A Disorganization Of Introductions - OTA

[nobodys_puppet]

Now that Xion and Lea have found each other, Xion isn’t letting him out of her sight if she can avoid it, afraid to find out that this wasn’t actually real. And that seemed to be mutual, so the two can be spotted the next day constantly with each other, as Xion shows him around from what she’s discovered. Which… mostly means good places to hide.

Xion’s hood would seem to be up to everyone but Lea until she actually pulls it down in the individual threads.

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Locked To Webby

[nobodys_puppet]

They had been walking along, when Xion spotted Webby and paused, not sure if she should approach, or run, or what. Webby hadn’t tried to hurt her or anything, and now that she knew she didn’t have to be forgotten, Webby’s memory was no longer terrifying. But Webby had offered to help with the research on the spell and she should let the girl know that it was no longer needed. But approaching people was still a bit nervous making. She was used to hanging back and letting Roxas or Axel interact with people.

Also… Webby was a bit intense.

But… she really should let her know that they didn’t need to do the research anymore… right? She looked up to Lea, unsure.

[woo_oo]

Cheerful as always, Webby spotted the two and immediately began heading over.

"Hey you two found each other! That's great! Are you best friends now? Or enemies turned to friends? Did you help her find the spell? ... Oh, well, I guess not, since I still remember her."

[nobodys_puppet]

She hesitated, then took a breath. "This is Axel. He and Roxas are my best friends. And apparently the spell worked the first time, when Naminé cast it. I... I did what I had to do."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea nodded. "Yeah," he said to Webby. "Turns out I did know 'XIV', here; I just couldn't remember. Crazy, right?"

Glancing over at Xion, he explained. "I ran into your friend here yesterday," he said. "I got a little lost, so she showed my how to get to the dorm."

Locked to Eleven

[nobodys_puppet]

One of the places on the ‘places to hide’ tour was the temple Eleven had brought her to when the crowd had been chasing her. Somehow she had not thought through the fact that he knew the place well enough to hide her there because he frequented it. So she hadn’t expected to actually see him there. But once she saw him… she took a deep breath and then actually spoke to him, unprompted.

“When I said I had a friend who needed help getting his heart back….This is the friend I meant. Can… can you really help?”

Maybe Lea should have told her the whole being a Somebody now thing? Whoops.

[bearshermark]

Eleven turned from his prayer, eyes widening to find the two of them standing there, then settled into an uneasy smile.

He nodded.

"My power comes from Light and Life. Once I regain it, I believe I will be able to. There is a Heart I need to restore in my own world, too."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea had been about to greet the other young man, when somewhat to his surprise, Xion did so for him. Apparently she and the other boy had met before. But the request she made of him had him returning the other boy's rather uneasy smile with one of his own. He suddenly very much regretted not giving Xion his planned explanation before they'd set off on this little tour.

"Er, yeah, about that...", he said awkwardly. "That whole Nobody thing... not really an issue any more. At least not for me."

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion looked back at Lea, so confused. "Axel...?"

She wanted to hear more about what Eleven had to say, now that she no longer thought she had to be forgotten and die. If nothing else, maybe it could help Roxas. But... what did Axel mean about.... it not being an issue for him any more?

Locked to Fluttershy

[nobodys_puppet]

Spotting the other girl she hesitated, then looked up at Lea and then, forgetting that she could be heard, “She…. said she wants to be my friend….” He would know what she should do… right? He always knew what she and Roxas should be doing.

Hero Worship has clearly not taken any noticeable hits. And common sense is at its usual low. Have fun with that.

[shiningkindness]

Though the voice wasn't too loud, the familiarity of it caught her attention. Glancing over, she blinked a bit in surprise when she saw both of them.

"Oh...hello."

[nobodys_puppet]

She nodded once. "Hello."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Ah, it was that colorful girl who objected to him not wanting a pet rat. Not the best first impression to make. Well, guess he'd just have to roll with it. "Hey there," Lea said. "I... don't think I caught your name before. Mine's Lea."

Locked to Atem

[nobodys_puppet]

There was no hesitation when she saw him. All short foot nothing of Xion moved to get ahead of Lea and she took a defensive pose between Atem and her friend. She thrust her hand out for her Keyblade, but when it didn’t come she didn’t budge, her eyes narrowed under her hood.

“I won’t let you attack him,” she snapped at Atem. “And you don’t own either of us!”

[king_of_egypt]

Ever since that first day, Atem hadn't caught sight of the diminutive girl who had been so determined to end her life. It was troubling, to say the least so when he finally did cross her path he felt this odd sense of relief. The mistrust was still there, evident from her swift reaction to his presence but she was still alive.

"Attack?!" He repeated a note of surprise in his voice as he glanced between the two of them. The boy she was trying to protect towered over both Xion and Atem. Did this stranger really need her to look out for him? He looked formidable on his own.

Oh, Ra. This was already off to an awkward start. With a nervous chuckle Atem raised his hands defensively to show that he wasn't carrying anything resembling a weapon. "I wouldn't dream of it... and I seem to recall telling you before that one person could never truly own another." Not so long as those individuals possessed free will.

