Dissidia Reunion, Plus 1 Nobody

[solidbarrels]

Who: puppet_paladin, death_dahlia & transient_lion
Where: Route 29
When: A few hours after this. Afternoon of Aug 31, near sunset.
Summary: Squall goes off to meet Cecil, encounters Marluxia and tries to fight off bad memories from his homeworld in the process. Oh and Cecil's catatonic.
Rating: PG? >_>;;;
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[puppet_paladin]

Cecil had been walking with Marluxia for a good while now, but he wasn't feeling tired. This brand new world was full of strange monsters and people, and he wanted to see as much of it as possible. It reminded him slightly of his first visit to the red moon. Besides, they were supposed to meet up with Squall soon.

Squall, who looked just like he had all those years ago, during the conflict that had opposed the forces of Cosmos and Chaos. As a matter of fact, Warrior of Light, Firion and Zidane had also looked just as they had back then. Why was he the only one who had aged? His own son was probably as old as they were by now!

And how would he explain the state he was in? The fresh air and the interaction had greatly helped him gather his thoughts, but he knew very well that might not last. He also knew that he couldn't tell anyone what had happened back home. Not yet. Not when all his memories were so fuzzy, as if she was still in his head. Not when he couldn't quite admit what he had done, even to himself.

[death_dahlia]

Marluxia couldn't help but feel rather lost. First, the Keyblade Master had forgotten him (or perhaps, as he was coming to suspect, never met in the first place), despite having killed him only hours before. Second was seeing that Larxene too, had somehow survived the Castle, only to wind up in a city somewhere far away. Then, there was her Majesty, the Queen, only she looked almost nothing like the Queen anymore.
And now this. The Keyblade Master's ally, but as a youth, probably ten years younger than he was familiar with. Could it have been possible Cecil was from their world, as well?

"Greetings."

He decided to play it cool. Bringing up Heartless and Radiant Garden might only cause strife here.

[solidbarrels]

Squall's head lifted when he first caught sight of the familiar white hair of his ally. He quickened his pace, unconcerned if his starter would be able to catch up or not. Right now, most of his attention was on Cecil.

Up close, it was evident that the white haired male was much older than Squall remembered. A frown tugged at the SeeD's lips. He didn't like what he saw one bit but didn't Suzuki mention that time flowed different in this place and in other worlds? Or was it Ventus? The brunet couldn't remember. I'll worry about that later. But overall... He does look good. Better than what I was expecting. Not that I didn't already knew that...

He inclined his head absently toward the voice before looking at the speaker. "...You are?" A tinge of caution colored Squall's voice.

[puppet_paladin]

And there Squall was, looking young and healthy and just as he had seventeen years ago. Even under these circumstances, Cecil was quite glad to see him. He had been under the impression, when they had all been separated, that they would not see each other again unless a new war started. He was happy to be proven wrong.

He waved at Squall and tried his best to smile. His face felt numb and unresponsive, but he hoped that some of his happiness had shown. At least he could feel Cleffa doing the same; she could probably express his feelings if needed.

At Squall's words, he turned slightly toward Marluxia, but said nothing. The other man would certainly do a better job introducing himself than he could at the moment.

[death_dahlia]

"I am called Marluxia."

Marluxia bowed his head slightly, his sharp blue eyes watching Squall through his fringe of pink bangs like a large predator cat.

His Oddish, on the other hand, was also peeking through the fringe of hair, her leaves tangled in Marluxia's hair while it watched from the loft his hood provided.