Excuse combo posting...

[forza_del_bene]

[It takes a little more than being forcibly shunted into someone else's body to keep Xeha away from his work. Sleeping through the whole day? Okay, that sucks. Waking up in the night to a body feeling unnatural and starved? Also sucks, but he could cope.

He's worried, sure. He's worked out just what his apparent current host is. But he can work with that, even if it involves making a few calls: someone or something can help, he's sure. He's a scientist. He's not squeamish. He can manage a little bloodletting if there's a volunteer. Getting one might be hard, in context, but still...

The problem is not as much what he's feeling as what he's hearing. The faint echoing and whispering at the back of his mind, he'd noticed fairly quickly.

But it was when Master Xehanort's voice spoke up that he understood. Terra, later, and more - voices from all the fragmented facets of his self and heart, wherever they might be. That had to explain it.

A shame that it'd had to be like this before he could directly communicate with everything that made his mind... why now? Why from here? He's not sure. But he's sure of what he's hearing. And he's sure he's hearing more than just them, too...

Which is why there's what looks like a Luxord (and a strange one to anyone who takes the time to really look) carrying various volumes on the Keyblade Wars and Kingdom Hearts through some of the shadier back corridors - heading for a place where he can really try and understand what's going on. And whispering to himself, on occasion-]

Be patient. I'm doing what I can. You understand how much there is, after all...

((Vampire madness plus Xehanort mind not knowing what's what equals hallucinatory mwahaha. Backdated to the first night after all this went down.))

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[asparkofsilence]

[It's been a strange day for Lexaeus. He's gotten more or less used to the worst of the changes now - and in particular the fact that he can't actively call his own weapon - but he can tell that this temporary form can defend itself, and that's enough for him. He'll deal with the rest later.

Even if it is strange to be great deal shorter than he's accustomed to.]

How much...?

[forza_del_bene]

[He seems a little startled. A voice from outside? Oh, of course! She must have overheard...]

Ah. Excuse me. [A smile. An Aqua? Well. They're always good to talk to (except, well, that one.) And Terra'll be glad to hear her, no doubt...]

I didn't realise there was anyone else around.

[asparkofsilence]

I had assumed as much.

[He might not know Luxord very well, but he knows enough about certain other people to know that talking to oneself happens more often when a person believes they're alone.]

[forza_del_bene]

I'm simply - doing a little research for someone. Perhaps I should have started some time ago, but -

[He gives a slight shrug, another slight smile. Nothing yet from Terra? Ah, well. And she probably wouldn't be too thrilled to hear from the old man and the others...]

- There's no time like the present, I suppose.

[asparkofsilence]

That's certainly one way of looking at it.

[Why Luxord of all people would have an interest in all things Keyblade, he's less sure of, but he figures it's not truly his place to ask.]

[forza_del_bene]

[He nods, takes a moment, then - curiosity in his voice evident, he asks-]

Tell me something, Aqua. Do you think it's ever worth trying to be something you're not? [A brief laugh, as he looks down at himself -] Although at the moment, I suppose, that doesn't quite apply in the same way.

[asparkofsilence]

I'm not Aqua.

[forza_del_bene]

Well, that would answer that, wouldn't it? Who am I talking to, then?

[asparkofsilence]

Lexaeus.

[forza_del_bene]

From earth to water... quite the change, isn't it? It seems like it's a night for new discoveries for all of us.

[asparkofsilence]

It certainly seems so, yes.

[forza_del_bene]

For my own part, I've got more I need to discover, I'm finding...

[asparkofsilence]

Is that so?

[forza_del_bene]

[A little nod, a little smile.] You're a scientist. You can understand how frustrating it can be to realise you've been following the wrong line of research all this time...

[asparkofsilence]

Yes, but it can be just as productive, even if it's not what you meant to research at the time.

[forza_del_bene]

That's true enough, too.

[asparkofsilence]

In addition, this is unlikely to last forever.

[forza_del_bene]

[He just nods at that-]

Well, it's all the more reason for me to use this time I've got to give myself a start on these matters.

[asparkofsilence]

A wise choice.