Mission 17

[skysmirror]

[Cambot comes across Xion sitting at her desk. It looks like she has cat ears and a tail this week, too--all the same shade of black as her hair. The coat she's draped over the back of her chair has sparkly rainbows all over it, as do her black jeans, while her shirt has silver stars, also sparkly.

She appears not to have noticed Cambot, though, so he takes this opportunity to try to peek over her shoulder at what she's working on. It looks like she's decorating a notebook. Several partially used sheets of stickers lie next to her: rainbows, stars, hearts, various animals. The used stickers all occupy various positions on the notebook's cover, except for the one in her hand that she seems to be trying to find a place for.

As soon as she notices Cambot, her expression turns from one of focused concentration to surprise. She quickly sweeps the supplies into the only one of her desk drawers that locks.]

Cambot! I thought I asked you to let me know when you start recording.

Though, now that you're here...Has anyone seen Harry? I haven't for about a week or two.

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[optimistickey]

What're you doing there?

And no, I haven't seen Harry around for awhile, either...

[skysmirror]

Oh, um...I kind of try to keep track of what happens and my thoughts by writing them down, so I've been using these notebooks, and I just started a new one and thought the stickers might look nice...

[She looks a little embarrassed, and happy to change the subject, even if the new one isn't happy.]

Really? Maybe he went home, too....

[optimistickey]

...Oh! So, kinda like what Jiminy was doing for me and Donald and Goofy. That's a good idea.

Maybe... [It seems like a lot have been going home lately.] I hope that he's all right, then.

[skysmirror]

A little, but more personal.

[As in, these are not meant to be public records for sharing.

There really have been far too many people going home lately.]

Me too. It sounds like he has a lot of adventures where he is.

[optimistickey]

Personal? All right... [Although now he can't help but wonder.]

Yeah. But he also seems like the kinda guy that can handle them.

[skysmirror]

More like a regular journal than a travel record. [She should have guessed where she got the curiosity from.]

He does, but I wonder why so many people seem to have gone home lately.

[optimistickey]

Do you like keeping one?

Me too. I wonder if it has something to do with how we're getting here in the first place...

[skysmirror]

Yeah, it's kind of nice to keep track of things this way.

[She started doing it to keep Roxas company, since he had to write one, but she genuinely enjoys it, now.]

If that machine could bring us here, then I guess it could send us back.

[optimistickey]

A lot better than forgetting them! [Oh, Sora.]

I guess so. But then how does it decide that? And when?

We need to try and find it again...

Sorry, had a moment and didn't let her respond to everything he said. ^^;;;

[skysmirror]

It is.

[Only he would say something like that and not mean it maliciously. She'll let it slide]

I'm not sure--we probably should start looking for it again.

[Not that a lot of them are experts with machines, but it would be nice to have a look and know where it is.]

[optimistickey]

You're right. Question is...what does it look like?

Maybe Mike or the Bots know.

[Sora figures they'll figure out how to work it once they actually find it.]

[skysmirror]

They might, but if they didn't know about it until Minako found out from Joel...

[The probability of them being able to identify it seems low. That said, they're the most likely to have some idea of what it could look like.]

[optimistickey]

Right now, they're probably the best lead we have on it.

[skysmirror]

True. Maybe we can ask Gypsy--she seems to know the most about what goes on here.

[optimistickey]

Good point! Probably a bit more than Tom and Crow, anyway.

[skysmirror]

[Gypsy also usually more inclined to be helpful than the other 'bots, but Xion's not going to mention that here.]

Probably.

[optimistickey]

All right, we'll ask her next chance we get!

[skysmirror]

Yeah, is there anything else need to ask?

[optimistickey]

Probably how to work it, too!

[skysmirror]

That would be good to know, too.

[She smiles, but it doesn't quite reach her eyes. Much as she'd like to go home in some ways, she knows that once she goes back, she probably doesn't have much time left.]

[thirteenth_brat]

Cambots don't seem to listen very well about that sometimes.

[Roxas would ask about the notebook, but seeing the way she hid it in a hurry when she noticed Cambot, it's probably supposed to be private, so he'll leave off it.

As to the other question...]

And... I haven't seen Harry anywhere lately. He could have gone home?

[skysmirror]

No, they don't.

[Xion had hoped it would work this once, silly her. At least Roxas isn't asking about the notebook.]

I guess he did, like the others...

[thirteenth_brat]

[Cambot will be Cambot, it seems. Roxas's own Cambot gives what seems to be an annoyed little shake, causing the image to jump. Roxas just shakes his head and picks up the other thread of the conversation.]

I don't know where else he could have gotten to. It might be good for him that he's gone home, though.

[skysmirror]

[Cambot will definitely be Cambot, whatever the particular Cambot's "personality." Xion's is just a little too eager to show off what she's doing/wearing.]

Me neither. I'm sure he's happy to be home.

[Harry's world sounded like it could be dangerous sometimes, so she won't say being back there is a good thing, but home is home.]

[thirteenth_brat]

[A lot of the Cambots seem to like that. On the other hand, they are helpful sometimes, so Roxas doesn't have too many complaints.]

He's probably fine.

[Roxas hadn't really talked to Harry much, if at all. At best, he suspected Harry probably had some serious business to attend to back home, but beyond that he had no idea.]

[skysmirror]

[They're definitely helpful in some situations, so Xion's willing to put up with a bit of oversharing.]

Yeah, he can take care of himself.

[sailormagic]

[Twilight's mane has gone rainbow-striped and her horn and cutie mark seem to be composed entirely of glitter right now, in the appropriate colors. But while she's not really bothered by these changes, she isn't too happy with the question Xion's asking.]

He hasn't been by the library recently. [And Harry was always one of her most frequent visitors.]

[skysmirror]

[Twilight is now a very colorful, sparkly pony and Xion would think this is kind of cool if there weren't more pressing matters to discuss. If Twilight hasn't seen Harry in the library, then he probably isn't on the satellite.]

That was one of the places he went almost every day. I guess he really did go home then...

[sailormagic]

[And Twilight's face falls a little at that information. She'd really liked Harry although he'd doomed them all in the future by introducing her to coffee.]

If he isn't in his room... then yes, he probably did.

[skysmirror]

[Harry was one of Xion's not!Dads and therefore awesome in her opinion.]

I hope he's okay there.