luministi | ❧ Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood

[Nothing much has changed in the interior of Dr. Caligin's office since Nathan gave everyone leave to make their decisions. Nathan is still there waiting by Lab #3. If they are returning from doing whatever around the spacestation, they'll notice that all of the photos on the wall have been removed and stacked neatly on the desk, along with all of Caligin's possessions that had been shoved into a desk drawer. (Of course, if one had never left the office, one would have seen him pulling all of the photos down.)]

If you have made your decision, please let me know now. And, uh, if you haven't for some reason and want to ask me something, I guess you can do that too.

So what have you decided?

[ooc: When your character is ready to leave, please write "Going home!" in the subject line of your comment and that will be your exit from the game for the season! And if your character is staying, please write "Staying in this universe!" in the subject line of your comment once you are done with your conversation with Nathan. (This will also be your "exit" from the game, but just in a different sense.)]

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[There isn't anything Xion needs to go get. Anything she ever needs, she always keeps on her person. She watches as Nathan starts to take the pictures down, and then decides to help.

She's so relieved. Everyone who wants to go home can go home. Everyone who wants to stay can stay. Opening the door was the right decision. And now... There's the opportunity to find the answers she's been looking for. How did they bring her back? Whatever little was left should've been inside Sora. How did they do it? Did it hurt things back home? Is Sora still asleep?

But... She can't go home to check and then come back. I'm sorry, Donald, Goofy, Riku... Kairi. If he's still asleep, you'll have to be sad just a little bit longer. I'll do my best. I promise.

Once the pictures are all down, she looks over at Nathan. She speaks without hesitation.]

I'm staying.

[Nathan smiles faintly, the expression warm] I had a feeling you would. I'll be able to provide transport for you, if he's willing.

"He"?

Your friend, of course. Part of his ship is already here.

["Which friend?" is Xion's first bewildered thought, and then the second half of what Nathan said strikes her. Something lights up in her eyes, something like hope.]

You mean the Doctor? He -- Is he staying, too?

I need to speak with him yet, but...I think I can get him to stay. He seems the type who won't settle until the job's done.

[Would the Doctor want to go home? Or would he want to stay? ... She's not entirely sure. He never did tell her what was waiting for him back home, what he wanted to get back to, other than the TARDIS.]

I could try talking to him. [We're close, she wants to say, but she can't bring herself to say it. She thinks they're close -- it feels like they are, but... She's fully aware that she doesn't know all that much about him. But then, she didn't know all that much about Axel, and it didn't matter. Xion takes a deep breath to steady her confidence.] He's my closest friend here, after all.

Do you really think you could get the rest of the TARDIS here?

[he smiles] You talk to him, and you leave the retrieval of his ship to me.

[Xion nods and smiles.] Okay.

Then it's a deal. [he continues to smile, holding his hand out to Xion]

[Xion blinks, taken aback. She didn't expect this. But after a moment, she smiles and takes his hand with hers.] Deal!

❧ Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood

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