Fake 17 [Action]

[personafalsify]

[ In the town square, freshly imprinted in the snow is the impression of a face down figure. A face down human figure, but all that lies to be seen there now is a Heartless, unconscious, in the same position.

Or maybe he's only sleeping. Probably not, though. ]

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[poppetry]

[ ....... she knows that heartless.

and that human-shape impression...

hm.

Xion's gonna go over there and crouch down in the snow beside him, reaching out to give the Heartless a gentle poke. ]

[personafalsify]

[ No reaction. He's out pretty good, Xion, sorry. ]

[poppetry]

[ a little concerned now, she's gonna cast a Cure on him to see if that helps. if it doesn't she will pick the Heartless up and carry him someplace warm, so help her 8| ]

[personafalsify]

[ Good think that works on Heartless! He stirs a little, but he's still. Kinda. Out of it. ]

[poppetry]

[ a sigh, and casts another, making the decision to gather him up in her arms as gently as she can. though she doesn't stand yet, and hesitates, still, looking at that impression in the snow.

... would he believe it were real, if he didn't see it for himself...? ]

[personafalsify]

[ He stirs again, and this is where he'd groan if he still had vocal chords. Or, you know, a mouth. Eyes slide open to see...

Xion.

Oh, so he's groggy and probably hallucinating, too. Great. ]

[poppetry]

[ ..... is he awake? headtilts a little. ]

... Riku?

[personafalsify]

[ Awake, yes. Coherent? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the probability of him waking up with Xion holding him in her arms. As that seems to be what's going on, at least as far as he can tell. Is that what's happening here? Really?

Blink blink. ]

[poppetry]

[ The probability of that, right now, is 100%. And she's smiling gently at him, even. ]

Hey. You okay? Could you stand if I set you down?

[personafalsify]

[ ... Oh.

Excuse him, this is simultaneously somewhat humiliating and totally not helping his crush at the same time.

Let's nod. Nodding sounds like a good idea. ]

[poppetry]

[ oops. sorry bro. at least she is unaware of this humiliation/crush combo! gently, she'll set him on his feet, and stay crouched down, arms folded over her lap. But her smile fades into something oddly serious. ]

Riku ... I think there's something you ought to see.

[ she gestures at the impression. ]

[personafalsify]

[ He tilts his head in confusion, then looks to where she's indicated. The moment he sees it, he just... stops.

Oh.

He's not even sure of what to make of it. He's not entirely sure that he knows what it means, but he doesn't like it. A human silhouette... ]

[poppetry]

... [ with a sigh, she reaches out to lay light fingers on one of his antennae. ]

Riku... you've been stuck like this for so long. I just ... can't figure out why.

[personafalsify]

[ The touch makes him startle a little, more because it feels weird than anything else. After a pause, he turns away from the impression, as memories slowly and hazily come back. Right, he was kidnapped... so had the Malnosso fixed him? Did that mean that, after all that, he still couldn't hold his own form?

Why not?! What was wrong with him?! ]

[poppetry]

[ ... quietly, she'll pull her journal out of her pocket and open it, turning to a blank page and setting it on the snow before him, with a writing utensil. just in case. it's hard to know what to say without knowing what he's thinking. but she'll continue on anyway. ]

You can't stay like this forever. There has to be a way.

[personafalsify]

[ He stares at the journal, hesitant to pick it up. Because he doesn't know when--if--this conversation will reach a point where he doesn't want to answer.

He doesn't know if there is a way. After all, he's been looking for months, with no luck. ]