Forty-First Keychain-[Written]

[perplexme]

Another year later and I'm still not sure about Christmas here. Christmas in Christmas Town's one thing, but otherwise...what's there to do here for Christmas anyway? Maybe I just don't get it...other than watching Sora and company pass out presents. That's different.

I guess I could say Merry Christmas, but I'm not sure it means anything if I still don't get it.

At least they left us alone this year, right? Yeah.

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[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

It's easy to forget things here, really.

[perplexme]

Especially after being here for a while.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

I take it you've been here longer than I have.

[perplexme]

About fifteen months now, almost sixteen.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

Far longer than I thought then.

[perplexme]

How long did you think? Just curious.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

Less than ten months, though it's mostly because I can't imagine anyone going over a year here with how fickle the Malnosso can be.

[perplexme]

Weird, isn't it? But I've met some people that have been here for two years, even. It's kind of crazy how attached the Malnosso can actually get.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

It makes me wonder what kind of attributes do these people possess for the Malnosso to choose them over others.

[perplexme]

What attributes do any of us possess to get stuck here in the first place?

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

Perhaps one that causes these wings to manifest in the first place.

[perplexme]

That'd be my only guess, but my guess is about as good as anyone else's. It's hard to say what the real reasoning here is.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

That's true. I'm surprised they could keep all of this a secret for so long.

[perplexme]

I'm sure they have their ways...I just don't know if I want to find out what those ways are.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

I would. It might shed some light on things.

[perplexme]

Even if the reasons and results are terrible?

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

... Yes.

It's selfish, but I don't exactly want to one day find out we're actually fueling a war with our presence here while we remain blissfully ignorant to things.

[perplexme]

...that's...actually a really good point. Especially with some of the new information that's come out lately.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

Hence my doubts. I don't even know if these experiments are actual experiments or just effects from whatever it is they are doing.

... Sorry, I don't think I'm helping much.

[perplexme]

What, like maybe they're just used to distract us from what's really happening?

No, no it's fine, I've been trying to think about this for a while now.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

Right. Each time we start suspecting them, they can always throw something at us to catch us completely off-guard. We're too much on our toes for experiments and New Feathers that we forget there is something going on in the back.

At least in theory.

[perplexme]

That would make enough sense, especially when you consider that by constantly bringing in new people, you lose the amount of people that actually know what's going on and they spend time trying to explain it while missing details. It's a mess sometimes, but it makes sense.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

It just makes me wonder why they choose to let some of them stay though. Are they purposely doing this to confuse us? I know a lot of the older residents update us with new information, but I have to wonder if those information are meant to be things we learned on our own, or things they purposely left to give us a false sense of security.

[perplexme]

Could be a little of all of the above. It's easy to manipulate people into believing whatever reality you want them to believe just by tweaking certain details here and there, throwing in a few people to get along and be on your side and call it good.

[nicht-ein-traum.livejournal.com]

There are too many things that could possibly be reality. It's hard to say which one to believe.