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[ as soon as roxas is finished answering questions as sol, xion immediately takes his hand and leads him to lea's house. she'd been able to hide it fairly well while everyone was gathered for the body announcement, but now that only her best friends are around, fear is etched plainly on her face as she begins to tremble. ]
You guys, I... I think someone tried to kill me last night.
[ tears also start to form at the corner of her remaining eye, but that's... because of the emotional feedback she's getting from minato reacting to hisoka's death. i hate that ]
You guys, I... I think someone tried to kill me last night.
[ tears also start to form at the corner of her remaining eye, but that's... because of the emotional feedback she's getting from minato reacting to hisoka's death. i hate that ]
[ well axel was pretty casual about his own stupid partner being dead but ]
What?
What?
What happened? [It was bad enough Hisoka died and left Axel at a risk, but now this? Why?]
[ wearing this today, she gently releases roxas's hand to roll up her sleeves and tug at the turtleneck. doing so reveals angry red marks upon her wrists and neck; whatever it was wrapped tight around both areas, with thorny punctures dotting her skin every few inches. ]
I woke up like this...
I woke up like this...
[ -- his eyes widen, not in shock, but in something akin to realization, and then he just looks. quietly furious. ]
They weren't trying to kill you. They're framing you.
They weren't trying to kill you. They're framing you.
Why would they do that? Xion hasn't done anything. [Framing people, sure, but why her?
Well. Whoever it is has to die now. ] They picked a poor person to frame, too. She wouldn't do anything that would put you at a risk.
Is it... because I haven't done anything? People didn't want to believe it was Mary, but we saw what happened...
[ unsurprisingly, thinking about this... is extremely troubling.
... as she covers up again, she brings both of them into a hug. ]
[ unsurprisingly, thinking about this... is extremely troubling.
... as she covers up again, she brings both of them into a hug. ]
[ he hugs back, quiet for a second ]
I dunno. ...But vines were Hisoka's element. He made a point of showing them to me on Thursday.
[ he doesn't say more than that, obviously thinking about something. ]
Roxas. People have been trading you guys stuff, right? Favors for items. Is there anything we can do to get something that'll cover up Xion's wounds?
I dunno. ...But vines were Hisoka's element. He made a point of showing them to me on Thursday.
[ he doesn't say more than that, obviously thinking about something. ]
Roxas. People have been trading you guys stuff, right? Favors for items. Is there anything we can do to get something that'll cover up Xion's wounds?
But Axel asks him a question and he blinks in surprise. That's a thought.]
...it'll be fast, and it might cast even more suspicion, but we can cover them as well as we can. You'll still have to do a task, that's just how it works. [Which sucks? Summoning items seems to be hit and miss.]
... Won't people just ask me to take them off while we're checking for injuries anyway? [ she frowns, agreeing with roxas's assessment. ] I... don't want to waste a favor from you, or make myself look even worse than I already do.
[ here, she turns her attention back to lea. ]
What kind of item were you offered this week?
[ here, she turns her attention back to lea. ]
What kind of item were you offered this week?
I was thinking of make-up, actually. That feasible?
[ axel's showing his true deceptive colors, ha ha, oops. anyway to answer? her question? he frowns a bit ]
It's something that lets me check if someone's said a lie.
[ axel's showing his true deceptive colors, ha ha, oops. anyway to answer? her question? he frowns a bit ]
It's something that lets me check if someone's said a lie.
...we can try. What kind of make-up could be used for something like this though? [He's glancing at Xion's wounds again.] Would it really be able to hide them very well?
[Not that he wants to be pessimistic, but he's still thinking about how people are and what might happen. But. It's worth a try.]
[ she's just... fidgeting with her hands at this point, staring down at them while lea and roxas discuss how to handle this. it's all her fault again, isn't it... almost like history is repeating itself—even though she doesn't know it's history, from her current position in the timeline.
either way, as the other two go back and forth, she just utters a tiny, ]
... I'm scared. Again.
