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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[bit_impossible]

Anywhere in the universe. I'm a traveller, you see.

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

A traveller? Why?

[bit_impossible]

[sounds surprised] Why? Why not? Haven't you ever wanted to see what's out there? There is so much to see and do!

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... so it's... just to explore? [The idea sounds almost foreign to her.]

[bit_impossible]

Why else? See the sights, taste the food, experience the local culture... [he smiles broadly] I mean, sure, you might run into danger every now and then, but travelling always has its risks!

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... I've... travelled, but I was never... I had to -- I was supposed to stay out of the way. Just watch and observe and fight Heartless. See the sights, I guess, but...

[bit_impossible]

All work and no play, huh? Not exactly your typical business trip. Then again, battling something called the Heartless, I wouldn't imagine it'd be. Do you still travel though? It isn't too late to add things to your itinerary.

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

I... it's... it's a long story.

[bit_impossible]

Well... We have plenty of time before the curfew goes into effect and my schedule is pretty much open. That is, if you want to talk about your travels with me.

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[The pause is heavy. Could she tell him about her travels, about the Organization, without telling him about... herself? About what she did? He's so kind, but -- What if... After all, she's just a puppet. What if he decides she's not worth his time after he finds out what she is? What if he hates her after finding out what she did? She ki --

She takes a deep breath suddenly, and another. She can leave that out. She can, can't she? He's so kind... She wants to trust him. She wants...

I just hope that those times we spent watching the sun set were real.

He's so kind. Maybe... ]

... okay. [Such a small word has so much weight.] But can we... go somewhere -- else? There's someone who I... don't want to find me.

[bit_impossible]

[he smiles and stands up, tucking a now closed box of chocolate-covered cherries back into his pocket] Sure. Lead the way! [he'll save his question about this mysterious person who's after Xion for later]

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

[Um...

... all she can think of is her house.]

Do you mind... If we use a dark corridor?

[bit_impossible]

Mind? [his face splits into a grin] Not at all! I'd love to see it. Well, I've already seen it, but using it is a different matter entirely!

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[Xion hesitates, all the same.] But... it's...

... Just this once, okay? It's not safe for -- for people with... Just this once. [Once can't hurt, right? (And what about her? Does she have a heart? Wouldn't that make dark corridors dangerous for her, too? ...

She turns and holds out her hand, opening the dark corridor as she did before.] You'll have to go in first; it'll close if I do. I'll be right behind you, and I can lead the way.

[bit_impossible]

Oh, once is just fine enough for me. [moves to stand before the dark corridor, reaching back to pull the collar of his long coat over his head. he figures there must be some reason for Xion to wear a hood, and perhaps this is it]

Well, here I go. Catch me up! [steps into the corridor and keeps on going until he reaches the end]

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[The entrance to the corridor looks almost like a whirlpool, tall and almost egg-shaped and churning black and purple, and the inside of it doesn't look much different, with the swirling darkness forming the solid ground and the walls of the tunnel. The corridor seems to stretch on forever.

Xion enters in close behind him.] This way. And stay close.

[She seems to have no trouble navigating it, seeming to instinctively know where to go. After a surprisingly short moment, she holds out her arm and an exit forms -- the same height and shape as the entrance, but it opens out to her room.]

[bit_impossible]

[stays with Xion all the way through, then steps out into a room pretty much identical to his own--though he highly doubts Xion has a spare suit hanging up in the closet.

turns back to regard the dark corridor portal and nods his approval after he lets his coat drop back down to its proper position] Ohhh, just like I thought. Very handy indeed!

So. Shall we stay here or head on out to the living room?

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... either way. I guess... the living room would be more comfortable for you.

Um. Do you... want anything to drink? [She thinks that's what you're supposed to say when you have someone over into your house. She doesn't know; she's never done this before.]

[bit_impossible]

The living room it is! [makes a beeline for it, settling himself down on the couch]

Thanks, but I'm good. You can grab something if you'd like.

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[Xion shakes her head.] No... I'm okay.

[She sits down on a chair, hands in her lap and fidgeting with her fingers a little.] I...

... I don't... really know where to start.

[bit_impossible]

The beginning is usually a good place to start. Or right in the middle! It'd all be the beginning to me no matter how I look at it because it'd be the first time I'm learning of it.

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

The beginning... [Xion takes a moment to turn things over in her mind to figure out just what the beginning is.]

So... The Heartless. They're... made out of the darkness in people's hearts. Everyone's got light and darkness in their hearts, right? And when someone's heart is stolen... A Heartless is made from the darkness in their heart.

[bit_impossible]

Huh, you don't say... What about the light? What happens to it?

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

... I don't know. Nobody ever told me. Maybe... it goes back to Kingdom Hearts.

[bit_impossible]

Interesting name for a kingdom. Wouldn't happen to border the kingdoms of Spades, Clubs, and Diamonds, would it? [holds a hand up] No, don't answer that.

Continue about the Heartless. You've mentioned them before. Why steal someone's heart, never mind stealing the metaphysical version and not the actual one that runs your cardiovascular system?