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[Cambot shows us Roxas just stepping out of his room and fidgeting a little with the strange clothes that have appeared for the week. Particularly, he's messing with the scarf, which is black and yellow. He's also grumbling under his breath.]

What else is going on this week?

[Then he looks around and notices Cambot. Normally, he would be a bit annoyed to know he was being filmed without his knowledge or consent, but this time he brightens at the sight of the little robot.]

Perfect timing.

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Okay, so... you guys from home. You know where I mean and you know who you are. There's been a little chatter lately about how we ought to sit down and compare notes about what's been happening back home. We should. My question is when and where should we do it. Suggestions?

[There's a pause and he seems to be debating something. When he speaks up again, his tone suggests he suspects a relation, but he's not sure.]

And this is on a different topic, but has anyone else found their room looking like someone went through their stuff?

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My room.

[Riku waits for her in his doorway, his Cambot just outside the door. His room is messy. No surprise. However, there's an extra trashbag by the desk. As always, his desk is right at the foot of his bed, which will be useful here. On the desk is a pile of blank paper and a few colored pencils and pens.]

I'll be there.

[It doesn't take her too long to arrive outside of Riku's door. She's not about to stand him up, and she hadn't exactly been far away.]

You wanted to talk?

Discuss. You'll want to sit down. [He motions to the chair at his desk and shoos Cambot away before closing the door and locking it so no one could discreetly peek in. The moment he turns he puts a vertical finger to his lips in gesture to her. Riku then goes to sit at the corner of his bed so that he had access to his desk.]

[He then takes one of the sheets of paper out and writes on it with one of the pens. It reads: "Our resident spy can't eavesdrop on what they can't hear. I'll be jettisoning the trash after we 'talk' here." He pointed to what he wrote with the end of the pen before continuing. "This isn't about you or Ven. This is about Isa. And the fact I'm not sure I can trust Lea to keep his mouth shut."]

[To say that Aqua is a little surprised by how far Riku is willing to go for secrecy would be a massive understatement, but while she doesn't hide her surprise she goes along with it. There's not a whole lot else she can do, without jeopardizing whatever secrecy they're supposed to be hanging on to.

It feels a little ridiculous too, but she certainly isn't going say that, as she takes the other pen and another sheet of paper before setting about writing her own answer. "If it's not about us, then why mention us at all?" A moment later, something else occurs to her and she adds a hasty postscript. "And does it really matter that much if Isa knows?"]

[It may not have felt as odd to Riku in part because he was used to drawing pictures with Namine. "It's because you're further in the past, and so it 1) doesn't raise suspicions about Isa specifically from other crew members and 2) so he doesn't feel as singled out. Trust me, I don't like suggesting this."]

[It should be noted that when Aqua amended her response, Riku's expression grew grave. His response was certainly concise. "Isa is possessed by Xehanort in the future."]

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[Aqua couldn't say she much approved of the idea to single anyone out, given that the point had been - as far as she'd understood - to simply share what they knew. If people didn't want to come that was their choice, but to actively try to keep them out seemed oddly counterproductive. Even if they did end up possessed by Xehanort (and even that took a bit of wrapping her head around the idea).

"What would Xehanort want with him?"]

[Riku's concern was what any "vessel" may willingly or unwillingly share with Xehanort, as any information could easily be used against them by the brilliant tactician.]

["Xehanort is somehow dividing his heart into 13 pieces to create 13 seekers of darkness. He plans to pit them against 7 lights to recreate a powerful weapon of legend called the x-blade."]

["The X-" Aqua's sentence cuts off there, as an expression of surprise crosses her face, before it's swiftly replaced by what can only be called stony determination. A moment later, she's back to writing again, although whatever she'd been initially writing seems to have been all but abandoned.

"If Xehanort is trying to make the X-blade again, then you need one of us there."]

[Riku's eyes widen then quickly narrow, and he writes hastily. "Again?" He paused briefly. "If this isn't his first attempt, then you're right, we do need you there." He paused again. "It's just that Xehanort has made smart moves off of small bits of information. If Isa relays any of this, I'm worried about what will happen."]

"It's not." The answer comes quick on the heels of Riku's comment, and with an almost palpable sense of surety. "It was broken in the end, but he did make it."

At the second comment, however, it was Aqua's turn to pause for a moment. From what she knew about Xehanort, she had to agree with Riku's comment. But on the other hand, who was to say that any of them would remember any of things here when they returned? Who was to say that Xehanort would even have access to such things, if he really had possessed Isa? Memory was a tricky thing, or so she'd been led to believe. "He should at least be given the chance to know his future. Maybe nothing will change, but he should be given the option."

[Riku's reply was just as fast. His handwriting was a little sloppy as a result, but still legible. “He made it?” Aqua’s words were proof that he hadn’t just tried before. “But he’d said he failed. Probably because it was destroyed.” He considered asking how the blade was broken, but this was important information. It might as well get discussed at the meeting. "I guess that would be something to explain later."

"Or maybe everything will change. For better. Or worse." He sighed before writing again. "If he's given the option, then he needs to know the risks to him and everyone else. I'll give him a warning. Lea, too. I'll let them know what's at stake. Then they'll have that choice.]

[He said he'd failed? Well, it wouldn't be entirely inaccurate, given how things had ended up. Odd, yes. But not entirely inaccurate all the same. Either way, she agreed with Riku's assessment that it was better left as something to explain later. True, some of the details might have been better coming from Ven, but it wasn't like she was entirely incapable of explaining if she needed to.

"Yes, it might be for the worse," Aqua admitted. "But at least he'll have the option of knowing."]

[He paused before writing. "I just hope it's not the wrong decision made for the right reasons. And that Isa takes bad news well."]

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