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[ordalias]

Is... Is this thing on? [ The video feed shows her picking up the PokeGear and lifting it up closer to her face as she scans it curiously. Shakes it a little before letting out a small sigh and her finger comes up to press more buttons, and she blinks, as a minimap appears on the screen. ]

... "the world of Pokemon." [ She frowns a bit. ] But what am I supposed to do? How am I even... here?

[ Her expression dissolves into a thoughtful as she continues to scan the map, a dot on the map indicating her position. Then she looks off to the side, to the road nearest to her, before turning back to screen. ]

This thing doesn't seem like it'll give me answers... [ Reaches up to slowly turn the PokeGear off. ]

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

[ a little sigh, but she's snapped herself out of it, and it's just a whole lot of confusion. First another Riku, then this? And what is she supposed to say? "Who are you?" "Why do you look like me?" In the end, she settles on-- ]

... Yeah, you're here.

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ She blurts this out before she can stop it: ] Kairi?

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

[ She WAS originally going to chalk it up to extreme coincidence, but after hearing that, Kairi's not even sure what to conclude. ]

You-- you know my name?

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ Blinks. O-Oh. She didn't know? From everyone that seemed to remember her from just a look... No, no. She might as well just go with it. ]

Yeah.

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

Have we... met before?

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Not really. I just heard about you. [ Well, more like see you from another's eyes, but hey. That might put out more strange ideas that Xion can't cope with at the moment. ]

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

... Well, I guess it's nice to meet you, then. [ and finally, she smiles. ] Once I get your name, anyway, so we're even!

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Oh. [ Have a small, uneasy smile. ] It's Xion.

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

Xion.

[ an unfamiliar name, belonging to an unsettlingly familiar face, but Kairi spots the uneasiness in that smile and decides she'll worry about that later. ]

Then it really is nice to meet you! If you've got any questions, I can try and help out.

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ Blinks. She's really like what Sora remembers her. Kind, too. ]

I don't know where I am. I mean, I guess I actually don't know where to go from here... [ "Here" being New Bark Town. ]

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

If you're where I started out, there's only one way to go, and that's on Route 29. It'll be a little rough, but there's another town a few days from there.

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ "A few days"? Ah, Corridors of Darkness, how I never thought I'd miss you... ]

I just follow that route? What town is next?

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

It's called Cherrygrove!

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ Nods. ]

I guess I'm on my own, then.

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

Of course you're not!

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ Blinks. ] I'm not?

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

No way! I might not be there, but you can talk to me over the 'gear whenever you want! And you've got a Pokémon, too!

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Oh... Yeah. [ A little taken aback by Kairi's display. Haha, those memories were right! In a good way. Though Xion thought she'd be on her own as a person, rather than... you know what? Yeah. ]

If you don't mind.

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

[ shaking her finger with a mock-stern expression. ]

I don't mind. We're friends now, right?

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ This surprises her. Kairi must have wondered why she and Xion look alike, but... And they'd only just met! Over communications, too. Still, from what she remembers from Sora's memories, Kairi is a good person, one that she can trust.

[ After a bit, she smiles. ] Friends.

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

[ Of course Kairi's still confused, and she'd be lying if she said she wasn't a little bothered by it at least a little, but it's like she told Sora once. There can be people who look like both of them - and Riku, too - but in the end, there's only one Sora, one Kairi, and one Riku with their own hearts. This girl... she's sure it's the same for her. And with a smile like that, she's even more sure of it. ]

There! Things aren't so bad if you can still smile!

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ The smile turns a little sheepish, but it's there. She might go a little, "lolwut" at the thought of having a heart, but it's the thought that counts. And Kairi was right; things didn't look so bad now. ]

Yeah, they aren't. [ A brief pause as she wonders this: ] Where would you be now?

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

Me? I'm a little past Goldenrod right now. It's a couple of cities past Violet, unless there's someone to get you past the shortcut.

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[ordalias.livejournal.com]

"The shortcut"?

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

It's this part past Violet that takes you to Goldenrod. Sora and Riku came to get me through it.