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[rescuerdownunder]

So here's the thing: ignoring the whole not technically real bit-- since, y'know, been there, done that long enough, thanks-- I gotta give credit to this world for somehow trapping me here. Noooot exactly something that's ever happened to me before. Way to go! Buuut I'm getting ahead of things. Kinda jumped right in with the dialogue without properly introducing myself, woops. The name's Lea. Got it memorized?

Great, now that I've got that covered, I've just got a couple of questions I'd like answered. First off, anyone seen any kids with giant keys hanging around? Or, well, okay, anyone with a giant key, I guess. It prooobably sounds weird, but it's kind of important. Aaand the other thing is, all kudos to the world barrier for being able to block me aside, is there anyone here working on figuring that thing out? 'Cause if there is, I'd definitely be willing to be part of that getting-the-heck-out-of-here committee. Just sayin'!

Thaaat's pretty much it. Thanks.

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[inherited]

Did you even bother to take a look around before you got started, Axel?

[inherited]

Lea.

[inherited]

I mean Lea.

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[inherited]

There's more.

Roxas is here.

[trytryagain]

Yes.

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[rescuerdownunder]

[he was going to go with long suffering because of the axel thing, but then

oh well look at that an actual bombshell]

... Wanna run that by me again?

[rescuerdownunder]

Toooooo which one?

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[inherited]

Roxas.

And someone else, too. Someone I saw inside of Sora's heart.

[trytryagain]

All of them.

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[rescuerdownunder]

Like I care about someone else--

[no, okay, he takes a breath to calm down, but it's just. Roxas. Roxas!!]

How? I mean, what about...? [Sora, yeah, Lea'd feel kind of bad if something happened to the guy for ... reasons, but let's be real it's on the backburner to the Roxas being alive thing. Like. Way back. ugh. He waves himself off, gesturing for Riku to continue.] Sorry, sorry. Okay. Tell me the details.

[rescuerdownunder]

Now that's more interesting. D'you happen to have any names to share with me on the giant key part? Or the other part, whichever.

[trytryagain]

You're already speaking to him.

Nearly everyone has attempted to leave.

[rescuerdownunder]

[. . .] Right. Probably should've seen that one coming. [on both counts.]

[trytryagain]

Yes.

[rescuerdownunder]

[lea takes a moment to appreciate how talking to non-talkative kids is far too familiar territory for him before huffing out a laugh] Thanks for the info anyway. You got a name, kid?

[trytryagain]

Akemi Homura.

I am friends with Xion.

[rescuerdownunder]

[He was about to comment on the weird name but then... for some reason, that sounds vaguely familiar. Uh.] That's nice?

[trytryagain]

She's from your world.

Usually, people who come here from the same world share acquaintances.

[rescuerdownunder]

You'd think so, but there's kind of a lot of worlds around my parts. Sorry, but I've never heard of any Xions.

[except for the nagging feeling he knows her but you know]

[PRIVATE]

[ceded]

Homura, no!

Please -- please don't! Don't tell him about me.

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[inherited]

She used to be your friend.

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[rescuerdownunder]

. . .

I think I'd remember something like that. I mean, the Organization wasn't exactly crawling with friendly faces. [he sounds unsure, though]

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[ceded]

[ Oh, no.

Roxas was bad enough. But Axel, too...

God, she could die for the pain in her heart.

But why is he calling himself Lea? Does this have something to do with the reason why Riku knows him, too?

He doesn't know her. He doesn't know her name. Of course he doesn't. Roxas didn't, either. This isn't fair. She wasn't supposed to see them again, not ever. She was never ever supposed to actually deal with the pain of her best friends in the whole world treating her like a stranger. She was prepared for them to forget - okay with it - knew that it had to be that way - but she wasn't prepared at all to see them again after they forgot. After all, it shouldn't be possible.

She shouldn't be here.

More than anyone else, Xion knows now she does not deserve to be here at all.

With a hot face and stinging eyes, Xion composes a text response. She's not in any shape to try to speak to him, or darkness forbid, actually talk to him via video. ]

... Axel.

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[inherited]

We all forgot her.

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[rescuerdownunder]

Yes and no! Depends on who's asking. ...Mostly no, though. It's complicated.