vatheon | Why So Cold Vatheon?

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Why So Cold Vatheon?

Characters: Selphie and Anyone
Where: Plaza cafe.
When: Boom. After noticing Izaya is gone/early afternoon.
Style: Any
Status: OPEN

Selphie had been in Vatheon for over a year - she knew the score by now; people came, people went. The number of friends she'd seen come and go was...too much to think about. But everyone so often, Vatheon would whisk away a friend that she couldn't quick forgive the place for stealing from her.

It was slightly cooler, but Selphie sat outside the cafe, a large hot chocolate in front of her. There's a small plate with several empty cake wrappers on, and a larger tray with a pile of various cakes and slices that haven't been touched yet.

The usually cheery, very enigmatic girl is sat alone with her treats. What's up? Go say hello, cheer her up, or just pester her.

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Roxas was out and about often enough, still getting a feel for this world he'd ended up in, but he hadn't really gone out of his way to talk to anyone. Approaching people had been discouraged in the Organization, and for all that he had been Sora, he didn't really know how to do it.

Still, when he walked past one of the cafes and saw the girl sitting there, he paused, doing a double-take. She looked awfully familiar...

Selphie was taking a sip from her hot chocolate when Roxas was passing. She was just surveying the area while she was sitting, contemplating, alone. She glanced away for a moment, but then saw that he had looked at her again. So Selphie put down her mug and smiled over at him.

Shoot, she'd noticed him. And she didn't seem to recognize him, so that must have meant either she was one of Sora's friends or she just looked like someone. He should probably say something instead of gawking like an idiot.

Smiling awkwardly but breaking her gaze, his eyes fell on the tray of cakes. "Are you- eating all those yourself?"

Selphie followed his gaze and looked down at the cakes. She clicked, quite happily and motioned towards the plate with the empty cake cases. "Well... I had started... but I don't think I'll finish them all. Not by myself anyway!"

"It's kind of a lot," he agreed. Not that he seemed to see anything wrong with attempting to eat a large quantity of cake. The boy had practically lived on ice cream for most of his existence, after all.

"Uh huh! I guess it is!" She smiled brightly and motioned to the empty chair next to her. "Wanna help?" Selphie wrapped her hands around her mug, looking more than willing to have a companion with her.

People around here sure could be friendly.

"Um... Sure. If you don't mind." But her expression certainly didn't say she minded, and she had offered, so he went over to join her.

"Of course not! Besides, I don't wanna get fat, right?" She smiled, and helped herself to another cake all the same before pushing the tray towards him.

"Oh, and I'm Selphie! Nice to meet ya!"

Settling down next to her, Roxas took the tray from her to pick out one of the slices. Something with fruit in it.

He paused when she said her name and glanced over at her again. Selphie... That was right, from the islands. She looked older than he remembered, though.

"Oh- um, it's Roxas."

For himself, Hideyoshi was having a good day, although in honesty that wasn't saying much; most of his days had been good since being dropped into Vatheon. He was on one of his lunch rounds, walking about the plaza and sampling random foods - anything unfamiliar, really - when he spotted Selphie at her table.

It just so happened that he noticed her after picking up a bagful of something that the shopkeeper called marizpan, but that to him looked just like edible flowers. Which was amazing. So that it felt a little bit like karma. Flowers, sweets, pretty girl - can't go wrong, right?

"Ah! Selphie!" He strolled over, brandishing the bag. "Guess what, it's your lucky day!"

[Tiir personally doesn't eat out—the idea of minging among humans like that is still far too uncomfortable.

So it's by chance that he's passing by the area and notices her.]

... That's quite a bit to eat by yourself.

Selphie looked up suddenly, snapping out of whatever reverie she was stuck in. She recognised Hideyoshi, despite the fact that this was their first non-virtual meeting, and she smiled. There was conflict and history etc with himself and her friends, but he had only ever been pleasant to her.

"My lucky day?" She tilted her head and looked at him, both curious and excited.

"Roxas..." Selphie repeated the name, trying to think where she had heard it before. She bit her lip, a little frustrated at forgetting, and she drummed her fingers on the table in front of her. "Oh! Aren't you friends with Axel?" Selphie had been very close to the Axel that was there before, and that was how she knew the name, she was sure.

*Selphie glancse up, hearing the voice before really registering what he was saying*

Oh! You want some? Do you eat cake and stuff too?

*Cause really, he might just eat people, for all she knows*

Roxas blinked at her, in the midst of taking a bite. Well, Axel had said he'd been here for months. It shouldn't have been any surprise people knew him. But, for some reason Roxas hadn't expected to be talked about.

Pulling the fork from his mouth, he nodded. "That's right. Best friends."

"That must be it then!" She smiled and peered into her mug, trying to decide if there was enough for one more sip. Selphie picked it up and tipped it back, but only got a tiny drop.

"Not from Axel that's here... I mean, it's the same Axel as the one that was here before... Just this time, he doesn't remember me... Funny, right? From the 'got it memorised' guy?"

"You mean Axel's been here twice?" he wondered. He hadn't mentioned that. Then again, if he didn't remember anything from the first time around, maybe he didn't know.

"Uh huh! Maybe even more than that. He was here for quite a while... and then he left. And now he's back, but..."

Selphie lowered her gaze. That was why she was sat eating all that cake in the first place. The stupid coral had taken away yet another of her friends... And even if he came back, there was no guarantee it would be the same.

"But he doesn't remember. I guess that just happens round here."

Roxas regarded her uncertainly for a few moments. He wasn't good at reading emotions, but he thought she seemed sad, and he thought he could understand why. Axel had been pretty upset to be forgotten, after all, and it was something he still felt guilty about.

"...I'm sure he didn't mean to forget. And if you could be friends once, then you probably could again. If you really want to put up with him, I mean."

"Oh, I know he didn't mean too. This place just...does stuff to people." She smiled brightly at him, and took a bite out of yet another cake. She looked like she was about to speak, but decided to chew and swallow first. And it's a good job, because she started laughing, "Put up with him? Axel's great fun!" And only she had any idea of how much 'putting up with him' she used to do.

Well, there. He had made her laugh. He smiled a little.

"Most of the time," he agreed. "He has his moods." And maybe that was an understatement. For someone with no heart, he could be pretty expressive.

Selphie returned the smile and nodded, "Uh huh, that's definitely true!" She relaxed in her chair and sat back, looking much more at peace than she had before he arrived.

Roxas took another few bites of his cake, looking thoughtful.

"Has that been bugging you?" he asked. Her smile made it hard to tell, but somehow she seemed more at ease now.

She looked in person just as she did on the network, Hideyoshi thought, but then that wasn't surprising. The lucky day was his, really - handy as the SFCs were, they couldn't really replace anything. People had a presence to them, a smell, and he'd spoken to too many of them by the machine and not enough face to face.

"That's right!" he answered her brightly. "Not only do you get the pleasure of finally meeting me in the flesh, but! you also get - " he drew a marzipan rose from the bag and dropped to one knee as he handed it to her, all in one flourish of a movement. "A flower that's also candy! What could possibly be better?"

[He just. Kind of stares at that because did she seriously ask if he wanted to eat with her—]

... What kind of question is that?

[Regarding both of them, really.]

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