Eighth Breeze

[salvagedlight]

Hey, uh... guys?

[It's Ven on the Cambot, looking a little... disturbed, shall we say.]

Anyone who can see the... the ghosts, I guess... [He pauses, looks to the side, then back at Cambot.] Are any of them saying they know you?

[Cam adjusts his camera so he's focusing on the... is that a little girl? It is, and she's standing next to Ven, staring up at him with big eyes the same color as his. Her hair is different, a light brown, almost sandy and pulled back in a short ponytail, but there's a similarity to their facial structures that probably isn't coincidence.]

[She's also covered in gashes that shine red, mostly over her arms and chest. And she just keeps watching Ven.]

Comments

[dadandgone]

[Maes can. He is wondering why Ven seems so troubled. Did he see one of the more... gruesome ones?]

No, none are saying they know me but I wouldn't expect them to---

[Maes hadn't quite realized that people they "knew" could show up. But there is no denying the girl standing next to Ven looks a LOT like him.]

Has she...said who she is?

[salvagedlight]

[Gruesome, he'd be okay with. Well, as much as one could ever be with gore and blood and everything. He's a warrior, you get used to that. This, though, is something else altogether.]

She... I think she called herself Penna.

[dadandgone]

[It troubles him to see a small girl with such injuries and, clearly, dead. She's not even much older than Elysia or that girl with the chimera case. He shakes his head, trying not to dwell too much on Elysia right now]

Do you want me to come talk to her? If it makes you feel uncomfortable or I can just come and sit while you two talk? She seems pretty attached to you.

[keyofemptiness]

[Vanitas was going to be his usual horrible self to Ven, it seemed like a perfect opportunity, but when the camera focuses on the girl, something inside Vanitas twists into a knot and what little color he has drains from his face. This deeply disturbs him and it pisses him off that it does.]

[salvagedlight]

[Yeah, you know what? This one, he's going to agree with you, evil clone. This is disturbing. Ven keeps looking at the girl, then jerking his eyes away.]

[keyofemptiness]

Ma-make it go away.

[wefallinsilence]

[Ienzo hasn't spoken to many of them, but he shakes his head. There's none that have either been familiar to him or claimed to know him. It's just been... mildly disturbing, that's all.]

[salvagedlight]

But you can see them, right?

[wefallinsilence]

[That gets a somber nod by way of response. He's not too sure he wants to see them, but yes. He sees them.]

[eroded_earth]

[Terra can't see ghosts. He CAN see how troubled Ven looks though and it's clear the ghosts have said something to him. He's in the gym, he sets down his ridiculous amount of weights]

Who are they Ven? Do I need to come down there?

[salvagedlight]

She... I don't know. [He looks at the girl again, then quickly back to Terra.] She's following me. It's like she needs my help, but I don't know with what...

[eroded_earth]

[Well, he doesn't know what to say to that except]

Have you asked her what she needs help with?

[thirteenth_brat]

[Roxas is at least mildly disturbed. That ghost could be anyone to Ven. Cousin, sister, friend. Who knows? But, to answer the question...]

No, I haven't met any that know me... or that I know.

[salvagedlight]

Why is it just me? This is... [Have a glance to the side, then back again.] Really, really weird.

[thirteenth_brat]

It... could just be that no other ghosts who do know anyone have come out yet.

[Although the only ghosts Roxas can think of who would know him would be any members of the Organization that haven't been dragged here yet. He's pretty sure they'd seek both him and Sora out once they realized they could see and hear them...]

[optimistickey]

[Sora looks pretty disturbed, too. Didn't Ven say he didn't remember his family at all? Who knows what happened...]

Um...no, I don't think so.

[salvagedlight]

[No, he doesn't. And so far the girl has only told him her name. She's not leaving him alone though, and that face...]

Then why is this... I don't even know if I know her.

[The girl's eyes are narrowing as he speaks.]

[optimistickey]

I don't know...maybe...she's got you confused with someone else? [Sora doesn't know how helpful that actually is...]

[wavesinherheart]

Is one of them saying they know you?

[salvagedlight]

Y-Yeah... She's following me around wherever I go.

[wavesinherheart]

Do you need me to come there?

[beforethemoon]

Maybe she needs your help...

[salvagedlight]

How? I can't help her, not when she's...

[We're not saying the last word. Not at all.]

[liefeldisgod]

...woah.

[salvagedlight]

You, too?

[Ven is less confused by you than most people, 90s Kid, and he halfway doesn't want to ask this question, but he still does.]

What are you seeing?