Forty-Eighth Keychain-[Written]

[perplexme]

[Filtered From Hayner]

So let's say that someone recently showed up in this place, but they're from a time where they remember you differently. How can you tell them about how things are in the future without ruining everything? And this isn't just a "oh I moved away" sort of difference, this is something a lot bigger...like memories.

[/Filter]

727 days. Nearly two years, and I still don't see any signs of me going home anytime soon. Should I consider that a good thing or a bad thing? For those of you who have been here that long, what do you think?

Oh, hey. Hayner! I'm thinking since you're new here and your sense of direction stinks still, we should probably explore Luceti some more so you get familiar with it. What do you think? Later today?

[Filter to Xion]

Hey. I think we need to talk.

Comments

[steadfastest.livejournal.com]

If you ask me, you should tell them stuff. It sucks big time not knowing.

[perplexme]

But what if it's stuff that they might be better off not knowing?

[perplexme]

It gets tricky when you start thinking about it. I can try to explain it to you again later if you want. I guess we can go now. Where are you?

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

... I don't know. I don't think I'm ever going to get to go home now, not after two years.

[Voice | Same Filter]

[cowboykinneas.livejournal.com]

I'd say the only way you can ruin it is by not telling them at all.

Almost two years, huh?

[steadfastest.livejournal.com]

Like what? Okay, I guess some stuff would be off-limits. I mean, I wouldn't want to walk around knowing the date of my own death, for example.

[markofthetrust.livejournal.com]

[Yay for sanity.]

Hit-or-miss. You mean sometimes you can avoid all the weird stuff? Yep! I just got here.

[perplexme]

You'll catch on soon enough. Sometimes you can avoid it, but sometimes you can't. It depends on what it is. Sometimes I've avoided things, but I'm still not sure how.

[perplexme]

If it's a matter of people and their existence? What would you think then?

[Voice]

[perplexme]

But do you want to go home, Emil?

[Voice | Same Filter]

[perplexme]

Solid advice, Irvine. Solid advice. It's just a matter of how to word it I think.

Almost two years. Kind of crazy now that I think about it, but it hasn't felt that long.

[willbeawinner.livejournal.com]

If you wanna try, that's up to you—I might never get it. But uh… outside of some food place? I got hungry, and whatever's bein' made in it smelled good, so…

[perplexme]

Might as well, nothing else to do here. [And easier to stall on for a while.]

...you're either at Seventh Heaven or Azzip. What's the name?

[willbeawinner.livejournal.com]

Cool, I guess.

[ a pause while he moves to read a sign ]

…Seventh Heaven?

[perplexme]

That's Tifa's old place. Not sure who runs it now, but I know where it is. Stay there, I'll see you in a bit?

[steadfastest.livejournal.com]

Like, ALL people, everywhere? "Fate of the world" kind of stuff? Yeah, maybe you should keep it to yourself...

[willbeawinner.livejournal.com]

Sure, sure—just hurry up and get here before I die of boredom!

[Voice | Same Filter]

[cowboykinneas.livejournal.com]

That's where things get tricky, huh?

I hear you there. Still a couple of months away from the 'almost' mark myself, but it sure doesn't feel it. I don't think it's all that bad.

[perplexme]

You know just for that? I'm going to go even slower. Like a lot slower.

[perplexme]

No, not all people. More like just two people...or maybe just the people from my world since they're all kind of involved too? Everybody except this one guy is in the loop, but I don't really know how to tell him the truth about it.

[Voice | Same Filter]

[perplexme]

Tact isn't exactly Hayner's strong point, so I kind of have to make it mine. There's really not an easy way to explain this to him though no matter what I do.

Yeah? You're one of the first people I've heard say that. Why do you think it's not that bad?

[Voice | Same Filter]

[cowboykinneas.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it's a really big thing to explain, in that case. It bad?

Let's see... for one, I made a bunch of friends that I wouldn't have run into without being here for awhile.

[Voice | Same Filter]

[perplexme]

It's bad for one of us; I'm just not sure which one yet.

That's kind of my thinking, too. Not only that, but I've seen people here that I wouldn't get to see at home because of certain things that've happened to them. It's kind of a win-win situation sometimes.

[Voice | Same Filter]

[cowboykinneas.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Sounds pretty bad.

Right! Without the Malnosso, this place wouldn't be all that bad.

[Voice | Same Filter]

[perplexme]

Exactly. Axel says I should just tell him, but I don't think he knows how bad Hayner's going to actually react. It can wait, I guess.

It's kind of like a vacation when the Malnosso aren't actually doing stuff to us. Pretty calm and everything, but now we're getting a bunch of new feathers again. What's up with that?