Night 1 | ~ Remember ~

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[There is a sleepy town cast in the soft orange light of the setting sun. It is built on hills, so the brick streets of the town rise and fall in great slopes in some areas and gently rolls in others. At the very top of the highest hill, there is a clock tower perched atop a train station. When a world is trapped within perpetual sunset like this one, keeping track of the time is difficult, and so that tower is of the utmost importance, the ticking of its clock the heartbeat of the town.

Wherever you are in the town, there's a young teenager dressed in a black coat. The hood is drawn up to where his or her face is mostly obscured. On top of the clock tower, he or she -- it's surprisingly difficult to tell -- the teenager is sitting on the ledge, holding a light blue ice cream bar in one hand, staring out at the town below. Elsewhere, s/he can be found wandering around, as if exploring the streets, or standing awkwardly along the building walls.]



[ooc: A list of canonical locations in town is here, if you want it! All of Twilight Town is there to visit (except for Yen Sid's tower, since Xion doesn't exactly know that place exists).]

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[Xion shakes her head.] It's the truth.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

If you believed that, would you still be here thinking about it uselessly?

Still, if you plan to just accept it, go ahead. If you want to disappear.

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[Xion is quiet for a long moment.]

You're right... I should.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[That.. is unexpected, and for the moment the surprise shows plain on her face.]

You're saying that's acceptable to you?

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Yeah. This life... It's never really been mine to begin with. I'm just... [Xion takes a deep breath and lets it out.] ... scared.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She thinks of a man who had the determination to end his own life when he decided it was necessary and appropriate.]

If you're scared, will you find the purpose to follow your thoughts to action?

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[She's ashamed to admit this, and it's audible in her voice:] I don't know.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Then you're not ready for what you're saying you have to face. You should acknowledge that and strive to do better.

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... is it really okay, though? Do I really have the time?

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

And if you don't? What will you do then?

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I d... [exhale] I just won't have any other choice.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

There's always a choice. Even saying 'I'll accept it' is a choice, a choice not to fight.

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[After a long moment, Xion nods, just ever-so-slightly.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

You nod, but are you really ready for that? [With all those arguments against it?]

It means you're responsible for what happens.

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I just -- I meant... to agree with you.

I... I still need... more time.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Whatever you need, how much time do you have?

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... I don't know.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Weren't you talking much more confidently than this a moment ago?

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... what does that have to do with anything?

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

You're breaking down pretty quickly. That's all. [Pathetic, a part of her still notes.]