perplexme | Fifty-Seventh Keychain

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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!]]

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That's not regretting the action, that's regretting the consequences, which is actually something I'd expect from him. Man...this is going to take you forever.

[He sighs. Roxas does have a point; it's going to take a long time.]

I know it's gonna take a while, but I don't mind. He doesn't have to change completely, just improve. I'm trying to help him so he doesn't have to go around hurting people anymore.

How do you know he won't improve and then just go right back to how he was when he's not blind anymore?

Roxas, thinking like that isn't gonna help.

[He shakes his head.]

Besides, he already knows that if he keeps doing it, he'll just keep dying and getting more and more penalties. I think that's proof that he's at least thinking about it.

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Maybe not, but I can't just ignore that possibility either.

...okay that's a good point. What else could he possibly lose anyway?

Just about anything, when you really think about it.

[Granted, it's not a pleasant thing to think about. Ven glances down at the ground below as he thinks this over again.]

He could lose the use of his arms or legs, which means he'd have trouble fighting and moving. That'd be pretty harsh.

That'd basically render him useless. Okay fine...just make sure he doesn't get into a situation where that might happen then.

I'll do my best. Vanitas is my responsibility now, so I'll keep him in line.

[Now, another bite of the ice cream.]

Anyway, let's not worry about him for now. Not on a day like this.

Yeah, I'd rather not. Talk about a way to ruin a birthday. You pick a subject then.

Wait a sec. It's your birthday?

[Someone must've missed the memo.]

Sorta. This is the day I got to Luceti. I...don't actually know when my birthday is. I just count this instead.

Hey, there's nothing wrong with that. I don't remember my real birthday, either.

[Which is why they've always used the day he came to Departure.]

I wonder if that's common for people like us. What day do you use then?

The day I met Terra and Aqua for the first time.

[And he came to his new home.]

I think that's just as good a day as any. You guys celebrate every year?

Sure do! It's usually pretty low-key, but the three of us always find some way to make the most of it.

[They probably at least have cake, anyway.]

That's really cool...Axel, Xion and I usually keep things low-key, too. Except for Xion's birthday party last year. That was kind of big.

Well, Xion's got a lot of friends here, right?

I think Xion has more friends than all of us combined.

Well, she's been here a really long time, hasn't she? I bet she's had loads of time to make friends.

I've been here longer. [A shrug. Yes, Roxas, but you also have a tendency to hole up in your room and your friends keep leaving.]

Maybe she's just really social?

[It's a thought, anyway.]

That's definitely true. She's the most social of the three of us, always has been.

Well, that's not a bad thing. If you ask me, it's always good to make new friends.

You're kind of like she is. You talk to just about everybody. Does it always work?

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