Intro | Arrival

[you_have_no_heart]

Crumpled on the ground would be a familiar face to many of the complex. She was however not in the cloak many have attributed to those of her kind but instead a white tank-top and jeans. Obviously not appropriate weather for the season and her body showed the appropriate reactions for a human. Definitely showing that she should NOT be left out there.

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[yuuchankanda]

Yuu was decidedly not happy to see the familiar figure on the ground. She didn't have fond memories of Larxene, although she hadn't really interacted with her much. The few times had left enough of an impression, though, to think of the woman as nothing but a heartless bitch.

She was in no hurry to relieve herself of this impression.

Still, bitch or not, she couldn't just leave her out in this cold, icky weather. She walked over to the crumpled figure and nudged her foot a little. "Hey. Get up. You can't lay here. It's going to rain." Or, considering how cold it's been lately… "Or maybe snow. I'm not sure which."

[you_have_no_heart]

Larxene on the other hand didn't recognize the woman at all. In fact when she woke up she looked confused for a moment. Then as if a switch had been flipped an immediate look of fear covered her face and she immediately drew her legs to her chest.

"W-who are you?! Where am I?"

[yuuchankanda]

She doesn't look moved by the sudden reaction.

"Very funny, Larxene." She won't be fooled. This woman has done a lot to mess with her, to try to screw up her relationship with her future husband. "This is the Complex. And I'm Yuu, Zexion's girlfriend. Remember?"

Perhaps she should be kinder. There's an off chance that this could be an alternate, someone from a different world. Still, she's wary of Larxene. She always seems to be plotting something…

[you_have_no_heart]

"How do you know my name?" Her voice was very muted, too muted to be the egotistical and sadistic Nobody.

"Zexy has a girlfriend?" She tilted her head a little but she still looked scared.

[yuuchankanda]

Well, that confirms the theory that at least this isn't the Larxene she knows. Great. That doesn't make her trust her one bit, but it does at least gentle her tone and manner

She kneels down, not getting close to her again. "Yup. Actually, I'm a bit more than that." She holds up her hand so she can see the ring on her finger. He just proposed.

"And I know your name because I've met a version of you before. This place, it brings in all kinds of people. And sometimes more than one version of the same person. There's another version of me running around here. And another version of my boyfriend as well." Her lips quirk up a little in a smile. "Those two aren't dating though. I should probably mention that. As well as the fact that the other version of me is male." They really need pamphlets or something to explain all this.

[you_have_no_heart]

With the flash of that ring all fear escaped her expression. Instead she grabbed Yuu's hand with the biggest smile on her face. "You're getting married? That's so cute!"

If there was still any suspicion about Larxene being anywhere near the same as her counterpart it would likely leave about now. She let go of Yuu's hand only to hug her. "That's so great. That grump needs somebody to make him smile more. Even if we can't help smiling sometimes he never seems to really like it. I think that's the reason he wants to make us human again."

[yuuchankanda]

She smiles genuinely, warmed by the idea of their marriage. They haven't picked a date yet, of course, but just the idea… Well, she loves him. And being married to him, that's just bliss. She lets Larxene examine the ring, although she's surprised by the hug.

It takes all her power not to stiff, to let her hug her. She pats her back a little awkwardly. "Well, I'd like to hear more about that. I'm not quite sure what you mean," she admits honestly, "but we can talk about that once we've moved. Why don't we go inside?" It's cold out here and this isn't good weather for a girl in a tank top to be in.

[you_have_no_heart]

"Did Zexy not tell you anything? That's not like him. He likes to talk a lot about all the details." She was curious but she decided to stand up at this point.

"Okay lead the way!" She grinned happily.

[yuuchankanda]

She helps pull her to her feet if she'll let her. Whether she likes it or not, though, she's grabbing her hand and leading the way. She has a stronger grip than he small appearance lets on, although she tries to keep it light so as not to make her uncomfortable. Larxene will have a little trouble pulling away if she tries.

Still, Yuu gives her a reassuring smile over her shoulder. "It's this way. I was just about to make dinner. Would you like some?"

[you_have_no_heart]

She was a little surprised to be lead away like that but she accepts it since this is Zexion's bride. How bad could someone who could reign in that bookworm be?

