Thirteenth ★ [Voice]

[limitless_land]

Halloween... That time of year already, huh?

[His voice seems to hitch for a brief moment, but otherwise he doesn't really hint at anything else.]

How many of you celebrate it back in your own worlds?

[Locked to Aqua, Demyx, Kairi, Lea]

A lot of those from our Worlds have left recently. I just wanted to say- [He swallows hard.]

If I disappear next, there's a journal in my room. In it are reports on all that's happened both at home and here. Kairi, Aqua... You both especially deserve to know. As does Sora...

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[Locked to Jacob, Mami]

Thanks for helping me to see the Light.

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[glidingheart.livejournal.com]

Riku? [Ven's voice is questioning because he can't see the boy's face.]

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [A pause.] ...Ven, right?

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[glidingheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You like Halloween too?

[swordofswans.livejournal.com]

You mean that this holiday is celebrated in places aside from this city? I would not have believed it...

_{[Not until coming here and seeing such a variety of worlds, at least. But even then, he hadn't considered that it was anything more than a strange festival of Vatheon.]}

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is. [He spares a chuckle.] It's rather popular back home. That and Christmas.

[swordofswans.livejournal.com]

How strange...

_{[He does know Christmas, at least, if only because of a certain well-known ballet.]}

But why? It does not seem the most pleasant of... celebrations.

[Filtered to Riku]

[nos-servabit.livejournal.com]

[A soft smile.]

You're welcome, Riku. I'm glad you did.

[Filtered to Jacob]

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I am, too.

[Filtered to Riku]

[nos-servabit.livejournal.com]

You are feeling better, I hope? Nothing continues to bother you?

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[foodchewing.livejournal.com]

We do at home. It's kinda fun to scare the crap out of kids.

[A beat.]

What about you?

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

That it is. [He chuckles.] Though we scare more than just the kids back home.

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[foodchewing.livejournal.com]

Hm? Who else do you scare?

[Do tell...]

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[ninthserenade.livejournal.com]

I never really heard of it until I was recruited into the Organization. This is only the third or fourth time I've celebrated it too, but last year was really wonky.

[Filtered]

...Don't talk like that, dude. I already got enough heartache, I dont wanna think about you disappearing on me, y'know?

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Do I want to know what happened?

[Filtered]

[He's silent for a moment, minus the sound of pages flipping.] ...Sorry, Demyx.

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[travelingintime.livejournal.com]

Halloween? What exactly is that anyway?

_{[As far as she's seen, it seems like a really strange celebration.]}

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

[...Whoa, holy crap. Don't mind him, pausing for one long as hell span of time. If he wasn't an only child, he'd probably not have some serious questions about this. Oh, who is he kidding. It's got him shocked into a brief spell of silence. 'Why does this person-?']

...It's a holiday celebrated in other worlds. In some it's a way to respect those who've passed on, while in others it was originally a tradition to ward off evil spirits.

[...Which gets a nervous chuckle from him.] Guess the Bubble takes it as a holiday for pranks and fun.

[Why do you look like me?]

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[travelingintime.livejournal.com]

_{[She looks like you? But she doesn't see you, so she doesn't know. The pause does surprise her though.]}

Is everything okay?

_{[She smiles a little more though.]}

Ah, but in any case, never heard of a holiday like that back home...

_{[She looks really interested now.]}

Can you tell me something more about it?

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[lux-permanet.livejournal.com]

[She was silent for the longest time before playing the post a second and then third time. Rising from her seat with communicator in hand, Aqua walked towards her window and stood as still as a statue. Her fingers were pressed gently against her lips and her mind drifted into deep thought.

She knew he'd been through this before... friends leaving without a word. But there was an underlining of pain in his private words and she found herself speechless. He was frightened and there was nothing she could do to ease the anxiety. She had no way of helping him... this world had a power she could not overcome.

Ven. He could disappear as well. The revelation chilled her to the bone. One of her dearest friends could disappear and there wasn't a damn thing she could do about it.

She lifted the SFC to send a post back to Riku but for the longest time, there was only silence between them.]

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[lux-permanet.livejournal.com]

Riku... I...

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[lux-permanet.livejournal.com]

I know it's hard. But to dwell on these thoughts... it will do more harm than good.

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

[He sits there in the silence, hearing the occasional rustling noises that accompany movement as he stares at the ceiling. There's so many thoughts swimming in his head, faced with his own destiny again--the fate of one who fell onto the road to darkness once before. The night was growing darker for him again, and he knew what was awaiting him when he returned "home."

He would have to face the thirteenth member, someone he already confirmed for himself as Sora's Nobody here and would more than likely do so again back in their world. It wasn't so much fear as it was... bitter acceptance.

This was the path he'd chosen, and he'd see it through to the end no matter what became of him. Should he perish in the attempt or cease to exist as even a fragment of himself, then it was alright by him. So long as it saved the one who didn't deserve what he'd been through at all. He owed his friend this much after he'd freed him from Xehanort's grasp...somewhat, anyway.

He could hear the whispers growing stronger, could understand them, yet he still held tight to the light as well and its comforting embrace against the coldness of night. Axel didn't deserve to vanish from his 'next life,' and he knew that shortly after he returned... he would be forgetting Xion, too. Time wasn't on his side.]

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

[It's with all those thoughts in mind that he even so much as mutters:] The only way it could cause more harm is if I...

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

[He bites his lip, looking at the picture inside his journal that worked as a bookmark; a photograph he always kept close to his heart where ever he went. 'Sora...']

I know the price of the path I chose to take, what it will mean. Too many are counting on my success for me to fail them. ['And if I don't make it when I return home...']

[Yes, he is very much prepared to die for his friend.]

speshul filter C:

[goldenflint]

It's no problem, Riku-san. [Gives him a warm smile.] May I ask how are you feeling now?

super speshul filter o:

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Better than I have in a long while. [Even though there's... still a hole from losing two friends.] Guess all I needed was a little light to melt the shadows away.