On finally acting on an expired reserve... whoops.

[ressentiment]

You have got to be kidding me.

So not only are you deciding to bring me to this tower with not just one Real Thing, but neither of them are the one I know and the friend I have from this "reality" you decided on won't even remember me? Is this your sick attempt at a joke?!

...Whatever. Go right ahead and do what you want. I don't have to respond if you keep this up, anyway.

[A long pause.]



...It was bad enough when he was the only one who'd forget me.

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[justabignobody]

...It's not like they ever do anything else.

[...Oh boy. This is going to be awkward, isn't it?]

[ressentiment]

[...This is going to be very, very awkward. Especially since he can still- vaguely sense a couple things. Stupid coat. Have an eyebrow raise, because he's pretty sure his pathetic real thing isn't hiding behind a blindfold like his friend.]

...Tch. Pretty sure this one attempts to have a life in their spare time.

[justabignobody]

[He resents the 'hiding'. ...Okay maybe he is sorts of. But hey, it also causes people to understate him, which is totally a point in favor.]

Maybe that's what they think is the point of it all. [Whatever that may be. Riku himself doesn't really see it.]

[ressentiment]

[Does it 'look' like he cares whether your resent it or not because in his universe? You couldn't protect your friends, let alone yourself with the amnesia crap.]

Why don't you try making sense for once. [...See. While wearing a blindfold. Classy.]

[justabignobody]

[...Hey. Wrong Riku there. He's got no memory problems. ...Non that are as serious as amnesia anyways.]

Having trouble keeping up? [Well, he can't hear/taste/smell/feel the point either so he might as well not 'see' it, right?]

[ressentiment]

[Not saying that you are his; just that he has even less respect for real things than the younger, canon!self. Whoops?]

You say it like you think you know their reasoning, but in the end you really don't either. [He has a 'bluff sense', man. Got it from his reality's you before lol amnesia. Also, ]

[drknss_bnd_lght]

... Uh.. Sorry.

[ressentiment]

[...Shit. He hadn't really thought what he was saying in the thought that Ven would actually hear it, so to see him like this- welp. He's reeling back the anger, because like hell does he need to be scarred farther by the dark.]

...It's alright. Not like it's your fault, Ventus.

[drknss_bnd_lght]

[Not like it would matter, given what his mun's just put him though and has planned for him, sob.]

... I still feel horrible though.

[ressentiment]

[Probably why his mun's at least attempting to give a damn by sending someone who knows them feels, but not like he'd see it right now- he's still rather mad and hurt that something like this would even happen in the first place.]

... We can create new memories. It helped with these fake ones, right? [Sweet boundary between darkness and light, he sucks at being the positive one. At least thinking fast comes "naturally"?]

[drknss_bnd_lght]

[You don't suck at all. :|] Yea. We can.

New memories.... That'd be nice.

[ressentiment]

[Yes he does, mun's pulling him from just as he's punching DiZ in the face for "kind of' being an *bleeeeeeeeep*. :|]

You won't be alone there for long, alright? [Ventus, how did the youngest end up being the "Team Dad" again? AND WHAT DOES IT EVEN MEAN?]

[drknss_bnd_lght]

[..you mean you don't actually get to land a punch on him? For shame mun, for shame.]

..Yea. [Probably because you are the most suited for that part, actually. And then a forced smile. Ventus, you really ain't fooling anyone.] Though... Be careful. his look-a-like is here.

[Should be easy to tell who he means, even how Ventus is tensing.]

[ressentiment]

[Maybe he'll get lucky and she'll change her mind. ...Big maybe, there.

At that news, however, his blood runs cold. Him... Vanitas? A Vanitas is there? He can probably hear his fists clenching because of his gloves. He is livid.]

...I will. Don't worry about me. [He's more concerned about you, given the track record with theirs.] -but don't think you can get away with being a doormat for that guy, either.

[Because he will try to protect you, anyway. ...Yep, Team Dad alright.]

[drknss_bnd_lght]

[Hopefully. But maybe Rep can make a dart bord with DiZ's face on it?

Yep - he can hear that, too. It gets a worried swallow.] ... Uh. Yea.

[Sob. it's too late. He's already had a run-in and hdshlkj. At least it wasn't theirs, that would been all kinds of Very Bad News.] ...Yea. Ok.

..There's umm. A lot of look-a-likes.

[ressentiment]

[Or "maybe" both. BI

He doesn't say anything, but he does relax a bit soon enough. Sigh. Just can't let you go anywhere without them, huh.]

