paixaorpg | time to have some fun [Open]

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time to have some fun [Open]

Character(s): Everyone who wants to be!
Content: An epic game of tag
Setting: The park
Time: Forward dated to Week 29

Xion waited eagerly at the park with Hope. The post on the message board got a lot of replies, even by people she didn't know. In some ways, she was a little nervous... but mostly excited. This was new, and different, and she couldn't wait to see how playing a game actually went.

[ooc: Ok, so this is mostly a free-for-all, but there are a few rules. One, first post will be a ~mingle~ thread. If you want to talk to someone, do so there! (It might be helpful to note if it's a private conversation, or an open one).

Second, for every new person that is 'it,' we'll start a new tag thread. So, say Hope tags Xion- we'll move from the previous thread and Xion would start a new one. Make sense? There's not really a posting order going, just tag (haha) when your character is being chased, or when you feel like it, or whatever.

Third, action tags are allowed! They are not required, but if it's easier then go ahead.

If you show up late, don't worry about it! It's tag. Seriously, join and leave whenever you want.]

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Xion knew, once Sora said that he was bringing Riku, that there might be a problem. Or... maybe it wouldn't be. She didn't know, it depended on when he was from, she guessed. If he was before her, he might try to fight. If he was from her time, then it should be ok, but...

If he was after her, from a time where Sora was awake and alright, he might not know who she was at all.

That thought made her stall- how do you introduce yourself to someone who you already knew? Either way, she decided, he deserved to know. In case something happened, if Sora fell asleep again.

So once the silver haired teen was by himself, Xion walked over, making sure her hood was over her face before drawing attention to herself. "Hello, Riku," she said quietly.

Kairi had already walked away, both teens washed into the typical social currents of mingling. Riku stood, looking around at the people in the park to see if he spotted anyone he knew. However, a familiar voice made him turn his head.

"Bored already, Kairi? Wasn't this your idea--" The smirk faded as Riku found someone else standing by him. He blinked, glancing around. Must be losing it. The youth beside him was probably a boy, he decided, based on shoulder width. He couldn't see the newcomer's face, though. Riku got a strange vibe from whoever this was, but then again, they did know his name.

"Hey." He turned his head slightly. "We met before?"

After her then. Xion visibly pulled into herself a little, already uncomfortable with the situation.

"Sort of," she said carefully-- voice still distinctly like a certain princess's, "My name's Xion."

Riku narrowed his eyes, nine parts curious and one part suspicious. That's definitely a girl's voice. "You seem familiar at least, but you sound like somebody I know. I've heard your name before on the journals, though." He pocketed his thumb. "So how can I 'sort of' know you? How do you know me?"

Edited 2011-02-13 06:22 (UTC)

"It's..." Xion sighed. Saying 'it's complicated' would get them nowhere. She had to get it out of the way now. She glanced back, making sure no one else was by before starting off.

"You used to know me. But I think... where you are now? When you came from, with Sora? You don't remember me. Because for you, I... I don't exist anymore." It hurt to say it, but it had to be done. Riku had explained everything to her first... maybe it was her turn to explain to him.

After a pause, Riku finally replied, "Sounds like something Namine would say." After regarding her a moment longer, he asserted, "You know her too, don't you?"

Something amid everything she was trying to say hurt her. The question was why.

She nodded. "Yea, I do."

The fact that it sounded like Namine to him made her a little more sad-- what had happened to her? That might be something to ask later, though. Riku probably had enough questions of his own right now.

Riku waited a moment, hoping for elaboration. Finally he outright asked, "How do you know her?" His tone was even.

Xion would have, if she had an idea of what she might need to get across during the point of the conversation. "You told me to go see her."

"Well, obviously I don't remember that. Want to tell me why I don't and why I did?" There was the slightest hint of irritation in his voice, but even then, the sense of simply wanting to understand washed most of that tone away.

Xion sighed, trying to think of how to word it. She really wasn't any good at things like this. "I think it might make more sense if I start earlier. Is that ok?"

Riku didn't answer immediately, instead, glancing to the side. He looked back to her, motioning to follow him to a bench. "Yeah." He waited for her to sit before he did.

She followed, sitting down before starting. "I'm a member of the Organization," she said, flatly- she knew they weren't well liked, but that really didn't matter right now, "One day I went out on a mission, to find an 'impostor' and beat you. Which was you." She neglected to mention that he beat her. "You told me that my Keyblade was sham, but you didn't tell me why."

"It took me a little bit, but I managed some things in the computers and went to Castle Oblivion, and found out what you meant." She looked up at Riku, not showing her face yet. "I'm a replica. Of... Roxas. The Organization wanted to make sure they had a Keyblade, so they made me."

She looked away again, back at the crowd of people- with Sora and Roxas among them. "I ran away, and... I think I wound up on the islands that you live on. I must have fainted or something, though, because when I woke up I was with you. I stayed with you for a little while, and you told me that Sora wouldn't be able to wake up without me and Roxas. But since I'm made up of those memories that he needs, if I went back to him, no one would remember that I'd ever been there."

