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voidtreckerexpress2021-02-20 07:08 pm
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Passing the time
Who: Lea, Vexen, Taiki, eventually Xion, and anyone who comes to visit while she's in coma-land
Where: The medical car
When: The week or so following Xion's post-event collapse, while she's recovering in medical
What: Visits, conversations, fretting, and eventually Xion's awakening
Warnings: Mentions of medical stuff, probably some angst and feels, likely talk of Kingdom Hearts style violence and death in at least one thread
Since the odd happenings of the 22nd and Xion's subsequent collapse, she had been in one of the medical car's recovery rooms, unconscious, while her mind, heart, and body sorted themselves out. And aside from the time during which everyone was teleported back to their beds, she was seldom without one or more of her friends or family members in attendance watching over her and trying not to fuss too much.
Small tokens of caring sat on the bed next to her pillow. A piece of paper (weighted down with a pen clipped to it) bearing drawings of seashells, one for each day she'd been there and each paired with a chibi-style drawing of Roxas. Glittering crystals that resembled flower petals, equal in number to the drawn seashells. And perhaps other gifts too, also following the theme of counting the days. Waiting for her to wake up.
Waiting that was bound to take longer than any of them wanted. So ways to pass the time and keep Vexen from wearing a hole in the car's floor from pacing would likely be welcomed, as would any friends who wanted to visit and/or pass on their own well wishes to Xion or her caretakers. Or just talk to them. They all worried, even if they showed it differently, and distractions were good.
((OOC: This is a catch all log for conversations between Xion's friends, their friends, and anyone who wants to visit them while Xion's in medical. Feel free to start your own threads for conversations and the like, though thread-hopping should likely be avoided unless all involved are cool with it to prevent confusion. There'll also be a closed thread header for Xion's eventual awakening; exact time and who's present for it TBD.))
Where: The medical car
When: The week or so following Xion's post-event collapse, while she's recovering in medical
What: Visits, conversations, fretting, and eventually Xion's awakening
Warnings: Mentions of medical stuff, probably some angst and feels, likely talk of Kingdom Hearts style violence and death in at least one thread
Since the odd happenings of the 22nd and Xion's subsequent collapse, she had been in one of the medical car's recovery rooms, unconscious, while her mind, heart, and body sorted themselves out. And aside from the time during which everyone was teleported back to their beds, she was seldom without one or more of her friends or family members in attendance watching over her and trying not to fuss too much.
Small tokens of caring sat on the bed next to her pillow. A piece of paper (weighted down with a pen clipped to it) bearing drawings of seashells, one for each day she'd been there and each paired with a chibi-style drawing of Roxas. Glittering crystals that resembled flower petals, equal in number to the drawn seashells. And perhaps other gifts too, also following the theme of counting the days. Waiting for her to wake up.
Waiting that was bound to take longer than any of them wanted. So ways to pass the time and keep Vexen from wearing a hole in the car's floor from pacing would likely be welcomed, as would any friends who wanted to visit and/or pass on their own well wishes to Xion or her caretakers. Or just talk to them. They all worried, even if they showed it differently, and distractions were good.
((OOC: This is a catch all log for conversations between Xion's friends, their friends, and anyone who wants to visit them while Xion's in medical. Feel free to start your own threads for conversations and the like, though thread-hopping should likely be avoided unless all involved are cool with it to prevent confusion. There'll also be a closed thread header for Xion's eventual awakening; exact time and who's present for it TBD.))
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Her fingers touched one of the shells lightly. "How long?" Did each separate thing count for one day, or...?
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"Vexen helped get you set up here and make sure you were OK. He said it was probably the shock of three years worth of memories coming back to you all at once that caused it; you just weren't made to have all that slamming into your head and heart at once, so you fell asleep to let your body deal with it and recover."
"That was seven days ago," he said, indicating the gifts. "The shells are from Taiki, since he had some from before. The drawings are from me. And the little crystals are from Vexen. We've all been really worried about you."
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She did remember waking up screaming, though. And the pain.
