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[It's not a bad day out, Xeha's thinking, as he ambles through the Radiant Garden district with a cup of spiced hot chocolate in his hands and a couple of rolls of wrapping paper under one arm. Hopefully that'll be enough: he went a bit crazy with the present collection, but better safe than sorry!

Suddenly, though, he slips. The chocolate goes flying, melting a nicely scented puddle in a patch of snow. It wasn't that the ground was icy, either...

He stares up, dazed, in no hurry to move. It's like he's walked into a brick wall, and his head's spinning. Disconnected. He knows what he's seeing, but at the same time, it's all wrong... There's no Radiant Garden. But this isn't. He wasn't here before, but he was. But it looks like... but everything's changed.

A whole chunk of memories. A whole slice of a life he'd lived elsewhere. New experiences, new worlds, new sights, new perspectives.

How's that for an early Christmas present?]

((A quick note! Subject lines contain references to the latest Jump Festa trailer; if you're really trying to keep unspoiled for 3D it may be wise to stay clear. If trailers count as spoilers. I don't know. Sorry about that!))

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[He gives a little bit of a smile as she returns.]

Thanks.

[skybright]

No problem.

[the notepad and pen are set on the table, and she collapses back into the chair she'd been in.]

*uses new jump festa icon just cuz*

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[He stares at it all for a bit, then starts scribbling. What he knew, where he was, neat little columns connected by lines as he's trying to poke it into some kind of faux-chronology.

At the end of one column, the words Sora. Kairi. He underlines them for a moment, sighs, rests his pen across them.]

ugh he's so cute

[skybright]

[Sora's trying not to be too nosy or curious about it, alternating between looking at the ceiling and watching him scribble.]

*hehe* It's weird having a canon!face for him after three+ freaking years...

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[A few more lines, more notes: anyone else affected? am I the first? - he looks up from the page.]

I think I'm getting this all. It just feels so strange being back here. Back to this age, too, I wasn't quite fifteen when I left? [A bit of a weak attempted laugh-] At least I didn't miss Christmas.

I bet

[skybright]

Which is good, 'cause then I wouldn't have been able to give you your present!

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[Another bit of a laugh-] Same. [Weird as it feels right now to be even considering giving a Sora a gift - she's the one he's known for longer than his own world's, he can't put his faults on her.]

[skybright]

[honestly, she'd sort of understand him feeling weird about it! she had to get over the whole looking-like-a-villain-from-her-world thing, too.]

Though even if you disappeared... I'd totally have kept your present until you came back.

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Thanks. [He manages a genuine grin.] I think I've still got to finish wrapping them, though, if I remember right? It's ... about a week off, is it?

[skybright]

Yep! You've still got a week.

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I think I'm going to need it.

[skybright]

Well if you need the time to, I dunno, settle back in or something, you could put off wrapping stuff. I doubt anyone you'd be giving presents to would mind!

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Might do. I mean, I don't want to accidentally give you Braig's stuff or something... [Voice trails off, his present knowledge mixing with his past knowledge about his friend.] Heh.

[skybright]

Yeah, I can't see myself really wanting anything a Braig would want.

[her nose wrinkles just a bit. while she tries not to judge books by their covers and all that, she's still not too fond of Xigbars, and so Braigs by association.]

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[Oh. Oh right. Even after what he just did in Xeha's own world, got to remember. He tries to lighten the mood-] Especially not his socks.

[skybright]

[pfft, that gets a laugh out of her. don't worry, Xeha, talking about Xigbars and Braigs doesn't really get her down anymore.]

At least I'd definitely be able to tell if I got socks that were too big!

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[He grins, but it fades pretty quickly. Must not think about what happened to the intended owner of those socks. Must hope for the best...]

Well, for what it's worth, I tried to find something a bit more interesting?

[skybright]

I just hope what I got you ends up being okay.

[except the mun has no idea what she could get him OOPS.]

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[same here]

I'm sure it'll be great.

[skybright]

Well if you don't like it, don't be afraid to say so. It's not like I can't just go find something else.

[I mean, she'd still put a ton of thought into it! but money's not exactly an issue here and all.]

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You too. But let's wait until we actually give the presents before we start worrying about them, okay?

[skybright]

[she laughs.]

Right, probably a good idea.

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Right.

[His note-taking turns into idle doodling - just loose spirals and the likes.]

[skybright]

Oh, right. D'you want to get a new drink?

[she's considering it herself! they're here, after all, might as well.]

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... Yeah. Think I could use it.