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Event Log - Total Recall

Who: You and you and mostly me and you
What: Everyone's been Shifted in their own way
When: A hero doesn't care if this event last a whole ten days
Where: Everyone can blaze a hero's trail
Summary: It's that special time when the Malnosso collect all their recent experiments and apply them all at once to measure effectiveness. Although invaluable as research, it tends to leave the subjects looking just a bit mad.
Rating: Rated H for HEROIC

So there is a mod post and it pretty much tells you EVERYTHING you need to know. This is a mass log for people to comment around on if they don't want to make posts. Or even if they want to make posts anyway. There will be at least one more of these later in the event! ENJOY!

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[ She's not surprised to find him where she does -- keeping an eye on a still tiny, still slippery Luke. She's been doing her own part to keep an eye on her itsy bitsy boyfriend, though before, Guy was a teenager... she'd tried to keep her distance and not alarm him too much, but she wasn't going to leave Luke. She'd just tried to gently explain he was someone she cared about, and left it at that unless otherwise questioned.

But now he's an adult again, and still watching over Luke. That he's reverted to his normal state gives her momentary pause ... before she folds her hands in front of her, clasping them, and approaches. As always, she keeps a bit of distance so she doesn't scare him. But she stands close enough so they can talk, and both watch Luke. ]

... hey.

[Guy had been relieved to wake up as himself for once. Well... at least as the Guy he remembered. The past few days were a little bit of a blur, details just hazy enough to be hard to recall. But one thing still stood out - Luke was a child again. About as young as he could possibly be, although the initial recognition of his teenage self meant he was probably at least a couple months past his replication, if not older.

Not that it helped when he found the boy this morning. This was not the blonde that Luke was used to, and it showed - most of the morning had been spent trying to calm the younger boy down and let Guy touch him again.

But here they were, occupying themselves in a little cross-legged huddle along the edge of Community Building 2. Luke was in the process of a sudden, master plan to wriggle from Guy's lap; a surprised noise slipping out of his mouth, eyes trained on a small, white butterfly that had just fluttered past and finger pointing wildly. Guy manages a few calming words and a gentle laugh before finally noticing who stood nearby.

Oh hey, it's you! Have that same chipper smile from the last time you talked, Xion. It hasn't changed a bit.]

Hah, hey there. I was wondering when you'd be around.

[ Luke, sweet as can be, wins a very special, very fond sort of smile from her. She, too, sits, resting her chin on her hand as she watches him. There's something very precious about him when he's this small -- precious, and heartbreaking. After a moment, though, her gaze slides to Guy.

Her gaze isn't the easiest to read. Her smile remains, though it fades just a little, shifts into something a tiny bit lopsided and, well ... noncommittal. For a moment, she doesn't say anything, just watching him. ]

I've been around. Don't you remember? [ That Luke isn't scaring at her presence ought to say enough. ] Then again, you were, um, a little younger. [ She looks away from both boys, out over the road. ]

... I wanted to talk to you.

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[He chuckles, running a hand gently through the younger boy's hair.] It's a bit fuzzy at times, but... yeah, I remember. Sorry if I was a little uncooperative, hah.

[Eyebrows raise as she speaks again, his head tilting slightly.] Mm? What about?

It's okay. You didn't know who I was, and you had a tiny best friend to take care of. [ She grins, briefly, evidence that she really has no hard feelings.

But her smile fades completely at his question, dissolving into quiet thoughtfulness. ]

... about what happened in the clinic. What else? [ She shakes her head. ] There's just ... been something I've been meaning to ask you.

[ A beat of silence. Xion gathers her thoughts, again mentally replaying that disastrous conversation. It had felt like it was almost resolved... until... ]

When I asked you what I should tell Luke ... what did you think I meant? [ Her brows knit, as she looks at him. She remembers his answer, how evasive it was, how poorly it ended up going... why? Why did that even happen? ]

[Ah. So she was caught up in that whole mess. It didn't surprise him that something was still bothering her. She hadn't exactly left the clinic in the best of spirits, after all.

Guy's smile tightens at the corners, drifting his gaze back down to Luke as he speaks. His voice is just a bit quieter than before.]

