Luministi

[When the video feed turns on, it shows Xion standing in a room that is nondescript and white. There are no decorations, nothing displaying personality, and there isn't a single person who would think that it's a girl's bedroom. It'd be easy to assume that she's somewhere in the space station, not in her town home, if Luministi itself wasn't directly visible.

The CAT must be sitting on a table, because Xion can be seen in front of a window with her back to the camera. After a moment, she speaks, still not showing her face.]

It's weird... Isn't it? Pieces of our worlds are starting to show up in town... And here I thought once we destroyed those two objects, we'd be going home. [But... Where would she go? She tries not to think about it.

Xion shakes her head, then turns to look at her CAT.] Lately, I've been wondering... What's waiting for everyone back home? What are you wanting to go back to? More importantly... Who are you wanting to go back to? [Because everyone's got somebody, Xion thinks. How can they not?] I realized, not too long ago, that even though I have so many friends here that are so important to me... I don't know much about them. Not really. So... I want to know.

[Well. In the meantime...] I want to search for Lab #3. The sooner we find it, the better. I think that, since there are doors from the space station to our houses, maybe somewhere in town there's a door that secretly leads to that place. Maybe in the mansion, since we haven't really had a chance to explore it yet. Does anyone wanna look with me?

[She's back.

She's back.

She's alive and breathing and --

And she still looks like Sora. She doesn't know why, but she doesn't really care right now. She went back to him, she knows she did. It's the last thing she remembers, fading into light as everything she is and Roxas was flowed back to him.

And now she's back.

This is Luministi. This is that town. Why is she back? How is she back? She's not sure she cares. She's too excited. She's alive, she's back in that place where she met all of her new friends, she can finally start to live, really live, just like the Doctor showed her -- She is just so excited to be back.

Until she learns that Verita doesn't remember her. That... stings. Xion knew that everyone would forget her when she went back to Sora, but she had thought -- No... She didn't think. Things aren't the way they were.

Everyone's... forgotten her.

Xion is now just kind of wandering around the plaza, hood down, staring at the ground. She's not so excited any more. She's happy she's still alive, still exists, yes, that's true. But...

She's too wrapped up in her thoughts and feelings to notice the music following her around.]

Um... Doctor? I... think I may know the answer to Miss Osculia's door. Or. I have an idea, anyway. And I think I... I think I also know Verita's, but. Mister Braxiatel said I shouldn't go alone, so, um...

A-Are you... busy?

Aah... Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

[Good morning, Luministi. I hope you enjoy your wake-up call of an accidental video... of a spiky-haired boy freaking out. Except he doesn't think he's a he. He shouldn't be a he. He should be a she! She should be a she with black hair and blue eyes -- Well, she still has the blue eyes. And the round face. And the boyish body isn't too terribly unfamiliar but -- but but but that's not the point!

Xion is slapping and pulling on her face and tugging on and running her fingers through her hair, staring into the nearest reflective surface, which happens to be a window hanging on the wall. From where the CAT is sitting, the view of her face is visible, and, in the corner of the screen, so is the closet. There is no hooded black coat.]

I'm dreaming I'm dreaming I'm dreaming I have to be dreaming this is a dream. I'm dreaming I'm Sora. That's what this is. It's just a very, very, very realistic dream but it's not real at all because I'm me. Not Sora. I'm me. I'm me.

[... but if this is a dream... why isn't it like any of the others with Sora in them? Why hasn't she woken up yet? Where is she? This isn't like any other world she's been to before. Or any world that Sora's been to. Or... Or anything like that.]

It... doesn't feel like a dream.

[Xion clearly isn't doing very well.

Being small has been helpful to her in battle, as it gives her speed, but now it's working against her. Even Sora's body is short and thin, and the poison has been wrecking havoc on her system.

For the first time, she's not wearing her Organization coat. It's been cast aside, tossed over the back of a chair. She's dressed simply, a black shirt and black pants, and is curled up in a tight ball on her bed. Her CAT is lying next to her on her pillow; she's been keeping the network open to keep track of the progress everyone's been making. She doesn't realize that it's recording. Sora's tan complexion has paled, and she clearly has a fever; despite the sweat on her face, she has a blanket drawn up all around her.

She would've helped more, really, but she... She's not good at riddles. She's just not. She's not smart enough. (The sickness is taking its toll on her all ready low self-esteem.) All she can do is... wait.

She's so useless.] nnn...

Is anyone having any luck fighting off the statues and... green animals?

Nothing I've tried works -- Keyblade, magic... Nothing.

Verita asked us to help protect the town. Maybe I don't know why or how we got here, but... It's still home to the townspeople. There has to be something we can do.

But even that explosion didn't do anything... [Oh, yes, Xion saw that on the CAT. She just... decided... not to say anything about it.] What are we going to do?

[Xion is also outside when the weather report comes on. After her conversations and free meal at the restaurant, she decided to just explore the town at her own pace. If she finds the answer to her clue, she finds the answer. She took her time wandering around, seeing what store sold what and what kind of food was made at this restaurant and that restaurant. She's on her way to finish exploring the square when her CAT turns on.

She checks her CAT after the mayor's message -- and then performs a double-take.] Huh? "A chance of showers and thunderstorms... rain followed by freezing rain and sleet. Today's high 75... 'eff'... and 25... 'see'. Today's low minus 10 'eff' and minus 23 'see'. Winds out of the Southeast at 40 to 50... em-pee-aych."

[She has no idea what most of that means, but from what she does know, she can tell something's not quite right.] But... That's not what the mayor -- Gah!

[The rain hits her suddenly, accompanied by a lightning strike that is much too close for comfort. Close enough that she can see where it landed, even. She stares at the spot the lightning struck incredulously and finds herself immensely glad for her Organization coat, what with its hood and weather resistan -- ] Aaaahhh! [THAT lightning strike was even closer!]

[Xion's just going to start making a mad dash for the nearest building, thankyou. Luckily for her, it's the library. Unluckily for her, the rain has become sleet, and the ice is all ready acclimating on the ground, making it slippery -- enough so that she finds her feet moving out from underneath her, sending her crashing to the ground.] Ow!

[The landing has turned on her CAT's video function, though at first all anyone can make out is the inside of her coat pocket and the sounds of sleet, thunder, and cloth rustling.] Ugh... [Xion tries to get to her feet carefully.] Didn't the mayor say it's sunny...?