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```Some time before imminent doom,```

*The twilight glow of the sky lulls the world of twilight town into a lazy afternoon, as always. The residents of the town going about their daily lives. Everything seems peaceful, aside from one notable disturbance on the hill...*
Christy
*A redhead could be seen swinging a struggle bat at a training dummy near the middle of the hill, landing repeated blows against the object. Despite the physique of the boy looking slimmer than the usual, each blow results in a resounding thud.

Hes lost in thought, pondering recent events that have lead him to now. The loss of a friend by his own hand, Vani, the spectral memories of a war, and anything else enough to disturb him. Its cathartic to get it out of his sytem through beating up the dummy.*
Melissa
*A girl walked up the hill. She was looked around with her hand up to her brow, seemingly to get a better view. She spotted someone at the top of the hill and called out.*

"There you are, Ika!"

*She hastened her step and made it to the center of the hill, only to realize it wasn't actually Ika who she had seen. And upon actually seeing his face, she recognized that it was Ranoa immediately. This was going to be troublesome to get out of.*

"O-oh whoops you're not who I was looking for- Sorry."
Christy
*With one final swing, his training is abrubtly stopped by the sudden callout from the stranger. His head quickly turns to her, his earring bouncing with the quick motion.*

"I-" He quickly flubs out in response, before ikas name is said. Then the apology.

His eyes widen a little at the mention of someone he hadnt been able to get in contact with for a while.

"Ika..?" His expression lights up a little, assuming it to be Ikazuchi. Not many people have that name, and the girl is very clearly from another world. He would have recognized her if she wasnt. It makes perfect sense if youre trying to be hopeful.

"By "Ika" You mean ikazuchi, right?"

He's already slung the struggle bat over his shoulder, his attention fully on Suzuka. Troublesome indeed.
Melissa
*Damn, should have played that off better. Oh well, She would just have to lean into this aspect of the conversation.*

"You know Ikazuchi? I've actually been looking for him recently; I haven't heard from or seen him at all."

*Her face saddened a bit.*

*Now she regretted sneaking out of the castle with the replicant Ikazuchi. Sure it was vital to the mission, but she wouldn't have come here if she had known this was here his past friends hung out.*

*Regardless, she had to keep Ranoa away from Replika. It could put the whole plan at risk.*

"I-if you know him, has he reached out to you at all? I'm getting pretty worried."
Christy
He shakes his head a little, answering the first question.

"Yes, i know him-"

 An abrubt stop. She's been looking for him? 

 Despite the high focus on that thought, he does answer properly.

"I havent seen him lately, no. I tried texting him a while back but there was no reply."

Its likely he just didnt see it, or lost his phone somwhere. Its bound to happen when youre travelling a lot anyways.

"But, you said youre looking for him? That means he's here, right?"

If shes lost him, there's only one thing to do: offer help. For one, its the fastest way to find him and catch up. For two, he cant just let someone search alone without offering to help. She looks so sad, after all!

Before she can respond to the question, he speaks again.

"I could help you look for him. I know this town like the back of my hand, so it wouldnt take too long to look everywhere."
Melissa
*The purple haired girl's eyes lit up with his offer to help, despite what she was thinking on the inside. Not having a heart meant it was pretty easy to put on fake emotions.*

"Oh! That's great!"

*Not great.*

"If you're willing to help, I'm sure we can find him in no time!"

*Fuck fuck fuck fu-*

"U-uhm but, I don't actually know if he's here though. I had spoken to... Hm... I forget their name, but they also know Ikazuchi."

*She had to be careful who she name dropped in front of his friends, not exactly sure which of them all knew one another outside of Ika's knowledge.*

"I had told them I was looking for him, and they said he could be here in Twilight Town! But they also said he had some sort of big important mission coming up someplace else."

*She also had to be careful how much information she gave out; if she let too much on, the number of people it can be narrowed down to shrinks.*
Christy
*He nods enthusiastically for the first two sentences,*

"Right. Theres pretty much nowhere i havent been here."

Then, the next few parts. A big mission, huh?.. That sounds about right. After all, he seemed to be working with mod-gink the last time they met.

