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

[wefallinsilence]

Because I'm quiet.

[For once, the answer comes unprompted and without a moment of silence before it, as has all too often been the case on the Satellite.]

[salvagedlight]

[Oh wow, that's the first time Ven's heard Ienzo's voice. It takes him aback a little, because seriously man he didn't know you could speak, but it's not worth getting worked up over now.]

I'm more quiet than a lot of people, though. I wonder why this is different... [Hi Sora.]

[wefallinsilence]

[More quiet than some people, yes, but Ienzo offers up a flat look all the same as if to say "quieter than me?" There's quiet and then there's being nearly-mute even if the latter is by preference.]

Ask her?

[salvagedlight]

[No one's quieter than him, but Ven's still right about being quieter than some people. Still, Ienzo is the most quiet around.]

I... I don't know if I want to.

[wefallinsilence]

[Well, he supposes he can understand that. There's a slight huff of a sigh, but it's not like he can change Ven's mind. The decision is rather out of his hands, after all.]

[salvagedlight]

...I don't remember anything from when I was your age, or younger. I don't know if I want to know - it feels like something bad happened.

[wefallinsilence]

[There's a moment of silence at the explanation, and then a slow nod. Of all the things that Ven's said so far this is the one he understands the most. That idea of not really being sure he wants to understand is what lies at the heart of his... well, abandonment is perhaps not the right word, but certainly since he's been more in the care of Ansem and the castle than his own biological parents.]

[salvagedlight]

Yeah. And it sound like she might know something, and she's... she's dead. So what does that mean happened back then?

[wefallinsilence]

[Oh. Well, that makes things a little more awkward. He doesn't really have the answers Ven's looking for though, and so he shrugs and offers a somber shake of his head. He's not sure what happened, although he's pretty sure it wasn't good.]

[salvagedlight]

Yeah... I don't know either.

[wefallinsilence]

[Ienzo nods in return, although there's a slight shrug to go with it. He can sort of understand, but he hasn't got any answers either.]