Mission 16

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[Not long after this, Cambot comes across Xion in Sora's room. At least, one would think it's Xion, but her hair looks a little too brown--no, wait, it's black as usual, must have been a trick of the light.

It looks like she's checking up on Sora, who looks like he's asleep. Pretty deeply asleep, too; he doesn't seem to be aware of Xion checking his pulse. She looks up when she's done, and she's pretty obviously concerned and tired. When her mouth moves as if she's speaking, Cambot helpfully provides subtitles.]

I can't get him to wake up.

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[sailorlaughter]

[Pinkie just looks into the camera for a few seconds and then starts sobbing again. Sorry.]

Will be sending Nami in a second.

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[Xion looks a little flustered, wondering what to do for the sobbing pony, when her attention is drawn by someone who seems to have just arrived. There's a brief, silent discussion, and Cambot turns to see Namine leaving the room.]

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[A little later, Nami shows up with one of Pinkie's favorite cupcakes and a whole box of tissues.]

[sailorlaughter]

[Nami instantly has a crying pony wrapped around her legs.]

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[Namine kneels down to preserve her balance, and does her best to offer the cupcake and tissues.]

[sailorlaughter]

[Pinkie goes for the tissues first, blowing her nose loudly.] I-is Sora gonna be okay?

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[For once, Nami almost wishes she had in it her to lie and say that Sora would definitely be okay. Sadly, since all they had was a guess, she can't say that for sure, and she doesn't like lying.]

I think so. He's not really hurt, he might just need to sleep for a while.

[To recover the strength that Xion had (inadvertently and unwillingly) taken from him.]

[sailorlaughter]

[Pinkie nodded, gingerly reaching out to take the cupcake.] What happened?

Sorry, wrong account.

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[Nami looks happy to see Pinkie interested in the cupcake. The question gives her pause, though. While she won't lie, she's not sure how much to reveal. Thank goodness Cambot not only provides captioning, but also listens when she asks him to stop recording.]

Back home, someone...someone made it so that if Xion and Sora got too close, she'd keep getting stronger while he got weaker, until all he could do was sleep. Something on the satellite keeps that from happening, but it looks like it didn't work when they tried to visit Earth with the time machine.

[That's about as simple as it gets.]