Margaret
*After a bit of time from their encounter with the hooded Xanaro, Kate and Xion would also end up around the same place as Ranoa and Lirio.*

*The four would be across the outside of the old vacant house from one another and cross paths.*
Joseph
Ranoa continues glancing around the place, idly walking through the town with lirio. That is, until he spots a familiar face. And an unfamiliar face alongside it, stopping in his tracks.

He's suprised to see Xion here, but it makes sense. The world is in a pretty bad way and a lot of people probably want to check it out. The search had been pretty fruitless thus far, aside from fighting a few heartless and nearly being frozen in the process. So it could be a good idea to ask for help.

But, first things first. Greetings and introductions. 

"Oh! Hey, xion. And hello..?"

Hes clearly waiting on an introduction from or for kate, trying to make eye contact with the toon.

To kate, looking at ranoa would show the clear image of the individual that the two had narrowly avoided getting into an altercation with.
Jason
*Xion looks up from her phone, scrolling through social medias, what looks to be some sorta scouter over her left eye. She'd picked it up from the local moogle shop on the way here and was hoping it could hunt down people she knew. Too bad there wasn't an instruction manual cuz she could barely work this thing* "Oh hey... Uh... Ranoa. This is... Kate, I think her name is." *Xion just looks... Tired. Despite the still having the usual slightly kooky glint in her eyes, their colors were a bit duller. She was clearly exhausted if she wasn't remembering a girl's name* "Also I uh... I need your number. Yours too, kid." *She says to the two guys* "We need to make a group chat with all of our allied contacts. There's... A lot of information to share. The short version is that there's now a bunker floating around the Lanes Between that serves as a safe haven run by a doctor who is one of two people who can create artificial Hearts from data. The other is his former partner who is probably the Organization's head of R&D. He gave me some sorta AI program that disable these artificial Hearts he calls Replicas. He found there was one here in Traverse Town and sent the two of us off to find it. Oh also we met your Nobody, Xanaro. Got a pic of his face after blowing his hood down. Good old fashioned strong winds spell. Legally distinct from Aero. Strong winds or any sorta basic element spell doesn't have enough power to do much, if any damage to people. At worst is basic heat magic where you maybe start a fire with if you try hard enough. Oh wait- I'm rambling again, aren't I?"
Joseph
It was difficult to make sense of all of the rambling. But, the key takeaways are there. The toon's name is kate, an allied group chat is needed, a safe haven ran by a doctor exists in gummi space, xion can disable replicas with a program, and his nobody is out there... Wait. Two things catch his attention. 

"What's a replic-?" Before the question can be completed, the second part registers. His *Nobody*? He had heard about what a nobody is from the tower. Whats left as an empty shell without a heart.

"I have one of those?" He asks curtly.

He seems to be getting a bit worked up over the possibility, clearly worried.

"I dont really know much about nobodies aside from the basics of how they dont have a heart-, but isnt that bad?? Did it hurt anyone?"
Kelley
She seemed to have been deep in thought as they thought. Either that, or her guard was up and was making her silent. Either way, she finally returned to the town mentally as she looked to the two strangers.

"Ah, yes, sorry. She is right, my name is Kate. It's a pleasure to meet you. Can't be too aware of your surroundings, ya know...?"

She said while lightly rubbing the back of her head. She then let them converse, talking about Nobodies in this instance.

She clearly had a massive research session to do once she had the time, good lord.
Ava
*Lirio sees xion and kate walking around and gets a bit surprised by that, after all, it was weird to find xion wandering around this place, even more with an unknown person with her*

"Oh hey xion! Who´s your friend?"

*He said to then pay attention to xion´s words, there was... A lot to unpack, but he wanted to take it slowly so he started with the most important stuff, introducing themselves to the newbie*

"Well, nice to meet you kate, my name´s lirio, my partner´s name is ranoa, we´re xion´s friends"

*Now, with formalities out of the way, time to actually process the important stuff xion told them about*

