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Who: Keyblade House & YOU
When: Throughout February
Where: Keyblade House aka Fancy House #3 ( info including aesthetic pics )
What: a catch all mingle log for those who live in the house and anyone who wants to stop by or hang out
Warnings: general language, talk of the previous event, talk and mention of past torture

[lots of new arrivals this month! with the end of last month's event and everyone else trying to recover and heal sometimes it's nice to just hang out at home.

post a toplevel or tag around if your character is in the area.]

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I'd appreciate it.

[he crouches down again to set the snow bunny down before picking up a handful of snow between both hands and holding it out to roxas.]

It didn't snow much back in the Land of Departure so I guess I'm making up for lost time.

[Roxas, meanwhile, walks over and kneels down next to Ventus, taking some of that snow.]

Oh yeah? I haven't seen much snow in Twilight Town either. I still have to go visit your world sometime.

[Maybe when they get back.]

Twilight Town? Is that where you're from?

[ven's never heard of that place before, just another world unfamiliar to him.]

Land of Departure is really nice. I never got to explore much of the land around the castle before... everything started happening, but when I go back I'd like to change that.

[He nods.]

Yeah, that's my home. It's a quiet world, but it has a great sunset.

[It's a little weird, hearing Ven talk about going back and experiencing things he hasn't done yet. It's not a bad thing, the gap in their time, but it does take some getting used to.]

[Roxas spends some time trying to mold the snow in his hand into the proper shape for a bunny. As he does, he speaks.]

Hey, Ven? How are you doing?

[he nods to that as he works on another snow bunny, careful to mold the snow between his hands.] Maybe that's where it got the name?

[twilight... sunset...

ven's movements slow briefly before he can answer.]

I'm doing okay. The last few days have been exhausting.

Yeah, definitely.

[He notices Ven slow down, and is careful with how he says his next few words.]

That's good.

...I went to see the trials, by the way.

[he goes back to packing the snow, not looking up at roxas when he continues.]

Did you stay until the end?

[for the executions]

No. I didn’t need to see that.

[Roxas keeps his own gaze down as well, but casts a few glances at Ven as he talks.]

...is that where you got those scars?

[ven is quiet for a few minutes, swallowing around the tightness in his throat.]

... Yeah.

[he raises a hand up, two fingers tracing along the scars that decorated his jaw and cheek.]

Silver burns turnskins. The scars are from wearing silver for almost a week.

..!

[Roxas's eyes widen, and he gasps softly as Ven explains. Silver burns turnskins... and Ven had to wear silver for so long? He's visibly stunned by this news.]

Ven...

[After a couple of seconds, the shock, surprisingly, gives way to anger. It's a familiar emotion for Roxas, but it's more prominent and burns stronger than normal, paired with a strong desire to make sure this doesn't happen again. He knows that the culprits were caught and would face judgment, but this sudden flare of protectiveness makes him wonder if that's enough of a punishment.]

That's not going to happen again.

[His voice is low, steady, and dangerous. The snow in his hand, which had been formed into a lump like Ven's, gets crushed under his grip.]

[he's not unfamiliar with that reaction, having seen it in both aqua and kairi when he first woke up in the hospital. but seeing it in roxas twists something tight inside him. something warm that spreads across his cheeks like a blush and he looks up to see roxas crushing the snow in his hand.]

Roxas...

[his eyes burn a little, but he does a great job of keeping himself from crying like some wimp.]

It's okay now. Everything's all healed now.

It's not okay.

[He turns to look at Ven, and something in the way Ven looks at him dispels some of that anger. Enough to make him realize that he had felt such an unusual urge of protectiveness. He blinks in visible confusion, looking down at the snow in his hands.]

[Roxas was upset, sure, but... why did he react so strongly?]

[He shakes his head, wiping his hands on his pants before looking at Ven.]

I mean... no one should have to go through what you did. What you all did. And if I can help stop it from happening again, I want to.

... Thank you, Roxas.

[ven offers him a small smile. maybe he should object to the offer of being kept safe - shouldn't he be strong enough to protect himself?

he gathers up snow again and makes a small almond-shaped mound before gently setting it into roxas' hands.]

It'll be okay, though. Having so many people who care really... really helps.

I'd be more upset if people didn't care.

[Because really, what kind of world would this be otherwise?]

[He looks down at the snow that's placed in his hands, then turns to Ven and offers a small smile.]

But... you're okay now, right?

[ventus returns the smile easily.]

Yeah, I am. [he starts to mold some more snow to make another rabbit. picks off two leaves for the ears and there - a little snow bunny.]

Just be careful yourself, okay?

[Roxas watches Ven mold a snow bunny, before nodding, slowly doing the same.]

Yeah. I'll be careful. Promise.

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