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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[nobodys_puppet]

She was... very confused. "Did....who speak to me.... when?"

[bearshermark]

"Raida," he answered, feeling rather foolish suddenly. "I felt something.. but I guess I'm not good enough at Intimation yet. Sorry. I thought it might help."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea wondered what the other young man was doing at first, and how he thought it might help. It wasn't until he heard the words that he understood. For a number of reasons, he didn't expect it would have any effect, but he did smile a bit anyway at the other's willingness to help.

"Thanks for trying, anyway," Lea said. "Though I gotta admit, that kind of magic's a new one on me. Where we're from, it's usually just 'point at whoever or whatever you want to affect and call out the name of the spell'. And if you're good enough at it, sometimes you can skip the latter part and just think it."

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion nodded at Axel's assessment and the rest processed slowly.

"You... were trying... to find my heart?" she asked. "But... I never had one... So there wouldn't be anything to find."

[bearshermark]

"Thaumaturgy," Eleven nodded to Axel with a smile. "But Intimation is based on prayer."

He sobered a bit in turning back to Xion. "I wonder if that's true. Maybe it is and the spell worked but couldn't reveal anything. Or maybe you do have a heart somewhere, and you just aren't aware of it because you don't know what you're looking for."

He shifted his weight, not quite sure he's articulating anything well. "..I want to help, however I can- if I can. When I'm stronger, I'll try it again."

[nobodys_puppet]

"I.... don't understand," she said softly.


She meant she didn't understand why he wants to help her, and didn't realize that there were other ways that could be taken....

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Thauma...? Why am I not surprised that they gave a simple kind of magic such a grandiose-sounding name here?", Lea said with a sigh. There likely was more to it than he was aware of, but still, it seemed a needlessly showy term for what in his world was just 'magic'.

There were a number of things he wanted to mention, to explain, but that would only complicate matters further at this point. Best to wait until he explained things to Xion first; that way he'd only have to field questions from one direction. Xion was obviously confused right here and now though, so he did the only other thing he could think of and rested a supportive hand on her shoulder.

"You know, you remind me of somebody that way," he said with a bit of a smile as the other boy. "He's always willing to lend a hand to anyone who needs help. Sometimes even before he finds out what they need help with."

"And by the way, I don't think I caught your name," he said. "Xion mentioned a few people she'd run into, but I'm not sure if you were one of them."

[bearshermark]

"Oh!" Eleven flushed. "I'm- my name is Eleven. Not-" he hastily amended, remembering the misunderstanding from last time. "Not number eleven or anything like that. I'm only me. It's good to meet you."

[nobodys_puppet]

Right... she needed to warn him that there was someone here who went by the number I, as well.....

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Eleven, huh?", Lea said. "Good to meet you too. Though if you don't mind my asking, is naming people after numbers a usual thing where you're from? Every Organization member got a number based on the order that they joined, but you're the first person I've met who's actually named after one."

[nobodys_puppet]

She looked down at her hands. "I... also met someone who went by I, I... might have thought they were Xemnas...."

[bearshermark]

Eleven gave a short laugh and glanced briefly to Xion. He hoped they weren't going to go through this again.

"No, it's an unusual name by all measures it seems," he assured. "I don't know why I have it, but it's just my name."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea quirked an eyebrow at Xion's assumption. "Well assuming they weren't a big guy with a deep voice, gold eyes, and silver hair? Safe bet they're not Xemnas," he said. He highly doubted Xion would be this calm about it if it were Xemnas, but hey, spreading the description around couldn't hurt.

He nodded to Eleven though. "Yeah, I know what you mean there," he said. "I've got no idea why my parents decided to spell my name L-e-a instead of the usual way, either. Though it did make the start of school kind of entertaining as a kid; half the time when I started a new grade, the teachers would be expecting a girl named 'Le-ah', and I got to mess with them a little bit."

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion had been about to answer but clammed up, listening. She... wanted to know more. What was it like...to...have parents? What had Axel been like as a kid? There was so much about him she didn't know. Roxas... wasn't that much older than her. And like her he didn't remember anything from before. Though given Sora, Roxas had a before. Axel had a before.

Xion didn't. So she was just going to stand here and listen to the Somebodies talk.