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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[Written]

[perplexme]

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

[Written]

[fabrecation]

... Can we lock this? I don't really know how to do it right. [Considering how easily Guy hacked his fail filter last time he tried.]

[Written Filter]

[perplexme]

[Give him a bit to set up a filter then. Poor Luke.]

That should be secure. Better?

[Written Filter]

[fabrecation]

[Luke really needs to learn how to do that.]

Yeah, thanks!

Anyway... [This is hard to talk about. The ink gathers after that word as he tries to figure out how to phrase this and wonders why he's telling someone he hasn't met something like this, but he'll start writing again after a moment of thought.]

I wasn't really... born.

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[perplexme]

No problem.

[And he's patiently waiting, though once Luke spits it out he's actually kind of surprised. It's like replicas and fakes are popping up all over the place.]

Yeah? So...what happened, exactly? If you don't mind explaining I mean.

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[fabrecation]

[The writing is slow, and he stops every now and then. This is the subject that makes him feel so insecure about his life, after all.]

I was... replicated from someone else. And they used me to repla I was made to die in that person's place. But... that didn't happen, so...

[So now he has no idea why he's here.]

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[perplexme]

[...kind of in the same vein as the Repliku then, or even...no, that's not the point here. Focus, Roxas.]

...is the other person still alive then? [He's trying to be careful with his questions, but at the same time he's trying to get as many answers as possible.]

[Written Filter]

[fabrecation]

Yeah, he is. He's here, too. [Which makes it both better and much worse for him.]

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[perplexme]

But you're not a part of him. You can exist without him and vice versa?

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[fabrecation]

Yeah I... think so.

[Luke isn't really sure how the whole thing works, but the thought of existing without Asch kind of... makes him nervous.]

I don't really Why are you asking?

[Written Filter]

[perplexme]

...because I can't exist without the person I was created from. [Well, he owes Luke that much in return for all of his help.]

Or do you mean why am I asking about the difference between reals and fakes?

[Written Filter]

[fabrecation]

[It takes a long moment for Luke to respond. So... He's not the only one? It's not just him, Ion and Sync? Not just his world?

But once he gets over the shock, he slowly starts to write again.]

... The difference, yeah. That's what I wanted to ask.

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[perplexme]

[Oh Luke...Roxas can name off a lot of replicas and people that don't actually exist. Roxas is tapping his pencil on the page then, trying to think of how to put this politely.

...oh screw being polite.]

There are some people here that I think are fakes, but I'm not sure how to prove it.

[Written Filter]

[fabrecation]

Why would you want to prove they're fake?

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[perplexme]

So that I know what I'm up against. These people that I want to prove...they might be bad news for my friends and I.