[nobodys_puppet]

This is what Xion looks like when she has someone to protect.

"You said that while using your magic to take me away from where I had chosen to be to force me to do what you wanted," she snapped, unconvinced by the raised hands, especially given it had been his familiar who had spelled her.

"I won't let you to that to him."

[hotheadwarmheart]

'Well, that escalated quickly,' was Lea's second thought. His first thought had been mild surprise and amusement at meeting someone with even wilder hair than his own, but then Xion had jumped between the two of them like the other young man was a Heartless and... yeah.

"Hey, wait, hold up!", he said, stepping around Xion to get between them and hoping to prevent it going any further. "What the heck is going on here?" He looked from one to the other expectantly, hoping they would shed some light on the situation.

Locked to Peridot

[nobodys_puppet]

Once again, Xion needs to learn that people can hear her when she talks. And also that maybe talking about someone like they aren’t there is not a behaviour she should have learned from Saix….

Because she looked up at Lea. “She… She says she isn’t a Nobody or a Heartless, but she doesn’t have a heart….” How… was that even possible? Even after Peridot had explained, it still made no sense to Xion….

[valkyriefoodie]

Hmm? A pair of suspicious looking people ducking in an out of hiding places? And one of them was wearing a cloak to hide their face!!? Suspicious activity like this needed to be investigated!

Skuld fell into step behind the pair, following them to see what sort of trouble they might be trying to stir up, but always ducking behind the nearest pillar or desk if they happened to look back her way. It was a good plan as Valkyrie's could be very fast and light on their feet except she had a massive pair of wings that might have occasionally stuck out from her concealed locations... oopsy.

[nobodys_puppet]

Given all their recon missions with the Organization, Xion was pretty good at spotting things by this point, and the hood really didn't seem to hinder her ability to see. Another thing one has to learn quickly in the Organization.

She presumed Axel had caught on to the fact that they were being followed as well, and she tried to summon her Keyblade, to have it ready.

But of course nothing happened. She glanced up at Axel to see what he was planning to do about their shadow.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea too had spotted their pursuer, mostly because of the aforementioned wings sticking out. He'd ignored it up until this point, since the person following wasn't actually bothering them really, but when Xion stopped and glanced up at him for direction, Lea sighed slightly, turning to call back over his shoulder to the owner of the wings he could see sticking out from behind a statue.

"You know," he said, "if you're going to be following someone, maybe you should choose hiding spots that actually hide all of you. Just saying."

[valkyriefoodie]

And just like that suddenly the wing disappeared into the hiding place. Totally normal... nothing to see here... Do carry on plotting and scheming like she wasn't there!

It wasn't any good of course, she had been spotted. Still in her not-so-very-secret place of hiding she sighed and held out her hand, expected her sword to appear in it just as it always had but like Xion she was left with a lot of air and nothing else. The magic in this place was too different. So she took a deep breath, reached back behind her to collect that odd Glyphics Projector she had been given. When she finally stepped out of the shadows she held the gun up at the sneaky pair.

"Who are you and why are you sneaking around this school? If you have anything to do with Ragnarok I will stop you!"

Even if I have to use this weapon I've no idea how to use... She kept that bit to herself. Sounded better that way.

Locked to Sora

[hotheadwarmheart]

After the awkward introduction to Eleven, Lea had opted to take the time to get Xion up to speed on things as best he could before introducing her to Sora. Once it seemed she was clear on most of the big points at least- including the fact that Nobodies weren't quite as empty as they'd been led to believe- all that remained was thinking of a likely time and place.

As it happened though, such detailed arrangements proved unnecessary, as Lea spotted Sora leaving the cafeteria after dinner and waved to flag him down. "Hey, Sora!", he called out. "If you've got a few minutes, there's somebody I think you should meet."

Re: Locked to Sora

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion stopped dead at the name. Sora. This... was who she had to die for, so he could wake up. Riku's best friend. But most importantly... Roxas' Somebody. So she was looking, and looking PAST Sora, trying to spot a Somebody that looked like Roxas....

Re: Locked to Sora

[thirdpint]

Sora had raised a hand in turn to wave back excitedly before Lea actually spoke up, and in no time at all he was making his way over.

"Yeah, sure I do!" He... wasn't actually sure if he had somewhere to be soon (he'd hardly taken the time to memorize his schedule), but he wasn't about to say no regardless. He all but ran over, only slowing to a walk once he was significantly closer. Confused as he was, the smile he gave the figure standing next to Lea was as friendly as ever. He trusted him enough to explain himself, at least, and he figured that any friend of his was a friend of Sora's (honestly, Sora wouldn't have said no to being introduced to literally everyone on campus-- he just liked meeting people).

"Uh, hey, nice to meet you!" He glanced sideways at Lea. "So... I guess this is one of your friends?"

Re: Locked to Sora

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea smiled. "Sora, this is Xion," he said. "She's one of my best friends. And she shares a really important connection to you and Roxas too." He'd be happy to elaborate further if needed- and suspected he might have to-, but he wanted to give Xion a chance to say something first.