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Open Post ☼ 03 | ❝So sing this broken melody...❞

【the ❝CALL ME OUT❞ meme】
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a roleplay meme to inspire muses.


Strength: ◆◆◆◆○	Ellana Lavellan Dragon Age: Inquisition An elven mage who was raised outside of the scrutiny of the Andrastian Chantry as the First to her clan's Keeper, she was sent to spy upon the proceedings of the conclave, where she witnessed the Breach forming firsthand as the sole survivor. Dubbed the Herald of a god and his bride she does not believe in, she eventually was elected Inquisitor by her peers in order to heal the broken world with what little time she has remaining to her.	Strength: ◆◆◆◆○	Alisaie Leveilleur Final Fantasy XIV A young lady who plunged herself into the fragments of Dalamud to uncover the truth of the Seventh Umbral Calamity and the fate of her grandfather, Louisoix. She returns from her own journey changed, and stronger. Available AUs: Melodies of Life, open to others.
Strength: ◆◆◆◆◆	Koko Himaa (WoL/OC) Final Fantasy XIV Losing most of her family a young age, this mage-turned-knight began her life anew as a refugee in the city of Ul'dah where she gained the recognition of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. Available AUs: Open to others.	Strength: ◆◆◆◆○	Ardyn Izunia Lucis Caelum Final Fantasy XV A self-styled "man of no consequence", he is a walking spoiler warning. He is chancellor of the Niflheim Empire, and is solely responsible for the magitek movement rising to the status it is in Eos. His true identity is a former king of the Lucis Caelum line and healer of the people; who was ostracized and demonized by his relative who would succeed him on the throne. Unable to die due to the plethora of daemons hosted within himself, he went mad, and vowed to destroy both his relative's line and the Crystal itself in order to redeem himself. Available AUs: Open to others.
Strength: ◆◆◆○○	Ignis Scientia Final Fantasy XIV BLAH BLAH BLAH Available AUs: Open to others.	Strength: ◆◆◆◆○	Noctis Lucis Caelum Final Fantasy XV BLAH BLAH BLAH

Strength: ◆◆◆◆○	Aqua Kingdom Hearts The only named Keyblade Master in her group of friends, Aqua sacrificed her Keyblade and armor to save a possessed Terra. She now wanders the darkness and hopes to one day be reunited with her friends. Available AUs: ilpromenade, Destiny Strings, X-Men Movies, open to others.	Strength: ◆◆◆○○	Naminé Kingdom Hearts A witch with power over memories, she made blames herself for her actions at the orders of her captors. Leaving a breadcrumb trail for the others, she righted the wrongs she made before returning to Kairi's heart. Available AUs: open to others.

Strength: ◆◆○○○	Riku Kingdom Hearts A young man who rose against the odds to conquer the darkness within himself and save his best friends. Now granted the title of "Keyblade Master", he prepares with others for the final confrontation with Xehanort. Available AUs: Vatheon, Ruby City, Rekindle, open to others.	Strength: ◆◆◆◆◆	Riku Replica Kingdom Hearts A copy of Riku, his memories had been replaced as a part of the Organization's schemes to bring Sora to their side. He was defeated by the real Riku after killing Zexion. GAME HISTORY - ANIMUS: The sole survivor of his timeline, he became an informant inside the Evil Alliance to protect Xion and Naminé. Names:Mera (Facility), Ira (Animus, Melodies), no.ii/Ixion (re:Ordered) Available AUs:Tower of Animus, A Facility, Melodies of Life, Re:Ordered, open to others.

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prompt ideas. + full muselist. + coding. mindfuck meme ◆ the cuddle meme ◆ the last words meme ◆ the emotional import meme ◆ the friendship meme ◆ the nightmare meme the cheer up meme ◆ the angst meme ◆ the family meme ◆ the bad ending meme ◆ the good ending meme ◆ the hug meme

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[Xion doesn't answer right away, sitting down at the table instead to take the painkiller. It takes a bit of doing - apparently you aren't supposed to try to chew? - but eventually, she sets the cup back down.]

