itsjustagamerp | Mission 2

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Mission 2

Character(s): Xion and all who care to join her
Content: Sea Salt Ice Cream and whale observation
Setting: Cafeteria
Time of Day: Afternoon
Warnings: Shy character~ Feel free to say "hi," though.

There'd been so much going on lately that Xion had barely had time to think. First there had been participating in the experiment. Then all the strange things happening--it had been like living in Halloweentown. She couldn't be scared, but some of them had surprised her. Turning invisible had been what made her decide to just stay in her room until it was over.

Taking a sea-salt ice cream bar from the food synthesizer, she briefly wondered what Axel and Roxas would have thought of the whole thing. She tried not to think of them too often, because they weren't here. Sometimes she couldn't help herself, though.

Sitting on one of the tables, watching the whales float by, she closed her eyes and tried to imagine herself back on the clock tower with her two best friends.

She wondered if this was what missing someone was like.

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MakubeX had been completely fascinated by the whales outside. He'd never had the chance to see anything like them in person. They were absolutely beautiful. He'd been hopping from deck to deck, trying to find the best view, finally ending up in the cafeteria.

He hadn't quite expected anyone to be there at the time.

"Ah, hello. Sorry for barging in."

Xion liked the whales, too. Especially their songs. It was part of the reason she'd chosen a place with a good view of them as a way to be alone with her thoughts. At least, until she ended up getting distracted.

She was so lost in thought that she started the sound of someone else's voice. "H-hello."

She shifts to get a better look at the boy who just came in.

"Sorry. Didn't mean to startle you."

MakubeX gave the stranger a smile. "Not a bad view here, is it?"

"It's okay." Xion needed to start training again if she starting to be that easily surprised.

She smiled back. "I like it."

"Mind if I join you?" he asked. This had been the quietest spot he'd found so far, but he didn't want to impose, either.

She scooted over to give him some room on the table. It was one of the smaller ones, after all. "Sure."

Her regression to a pre-Roxas level of conversation skill made her wince internally. Then again, how much could she talk to a stranger about?

"Thank you," he said, hopping up onto the table. He glanced over and noticed the ice cream.

"Oh, I didn't know the synthesizer was capable of that. What flavor is it?"

"Sea-salt ice cream; it's really good." She paused for a moment. "Would you like to try some?"

"Sure. I've never heard of that before."

Xion smiled and jumped off the table to get another ice-cream from the machine--sharing one bar was something Roxas and Axel hadn't introduced her to. She hurried back with it and held it out for him to take. "Here you go."

[ooc: sorry for such short tags--it takes a bit for Xion to warm up to people. ^^;;;]

"Thank you." MakubeX took the ice cream from her, looking it over before tasting it.

"Oh! That's... different." He'd never had anything quite like it before. It was unusual. He looked it over again, then took another taste. "It's good, though."

"You're welcome." Xion situated herself on the table again.

"It's my favorite." She paused to catch a few drips before continuing. "Though I haven't tried any other kinds. Axel always said it was sweet and salty."

"That's exactly right. Not exactly a combination one would think of." MakubeX paused, watching a whale pass by.

"You know, we'll have to remedy the fact that you haven't tried any others. Fortunately, we've got nothing but time here." He paused again and shrugged. "Or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it."

"Really?" Xion looked at him. "What other kinds are there? Axel mentioned there were others, but couldn't describe them well for Roxas and me. Are there a lot?"

She kicked her legs in the air and nodded. "We do. So maybe we should learn each others' names. I'm Xion."

"There's many, many more. It would take some time to think of them all, especially since you can make combinations and things like that. My personal favorites, though, are chocolate and strawberry. Not mixed together, mind you. Although that would be good, too, I would think..." He trailed off, realizing he was rambling at this point.

"Ah, forgive me. I'm terrible at that. Call me MakubeX." He nodded in return and offered his hand.

Rambling about ice cream is always fine with Xion. Some of the flavors MakubeX had mentioned sounded familiar--Axel had said they were pretty standard ice cream flavors. She'd tried strawberries once, and remembered thinking they were goood. There was one thing, though, that caught her interest. "You can mix flavors together?"

She paused for a moment before remembering she was supposed to shake his hand and doing so. "Nice to meet you."

"Oh, yes. It depends on how you're serving it, though. I've heard of machines that can swirl softer kinds together." He looked over at the food synthesizer, wondering if it could produce such a thing.

MakubeX nodded. "Likewise."

