◌ 016 ◌ Good news is good news.

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[Private text message to Xion:]

Hello!
It's been a while since I've seen you - how are you holding up with the quizzes?

I've been taking a lot of walks recently. It's a good alternative to staying inside my home. Would you like to meet sometime and take a walk together?


[ooc: Hiatus? What hiatus? XD I'll be tagging until the moment I leave...]

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[Private reply to Fuu]

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

Hello.

A walk sounds nice.

[... she's ignoring that first question. Yeah.]]

[Private reply]

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[No worries. Fuu's not doing so well herself.]

I'll meet you by the gazebo!

[And so she waits, honestly eager to share the message with Xion. After all, the author requested him especially. She looks out for his approach keenly.]

[action]

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

[Xion comes by before too long, wearing her coat but... without the hood. By now, there really isn't any point. Everyone's seen her face by now.]

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[And Xion looks so handsome with the hood down! And despite the fact that the doll transformations are wrong, Xion looks rather pretty...]

[Fuu offers him a bow and without preamble takes out her CAT as she starts walking the pathway.]

A walk will do us good, but there is something I need to show you.

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

Okay. [=x Xion follows her lead.]

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

I will just let you read it. [whispers] I'm afraid that even out here, someone might hear us, you know?

[Fuu hands Xion her CAT, with these two messages (http://community.livejournal.com/luministi/21518.html?thread=1133070#t1133070) displayed.]

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

[Xion stops walking and stares at Fuu's CAT in shock.]

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[With a kind smile, Fuu waits for Xion to absorb what it means. Certainly, Miss Verita means more to Xion than she'd assumed, though.]

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

[A friend is a friend and once Xion considers someone a friend she is sticking by them forever.]

A... doll...?!

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Yes, but safe. Not like the others left out around town, but taken care of.

[Darn the Sheriff and his 'leave them because they are crime scenes-whatever.]

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

[... Xion wants to see her. She wants to check on Verita herself. But...]

... you don't know where she is, do you?

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[In response, Fuu takes back her CAT and plays back the message (http://community.livejournal.com/luministi/19343.html) from the Mayor about the arcade. At the point where it cuts to the Mayor unpolished before the candid camera, she points at the doll that he clutches to his chest.]

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

[In surprise, Xion grabs at the CAT.] That's -- ?!

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

[Fuu nods. She waits a bit before saying softly,]

You see why we have to be careful.