I... it's probably nothing. Probably just me being silly.

[She scrubs at her face a bit.]

I tried to see Roxas again today. To talk to him about leaving. I- I'm close I can tell, I just...

[Not for the first time, she wishes she could remember more than flashes and vague impressions from the time she walked through the door. She'd seen everything, all at once. All for one moment. And yet she could barely remember scraps and fragments, now. Enough to know some things - like that the Organization was bad, really bad, and that their plans for her and Roxas were not good. But at the same time, no details. It was that, more than anything, that had driven Axel off, made him flat-out refuse when she begged him to come too.

At least that's what she hoped.]

I... I'm worried about him. I think something might've happened. He wasn't there, but... Xigbar was.

[He sits at the table with her, moving his jacket to the back of his chair before doing so. He doesn't break the silence until Xion is ready to, listening as she does so. When she finally does, however, he nearly freezes.

He remembered what little she told him of the Organization. How much Roxas meant to her, and how ruthless some of the other members could be. He frowns with worry, focusing on what she had to say.]

Xigbar... [He makes a mental note to ask for more details on him later, briefly glancing at the door to the other room, towards the katana he has on display by his bed.] What did he do?

... I mean, we fought but...

[She hasn't been as thorough on the details about the Organization as she could have been, the previous times she's been here. She's mentioned bits and pieces, she knows, when she's given vague updates about how things are going home. How she's been trying to change her future. But she'd wanted to focus on the good, not keep thinking about the bad in a place where she was happy.

That... was a mistake, wasn't it? After everything she and Yu had been through at the Tower...]

Nothing, really. And... that's just it. He didn't do anything. The Organization's been chasing me ever since I got back. Since I ran away again, and... there was even a time he caught me off guard, and he could've...

[Hurt her. Taken her back. Probably even destroyed her, if he'd really wanted.]

But he drew this... this thing in the air. Some kind of spell or something. And then he just left.

[In light of what she just said, it might have been better had she shared the bad as well as the good. That was how relationships worked, after all - sharing in both. That she was trying to change her future, it really shouldn't surprise either of them that something like this would happen.

But, what exactly was it that he'd done? He'd never heard of something like this before. It was foreign, just as much as the TV world had been well over a year ago by his world's time. His brows furrowed in thought as he wracked his brain on what it could be, from what little he knew of the magic in her world. Yet he came up empty-handed.]

Did he... say anything? Before he left?

He said that it was "a parting gift from us to you," and that he'd see me around.

[It's so frustrating. Xigbar rarely gives the appearance of taking anything seriously, and just as rarely speaks with any kind of respect or deference. That constant hint of a joke, a jibe, somewhere, makes it hard to tell if what he's said means nothing or everything.]

He also called me that stupid nickname of his.

[But that at least was nothing new.]

[Luckily for her, her boyfriend is the cautious type who always took threats seriously. After what happened in Inaba, he couldn't afford not to. Now that it was his girlfriend, all those emotions started to bubble towards the surface.

While he needed to check on dinner, he still reached out to rest a hand on her shoulder. Adding more of the marinade/sauce could wait a few extra seconds.]

... They have no way of accessing this world, right? [He paused.] Stay the night.

['You'll be safe here.' he meant.]

[She can't help it - the hand on her shoulder is more comfort than anything that's really been said so far. The sign that he's there, with her, and that she's there too. She leans her head towards him, briefly resting it on his wrist.

It's probably a mark of how spooked she is that she doesn't really argue about imposing.]

Okay. I didn't... really bring anything, though. Shit, Excalibur's back there too.

[Which... means she'll probably have nightmares. Possibly loud ones. Sorry.]

[When she rests her head on his wrist, he decides against letting go for a moment. He's not even surprised by the sudden foul language leaving her lips; he only blinks, before nodding.]

I can go get him, if you'd like.

[Which means going there, leaving her alone for a little while. Something he really doesn't want to do with how shaken she seems. He gets the feeling he's going to be glad he purchased some soundproofing tiles online for the bedroom. If nothing else because white walls still left him... unsettled whether she says no or not.]

