Not gonna do lyrics this time.

[attheclocktower]

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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[attheclocktower]

[She notices when he arrives - no blindfold, and no black coat, so it's... the one with the Keyblade. The one she doesn't know. And yet, it's still Riku. It's hard to just... dismiss all the implicit trust she has for him, just because he's a little different.

She ends up standing up and moving around the fire, wrapped in her own blankets, until she can sit down closer to him.]

Hey.

[keybearer]

[Ah, it's her again. That girl who's so much like Kairi.

Well, Riku's not going to dismiss her; it's just not his style, Instead, he'll turn to face her.]

Hey yourself.

[attheclocktower]

[The response is a little different from what she'd expect. He's a little less... quiet? Stoic? She's not quite sure how to put it. She has to remind herself though, this isn't the Riku she knows. Not entirely different, but not entirely the same. She'll have to remember that.

She shrugs a little at the blankets she's got, more with her left shoulder than her right.]

I have extra, if you need any.

[keybearer]

Hey, thanks. I might have to take you up on that offer.

[After all, he's not a fan of the cold. Extra blankets would definitely help.]

[attheclocktower]

All right.

[Shrugging off the outermost blanket now. The extra cold doesn't really kick in yet - the lower layers were still pretty warm, after all, and the fire was helping. It's a bit tricky, trying to pull it around without pulling the other layers off and being careful of her right shoulder still. It probably looks pretty silly. But in the end she manages it, holding out the blanket to him.

It's then that she notices he's holding something.]

What's that?

[keybearer]

[And before he says anything, he'll go ahead and take the blanket. Once he's all wrapped up, he'll hold out the charm, and... heh. Crack a weak smile.]

It's a good luck charm. One of my friends gave it to me.

I had way too much fun with this tag

[attheclocktower]

[As Xion looks at the charm half-reaching out to touch it, something stirs in the back of her mind, and the hand instead goes to rest on the side of her head.

I̟ͨͪ̽̋̓̃͐͟t'̠̮̝͙̩̍̿͗͒ͬ͗̉͘s̵̪̙͉̻̾͐ ̇̏̓ͩ́ͧ҉͚͚͉͚͉̼ my̢̫̠̥͔̬ͭ̓ͪ͝ ̦͖̰̤͚ͧͮ͊ͩ̾͆̀̚͢͢l̶͕͐̾͑ͥ̀ů͏͕̻̣͕̺̭̫̘cky̞̠ͯ̋̌͑̔̾ͨ̉́̕͟ ̸͎̣̝͉̗͕͕͆̋̿̉̆c͖̘̯̤̫͇̓̓hạ̡̢̫̩͚͚͆̉̈́́r͙̹̝̲̾ͮͬ̇ͮ̈́͂́m͊͠҉̟̭̞̲̫̱ ̻̱̅̆͊bę̸̹̦̻̑ ̨̣̖͚̙̫̺̯͌̐͂̍̒̄̔̍̚ͅs̷͉̤̤̩̦̦̩̳̆ͅur̡̗͔͇ͬ̎́̐͊ͭͥ͢e̮̟̘͉̠̋̓̇ͩ ̟̦̙̣͔͔̩͍ͨ͑̕͘͢to ͨ͗̿̅҉̟̞̙b̑͋̀̽͑̈҉͙̞̬̞rin̝̻̰̳͇̭̟ͬͪ̐ͬ̏̓͟͢g ̴͍̮̩̺̓ͥͦ̎̊͒͂͞it̫͕̹̑̆̾̓ ͍̭͕͚͖̞̪̋ͯ͗ͧͫ͜͡ba̸͈ͫͣ̓̾͟ck̵̴̭̔ͫ̽̾̌̋̆͗͡ ̸̭ͦ́̌ͨͮ̾to͆̓͑͗̂̑̚͏̮̘͔͓̜͞ m̧͛́̓̓ͧͪ͊́ͅë̷͕͖͐̓!

She shakes her head, speaking without thinking.]

That's... Kairi's, isn't it?

[keybearer]

[Riku nods. After all, who else could it have belonged to?]

Yeah, it's hers. She gave it to me before I took on Ansem, and I've kept it with me ever since.

[attheclocktower]

[Xion nods, a little numbly. In some strange sort of way, it makse sense, almost, with this Riku being from a different universe, from how she understood it.]

It looks like the one she gave Sora in... [his memories, but she can't say that. She shakes her head.] the way things went in my... universe... [The term is still awkward. It's hard to think there's... versions of themselves out there where things happened so differently.]

[keybearer]

Huh, that's a new one.

[But... things were probably different for her. Much different, so he's not really surprised.]

I'll have to take good care of it while I'm here, since she's not with me right now.

[attheclocktower]

[Xion nods, hand retreating back under her blanket, now that the memories were dying down again. She... doesn't really know what else to say. She already knows that Kairi is someone very special to Sora, and it's memories of her that make Xion herself. It looked like this Riku - and she wondered about the one she knew - cared about Kairi a great deal too.

Sounds like a good time for a topic change.]

I... don't think I ever said, but... I'm Xion.

[keybearer]

Xion, huh?

[Hm, interesting name. And, hey, it's a segue as good as any, really.]

Well, at least we're on a first name basis now. No need to worry about just saying "you".

[attheclocktower]

Yeah, that's true.

[Even though she knew his name right from the start.

She's not sure what to say after that - small talk has never been a specialty of hers - so she reaches out from under her not-as-thick blanket mountain, picks up some of the wood she got and tosses it on the fire, a little clumsily, sending sparks flying and making her jump back a little with a small squeak surprise.

... it's probably obvious she's never done this sort of thing before.]

[keybearer]

[And that makes Riku laugh. Oh, Xion. It's pretty easy to tell that this is new for her.]

Might want to step back a little before you do that again.

[attheclocktower]

Y-yeah. Right.

[She does back up a little before gently throwing the next branch onto the fire. She inspects her handiwork before pulling her arm back under the blankets.]

Heh, this is the first time I've ever done anything like this...

[Way to say what they're all thinking, Xion.]

[keybearer]

There, that's better.

[See? That wasn't too hard! He smirks, leaning back a little bit.]

But it's not bad for a first try. If these cold temperatures keep up, we might have to do this more often.