perplexme | Fifty-First Keychain

~~Now that Hayner's gone too, I wonder who's going to take over his body and come back with the new feathers.~~

It's funny how quickly people come and go from here, isn't it? Makes you wonder who chooses the ones to leave and why they're specifically chosen.

I think...I've run out of things to research. I guess that's what happens after two and a half years.

Axel, maybe you were right.

At least Xion's back. Hope she stays this time, but they seem to like her a lot. I want to know why.

[There's a small stick figure doodled out on the page. It looks like Sora, actually, but there's something off about it, considering the fact there's a black helmet drawn on the other edge of the paper as though it were thrown there by the figure.]

I'm still not any closer to really figuring it out. I'm running out of time, but what else am I supposed to do? Maybe I'll just stalk him for a while, or maybe his helmet has secret powers. I don't know. It'd be easier if everybody else believed me, but I know they don't, and I can't force them.

..arrrgh!

...maybe I should find something to do with my present from them. It's different than the one Pence had.

Okay anyone who's reading, what's your favorite thing to look at in the village?

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My secret?

What're you talking about?

About you and Vanitas...if you're his clone. How does it work? [Yes, Roxas is very convinced.]

But I'm not his clone! ...At least, I don't think so. He may have a Keyblade, but we're nothing like each other.

...are you his Nobody then?

But how could I be a Nobody? I've got a heart.

[... ... ...]

I wonder if he's a Nobody.

I don't care which one of you is and which one of you isn't. I just know that something's weird about this.

But I don't get it. What's Vanitas gotta do with any of this? He's always wearing that mask, so it's not like we can tell if he's a clone or a Nobody.

You've...never seen him without the mask?

No. I only saw him twice before he came here, and he always had that mask. The weird part's that he acted like he knew me and my friends, when I'd never seen him before.

[But there's one thing he forgot to mention...]

But when we fought a while back, he said something about fulfilling my purpose.

Really. ...Ven, what exactly did he say? Word for word...it's important.

He said I'm strong enough to fulfill my purpose and that Master Eraqus was hiding something from me...

[Which makes sense, in a way, because--]

Because I don't remember anything from before I became his apprentice.

[...huh. Doesn't that sound familiar.]

And nobody else remembers anything before then? Did Vanitas tell you what your purpose was or anything?

I think I just showed up one day. Someone... brought me, maybe? It never really mattered before, not as long as I had Terra and Aqua.

[If he sounds a little pained, that's because he's got a sudden headache starting up.]

And Aqua and Terra never knew anything either, did they...[Yup. This is sounding very familiar.]

...They probably know something. At least how I got there.

[He takes a moment to think about something he heard.]

To tell you the truth, I don't remember much about my first few days there. Just that... I guess I was asleep for a while.

...asleep-asleep, or in a coma?

...I dunno.

[Gah. Why's his head hurt all of the sudden?]

It was a long time ago. Four years...

...a lot can happen in four years, can't it? Maybe it's not that important to know that part.

[Maybe he'll ask Aqua. She'd know. Aaagh.]

You've asked me a lot of questions, so I think it's only fair to ask you something.

Xion said you're not a replica, so what are you?

[...AUGH. ABORT MISSION, RUN AWAY.

...or...maybe just...]

What exactly did Xion tell you?

She said I should ask you about it a while back, but that's it.

She's right though. Not a replica. I'm something else.

Then what are you? ...if you wanna say it.

You don't have to.

...I'm a Nobody.

A Nobody...

[He pauses. Maybe he's--]

Whose Nobody?

Fifty-First Keychain - [Written]

[Maybe we can gather up an army of angry kittens, too. :D]

[I like kittens :o]

[They can be our mascots!]

[I WOULD LOVE A FLUFFY ANGRY KITTEN MASCOT]

[What color would it be? 8D]

[...blue probably :o ALSO does Ven know about Roxas being a Nobody? I forget]

[He does not! Kiddo never got around to asking what he is :o]

[That's what I thought :o]

[He'll probably ask after all this, though. :< He HAS been curious.]

[Roxas will probably share once he gets his fill of info. He's greedy like that sometimes]

[Pfff, these two are so different to that end, also SPOILERS]

[But that's why we love him. And why we love SPOILERS...of justice.]

[But are they spoilers of CAPTAIN Justice?]

[...they can be :|]

[Maybe Captain Justice is secretly Sora's uncle...twice removed.]

[Well since Soras linked to just about everybody else, I wouldn't be surprised.]

[...hmm. So Sora could be related to the MCP, in theory.]

[He very well might be :|a]

[Or maybe Data Sora is. That'd make more sense.]

[But then how is he related to Tron :|a?]

[Maybe there's a crazy time paradox]

[Well it IS Kingdom Hearts. This is very likely]

[Everything is connected in KH in SOME way.]

[In the great circle of LIIIIFEEEE, and it moves us al--oh wait.]

[...so Sora's related to Mufasa, too]

[Well he did want to be the king of pride rock didn't he?]

[...Simba's long lost...bro! Or cousin]

[Step-brother twice removed :o?]