adamant | 23rd roar [ text ]; backdated to the morning of the 24th

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23rd roar [ text ]; backdated to the morning of the 24th

[ Guess who saw the feed first thing upon waking and nearly flipped his shit? Yep. He flips it open to make some calls. ]

The empty base, and now this. Whatever it is they've got planned, it'll be best to stay on our guard.

[Private voicemail to: Cooper, Cooper, Sora, Ventus, Xion, Rise, Kisa, Nanako, Cecil, Yuffie:]
You're not hurt, are you? [ It's probably a good thing they can't see how worried he is. Suddenly--ping! ]

Error: user ID 'Yuffie Kisaragi' not found_

[ That's an unpleasant surprise. He checks his pokemon box--and finds Zuzu, looking forlorn. ]

[ Public text message sent out about an hour later: ]
If you knew Yuffie Kisaragi, she's been sent home.

[ He's just going to spend the rest of the day being grumpy and frustrated and torn between flying out to Goldenrod and staying on course to Blackthorn. ]

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-- It's all right! I'm probably just overly tired, that's all.

[the latter part's probably true, at least, but Sora can't navigate this river of denial for very long. it's not in his nature; he can't just sit back and let losing his memories happen without confronting it.]

[after a moment he speaks up again.]

Leon? [now he just sounds scared.] We're... not going to forget each other here, are we?

Edited 2011-11-27 15:06 (UTC)

[ There's a tiny, breathy sigh at that. ]

When you came back...after being away for all that time...back to Hollow Bastion, I mean--there was a period when all of us forgot you. Only you.

[ A pause. ] I think someone was...tampering with us. [ But he has no way to be sure. Whatever it was, it was pretty suspect. ]

How long was that period? [and where had Sora been all that time? will he really be stuck in Castle Oblivion for that long?]

[which brings him to another thought.] One thing I remember before coming back here is arriving at some place called Castle Oblivion. It... The different floors turned into different worlds based off of my memories.

You were there-- at least, the Castle created you based on how I remembered you. [if he understands what Aerith told him correctly.]

But the weird thing is, you didn't remember me at first. None of the people in Traverse Town did, not until after I argued with you guys long enough.

I wonder if all of it's connected somehow.

A few months. Nearly the whole year.

[ A frown. ] I don't know a Castle Oblivion. Where was it?

I don't know where exactly it is, really. Somewhere between the light and dark.

We found it after defeating Ansem.

And someone in there was messing around with your memories? What happened at the Castle?

Well...

There were these guys in black hoods, and they kept telling me that you have to lose things to find other things in Castle Oblivion-- but they also told me that my friends could be found there, too. So I decided to search for them.

[because finding his friends mattered most to Sora, in that moment. he pretty much fell right into their trap.]

The Organization.

[ He says it with such distaste. THOSE DOUCHEBAGS. They fucked up Sora's memories, too? ]

It's too late now, but they're nothing but bad news.

The Organization... You mean Organization 13?

They're not all bad news though, right? There's gotta be an exception... [because Sora's thinking of Roxas-- one of the last people he sees as bad. he would have a hard time thinking otherwise.]

Yes.

[ ...damnit, he doesn't want to reveal too much. Leon doesn't know about Roxas, though. ]

Just--trust me on this. They're trouble, no matter what they say. No exceptions that I know of. [ They released an army of Heartless into his hometown ok that is not cool. ]

[he doesn't mean to be contradictory, big bro, this is just rattling him big time. Sora trusts Roxas, he always will-- and if Roxas is a part of him, where does that put him?]

... I don't believe that. I can't.

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