And you can borrow one of my shirts. It'll be big, but it beats that coat.

...Maybe later.

[Re: Excalibur. And that's a pretty big maybe, right now. She's had all day to sit alone and stew in her own thoughts. She doesn't want to return to that right now.]

Thanks.

[After a moment, she reluctantly lifts her head again. She should... probably let him go check that dinner before it burns.]

I'll probably, um... go do that. Get changed now, if that's okay.

[She really really really doesn't like this coat right now. Hasn't for a while really, but especially not right now.]

Alright.

[Both in regards to Excalibur, and to her going to get changed. He squeezes her shoulder gently, before regretting as he let go.]

I'll go check on dinner, then.

[He stands up from the table, already going toward the tiny kitchen.]

[Each of them goes off to do their respective tasks - on Xion's part that means a lot of nervous fidgeting as she poked around his room, looking for his clothing. Due to the timing of everything and the events that've followed, there've been certain aspects of their relationship that they haven't really had a chance to explore as thoroughly yet. Being fully honest with each other (more on Xion's part at the moment) was one thing. Figuring out their comfort zones was... sort of another. It both did and didn't help that Xion herself had... very little frames of reference to go off of.

That being said he'd been there during the July infiltration, when she'd practically shredded her shirt grabbing onto the elevator cables. It hadn't been a problem then. A lot of her nervousness was very likely her feeling of vulnerability, at the moment.

Thankfully he is right about his shirt being big, it's big enough to practically be a short dress or tunic on her. So it's a few minutes later that she edges out, all bare feet and oversized shirt.]

It smells really good.

[Indeed, her stomach may have announced its own appreciation a couple times at the scents wafting through the air while she was changing.]

[It wasn't much for Yu. After brushing just a little more of the sauce on the skewered meat and rotating them, he had little else to do than wait for them to finish cooking and wash up the utensils and dishes he'd used to prepare them in the first place. The rice would be done at the same time, so once he dried his hands of the soap water, he got two plates out as well.

He'd paused, though, thinking on the utensils. While he had been teaching her how to use chopsticks, she wasn't fully accustomed to them yet. In the end, he decided to set her plate with both chopsticks and a spoon just in case.

He'd also texted Fuuka-san, asking if she could sense any dark presences and to keep an eye out. Not that he thought it was possible, but ever since the incident with Nanako- Well, saying he was slightly paranoid now would be understating it. Thanks, Tower.

By the time she'd found a shirt and had changed, dinner was already on the table - ready to be served. Glasses refilled and two sodas left on the table if she wished for one. He even smiled faintly as she returned.]

Thank you.

[He'd gotten a chuckle out of her stomach's announcement, but said nothing on it. He gestures for her to sit, while he served the meal. There would be plenty for seconds if she wanted any.]

[And sit she does! And dig into the food almost as soon as its served. Because the smell is reminding her that she hasn't eaten since this morning, and between that and the stress of everything, she's starving.

She even does try to work with the chopsticks. And she is getting better.

It's once she's got about half her first helping down that she slows down enough to speak. And... it's important.]

I know, I... I probably should have been explaining more, what's going on. I'm sorry.

[A faint and proud smile crosses his lips as she chooses the chopsticks over the easy alternative they all had grown accustomed to in the Tower. As much as he loathed it. that she's eating at all and so quickly is a welcome relief in light of her fears only a few short minutes ago.

He's silent as he eats his own food, after saying itadakimasu under his breath so as to not disturb her. And of course, he listens when she begins to speak.]

It's alright. [Well, maybe not so much now, but with the horrors of their shared past, he felt that she only wanted to be sure to have at least one place of happiness and peace. Thus, he never pushed it. Letting her go at her own pace. Now, it almost feels as though Xion wasn't given any further options.]

I figured you would share what was going on further when you were ready to.

[For all the fact that she hasn't been talking as much about her life and problems back home, he still understands her... remarkably well.]

That's... what I was going to do. But I guess I should have figured somebody else would try to decide for me.

[Even though the Organization really had... no way of knowing about this place. Right?]

