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Xanth Aumeli ([personal profile] snowtop) wrote2011-10-03 08:33 pm
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[At first, there is no sound; there is only the image of Xanth's forearm. Lines of letters curl around his fingers, twist around his hand, and spiral onto his arm. The ink, jet black, is stark against his pale skin.]

Th-this-- it means I-I've been-- t-too quiet, right? I-It... it wants me to-- t-to say... s-something.

[It's been a while since he's checked in, made sure people knew he hadn't vanished, but there is nothing to say.

The feed remains set on Xanth's arm.]


I'm... o-okay. I'm s--still here.

A-Are... are you guys... o-okay, too?

[He heard that crack some days ago. No one has called for help on the journals, so no one was hurt in the expedition that came after, and no one had been hurt during the initial bang.

Or so he hopes.]
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-10 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
He was dying.

[It hurts to say it. But she doesn't look away.]

You had to.

[Riku had asked him too.]

I couldn't.

[And he had known. It was why he hadn't asked her.]

I couldn't have done it. I couldn't have fought him even if I was strong enough. He's my best friend. I'm supposed to be there for him and I couldn't.

[She's supposed to be their light. And she couldn't do anything.]

So you had to.

And I'm sorry, Xanth.
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-10 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it isn't anyone's fault.

[Not really. Sometimes, things just happen.]

I wish it hadn't happened, any of it.

But, Riku's okay. And me. We wouldn't be, if you hadn't been there.

[She would have stayed with Riku until the zombies came for her. She would have stayed until he turned.]
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-10 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[It takes a moment for the strike to sting. But sting it does, and Kairi withdraws. She folds her hands in her lap again.

She can't look at him.

Is he hurting so much that he'd say something like that?]


What do you mean?

[Maybe she was misunderstanding him.]
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-11 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
So do I!

[She stops. She hadn't meant to sound so forceful.]

I can't let it hurt me any more.

[Riku's alive. Riku remembers. She'll never let him see how losing him again had affected her. She has to be strong.]

I was so angry at you before, when I was in quarantine. I thought you killed him. I blamed you both for making me leave before... He died. I thought I was sick too and I didn't know what they'd do with me.

[If they'd kill her.]

But then I thought that would be okay, if I was sick, as long as you and Riku were okay.

[She had cried for days. Not sobbing, just unable to keep her eyes from weeping.]

I don't want to feel like that again.

[She glares at the floor. She knows she didn't misunderstand. His reaction was enough to tell her that. He had meant it.

But she didn't want to be angry at him.

And she didn't want him to be angry at himself.]
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-12 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[She gets to her feet.]

Strength isn't everything.

[She holds out a hand. It's not really an offer to help him up. He doesn't need that. It's more an insistence that he follow her.]

Come on.
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-12 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, you need a bath.

[If he won't get up, she'll reach for his hand to pull him to his feet.]
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-12 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Well, let's go.

[And without really giving him time to grab a change of clothes or a towel, she begins picking her way between the fallen oranges and dragging him towards the door.]
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-16 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[Wait, was he asking her if he needed clothes?

Well, two could play at that.]


Heh, maybe.
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-18 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kairi's gaze lingers on those crinkles for a moment, but she soon looks away, grinning sheepishly. He's a boy, after all. And even if he wasn't a boy, her clothes aren't much better right now.]

Well? Come on, you lazy bum!

[She taps her foot in feigned impatience, eager to make him laugh at her, to make him forget the things that let him get like this to begin with.

And to forget them herself.]


Let's go!

[And she tugs him towards the door again.]
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-19 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[She does indeed pull him out of the room, and down the hall, rough the corner, and straight toward the mens' bathroom.

She doesn't pull him inside.

Instead she stops short and goes to shove him gently in the back with her palms pushing him toward the door.]


And don't just go in there and pretend you showered when you didn't!

[For a moment, she's forgotten who she's teasing, that Xanth never went to school, never had to endure the stink of thirteen year old boys after gym class, wouldn't even know why she'd think he'd do something like that.]
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-21 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Kairi only just waits for the door to half-close before whipping around.

Xanth looked like he hadn't eaten in days and oranges wasn't going to cut it. She wasn't a good cook-...

Okay, she was a terrible cook. But she knew how to cook fish! And even though Xanth didn't like spicy soup, well... That was just because chili powder didn't go in soup! But it did go in fish.

But she wouldn't have time to catch anything, and she wasn't very good at filleting. She'd have to get something from the main kitchen and replace it later. And she'd have to be fast. But fish didn't take long... Right?

These are Kairi's thoughts as she hurries away from the bathrooms and out of the barracks. She doesn't have a lot of time, but maybe if she hurries she can be back by the time Xanth is done!]
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[personal profile] lightwithin 2011-10-22 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kairi is only just hurrying back down the hall, a plate balanced on one hand and a couple of forks in the other.

She didn't have time to make everything look nice. There's just some fish pieces and lettuce on the plate. The fish is mildly spiced and has lemon juice squeezed over it, but that's all she could really manage. And it didn't cook evenly either. But at least it isn't burned!

She's so engrossed in the food that she doesn't notice Xanth right away. When she does see him, she stops short and does her very best to stifle a giggle.

He looks damp, especially his hair. If he were anything like Riku or Sora, he'd look cranky at her.]


Come one.

[She turns toward the stairs. There's a dining room in this building, right?]

We're eating.

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