Day 16 | ~ Separation ~

[worldsapart]

[The CAT feed turns on to video, but for a moment all you see is a blur of darkness and streaks of light. It catches the panicked voice of a teenage boy in mid-sentence.]

-- n't know what's going on --

[Finally, the video settles on a round boyish face, seeming to be roughly the age of sixteen or so, with an untamed mess of brown spiky hair and wide frantic eyes that are incredibly and vibrantly blue. The lighting on his face is strange, pale-green and ghostly, but judging by the kid's background, it seems he's in a... cave?]

Doctor! Doctor, can you hear me? Where are you?! Are you okay?! Doctor!

[His voice is desperate and too many kinds of scared. It's as if he's terrified his world is ending.]

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[terezi_pyrope]

WH4T DOCTOR?

D1D YOU 3ND UP H1TT1NG YOUR H34D?
H3H3H3

[ voice ]

[painlessfighter]

[... Is that...?]

Xion?

[action for Xion, video for anyone else who wants to jump in]

[bonnypiperlad]

[There's another person with Xion, judging by the the video feed. He's a few years older, also with brown hair, although his is a little darker and looks a bit like his hair stylist had a love affair with the late 1960's. And while he's not scared, his brown eyes are wide and clearly alarmed. Whatever's happened, it's not good.]

Doctor! Och, where did he go?

[video]

[worldsapart]

Natsuo! Natsuo, he disappeared, I don't know what's -- [BLUBBERBLUBBER]

[video]

[worldsapart]

[guess who's startled enough by the odd text that she's just going to stare at the CAT for a while]

What?

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[terezi_pyrope]

WH4T 3LS3?
WH4T DO YOU TH1NK?

[painlessfighter]

Ah-! Xion! Don't cry! [Frown!!]

Xion, it's okay! Calm down! Where are you? You need to find somewhere safe!

[But why didn't she appear in town, like him and the rest of everyone else...?]

[video]

[desertdaggers]

Xion? Xion, what happened?

[…a cave? He doesn't remember seeing one of those around town…]

[video]

[worldsapart]

I'm sorry... but I don't... understand...

[worldsapart]

I'm -- I'm on Fremercury -- It's another world in this universe -- Me and Jamie and the Doctor were investigating here, searching for Filippo Resarci and...

[and and and jksafdl]

And we're in a cave and there was a flash of light and the Doctor just disappeared!

[normally she's very good at keeping a level head during a crisis but the Doctor is just as precious to her as Roxas and Axel and he's gone and she doesn't know if he's okay and skjdfkjklf;fkdjf OKAY MAYBE SHE'S CRYING JUST A LITTLE...]

[video]

[worldsapart]

Hawk! He -- He just vanished, I don't know --

[shut up she's not starting to cry]

[worldsapart]

[When it comes to Things Going Wrong, Xion is typically good at keeping a level head. It just turns out that when it becomes a more personal crisis, she has a much, much harder time staying calm.

There may even be some panicked tears starting. Shhhhh.]

[video]

[desertdaggers]

So you're still out there? On- Fremecury?

[he won't say anything, just look immensely worried and like he wants to reach out to hold Xion]

…maybe he's back here. But… [why leave the other two behind?]

[video]

[worldsapart]

[Xion nods.]

Back... Back "here"? Wait -- Are you... in the town?

[She seems to be calming down a little, now that she has something to actively think about.]

[bonnypiperlad]

[It takes Jamie a second to notice, as he's trying to peer through the darkness. Was the Doctor taken down one of these tunnels? But he turns back, just in time to see those panicked tears start, and quickly moves to place a comforting hand on Xion's shoulder.]

Hey...hey, there's no need to greet. We'll find him. He can't have gone far.

[video]

[desertdaggers]

Yeah. It looks like some of the others are, too.

[That's something, at least. Things could still be better, but…]

[worldsapart]

[... greet, what

She takes in a deep, shaky breath and lets it out. Jamie's right... She should calm down. Panicking won't help, even if he is in trouble.

... it's hard, though. It still feels like something is squeezing her chest and her head.]

I... yeah. Yeah, maybe you're right. Maybe... Maybe he's just farther in...

[video]

[worldsapart]

[...]

What?!

[video]

[desertdaggers]

[he startles a bit, and rocks back and forth on his feet, looking down]

Yeah. It's… [he sighs, and shakes his head] I don't think anyone's too happy about it.

[video]

[worldsapart]

There were signs that this might happen again but --

[But, they failed. They struck out to find a way to stop this once and for all before it happened again, and they failed. Xion's stomach drops.]

... I'm sorry.

[video]

[desertdaggers]

You did what you could, though, didn't you? [He wants to reach out even more now, but- well. He settles for smiling as reassuringly as he can.] It's all right.

[video]

[worldsapart]

Still... maybe... something more could've been done.

[... Xion shakes her head. No, it's not all right, and while she is glad for the chance to be able to see her friends again, she didn't want it to be like this. She didn't want for them to have to go through this again.]

... it's... good to see you, though.

[video]

[desertdaggers]

Maybe, yeah. Still… it can't be helped now. We'll just have to do what we can from here. Is Jamie still with you?

It's good to see you, too. [He means it, even though they're trapped again.]

[video]

[worldsapart]

... you're right. [Chin up, move forward. Always move forward. Isn't that the way the Doctor does things?]

Yeah, he's right here. [Xion shifts the CAT over so Hawk can catch a glimpse of Jamie.]

[video]

[desertdaggers]

Of course! [Hawk grins confidently.]

That's good. I'm glad he's with you.