❖ 003 // [Voice]

[crisis_rain]

[Filtered from Xion | 95% Unhackable to her]

Hey I got a little problem I could use some help with. There's this nice, little, teenage girl who's never read a book before, so I told her I'd get her one as a surprise gift. But uh, I'm drawin' up a blank. What kinda books do girls even read nowadays?

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[perplex_me]

Wouldn't that depend on the girl?

[crisis_rain]

I suppose so, wouldn't happen to know her would you? She looks about yer age, her name is Xion.

[perplex_me]

...yeah, she's my best friend. Well, one of them, anyway.

[crisis_rain]

That's great news!!!

So ya know what she's interested in right? Just don't go tellin' her it's me buyin' a book. Like I said, it's a surprise present.

[perplex_me]

Uh...sure. I would go for a book about combat, maybe. Or something about world-traveling or a fantasy of some kind, maybe.

[crisis_rain]

[He begins to scribble down notes.]

Combat, Fantasy, World-travelling... [Scribble scribble] Actually a nice lass earlier recommended me a good fantasy book.

Do you know any specific books?

[perplex_me]

That she would like? I'm not really sure. We...didn't have a lot of books back home.

[crisis_rain]

Really? We had tons back in my world, I guess I should've read some of them more often.

What was yer world like? Maybe knowin' a little about it might help me decide what kinda book to get for her.

[perplex_me]

[There's a pause, because, well, Xion's experience on Never Was was definitely different than his. But...basic details shouldn't hurt.]

It rained a lot, and we worked a lot, too. We spent a lot of time traveling and researching and completing missions for our superior.

[crisis_rain]

Sounds a lot like my life. 'Side from the raining part.

She said it was her 'first' birthday. Does that mean she really is only a year old?

[perplex_me]

...something like that, yeah. [Details...details are totally not important.] It's a long story, not really my place to say.

[crisis_rain]

Don't worry about it kid, I don't need to know anythin' ya don't wanna tell me. Doesn't sound like you particularly enjoyed yer world much.

[And Raven's awesome topic changing skills kick in.]

So what about yourself? Ya got a name?

[perplex_me]

Yeah, well...[Yeah, that's just about the gist of it. And he'll happily take that subject change]

Me? I'm Roxas.

[crisis_rain]

I'm Raven, nice ta meet ya kid!

[perplex_me]

I'm not a kid...

Raven...hi. You met Xion on her birthday?

[crisis_rain]

Well how old are then?

Sort of, I'm tryin' to keep this a secret gift.