So instead of being surprised she's looking around curiously at the complex.

[yuuchankanda]

She leads her to her apartment and releases her hand, ushering her inside. It's much warmer inside and she gestures for her to sit on the couch. "I'll go make some tea real quick." It's a habit she picked up from Zexion, making and drinking tea.

"Now, I should probably try to explain this world a little more. Where would you like me to start?" After all, she didn't seem to understand what she said about alternates earlier. She'll need to explain in detail then.

[you_have_no_heart]

She follows Yuu's lead easily. Smiling she was happy to hold the girl's hand.

When they got inside she gave a happy sigh "It's so warm!" She moved over to the couch and flopped down.

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

Grace was just on her way out for the evening. Off to blow her money on booze and cigarettes. As usual. But something caught her eye. A figure laying out on the path to the complex.

Seems to be a common theme around this place. People are always turning up asleep in weird places. So she holds off on her night of partying to approach and see what's up.

Crouching by the sleeping girl, she reaches down, poking the stranger in the cheek. Cold to the touch.

"Hey. It's freezing out here. You suicidal or something?"

[you_have_no_heart]

When she woke up Larxene's eyes opened wide. She scurried back and sat up looking up at Grace. "W-who are you?!" She was obviously scared and nervous. It was a type of intense fear a rabbit would show a fox.

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

Grace just half-smiles, raising an eyebrow.

"Wow. Jumpy much?"

She holds her hands up, still looking more amused than anything.

"Name's Grace. Grace Pikes. And regardless of what guys in bars would say--I don't bite unless I'm in a fight and it helps me get the upper hand."

She doesn't seem terribly bothered by the fear. She's certainly not afraid of anything. Totally outgoing and confident.

"So you don't have to look at me like I'm going to gobble you up, alright?"

[you_have_no_heart]

Larxene tilts her head "Are there people who eat people here?" She really seemed curious. Her fear seemed to be mostly gone.

"Where am I?" she was still nervous but not as much as before.

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"Could be. There are vampires and shapeshifters hanging around. So it's possible."

A casual shrug and then she's offering a hand to help Larxene up. Weird things do not bother her. "You're in the complex. A big melting pot of weird. We get all sorts through here. From different worlds and stuff. I don't know how it works, but it's never dull."

A grin. "So what's your name? And why are you sleeping on the ground?"

[you_have_no_heart]

She takes the hand and stands up.

"My name is Larxene. And uh well I kind of remember going through this dark portaly thing but that's about it. It was pretty scary! I think I remember something big looking at me from the darkness."

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"Dark portaly thing, huh? Sounds interesting." Not scary though. "I didn't get one of those when I turned up."

She grins and gestures for Larxene to follow.

"I was planning on heading out for a bit. But seems this'll have to take priority. Come on. Let's get you inside so you can warm up. I can't cook, but I think there might be some leftovers my roommate made still in the fridge. I think I can heat those up without burning down the place. Sound good?"

[you_have_no_heart]

"Yeah I really don't know what that was about." She shrugged dismissing the oddity for now.

She followed beside Grace "Sounds good to me! I can kind of cook but nothing impressive like Luxy can make though."

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"I can't cook anything. Which is funny since the talent seems to run in the family. My grandpa can cook anything wonderfully. He runs his own diner. me though? I lived on instant ramen and tv dinners until I met Sammy--my roommate. She's a total Godsend sometimes."

Just chattering on. She's terribly outgoing and mostly friendly so long as no one is pissing her off.

[you_have_no_heart]

"I'm glad you have someone to make food for you then!" She was legitimately cheerful about it and smiling wide.

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

She leads her into the apartment, dropping her purse right by the door. No sooner than she's in the door, she's being followed by a rather strange tabby cat. Strange because it has nine tails.

It regards Larxene for a moment, sniffing in her general direction before practically attaching itself to Grace's leg. Grace gestures at the sitting area where there's a couch and two squishy armchairs.

"Sit wherever you like while I heat up the food. Oh. And this is Sayonara Sekai. Sayo for short. He's harmless, if a bit clingy."

Clingy indeed. It follows her into the kitchen, mewling.

