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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[perplexme]

[Fine by him. Roxas is just sitting at a table in the corner patiently waiting, occasionally responding to other people with his journal. He doesn't even look up though when Axel approaches, using his foot to push a chair out toward him.]

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[perplexme]

...so you met him. Ventus, I mean.

There's no way that's possible. I'd know if something like that happened.

[perplexme]

That's where it gets a little weird. That's where I'm confused. The people in question...they have their own thoughts and memories, but they share certain qualities with other people. That's why I'm asking.

[perplexme]

Unusual in the way of mistaking somebody else for me. [Well. Might as well be up-front about this.]

[perplexme]

All people in question do, yeah. Why?

[perplexme]

It's hard to explain, I think. I guess I'm asking what makes a person their own person even if they're created from somebody else or something. A figment like that, a fake.

[Written]

[perplexme]

...[Really.] Mind if I ask why?

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[flaring]

[Axel takes the hint and wordlessly sits down. He knew this would be coming eventually, but still. He's a little worried. He folds his arms over the table and looks at Roxas, waiting to see if he wants to be the first one to start.]

[distressedude]

[That definitely sounds familiar.]

...you mean like a replica?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Share certain qualities...isn't that just similarities?

I mean, this is probably on a lot lesser scale but you and I both have blond hair right? Or maybe two people both think the same way about something, like politics or the military. I don't think sharing qualities is what makes you stop being unique.

I don't think it's even possible to have an exact copy of a person, even if you try to make one. Because no matter what, people are gonna think however they want, and it's never gonna be exactly the same as what someone else thinks.

[falenandawn]

Then the person is real. If they can affect others- make friends and memories with people, or make a difference in the world, then they must be real right?

At least, I'd like to think so.

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[perplexme]

[Roxas doesn't say anything at first, finishing up the reply he was working on before setting the book aside and looking up at him.]

Hey Axel. [No, he's not going to start really. He's going to make this difficult.]

[perplexme]

No, I mean actually share qualities like...this guy I know. He shares memories with somebody, but he shares the appearance of somebody else, too. What does that make him? Does it matter that the person has his own thoughts and memories?

So really what you're saying is that the only way you can copy somebody is physically.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I think so, yeah. That's kind of what twins are, right?

But with memories I don't know. I've never heard of that, so...

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[flaring]

Yo, Roxas.

[...he kind of expected it. But Axel isn't going to talk unless Roxas asks, because he really doesn't want to end up giving away something Roxas didn't know about.]

[perplexme]

What about if they can be just as easily destroyed as easily as they were made? Or what about if they're not really a whole person? What about then?

[perplexme]

...yeah. Yeah, exactly like a replica. Familiar with those?

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[perplexme]

[He just raises an eyebrow though.]

...or maybe I should start calling you Lea from now on? What do you think?

[perplexme]

The difference with twins is that they're usually aware that the other exists, right?

...it's a long story, Cloud.

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[distressedude]

[A small filter goes up. Not so much because this is a secret; rather, it's not the sort of thing he'd want just anyone to browse by and see.]

Yes. Actually, I'm a replica myself.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it. Why're you asking?

[falenandawn]

Made....? [Wut.]

Well... in my experience, people die quite easily. [But leaving that topic behind-]

And what defines a person as being 'whole' anyway?

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[flaring]

[Yikes. He pauses for a second.]

Dunno. Then you'd be talking to someone who isn't me.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Yes, I met him. Right after he arrived even.

And you would? How?

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[perplexme]

Really? And what exactly is it about Lea that makes him different from Axel?