#ic: l.eon

[agloryofuniicorns]

@aeternxm from [x]

Though the worst of the threats to all worlds had been handled by the efforts of Sora - and others, Leon knew that, but there was no denying the enormity of what Sora had done - it hadn't erased all Heartless. Or Nobodies. Or... the strange new creatures that Leon had heard called Unversed. Monsters, really. It was the simplest term to use and encapsulated all of them. Monsters were in the world and were here to stay.

For better or for worse.

It wasn't really that bad. The defense system of the world kept the Heartless out of the main town, and no one was supposed to go into the outskirts. That didn't mean they never did though, and while it was impossible to get rid of all of the threats, they could try to... reduce them. It helped a little for when some stubborn child decided that wandering off into the areas labeled as expressly forbidden.

Today's expedition had been... rough. Returning home, he was limping and barely standing, and while he might have been able to hold it together long enough to reach Aerith, all his plans and good intentions crumbled when he bumped into Lea.

A low groan escaped from Leon as he allowed himself a moment to just lay there. He'd have to stand himself; even if Lea could help support him, Leon wasn't exactly a small man, both in terms height and body weight.

"Sorry." He'd look back at this moment later and would probably feel horrifically embarrassed, but he didn't have time to mull over that now. Instead Leon just slowly pushed himself to his feet, bracing himself against the nearby wall to keep upright.

"-- don't need Aerith. She's busy. I can-" His words broke off with a hiss and a groan from the pain rattling around his head, and Leon reached up to press a hand against his forehead.

"... bandages. Done it before. Just need to get back... home."

[agloryofuniicorns]

@aeternxm from [x]

A soft sigh escaped from the lips of the leader of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee. A pointless title now, but one that Leon still carried. Even if the world had been returned to its prior state as the Radiant Gardens, there were scars that ran deep through it that would never be fully repaired.

The least that could be done was at least remembering the past.

-- that, in fact, had been the purpose of the Memorial. A remembrance to those who had been lost to the shifting darkness. It had been nothing special, but the monument still had meaning.

And now part of it was broken off, changing its meaning and intent.

"There would have been other ways to get around aside from trying to climb onto this." Had he been trying to reach somewhere? Or maybe just trying to get a better look around? Did it matter?

There was no way to fix it in a way that would hide the damage, but they could still do their best to try to repair it. Leon crouched down to pick up the larger pieces that had broken off before holding them out. "You're helping me, then."

[agloryofuniicorns]

@aeternxm from [x]

Get a rise out of me, huh?

The leader of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee - something that was sorely in need of being renamed, at least to reflect the accurate name of the world - stared at the red-haired man flatly. After a moment, his arms crossed over his chest.

"... I remember you."

It was strange, really. Coming across people that he had known when he had been younger, before their world had been devoured by the heartless and they had fled to Traverse Town. Plenty of people had been lost, and while some of them had their hearts restored when the worlds came back, there had still been plenty of casualties.

"You used to run around with that friend of yours. You'd throw... what were they? Bean bags at people and act like you were trying to get in a fight with them?" Really, honestly, embarrassing stuff, and Leon could help but shake his head, one hand lifting to press up against his forehead.

"I would have thought you would have grown up by now."