Fifty-Seventh Keychain - [Voice/Action]

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[Private, 90% Locked only because it's not that secretive.]

1,095 days. Maybe I should stop counting, but I can't stop. It's weird...it's like nothing's changed, but everything has. In the last three years, I've seen my best friends come and go, I've seen Sora come and go, and I've met someone who looks just like me and a psychopath who kept hurting my friends. But in the last three years, Axel's still as goofy as ever, Xion's learning just as much as I am, and the two of them have stuck with me even with all of my strange thoughts and patterns. I guess that's really what friendship is.

It took three or four tries, but I think I finally understand Sora. I'm still not sure what it all means to me, but I can at least say I feel better about things.

I guess...I've grown. We all have. But what happens after that? Do we all keep growing, or are we going to run out of places to grow? Maybe I'll have an answer to that next year.

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...what's the longest amount of time any of you ever thought you'd be here? And were you guys disappointed when that amount of time passed? [Not if. When.] Not to scare the New Feathers or anything, but I know a lot of you out there have been here for a while.

Maybe I should say welcome to the new people anyway. I'm Roxas. I'm not sure how I can, but let me know if I can help somehow.

...oh,Axel and Xion? I know you guys are probably busy but I've got something for you. You know where to find me...and anyway I have something to ask you two. [On the roof, specifically.]

Sora you can come, too. And Ven. And...whoever. [He's got enough to share with everybody really.]

[[ooc: as a side note, currently at work and tags may be slow but I wanted to get this post up. Thanks guys!]]

Comments

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Even villains? Do you think they deserve it?

Story of my life. I get it.

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[titango.livejournal.com]

They deserve to live.

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Are they allowed to suffer if they stay alive?

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[titango.livejournal.com]

People define suffering in different ways. It's a thin line between taking down a villain and becoming one yourself.

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[perplexme]

And how do you define that line?

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[titango.livejournal.com]

It's when your happiness comes at the expense of someone else's.

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[perplexme]

I'm happy if they deserve to understand how unhappy they made somebody else and they're learning that lesson from me.

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[titango.livejournal.com]

And if in learning that lesson, they happen to die? You end up on the other side of the line. If that happens, you and I have a problem.

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[perplexme]

If you've done your research, you'll have your answer. [Other than the fact there's absolutely no record on the journals of the two people Roxas has killed that weren't involved in one of the drafts.]

How do you feel about people who ask you to kill them?

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[titango.livejournal.com]

Hn. [THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE.]

It doesn't matter. Anyone can bounce back from suicidal thoughts. It's not our job to play god.

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[perplexme]

I'm not talking suicide, Robin. I'm talking people that get possessed, start harming others.

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[titango.livejournal.com]

Then you remove whatever's taken over their body. [Why is that even a question. :|]

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[perplexme]

And if it requires death?

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[titango.livejournal.com]

Then you find another way to do it.

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[perplexme]

Guess you're not as smart as I thought.

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[titango.livejournal.com]

Because I don't condone murder?

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Because you don't know what kind of monsters are out there.

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[titango.livejournal.com]

I've seen plenty. It's never so black and white that killing is an option.

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[perplexme]

Then visit Never Was sometime. You'll see.

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[titango.livejournal.com]

I'll see a solution you hadn't considered before? Probably. I tend to do that.

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[perplexme]

Sure, be my guest. You figure it out.

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[titango.livejournal.com]

...You do realize that if you're asking me to solve your problem, it involves telling me what the problem is in the first place.

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[perplexme]

I'm not asking you to do anything, Robin. I've been taking care of my own problems practically since I was born. It's okay.

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[titango.livejournal.com]

From the sound of it, it hasn't been easy. [This is what sympathy sounds like when it comes from someone who doesn't really know what sympathy's supposed to sound like.]

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It's not really something I like to talk about. [And this is what "it's cool bro, you don't have to try" sounds like. He gets that.] I wouldn't put too much thought into it. Just know that I know what I'm talking about.