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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[Aw heeeeeeeell no, he is not showing up to any damn meet-up. Rox has learned better that he doesn't belong with the rest of these key-people. But he's not gonna say that overtly, he's got something more important to discuss.]

Not last month, but it's happened to me a couple times now. I can't find any rhyme or reason to when or why, though.

Good job, Sora. [Aw, computer teacher is proud of you. (^_^)]

[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.

I don't see how it's physically possible to sleep all month.

[Don't let Sora find you then, Roxas; he will drag you there and shove cake and friendship at you.]

Really? How long did it last, when it happened to you?

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[=D HE DID IT RIGHT!!!]

Thanks, Yu! This is a lot easier, now that I know what I'm doing.

[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.]

[Tseng, let me tell you about naps in Kingdom Hearts.

...or, at least, he would if he actually knew anything about what happened in his own canon. Being behind all of his castmates sucks, okay?]

Yeah, neither do I. But I did, so...

[Yeah, he doesn't get it, either.

~~seriously, though, a month is a light snooze for keydorks~~]

[This is why he's really glad he never showed up in Kingdom Hearts, like some of his other castmates.]

And you woke up feeling normal?

[It does save a lot of headaches, doesn't it?]

Yeah! I wouldn't have even known I'd been asleep for that long if my friends hadn't told me.

[So many, you have no idea.]

Did you lose any memories, then? Sleeping for so long and not realizing it?

[He is wise in the ways of dodging out of things like that, don't worry. Or, do worry. Friendship is cooties okok.

Oh boy, trying to remember how long he slept for. It's like the full course meal of Rox's Life.]

I...think Ven said it was around three weeks...? Maybe a full month, I can't recall. The other time was for two weeks, I'm pretty sure. And the first time was a week-ish.

Yeah. Though, maybe sometime next week we should go over filters. [Don't want the unsavory characters to know some plans, right?]

[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.]

That's...a lot.

[But at least he's not the only person this has happened to.]

So maybe this is just normal around here?

[Except he hasn't seen it happen to anyone else, really. But that's the only explanation that makes sense...in Soralogic.]

Uh, sure. That might come in handy later!

[And the award for COMPLETELY MISSING THE POINT goes to--!]

Any memories...?

[He stops to think about that for a minute. He tries to remember as many things as he can think of to remember, and...well, nothing seems to be missing.]

No, I don't think so. Why?

[~~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.]

...Like it would have right now, you mean?

[--Sora! But at least Yu was nice enough to kindly point it out...]

[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.

Er...

[Cue that scratching the back of his neck and looking off to the side and laughing nervously thing Sora does when he knows he's goofed.]

It...might have helped a little. Maybe.

[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.

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