[you_have_no_heart]

"Aw he's so cute!" She exclaims smiling at the cat. "Why does he have nine tails though?" She asked curiously while she moved to sit down on the couch.

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"He's sort of part demon, I think? Something like that anyway. Got him off a mercenary friend of mine. There's apparently some story connected to it, but he didn't explain very well and I can't find any info on it so far."

Connected to the nine lives of cats, she supposed. It hadn't really mattered to her much. She'd taken a liking to the creature either way. After a few minutes she returns to hand Larxene a plate. Leftover chicken alfredo. She takes a seat in one of the chairs, Sayo leaping into her lap and curling up to watch Larxene.

"So why don't you tell me about yourself?"

[you_have_no_heart]

"Oh okay, maybe I'll ask Zexy or Vexy about it if I see them around. They're pretty smart and sometimes know about this kind of stuff."

She lounged back on the couch waiting for Grace to come back.

Taking the plate she bites into the food and gives a pleased hum "Mm! This is really good."

Larxene tilts her head at the question but smiles as well "Um sure I'm not sure what you wanna know though. I'm Larxene and um well I'm not exactly human. We never really came up with a word to describe it but we're kind of like people but full of emotion. When we're happy we really show it! When we're mad we show that too. We're like this because we're separated from our bodies. So you've got the body, mind and emotion all running around without each other and all confused."

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"Your friends have some weird names. Luxy, Vexy and Zexy? Is that a theme? X's and y's?"

She finds it amusing.

"Huh... sounds a bit confusing to me. Don't think I've ever heard of something like that before. But there's all kinds of not-humans running around so you'll probably fit in fine. And this place is pretty weird all on it's own."

[you_have_no_heart]

"It's not their real names it's just their nicknames I gave them." She giggles a little

"Their real names are Zexion, Luxord and Vexen."

She tilts her head a bit.

"Well it kind of goes like this; there are three parts that make up living creatures. The brain, just pure intelligence; the body, just pure survival instincts and need; and the raw emotions, pure emotion without any of the other two."

"Under some really weird conditions the three can get separated and cause lots of trouble."

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"Zexion huh? Think that's the name of my ex-roommate's mafia hitman boyfriend." Well. She assumes he's a mafia hitman anyway. She never actually asked. "Short with blue hair hanging over one eye? If so then yeah, I came face-to-knife with him one morning in my kitchen."

This fact seems to only amuse her. She hadn't really been worried when it happened either. She'd just called him an emo midget and waited for Yuu to come out and deal with him.

"So you're raw emotions then? Since you said yours were extreme and all. Any way to put the three back together again?"

[you_have_no_heart]

Out of all of that Larxene only got one thing. "Zexy has a girlfriend?!" She was absolutely surprised and seemed pleased with this fact.

"Well that's what Zexy is trying to find out. He knows we really can't keep living like this so he's trying to find some way to put us back together."

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

Oh ho. So this girl did know him. And didn't seem aware of his dating Yuu. She smells gossip!

"Oh yeah. Real beauty too. Could be a model if she wanted. Don't know what she sees in the scrawny little shrimp, but hey, whatever. I always just assumed he must be doing something right in the bedroom."

What is shame? She doesn't know what that feels like at all.

"We'll see if we can track them down later then. Can't leave you all torn up forever after all. If there's anything I can do to help, let me know. I've been bored around here lately."

[you_have_no_heart]

Larxene just laughs at that "Well I know he hits pretty hard even if he is kind of small. He's definitely stronger than he looks and really really smart."

She shrugged at the offer though she was smiling "Well uh the only thing I can really think of is I don't exactly have a place to stay right now."

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"Big things in small packages, they say..."

She's so amused right now. So very amused. But she'll behave. Maybe.

"Well there are rooms for rent around here. People looking for roommates too if you don't wanna be alone. But until you find one, I don't see why you can't crash here. I don't think Sammy will mind. I can crash on the couch for a few days and you can take my bed. But there's a condition."

She grins.

"Once you're settled in, you'll have to let me take you clubbing."

[you_have_no_heart]

Larxene just giggled again. It was quite funny to think about poor Zexy getting teased by this woman.