"Okay so... There are at least two persons who can create fake hearts out of nothing but data..?"
Jason
"Ranoa... You were a Heartless for a time... You do know that, right? Of course you have a Nobody." *She navigates to her phone's gallery and shows Ranoa that... Lo and behold... He had a Nobody that was just him but with white hair and a perpetual blank look on his face* "Also, yes, apparently they can. Just... Ranoa, please enter your contacts into the phone for me and give it to the kid. I'd like to get the chat up and running as soon as possible. I'm tired of everyone not being on the same page. When we're done here, I'm rummaging through Master Mod's library for everything and anything that will help our situation in any way and then sending it to the chat."
Kelley
Sometimes it feels like they forget that Kate was an absolute newbie to all of this, talking with all the technical terms that would have made her head blow like a balloon had she actually followed toon logic... That would have been quite disturbing either way! "Master Mod?... Well, whoever that is, I welcome the intel... I'll need all that I can get..." She simply said, closing her eyes for a moment to try and mentally keep up to speed with the information being given at this point in time. Somehow.
Ava
*He quickly notices xion´s attitud and gets a little worried by hermental and physical health when he noticed that she´s the only person of the tower group that hasnt rested yet, and the fact that she went to the fight with pira to living whatever info dump she just gave them, she has to be exhausted at this point*

"Xion, i think you should go the tower and rest first, you look and sound very tired, its good that you still want to work to help us but overworking like that will just make things worse.."
Joseph
A frown purses ranoas lips at the mention of being a heartless. He knows about *That*, but having a nobody out there just feels unreal. Hes already got one doppelganger to worry about, and now another?

Nontheless, the conversation has to keep moving.

"I, uhm. Yeah. I know about my stint as a heartless. I just didnt think there'd be a nobody out there, given how I'm *Me* Again."

Then, she shows the photo of Xanaro... Thats him alright. Barring the black coat, blank look, and hair he would never allow to be that messy, he's identical. Its distressing for sure.

Then, the request to get contact info. That sounds good.

He taps the screen as xion holds it, navigating to the contacts function and entering his info. It only takes a few seconds, before grabbing his own phone and entering Xion's. He then sends it to lirios contact, letting him put in the information on his own.

"Well, regardless. Xion, kate, you two should keep an eye out for the heartless here. Theyre freakishly dangerous now." And cowardly, but thats not neccesary to say.

"But as for why we're here- appearently, ikazuchi is alive. We're looking for a purple haired girl named Suzuka for information, since she lives around here. Or, just in the world."
Jason
*Ikazuchi... Is alive... Replica in Traverse Town... Xion takes a deep inhale and then slooowly lets it out before saying in an annoyed half whisper* "Oh you have got to be shitting me..." *And then she speaks up* "Ika is the Replica. Of course he is... The original... Well... Ika Lux isn't alive anymore. Master Aria is living proof of that. Which means that the one you met is a Replica... On one hand, I want to violently end the Organization even more for violating my first friend in all of this mess. On the other hand, I'm more concerned about how they got their hands on enough of him to make a Replica of him." *She then turns to Lirio* "And for *You*, small child whose name I still don't know... I'm a college student. Overworking is the name of the game for me. Besiiiides I slept uh... Two days? I think? Ago! I'll probably end up passing out in the library later when I'm doing research. Unfortunately caffeine magic was created by one person before but then he died of a heart attack immediately upon hitting Caffeineza, thus losing it entirely for everyone else ever so I'm working off of just... So much tea right now."
Kelley
"Sounds like this organisations is very... Concerning the more and more I hear about them..." She simply spoke out, making her think back to some of the enemies she had to face at her home. The armies of brainwashed killers, the cloned agents... The demons. This organisation seemed to fill the same requirements as the people she fought against. Puppeteering from the shadows for an ulterior goal, regardless of who gets effected, or hurt.

Can she ever be free? She seems to have left an eternal war... And joined another eternal war in progress by chance. She must be cursed. Though, conflict is natural, and it means people need help. They need hope all the more. "... I guess people have been awake for longer, just be careful... From what I hear, you COULD start to hallucinate things at one point, and that'll be a big problem in the battlefield..."
Ava
"The ika i met is a replica..? That... Actually explains a few things.."

*He said a bit concerned about this info and the possible consecuences and ramifications it could have, if this was true, they would better head back to the tower to tell otoka that they cloned ikazuchi*

"Also, kate is right, overall you stop thinking straight when you´re overworked, so we all should be carefull and head back as soon as we can, this place is definitely not safe"
Joseph
He seems conflicted at the possibility of ikazuchi being a replica- a clone of the real thing. Its hard to believe.

"If you want to leave, you can. But I'd rather keep looking. It doesn't feel right to return to the master emptyhanded."
Ava
"Hm... Yeah i´ll stay then, but this guy being a replica makes things even more complicated now... Did suzuka said something that could give us a hint to where she could be? Anything at all?"

*He said thinking about what they could do or go next, still worried about the heartless*
Joseph
"Not from what i remember. I just know she wanted me to escort her here since its where she lives."

His eyes drift up in thought, trying to remember any details. Nothing comes up though.

