towerofanimus | Not gonna do lyrics this time.

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Not gonna do lyrics this time.

Characters: A bunch of the keyderps and Nobodies and some.
Setting: Spring Floor!
Format: Go wild. |D
Summary: The temperature keeps dropping, and with the power going on and off it's getting pretty cold. After a couple of good suggestions on her network post, Xion decides to try a group bonfire. More people come than she expects.
Warnings: It's a bunch of cold people huddling around a campfire. Probably not going to be much more than PG

[The fire is set a little ways away from the stairs, on a patch of clearer ground. There's a pile of wood nearby, riskily portaled up from the forest floor. But there's enough there to keep the fire going for a few hours at least.

It's not a roaring bonfire or anything, but it should be enough to keep anyone there warmer, at least.]

[[ooc; have at you guys! Tag, tag each other, threadjack, etc. In other words, GO FORTH AND MINGLE.]]

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[Upon catching sight of Naminé struggling with her blanket pile, she sheds her own blankets and hurries over.]

Hey, thanks for coming. I can help if you want.

[She's not quite expecting the help, distracted by the load as she is. The sound of the other girl's voice makes Naminé look up, blinking in surprise until she catches sight of the source and smiles. It's somewhat of a conscious effort, but not too difficult an effort to make.]

Oh! Xion. -- No, that's alright. I think I've got it. [And she wouldn't want to put Xion out. ~~She's got enough things to worry about.~~ The blonde's hold on those blankets is truthfully a bit precarious, but it's not much farther, right?]

[Xion pauses, about to reach out and help, but when Naminé insists she's fine, she backs off. And truthfully, it isn't that far. Just a few more steps, actually. She does wait until Naminé is there though, before returning to her own pile of blankets.]

We should be able to stay a while. Hopefully this works. I've... never done anything like it before.

[To be fair, it's never been this cold either.]

[The blonde offers her reassurance by way of a small, encouraging smile; Xion really needn't worry about it. Naminé doesn't have time or reason to change her mind, because soon enough she's carefully setting the blankets down.]

Mm. Me neither. But it's a good idea, I think.

[Now that she's managed to work a few more things out about her memories of Xion, she finds herself wanting to offer the other girl some amount of comfort and/or encouragement. Naminé situates herself gingerly amongst the blankets she brought in the hopes of warding off the chill she'd acquired on the way up. She has every intention of sharing them with anyone who needs them, but for the time being, she's got them to herself.]

[Xion sits down and pulls her blankets around herself again, trying to be subtle about how she eases them up over her right shoulder. Truth be told, after who she saw a little while ago, before others started arriving... she's glad she's not alone now. She still doesn't know what to make of that particular conversation.

She won't mention it though, instead staring down at the flames.]

None of the worlds I've been to have ever been this cold. I think it's gotten worse since when we went to look for blankets.

[Subtle though she may be, Naminé's watching, surreptitiously but attentively, and she wonders a little bit, but doesn't think much of it. It seems like there might be something on Xion's mind, but... Naminé won't press it.]

[A quiet, contemplative sigh.] I don't think I've been to one this cold, either. It's usually not this cold here. -- You're right, it does seem that way.

[Xion's used to keeping her problems to herself, especially when she herself is the only one involved. And so far as she knows, she is.]

What's it like here usually?

[Small talk. Safer topics of conversation, for now. She shuffles a little bit closer to the fire.]

[It's not at all surprising that she'd be troubled. There were plenty of things going on to make her life difficult before she even ended up in the tower.]

Well....

[Naminé pauses to think of how to phrase it, and the pause runs just a little longer due to Xion's shift and the subsequent momentary diversion of Naminé's attention.]

... Much easier to handle. I couldn't give you a number, but I know I didn't usually have trouble going out in only what I normally wear.

[Xion nods. She... really doesn't know the normal cycle of seasons. The World that Never Was had no variation... it was just a dark world, full of black and white and shades of gray. Dark skies, with the slowly-forming Kingdom Hearts staring down at them, and sometimes rain.]

I hope it gets warmer soon.

[She's not an optimist like the Roxas she knows is, but she does hope. For both their sakes.]

[Another nod seems an appropriate response.]

I do, too.

[A pause.] It might. [Because surely they could both use some optimism, and,] This might not be something the tower would keep.

Keep?

[Xion tilts her head to the side a little] The Tower... keeps things? What do you mean?

... Usually, when something strange happens in the tower, it goes away after a while. But... some changes... don't go away. The tower used to be a lot smaller than this. Over time, more and more floors have been added. There... never used to be so many monsters, either.

[Oh right... Riku had said something about the monsters to her before, when she'd just arrived. She nods a little grimly.]

I don't think... it will go away. I mean... we can't stay like this forever.

[She shrugs at the blankets a little to indicate them, more with her left shoulder than her right.]

Mm.... The tower may hurt us a lot, but... this just doesn't seem like its-- style, I suppose. [A pause, then a head shake.] It's too early to tell, anyway.

Yeah... [She didn't really know the Tower's usual "style," so to speak, but she did know Naminé had been there longer than her. She'd trust the blonde girl's word on it.]

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

[...]

Naminé, can I ask you something?

[Said blonde girl nods.]

I guess so.

[She doesn't think too much of the pause, but the question - that's something else entirely. She raises her eyes back to Xion's, feeling suddenly a little apprehensive but careful to keep it out of her epxression.]

... Yes. Of course.

[She's... trying to figure out how to phrase this question. She knows Naminé is from their worlds. She seemed to know Riku, and Roxas, and maybe Axel too. She also noticed the resemblance to Kairi. But... she still didn't know where Naminé fit in with all this.

It takes her a while to come up with a question.]

You... you know why Roxas doesn't remember, don't you?

[Xion herself already knows part of it from Riku - why Roxas doesn't remember her. She can only assume the rest of it has something to do with her as well.]

[The wait is a slightly nerve-wracking one. Whatever Xion intends to ask, Naminé can already tell it's going to be an uncomfortable question to answer. That doesn't, however, mean that she has any intention of not trying. Her expression is sober, and it stays that way, even through the question, although her eyes do widen ever so slightly, a frown tugging at her lips. Her eyes lower, brow threatening to scrunch. ... Xion deserves to know. Now that she's had the time to work things out, Naminé's aware of the original reason for Roxas to forget Xion... and she's also aware of the other reason, the one that compounds the first - her own involvement and manipulation of Roxas' memories.]

... I do.

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orz so slow...

I-it's okay ;3; <3333

And then I realized her question wouldn't work and spent days coming up with a new one... orz

dfjgbdfjgdfk BB ;A; /p-pets