Mission 2

[skysmirror]

[Normally Xion only uses the communicator to respond to others or keep track of what's going on. Today is a little different though. Despite the hood, it's pretty obvious she's happy about something as she waits to be sure the recording is going properly.]

Ummm...can everyone hear me?

Everyone remembers that Keyhole that showed up in the second district, right? It looks like it opened up another world. I checked it out a little, and it seems safe.

It's called Twilight Town. Some of us might remember it. I know it pretty well if--

[Here she pauses and if considering something, and then speaks a little more hesitantly.]

if anyone wants to know a little more about it.

[Those who know her can probably figure that the hesitance is less from a lack of desire on her part, and more concern at how the offer will be received.]

[OOC: Backdated to shortly after this.]

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[seasaltkeys]

[Roxas is quiet for a while, trying to think of what to say.]

They hurt, all those memories. But they're still my memories. I'd still be just as confused if I didn't have them, and probably more upset.

At least now, I sort of have an idea of who I am.

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[colorbymemory]

Not those memories, but...

[She gestures around them towards the town. While it's nice to have reassurance that he's not angry at her for breaking the illusion and trying to tell him the truth, his real memories hadn't been the ones she'd been talking about.]

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[seasaltkeys]

Right. Those ones.

[He was quiet for a while, staring at the ground. It had all been fake, and yet when he thought about Hayner, Pence, and Olette, he missed them, or at least the data versions of them. The ones that had been his friends.]

I don't know. They're fake, but they still feel like mine.

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[colorbymemory]

[Even if the memories were false, the feelings that they created were real. That much she had learned in Castle Oblivion, and that was the real cruelty behind what she'd done. Because even knowing those memories were false, Roxas was still burdened with what they'd made him feel.]

I know. I'm sorry.

[Not quite able to meet his gaze now, she looks down.]

Though I guess that doesn't explain very much.

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[seasaltkeys]

No. It really doesn't.

Why do that to me? Why not just keep me locked up somewhere?

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[colorbymemory]

To hide you even better. If you felt like you were really part of the town and blended in, it would be more difficult to find you. Especially if you weren't trying to escape.

[At least, that's the best explanation she can think of.]

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[seasaltkeys]

So it was just a cage basically.

Did I ever get to live my own life?

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[colorbymemory]

[Namine flinches a little at the comparison, but can't deny the truth and just nods.]

I don't think any of us Nobodies did. We can try here, though, even if it's only for a little while.

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[seasaltkeys]

Won't it just be another life to lose then?

[The glass is always half empty for this guy.]

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[colorbymemory]

Maybe, but it would have been only yours.

[For some reason that seems important.]

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[seasaltkeys]

And the other ones weren't mine?

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[colorbymemory]

Xemnas and DiZ didn't seem to think so. But they're not here now, so...

[He's free to make his own path, if he wants.]

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[seasaltkeys]

I guess not. What happens if they show up though?

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[colorbymemory]

We'll be prepared for them.

[There were quite a few people here who aren't best pleased with Xemnas. DiZ was a different story, but those who had dealt with him before would know to be wary and put others on their guard.]

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[seasaltkeys]

I kinda like the sound of that.

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[colorbymemory]

[She nods. Best to be prepared, but that isn't a subject to dwell on.]

Umm...Did you want to look around? You could ask some more questions while we're walking, if you want.

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[seasaltkeys]

[He thinks for a moment.]

It's all the same though, right? Everything's here but the people.

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[colorbymemory]

Yes, everything but the people.

[It's kind of unsettling, now that she thinks about it.]

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[seasaltkeys]

Just seems wrong. At least the digital version had them. Twilight Town's not a ghost town after all.

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[colorbymemory]

No. No, it isn't.

Maybe some of us will move here eventually.

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[seasaltkeys]

How many are there? Around here?

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[colorbymemory]

I think there's about thirty of us.

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[seasaltkeys]

And no one's given any reason why.

[It's a statement. He doesn't quite know where he's going with this.]

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[colorbymemory]

No. There was a message, but it didn't tell us much. We've been trying to think of things ourselves, but we don't have much information to use yet.

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[seasaltkeys]

So it's just wander around and wait for something to happen.

[He sighs.]</small. I can't tell if that's much of a life or not.