Voice testing an AU

[goingnowhere]

Take your time. I'll be here. And it means I get a break. If I go there... Then I'm not entirely sure what'll happen. That place likes to mess with people, right? Who knows what it'll do to me. I don't think I could take it if I were to lose myself.

[Sora place a hand on his chest, over his heart, looking down--though the hood will hide his features.]

...So take your time on my app.

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[childfayth]

Mixed blessings are the worst, aren't they?

[goingnowhere]

I wouldn't even call it a mixed blessing.

It's a horror game.

[childfayth]

Better for now to be there than home. Worse later to be there than home.

Sounds like one to me.

[goingnowhere]

I guess. but at least back home, I can... Find a cure.

[No you won't Sora stop being silly.]

[childfayth]

Who says you can't find one where you're going?

[goingnowhere]

...Because it's a haunted house with few resources besides food? I doubt I'll find a cure to this there. I'll be stuck with just my current solution, which won't work long-term.

[childfayth]

Maybe the cure can be found amongst the people there, not the place.

[goingnowhere]

...It's not that simple to explain. It's... An infection of the heart.

[childfayth]

It's easy to lose hope.

[goingnowhere]

I haven't lost hope. I just... Need the time to figure this out.

[childfayth]

Are you sure?

You already lack hope you'll find a cure where you'll be sent.

[goingnowhere]

...If it's anywhere, it's in my universe.

[He'll keep his hand over his heart.]

That's where it began. With Xehanort. So the cure has to be there somewhere.

[another_chance]

If I'm, or my mun is, correct on what has happened to you from your icons and other conversation - it's almost a surprise that we haven't seen one like you here before. Perhaps we didn't look hard enough.

That said. Before you attack me - as I'm sure you'd be more than ready to. Understand that we are both from fragments of the master timeline, worlds that should not be, and as such...

You have my apologies and my sympathy.

[goingnowhere]

[He immediately summons his Keyblade--a precautionary measure. But he listens, however much he dislikes it.]

...It hasn't progressed far yet. I only have the eyes right now, and I've been...

[He tightens the grip on his Keyblade, eyes flashing to it.]

...Keeping it in check. I won't let him win.

[another_chance]

[Xeha's eyes flick to the key and back up. Yeah, he was expecting that. Staying unarmed, though, as a sign of peace.]

As it should be. Your heart, and what lies within it, are strong. Though I must ask - how do you, personally, fight on?

[goingnowhere]

[It's action. He'll bring up and press the blade against his chest. An indicator.]

...I'm lucky I haven't turned myself into a Heartless. As for how I can keep going emotionally... Because I have friends that still care about me, and I don't want them to fight my shell.

[another_chance]

[The tiniest of nods, here, and a slight smile, as an acknowledgement- don't set Sora off, don't set Sora off...]

That's good. It should never happen that friends should have to see their friends in their opponent. [A soft sigh. Poor Aqua...] And I'm sure they'll always do what's best for you, too... that's what they're for.

[goingnowhere]

[Geez, Xehanort, you scared?]

Yeah. So I'm hoping to find a cure to what's been done. The solution I have is... Only temporary, obviously.

[another_chance]

[Not scared. Sensibly cautious around the guy with a keyblade and logical reason for a grudge, he'd like to say. (And also remembering what his own Sora was like...)]

Obviously. Still, with all your heart has taken in the past, I'm sure there's a good chance for you.

[goingnowhere]

[Sora doesn't want to fight--mostly because, even if you aren't as nice as you seem, he's not sure what he could do against someone with crazy hax time powers.]

I'm not sure how much more my heart can take, actually. I've been regularly inserting a key into it, after all.

[another_chance]

You - forcibly lock my counterpart's influence away?

[And at that, he looks down to the ground, and back up, actually raising a hand to his own chest - where a deep cross scar's lurking under his clothing.]

I don't know if you'll accept my sympathy here. But as far as that goes? I know what it's like, to have to work with your own heart.

[Want to know what he calls his own 'Drive', Sora?]

[goingnowhere]

...Not exactly lock. I make sure there's not enough for there to be any influence.

[And it hurts like hell. He's very lucky he hasn't pull his own heart out with this method, which is why he's looking for a different cure.]

[another_chance]

A constant fight. A constant sacrifice. And no way to know how deep the damage goes.

[Yep. He knows. He lets out a soft, sad sigh.]

[goingnowhere]

Yeah.

[...This is weird, talking to a Xehanort like this.]

I have to find a real solution. Before I mess up.

[another_chance]

[Kind of weird talking to a Sora like this, too, after everything. But he knows enough to neutralise that somewhat.]

If I were able to assist you, I would. But you have no reason to trust that I would not drive the darkness further in... Instead, I can only wish that you and your friends find an answer soon.