just go away. [She pauses, then mutters bitterly:] Not yet, anyway.

[She shakes her head.] The regular people can't hear the phone or see the booth. Whatever is going on... It's up to us to figure it out.

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[... Xion can't help but smile back a little] Okay.

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Ah, there we go! [pulls back, holding her at arm's length] There's that smile.

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[Xion blushes and ducks under her hood.

... her hood...

She takes a deep breath and looks back up at him.] Would you... like to... see Sora?

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[gently, letting his hands fall to his sides] I would.

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[... Xion nods. And takes another deep breath.

And she lowers her hood.]

This... is Sora.

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[murmurs under his breath] Still so young...

[in his normal tone] And so we meet properly! Hello again. So that's what you look like on the outside now, huh...? Well, not that it really matters. You could be in the body of a seven foot gorilla wearing a frilly skirt; doesn't bother me.

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[... Xion can't not giggle a little, flushing a little. What... does she say to that?]

... hi.

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[grins] I've got to say, though... It is really great to see you without that hood up. I was beginning to think you were just a mouth and a chin! Well, not really, but I wouldn't have been surprised either if that had been the case.

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[Xion flushes more.] I just... The Organization is going to be looking for me. And so is DiZ. So I thought I'd stay hidden, and then it was just... comfortable.

... and then Roxas and Larxene...

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[starts rubbing the back of his neck] Well...I hate to say it, but if you wanted to be inconspicuous, walking around in an all black coat like that is a bit counter-productive.

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[fffff she should just stay pink] It... worked where I come from.

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To be fair, it'd probably work in quite a few places I've been to as well. [smiles mischievously] As I've said before, I'm a traveller, so blending in and not blending in is an area of expertise, you might say. [though he chooses not to blend in nowadays--and in doing so, nobody really notices him. funny how that works.]

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What kinds of worlds have you seen?

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Ohh, all sorts! Worlds where the beaches are made entirely of diamonds; where thick, luscious jungles conceal invisible people and their tribes; where an entire continent is devoted to amusement parks the likes humans have never seen! You name it, there's a good chance I've been there. Or rather will go there in my future.

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So many... I've only been to ten.

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That's more than your average human will see for several millennia. That you've been to ten already is quite the achievement.

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[... is it possible for her to stay unpink during this conversation? At all?] I-If... you say so.

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[nope, not at all. and he's not even trying to do that!]

I do say so! I've been around long enough to know.

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[I-It must come with being shy, o-or something.]

... How long?

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[casually] Oh, about 905 years now, give or take. [of course, this is just an estimate.]

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[/GAPE] N-Nine hundr--

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Yup, that's what I said. Is that a problem?

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N-Not a problem, I just -- I can't even... [o///o]

I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean... I just... I'm not even... five hundred days old. I'm just barely over four hundred. [Day 415...] I can't even imagine...

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"Days"?! Blimey... [that's practically a blink of an eye to him] Well, like I said, I've been around for a while and time passes quickly when you're saving planets and the whole universe from destruction countless times throughout the centuries.

But in your case, look at it this way: you've seen so much and done more than a regular person would do by the time they're that age. Most of them are too busy learning rudimentary motor and social skills, all while still lacking any formal toilet training.

the Time Lord who has lived too long and the replica who hasn't lived long enough

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... Saving planets?

[Xion's just going to. Store away the rest of that to mull over later and make a mental note to ask about it another time. There are other things that are higher on her "must ask questions" priority list.]