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[Get out, her doctors had said.

See some of the city, her doctors had said.

It'll help jog your memory, they said.

But the truth is that she'd sort of become lost a long, long time ago. None of these streets looked even remotely familiar to her, and her Spheal is being of little help in this situation. Enough so that she's actually taken to carrying Aster around as she tries to find her way. Uselessly, mind you, but she's trying!

... But it's also starting to get a little bit late in the day, and she hasn't eaten anything since breakfast.

Her stomach growls loudly, closely echo'd by Aster's. Xion looks down at the pokemon, who's also looking up at her.]

I don't know where to go.

[The spheal chatters a bit at her, and Xion looks around, reaching out literally to the first person she sees to tug on them to try and get their attention rather pathetically.]

Help?

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[flowerofsendai]

[It just so happened to be the sleeve of one Sakura Shinguji, who stops and turns.]

Huh?

[Did she just ask for help?]

Are you all right?

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[Hopefully this person isn't one who can't deal with someone who speaks with a rather unnatural sense of minimalism.]

... Lost.

[flowerofsendai]

[She can handle it.]

Did you get separated from someone?

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[She shakes her head. She's... really not much for words, apparently, and her body language doesn't betray all that much either.]

[makeitquick]

[ Small... girl. Who needs help. Melaka frowns and then looks down at her to ask-]

With what?

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....

[Hang on. She's gotta figure out some words here. Right ones to use, anyways. Xion looks down at the pokemon in her arms for a moment, furrowing her brows before she speaks up.

.... Hospital.

[makeitquick]

[ Okay, that's more serious. She frowns and crouches down, to check the both of them out for injuries at a glance ]


Hospital? Okay, I can take you.

[meguriau]

[ I'm sure it'll be a good one he said.

Maybe it'll be a water type he said.

Maybe you'll like it he said.

Okay so all of them were true when it came to Naveen the Poliwag. What didn't come up was what kind of Poliwag he would be. And the Sandile? Same deal. Both of them are good Pokemon sure but who knew that Pokemon could be so excited to go out and explore right after hatching from their egg.

Roxas didn't know until now. And that's why he's all the way on the other side of the city trying to look for them. The moment he didn't have anymore visitors they took the chance to dart outside while Roxas wasn't looking.

Thank Arceus he can teleport. He had just found them and was telling them it was time to go back to the Hospital when he felt a tug. He turns and-- ]

......?

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[Oh! This person she knows. Sort of. Mostly. Better than anyone else here, she thinks. Xion's hand lingers on Roxas for a moment. Then two. Then--]

Are you lost too?

[meguriau]

[ Oh hey it's that girl he sort of knows. He thinks about her question before actually looking around at his surroundings. He's... never been to this part of the city.

He slowly nods his head because yeah he's lost. Teleporting 500 feet at the time doesn't leave much of a route back even for an Analyst. ]

[merameranomi]

[Ace felt a tug on his arm and turned around, a bit curious. His face fell when he noticed the girl]

Are you ok?

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I'm lost.

[Blunt. Right to the point.]

[merameranomi]

oh... do you know where is your house? or are you trying to get somewhere else?

[He's getting a bit worried, the girl doesn't seem too healthy to him]

[thatwasnotmyintent]

[Whaaaaat, tiny human being wtf. Erwin is purposefully striding home when he feels the tug, which stops him dead in his tracks. Honestly, he'd thought she was a small Pokemon and he didn't want to step on her.

But nope, tiny hooded girl. He'll sort of stare blankly at her, for a moment, then:]

...what is it.

[He's not winning any awards for empathy. Fortunately Gunsmoke, his Houndour, is much friendlier, coming up and trying to leap up and slobber on the girl's face.]

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[excuse you she totally towers over you at her staggering, gigantic height of 5'2.

Xion is about to talk, really, she is. But she's small, and weighs 110 pounds, and, well, she's not exactly the most stout of things. So when she's jumped up on, she falls over, succumbing to a slobbery fate.

Which she probably weirdly enough, doesn't exactly react too other than a gentle pet of the houndours head as Aster the Spheal tries to shove the dog pokemon off.]

[thatwasnotmyintent]

[Erwin has literally seen shrubbery taller than her. But his boyfriend roommate is also tiny, so he's used to talking down to people.

...not. Quite that down, though. He'll sigh, reaching over to scoop up his Pokemon. Gunsmoke flails a little, then goes very still, assuming he's being taken back to the mothership.]

Sorry about that. You all right?

[heartstorage]

[Sora had been helping with debris clearing when he feels a tug on his arm and someone asking for help. He'll turn and look at her]

Huh? What's wrong?

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Lost.

[At least she's to the point?]

[heartstorage]

[Very to the point!]

You are?

That's okay, where are you trying to get to?

[somnambulatory]

Huh?

[Jinxie turns around to look at who's tugging at her sleeve, blinking curiously at the girl in the hood. Her Duskull, Dokuro, is busy checking out Aster.]

What is it?

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[Hey man, Aster is always looking for more friends! The spheal wiggles its (admittedly small) flippers at the ghost pokemon, chattering the pokemon equivalent of "Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi."

Xion on the other hand, just looks at Jinxie for a good, solid 10 seconds before:]

Lost.

[somnambulatory]

[Dokuro waves his arms around in response, making ghosty sounds.]

Oh. Um. Where are you trying to go?

[thefloorislava]

[After visiting with Roxas for the day, Lea had decided to go and stop in to visit Xion.

But Xion was no where to be found. The doctors had let her go out -- unsupervised -- for a walk a few hours ago. Lea's facepalm could be heard 'round the world. After giving them a good verbal lashing, he'd set off to go look for her. He splits from Maki, and they canvas the city.

And it's the hyperactive little darumaka that finds Xion, first. Spotting the dark-haired girl, he chirps happily! Xion!! He tucks in his legs and rolls over to her, bumping into her leg before unrolling again. He's easily recognizable as Lea's friend by his blind eye.

Maki hops up and down, tugging on her leg]

Makuuu! Ma! Ma!!

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[In their defense, they probably didn't think she'd traverse the entire damn city.

But she totally and completely did. But at least she's found now! Sort of! Xion squats down to the pokemon and sets Aster down so she can properly talk to the other pokemon.]

You found us.

[thefloorislava]

Daruuu!! [Maki chirps happily, then gives Aster a BIG CUTE HUG because he can. he then talks to her so she can relay information to Xion]

{Aster!! Aster!! Lea is worried sick! We gotta bring Xion and let him know she's ok and not lost anymore!} [Maki grabs a hold of Xion's pant leg and yanks as hard as he can (which isn't very hard)] {This way!}