no running in the halls!

[moonstrualcycle]

[hot off the presses, this one, horrendous new clothes and all. wherever it is in the DR's apartment building that Lea's chosen to roost, that's where Isa's getting yeeted catapulted, quite literally. at least it had the decency to drop her outside the apartment, right? enjoy the distinct sound of someone colliding hard with the wall next to the door and crumpling into a groaning mess on the floor. there's sand on her shoes, and a familiar frisbee came with her, dropped a short distance from where she landed. knock knock, Lea.]

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[cinderlea]

Old. They were here for a while, even before I showed up. Riku's like, twenty-six? Kai's the same? I don't know, I don't keep track of that.

[ That's about the age she is now. Ugh. She pulls her arm away, reaching for her phone and the pictures she knows she has. Feel free to bring up food at any time, Lea's starving, but she's also starving for affection, so, y'know. ]

The zombie guy is extremely weird. Apparently he's from Halloween Town.

[moonstrualcycle]

Oh. That explains it, I guess. They've been here a long time, it sounds like. Speaking of zombies, I'm starving.

[tbh just arriving here and having to explain shit to Lea without spoiling her maxed out her weird-shit-o-meter for the day, nothing else is going to process for a while. it's unfortunate that they're both hungry, because otherwise she'd be pretty content to just lay here with Lea on top of her and just talk about crap.]

[cinderlea]

Fine. I'll make us something.

[ She's going to gently (and somewhat unhappily) untangle herself from Isa, plopping her phone in Isa's lap. It has a picture of a Lea selfie, but that's only because she's only partly in the photo - it's also got Kai and Riku in it, talking in the background. ]

[moonstrualcycle]

This looks like the things Ienzo whipped up for everyone. Oh wow, they look so different, and happy.

[time to get comfy in this nest of pillows and go through Lea's shit, and by shit i mean photos. these phones work way better than Ienzo's though, because Ienzo's were designed by Nomura.]

[cinderlea]

Right? It looks weird on Riku.

[ She hauls herself out of the bed and yawns for a very long time, making her way to the other side of the wall where the kitchen is. Isa will hear the gas stove flicking on and then Lea rifling around in the fridge.

With infinite storage space there's a lot of pictures. Mostly they're Riku that range from happy (where she's unaware of the camera) and annoyed (where she's facing Lea and obviously not giving her consent to piture-taking). There's also Kai, and Nami's here, surprise, and a handsome male Axel. There's also a lot of animal pictures (a lot, dogs, a giant bunny, bunny dogs) and maybe one lucky picture of Red where he looks even more like a cryptid, because it was rushed and came out blurry and Lea's thumb is in part of it.

Pictures of note include as group of teens with doubles (mostly Rikus) chilling out in a living room, a picture of the tentacle room door, a picture of Lea's hand fully submerged in Apricot's fur, another weird cryptid picture of olderku in the distance — child Aden is in it, is somehow completely in focus, and is staring directly at the camera despite being like four houses away. ]

[moonstrualcycle]

[she's quiet while she browses through the photos. they all have entire lives here that were largely unaffected by all the shit back home, and that's really where it feels weird to her. she'll definitely want to meet dogs and is intrigued by the enormous bunny. at the moment, however, she's raising her voice so Lea can hear her:]

Do you just spend your days following Rikus around?

[cinderlea]

What? No, there's just that many.

[ Sizzly cooking noises are happening, and egg-cracking. Smells like butter, and then meat.

Mostly she likes taking pictures of random people, but avoids taking pictures of Roxases and Saixes. (There might be like, one male Saix, doing something mundane and out of character like gardening or something.) There are probably also Xions in the background, but Lea is miraculously oblivious to who these goth Kairis actually are. And, idk, pictures of abandoned worlds. Radiant Garden. Hollow Bastion. Halloween Town.

There are also selfies of Lea, mostly from downward angles to try and see how different shirts and outfits look on her, and several blurry floor pictures followed by one selfie of her with an enormous white wolf in the background. (These were taken in the reverse order, and the actual selfie was actually through a window, but it's only obvious in the corners. Like zoo pictures.) ]

[moonstrualcycle]

[i mean, presumably there's a barrier there, although she wouldn't put it past Lea to get a selfie with a wild animal and then run away. also l-lol, it's easy enough to tell from background Xions that Lea has no idea who they are.]

Yeah, but a lot of these are just of Rikus. Where'd you find the huge wolf, is there a zoo here?

[cinderlea]

Probably, but—

[ God, she misses portals. Also wait, what? Her head pops around from the corner, squinty-eyed and with her hair is an even bigger disaster from a second nap. ]

Are you going through my photos?

