Thirteenth ★ [Voice]

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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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[Riku's gone silent. And while Aqua can't see it, there's a small, weary smile crossing his lips. That was the plan all along, and while he may no longer be himself should he do so... at least he would assure the one thing he truly wanted for his friends. Both would be able to return home back in their universe, and he was dead set on making it so. Yet even though it was the plan, it doesn't mean that it didn't hurt to know that he may not be able to join them...

He already made too many mistakes, and with two returning to their deaths... he couldn't be happy for them, nor for his inevitable return home.]

... I know, but in this case- [He can't finish the sentence, instead briefly turning on the video feed to show the photograph in a journal- ...Sora, fast asleep in a sort of pod with a peaceful look on his face.] ...Everything already went wrong.

[The feed flickers back to black, and it's obvious with the 'calming' breath that he's trying not to let her see all of his pain. He... He shouldn't have had six extra months to focus on this when he already had almost eleven back home. Knowing that while he's here, like this... his best friend is still asleep and the Organization is winning... The fact that he became friends with three of the members here didn't matter; what matters is that Xemnas still needed to be stopped, and even if the giant Pause button was pressed on his life-

'Giving up already?'

He freezes, literally freezes. T-that voice... He only heard it in his memories before, and now-

'Come on, Riku. We both know you're stronger than this.']

... You're right. [Whether it's at Aqua, or the Voice... even he doesn't know.] Guess even after I earned my Keyblade, I still can't be very hopeful with this shadow still inside me.