Seventeenth Key

[optimistickey]

[Cambot is doing his usual patrols of the halls when he spots a figure lying on the ground of the third deck. Hey, Cambot would know that spiky hair anywhere...it's Sora! Cambot seems pretty excited that his usual subject has come back, and flies up to gently give him a prod. Sora groans and slowly gets to his knees, shaking out his head.]

Wh... [He notices the little camera lens staring at him. That's got to be an unflattering view.] ...Cambot?

[And then he shoots back up quickly, surprised.]

Wha...seriously? I'm back here again?!

[Sora looks around the Satellite, scratching at the back of his head. It looks like he's thinking over a lot of things.]

This...isn't a dream again, is it? I thought I was going back to Traverse Town... Riku? Are you here? What about everyone else?

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[skysmirror]

[Xion's off to find Sora to give him a hand up.]

We're all still here...Except for Roxas.

[optimistickey]

[Sora's glad to see Xion again, but then looks worried.]

Wait...Roxas is gone, too?

[skysmirror]

[The feeling is mutual.]

Yeah, he disappeared around the same time you did a few days ago.

[optimistickey]

Ohh... [What if Roxas went back into his heart, and then stayed there this time? There's no telling with the way things have gone...]

I hope he makes it back...

[skysmirror]

Yeah...

[She misses her best friend.]

How long were you at home?

[optimistickey]

[And Sora still wants to make sure that Roxas knows he can be separate from him...]

We were home almost a month before we went to Yen Sid's place. After that, it was hard to tell exactly how much time passed sometimes.

[skysmirror]

[That sort of thing is important to Sora.]

A month is a pretty long time.

[She wants to ask more about why it was difficult to tell how much time had passed, but that's not a subject for Cambot discussion.]

[optimistickey]

Yeah. At the same time, it was kinda nice to be home again...even if just for a little while.

[He does still get homesick.]

[skysmirror]

You saw your..parents? Right?

["Family" is a concept she's getting used to. "Home" has come to be defined as "wherever the people most important to me are."]

[optimistickey]

Yeah, I did! I was really glad they're okay. I don't think they were happy at first when I had to leave again, but they know I can take care of myself now.

[skysmirror]

Well, you miss them and they miss you, right?

[optimistickey]

Yeah...I do. I know I'll see them again, soon enough... [But a part of him is wondering if he'll ever be able to stop adventuring now.]

[skysmirror]

[Adventuring has a way of getting to you like that.

Xion just offers a sympathetic smile. She doesn't know much about "family," but she knows what it's like to miss someone important to her.]