[ when hasn't she been, here? ]
either way, as the other two go back and forth, she just utters a tiny, ]
... I'm scared. Again.
[ when hasn't she been, here? ]
Theater makeup would work, I think.
[ he's not ... exactly a make-up expert, here. but he's distracted by xion's statement and he--
god. what's their options, here? he can't lie to her and say it'll be fine when he's obviously trying to find ways around it. ]
I know. ...Xion. We can either try and hide it for the entire trial, or you have to tell them first thing. But...
[ but he doesn't believe they won't settle on her being corrupted. he remembers mary. ]
[ he's not ... exactly a make-up expert, here. but he's distracted by xion's statement and he--
god. what's their options, here? he can't lie to her and say it'll be fine when he's obviously trying to find ways around it. ]
I know. ...Xion. We can either try and hide it for the entire trial, or you have to tell them first thing. But...
[ but he doesn't believe they won't settle on her being corrupted. he remembers mary. ]
They always start with the bodies first. [Strategy? Sure.] They start with the body first and try to figure out where to go from there. Theories are going to be kicked around, people are going to ask questions from me and Lune and then they still have to find clues in the locations the death occurred. Telling them first thing is going to draw a lot of attention.
But I don't think hiding it for as long as we can is a bad idea either. If it comes up...we can come up with something based on what's already been presented in the trial. But I don't want them focusing on you right away if we can help it.
Edited (sentences, lets finish the idea we started.) 2019-06-29 03:04 (UTC)
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Roxas, I know you can't interfere in the first place, really... [ yeah, she's given up on the whole "i'll call you sol even in private so i don't mess up in public" thing ] But... Axel... please don't put yourself in danger tomorrow to protect me.
Roxas, I know you can't interfere in the first place, really... [ yeah, she's given up on the whole "i'll call you sol even in private so i don't mess up in public" thing ] But... Axel... please don't put yourself in danger tomorrow to protect me.
I'm not promising anything. You'd do the same if it was me.
[He looks back at Axel then.] And since we're talking about a cover up...I've got a task for you. Share two secrets you've been keeping from us.
[This may or may not work? And it may or may not net them make-up, but they can try.]
[ ... yeah, she would. roxas was right when he said that he and lea are experts in reading xion. she sighs in defeat, closing her eye... but then she hears roxas's request, and she can't help but look back up, this time with a tiny sheepish smile on her face. ]
Isn't that kind of putting him on the spot...?
Isn't that kind of putting him on the spot...?
[ it is absolutely putting him on the spot, and he stares at them both blankly for a while. he wants to do this for xion, but... ]
Way to put the pressure on me... an' make me sound like a jerk who keeps secrets all the time. [ well, he kind of is, but. he rubs the back of his neck a bit ] What kinda stuff are you looking for, here?
Way to put the pressure on me... an' make me sound like a jerk who keeps secrets all the time. [ well, he kind of is, but. he rubs the back of his neck a bit ] What kinda stuff are you looking for, here?
[ on wednesday morning, xion comes back through the gateway in tears. it isn't because something fucking awful has happened to her again, though—as she bursts through the door of lea's house (strangely already expecting a certain someone to be there, too?), the source of her overwhelming burst of emotion should be clear as day. ]
Axel, Roxas, look—!
[ SHE HOLDS UP THIS PRECIOUS CAT ]
Axel, Roxas, look—!
[ SHE HOLDS UP THIS PRECIOUS CAT ]
Is this 'cause I said we weren't getting a pet?
[ he says that, but he's got his own three legged, one eyed orange bundle on his lap, so ]
[ he says that, but he's got his own three legged, one eyed orange bundle on his lap, so ]
[ OHHHH THE OTHER ONE ]
You got one, too?!
[ CATS!!!!!!!!!!! ]
You got one, too?!
[ CATS!!!!!!!!!!! ]
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