"Next time we see that guy with the spiked armor, we should ask him a few questions. I bet he knows plenty- but i doubt he'd answer. Its worth trying though."
Ava
"Hm... Wait..."

*He said as he remembered a small detail about his conversation with ikazuchi, before the armor took him away*

"Before the armor took ika away, he said to it "Suzuka is probably waiting for me back home" Or something similar to that... Do they live in the same house?"
Margaret
*Almost as if on cue...*
Ali
*A short young-looking woman with purple hair turned the corner from across the street. She looked up to see the four people standing in front of the vacant house.*

*Great. Two, no, three people that would be troubling to get out of talking to. She could run, but Ranoa was fast, almost scarily so. And if Xion got antsy, a fight was definite to break out.*

*While all of this went on in her head, she kept her usual expressionless face on externally.*

"Oh, Ranoa. It's nice to see you again."

*Suzuka said as she walked across the snow-covered street. Best to feign ignorance on knowing who Xion and Lirio were for now.*

"I was worried something bad happened when the ice queen returned and froze over Traverse..."
Joseph
Ranoas expression lights up almost immediately upon seeing suzuka, quickly taking a few steps from the group in her direction. Thats their main lead found- and, its good to know she's fine. She doesnt seem like the lying type, so its probably safe to assume she doesnt know about the situation regarding replicas.

"Suzuka!"

Despite not having been told her name by suzuka herself, it should be easy to guess he found out by other means. 

"Its good to see you again. Lirio and i were actually looking for you."

Then, she brings up an ice queen. He hadn't heard of her before, but given whats happened, it makes sense.

"Who's 'the ice queen'?"

Of course, hes going to ask her about Ikazuchi and the whole situation with him potentially being a replica- but, breaking the ice would be good, given the situation.
Ali
"Some queen from a world that fell to darkness. She attacked Traverse earlier this year... I think her name was Elsa?"
Joseph
He lets out a little "Hm" In acknowledgement, before moving on to the more important subject.

"Well its good to see that you're safe."

He's preparing to ask suzuka about the replica situation himself, but there's a window for others to interupt.
Ava
*Lirio thought to himself tho he didnt knew how this would end, he was still on guard, thinking that a fight could occur*

*He then goes with ranoa and introduces himself*

"Greetings suzuka, my name's lirio.."

*Said with a bit of nervousness*
Jason
"Oh- *Her-*" *Xion says with a clear distaste in her tone* "Well at least now I'm prepared to deal with her better. I'd like to go for a round two with her." *As she says this, the snow in the immediate area melts as Xion actively emanates magical heat to prove her point. Instead of asking Suzuka anything, Xion takes out her phone to see if Butterfly Effect had anything for her*
Joseph
He turns around to look at xion the moment she talks about a round two, stepping back torwards suzuka. Hes on the brink of calling out his weapon in an attempt to preemptively take any attacks directed to the purple haired girl, but words first.

"Wha- 'Round two'?? She isn't even a fighter. Calm down. You dont need to make threats."

He's entirely willing to defend suzuka until xion calms down, but the goal is to have a conversation- not to cause a scene and bring heartless over to the group. And xion isn't even an enemy to begin with, meaning a fight breaking out would be even worse.
Jason
"Ranoa... What are you rambling about? I've never met this girl in my life. I'm referring to the one freezing over Traverse Town, you blithering oaf." *She says flatly, clearly annoyed by his stupidity* "I've fought her before and I've since upgraded my magic."
Joseph
He sighs, easing up before nodding.

"My bad, xion. Misunderstanding."

Well, that was silly. He's on edge.

"Regardless, we should probably get to the point. Could you ask her about the subject of a replica? You know more."

He returns to his previous position closer to the group soon after asking this.
Kelley
She'd look over to see someone else arrive, doing a light wave to be polite as she looked over at Xion going on her phone. Was she looking at what the doctor gave her perhaps? She then just sighs. All of the information was proving too much to handle on her own, she needed her computer. She needed Shadownet.

"An ice queen...? What else is there gonna be, a rock magma dragon? ... Oh, wait, that existed at home... Ugh, I wish I had the systems I used for all my notes! All of this would have been so much easier if it would just start."

And, unknowing to the girl, she had just done one of the things needed to start it up. Saying start while thinking about the system. And it then engages, the iris' of her eyes lighting up before a blue holographic display appeared in front of her. Marked by SN... Shadownet. Her people's computer interface. And clearly the last of its kind now.

"... Oh, I guess I DO still have this... Just not connected to any network..."

She muttered, before it turned off. Maybe she could go to the hanger for that.