I left the Organization when I got back. I... I think I've said that much, or said I was going to. [Honestly even if she hadn't, it was common sense.] I went to find my universe's Riku and Namine and... there's this man they're working with. He's... he doesn't like the Organization. Or me. But I talked to them, and Riku and Namine agreed I shouldn't go back. Namine even said... with all these memories I have, I might not be able to. We're still sort of trying to figure what to do next.

[It's progress, true. Important progress, to have those two (and technically DiZ, even if he was dragged there kicking and screaming) on her side. But the future was still very uncertain.]

I've... I've been trying to get Roxas and Axel to come too. What I saw in the mirror about the Organization.... even if I didn't know about what should happen to me, it's not good.

Axel... said no. [Doesn't believe her, really. Not enough to risk everything. Even though her gut is telling her that he's risking just as much by staying.] Roxas is... he doesn't know what to think. I've been trying to talk him around, but...

[She sighs.]

I was supposed to meet him today, just... to see him, and try to talk to him. But... the others must've found out, because it was a trap.

[And no way Roxas would have willingly betrayed her, no matter how uncertain. Axel, she's less sure about, though.]

The scariest thing is... they know I think. The Organization. Maybe they don't know what happened, but they know I'm different. That I know things I shouldn't, that I'm stronger and have more abilities. And they want to know why.

[Of course he does. While he may have been gone for some time before the end, he had never forgotten her or Riku. The two he'd grown the closest to that weren't from alternate branches of his own universe. How, even if she didn't want to say it aloud, her body language would speak for her. How she carries herself, the slight sagging of her shoulders whenever something is wrong yet she still smiles. Putting on a brave face.

Much like how it's his eyes that give away his own emotions, and how his partner was able to tell right away that shit had happened to him after he "took the train home." And it's his eyes that give away the concern despite the rest of his face being unreadable.

Yu listens quietly. Always silent. Afraid that if he interrupts at any point, she'll stop and clam up. Yet in the end, he can't help the choked noise that escapes him. That those who created her, wanted to use her for their own ends regardless of her own wishes just like those bastard admins from that shithole-

He takes a deep, steadying breath. Shoving those memories back in favor of the present. Reaching out to place a hand over hers.]

Is there any way they would have found out about the meeting time and location? Anything that seemed out of the ordinary before Xigbar appeared?

[He asks, that year spent solving the mysteries of the TV world and his time as Naoto's assistant coming back as readily as those nightmares with the right provocation. Though as he says it, he catches the sight of a familiar blue butterfly behind Xion. Yet he ignores it for now because she needs him present.]

... When you return, let me go with you. ['Let me help you.' he practically says in all but vocally. Sometimes it takes two voices instead of one, and while he might not be able to summon his Persona in the real world, he can still fight and draw upon its strengths.]

[When he puts his hand over hers, she grasps it back with her free one. Thinks her answer over carefully - for those questions, and especially for that request. The questions first, they're infinitely easier.]

Roxas would never tell. [He wouldn't betray her like that. Not intentionally. Though...] Except... maybe to Axel. And Axel... he might've. If he thought it would protect Roxas.

['And maybe me,' she wants to say, but Axel was, and is still, such a puzzle and enigma for her. Even with what bits and flashes she remembers about Axel from the mirror, they're all twisted and tangled up, completely unpredictable and as likely to end badly as good. Her gut is telling her that ultimately he's on her side, but that not everything he does may be to her benefit.]

Nothing... really seemed strange, except Roxas not being there. I don't know. I try to keep watch nowadays but I still don't... I don't always know what to look for.

[Honestly she feels like she's getting paranoid enough as it is. It's so hard now.

Now... for that request. That's... a lot harder. And it takes her a lot longer to answer.]

I... I spend so much of my time now just... hiding, and trying to figure out what the Organization is doing. I'm not strong enough to fight them myself. Or even with Riku, or Roxas, if he were here. It's... [it has to be Sora.] Namine's the one who can fix everyone's memories, and she's still working. We're all just... waiting right now.