Well, you were there to find out what happened, weren't you? I'd think you would have told Luke what you found out, unless to decided against it in the end. That you'd tell him what I said; tell him the truth behind things, or what you wanted him to believe was the truth, if that's what you so chose.

I'm pretty sure I explained that already.

[ She listens to his explanation in silence, her gaze on Luke rather than on him. But she's not even watching the little boy; really, her mind is someplace else. Her brow knits, though, as he goes on, and she's silent for a time after he finishes.

When she speaks, it's gently, but with some ... concern. ]

Guy, that's not why I came at all. I was there because... because Luke was worried about you, and I knew it.

... all I wanted to be able to tell him was that you were okay. That's why I asked you that. I guess I just wanted to tell him you'd said hi or something.

[ A pause, as she considers. ]

I mean, I wanted to know what happened, but ... that wasn't the reason I wanted to talk to you in the first place. What I told Luke ... didn't have anything to do with any of that.

[ She sighs, and shifts, sitting so she can draw her knees to her chest and wrap her arms around him. ]

All I told him was that you were okay. And if he wanted to know anything else... [ Now, finally, she looks at him, her gaze searching. ] He'd have to talk to you.

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Mm. Is that so...

[His voice is just a little distant, but his expression hasn't changed. He keeps his silence as she speaks, fingers still playing through Luke's hair, keeping any lingering feelings of misunderstanding at bay.

He'd assumed she hadn't come on her own volition. Why would she? He hardly knew her. The only reasons she would have to hunt him down after that mess were for information or because of an outside source. Such as an ailing boyfriend worried about his assailant.

If only she understood that the truth behind the matter had everything to do with how he was feeling at the time. How he still felt about it.

In all reality, he had told her more truth than he had spit at anyone else. Still guarded and avoiding. But still true in its own sense.

Pity that it was now being thrown in as a misunderstanding. But so goes life.

He lets the edges of that smile grow again, letting out a long sigh as Xion finishes speaking.]

I figured you said something along those lines. He didn't really come home acting like he had all the answers. But we've talked.

[A little. Hardly at all, actually. Especially not about the fight. Neither wanted to hear about it. It made Luke frightened and Guy angry.

But they'd talked, at least.

A pause. His smile begins to fade to something more neutral, lips pressing together lightly.]

He's lucky to have someone supportive like you, you know.

[ Well.

It's not that she doesn't believe what he told her, necessarily. The words he said haunt her still, may always linger. I killed Asch. I tried to kill Luke. And I did so very aware of my intentions.

The rest of the conversation after that... even now she's not sure what to think of it. In a way, it was a whole lot of nothing - Guy just insisting that he'd said exactly what he'd meant to say, and she could tell Luke precisely that or make something up, and that was it.

Part of her might always believe he's not really trustworthy.

But for the sake of the little boy in his arms, she's just got to try. ]

I think he was a little disappointed I couldn't tell him anything else. But ... you were right about that part. It wasn't really ... something I could do. That had to be you.

[ She looks at him for a long moment, expression neutral until his last comment pulls half a smile out of her.

For another moment she doesn't say anything, instead reaching out to gently brush some hair away from Luke's face. He lets her do it, and a tender smile crosses her face. ]

Did he ever tell you what it was that brought us together?

[ Not how they met. Not how they started dating, necessarily. But the thing that made them close in the first place - the thing that started it all. ]

[He lets his lips quirk up again at her first statement, simply watching her reach over to brush fingers against Luke's forehead, pulling stray hair out of his face. Guy feels his own hold retreating slightly as she moves in so close, but he keeps his composure.]

Not that I'm aware of, no. Haven't really had the time to go digging into each other's new personal lives or anything, you know?

[Luke had seemed so... distant about things recently, anyways. It was on and off, especially the week that Luke had apparently had an argument with his girlfriend (the two men had spent one of Guy's first evenings back home talking about that, more or less keeping the details as non-descriptive as possible). Did he want to know some days? Of course he did. He wouldn't be much of a best friend if he couldn't pry about a bro's sweetheart, after all. But he'd left it alone after the first few attempts.

