001

[seasidememories]

So...I can talk to other people this way, right?

[The video feed shakes up and down as Cambot nods.]

Really? Great!

...Wait, there are other people around, aren't there? Because crash landing in a space station ghost town wouldn't surprise me one bit.

Comments

[keyofemptiness]

And what if I did? What you you going to do about it?

[seasidememories]

I'll bop you one is what I'll do! You'd better start running if you know what's good for you!

[keyofemptiness]

[He laughs a crazed laugh] You'll bop me?

Threadjack. Had to

[thirteenth_brat]

For your own good, Vanitas, you really ought to leave her alone. You're liable to end up dead... or worse.

Re: Threadjack. Had to

[keyofemptiness]

Or what? Sora and Riku will "bop" me?

Re: Threadjack. Had to

[thirteenth_brat]

Nothing so cutesy. Tossing you out the airlock might be the most humane thing they would do to you.

[keyofemptiness]

And you're warning me about this?

[thirteenth_brat]

[Roxas shrugs.]

You deserve whatever comes your way if you don't heed the warning.

[keyofemptiness]

You're not like the other two, are you?

[thirteenth_brat]

I suppose you could say that.

[optimistickey]

A lot worse than that if you mess with Kairi!

[halfdarkened]

If you know what's good for you, you'll stay away from her.

[seasidememories]

Oh, jeez, you two have gotten worse. I don't need you to protect me. He looks like Sora wearing some kind of weird retainer.

[optimistickey]

Kairi, you shouldn't trust him! He's way dangerous.

[halfdarkened]

We've also gotten older. And seen a lot more things happen to us. Don't take him lightly.

[seasidememories]

Okay. I won't go looking for the guy, promise. Just don't bust any arteries on my behalf.

[optimistickey]

All right...just be careful! This place does get pretty weird sometimes.

[halfdarkened]

Sora's right. Most of the people here are okay. But if we were some place with our powers, this guy would be as bad as Xehanort's... As bad as "Ansem."

[seasidememories]

Xehawhat? ...Oh crap, here we go again.

[optimistickey]

Oh...yeah, it's complicated. [he still doesn't quite get it all.] But Xehanort is Ansem...and a couple've other guys.

[seasidememories]

Oh.

...That is one very busy man.

[halfdarkened]

A guy named Xehanort stole his mentor's name, and when he became a Heartless, the Heartless still went by the stolen name.

You got no idea.

[seasidememories]

Oh, you're laughing now, but just you wait. I've been hanging out with the Fairy Godmother, and she wrote the book on bippity boppity. ...And boo.

Seriously, why do you look so much like Sora? I've known him for ten years, and he does not have a tall, dark, and snarky twin.

[keyofemptiness]

Wouldn't you like to know.

[seasidememories]

...That is why I asked.