ⅹⅴ- [voice]

[mnementomori]

[Xion's soft voice is softer than usual, subdued with thoughtfulness and a little bit of sorrow.]

I just...had a question. I know some people disappear, and some never show up at all. But does anyone else know someone who's been here several times, and forgotten each time they come back?

Comments

[Voice Filtered to Xion]

[uberlikehermama]

Umm... I'm not sure. I don't think it's happened a lot, though Vita's back and... doesn't remember being here.

Who's back?

[Voice Filtered to Xion]

[mnementomori]

Not back...I haven't been able to find her.

My best friends, Axel and Roxas. They've both been here twice. Axel just disappeared again recently...

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[uberlikehermama]

... Oh.

I'm sorry Xion. And they didn't remember here when they came back?

[Voice Filtered to Xion]

[mnementomori]

Right. And they remembered different things--like...they were from different points in time.

[ voice ]

[excellinnuendo]

...What's wrong, Xion?

[ voice ]

[mnementomori]

One of my friends...I guess she must have gone home. Again.

[ voice ]

[excellinnuendo]

Honey...

How are you feeling?

[ voice ]

[mnementomori]

[there's a pause, and then a muffled]

I miss them.

I...I'm not alone...but I still miss them.

[Voice]

[breakthroughit]

I dunno anyone else, but apparently I fit that description? Been told I've been here before but I really don't remember it.

[Voice]

[mnementomori]

Really...?

So you've met people here that remember you, but you don't remember them?

[Voice]

[breakthroughit]

Somethin' like that. More like people I know from "home" say I've been here, but I don't remember that at all. They'd know the different between the real me n a fake, so I believe em 100%.

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[alchemistsquery]

[Alfimi was writing in her journal when she heard the message over the vine. Seeing as they live in the same place, she decided to just respond directly. She approaches Xion.]

About your question... I... haven't been here long, so... I don't know. People I knew have disappeared, but... none have come back yet. ...Did something bad happen?

[Action]

[mnementomori]

[she looks up; she's sitting on the floor by her open window, holding two objects in her hands.]

Did you...ever meet Axel? She's tall and has red hair...

[Action]

[alchemistsquery]

Um... no, I don't think so. [Alfimi sits on the floor next to her.]

[Action]

[mnementomori]

Oh...well...she's one of my best friends from home. Except she was a boy there. But it doesn't matter. No matter what, Axel is Axel.

She was here for...a little while, and then she disappeared. She came back a month or so ago but now she's gone again. She must be. When I asked a cat to lead me, it just sat there.

[snowboundheart]

I don't know if this is what you mean... But, a girl I know told me that a version of me had been here before. I have no memory of ever being here before now, though.

[mnementomori]

Is nobody from your world here?

[snowboundheart]

I'm the only one here...

[mnementomori]

Oh...I'm sorry. Have you made friends, at least?