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After what they did to me, I can't help but wonder what they're going to do to him. Aros...I should have at least seen that one coming, I mean, why wouldn't it? They took the original several times, then they took the Nobody, why wouldn't they want to collect data on the Heartless? ~~I'm sort of...maybe worried though.~~ He'll be okay.

Luceti's...completely lost it lately. People being kidnapped left and right, even more people just up and disappearing, more people attacking others. I heard about that girl, Fina's friend...Aegis if I remember her name right, being attacked in the desert for being a robot.

How odd, considering that there are more than just herself that isn't human. That vampire kind of lost it too from what I heard. Emil's not his usual bouncy self either. What the hell's going on? It's a mad, mad world.

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."

Excellent point. After all, we all know the Malnosso are behind this crazy shit. I'm not going to stand by but...I do need to not involve myself so much.

~~If anything, so Axel can sleep at night.~~

The gash finally healed up but I think I really worried more people than necessary and I want to apologize, but it's not in my nature. I guess. I don't know, what am I even saying anymore? I think my thoughts are even more scattered than before. I give up for a while. Not long, but a while. I need to find my research that Axel hid from me.

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Cloud...I have your Materia to return to you. Thanks for letting me borrow it.

And Fina? Where are you, I haven't seen you around...

And for that matter...anybody who's been in the library lately, anybody have any good recommendations? I think I need something new to read.

[ooc: anybody who can hack the private section, beware that strikes are scratched out but still slightly visible]

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No... I just wanted to know when they would let you go.

Well, I'm back now. I'll just have to be more careful.

... Are you still going to be doing research?

Maybe. I should.

But... w-what if they kidnap you again?

They'll have to catch me first.

[Fina sniffs and shakes her head in dismay.]

... You are so stubborn.

Hmm? Why do you say that?

If you keep challenging them like this, then they'll..

[Fina trails off and looks down.]

...I know. Cloud and Axel both have already warned me.

... I don't want that to happen again.

I know...I already promised Axel I wouldn't let it happen again but I mean...we've gotta be close to figuring this out, right?

... I don't know.

[realizes that this probably isn't the best conversation to be having so have a quick subject change!]

Hey. I still owe you a skateboarding lesson.

[Fina sees what you did there. Or not, because it catches her off guard and she blinks.]

Skateboarding...?

Yeah, remember? We were going to when the weather got nice out.

[Fina smiles weakly and nods.]

... Yes. I'm sorry.. it completely slipped my mind.

We don't have to today though. I kind of like just sitting out here now that it's warm and all of the snow's gone.

Yes. Spring... it's nice. I never got to watch the seasons change like this before.

Why not?

I grew up in a shrine. It was.. um, very secluded... no one in my world even knew of its existence.

A shrine? Really?

Yes.. it was just the Elders and me. Everything was artificial there.. even the flowers..

...[ouch that kind of hit close to home Fina, so please ignore him if he hesitates]

Artificial...all of it?

[D: Sorry Roxas.]

... Yes. The Elders provided everything we needed growing up. But I never realized how cold it was until I travelled down to Arcadia.