animus_network | 002 | VIDEO | Meetings and a Question; backdated to the morning of the 13th

[Oh dear. Sora is posting to the network again. Is this going to be as bad as last time? Will there be beeps, error messages, angry flashing signs~~, Tron-world adventures~~?

...nope! There's just a kid using the video function. Apparently all of those computer-using lessons really have done him a world of good.]

Okay, so, I've been thinking about something. There are a lot of people in this tower from my world. In fact, there are so many of us that it's hard to keep track of all of you! And, um, since I haven't talked to all of you in awhile, I was thinking that maybe we should meet up somewhere tomorrow. Maybe the meadow, since that worked pretty well when we had that bonfire awhile back. What do you guys think?

...oh, and I don't just mean people I know, either! If anyone from...[He can't just say a name; his world is made up of a lot of other worlds, but they aren't connected to the worlds of everyone here. So how does he describe it? He has to take a second to think it over, before one similarity finally does come to him-]...from a world where the Keyblade exists sees this and wants to come, they should! I'll try to bring some food or something, too.

[Is that it? Nope! He has a question for the Tower at large, too.]

Also, um...did anyone else spend all of last month sleeping? Or was that just me?

[Yes, this is a genuine, serious question, about a thing that actually happened.]

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[Hey, hey Sora, are you ready? It's time for one of Riku's special brand of surprise trainings sessions. Meaning that he's totally appearing behind you sometimes not too long after that post is made.]

...That's some pretty broad wording.

[At least Sora didn't jump this time - at least, not too much. But geez, biffle, make some noise when you walk up behind him.]

...What do you mean?

[Yes, he looks just as clueless on this particular topic as he sounds.]

[Where would be the fun in that? Besides, he needs to keep Sora on his toes somehow.

Also light, Sora... he really should have known better than to leave you to deal with issuing invitations for this.]

...You do realize that 'anyone from a world where the Keyblade exists' also includes some... not so friendly people, right?

[~~You really should have known better, actually.~~]

Um...

[The first thing that comes to mind when Sora thinks about all the people he knows from his world are the friends he's made - it takes a bit of thinking for one particular person he generally tries not to think about to pop into his head.

Oh. That's the kind of thing that Riku means.]

I...guess I hadn't really thought about it.

[Whoops.]

[~~Yep. Reasons why he'll take care of this himself next time.~~

He watches as Sora thinks - he can almost see the wheels turning - and comes to the conclusion Riku almost wishes he didn't have to make. Because yeah... that's the kind of thing he means. Among others. ][But well... what's done is done... and he maybe kind of has himself to blame. He's learned some things about damage control in the last year or so though; he might as well put them to use for this meeting.]

Don't worry about it. If anything happens, it will be dealt with.

[Meaning, Riku will ~~try to~~ deal with it. Silently.]

Sure. With all the friends we'll have there, taking care of any problems will be a piece of cake.

[Except that he wants to help! Not so silently.]

Sorry, though. I should've been a bit more careful.

[Sora may be a bit slow sometimes, but not so slow that he can't tell when he's made what could be a huge mistake.]

[He murmurs agreement, even though he is rather sure that Sora is being a little too optimistic in that assessment. Not that he will say as much.

Heh... perhaps he wants to help, but can he keep up?]

It's fine. As said... don't worry about it.

[Next time he'll (hopefully) be more careful. That's all that really matters.]

[Maybe he can't keep up quite yet, but he's getting there. He won't be giving up anytime soon, either.]

Guess I'm still not really used to all of this yet.

[The Keyblades, other worlds...other other worlds...it was pretty confusing, and sorting all of that out on top of trying to be careful was a real job. But he would try to do better next time. When Sora knows it's important, he learns quickly.]

[Good. He'd be disappointed, if Sora were this quick to give up.

He wishes he could say that he will get used to it. No... what he really wishes for, is that Sora would never have to get used to certain things, would never have to learn paranoia, caution, like he did. He shouldn't have to.

Still...]

It'll get easier.

[Still, it's impossible to not learn the importance of being cautious, of looking out for yourself and the people you care about, in a place like this. The consequnces for not doing so are too severe to ignore, even for someone like Sora.]

Yeah. Especially since I have you here to help!

[And have a smile, Riku.]

[Of course, and that is the kind of caution that Sora should learn (Not the one that means living the kind of paranoia that Riku does).

He looks just a little startled for a second, but then his lips twitch into a smile as well (though there is maybe just a trace of uncertainty in it).]

I suppose.

002 | VIDEO | Meetings and a Question; backdated to the morning of the 13th

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