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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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?

It works most of the time! A lot of the people around here are really friendly, but I know a few people who were kinda harsh.

[Still, that's only a few out of the majority, in his book!]

Maybe I should try it more often. Sometimes people just...are weird to me.

You could always give 'em a chance, but it's really up to you, Roxas.

I have the friends I need. I'm not sure what to do with everyone else since a lot of them just leave anyway.

[Oh, Roxas. That's such a sad view of things.]

But just because people leave doesn't mean they're not worth knowing. Besides, you'll always have the memories of 'em.

Good memories and bad memories. I'm not writing it all off, I'm just...thinking about it.

Besides, does it matter if they don't have memories of me? [Cause he already went down that path with the Twilight Gang. Not fun.]

[Ah, that's a toughie.]

I know it's hard when people forget. It means you've gotta start over, and sometimes that's easier said than done.

But once a friend, always a friend, right? And I'm sure they wouldn't wanna forget if they could help it.

...you sound a lot like him, you know. Anybody tell you that yet?

Huh? What d'you mean?

[Way to throw him off guard.]

Like Sora. You guys have the same kind of view on friendship.

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