[Audio | Action TO ALL | Fourth Wall Event]

[ordalias]

--stay!

[ Is that a distorted, but may be recognizable voice? Why, yes, maybe, to those who know her. There's heavy breathing, but it distances itself from the Gear, and there's surprised sounds from a Togekiss, Typhlosion, and Gabite in the background.

Xion shakes her head. No, no, this can't be happening. Wait, she knew this place might have had a chance for something like this, but... A-Ahhghhh... She holds up hands that aren't human, gold talons moving at her will...

Fix this... Have to fix...

Swish swish swish. Clothes are being put on. Then: ]

I need... I need help. With something. Please.

[ Maybe it doesn't have to be Roxas this time. Maybe it could be Sora. Or Ven. Or anyone. ]

[ooc: 4TH WALL EVENT! GUESS WHO'S GOING TO TRY AND FIND SOMEONE TO FINISH HER? She'll be under her hood, and underneath she'll look... like this. Just maybe not gigantic. And it can be anyone. Corridors of Darkness can be convenient in traveling around, why can't Johto just allow that...

So yeah! If you're up for a fight, or just to convince this derp and stop her dead (hah) in her tracks from setting on a selfdestruction path... by all means! ]

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

... I only know one way that did.

[ Will swinging at him get him to actually move, then? She could try to escape, see someone who'd be more willing. ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

[It might, but he's still not willing to fight her]

I'm guessing it's probably...not something good.

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Ven, when you look at me... what do you see?

[ She'll take off the hood. Who would he see? ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

...Who? [He looks just a tad puzzled by this] You're just you.

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

...

[ And voila! Off goes the helmet. Maybe for a moment or two, she'd look exactly like Sora. Just with a feminine voice. Oh, Square. ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

[For an instant, but since it seems to have everything to do with who he's connected to, it's something of a flicker. Maybe Sora for an instant, Roxas for a moment - he thinks, anyway, surely it couldn't be a reflection of himself - and then it's Xion again.

It makes his eyes hurt and he lifts a hand to rub at them. Afterward, Xion's appearance seems to have stabilized]

I guess you and Kairi have the same haircut, but you still seem like you to me.

[Oh Square indeed, Xion's fluctuating appearance actually doesn't have an entirely solid explanation]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ No wonder most people thought it was a glitch, but it was understandable why things were viewed that way. ]

You don't understand. Maybe... you can't. At least not this way.

[ She holds up her free hand and swirls of darkness surround her. And whoo! Armored self now! Which is basically an Armor!Sora set. ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

[That, he remembers spotting when she was flying, if even momentarily. But he's troubled by Xion's attitude toward all of this, because it's almost as if she expects him to...

Something bad, he's not sure what, but he's certain of that much]

Xion...

[He starts, falters, and falls silent for a few moments]

What else am I supposed to see but my friend?

[A friend who seems like she's hurting because of whatever this is]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

And I'm glad for that, really. [ Her voice trembles just slightly, and she looks down again, at herself, her body. ]

... But it doesn't change what I am.

[ I have no heart, yet I still feel hurt. ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

Does what you are really outweigh who you are? You've seen all my darkness bundled together and walking around this world...

[Having terrorized countless others, maybe even bringing the same conflicts to this place as well]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

... For something like this, yes. Ven, the way I was made... It isn't something I can control.

[ Circumstances beyond her choice. Hell, she was with Riku for some short amount of time, and even she started gaining a few things from him. And most of all... Roxas. Sora. Maybe Ven, too. Maybe, maybe, maybe. ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

What do you think you'll do?

[Because he still doesn't know what could be so horrible]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Hurt them... even if I want to be with them so much.

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

[Aw little sis, his heart is bleeding, or maybe that's you eating him too. Hard to tell]

Who would you hurt?

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ See?! ]

My friends. Sora, Roxas, Riku... you? Ven... [ There's a plea when she says his name. ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

[But he doesn't care what happens to him, not so much as he cares about what happens to his friends anyway.

See the problem?]

Are you saying you just...just being would hurt people?

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ Battle of the martyrs is a go. ]

... Yes.

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

[Round one, fight! ...Or don't, either way]

...

[And now he sees what she's getting at, knowing how Terra and Aqua must've felt all those years ago. Strange to think it's been so long, and he's unchanged]

I can't hurt you, Xion, not when it's something you didn't have any say in. There has to be some other way.

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

If there was, I would've taken it. I really would. But... But there isn't.

[ If even Namine can't do anything about saving Xion, then... nope. ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

How much time have you spent trying?

[Doesn't mean he won't fight this thing]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

That's the thing: the more I let this go on, the more it was hurting my friends.

[ Oh, Ven. She's getting a tad frustrated he just won't... do this for her, but. ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

Then let's get help. There's got to be a solution.

[Silly Xion, your friends won't willingly smite you if there's any other choice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ She's quiet. fff, so stubborn in this, Ven! She wonders if there really is something that could help, but Namine clearly said she couldn't help Xion, and the other girl could fix other things connected to Sora's memories... but not something like this.

So she's staying put, quiet and melancholic and frustrated and scared. ]

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

[And so Ven extends a hand]

Let's try. I know the others will want to help too. Considering all the things we've gone through, and all the things we've managed to do, if we're together this oughta be a snap.

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

... I don't know, Ven...

[ She takes a step forward, then steps back, unsure. She doesn't want to waste his time on a situation that might just not really have that chance. Her hand does twitch, wanting to believe, but the events from her home... urgh. ]