GIGANTIC CAST EXPLOSION @ exsilium

[amereillusion]

Yes... that is quite a lot of reserves.

What escapes me is why you're so enthusiastic about this. I wouldn't mind seeing Xion and Roxas again - Roxas' potential was quite promising before I was shipped off to Oblivion, and Xion's finally comfortable enough to talk if that test-drive meme is any indication - but Demyx? And Larxene? I don't think I need to remind you what happened the last time I was in a game with her. I still have nightmares about that. And then there's Axel. He should be thankful I'm taken from before my death at his hands.

And then there's those two Keyblade wilders, Aqua and Vanitas. And we're getting a new Sora. That's wonderful, mundane, four people who will likely try to kill me on sight, and one of them can summon creatures not unlike Heartless.

I hope you're pleased with yourself. You 'enabled' half of them.

Comments

[hahahailtotheking]

I think yer seriously underestimatin' Sora and Aqua, if ya think they're gonna try and kill ya as soon as they can.

... Vanitas on the other hand...

[amereillusion]

I don't know who Aqua and Vanitas are. That said, Sora certainly didn't hold much sympathy for us before.

[hahahailtotheking]

I dunno if this is due to you bein' a Nobody, but I'd think someone as logical as yerself would see that a person like Sora wouldn't hurt anyone that didn't antagonize him first.

[amereillusion]

I don't plan to. Quite frankly, I had a feeling what Maluxia was up to. Fitting that his plan not only failed, but caused him to die.

[hahahailtotheking]

[Ah. There's that old Nobody camraderie, never fails to put warm, fuzzy feelings in his chest.]

And as far as Aqua and Vanitas goes... Aqua is a Keyblade Master, and though driven she's insightful and clever.
[Unspoken: don't think she's going to be even half as easy to play as Sora.]
Vanitas... is a being of pure darkness, who lives to hurt and terrorize others.

[amereillusion]

Another Keyblade bearer? The Initiative can't seem to have enough of them. At this rate, our universe is going to run out.

[ Frankly, he wants to know why. He hasn't seen a single Heartless there, so that can't be the reason. Though, what he says about Vanitas... ]

Is he a Heartless?

[ The Seeker of Darkness aside, Zexion wouldn't go so far as to imply that they're evil. More like viruses or bacteria; unpleasant and dangerous, but not exactly malevolent. They're just doing what their natural instincts tell them to do. ]

[hahahailtotheking]

[Mickey WOULD be worried that they're being specifically targeted, if he hadn't already become well aware of what kind of places these games are. This is just the price to be paid for popularity, no more, mo less.]

No, not a Heartless. He's the other half of a heart torn in two... the dark half. He doesn't run on instinct like they do. He can think and plan alright- I figured that out welll enough.

[amereillusion]

I see. [ Yes, that does sound dangerous. ] I remember someone once thinking that fragmenting a heart was possible in theory, but it was deemed too dangerous to try it.

[ For that specific reason, he might add. ]

[hahahailtotheking]

Vanutas couldn't understand or feel kindness or empathy... but he COULD feel anger, selfishness and greed. If there was any chance he could manipulate a situation so it caused someone pain, then he'd take it.

I dunno what person yer talkin' about, but that insight alone makes them far wiser than Xehanort.

[amereillusion]

That sounds quite like how everybody believes Nobodies are. [ Only half true; without a heart, complex emotions such as love and happiness really only confuse them, and they lack the ability to both convey and deal with such feelings. Hence the intellectual activities Organization members partake in when off-duty, such as reading, solving puzzles, cooking, and math problems. Or in Vexen's case, science. ]

I thought you knew him quite well, your Majesty.

[ Ansem the Wise. It was a hypothesis he had once, but for obvious reasons, never bothered to test it. ]

[ OOC: I subscribe to the theory presented in the CoM manga about Nobodies and emotions. Just because it makes the most sense. ]

[hahahailtotheking]

[Well then- that explained why the theory sounded so familiar. Yes, Ansem the Wise...]

So did I.

[And that seems to be all the commentary Mickey has on the subject of Ansem, unless Zexion should decide to push.]

At any rate- he's got a Keyblade, and all the powers that come with it. Don't underestimate him.

[OOC: Ha ha, alright- I'll keep DDD-canonout of this, then~.]

[amereillusion]

Another Keyblade wielder.

[ Now the Initiative isn't even bothering to bring the nice ones. Zexin's eyes lower, thinking. ]

[ OOC: I... never played it, and have tried to resist spoiling myself. But if there's new information re: Nobodies and emotions (the CoM manga and games seemed to contradict each other), maybe I should just bite the bullet and accept the fact that I'll never have a 3DS. ]

[hahahailtotheking]

And part of an attempt to create the Kye-Blade.

[The reason he doesn't say anything else than that is that he's honestly not certain of how much Zexion knows. From what he's learned it's increasingly unlikely that Xemnas was ever that open with his true plans, but Zexion seems to be the crafty type. Could he have figured it out, all on his own?]

[OOC: HA HA HA OH BOY. Oh yes. Yes it has new information. It very much does and that's all I'm saying because yeah, this is probably something you'll want to find out on your own.]