[IC] Platform Arrival

[terribletwos]

Roxas looks around him as soon as his eyes adjust to the disapating fog, quickly realizing that despite the fact that he's in a train station, it's not the one he recognizes from Twilight Town. For one, the train currently arriving before him isn't the lively colorful one he's watched passing along its track from the clock tower or even the so-called "ghost train" he pursued in the Other Twilight Town. Instead, this one is darker and more mechanical in appearance.

A myriad of questions flash through his mind. How did he get here? He doesn't remember using the Gummi Ship since they got back from Destiny Islands. Did this have something to do with Sora's disappearance? It couldn't be another datascape now that Namine was no longer bound to either the Organization nor DiZ, well, Ansem. So what's going on? And why is carrying a backpack all of the sudden? (He hasn't even noticed the unfamiliar clothes he's wearing yet.)

Frustrated by his lack of answers, he pushes through the departing crowd, which is practically swallowing him given his size and the size of the crowd. He's still not used to making himself heard, having been trained to disappear into the background, be inconspicuous, stay in the shadows. But maybe if he can make it past the throng, he can at least find a sign. Or at least be able to hear himself think.

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[hotheadwarmheart]

Another two weeks, another platform stop. Lea watched people file off without any real interest. The last mission had left most of the train at least mildly depressed, and he was no exception. Upon stepping out onto the platform himself to greet the newcomers, he couldn't quite manage 'cheerful' at first, but he was at least able to look interested, and prepared himself to answer questions.

He did his usual visual sweep of the platform, not really expecting much, but then, he saw it. Pushing past the last of the departing headed for the gates was a boy with a familiar head of blonde hair, dressed in a blue train uniform. Was the multiverse trying to make up for the last mission? Had their wishing paid off somehow? Was it just dumb luck? Lea didn't know, and frankly he didn't care.

What he did know was that his friend was back. At last. "Roxas!", he called out, hurrying to meet his friend halfway, his face breaking into a grin. This day was finally looking up.