[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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[titanite.livejournal.com]

No, Xion. I ain't gonna kill you. I'll stop ya, but not that way.

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ Xion tries to jerk out of Fang's grip, and now she's quickly summoning a Corridor of Darkness. Her intent's pretty clear, Fang. ]

[titanite.livejournal.com]

Bahamut! [ Fang grabs for Xion's arm again as the Eidolon moves, attempting to cut off Xion's path to the Corridor. If Fang manages to catch her, she won't be holding on lightly this time. ]

Damn it, Xion, you ask me to stop ya and now you're running away?

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Nghk! L-Let go, Fang!

[ Tries to wrench her arm from Fang. Rawr, you don't scare me, Dragon King! Blast me all you want! ]

If you're not going to do it--!

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ Fang tightens her grip, and no, quite frankly, she doesn't care if she bruises or otherwise injures Xion at the moment. Injuries heal. ]

'Cause there are other ways! And I know that. If you knew what I've done-

Killing someone never just ends the problem. You're just running away, same as you just tried.

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ She doesn't feel the sting that would come if Fang was actually holding onto a fleshy body underneath the cloak. It's all cold. So cold. She tries even harder to pull out of Fang's grip. ]

You don't understand. Before, it was the only way. It had to be done to make things right.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

And back home I was supposed to destroy the world or become a monster. Yet everything's still standing, and I'm as human as ever. There ain't ever only one way.

[ A vast simplification, but she just needs to get Xion to stop and listen. ]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ And how is she gonna stop Xion? She's still struggling. ]

If there was, I would've taken it. I...

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ She'd been hoping to calm the wild thing in her grasp, but that's not working. Her mind shifts, focusing on her magic instead. ]

You need to stop so we can figure this out. Even at the end I thought there was only one way out, but Light and the others stopped me. And we did it - the right way. So cut it out!

[ And she'll cast Daze on Xion, hoping it sticks. ]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Ugh!

[ Xion actually seems to cease for just a moment... But in her state, the effects are quickly wearing off. What was only a momentary bit of respite now moves onto Xion spasming a bit as her own body fights off the effect of the magic. ]

Y-You... [ Magic. Right. ]

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ For a moment she thought she had it, but it seems like Xion's resistant. ]

I'm trying to help ya, Sunshine. And I don't want to hurt ya.

[ Still, if she's got a momentary advantage, she's going to press it - have fun, Xion - now Fang's trying to put you on the ground so she can pin you. ] You ain't ever given me a reason to do otherwise.

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Grrr!

[ Goddammit, Fang. Why're you so strong, even when she's in this state. She's struggling, and struggling, and trying in vain to get away, but she doesn't want to hurt Fang, even if a part of her is just screaming to destroy the other woman. ]

But... But how...?

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ Fang's holding the pressure steady as best she can when Xion's thrashing like that. ]

You've never actually told me the problem, so how'm I supposed to know what to do? Let's figure it out.

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ At those words, Xion briefly stills, and it takes her a long while to speak after that. ]

I'm a Replica, something someone made... And I can absorb... I was meant to absorb Roxas...

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ She's not trusting enough to let up even when Xion does calm. Her voice is calm. No judging from her, considering the giant glass house she lives in. ]

And did ya?

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

No. I made sure I didn't.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ ...Normally she would say "there, see?" but something about that phrasing makes her think Xion used the same tactic she's trying here. Or something very similar. ]

Then what are ya tryin' to avoid now?

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

The same thing happening again.

[ Ah, Fang would be right. That would just encourage her. ]

[titanite.livejournal.com]

It's pulling teeth to get answers from you. So where's the problem with you stayin' here with me?

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ She stays silent for a long time, just lying there with Fang pinning her down. Xion thinks, tries to come up with an answer, but... ]

Uugh...

[ She's seeing a memory, and she knows it's not hers. Xion sees Fang, then Lightning, then a bunch of other people she hasn't talked with. ]

... a few screws loose...

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ Her chest tightens slightly. She recognizes that phrase, but it's hardly unique. ] ...What'd you say?

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ She views the memory again, and she feels bad for it, but maybe this will convince Fang. ]

I've got... I've got a few screws loose, but I'm a... l'Cie? Same as you.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ Her skin goes hot and then cold, and her grip unthinkingly tightens on Xion. Well, she definitely believes something. ]

I said that to Light when we met. You can see memories?

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ Ah, so she does. ]

Sort of, and it feels like I'm living through them, too.

[titanite.livejournal.com]

[ She knows she's never told that to Xion. There's a slim possibility that Lightning said something, but it wouldn't be like her to repeat word for word like that. At that last line, Fang tries to shove some of her memories to the back of her mind - she'd rather protect Xion from feeling Orphan's torture or Fang's total despair that led to Ragnarok. ]

I'm a bad person to do that to.