Roxas: Is this a shop? It's deserted.
Xigbar: Yeah, as in 'full of desert'. Remind me to build MY city someplace less dusty.

Demyx: Hey, you hear what happened at the other castle? I sure dodged a bullet there. And it's all thanks to being super lazy!

Axel: You and me get to go track Xion down. That's our mission today.
Roxas: You mean it?
Axel: No, I made it all up. Go back to bed.

I AM LOVING ALL OF ORGANIZATION XIII SO MUCH IN DAYS. I'm a little sad that the events of Chain of Memories happened so quickly, because I was hoping to spend more time with the Castle Oblivion crew (particularly Lexaeus, who punched his way right into my face heart on the one mission we had together, but I also enjoyed Vexen's patronising tones (and occasional genuine encouragement! awww) and Larxene being scathing).

But Team Kingdom Hearts II has Luxord! And Demyx! And Xigbar, who calls me 'kiddo' and Xion 'poppet'! So that's all right.

Xion's hood thing is intriguing. I thought at first that it was a continuity error, but it's too consistent. Xion's hood appears to be down only when she is shown from the perspective of someone she trusts. I think that's incredibly cool.

Of course, having realised this, I managed to distress myself by mistaking Xion's black hair for her hood whilst on a mission. NOOOOO XION WHY DON'T YOU TRUST ME ANY Moh wait.

The stealth missions are hilarious. APPARENTLY IT IS FINE TO NOISILY BEAT UP HEARTLESS WITH A GIANT KEY INCHES AWAY FROM THE PERSON YOU ARE TRYING NOT TO ALERT. SO LONG AS YOU STAY OUT OF THEIR DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT, THEY WILL NOTICE NOTHING. I don't think the Metal Gear Solid series needs to worry about possible competition.

(I checked out the fanfiction.net section for Kingdom Hearts last night. Number of high school AUs on the first page: nine. Out of twenty-five stories. Wow.)