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Let The Games Begin

February Event and Intro Log

Orientation Week/Magic Mayhem

The campus of Diatu Magicademy stretches out before you, confused and chaotic and surging with energy. Where are you headed? To your dorm or suite, to get settled? Maybe you need some food now? Wherever you head off to as your first stop, you have to deal with the snow. Helpful or proud students are passing out various magical remedies to get you where you need to be -- umbrellas with a nasty tendency to dump snow directly onto other people nearby, an iron tube that projects fire but appears to have no off switch, snowshoes that keep you slightly too high off the snow and thus provide no friction for stopping...

Familiar Follies

Familiars do not harass or harm each other as a rule -- but that doesn't mean they have no pecking order, and the week of Orientation finds them all jockeying for status and position as suits them. This can take the form of pranks, displays, competitions, or simple physical assertiveness towards each other. The goal is simply to be seen as superior by the student body. New wizards especially may find themselves surprised at this behavior of their familiars...

Research On the Sundered

Wonders Await

Diatu Magicademy is open to you in all its glory. Have fun!

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"I was created by the Organization," she said simply. This wasn't a secret as far as she knew, it was a simple fact of her non-existence.

The description of her creators was so vague. Granted she might not have all the details herself or the experience might be too painful to reflect on. " Is this organization... Here? Or are you new to this world as well?". It still would be better if he could convince her to return to the building either way.

"I do not know if this is a word the Organization has attempted to infiltrate. I've never been sent here on a mission, and so far there are no Heartless or Nobodies attacking, so it is possible that they have not yet found this world. But now that I am here... they might become aware of it."

Which was a problem, no matter WHO it was that showed up....

"Have you ever considered making choices for yourself?" Not liking the idea that someone could have been created specifically just to serve this mysterious ill-defined group. Atem really didn't think he would be able to get through to her right away, not after all the conditioning she might have undergone however at least it might start putting the notion in her mind.

"Either way, you won't accomplish anything by succumbing to the elements. Let's return to the school for now, and then you can decide on the best course of action there."

"I did. And I failed," xion said quietly.

Yeah, Xion saw no reason to go inside. What did it matter if the elements killed her, at this point? She was supposed to be dead anyway. And hopefully if she didn't connect to anyone here, they wouldn't remember her. Maybe this could still work. She knew she was too much a coward to kill herself. But she could lay down in the snow and just sleep. When her powers ran this low all she wanted to do was sleep, anyway. Just this time... she would not wake up.

" .. And yet you are still here." Stressing the point before adding,"Failure is something all of us experience, the important thing is that as long as you are able you keep trying. Perhaps there is a reason you were brought here. This could be a new beginning for you." Not an ending.

He tried once more to offer her a hand up, because despite how the cold was effecting him he was not going to abandon this girl to the elements. "Stand up."

"I am still here BECAUSE I failed!" she said, voice raising. "I was supposed to cease to be! And I could not even do THAT correctly!"

He sure stuck his sandaled foot in his mouth this time. Somehow when she said that she'd tried to follow her own inclinations he hadn't assumed she had been trying to kill herself. The shock was plainly written on his features when he exclaimed, "but why would you want to end it all?!"

"No matter what you may have done to feel guilty about, it's no reason to end your life!"

She might have hesitated to tell a stranger this a week ago, before she had come so close to actually dying, before Namine's spell had taken hold.

"Because I was never supposed to have been created! Because it is the only way to give Sora the power to undo all the harm I did working for Xemnas in building Kingdom Hearts! Because every time I get stronger, Roxas gets weaker, and because Xemnas and Saïx only need one of us. If I live they will destroy Roxas. Or they will destroy me without releasing my memories! If people remember me when I die, Sora can never wake, and the world needs Sora." Far more than they needed a Nobody like her.

"I have to cease to exist, and I have to do so forgotten! It is the only way. So if you really want to help, kill me and then forget I existed!"

Because she's never been strong enough to kill herself.

... And then she started listing off a whole collection of names and associations that was difficult for Atem to follow. "I- uh.... I'm not really sure what the connection is." Such as why would Sora gain power from her demise? Nobodies and Somebodies weren't really a thing in his world. "Why can't you, Roxas, and Sora combine your efforts and work together?" That sounded like the most logical solution to him. Then she threw in that bit about Sora not being able to wake up. Nope- she was losing him again.

"I am certain there is something critical to your story that I am just missing... " Atem freely admitted.

"I can't do that." Then more strongly he added. "I won't do that." After that he tried another tactic. "Besides, you are no longer in your world. This may even be a different dimension entirely with it's own set of rules on how magic does and doesn't function.." Since he's assuming magic is still a thing where she was from. "There's no guarantee that your destruction here, will hold any bearing on where you are from. It would simply be a waste! If you would only take the time to learn more about the magic here then you might be able to find an alternate solution to your own problem."

"For all you know, your presence here might have already enabled this Sora to be able to wake up." There was no way to prove it or deny it, but if she had to be gone for it to occur then... for all practical purposes she was gone.

