howsketchy | (no subject)

Should I meet you at your room?

[she has a lot of questions, too, but the excitement over seeing Namine again--separate from her, tangible--overrides them. They'd barely had an hour together before the other girl had disappeared.]

Yes. Remember, it's 3-7.

Right, got it.

[she ends the call and shows up six minutes later or so, and introduces herself to the door politely.]

[ The door opens, letting her in. Naminé is in the kitchen, putting away some dishes that were recently washed. ]

Kairi?

[she tilts her head to the side when the door opens, wondering if anyone's there, then nods to herself when she hears Naminé's voice, stepping inside.]

Yep, it's me.

[ Walking over to properly greet her. She stops about a foot or so away and waves. ]

I'm glad you found it okay.

[they're finally face to face again. She feels whatever butterflies were in her stomach start to settle. This is real, right? It must be.]

Seems like we're on the same floor. It didn't take too long.

[she hesitates for a moment, then holds out her hand.]

It's good to see you again.

You, too.

[ She gives the outstretched hand a quick glance before taking it in her own. ]

[ And waiting, breathlessly, to see if she would begin to flicker in and out again. ]

[she catches that uneasiness a second too late, realizing why--but their hands are already touching. And touching. Warm and solid. She gives those pale fingers a gentle squeeze, as if to reassure the other girl.]

[ She relaxes, smiling even more now. Her mind hadn't changed from the idea of merging with Kairi-- she knows that it would have to happen again eventually. But she wants it to wait until they can bring the worlds back before that happens, so knowing that they can properly coexist here is... ]

Welcome to the Thor.

[maybe it was only natural, maybe it was the way things were supposed to be...but Kairi can't help feeling grateful for this. Especially after her talk with Axel--how he'd so casually mentioned not being supposed to exist. It didn't sit well with her. Naminé must have her own hopes, her own wishes for the future. How could she accomplish that from within someone else's body?]

[She remembers her Nobody's words with Roxas; "We'll be together. As long as Sora and Kairi are together." But she knows from her own experiences that wishes aren't enough. She waited for so long, and nothing had come true. You have to grasp things with your own hands. Believing is only part of it--there has to be action as well.]

[Right now, this is enough. Someday, she'll have to say all this, but she isn't sure it has a place right now, in their relief. She barely knows Naminé. But now they have time.]

[she lets the touch linger for a moment longer before letting go.]

Thank you.

[ Now that the initial items were taken care of, she gestures for Kairi to make herself at home. Naminé was completely serious when she had said that the girl was welcome any time-- it's hard to say no to her. She doesn't really want to say no to her, really. ]

[ It's strange how different she and Roxas regard their Others. ]

I live with four other people. You'll probably see Arietta or Hope around the most though. I don't think anyone else is in right now...

[she looks around; a room like her own but a little more...personal. Lived-in. It's nice, she thinks. Better than that castle in the World that Never Was. She takes a seat.]

Hope? Oh, I talked to him when I first got here. He was nice. He said he'd heard of me from Riku and Sora.

He's...

[ A small pause; she's trying to figure out how to word it. ]

He's Xion's boyfriend. You spoke to her, right?

[her first thought is a genuine how cute!. But then she remembers--Xion. She'd meant to ask.]

Mm-hm. She...feels really familiar. [she pauses to think.] But it's not even that she seems to look and sound like me...and it's not like you. It's something else. I just can't put my finger on it.

...

No, you're right. I think that she'll tell you about it when she's ready.

[a touchier subject than she thought...but she realizes now she was right not to press Xion about it. She was burning with curiosity, of course, but she did have some self-control.]

If it's that important, I can wait.

[she nods to punctuate that statement, folding her hands on her lap. And now, to business.]

There's still a lot I missed...that I don't understand. How did you find me in that castle?

Logically, after you were captured by the Organization, the most obvious place to look would be where they keep their prisoners.

... Really, it's something that's hard to explain. It's just something that you sense. That was the first time I was ever at The World That Never Was, yet I knew exactly where they kept their cells. Kind of like your heart was calling out to me.

So someone told you they caught me? [wait a minute....] Was it...a man named Axel?

[she places a hand over her chest reflexively.]

It's funny...I always thought it was hearts that connected people. But maybe it's something else, too...

I was actually with Axel before that happened. And then we parted ways.

[... and he went and kidnapped you. 8| ]

I think hearts do have to do with it. Even if you don't have one, the hearts of other people can still reach out to you.

Oh...I see. [but she knew Axel. that was something.]

[she knows this might get sensitive, so she's prepared for the other girl's refusal to explain. But she has to ask, anyway.]

What about...two people who don't have hearts?

I'm not sure. But... To be honest, I think that in the end it always comes back to Sora.

Axel and I had a lot of time to talk, and we both agreed that we think that Roxas can feel because he is Sora's Nobody. So, because we have connections with both Roxas and Sora, we can form bonds with each other.

None of this has been proven. I don't think we even can prove this. But it's what we think.

[She can only nod. Naminé doesn't seem...upset or bitter about this at all, but she feels a twinge of sympathy anyway.]

I wouldn't call myself an expert on hearts or anything...so I wouldn't know.

But I guess Sora really is special. [she shifts a bit in her seat.] He was just that boy I was friends with for most of our lives. Riku, too. And then all of a sudden...

Everything changed.

[ She laughs a little. She knows that kids tend to dream about going on dangerous adventures, but to actually be granted that... ]

And I'm sure that there's much more to him that we know. He's the one chosen by the Keyblade, after all.

[the Keyblade. There's so much she still doesn't know about it, despite having held one herself.]

But Riku has one, too. And...he gave me mine...I'm not really sure how that works. Doesn't it do the choosing?

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