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.

Comments

[perplexme]

I wasn't exactly asking about me. [Though that's a good point, thanks Cloud.]

What if you're created from somebody else? Are you still real then?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Doesn't matter. You still have thoughts that are only yours, and memories that are only yours. Even if you think you're somebody else, or someone tries to convince you you're someone else, you're still your own person.

[perplexme]

...what about if you share somebody else's memories too? Or if you look like somebody else who's not you?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[-oh well. Uhhh, hmm.]

...I dunno. I never thought about that.

[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.

[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.

[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...

[perplexme]

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

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

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it. Why're you asking?

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[perplexme]

...in case you didn't figure it out? The one with somebody else's memories and somebody else's appearance is me. That's why.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[He didn't but he's not admitting to that.]

And this other guy who looks like you and has your memories is here?

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[perplexme]

[They can go with the don't ask don't tell policy.]

No. Yes. ...the one who I shared memories with just left. The one who looks like me just got here.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Wait wait, this is two people? I thought it was the same guy.

[Wow this sounds really complicated.]

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[perplexme]

I thought it was too up until recently. That's why I want to find out, and soon.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I guess it's more complicated than what I said...but I dunno. Do you think of yourself as unique?

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[perplexme]

...that's not a serious question, is it? What do you mean unique?

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Yeah it is. You're worried you're not real? Because you look like one guy and have another guy's memories?

Or are you talking about the other guys not being real?

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[perplexme]

I know Sora's real because Sora's the original. ...besides, I've known I'm not really real. I've known for a while because of Sora. I'm part of him, but at least I didn't look like him, or even sound like him.

The other guy that I actually look like though...I don't know who he is, or why. That's why I want to know.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...how're you not real? I'm talking to you right now.

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[perplexme]

Yeah, I know. That's why I'm asking what makes a person real or not.

...in our world, there are several kinds of beings. [Not people. Beings.] Originals like Sora, Heartless, and Nobodies. Heartless are beings that are born from the darkness in a person's heart. If a person lets the darkness grow, they can be consumed by it and become a Heartless. Nobodies are kind of like shells because they don't have hearts...they're what's left of a person whose heart's been consumed. The body and soul, basically.

I'm Sora's Nobody. And I wasn't even supposed to ever exist...it was an accident. That's how.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Okay and he thought people from his world were fucked up.]

You don't have a heart?

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[perplexme]

By definition, no. I don't. Supposedly I can't feel anything, and I don't have a lot of memories because I was only 'born' a few years ago, but I have a lot of Sora's.

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[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

What do you mean "supposedly?" You don't think it's true?

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[perplexme]

Being here has changed some things. Even at home some things were different. I'm not sure what it is though, but something doesn't fit. Sora wasn't sure how to answer it either. Axel says it's because I'm different than most Nobodies, but that doesn't explain him and Xion.