6th Dawn ✯ Realized phantoms and a lone heart [Video]

[limitless_land]

//UNLOCKED//
[The feed clicks on to show Riku, curled up in his bed and staring out at something, or perhaps someone off camera. He seems composed in the mask and fancy clothes, but underneath that he's as pale as the sheets on the bed he shares with Sora and Kairi.]

I tolerated the crap you gave us all on Halloween, but... this?

[He tenses, as though whatever's off camera just hit a sore spot in his heart.]

...Screw you, Vatheon. Screw. You.

Where's my blindfold when I need it...?

[The feed seems to click off...]

//LOCKED TO TERRA//
...I'm ready to begin. Not sure about you, but I could use the distraction right now.

//LOCKED TO ROXAS AND XION//
I heard about your friend... How are you two holding up?

//LOCKED TO VANITAS//
... Probably would be good to take a break from practicing wielding the darkness until this stupid illusion fades, too. Did Xehanort always pontificate at length back then?

Comments

[bondingearth.livejournal.com]

Sure. I was about to head there anyways to get my mind off things.

_{[He hasn't seen anything yet, but with all the reactions lately, he figures it's only a matter of time before whatever it is hits him. Plus he needed to beat the thoughts of Xehanort taking over his body into the back of his mind.]}

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

I'll be right over, then.

[...Did someone tell him about what happened? Maybe...he should have told him when they met.]

[bondingearth.livejournal.com]

See you soon.

_{[click! He finally got the courage to finally ask Aqua what happened after he had a talk with Ven and spending some time wondering why he was getting such funny looks from Kairi. He's been brooding about it lately.]}

[voice]

[meat-gum.livejournal.com]

Uh... so... they've done this-- weird-- ghost-thing before?

[voice]

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Not the ghost part, but the fancy clothes and masks they have.

Last time it was missing memories.

Re: [voice]

[meat-gum.livejournal.com]

...Ooooh so that's where the clothes came from.

Missing memories? That's... I dunno, that's probably worse.

[voice]

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[A pause.] ...Depends on who it is you're seeing, I suppose.

Re: [voice]

[meat-gum.livejournal.com]

...I guess it'd kinda depend on whether you knew you were forgetting something, too, huh?

[automail-artist.livejournal.com]

A...are you okay?

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Mm. Just...a bad memory that this place has made to haunt me again.

[automail-artist.livejournal.com]

That sounds horrible! Are you seeing...things too?

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a few ghosts from my past. ...You?

[It's easier to face if you have someone there.]

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[darkest-horse.livejournal.com]

Sounds like someone needs a nap.

video;

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Or a way to get the Heartless of your old boss-man to shut the hell up.

[Ignore ignore "blah blah Darkness blah blah awakened blah blah foolish something" ...Honestly, does he just like hearing himself talk?!]

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[darkest-horse.livejournal.com]

As if that'll ever happen. He always liked pontificating at ridiculously length.

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Even when I had the idiot repressed, he wouldn't stop talking.

[Why's he telling you this? 'cuz you probably know this as well as Vanitas. :|]

[Action, bb?]

[lockandkeyblade.livejournal.com]

Hey Riku?

[Sora's standing in the doorway, looking... confused.]

Let's get out of here.

[Action forever, bb <3]

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

[Be glad you can't see them, not yet. So Riku'll just sit up and look at you for the moment... eye still twitching.]

...Probably a good idea.

[He stand and walks to the doorway, placing a hand on Sora's shoulder as he passes. If his friend's paying attention... he'll see and hear exactly what Riku is right now. Bastard of a Heartless on the bed. B|]

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[lockandkeyblade.livejournal.com]

[Sora does see it... and despite the fact that it's really not there, that it's really just an apparition, Sora glares daggers for all of two seconds as Riku passes.]

[Action]

[lockandkeyblade.livejournal.com]

[And he determinedly plants both his hands on Riku's back and pushes them both towards the door of the apartment, hastening their departure.]

[Action]

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

[And Xehanort's Heartless is just as smug of a bastard he was when alive, and smirks confidently at the two boys. He's now on his "feet," following the two out of the apartment. Since Sora's hand are firmly planted on Riku's back, he can more than likely hear Xehanort's snark.] "Do you truly believe that any sort of notion will allow him to escape my shadow, boy?"

[Riku's fists clench, but other than that he does not show any sign of anger, only resolutely keeps moving forward.]

[chivalryphoenix.livejournal.com]

Then this is nothing new.

[Flynn seems to be barely reigning in whatever anger and frustration he has as well. As if whatever's off-screen for him is annoying the crap out of him. But, if Riku notices, there's also some regret and sorrow swirling beneath the frustration.]

Are you alright?

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Of course not. [He isn't normally one to make note of others' emotions, but this time he'll make an exception. He opens an eye, studying the other person on the screen. Hm... A new face.]

I've dealt with worse before, and the voice I am hearing is anything but new. [A faint, smug look.] What about you? Are you alright, yourself?

[chivalryphoenix.livejournal.com]

That makes two of us, then. [He ignores that smirk. He's seen it too many times to care, though granted they were mostly from corrupt nobles.]

I will be better once the man I and others once respected and trusted leaves. However, it seems to me that your visitor is much worse.

[A soft sigh.]

My apologies for not introducing myself earlier. I'm Flynn Scifo. [He nods in greeting.]

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

[Hey, it's one of his versions of a smile; cut him some slack.]

I could say the same for the memory of a demon.

[A faint shrug as he leans back against the covers, a little weary already from the debates between himself and said demon.]

It's alright. I'm Riku.