Mission 2

[skysmirror]

[Normally Xion only uses the communicator to respond to others or keep track of what's going on. Today is a little different though. Despite the hood, it's pretty obvious she's happy about something as she waits to be sure the recording is going properly.]

Ummm...can everyone hear me?

Everyone remembers that Keyhole that showed up in the second district, right? It looks like it opened up another world. I checked it out a little, and it seems safe.

It's called Twilight Town. Some of us might remember it. I know it pretty well if--

[Here she pauses and if considering something, and then speaks a little more hesitantly.]

if anyone wants to know a little more about it.

[Those who know her can probably figure that the hesitance is less from a lack of desire on her part, and more concern at how the offer will be received.]

[OOC: Backdated to shortly after this.]

Comments

[shadearchivist]

Twilight Town?

[He can't think of any reason Twilight Town would be sleeping. That's actually rather a worrying development that they need to look into and discuss.]

That should be pleasant if people wish to see sunlight.

[skysmirror]

Yeah, Twilight Town.

[She's a little worried herself, but excitement over finding one of her favorite places is the main thing right now.]

It's a nice change.

[shadearchivist]

I'll have to visit it later. You're familiar with Twilight Town's layout?

[skysmirror]

[That's like asking her if she knows water's wet.]

Yeah. It was home, in a way.

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[Eraqus notes the hesitance, but doesn't comment on it just yet.]

I would like to know more about it. Obviously, this world has appeared for a reason.

[skysmirror]

[It's not that she doesn't want to help, it's that she's not sure how the offer will be taken. Her expression sobers when he mentioned the reason.]

I'm not sure why--it was fine when I left. Maybe it's here because it's one of those in-between worlds.

It's a nice town, though. Not a lot different from here, but there's the train and the tram and the clock tower. It looks a little different, too; like the way the buildings are made? There's a sandlot--that might be good for practicing or training.

It's always sunset, too.

[It's kind of a haphazard description, but she's trying to make sure she at least mentions everything.]

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[Unfortunately, Eraqus has started assuming the worst when something seems to be out of place here...which is happening more frequently than he'd like. He just looks thoughtful, though, and doesn't say anything about that yet.]

Perhaps traveling there will enable us to find out why it is in this realm.

Hmm. Is it your home world?

[skysmirror]

[There's a been a lot of drama lately, and things do seem out of place, so she couldn't blame him for wanting to be cautious. Still, no harm intended.]

Maybe. I didn't get to do very good recon, so there's still things to look into.

It's the one I call home.

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[seasaltkeys]

[The communicators were new, and Roxas had just figured out how to use one despite being in town for about a day. Figures the first thing he hears about is Twilight Town.

He doesn't even respond, just runs towards where Xion said, dream eater following, and before he knows it he's back at the train station and it's like nothing's changed. He's back. He's home.

And maybe it'll be real this time. There's a niggling voice in the back of his head that says it's not but he ignores it. He has to find Hayner, and Pence, and Olette. He has to know they're alright. Heck, he'd even settle for Seifer right now.

He runs down toward the Usual Spot, through the Tram common, but he slows down as he gets to the Sandlot. He hasn't seen anyone. Twilight Town usually had lots of people out at this time of day. But it was like a ghost town. Roxas didn't want to believe it. His Meow Wow paws at his leg as he starts calling out names]

Hanyer! Pence! Olette!

[ooc: With Kei's permission and to avoid clutter, Roxas has an open thread here. Anyone can interact with him if they're in Twilight Town. He won't have his communicator on]

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[colorbymemory]

[Namine had heard the announcement, and headed out to see for herself. As a precaution, she had Teddy as one of the Spirits with her to help deal with the Nightmares on the way, and plenty of potions.

When she arrives, she's just in time to see someone disappear through the door. At first she thinks it's Ven, but the clothing looks different, and Ven didn't have a Meow Wow the last time she checked. Which can only mean...

She takes off running to catch up to him, ignoring any groups of Nightmares that spawn, letting Teddy and Batty take care of the particularly stubborn few that follow them. Once through, she hurries to find him.

When she catches up to him, it's just in time to hear him call out for the friends he'd only known in a digital word and false memories. Halting in her tracks, she takes a moment to catch her breath (and wait for an ache near her heart that doesn't see to be physical to ease) before speaking. She sounds sad.]

They're not in the Realm of Sleep, Roxas.

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[seasaltkeys]

[He knows that it's a futile attempt, but he had to try. Had to hope that at least one thing would go right for him in this world. And now he'd really lost everything, hadn't he.

He freezes when he hears Namine's voice. So she's here as well? He turns to see her, and he looks exhausted and sad, worn out from the ranges of emotions he's been flying through.]

Why not?

[It's a pathetic question, but he has to ask.]

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[colorbymemory]

[Oh, Roxas. If Namine were a different girl, she might offer a hug or just hug him.

Though maybe she wouldn't. In a way, she contributed to him feeling like this, so does she really have the right to offer comfort? Being the only one here at the moment, though, she'll have to do.]

I'm sorry. I don't know. Except for maybe some shopkeepers and the Moogles, it seems to just be us, here.

[brodakota]

Was it your home world, Xion? I think you mentioned it before, right?

[skysmirror]

[There's a brief pause as she thinks, then nods.]

Yeah. It was home.

[brodakota]

Really? Then, I wanna see it!

Theta and I haven't gone over yet. You'll have to give us the grand tour.

[skysmirror]

That'd be great! I could show you the train station with the clock tower, and the sandlot, and the shops.

[buymedumplings]

Oh wow, so we can travel to other worlds now?

[Consider Bolin amazed and fascinated. He looks a bit excited too. To think, before this he'd never really left Republic City city limits and now he'd traveled to the South Pole and then Traverse Town and, wow, who knew what next? Twilight Town apparently.]

I'd love to hear more about it Xion. What can you tell me? Oh! But I guess going there would be a good way to learn too.

[skysmirror]

Yeah, we can. The Keyhole made a door to it, so we can go anytime.

[Xion's pretty excited herself, since out of all the worlds she's been too, when she thinks of "home," this is it.]

Oh! Well, it has some shops and things like Traverse Town; they sell that ice cream I brought to the tea shop the other day. There's tunnels to explore, and the train and tram...The woods are kind of nice, but I don't think going to the old mansion is a good idea.

It's always sunset, but you get used to that pretty quickly. Looking around should be fine; the Nightmares aren't really stronger than they are here.

[buymedumplings]

[Bolin looks excited.] Really? That exists there too? That stuff was good!

[He liked the interesting flavor combination. He focuses on the other stuff Xion is saying though and nods.]

Maybe I'll have to go over and check it out then. Weird how these places only seem to have one time of day though.

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[bumbling_baku]

Twilight Town? I've never heard f it. Can you tell me?

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[skysmirror]

[It's not surprising that he doesn't know, since not many people know about other worlds. Still, she's a little surprised by how many people are taking her up on the offer for information. Xion hadn't expected that, so she's trying to figure out how to describe it.]

It's about the same size as Traverse Town, but set up a little differently. There's tunnels that go between some of the different parts of town, or you can take a train. The area with shops has a tram, and that's not far from the sandlot or the woods.

It's always sunset there, kind of like it's always night here.

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[bumbling_baku]

It sounds like an interesting place. But if it's always sunset, does the sun just stay in one spot all day everyday?

[Not important, but he wonders now. He just assumed Travers Town had no sun but this is something different.]

[go_dream]

Why is it called Twilight Town?

[skysmirror]

I think because it's always sunset there.

[go_dream]

Sunset? So...the sun is out?!