Fiftieth Keychain - [Written]

[perplexme]

[Filtered from Vanitas and Ven to the rest of the KH cast]

Okay. How many of you guys think this wasn't just some weird kind of coincidence?

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[Filtered to Xion]

I think I need to talk to you soon...it's important.

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[Filtered to Axel]

I learned something really interesting about you.

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So Luceti...what exactly makes a person real or not? What qualities and characteristics mean that a person exists instead of just being a weird figment? Trust me, it's important.

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[voice | filtered]

[perplexme]

Library. If you could get here soon...that'd be great. Okay?

[voice] ...lol. I kinda wanna watch now.

[perplexme]

Don't think I've ever heard of it. You guys used it to travel between the worlds then?

[filtered]

[perplexme]

...did he have a helmet?

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[fourteen]

[ Roxas might just barely catch her "okay!"; she's already shutting her journal and out the door.

It takes her a little under ten minutes to get there, and it's clear she hurried; when she walks in the door she's pink-cheeked from the cold and the wind, and her hair is all tousled and messy.

Once she spots him, Xion'll make a beeline for Roxas, concern bright in her eyes. She doesn't even bother to take off her scarf or jacket, much less sit, before speaking. ]

Hey... what's going on?

[Written]

[perplexme]

[...hmm. Give him a moment to think on that. His mind counted as being sincere, but did Xion's? Did Ventus's?] I guess that's a good point. If a person's in control, they're just as real as a human, I suppose.

[Voice/Filter]

[perplexme]

You know how things work here, Emil. They don't want us being too comfortable, so if he seemed almost okay with it, they probably didn't like that.

[Voice]

[perplexme]

Can you prove that ants don't think?

[perplexme]

...okay. Are there replicas or whatever where you're from?

[Filtered]

[perplexme]

[Hang on, basically disregarding everything in favor of that last bit he barely caught.]

So you know about Emil, too? What's he told you? Maybe it'll make it easier for me to explain.

POTENTIAL BBS SPOILER TIEMS [/WITHHOLDS CHOCOLATES]

[perplexme]

Because I'm asking you to, that's why.

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[perplexme]

...that means...

[perplexme]

[...this is getting kind of weird, isn't it.]

Willpower's an important enough reason in itself, I think. Maybe it's different depending on the person though.

[filtered]

[perplexme]

[How rude, Cloud. Roxas doesn't know that though since at one time he did have a few stalkers.]

Not a lot, but it's happened enough. There are a lot of Nobodies, but there are only a few of us who are...humanoid, I guess. And then there's the Replicas that are different than the Nobodies. Heartless used to be everywhere before Sora started saving the worlds.

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[perplexme]

...dopplegangers. Like from two different points in time?

[Action] ITT: Potential BBS spoilers

[perplexme]

I don't know about that.

[action]

[perplexme]

[He sets aside the journal as soon as Xion appears, giving her a steady look before getting up. Don't mind him, he's going to just poke and prod at her cheeks and stuff to make sure she really does just look like her.]

[action]

[fourteen]

[ she makes a quiet noise, visibly surprised, but lets him do it for a moment in silence before quietly venturing ]

... Roxas?

[action]

[perplexme]

[Still poking and prodding.]

He said that you looked like him. But you don't. You look like you.

[falenandawn]

Maybe. [You're telling him, you're talking about something impossible.]

[action]

[fourteen]

[ an unhappy frown steals across her face ]

They both said that. Ventus, and that other boy... the one with the mask. They both think I look like V-- like you. It doesn't make any sense.

[ she's clearly not happy about all of this. ]

[action]

[perplexme]

[Wait. Wait, what the fuck?]

You...saw that boy with his mask. Vanitas.

[perplexme]

Thanks for trying...sorry it got kind of complicated.

[action]

[fourteen]

Vanitas? That's his name? He wouldn't tell me... but yes, I saw him. We spoke for a while.

[action]

[perplexme]

...I need to talk to you about him. Not here, it's dangerous here. Axel thinks I'm being paranoid but...I'm not. [He lets go of her face and he's grabbing his journal to pack it up, grabbing Xion by the arm and pulling her toward the exit of the library] Come on, we need to go somewhere they can't hear us.

[action]

[fourteen]

What? But--! [ she's very startled, but in the end she doesn't protest, allowing Roxas to drag her along. unless he speaks again, she won't say anything the whole way to ... wherever it is they're going. ]