3rd light - video

[destinyembrace]

Who: Kairi
Broadcast: Yep
Action: For anyone who's on the Blue Fish!
When: Later tonight

[It was just a simple message, asking what he was doing, making sure he hadn't fallen asleep again. But she couldn't find him. Like he hadn't ever been there, his name was gone from the list.

No.

Kairi quickly types in Sora's number, hoping maybe it was just a hiccup. She tried sending the message, but nothing. It couldn't find it. She frantically keeps hitting send, willing it to work, to send it to him. She did everything she could think of to try and fix it, in hopes that she was doing something wrong or the device was broken or there was interference or anything but what the cold dread in her stomach told her.

When her options were exhausted, and her panic turned into sadness, she then finally began to cry. He was gone, wasn't he? There was a chance she was wrong, but something in her told her she wasn't wrong. But she had to try, to ask, just in case. So she stubbornly wiped away her tears and opened a new post to address the network.]

So, um. If a person is gone from - if you can't find them on your communicator...

[This is harder than she expected. She has to fight to keep her voice steady. This is not only the first time someone she's known here that has been sent back, it's one of her best friends.]

Unless something isn't working? Is... anyone else's communicator not showing names? It could be that, right?

[But she doesn't believe it. Her voice cracks at the end, and she quickly ends the feed before she starts crying again.]

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[got_it_memorized]

[Axel knows as soon as she asks that this is either about Sora or Riku. The way her voice breaks clinches it. A quick glance through the names in the database confirms that Sora's is missing from the lineup, and he sighs softly before sending her a message.]

Want company?

[He knows how this feels, and even though he wasn't as close with Sora, Axel will miss him, too.]

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[destinyembrace]

[There's been an outpouring of support, but it still warms her heart a bit more to see it from Axel.]

yeah, i think so. if you don't mind coming over

[got_it_memorized]

Wouldn't have offered if I minded, Princess. I'll be there in five.

[He fires up the transporter and makes his way over to the Blue Fish. He's not certain where Kairi is, but he figures quarters are as good a place to start as any. Unfortunately, Blue Fish has upgraded bunks, meaning everyone has their own room. And he's not sure which one is Kairi's. Maybe she's got her name on her door or something useful like that! He'll make his way down the hall and check, and... well, if she doesn't, he guesses he'll just have to knock on them one by one and hope nobody thinks he's being a creep.]

[destinyembrace]

[Kairi's door won't be too hard to spot, in fact. Everyone on the Blue Fish - or at least, most of them - have decorated their doors in some way. Kairi's is covered in doodles and drawings, most a callback to home. Axel may recognize the art style as pretty similar to Namine's.

When he does get to her door and knock, Kairi will answer pretty quickly. Red eyes and red hair will peek out from behind the door, followed by a sniffle.]

Hi.

[got_it_memorized]

[When he sees the drawings, he's immediately sure that's Kairi's room, and he knocks gently. When she answers, he can tell she's been crying, and something in his chest aches a little. Or does it? Surely that's just residual or something; Riku can say he's growing a heart all he likes, but Axel isn't really sure he believes it.

[He ventures the barest hint of a rueful smile at her.]

Hi. How ya holding up?

[destinyembrace]

Okay...

[Not really. She's still clearly upset over what happened, but she tries to wipe the tears away and compose herself.]

You can come in if you want. Not too roomy in here, though.

[got_it_memorized]

S'okay. [He kind of sidles his way inside and stands near the door, not sure if he's allowed to sit or what, so he'll wait for a cue from her.] Mine's pretty small too, but I say it's better than all sharing one room. Least you have a little privacy this way.

[He fidgets a little.]

I'm... not too good at this, I'm s... sorry. [He's still not too good at that apologizing thing either, but he's working on it.] Do you wanna talk about it? Or... do you wanna talk about something else, maybe?