...Ventus. [What aren't you telling him, man? But go on and continue.]

[drknss_bnd_lght]

[....He actually hasn't gotten into that much trouble. Just..run into some questionable people. Master Xehanort for one-.]

Uh...[A small squirm at the tone. Also, hello there resentment and bitterness as nope. still not over those Issues.] There's look-a-likes of them. Terra. Aqua. Eraqus. And ... me.

[Bitter bitter bitter as hell.]

..That I know of.

[ressentiment]

[He will still forever worry be concerned, knowing how that usually ends up...]

...Really? [He isn't questioning it really, just in a bit of surprise. Knowing how that goes in their reality... nope, can't blame him for the bitterness.] Ugh, this is ridiculous.

[drknss_bnd_lght]

[A nod.] Yea.

... [Sob, he had no idea what to say now. that and he's not from the canon point where he's starting to ask the odd question sometimes.]

[keybearer]

Hey, at least you'll have somebody. That's more than I can say.

[ressentiment]

[Oh, hi bitty real thing. What's u- wait, what? Blinking for a moment, then frowning. This is... going to be confusing and awkward, isn't it.]

Is it really having them if they don't even recall meeting you? [Oh, he could be cruel here... and why not?] I'm almost surprised he isn't following your every step.

[attheclocktower]

I'm sorry you have to come here.

[Really. She is. She has little love for the Tower right now.]

And... I'm sorry your friend won't remember you.

[Really, she knows]

[ressentiment]

[... He remains silent for a brief moment, frowning slightly. How would someone with her face even-? Ah right, Naminé had begun to explain what she "had" to do to wake up Sora when DiZ walked in on them. Stupid old man and his prejudiced ways. But... she doesn't know him, does she? Not like the one he briefly met.]

... Yeah, we both know how that is, huh. [If that punch to the gut wasn't so fresh, he probably would have snapped. whoops?]

[attheclocktower]

[Well. It's plenty painful for her too. Especially considering she'd come to Animus not fully realizing it would happen. Her expression tightens a little painfully.]

It's not their fault, and... they're still my friends. [But it still hurts.]

[ressentiment]

[ou sis... :c He pauses, nodding slightly. He... knows that pain too well, even though the one he knows never will remember him again, and to the one in the Tower, they haven't even met yet.]

[a sigh] ...These timeline problems are messed up.

[worldsapart]

At least... you'll have two sisters? [Xion tries to smile, but it doesn't quite reach her eyes.]

[ressentiment]

T- [He was about to ask what that meant, but the question dies on his lips. Looks like Sora, doesn't quite have the same manner of speech as Sora, though.] ...Who are you, really?

[read: WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH REAL THING'S BRO'S FACE?!]

[worldsapart]

[... ah... right.]

Sorry. I'm... Xion. One of the ones in the Tower.

[ressentiment]

[...mun doesn't have an icon for his expression, but it is as close to a o__O; as anyone with Riku's face can ever get.]

X-Xion...? [Blinking. Forgive him, sis. You still look like Naminé to him in his reality.] ...Heh. I take it that this part of the alternate realities thing?

[worldsapart]

[She smiles a smile that is, at the same time, very Sora and very Xion. She even reaches to rub the back of her head like Sora.]

Yeah, that's pretty much it.

[ressentiment]

[All the deja vu and slight guilt, but he doesn't seem to mind it too much. Instead, he almost laughs.]

I see. It's almost funny, really... [...because haha, what is stopping DiZ from getting his way about who exists and who doesn't?]

[worldsapart]

[cue another Sora-like headtilt] What's funny?

[ex_ventus850]

Hey... [ He feels the need to lift some spirits here. ]

Just because they forget doesn't mean their hearts do. You're still this person's friend.

You'll need to make new memories. But is that really so bad?

[ This convo is so much deja vu for him. Literally. B| ]

[ressentiment]

Is there really anything to remember when they're from an earlier time...

[A sigh.] It's not that it's bad, but in the place she's looking at, it's going to be harder for him to realize what he needs to to keep moving on.

[Deal with it; memories are a Big Thing for Rikufaces. Also hi younger, canon timeline biffle. :|]

[ex_ventus850]

Oh. [ Derp? ] I guess not. But you can make new memories with him.

[ A frown. ] Where's that?

[ Hi Replica #2 he can't remember. This is why he feels especially bad about this. :c ]