When Riku sat, it was initially a very casual posture. But the moment she said "Organization," Riku slowly sat up, eyes narrowed. It narrowed further when she said what she was, not having had a good expereince with one, himself. People didn't idly say they were from that group. He remained silent, listening carefully. He continued her thought process. "We forgot Sora because his memories were scattered. And we forgot you because the same happened." He leaned forward. "But you know, a few things doesn't add up. How'd you get Sora's memories?"

"I'm not exactly sure," Xion admitted, "Because I'm a replica of Roxas, the memories came from Sora through him, and into me. Or... something like that."

"That's another thing. You're a replica of Roxas." He lowered his head a little, trying to get a better look at whatever bit of her face wasn't obscured by shadow. "They got at least one thing wrong." Riku tapped his throat.

Xion blinked (not that he could see it), looking up at him with a frown of confusion. "What do you mean?" she asked, not connecting the dots immediately.

Riku's head was still lowered to try to look at her. There was a slight edge to his voice, but considering what he'd just been told, who wouldn't? "Last I checked, the only time Roxas would have a girl's voice is if he got hit below the belt. Was Vexen having an off day? 'Cause if I didn't know better, you have someone else's voice." That doesn't look like Roxas's nose, either. I don't know... Riku never did study Roxas's face. That being said, despite Xion's build and in addition to the voice, something about the individual felt female and didn't match up to what few visual cues he was getting.

Oh. That.

"Having some of Sora's memories doesn't mean I have them and they just... go away. They affect me too. Some of Sora's strongest memories were about Kairi. So I guess that's why I'm a girl. Though, I guess--" She sighed, really not wanting to get into this. But she'd gone this far. "Some people don't see me as a girl." And with that, she pulled back the hood just far enough to allow him to see her face- or, more accurately, Sora's face.

A replica whose memories affect their appearance. That's a new one. Riku continued to listen, eyes narrowed, until the last thing she said, at which point he gave her a hint of a befuddled expression.

That expression vanished the very moment she pulled off the hood. He stood up immediately, taking a step back. As every memory of Sora that didn't add up rushed into his mind, his eyes went wide. "It was you!" His right hand began to close over something that wasn't there as his eyes flicked over her face and body. Disbelief and frustration warred on his face. "You were the one talking to Axel! YOU were the one who opened up the dark corridor!!!" After a beat, his features softened, and the grip on something ready at his call relaxed. He sighed.

Riku sat back down, arms laid on his parted knees. He looked at the ground.

"...It was you. All along." A palm went to hold his forehead.

Edited 2011-02-16 08:10 (UTC)

Xion blinked at him, startled and drawing back at the rise in his voice, not entirely sure what caused it. "What...?"

It clicked a moment later. She'd felt someone watching her, both times Riku had mentioned. She'd gone into the corridor to get away from whoever had been following her--

If she'd know it was Riku, she would have stayed and explained this sooner.

"I'm sorry," she said, closing her eyes in order to suppress the tears threatening to fall. She'd really messed this up. "I'm so, so sorry, if I'd know that was you I wouldn't have--!"

Riku looked at her for a second, then looked back to the ground. "Have done what? There's stuff I wouldn't have done if I knew, too. There's... not much that can be done about it now." After a moment, Riku looked back to her, eyes narrowed. She's from the Organization. Can any of this be trusted? ...Yes. They just lost the best way to turn me and Sora on each other. And this is in plain sight. Not a chance there's an ambush here.

A copy of Roxas with Kairi's voice and Sora's body. And his memories combined with ones unique to her. What a mess.

"...You said you were a part of the Organization. And you ran off, like Roxas. Did they drag you back too? You've got to know they're bad news by now. Why are you still hanging with that crowd?"

"Told you, or at least... not run away." It might not make sense to Riku, why she was just telling him all this. But after spending time with him, she'd grown to, well, sort of like him. She still wasn't sure if he was a 'friend' yet, especially since he was looking at Sora more. Which... she didn't exactly blame him for.

"Yea, Axel came and go--" She paused, forgetting the rest of the question in favor of this new information. "Roxas ran away?" She'd gotten the impression he might have tried to leave or something here, but somehow she didn't think that was what Riku meant.

Riku studied the palm of his hand as if it would tell him how to fix things with Sora. After a thoughtful moment, he finally spoke. "I wouldn't be so sure that'd be better. ...My last experience with a replica was no joyride. I might've needed that explanation first." He didn't want to say that he might have been aggressive had he encountered her somewhere else, but it was a very real possibility.

...She's definitely a she. By now he was convinced.

"Yeah." He finally made eye contact again. "Roxas left the Organization. He was convinced the way to meet Sora was by freeing Kingdom Hearts. But the Organization would've wiped him out if he tried. Roxas still had Sora's memories. I couldn't let that happen."

He... couldn't let that happen? Xion was pretty sure she knew what that meant, but she asked anyway. "Did you... stop him?" Honestly, she would be grateful if he had.

[ooc: iii'm not entirely sure if this works, but it's possible her being around might trigger his memories? Specifically the ones surrounding Roxas's brigade towards KH. XD if you wanted.]

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