A Wild Xemnas Has Appeared!

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[ W H O ]: Xemnas & Open
[ W H E R E ]: The Square where the Hotel and the Mansion reside
[ W H A T ]: Xemnas decided he needed to get out of the mansion
[ W H E N ]: After Demyx's arrival
[ W A R N I N G S ]: Xemnas is Xemnas. And boredIt had been quite some time since he had left the Mansion. His experiments were leading no where, and, had he the

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[vryvryfrigtning]

While Larxene had been staying at her guild hall more often than not these days (mostly because it was more suited to her tastes) even she was prone to getting bored. There weren't really enough people in the guild yet to make pestering the guild members much of interest and Marluxia was still who knew where, damn his eyes.

Finding Xemnas out and about was therefore rather interesting. Or at least, more so than anything else.

"And to what do we owe your presence~?"

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Larxene. He had not seen her since her arrival - there was no point in going out of his way to greet every member that showed up, especially those that had defected.

He looked up and nodded in greeting.

"I desired some fresh air."

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As far as Larxene was concerned, she hadn't technically defected. Or not officially anyway. She and Marluxia had simply been trying to arrange a slight shift in the power balance.

"What, your mansion doesn't have a moon-gazing deck?"

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Vexing as always.

"It would have been a waste of resources," he replied drolly, "when there is an entire world in which to breathe freely."

And such an architectural decision would have invited more than just mere thieves. He did not desire to be disturbed when he was working.

[vryvryfrigtning]

It was a habit, and one she didn't care to make the effort to stop. She'd been a thorn in people's sides since long before she first came to the Organization; the only difference now was that she no longer cared to be anything but her usual abrasive self.

"Not that you seem to bother with it much."

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"Saix is more than capable of maintaining the monotonous day-to-day runnings of a small town," he scoffed. Well, he was, until his recent leave of absence. It seemed that Xemnas was actually going to have to interact. It was a frightening idea, but then, he couldn't feel the fear.

"I trust your Guild is well, Larxene?"

[vryvryfrigtning]

She'd expected the answer to be something like that. It was above him to stop to the mundane task of the world, or something like that. He just sat and did... whatever it was he got up to when no one was watching.

"Well enough," she answered with a shrug. If there'd been problems it would have been obvious.

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He nodded. "Good. From hereon, you will be reporting directly to me. I expect your reports to be prompt and concise." He wasn't sure how Saix took the reports, but he figured if he reinstated Castle standard, it would be simple enough.

"Kefka is in your Guild, is he not?"

[vryvryfrigtning]

To him. Interesting~. Not that she hadn't heard of Saïx's unfortunate accident, of course. (One advantage of having a somewhat-decent information feed.) It was just that she hadn't expected Xemnas to actually go that far. Maybe she could even use it as an excuse to sneak her way into his mansion. Missions needed to be delivered, after all, and they were far too risky to let into the hands of the general populace.

She didn't let her elation show on her face, though, merely waving a hand in a sort of 'yes, yes, fine' gesture.

"He never passed his entrance exam." Because she'd set him up for failure.

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Xemnas is likely the only one who has not heard of Saix's... accident, but he didn't care. Notice of leave came, and, following Xigbar;s, of all people, advice, he decided to take care of the running himself.

It would give him a chance to see things himself, as opposed to hearing it second hand.

"Did he?" He had thought Kefka's name had been on the register. Interesting.

[vryvryfrigtning]

Oh, she was willing to bet there wasn't a lot of difference between the first hand reports and the second hand ones. Surely Saïx was good enough for that.

"Mmhmm~," she answered with a slight grin. "He couldn't beat a dragon."

For... a given value of dragon that included such things as 'that one everyone knows about but never touches on pain of death'.

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His eye twitched. The last dragon that appeared had destroyed the Hotel - again - and were currently on his extermination list.

"I see," he said. "Then he is currently Guild-less?" The thought of Kefka not being under someone's supervision was chilling. Xigbar did not count - who knew what they did.

[vryvryfrigtning]

The dragon that had destroyed the hotel had been the one she'd sent Kefka after. She'd recognized it when she'd come out to put the thing down for good, and it had been more than a little annoying. She'd been hoping to get some more use out of it.

"As far as I know."

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Interesting. He would have to get Xigbar to press Kefka on the issue.

"I trust the dragon has been extinguished?" The last thing he needed was a repeat of the last time a dragon wandered into town.

[vryvryfrigtning]

"Of course."

She didn't need to tell him that it had been the one to wreck the town. Why bother, when it would only mean that the blame would land partly on her, for having used it in the first place. No, she'd let Xemnas think that dragon had been driven to attack by someone else. She could do without the blame.

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"Good. I would hate to have to rebuild another building." At least the materials to do so where provided by the world itself - Saix would have a fit over the budget otherwise. "And were you headed somewhere, Larxene?"