Day 1 | ~A New Life~ [video]

[memoryshell]

[click. Xion moves away from her Mognet device, and for a second her pose and expression are eerily familiar -- but then she settles back and the similarity is gone. She sits on the couch in her room and, judging from that, it wouldn't be hard to guess that she propped up her device on the coffee table.]

So... um. The Moogle said I should make a

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[brutal_intent]

[The video clicks on and it's Saix sitting at a desk, probably in his hotel room or the mansion, hands folded in front of him. He's silent for a moment, then sighs slowly.]

Xion. [From experience, he treats her as any other new arrival. She'd be just as clueless.] What's the last thing you remember?

[memoryshell]

[... OH CRAP]

... And why should I tell you?

[brutal_intent]

[Frown. He really wasn't in a mood to deal with uppity little things.]

Because it will facilitate your understanding... but if you're going to be difficult, we can forgo the formalities. It makes no difference to me.

[memoryshell]

[... grr... as usual, he's the one who has all the answers. It's not fair. But she doesn't have any choice.]

... I died.

[brutal_intent]

I see. [That would explain the hostility. It was unfortunate, but these things can't be changed.]

This is the Town That Never Was. This world is removed from all the others we have known previously. As others will no doubt tell you, there is no way to leave.

[memoryshell]

Why?

[brutal_intent]

Why indeed. The dark corridors lead only in circles and a dangerous mist surrounds the borders- I would not attempt to test it if I were you.

[He leans back in his chair and seems to settle in. Ah, the confusion of the fresh arrivals. It got old so quickly.] You are not the only one to have arrived here posthumously. This world draws people to it and it seems that their state of mortality is no obstacle.

(OOC: wow, welcome to the department of redundancy department. fix'd.)

[memoryshell]

... so it's the world that did this, somehow? I wasn't brought [back] here by you or Xemnas?

[brutal_intent]

No, you were not. I arrived here just as you did. More or less. [He doesn't exactly like to go around broadcasting that he was technically dead too. He waves a hand dismissively.]

I see Roxas has already found you and no doubt Axel will be along shortly to round up the missing lamb from his little flock. They will be able to put you to work at least.

[memoryshell]

[... :< at that face you're making at her] Yeah. At least I've got my friends.

[brutal_intent]

Don't get too attached.

[memoryshell]

[Whatever.]

[brutal_intent]

Do you think it's a coincidence Roxas said you'd been here before? People can vanish as quickly as they arrive. Try not to be too disappointed if you arise one day and find that your 'friends' have left you.

[memoryshell]

... but it wouldn't be because... [But she can't say that they wouldn't leave her willingly. She doesn't know that.]

[Saïx: 1. Xion: 0.]

[brutal_intent]

[He thouroughly ignores her mumblings.] Your duties in this town were--and still are--to mind the cafe with Axel and Roxas. I expect to see you there within the next three days. [And with that, he gives no goodbye or any other acknowledgment; he simply reaches over and shuts the cover on his laptop, killing the feed.]