[moonstrualcycle]

No, I'm reading your mind. You left your phone with me, so yes, I am.

[ur cute with bedhead ok. also this is Isa's bed now, i'm not sure if you'd heard.]

[cinderlea]

The invasion of privacy is probably justified, but I'm not gonna cut your crust off now. The wolf is Riku.

[ Straight to the point. ]

[moonstrualcycle]

[Isa just stares for several seconds, nonplussed.]

...I'm gonna need you to explain, because nothing I can think of allows that to make sense unless it's like Sora's magic clothes, which it really doesn't look like.

[don't let the sandwiches burn, Lea.]

[cinderlea]

[ Lea makes a face at her, then turns back to focus on the food cooking. ]

Riku's a werewolf. She got bitten some time before I got here.

[moonstrualcycle]

[it's too bad she turned away and missed Isa's completely mindblown expression that stays on her face for a solid ten seconds before she starts sniggering. it goes from there into quiet laughter, muffled against the back of her hand while she continues looking at the photo with wolfku in it. you broke her, Lea.]

[cinderlea]

[ That is a crying shame, but she does peek back around for a second time when she hears the muffled laughs, expression half incredulous and half extremely amused. ]

Funny?

[moonstrualcycle]

[she nods, and finally gets control of herself.]

After all the shit Xigbar gave me when my powers manifested? It's hilarious. An actual werewolf?

[cinderlea]

[ God. She almost feels bad about finding this funny, but it's so nice to see Isa laughing. Even if it is at Riku. ]

An actual werewolf. Something about being bitten in Halloween Town. She transforms every full moon, no joke.

[moonstrualcycle]

Why and how did you even get this photo? I can't imagine anyone lets her run around loose like that.

[this is wild, of the weird shit she's already been told about here, this is probably the most ludicrous. at least everything in Lea's apartment is normal, no talking animals or magic doors or hammerspaces, at least as far as she's seen.]

[cinderlea]

She goes to the worlds so she can run free. Her boyfriend keeps guard or something. I think he can calm her down, but search me how.

[ Prob'ly the dick or something, idk. I'm not into those. ]

I followed one day to catch a look. It was totally safe.

[ It was. Then Riku moved and Lea was like fuck this shit I'm out ]

[moonstrualcycle]

[Lea's so fucking lucky Riku probably doesn't remember that, jesus christ. it would either be totally fine or she'd wake up with Riku standing next to her bed holding a knife. also ew, dicks.]

You're an idiot, but I knew that already. You're lucky she didn't just break through and kill you, she certainly looks like she could.

[you're an idiot, but you're Isa's idiot.]

[cinderlea]

Relax, I got out of there fine. Not a scratch on me.

[ Riku is aware that she was around, probably, because Red would have noticed. Probably? But Lea is not known for her bright decisions, it's true. Anyway, back to cooking. She's making... well, a decent amount of food, but only a little of it requires much effort. ]

Do you want coffee or what?

[moonstrualcycle]

...yeah, might as well. I'm still groggy after that nap.

[are you bringing me food in your bed, that's so sweet. is the sun even still up, is it after dark, what. she's scrolling back through the photos, anyway, taking more time to really study the contents of them.]

[cinderlea]

Cool.

[ We're gonna say she has a home keurig so she can pop up a quick two cups. Also, she's lazy. Why would she wait on a coffee pot. Unless Isa has more to say before breakfast (which is really dinner, because yes, it's late, it's probably dark) then all she'll hear is cooking noises. At least it smells good. There's definitely butter, and melting cheese, and meat. Coffee, and some kind of oily, herbal scent. ]

[moonstrualcycle]

[Lea's the best and i hope she knows that. and no, Isa doesn't have anything else to say right now. in fact, she'll be dozing a little whenever Lea finally appears with food. she's left the phone on a photo of Serein wiggling blissfully on her back in about six inches of snow; Riku's leg is also in the photo, and the toe of one of Lea's shoes.]

[cinderlea]

[ It'll be about ten minutes before Lea surfaces from the kitchen. She whips around the corner with two cups of steaming coffee (one presumably made however the fuck Isa likes it, the other how she likes it, which is more cream than coffee), pauses to internally "aww" at he picturesque image of dozing soft Isa, and then sneaks over to set the cups down on the nightstand. One is probably on a book, because Lea's like that. She's trying not to disturb Isa, and will retreat to the kitchen too fast to notice if she's successful.

When she returns it's with two plates, because we fancy now. Each plate has a grilled cheese made with texas toast and two different kinds of cheese (cut in slanted halves), sausages, eggs, and a handful of blistered cherry tomatoes. ]