"You shouldn't have to sleep on the couch though. I can or we can share the bed or something. I don't mind, really. You've been really nice already and I don't want you to be uncomfortable." She seemed really adamnet about this and very clear that she didn't want Grace to be uncomfortable.

After a moment she tilts her head in confusion "What's clubbing?"

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"Well it's not like I care. I've slept on worse than couches before. Floors. Bus stops. Park benches." She laughs. "My line of work pays pretty big, but jobs don't always come along easily. So there were times I just slept wherever. If you want the couch or you wanna share the bed though, that's fine."

She shrugs. It doesn't matter to her. "I warn you though, I can be a kicker and a covers hog."

With that out she turns her attention to the other matter.

"Never been before? It's really simple. They have these places called night clubs and you go there to drink and have a good time. There's music and dancing. And sometimes perverts who try to cop a feel, but don't worry about that. I know how to handle those."

[you_have_no_heart]

Despite the laughing Larxene looks seriously sad for a moment "That's terrible! If you ever get into trouble like that you can stay with me when I get a place!" She really meant that too. She didn't like to think about Grace having to sleep on a park bench.

"I can deal with those things," She shrugged it off finally getting happy again once clubbing was explained to her.

"Yeah I'll go clubbing! I can go whenever you want to." She had a big enthusiastic smile on her face.

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

She's not one to take those kinds of things too seriously and waves off the concern.

"Nah. Not really. I brought it on myself a lot of the time, being too proud to let anyone look after me. Felt I had something to prove, I guess. All water under the bridge now. But if I run into trouble, I'll take you up on that offer, alright?"

She smiles. And she's being pretty honest. Grace didn't dwell much on the past if she could help it. She preferred to focus on the future.

"Like I said, when your settled in a bit. But it's great that you're eager." She laughs. "Once you find a place, I'll show you where the storage room is around here where you can get furniture. It's free, so it's great if you don't mind that nothing matches and most of it's tacky."

"In the meantime, we're going to have to at least make sure you have some proper clothes for the weather." She eyes Larxene up thoughtfully. "I wear my stuff pretty tight, usually, and I'm not really as blessed in the chest area as you so at the very least most of my tops won't fit you. But the pants and skirts might."

[you_have_no_heart]

"Okay, you can sleep on my bed any time you want." She smiles at Grace in a genuinely friendly manner.

A laugh was given at the chest comment. It was childish but it still got a laugh out of her moreso than any embarrassment. "That's very nice of you Grace. I can probably survive until I get a little bit of money to buy myself a new wardrobe."

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"You at least have to borrow a coat. Can't have you getting sick. If you even can. Not like I know much about how that works for you. But you seemed pretty cold out there on the sidewalk."

[you_have_no_heart]

"Yeah we can still get sick if we're not careful. Our biology is still the same as a human mostly. It's all a bunch of technical stuff as far as the differences though."

She smiles "But once I can get out for a little bit I can make money I think. If the people here are like other people I've met anyway."

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"So definitely a coat at least. If one of mine won't fit, I'll buy you one and you can pay me back later."

That sounds like a good deal to her.

"Oh yeah? Got yourself a plan in mind?"

[you_have_no_heart]

"Yeah!" She smiled proud of herself.

"Magic trick!" She exclaimed.

"It's how Luxord makes money since we aren't really good at keeping jobs with total strangers as the boss."

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"Magic tricks, huh? Are we talking the fake stuff or the real deal here?"

She's kind of interested. Even if it's not real magic, she'd wanna see, but for all the strange people she's met, she's never met someone who could do magic before.

[you_have_no_heart]

"It's real stuff. We all got powers when we were separated from our bodies so I can use them to entertain people and get them to give me money."

It was rather hard to keep a constant job when your emotions flew all over the place but brief spectacles and entertainments worked out just fine.

[miniskirtsandcombatboots]

"What sort of powers?"

She's interested, that's for sure. For lots of reasons. Mostly curiosity.

[you_have_no_heart]

"Well I have electricity." She held out her hands with her palms up and focused a visible electric current between them.

"Zexion has illusions, Vexen has ice and Luxord's powers are kind of weird."