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[Okay, it's warm. Very very warm. Even for the evening it's hotter than usual...but that doesn't explain why there's a blond boy wandering through the forest without his shoes and without his shirt. True to New Feather nature, the boy's wearing just the white cotton pants as he shuffles along through the forest.

It isn't until he gets to the center of town that he stops, staring at his surroundings with blank eyes. Well, great. None of this is registering.

Attention, Luceti. Would the owners of a blonde derp please come and claim your friend? He's not going anywhere for a while. It's a little too hard to process anything right now.

Is he staring at you? Or you? You seem like someone interesting.]

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[He... doesn't remember? That's. really jarring. Axel tries to give Xion a reassuring look but he really probably only looks worried, and probably even slightly dejected. He scratches the back of his head and turns to Roxas.]

Y-yeah. Axel, remember? [And glancing back to Xion.] You find him like this?

[The blank expression shifts from Xion up to Axel again.] Axel...[But the way he says it is a pretty clear indication that he's just repeating the name, not actually acknowledging who the redhead is.] ...hello. [Being around people in Luceti thus far has helped him be a bit more alive than when he was first in Never Was.]

[ She takes a deep breath, squeezes Roxas's hand again, then releases it. ]

Roxas, I'll be right back. Wait here, okay?

[ ... she moves over to Axel.

GRABS HIM.

And pulls him down the hallway, away from Roxas. Not very far. But she does drop her voice to a whisper, so only he can hear. ]

I just found him that way in the middle of the village! He just... [ She looks at him, bites her lip, then looks back up at Axel ] The Malnosso did something! But I've never seen him like this before... what are we going to do?

[GRABBED AND DRAGGED AWAY. He sighs after she's done talking, keeping his own voice low when he speaks.]

I've seen him like this before. Right after a Nobody is born they're "hazy" like this during their first week. Roxas was like a zombie for most of his first week, couldn't really speak and for the first few days didn't remember nothing he was told. Dunno if that's the case here, though. We'll... just have to keep an eye on him until he snaps out of this.

So ... he's like a brand new Nobody again?

[ She looks over at him once more. ..... just like her. When she was new ... she could barely respond to anything. And when her appearance broke like that... when she turned back into a new Replica...

She opens her mouth, as if to speak, but no words come out. This is just too sad. And she's scared for her friend. At least she turned back. What's going to happen to Roxas?

... and then something else occurs to her. ]

Vanitas can't find out. He can't.

It's good you found Roxas before he did that's for sure.

[That would have been a disaster. Axel glances down the hallway to Roxas for a moment, then turns back to Xion. He isn't even sure if that's what's wrong with Roxas, but what else could it be? He just hopes that Roxas will start to remember things again.]

Don't worry about Vanitas. As long as we can keep Roxas home, even if he does find out, he won't know where to find him. Maybe we can get Sora and Kairi to help us babysit him for the time being.

... okay. [ But she's still clearly not happy. She shoots Axel one last look, then immediately moves back over to Roxas, taking one of his hands in hers again. It ... it makes her feel better, like she's anchoring him down, somehow. Like he might leave otherwise... ]

[Roxas was letting his gaze wander around the area of the house when those two took off to talk, so when Xion grabs his hand again he tilts his head to look at her. Hi...who are you again? Oh, right...you're the nice girl. He'll let his hand fit into hers, also peering around for the tall redheaded man. He blinks momentarily, tilting his head backwards to look behind him as well. Well...this is different.]

[After following Xion back out there Axel just watches them for a moment. Well, at least Roxas trusts Xion. Though last time he was like this he was fascinated by Xion so it's not really surprising.

...this is going to be tough, though. Xion is freaked out and Roxas is spaced out. Hmm, maybe he can try to get things under control a little.]

You guys hungry? And later we can get some ice cream, maybe that'd help. [Ice cream always helps okay.]

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[ action ] Ty will jump back in in a bit

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