Thirteenth Breeze

[salvagedlight]

[It's Ven again, this time in the middle of his room - floating, actually, about four inches off the ground - looking around with a bewildered expression on his face. Those who have been in his room before know it isn't really the neatest place on the ship, but its not-neatness comes more from the relatively cramped quarters than Ven just being messy, as he doesn't have a tendency to leave stuff lying around. That's probably why he's looking confused now: some of his clothes are on the floor, one drawer is open a few inches and another is open not quite as much, and the stuff on his dresser is in disarray. Really it doesn't look much different from any teenage boy's room, but he knows he didn't leave it this way.]

Hey, did someone get wind powers this week or something? I didn't get mine back, but it looks kind of like I cast Tornado in here, and I know I didn't.

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[wavesinherheart]

I don't think anyone did.

[salvagedlight]

Then what happened in here? [You know him, Aqua, his room's a little cluttered but it's not like this.]

[wavesinherheart]

[It's definitely out of the ordinary, that's for sure.]

I don't know. Unless there's someone trying to mess people's rooms up?

[salvagedlight]

Maybe, but... why would anyone do that? [Guess who doesn't understand pranking for the sake of pranking.]

[wavesinherheart]

I'm not sure, actually. I suppose you'd have to ask them.

[salvagedlight]

If I can't figure out who did this, then I won't have a chance.

[wavesinherheart]

I know.

[salvagedlight]

You don't have any ideas on... maybe how to catch them, do you?

[wavesinherheart]

Ah, not off the top of my head? I can try to come up with something, though.

[thirteenth_brat]

I didn't get any magic back.

... Um, you do know you're floating, right?

[salvagedlight]

Then what did you get? Because this is... just weird.

Yeah - I can't really get down. It'll probably fade out at the end of the week.

[thirteenth_brat]

It doesn't seem like I got anything. I wonder if it's because I went home for a bit so I wasn't here when this started.

You can't? Huh.

[salvagedlight]

You really did go back? So were you... in Sora, then?

[It's a bit weird to think about - okay, no it's a lot weird to think about, but Ven's pretty much accepted the fact that Sora must be harboring his heart. But thinking of himself and Roxas and Xion and maybe even Vanitas all in there is a bit of a headache.]

[thirteenth_brat]

[It is a bit weird, but he supposes there are worse things that could have happened, so he's not really complaining.]

That's an interesting way to put it, but yeah. I did go back.

[salvagedlight]

[yeah, there's worse ways to have that happen. It's still weird.]

So... what happened? A bunch of people just... left, and then came back.

[thirteenth_brat]

We spent some time home, taking care of stuff... well, not that there was much I could do from where I was. Master Yen Sid called for Sora and Riku to show the Mark of Mastery, but this crazy place dragged me back before the results were given. It seems like it too them from after when it brought them back though, so they should know.

[For the record, knowing Sora, Roxas is pretty sure that Riku didn't fail. If he had, Sora might be kind of upset. But it's probably not a good idea to mention that, so Roxas doesn't.]

[salvagedlight]

[At least Ven doesn't have to ask what that is. He remembers Terra and Aqua's too well.]

What about the others? Ienzo's grown up now. [Honestly, that bit makes him feel weird.]

[thirteenth_brat]

I'd assume the same thing happened. They were home for a while a long while for Ienzo and Aeleus and then got dragged back here.

[And hopefully it won't happen with Lea and Isa...]

[optimistickey]

That's...pretty weird. I haven't seen anyone with wind powers around here.

But hey, it looks like you can glide, too!

[salvagedlight]

Normally I'd think I did something and didn't realize it, but I know I didn't get those back-

-Wait, too? You mean you can fly too?

[...the bad idea bears are starting up again...]

[optimistickey]

That's the sort of thing I think you'd realize if you had!

Yeah, I can! [Sora demonstrates by hovering up a little bit in midair.]

[salvagedlight]

...I think Aeleus wouldn't like it if we tried to fly together again.

[Considering what happened when they were ponies? Yeah, probably not.]

[optimistickey]

Why not? We know how to be careful this time!

Plus, we're more used to gliding than using wings anyway.

[salvagedlight]

Yeah, we are, but he's really big and he's got that stare.

[Seriously, not that Ven's one for mischief, but he does have that stare that makes him behave faster than anyone else on board.]

[optimistickey]

So...if we practice flying, let's just do it where he won't see us!

Come on, it has been awhile since we've been able to glide.

[skysmirror]

[Well this is a timely announcement. Xion's standing in her own slightly disordered room, holding a notebook with stickers on it Ven might remember from a previous Cambot recording.]

I don't know if anyone can cast that spell this week, but I think someone was in my room.

[salvagedlight]

[That does seem vaguely familiar, but they have more pressing things to worry about right then.]

...Really? Someone went in your room? [Well, he does not like that. She and Nami are about the least offensive people on this entire ship, so no one gets to mess with them.]

[skysmirror]

[This is true. The journal itself isn't as important as the fact that someone seems to have looked through it.]

Yes. Nothing's been taken, but it's not the way I left it.

[She's not too happy to hear that others' rooms have been invaded as well.]

[salvagedlight]

[He can tell - and he's getting unhappy himself.]

Mine's not either - we're probably going to have to do something about this.

[skysmirror]

[And an unhappy Ven makes everyone sad.]

We'll have to find whoever's doing it, at least.

[salvagedlight]

[Sorry? At least he's not Terra-just-left unhappy.]

Yeah - I wanna know why they're doing this, too.

[skysmirror]

[No, thank goodness for that.]

Me, too.

[If they wanted to know something, they could just ask.]

[colorbymemory]

[Namine is studying her wall of pictures, looking thoughtful and not-happy.]

I think something similar happened in my room.

[salvagedlight]

[And that gets him even more unhappy. This is looking deliberate - and guess who doesn't like people going after his friends, even if they didn't hurt anything?]

This is getting silly. You, me, Xion - we've got to do something about this.

[colorbymemory]

[It does look deliberate--as if specific targets had been chosen. Namine doesn't like people spying on her friends either.]

It looks that way, but what?

[She's never tried to catch a spy.]

[salvagedlight]

I think I'm gonna talk to Aqua about this, she might know something - and Lea might have some sort of ideas on how to figure out who's doing this.

[Because this maybe sort of falls under the umbrella of "pranking," and of anybody on this ship, that's Lea's forte, right?]

[colorbymemory]

That sounds like a good idea.

[Yes, Lea does seem to be the most "in the know" about pranking.}

[salvagedlight]

[All things considered...]

Do wanna come, too?

[colorbymemory]

If it wouldn't be a bother.

[beforetheflame]

[Gives a smirk as he let a flame dance along his hand.]

Well I happen to have the other type of fun element in my possession~

[salvagedlight]

...Yeah, that's not a surprise, Lea. [He's gotta grin at that because really? It's not. Lea's always been very fiery. Just look at that hair.] Just don't burn anything down, okay? And don't do a lot of it - fire consumes oxygen, after all.

[beforetheflame]

Hey, hey, c’mon~

Can’t you trust me?