[week four - tuesday]

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[ Well. The time has come.

There's many things she wants to discuss with him. Many questions that have built up over a few weeks, and some that have only cropped up more ... recently.

Either way, Xion will make her way to the Sheriff Station, going slow and steady while leaning on her walking stick. Pluto is by her side.

She'll slow once she reaches the porch, and do something she has been doing for a while: settle down on the steps. ]

Hi, Sheriff Hal. I brought something for you.

[ There's the smallest of smiles on her face. ]

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[ She looks at him for a moment, her brows still drawn together, then looks away to murmur: ]

Riku...

[ What ... happened?

With a sighs she lets it go to look at him again. ]

Okay. Thanks, Sheriff Hal. Um... I guess it can't hurt to confirm, but is the leader you're talking about the Bounty Leader?

[sheriffexe]

[ Only a slight pause there in response before -- ]

Yes.

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Damian told me, [ she explains, soft. ] ... and I told him I wanted to help.

[ And that can mean .... whatever it means. ]

Although... there was something personal I wanted to ask you. About ... me.

[sheriffexe]

[ He only nods here, continuing to focus on his wood. ]

What is it?

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... can you save me?

[ These words she whispers, and she can't look at him. ]

I'm just ... a puppet made of memories. [ He must know this. Right? ] If I go back... if someone wins the game and sends us home, then... I should just disappear. But I...

[ She swallows and stares straight ahead, out at nothing. ]

I don't want to go away anymore.

[sheriffexe]

[ A frown at the question itself because wow, dramatic.

But he will let out rather gruffly. ]

Just go somewhere else then. Ain't a thing for me to do, just a choice for you to make.

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[ sorry man, kh gotta kh.

The look she gives him is concerned and confused. ]

But I... if whoever wins the game sends us all home, I won't exist anymore. I don't have the choice to just ... go somewhere else.

[ .... right? ]

[sheriffexe]

No. Not how it works. Why ain't anyone getting it?

If someone wins and picks the choice to send everyone home, that isn't an automatic "you are sent home without input from you." That's the choice where they give everyone else the choice to choose where they go home. Everyone gets to go home, to the home they want.

What they win is everyone's ability to decide.

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[ Looks slightly taken aback, then just stares in shock. ]

The home they want...

[ She looks away, pensive, and for a moment remains lost in her own thoughts. She still has questions. But if this is the case... if there's a "choice" --

She can confirm later. Sighing out and smiling, she'll nod at him. ]

Okay. That's good to hear. Then, can ... I send a message to Riku? Is that ... something you can do? I just want ... to let him know I'll be okay.

[sheriffexe]

[ A consideration for a moment. ]

Wait till Thursday. Reply to his letter.

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[ Looks ... increasingly surprised as those words sink in.

She doesn't make a fuss, though. Just presses a hand to her chest and huffs out a sigh. ]

Okay! [ Xion considers him for a moment, thoughtful and quiet, then abruptly offers: ]

I can't do as much as I could before, but if you need anything that I can get, let me know, okay?

[ of course that will stop being true as of tomorrow but look, she just wants to help ]

[sheriffexe]

[ He just nods and doesn't say anything. Anything else, Xion? ]

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[ Nah. She just wants to sit here with him and chill. ]

[sheriffexe]

[ And so they do. ]