It was just like always. Just like with whatever was weighing down on him now - making him tired and secluded, keeping him distant from everyone.

Luke would say something when he was good and ready. Guy could only pry so much.

Even so, he still gives Xion a curious glance, eyebrows raised. He hears that nostalgic little tone in her voice. Someone's about ready to tell a story.]

[ If only Xion knew that Guy has no idea. She honestly assumes he knows. It might even slip out - if the topic weren't so sensitive, so awful as to be something she'd never mention unless pressed, outside of Luke himself. She truly believes Guy already knows. He's so inscrutable that it's not hard to believe.

She leans back on her hands, staring off down the road, in the direction of a certain bridge in town. ]

We met ... gosh, I think it was in the fall. Almost two years ago. We became friends pretty fast, and we talked every so often, but it wasn't ... really close, you know? Not yet. Something had to happen, first.

One day he came up to me while I was standing on a bridge. I think I was upset about something. [ A quiet laugh. ] I don't even remember what. But we started talking. He ended up telling me what he was. Is.

[ She tilts her head, and some of her hair slips forward, over her shoulder. She reaches back, tucking it into the braid that lays on the back of her neck. Thinking about this makes her feel so old. Unconsciously, she lowers that hand to tweak at her ring instead. Luke's ring. ]

He told me he was a Replica. And when I heard that... I told him I was one, too. Am. [ A quiet laugh. ] You'd know if you met Kairi. We're almost identical.

We ended up just hugging for the longest time. We were both so overwhelmed. Finding another Replica... someone who was just like me... [ The corner of her mouth curls up. ] Luke is really, really special to me. I'd do anything for him.

[He listens to her story with very little reaction on his part, forcing that composure he so carefully prides to remain his ally. Even as she brings up that Luke had mentioned his replication.

Even as she mentioned she was exactly the same.

...

He hadn't known. Luke had never told him.

And suddenly, Luke's attachment to her is so much clearer.

Questions pop up. Questions, concerns, wanting explanations and answers, wanting to know more about this girl that had so quickly taken up his best friend's heart. If she was a replica, then what exactly was she replicated for? What knowledge did she have of the world, if any? If they were both so new - both still so curious and naive in their lack of memories - was it really a smart idea for them to be together like this?

That last thought was a dangerous one - one he particularly didn't want to travel. It was their choice. Replica or not, she had as much of a right to a decision as Luke did. But it still eats at him. Enough that he wants to pepper her with questions. Any question.

But no. For once, he stays remarkably quiet, letting the busyness of his thoughts simmer down before he finally speaks.]

Friendships blossom in the strangest of ways sometimes, don't they...

[His voice is soft and unreadable in its tone, drifting off for a long moment before he seems to perk up again.]

Regardless of the discomforts along the way, I'm glad you two found each other. Kind of a weird twist of fate, isn't it... I can understand it's not really the easiest thing... being the only one of something in a world for so long. [Not quite on the replica end of things, but... like it or not, he gets how lonely it can be.

Not like he's about to open that can of worms any time soon. But whatever.]

But honestly... in the entire time I've known him, I have never seen Luke quite as happy as he is around you. I figured there was something different there.

[His smile stays simple and neutral - carefully controlled from years of practice.

"I'd do anything for him", hm?

It was a bit of a weighty claim, love or not. It was hard to devote to someone so thoroughly. To trust someone with your entire being, regardless of what happened to you in the process.

God knows that Guy would never be able to empathize.

But he holds his tongue.]

Edited (I forgot a word! Go Nik) 2012-05-30 04:17 (UTC)

[ She rests her chin on the heel of her palm and watches him. He is a master study in perfectly maintained neutrality, and it sends up red flags for her.

Is he always hiding something? What? And why?

Still, her mouth quirks. ]

I'm not the only replica from my world. And I know he's not the only one from his. But we felt like we were alike...

[ ... ] I'm glad he seems happy. He makes me happy. The happiest I've ever been. [ Though there's a sad cast to her smile, a knowledge that haunts behind her eyes. ]

[[ooc: Over here, please!]]

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Event Log - Total Recall

May 30th

So many potentially horrible conversations at once. Let's hope Nik doesn't die.

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