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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[There's a mess of cloth in that group that might have a familiar face, somewhere in there. Naminé is well enough aware of what Sora looks like for the colors to make him up to catch her eye immediately, and she turns her head, blinking. -- Yes, that's him, no mistake. She half-starts to stand up, realizes why that's probably a bad idea, and stays put. Instead,]

Sora...! [That pile of material might be waving at him.]

[He does hear that and turns around, and...hey, lookie there, it's a pile of blankets! With a hand! And possibly a whole Namine.

He smiles, waving back before running over to her - keeping a tight grip on his own blanket, of course.]

Hey, Namine!

[And he's just gonna happily plop right down next to her.]

Looks like you had the right idea, bringing all of those blankets along.

[It is, indeed! The hand retracts back under the blankets pretty quickly, though, because brr, it's cold out there, especially after she's gotten used to the warmth. She sends him a smile back, if he can find it. -- Oh, hey, he's going to sit next to her. That's a pleasant realization.]

-- Hee...! I'm glad you agree. You can use one, if you need it. [Even if he already has one.]

[Of course he is! You're his friend. Friends sit next to each other. It's a thing.

He's not slow about wrapping himself back up in his blanket either, hoping to get as warm as he possibly can.]

Nah, I'm okay. [Well...alright, he was freezing, but he would be okay. Namine looked comfortable, and one blanket was plenty for him!] Besides, the fire helps a lot.

[O-oh. A thing, huh? Well, she can't argue with that.

She definitely doesn't blame him. ~~No more freezy deaths allowed.~~]

Alright. [Nod. She won't press, then.] If you're sure. ... Mm, it does. It was a good idea.

[~~No, a freezy death definitely does NOT sound fun.~~]

Yeah. Having so many friends all in one place for something like this...it feels a little bit like home.

[There was no beach, no ocean, no bright sunny day...but there was at least a little taste of that warmth that had been absent from the rest of his stay so far in the Tower. More than enough to make him happy. But also enough to make him a bit more homesick.

Still, he tries not to think about that last part, keeping a smile on his face.]

But I'm from an island, so I guess this actually pretty different. [To say the least.]

[~~Most decidedly not.]~~

[Home, huh? She's never truly had one of her own, not a real one (how can someone without a heart have a home, if home is where the heart is? If that's the case, the only home she'll even has is with Kairi), but... she's seen enough second-hand memories to know a thing or two about it. His smile only serves to reinforce the idea that maybe things feeling a little like home is a good thing -- not that he might not try to smile even if he wasn't totally happy. Her lips curve to form a reflection of his, albeit probably a flawed one.]

Mm. [She almost says, 'I know'. Instead,] I'm sure. Have you been alright?

[He nods, though alright may be a bit of a stretch with weather like this - does feeling like a popsicle still count as "alright"?]

Yeah, I've been fine. How about you, Namine?

[He really is wondering - he hasn't gotten to talk to her as much as he would have liked after their first meeting.]

[Well, he isn't bleeding or in imminent mortal danger, or anything. That's something, right?]

I've been... fine, too.

[Although the question seems to take a little longer to answer than entirely necessary... possibly because there are a few things of varying 'fine'ness on her mind.]

[She doesn't sound too sure about being 'fine', and Sora wonders if there's something on her mind...but, if she doesn't really want to talk about it, he wonders if maybe it's better not to push the subject.

In fact, maybe it would be better to change the subject altogether. Sora stays quiet for a minute, thinking something over.]

Say, Namine. All the people here are from a bunch of different worlds, right? So...what was your world like?

[Naminé doesn't disturb his silence, despite her curiosity about what it is he's thinking. Of course, she could probably check without too much trouble, but she has no intention of doing such a thing. That would most definitely not be the right way to use her powers, and she finds out soon enough, anyway.]

Yes, there are. [As for that second question-- well, in some cases, maybe she would say that it was complicated, only... it's a lot harder to say that to Sora. She knows precisely how much she can trust him, and that's a luxury she very much appreciates.]

Well... I've lived in more than one, so-- I guess it depends on which one you mean. [Which one she should claim as 'hers', anyway.]

[She's lived in more than one world? That reminds him of Kairi...which is probably what prompts his next question.]

You have? And you remember both of them?

[It's not hard for her to guess why he asked that; it's the first thing that comes to her mind, too, upon receiving such a question. An involuntary twinge of discomfort makes an immediate appearance. It makes sense, she supposes, but guilt is never far behind her, and it doesn't take much to allow it to catch up. It also doesn't take much to bring back the memories of what happened in Castle Oblivion, especially when she's looking right at him, and especially when he's nearly as he was then. It requires some effort, but she pulls together another smile.]

I have, and I do. They were-- very different places.

Well...which one did you like better? What was it like?

[It seems like as good a way of deciding which one to talk about as any, to Sora. He looks at Namine, and it's clear how eager he is to hear about other worlds - how much he wants to hear about what they're like, from someone who knows about places beyond Destiny Islands. Beyond this tower. He has no idea what's going through Namine's head right now - he's just curious.]

[She's happy to indulge his curiosity, uncomfortable though the questions make her. She's doing a passable job of keeping that discomfort out of her expression, for his sake.]

... The second one. [Insofar as she can like anything, of course - but that answer's easy. Twilight Town was by far a better place to be.] It w-- is called Twilight Town. It's... quiet, and beautiful.

Twilight Town?

[She doesn't have to describe it in detail; the name alone brings with it an image of a small town and sunsets, which is really about as close as you can get to picturing the real thing without seeing it - not that Sora knows that. Still, he's never been one to worry too much about missing details.]

Someday, I want to go see it.

[She nods, watching his reaction. It's true - Twilight Town is aptly named.]

[The girl blinks at him, head slightly tilting after that comment.] -- Really...?

Yeah. And then I wanna go see all of the other worlds out there.

[After he fixes everything that went wrong already, anyway. It's not like he can just forget about the islands.]

...hey, Naminé? Once we get out of here, can you show it to me? I mean, Twilight Town. It'll be a lot easier to get there if I have some help.

[Ah. Of course. She offers him a smile that she hopes is encouraging at that first part. She almost comments that he'll be travelling a long time, if he does that, considering how many there are out there-- but then he's saying something else, and she pauses to listen. It proves an efficient distraction from her previous thoughts, and she straightens.]

[He'll see it, anyway, won't he? If the timeline remains intact, he won't need her to show him the way. But... if it doesn't-- well. She hesitates. She doesn't want to let him down, but knowing what she knows, can she really promise him that? Perhaps it would be best to make do with,] I'll... make sure that you get the chance to see it. [and a quiet little quirk to her mouth.]

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