❖ 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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[once_knighted]

[Sorry Raven, but you saying "teenage girl" for any reason will always earn you this look.]

[crisis_rain]

I have standards ya know kid.

[once_knighted]

Whatever you say, old man. [Although something about the "never read a book before" thing is reminding him of someone. Hrm.] Who is this girl, anyway?

[crisis_rain]

She's a girl named Xion who arrived here 'round the same time I came back.

[once_knighted]

... Huh. So she's never read a book, either ... [Geez. Didn't know what school was, never read a book ... what the heck happened to that girl? He'll wonder about that some other time, though.] Well, I'm the last person who could give a good suggestion in that case. I'm sure Estelle will chime in with a list sooner or later, though.

[crisis_rain]

I was hopin' the princess would stop by and give me some advice. I'm not even sure where to find a book in this place... been kinda avoidin' going outside when it snows.

Guessin' you've run into Xion too. According to what she said, it was her first birthday a few days ago.

[once_knighted]

I think it's just the library, but I wouldn't really know.

And yeah, I have. I didn't hear anything about her birthday passing, though -- guess I don't pay as much attention to these journals as I used to.

[crisis_rain]

Oh ya really should, I'm guessin' ya've been too busy lately if you managed to miss the people barking.

[once_knighted]

Oh, I heard all that. I just saw no reason to say anything about it, that's all. [Nothing about him having a bit of a cold because he and Zack are both secretly 6 years old. Nope. Not at all |:]

[crisis_rain]

Heh I really can't blame you. Though I figured with yer amazing ability to understand that pup of yours, you'd be able to at least make out what some of the people who were forced to sound like a dog were sayin'.

[once_knighted]

... I'm not so sure it works like that.

[crisis_rain]

Really? That's a shame, I'm just hopin' no kids saw what some of them were drawing.

[once_knighted]

Drawing? [Alright, that bit he definitely missed.] ... Actually, with the way you're putting it, I'm not sure if I want to know.

[crisis_rain]

All right I won't tell ya if you don't wanna know. They seem to have to stopped doin' it now. It had somethin' to do with that portal a few days ago.

[once_knighted]

Figures. [sighing a little] Well, the effects from that thing don't sound any worse than most of the experiments we've been put through here. They're pretty lucky it didn't last as long as they tend to.

[crisis_rain]

I doubt that. Some of those people really believed it was a gate home after all. They'll be upset about findin' themselves back here for quite some time.