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Sadly she didn't have to be gone, she had to return to him. Whoops.

"The Organization can move between worlds. I was sent to many different worlds on missions. But I was made from memories stolen from Sora. As long as anyone remembers me, those memories become a part of me. Without them, he will never wake up. I was made to be a copy of Sora's Nobody. I have to be forgotten, and we both have to die to return to him in order for him to be able to stop Xemnas from creating Kingdom Hearts."

Really, it all made sense and was obvious.

That was where you were losing the pharaoh. As far as he knew they were talking about 3 individual people, not one person and the offshoots of that person, for lack of a better term.

"So you had stated previously, but I'm not sure that this one is within their reach." They were all drawn here at the same time, under the same power. "From, memories? How- is this possible?" A person would need a body to function, it would take more than memories...... unless. "Is Sora sharing the same vessel as you...?" ~~Sadly, no. You're still missing it Atem~~. Sleep could just be a codename for unconsciousness and Atem used to share a body with Yugi in which onely one of them could be in control at the time. If it had been the case it would have been more relate-able. "................." A copy of a Nobody? Come again? They just weren't getting anywhere with this, and he was already having trouble feeling his limbs.

"Let's try this again...." Taking a deep breath. "You're all elements of the same person who have become divided and your wish is to return to the original source so that he is able to wake up and stop this Xemnas from some evil aim?" Really, he didn't know what was bad about Kingdom Hearts either... so.... guesswork.

It was about as clear as the sky during a sandstorm for someone from a world without heartless and nobodies.

"Yes, you get it now," she said, nodding, unaware that he didn't.

"A Heartless had to have stolen Sora's heart for a Nobody to form. I guess Riku and Namineé must have gotten it back somehow." Any member of the Organization would probably have killed to learn how. One more way she failed, she supposed. She never thought to ask... even for Axel's sake. And for him, she should have.

"Then the Organization took his Nobody and some of his sleeping memories and used them to create a copy. Me. But I was a failed experiment."

"More or less.." Emphasis on less since he still didn't know what Kingdom Hearts even was to begin with or why they were preventing it's creation.

Stealing someone's heart didn't sound positive, that's for sure. "... and what exactly is a heartless?" Daring to ask although he had a feeling he shouldn't. At least he had gleaned enough information from her that he didn't think she was purely suicidal. She had some cause for it though he didn't like the idea. Sacrificing yourself so that someone else might live- was actually a lot closer to some of the things he'd engaged in. Cough. Seeing it from an outsider's perspective he could better understand Kaiba's ire later toward fate, and Yugi's lack of closure.

"I see no failure here, just someone whose had the weight of the world thrust onto their shoulders." To which he could sympathize. They weren't so dissimilar. ".... but I still think further knowledge about your current situation is needed. If I'm wrong, there's probably a spell you could learn to wipe all memories of you from our minds, but if I'm right... maybe you wouldn't have to do everything alone, maybe in this alternate dimension there could be some sort of life for you..."

He reached out again this time placing his hand on hers. "Please. Just give it a chance... there's nothing you can do for your dimension at present."

"When someone's heart is stolen, they break into three parts. If they are strong enough." How was there someone who did not already know this? "One part is the heart, which is what the Heartless wanted. A Heartless, a dark creature forever seeking a heart to replace the one it lost. And a Nobody."

"I don't even have my own magic here. How am I supposed to learn memory magic? It's useless. I'm just me. I can't even do what I was designed for, properly. All I can do is be forgotten and die. If.. if you think learning the spell is that easy.... then you do it. Please. Kill me, and erase everyone's memories of me. Send me to Sora... where I belong."

This girl was still operating under the impression that everyone here shared in the same sort of experiences she did. That wasn't the case however so this was the first crash course in heartless and nobodies that Atem had received. "... I can see why the heartless are called as such since they are seeking to replace their hearts, but I'm not sure why a nobody is called a nobody. Clearly they must be somebody to exist in the first place." Just saying.

There was a question he couldn't answer since he had no way of knowing what spells truly existed here, at least not yet. "I told you before, I won't do that." An edge in his voice suggested his disgust in being asked to do the unthinkable a second time.

"I can't force you to see reason, but I won't leave you to this foolishness." Even if everything she said was true, there's no telling where Sora's memories would wind up should she perish. Apparently she hadn't considered that the memories might simply be lost at that point. Then this Sora she wished to save would never wake up. "Capricius, remain here....". A crystal about the size of a fist presented itself and hovered over the girl. "I will be heading back to the school while our tracks are still fresh, but the staff will be informed that you are here." At this point all he could do was leave it up to the authorities.

Capricius gave a few chimes as a response. He apparently wanted to take out the middle man and lift the girl himself. She was light and he could easily convey her back to the building.

"We are!" she insisted. "And if you won't do what needs to be done, I'll find another way!" Find someone else who would kill her, since she was clearly too cowardly to do it herself.

