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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[justabignobody]

[With so many of the people he cares about gathering here, Riku can hardly keep away - if only, because he knows they'd worry if he didn't show, and if has to choose between that and sitting here, than latter is definitely the lesser evil. It doesn't make things less awkward for him though, as he settles at the furthest edge of the fire that is the closest to the door, warped up in a blanket most likely of unknown origins, and keeps thinking that he really shouldn't be here.]

[attheclocktower]

[As soon as she sees Riku there - the one she knows - she'll quietly pull herself up from the ground, walk over and sit down next to him. She's finally begun to settle a little after her earlier conversation with Zexion, but it's actually seeing Riku there that makes her feel relatively safer again.

Maybe it shouldn't. She's already trying to deal with this - her problem - on her own. But right now, she's not going to turn down any comfort she can get.

She doesn't say anything yet, though. Proximity is enough.]

[justabignobody]

[He frowns lightly, concerns visible on his face. It's easy to see that something is troubling her, though he can't tell whether it's the same as that night he had stumbled upon her during his monster hunt or something new.

He is not saying anything just yet, but he lets his eyes linger, waiting for her to speak up.]

akahgklasjdf This took so long I am so sorry.

[attheclocktower]

[For a while she just lets the silence go on. It's been a trying few weeks - between meeting Roxas finally, encountering Zexion, meeting Sora (both of them) for the first time, trying to deal with these conditions in the tower...

Well, at least the campfire will take care of one of those.

She glances over, and sees him watching (at least she thought he was watching, it was hard to tell with the blindfold sometimes) her with concern. It makes her shift uncomfortably. She hadn't meant to be so easy to read, and she really did feel like it was her problem...

She glances around at their group, trying to distract herself more than anything.]

There's a lot of people from our worlds here.

(cozy)

[justabignobody]

[He can definitely understand feeling overwhelmed... with both, the tower itself and all the people arriving from different times and/or universes... it's not anything anyone can really get used to.

Which really made it not just her problem, they all found it a little hard to cope every now and then, and some people - like say certain schemers - really, really aren't a 'problem' that should be faced alone.

As for her meaning not to be read so easily... well, they'd been there already.]

Ah... all arriving at quite a quick pace. Looks like the tower has a thing for people with knowledge of the worlds.

[lethechained]

[They'd worry, indeed. Fortunately, he did choose to come, so when Naminé makes her way over to him with her own blankets (one of which was received from a mysterious benefactor) she's also wearing a pleased, welcoming smile.]

Riku...!

[justabignobody]

[Well that smile gets her one of his in return (and if she ever brings up that mysteriously appearing extra blanket, he won't have any idea what she is talking about).]

Naminé. [He nods at her blanket cocoon.] Feeling warmer now?

[lethechained]

[A smiling Riku is decidedly a good thing, so when she comes to a stop next to him, it's with a slightly stronger curve to her lips than there was before. Her eyes follow the nod and then shift back to him.]

Yes...! Much warmer. Someone gave me an extra blanket. [... There's something slightly odd about her smile. Good luck trying to figure out if she suspects you, Riku.]

[justabignobody]

[It's also a kind of rare sight now, at least in combination with a somewhat relaxed stance.

If he suspects her suspecting, then he doesn't show it.]

That's nice of them.

[lethechained]

[That's precisely what makes it all the better a sight.]

Very nice. I wish I knew who to thank. [The smile shrinks, just a bit, in favor of something a little softer.]

[justabignobody]

[Better don't tell him, it will make him blush.

He just shrugs.]

I'm sure they know you are thankful, even if they never come forward.

[lethechained]

[Is that such a bad thing?]

... Mm. I guess they do.

[justabignobody]

[...Probably not?

He doesn't reply to that, instead just slightly crooking head and shifting a little to the side.]

Want to sit down?

[lethechained]

[No response can sometimes be quite telling, but if she's got an idea that it's him, she's letting him off the hook at that.]

Sure.

[It takes a little maneuvering with those blankets, but she manages to sit herself down next to him.]

[justabignobody]

[Well, it's not like they are new to the I-know-that-you-know-I-know-something-you-know-but-will-keep-on-pretending-I-don't-game.

His lips twitch up as he watches her settle - she does look pretty funny with all those blankets around her kind of like an onion maybe - but doesn't comment.]

[lethechained]

[Nope. They're practiced enough to get the job done.]

[He doesn't need to; she caught sight of that little twitch. She doesn't comment, either, but he gets a more firm smile from under those blankets. One of the corners of said blankets has ended up flopped over her forehead and she peers up at it, eyes almost crossed before she wriggles an arm out of her cocoon and nudges the corner into a less distracting position.]

[justabignobody]

[That they are.

The twitch turns into a full smile again as he watches her fight with her blankets. His eyes are closed beneath the cloth of the blindfold as he relaxes even more, quiet in his joy and maybe slight disbelieve of having so many people close, so many that he knows to be allies and/or friends. It's nice.]

[lethechained]

[It's a fight she's not at all distressed to be participating in, and she seems to be winning. It doesn't take her too long to sort things out, so when she looks back at him and sees that smile, well, her own expression softens. It's a relief for her, too, just to see him more relaxed, to see him happy, even if it's only for a moment. There's a profound joy in this situation for her, too, something she's not sure she could put words to - so many of the people from home that she cares for the most are here, even if not all of them are the way she remembers them. That's alright with her. She never thought she'd have the chance to be somewhere like this, still herself but not alone, and she'll gladly take what she can get.]

[derping]

[Biffle, why are you sitting so far away from everyone? It makes it hard for people to find you - even Sora. But he does notice Riku soon enough, and immediately heads in that direction as soon as he does.]

Hey, Riku!

[With that yell and all of the noise Sora is making on his way there, it's probably impossible not to notice him. At least, that's the plan. It looks like Riku is half-asleep or something, and someone needs to wake him up.

Sora sits down when he finally gets there, immediately wrapping himself back up in his blanket.]

I was wondering where you were.

[justabignobody]

[Well that is kind of the point of it all, not everyone is quite as social as Sora after all. ...Which. Is probably the understatement of the year in Riku's case.

He turns his head when he hears Sora call his name though, a smile flickering over his face, as he lifts a hand and waves once.]

Hey.

[Considering how much Riku doesn't sleep, it would probably better to actually let him for once, even though admittedly maybe not when it's quite this cold.

He watches Sora sit down beside him, shrugging slightly at that statement.]

I've been around.

[derping]

Around, huh?

I dunno. You're kind of hard to find sometimes.

[From the tone, it sounds like he meant it as a joke.]

[justabignobody]

Maybe, sometimes, I don't want to be found...

[For just a moment it's hard to tell whether he's serious or not.. but then a smirk flickers over his face.]

Or maybe you just weren't looking hard enough.

[derping]

[And, for a minute, Riku almost did have Sora worried that he was serious. Geez, Riku, don't scare your best friend like that!]

Come on! I can find you no matter where you hide.

[Sora always was good at hide and seek, you know.]

[justabignobody]

[He shakes his head, chuckling, for once really out of amusement.]

Careful. I might take you on that challenge.

[He has, after all, gotten very, very good at hiding.]