Xion followed his gaze. "I think we could the synthesizer to do that. Only, I think you have to be able to imagine what you want. This took me a few tries." She held up her half-eaten ice cream.

There was a brief silence as she tried to think of what to say next. "How long have you been here?"

"I'll have to take a look. It's got to be simpler than that." He looked over the device once more, taking note of the controls. He'd have to tinker with it later.

"A couple of weeks, I think. It's difficult to keep track of time here. What about you?"

Xion tilted her head to one side, thinking. It would be nice if they could find a way to have the food synthesizer make the kind of ice cream he was talking about. "Are you good with machines?"

"About the same about of time, I think. Are...Are any of your friends here?" She looked down at her hands, realizing she'd asked something that was probably personal.

"I am. I generally work with computers, but it can't be that different." MakubeX was already running possibilities in his mind. It would be easier if he had a computer to work with, but he could make due.

At the question, MakubeX's face fell slightly. He kept a tiny smile, though, and shook his head. "No, I haven't seen anyone I know yet."

"Computers? I haven't used those much. Are they difficult?" Saix had never let her near the Organization's computer. In fact her experience with technology in general was lacking.

Xion smiles back. "Mine aren't here either." She reaches up to her hood...

...and pushes it back. "But maybe we could be friends?"

They'd had ice cream together, after all. Wasn't that one of the requirements?

"That all depends on what you want to do with them. I can teach you, if I ever find one here." Of course, he had other reasons to want to find a computer. Which he knew meant, of course, that he wouldn't be likely to find one. This place seemed difficult in those regards.

MakubeX's smile returned when she lowered the hood. He nodded, offering his hand again. "I would like that very much."

"That would be nice." They'd have to start with her learning exactly what a computer could do, but Xion decided to let that detail slide for now.

She took the offered hand and shook it, smiling back. "Then it's settled."

Suddenly she had to fight the urge to laugh. Partly because really, this was more formal than when she and Roxas, or she and Axel had declared themselves friends--she could almost hear Axel's commentary on how "official" they're being. And partly because...

Partly because memories of those times came flooding back so strongly that it was either laugh, or let the stinging at her eyes take over.

MakubeX chuckled. "Good thing, hm?"

However, he could tell that something was off. He couldn't quite place it though, since he hadn't known her for that long. He tilted his head to the side and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xion managed a smile. "Yeah."

She gave a shaky laugh. "It's nothing. Just. Memories."

Not that she was sure why they'd come up when she was trying to focus on the present.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up anything unpleasant," MakubeX said, frowning slightly. "Do you want to talk about it?"

She shook her head. "No it's not unpleasant." She pauses for a moment. Axel had said that you're supposed to tell your friends when something was wrong, right? "I guess I miss the others more than I thought. We used to have ice cream like this almost every day."

The strange thing was that she didn't even have a heart to miss them with. She'd save that fact for later, though.

MakubeX nodded. "You're homesick. I admit, I am as well." He shrugged and waved his stick, having finished his ice cream. "I wouldn't mind joining you for ice cream while we're both stuck here. Although I'm not sure if it would help or make you miss them even more..."

She'd never heard the word homesick. "Is that what it is?" She placed her stick in her mouth, thinking for a moment. "I think I'd like getting ice cream here with you. It'd be nice to have something familiar. And a new friend." She smiles slightly, just a quirk of the lips.

"That's what it sounds like to me. It's a common feeling when one's so far away from home. I've never been away from my home before, so it's a strange feeling being the one who's left for once..." He trailed off and shook his head.

"That would be nice. Feel free to let me know whenever you'd like to do that." He then told her which room he was staying at, just in case they didn't feel like announcing anything over the network.

"So it's normal?" She hadn't felt it any of the times she'd run from the Organization, but then again she'd usually had other things on her mind. Here, she had more time to think. She gave him a sympathetic smile. "It must be hard for you, too."

The smile changed to something more genuine when he agreed to meet again. "Only if you'll let me know whenever you'd like to meet again." She gave him her room number, too.

"It is, but at least it proves..." He shook his head, not really wanting to go into that thought.

"I certainly will."

Xion's nodded, her expression a mixture of curiosity and understanding. She'd give him his space.

"See you later, then?" She stepped down from the table, straightening her coat and preparing to put her hood up for the walk back to her room.

"Hopefully sooner rather than later," he replied, grinning, "But yes, certainly."

"Right!" Hood up, Xion grinned as she left the cafeteria.

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