She shook with rage and fear as he said that he was going to get help. Whatever that odd crystal thing was... she could escape it, she was sure. She refused to still be here whenever he got back with other people. That so many had seen her at all was already bad. She refused to make it worse.

Everything was on the line. She couldn't fail again. She couldn't. For Roxas. For Axel. For everyone. Riku said that this was the only way that she could help them. Naminé agreed. Xion had to vanish.

If they were only back in Domino, there would be organizations that provided the special kinds of services this girl seemed to require, but Atem simply didn't know what was available in this world. "Your situation has been altered, how can you know for certain that this is what must be done here? It may not have the desired effect you're expecting." There was too much on the line to act recklessly.

Turning to leave, he had only taken a few steps when he halted to Capricius calling. Something told him that the creature didn't want him to go. Perhaps it could tell that the girl was ready to bolt.

Gritting his teeth, and balling a fist he issued an apology next," I'm sorry- but ... I can't let you do as you please. Not now that I'm aware of your aim." Was he doing the right thing? It was questionable. She might know more about how magic worked here and in her own realm than he did but his conscious wouldn't let him turn a blind eye to it. "Capricius..... " Saying it's name was all it needed as it used it's telekinesis to hoist Xion off the ground. It wasn't dignified but it was the best he could come up with. "We're returning to the school now..." Then he could turn her over to the staff.

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She stayed still, letting him talk so he would leave. When he had started to go, she had tensed, watching him, preparing to bolt the moment he would be too far away to catch her. The he stopped. The shoulders going tight, set jaw, hand closing into a fist. Gestures she knew all too well from her time in the organization.

And then the words. That he was sorry but wouldn't let her do as she wished. It could have been Saïx there, telling her and Roxas that they could no longer work together. Reminding her that she had no value, that she was a failed experiment. She felt herself shaking, her chest hurting.

Here or back at the castle... nothing was different, was it? She was always just some pawn to someone. Something to be moved about as they pleased. And if his words and posture hadn't driven it home... having her body lifted from the ground by magic against her will certainly did.

"I no longer serve the Organization and I'll never serve you!" she snapped. "Let me go! I'm not even yours!"

At this point he'd mistaken her silence for exasperation. They had retread the same argument a few times now, and she was likely as exhausted by it as he was. It was due in no small part to his familiar's senses that he didn't leave right then and there. It all seemed so clear to him now, and logical. If he left, so would she and perhaps next time she would find someone more willing to strike her down. Leaving now would be akin to being an accessory in her murder. ~~Not quite, but the guilt would have eaten away at him when he returned and he'd discovered that she'd given his familiar the slip~~.

Little did he know what sort of memories he triggered for her, and the unpleasant nature of them. He wasn't a fan of the strong arm tactics that he was about to employ but it was the only option currently available to him.

He could only imagine the sheer helplessness she might be feeling as she got a taste of what weightlessness was like. If there had only been another way....

"Serve me?" Turning a bit sharply to have a direct line of vision towards her, his cape flapping dramatically in the air as he did. "I require no servants." Not here. Egypt was a different story. She rebelled with such defiance now, it momentarily reminded him of Marik. The previously reluctant tomb-keeper who had been charged with watching over his tomb specifically. The same feelings of loathing, and hatred that Marik used to project towards him, might also be the sort of feelings being fostered in her towards this organization. Those negative emotions let untended could grow and consume a person. "I know you might not understand this now, but I am trying to help you. Capricius, let;s hurry. We've all been exposed to the elements for too long." With that he led the way back to the school, their tracks were decidedly harder to make out now but he managed. All the while the familiar floated after bringing it's catch along with it.

"I don't belong to you! You didn't make me! So let me go!" she demanded, flailing helplessly as best she could, stuck in the air.

As they drew nearer to the entrance, he started to feel more and more apprehensive.

"If you continue to flail like this and raise your voice than even more people are going to know about your presence here. I thought you wanted to avoid exposure?"

It was a weak method of trying to calm her down but the attempt was made.

"No one can truly own another person besides..."

He was trying to control her, like Saïx. "If you let me go then no one else would see me," she snapped back at him. "And since I'm not a person, that rule doesn't apply. Let me go!"

"I will let you go....." A pointed pause. "After we enter the institution." He was looking forward to getting inside himself, and part of him hoped they had an open fire or a furnace vent he could hover beside. His limbs had become numb from the cold and it would take a bit of a wait to get warmed up again.

"Almost there."

The crystal followed along dutifully behind his master.

"You mean after you've trapped me so that I can't escape."

And she noticed he didn't reply to her other point, proving that he knew all along that she didn't count at a person, that his words about not owning her were hollow. She wasn't taking orders anymore, however. Not from Saïx, not from Xemnas, not from him.

Let The Games Begin

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CW: suicidal thoughts. But then... Xion.

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If he leaves, she will flee, familiar or no.

Then she would be followed.

OMG!

He's really sorry okay. LOL

Uh huh. Suuuuure.

That's what they all say!

Hey, she didn't claim she was innocent...

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