Ninth Breeze

[salvagedlight]

Wait... we're back to - YES!

[Considering he'd gone to sleep with leaves for ears and woken up with hands, Ven could probably be forgiven for celebrating being back in his own body. Sure he could handle being in others, but this was his, and he started to climb out of bed-]

Whooooaaaaaaaa!

[-only to fall over the edge of the bed. He only saved himself from going splat on the ground by grabbing onto the blankets and clinging like crazy. It works, but he's danging above the ground, three inches tall and in his PJs (which, fortunately, are covering enough to function as street clothes), and he's only got one thought on his mind.]

Not again!

Comments

[colorbymemory]

I haven't seen any there before, but there might be some now.

[What's there does change from week to week, after all. Especially the costumes.]

[salvagedlight]

If people are shrinking, then yeah, it probably does. And it'll have string and stuff, too.

[So they can make things like stairs and bridges and stuff like that.]

[colorbymemory]

It always has things like that.

[Namine can help make mouse tunnels?]

[salvagedlight]

[Probably not, considering the ship's metal. Ven's more worried about stairs right now, like in the kitchen and whatnot.]

Then it's time to go trying to find stuff. This place isn't exactly built with small people in mind. [So he's gonna turn around to slide off the bed again, this time more controlled so he doesn't hurt himself.]

[colorbymemory]

No it isn't.

[She holds out her hand for him to climb onto, if he'd like.]

[salvagedlight]

[He looks at the hand, then up at her.] Are you sure? I can get there myself.

[colorbymemory]

[She wouldn't offer if she didn't want to.]

I'm sure.

[salvagedlight]

[Ven smiles.] Okay then.

[And he climbs aboard. He's already done this, after all.]

[colorbymemory]

[Namine carefully places him on her shoulder and lets him settle there. It seems to be the easiest place for him to ride.]

So, the theatre deck?

[salvagedlight]

[He grabs onto the shoulder strap of her dress as an impromptu seat belt, trying to settle down so he doesn't kick her or anything.] Right.

I keep imagining Arrietty for some reason. XD

[colorbymemory]

[Not kicking is much appreciated. Please to being careful of the dress strap so it doesn't slide too much.]

Just let me know if you need me to stop or slow down.

[She starts walking, a bit more slowly and cautiously than usual.]

I still have yet to see that. I need to.

[salvagedlight]

[And he grins at that.]

Come on, I'm a Keyblade wielder. We're tough - we've gotta be, with all the dumb stuff we get into.

I loved it. :) Then again, I'm a Ghibli fan.

[colorbymemory]

[She can't see his grin easily, but what he says makes her smile.]

I guess so.

[There's a hint of laughter in her voice.]

So am I! Ghibli is lovely.

[salvagedlight]

[He's three inches tall and sitting on her shoulder; he doesn't expect her to see facial expressions.]

I know so! I fell off a bunch of cliffs in Neverland and got shot at by pirates, and I chased this giant Unversed into a spaceship and almost got arrested by this big blue guy who looked kind of like a shark. And that's not even half of it, and I know Sora's done more dumb stuff than me.

It really is.

[colorbymemory]

['Dumb' is not a nice word, but apt sometimes.]

Everyone's had so many adventures. It'd be nice to hear about all of them someday.

[She might be sounding kind of wistful there.]

[salvagedlight]

[In this case, it's very apt. And he's good at picking up odd nuances in voices, so he turns to look at her - and realizes he's so close to her face that he can't see her expression. Okay, that's a new one.]

What is it? You sound kind of... sad.

[colorbymemory]

[Well, technically speaking Nobodies can't be sad--no heart to feel sadness with. Still, they can have people they like to see, and want adventures of their own.

She takes advantage of needing to deal with the elevator buttons as a moment to think of a response.]

It's nothing, just; I couldn't go with everybody, so I didn't always know what was happening.

[salvagedlight]

[That counts. He still doesn't know Nams is a Nobody, but he wouldn't buy the "feel no emotions" thing about her, or Roxas - they're way too human. Even if they aren't like their Somebodies. Certainly spontaneous laughter of enjoyment (not sadism) really isn't something that someone who doesn't have emotions can do.]

[And, more importantly, Ven knows what that feels like.]

You felt left out... Like you should be doing something to help, but you couldn't figure out how to.

[colorbymemory]

[Nami herself has been having thoughts about how "heartless" Nobodies really are--they have their memories after all. Not to mention that Axel, Roxas, and Xion had all become friends, and Axel had missed Roxas (felt lonely without his best friend there).]

There were things I could do, but it was too dangerous for me to help in other ways.

[salvagedlight]

And you wanted to help more than you could. I just met you here, and I know that you want to help everyone as much as you can. It's great that there's someone around like you in case people need it.

[He's trying to reassure her and cheer her up. No getting caught in a funk now, Nami.]

[colorbymemory]

[It helps, really. If he could see her expression better, he'd see how the compliments are making her blush.]

It's nice to be able to help.

[Especially when some of her first actions had done so much harm.]

[salvagedlight]

[Unfortunately his size and positioning don't exactly lend themselves to seeing her face. He'd be happy to know that she was happier, though.]

Uh-huh - it's great to see people feel better from something bad happening.

[C'mon Naminé, smile?]

[colorbymemory]

[She does smile at that.]

It is.

[And here they are on the theatrical deck~]

So, exactly what are we looking for?

[salvagedlight]

[Yay one smile! He'll work on more later, right now there's work to be done.]

Anything, really - I can't be the only one this happened to, so we need to figure out ways for people to get anywhere they need to, like to the food cabinets and stuff. Being small can be a real pain.

[...Experience is not a kind mistress here.]

[colorbymemory]

Hmmm...

[She sets him gently on a table close to the cupboards, then goes to pull out some string and popsicle sticks]

How about using these for ladders?