He was right about that. She didn't recall it ever hurting that badly before. But she was memories, in so many ways, and she went from having her memories, to no memories, to having them back again. She shuddered. She had been gone. She had... not been. Not in any real way.
Though she supposed that just proved Axel right yet again. She... had apparently changed. Or had she become instead?
She needed to think about that.
But... why would Vexen have helped? Hadn't he made it clear that he didn't want anything to do with her or Axel? So why had he helped? She was... confused.
Seven days. She looked to the stuff at the side of the bed, then back up at him. She was so confused. So they each left hr something each day? Why? She looked back to the items again. The images of Roxas and shells. The actual shells. How... How had Taiki known? And why would Vexen leave crystals? She... didn't understand. She ran a gloved finger over one of the shells.
Why wasn't Roxas here? Why did her chest hurt? But it... wasn't as bad as it had been.
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"Good morning, child. You're looking better."
As he entered the room properly, the tray of food caught his attention, along with the redhead who had brought it. He huffed quietly, but still walked over to grab the mug of coffee and a pastry.
"And I'll have you know, Axel, I did make a brief stop by the dining car today." He took a bite of the pastry, then pointed it accusingly at Axel. "We're supposed to stop at a platform at the beginning of a new month, yes? No matter how worried I might have been, I was hardly going to go out there without at least a cup of coffee."
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Upon noticing Xion's nervousness, though, he explained. "Vexen's been here more often than not while you were asleep. Practically wore a hole in the floor with his pacing; honestly, I think he was more worried about you than I was, if only because this is the first time he's ever seen this kind of thing happen to you. He acts grumpy a lot of the time, but he really does care."
"That's why I told him and Taiki about using the seashells to marks off the days. They both wanted a way to show you how much they cared and were worried about you while you were asleep. Only Taiki had any real seashells though, so Vexen and I had to do something different. I did the drawings, and Vexen got little crystals from some flowers in the greenhouse car; he wanted what he gave you to be something that was special in its own way, and flowers are pretty important where he and I are from."
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"I am...sorry if my presence distresses you. As your creator, I care a great deal about you and your safety, so I...well, secondhand knowledge wasn't quite enough to calm my nerves. I had to check in on you, myself, and..."
He gestured at Axel with his uneaten danish. "It's as he said, I wanted to leave something to show my concern"
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But the rest of what was said. "Today... is a platform day?" she asked Axel. She... had to get up then. She had to go see if Roxas came back.
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At Xion's confusion he frowned slightly, thinking whether there might be a way to put it that even her still somewhat foggy mind couldn't misinterpret. "You're as important to him as Roxas and I are to you," he said. There shouldn't be any misinterpreting that. "Caring and concern are part of that."
"And yes, it's platform day, but no, you're not going out. Remember what happened last time you tried to jump right back into things after something like this happened? I'll check and see if Roxas is there, then come right back and tell you."
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"I'm sure such a claim seems dubious, but there is little I wouldn't do for your sake. You are quite important to me, in many different ways."
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So she focused on the part that did. "I have to go look for him too," she said, firmly.
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He sighed, then continued more gently. "You're important to a lot of people, Xion. And frankly probably the only one who doesn't know that is you."
With all that said, he could focus on the more immediate issue. "No, you don't. I can see just as well as you can, maybe a bit better even, since I'm taller and have a higher vantage point; I'll be able to tell if Roxas is on the platform just fine, and whether he is or not, you'll be the first to know."
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She still has the hood up, just... wanted this icon
But she had... She had forgotten everything.
Her hands went to her head as the pain surged, but she had to go out there. Had to. For Roxas.
She tried to fight the pain back and looked at Axel, thinking that maybe if she focused on a different confusion, maybe he wouldn't notice the way her head hurt.
"I... don't think I understand important, then," she said. Or daughter. Or well, most of what was being said. But then the pain was making it hard to think. She just had to go out there, look for Roxas. Everything else could wait.
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"As for being important... We'll do our best to help you understand that once you're feeling a bit better. For now though, just take our word for it. You're important to both Vexen and I, and we care about you a lot. Got it memorized?"