"Oh, thats no problem! We can just search around here, and if we dont find him, i could help you search other worlds. I have a ship we could use if you arent able to use a keyblade. It would probably be safer, too."

*Unfortunately for her, he's persistent to the point of getting beat up by a creature of mass darkness and coming back for more out of curiousity. Though, this doubles as wanting to keep an eye out for Vani. Theres no doubt shes out there, causing havoc. Letting one of ika's friends get hurt because of his own mistakes would be awful.*
Melissa
"Thank you so much for the kind offer. However, maybe we can just settle for looking around here for now? I was... Probably going to go back to my own world after this." 

*She said with a smile.*

"If he's still busy with his mission, I don't want to be out and about making him worry."

*She tilted her head.*

"Though I'm curious, how do you know Ikazuchi?"

*She obviously knew the answer to that, she just had to keep Ranoa off the topic of seeking Ika out.*
Christy
He nods, beginning to take a step toward the path leading down. 

"That's fair. Its just that theres something very important i need to talk to him about as soon as possible." 

Then, an answer to her question.

"I met him a while back. The short version is that i had crashed into a world with a tower, and there was a..." A pause. "I *Think* She was a keyblade master? That or a mage. Miss Mod-gink, if i remember her name correctly. Ikazuchi had walked in while i was there, and thats how we met."

Though, the few steps he had begun to take abrubtly stop as he turns the questioning back onto her.

"Where are you from, anyways?" He looks back to her over his shoulder,

"You dont carry yourself like youre from one of the more strange places like Agrabah. Im guessing Traverse town?"

Every world hes been to so far had a cultural identity she doesnt fit; while traverse town was a mashup of many people. It would make sense.
Melissa
"Wow, so it was just a coincidence you two even met at all? You're so kind just like he is, no wonder the two of you got along so well."

*It would be hard to lie and get out of this...*

"You hit the nail on the head! I currently call Traverse Town home! Ever since mine and Ika's old world fell to darkness several years ago."

*She had to think back to where the two of them last were before they got separated. She told Ika to stay put if they ever got separated, so she knew he would follow that instruction... She just needed to think.. Where were they at when...*
Christy
He draws his hand up a little, waving it slightly as though to dismiss the idea.

"I dont know if it would be right to call me kind. But, he definitely is."

The thought of a world falling hits him as its brought up, though. A grimace falls on his face as she talks about losing the two's homeworld.

"Eugh. Thats a bad thought. You two must have been through a lot of stuff together. I could never imagine this place falling. At least traverse town was there, right?"

Then, back to the idea of searching.

"But, I figure we could either take the train or one of the tunnels back to the main part of town, and then search from the tram common? Its where most people like to hang out, aside from the clocktower every now and then. Its probably the best place to start."

He does seem pretty insistent on actually looking.
Melissa
*Suzuka nodded.*

"Yeah, that's always a good thing. Don't know where I would've ended up if not for Traverse Town."

*Crap, that's right! They got separated at the station. They were going to get on the tram when a crowd of people came through! Before she could say anything, the tram had already pulled out of the station and left Ikazuchi behind.*

*They had to avoid the central station at all costs.*

"Oh? Hm... Perhaps we could check the clock tower first? I've seen a few people at the top of it before, perhaps we could get to the top and use it as a vantage point?"
Christy
He casually shrugs, indifferent to the idea. 
"If you wanna go there first, sure."

The clocktower is pretty out of the way, so it's a strange pick of first choice- but, he did offer to go there first. Regardless, they'll get there faster if they take the train.

Due to the high vantage point of the hill, he can definitely see the sunset station, resulting in pointing at it.

"Alright, so, we could probably take the train to make it a shorter trip. Or do you feel like walking?"

Its a genuine question. Any sort of physical activity is good for ranoa at the moment, but a train ride would allow time for more questions.

That, and the central station by extension is close to the tower. If she knows the geography of twilight town she would know this- but regardless, its either the train or the tunnels.
Melissa
*Taking the tram would likely lead them directly to Ika and the station. Best to avoid that.*

"Let's walk it. We have a higher chance of potentially spotting him that way!"