perplexme | Fifty-Sixth Keychain

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Fifty-Sixth Keychain - [Voice/Action]

Man, what's up with this heat wave? Like three days last week and now the second day in a row this week? Axel, maybe you had it right. The ocean's sounding pretty good right now. It's probably too late in the day to get out there though.

[And maybe Axel was right about a few other things. Mainly, Roxas needs to be more of a teenager and less of researcher. So today he's taken the redhead's advice and enlisted in some tomfoolery of his own.

It just happens to be in the form of water balloons. A whole bucket of them, and he's sitting next to them outside of what would be KH house if it was visible to everyone.]

So...I've got a bunch of water balloons that are dying to be popped. Who's up for a fight? Some of you actually don't have a choice, but I'm pretty sure you know who you guys are.

[Don't ask him; he read about it in a book.]

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Whoah, really? Never? You've missed out!

I've missed out on a lot of things I guess. It happens.

Well, now ya can catch up! There's plenty of time to do whatever you want, in this place!

Believe it or not, I've done quite a bit while being here. I guess that's the kind of good part.

Yeah, definitely! Ya wouldn't think so with that barrier, but there's a lotta freedom here. No people counting on you, or tellin' you what to do...

I don't know about that...I've got a lot of people counting on me for certain things.

... Important things?

...yeah. Important things. Is that bad?

Nah, it's not bad. I just didn't think there were any important things to do here.

They may not be important to other people, but they're important to my friends and me.

Ohhh, you mean like... eatin' hotdogs together and havin' water balloon fights?

...more like ice cream, not hotdogs. [Though Oswald has it nailed. Those things are important to him because, well, think about it. His two best friends are dead at home, his Other absorbs him and resumes to not having his own life. Of course the little things matter.

Then again, there's the fact that he has to protect everyone from people like Vanitas...]

There are other parts of it, too, but you're pretty close.

But those aren't real responsibilities. Those are just things you do to have fun. Nobody's countin' on you to do anything you don't want to do, like... go to school or... do your job. [Or keep giant Shadow Blots sealed inside thinner jugs.]

...kind of a huge assumption, don't you think? I've got a job here.

Whoah, really? No kiddin'? A real job?

[Oswald can't figure out why anyone would bother to get a job here, considering the Malnosso take care of everything anyway.]

If you count protecting people as a real job. I patrol around the area a lot to make sure everyone's safe. I fight monsters if and when they show up. It's not very different from how things were at home.

[Oswald wouldn't count that as a job. Not unless you're a cop/knight/soldier. But he'll let it slip because what Roxas says next catches his interest more.]

You fought monsters back home? What kinda monsters? The ones hidin' under little kids' beds?

Big ones. Did anybody get around to telling you about the Heartless?

Heartless... [Oswald puts a thoughtful hand to his chin. It rings a bell somewhere, but...] Are those like Nobodies?

Sorta, yeah. Heartless are the creatures people turn into when they lose their hearts. Nobodies are the left behind shells when the heart's gone, the bodies and minds. Make sense?

Uhhh... Sorta, yeah. And you fight 'm?

Yeah, a few of us from my home world fight them. The worlds are safe now, but before they were overrun with monsters and darkness.

So... what caused all that darkness? What made all those people lose their hearts?

...you want the long story or the short version?

... Ya can try the short version and then if I have questions, go for the long one.

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