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[these_guys]

TEST DRIVE MEME


➞ Post with a character you wish to test drive in this game's setting.
➞ Tag other people's starters and thread out shenanigans!
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FIND IT HERE
CUTOFF FOR ADDING CHARACTER WANT ADS TO THE GDOC IS:
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Since we're pretty sure that's when ATP is this month.

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[paopuprincess]

[Honestly, she was expecting something more menacing. "Kairi 2", or "Hunter Clone X", or something. Maybe she's read too many comic books. But this name was... cute. She likes it. It fits her, somehow.]

Well Xion, I'm Kairi. But I guess you already know that.

[She extends her hand in friendship. Put 'er there, pal.]

[faintwaves]

...[Xion just stares at Kairi's hand for a long moment. What's she supposed to do with that?]

I...yeah, I do. Because of Sora. [Everything is because of Sora.]

[paopuprincess]

Sora? What about him?

[She cocks her head, her hand still extended.

One day she'll teach you how to meet friends.]

[faintwaves]

[That's when she stares, just stares for a long time trying to figure out how to say this in a way that doesn't sound crazy.]

...I'm a copy, made from his memories. It's the memories of you that made me look like you.

[paopuprincess]

...Huh. I didn't know you could make a clone from memories.

[She's already gotten over the fact that Xion is a copy of her. The face, the eyes, their bodies are even pretty close. But are memories really so powerful that you can create life from them? How is that even possible?]

Well, you're not evil or anything, right? I can trust you?

[Because the best way to find out if someone is evil is to ask them. Because villains never lie.]

[faintwaves]

You don't...have to trust me, but...I'd never try to hurt you, or Riku, or Sora. I want all of you to be safe.

[paopuprincess]

Great! Then we want you to be safe, too, Xion.

[faintwaves]

...[JUST LIKE THAT?

No, they shouldn't want her to be safe, they should want her to go away!]

None of you even know me, how can you want somebody you don't know to be safe?

[paopuprincess]

Hey, you're part me, right? I'd say I know me pretty well.

And I probably know Sora better than he knows himself. So, the way I see it, I know you just fine.

[She gives her a playful smile. Lighten up a little bit, Xion!]

[faintwaves]

[It doesn't make any sense to her, and she has the feeling that once Kairi learns of the purpose Xion was created for she really won't want anything to do with her.

But it's only a feeling...just because people in the Organization were unforgiving doesn't mean Kairi would be, right? She begged them more than once, please give her another chance, this might be her last chance to really prove her worth.]

I...[she wouldn't say she's anything like Kairi, maybe a cracked and warped mirror of her, but she smiles nonetheless.] I guess I'm starting over now, with friends I make and what I do with my life.

[paopuprincess]

So, Ms. "New Girl", what are you gonna do now?

[faintwaves]

Ummmm...

[What should she do now? This is weird, Xion never thought she'd have a choice of where to go. Nobody can handle that much power (or at least Xion can't).]

I don't know. I guess I can't ask Thalassa, so...where am I even right now?

[paopuprincess]

This? It's New Bark Town, where a lot of new trainers show up. Not a whole lot goes on here.

Riku, Sora, and me live in Celadon City, but it's pretty far from here.

[faintwaves]

Trainers...?

[Trainers like--? What did they say? "Welcome to the world of Pokemon!"

What does that mean? What is she training? Is she training the seal to do tricks?]

What do trainers do exactly?

[paopuprincess]

Train pokemon.

[She points to her Seel.]

Thally here is your starter. You can use him to battle and catch more pokemon.

Then there's breeders, like me. We breed and raise strong pokemon for others to use.

[faintwaves]

...That's it?

[Making creatures like Thalassa fight seems very cruel, though. Like how the other Nobodies would direct their underlings to do their dirty work.]

But what if he gets hurt?

[paopuprincess]

These guys are a lot tougher than they look. It's like a game to them.

A good trainer always has potions handy to fix them up, and the Pokemon Centers heal them for free.