[It's a huge holding pattern, for the moment. And she doesn't know what can be done that wouldn't place them all - or anybody joining them - in extreme danger. And she's not sure Yu would want to or should stay with them for the days or weeks it might take for Namine to reach a breakthrough. It's not a yes.

But it's not a no either.]

[Axel... He was, from his limited knowledge of her friends and worlds, the most likely culprit. His hand squeezes hers slightly, trying to reassure her.]

Even so, they don't know of me... and I spent a year investigating another world with my friends. Not to mention an assistant to one of the best detectives I know.

[It's so weird to think about it like it'd been years ago, when in reality it was only one. At least, for all in this universe except the two in this room.]

What I'm saying is, maybe I can help find pieces you and Riku may have missed. And while I haven't learned how to summon in the real world again, Izanagi-no-Okami's resistances to the elements have lingered on.

[They weren't locked behind glamour anymore. Were tangible and real. Just as much as the touch of his girlfriend's fingers on the back of his hand and wrist. Even if it is risky, it's not as if he hasn't taken those chances before. Before the Tower, too. Thus, he would not be swayed unless she flat out told him no.

He would not let her fall into the pattern of learned helplessness again. Nor would he let her face this alone. He is not helpless; he could protect himself if it came down to it, his eyes briefly flickering to the Blade of Totsuka he has displayed above his TV and back to her deep blue gaze. Yet he would not rush in blindly, but support in whatever way he can.]

I...

['I don't know. I don't want you to get hurt.

I don't want to be alone.']

I don't know, I can't, I'm sorry.

[It's too soon. She can barely think about all this, explain it to him. She can't ask him to get involved, not yet. At the same time, she can't ask him to stay out either. That would be cruel.]

Hey.

[He notices that. The little shift and indecision. And he places his free hand over theirs, trying to gently pull her from that cycle before it spiraled to nowhere.]

It's not something that has to be decided right this second. Plus, [He smiles warmly.] my home is yours. You can stay here as long as you need.

['You aren't alone.']

[While she does lift her head to meet his eyes, she doesn't immediately say anything. It takes her a minute to figure out what to say or do but she-

she stands up.

Her hands are still clinging to his but she stands up because she needs a hug, needs that comfort, and she can't do that with the table between them. Only now that she's upright, she doesn't seem to know what to do with the rest of her body.]

[Yu scoots back in his chair, nodding as he lifts the hand on top so that he could make it obvious that his lap was hers for the taking.

... He's exhausted, if he's at all honest with himself. Emotionally and physically from work, yet it's never stopped his bleeding heart from caring. Especially when Xion is involved.]

[She's so small again, being back to fourteen. It doesn't take much trouble to curl up, head tucking under his chin.

She's exhausted too. Between all the stress her life is full of nowadays, and the scare she had from earlier - not to mention all the fighting and running involved - her energy reserves are all but depleted. Emotionally and physically.

She may not fall asleep then and there, but she certainly won't be moving anytime soon, slowly relaxing more and more into his hold.]

[It was something they both had to get used to again, being months and even years younger than what they really are. As if none of what happened at the Tower occurred. Yet they knew better.

So when she sits down, curls into him and rests her head in the crook of his neck beneath his chin, his arms wrap around her petite frame and holds her close. Resting his head on hers as one hand rubs up and down her back affectionately. Reminding her silently that she is safe. That the Organization can't reach her here, in his arms.

If she does fall asleep, he'll carry her back into his bedroom and let her use his futon. He can always use the spare one, if she'd let go of him if he tries.]

[You should know by now that you have a clingy girlfriend, Yu. Especially when said girlfriend is upset.

That being said, she doesn't... quite immediately fall asleep. Her thoughts want to go to nicer areas than her current situation, as much as she personally had wanted to flee her own worlds. She asks a few quiet questions, about him and his life here, about how the others in Inaba are doing...

Eventually though, the rhythmic motion of his hand on her back - plus their gentle breathing in tandem - do indeed lull her into a gentle doze.]

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Open Post ☼ 03 | ❝So sing this broken melody...❞

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wheezes back in here (literally)

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