boundbynaught | oo1 - Attempt to be social ... failed

[Oh, but it could and did. Though he doesn't really know about where he was asleep outside this place, anyway. Still... what the heck?

He blinks.] I...

...You first. Who are you? [-And why do you look like Terra?

He's... kind of wary after the whole heart fracture thing. Sorry, not!best friend.]

I am. . . nobody. I exist as just a fracture of a fracture.

Who you are, who you might me; That is something much more important.

[He could feel a swelling of emotion, or hope, possibly just thoughts. No matter what, he wanted this to be the one he lost. It would put him to so much ease if it was.]

[Ven frowns at that, and is a little worried. Fracture of a-?

... What happened to you, Terra? He disappears from the feed, pulling out his own instead and sending this (http://wayward-faith.livejournal.com/3205.html).]

[Rep was only mildly upset about Ven listening to his conversation - he hadn't exactly kept his voice down while talking to the other guy with silver hair. But then Ven acted like he knew that guy, and that's what really set Rep off.

So he went off to fume and think for awhile, coming up with nothing except that they had to be allies, somehow, or become allies in that moment of recognition. The thought shook Rep's impression of Ven, and eventually - after Ven and Xemnas finished talking - he came back for a confrontation.]

How do you know him?!

[After that conversation... well, he couldn't exactly help but overhear some/all of it. He was still sitting on the couch with his head in his hands at the point Rep came back, SFC turned off in his lap. It was all just confusing, and now...

Now he needed to know more about the future; about why some remnant of his best friend looked a bit like-

And there came the explosion.] I-

...I don't know; he just... seems familiar, somehow. But-

[He shook his head. Axel wouldn't have warned him about the guy if something wasn't off; Xemnas himself said that was only part of who he was, so why did he have a problem believing either one of them. Axel had never lied to him yet, and Terra- But that was only part of it.]

...Whoever he is, he sounds too much like someone who broke my trust a long time ago.

[Rep's not quite convinced yet.]

If you knew him already and he broke your trust, why bother talking to him at all? He could be lying, as a trick.

[He pointed to Ven's SFC in his lap.] That thing's no good for sensing people when you talk to them. [He casts his hand aside] He can't be any good if he's with the organization, because they're responsible for everything in Castle Oblivion. Everything that happened me, to Naminé, to Sora-

[He grits his teeth in anger] Is he your ally, or isn't he?

[He really can't answer that; after all, who would believe him that he might be the Nobody of part of his best friend? But, what Axel had said... there hadn't been much of why aside for collecting Keyblade wielders.

It was all too confusing!] ...What happened there, if you don't mind me asking?

[That right there... He didn't know Rep very well, but he was already becoming a friend. Since he met Sora and Naminé here before, well... he was more inclined to believe him over Xemnas who he just realized dodged the more important questions...]

If he's hurt you guys in any way- [He looks up, all that confusion and hurt showing in his eyes. '-he's no ally of mine if he's hurt my friends.']

[That look from Ven startles him a little. He didn't really expect Ven to phrase it like that, let alone imply he'd choose their happiness over that other guy's]

I told you I don't remember much of it. [And had they just met, that's all Ven would've gotten. Yet he'd started proving his trust, so that was enough for Rep to continue.]

What I do know, though... They all knew I was a replica - the organization members, that is - and still they let me believe I was real. That I was Riku. They did something to my memories, and let me fight Sora because I thought it would protect Naminé. I don't know why - what their plans were. That guy didn't say, and I don't really care, because I have no interest in fulfilling them anyway.

In other words... that's why I don't have my own name, either.

[Ven listens quietly, fists clenching tight in his lap on either side of the SFC. What Rep could remember; all of it--it sounded far too similar to what happened with his memories. And unknowing plans? That set off a few alarm bells.]

Well, we're going to change that. [He smiled faintly, motioning for Rep to take a seat. Maybe it was time he shared a bit of his own story...] If he's anything like either of them... Well, I learned the hard way that not knowing what their plans are can lead to ruin. I didn't know his plans until it was too late to change "fate."

[-but at least, in the end... he won.]

[He debates for a bit, then finally decides to sit down too, looking down at first.] I did say I was used like a puppet... [He looks over at Ven.] Makes sense then that you said you were a tool. Do you think part of that was because of your lost memories too? Because that would mean...

[He looks down too, trying to think back and coming up with either nothing or painful static other than that one memory... The one he wished never happened yet did anyway.]

...We're the same, even though in my case I'm the original. [He looks up ahead for a moment before turning to meet the other's gaze.] I don't know if it's because of them... or if it just made it easier. The only thing I can remember before meeting my friends was the reason I almost-

[...died.]

[Ven's emphasis was understandable, but still a little painful for Rep to hear. He wasn't nearly as intuitive as Ven, so he couldn't complete that thought, but he nodded all the same.]

At least you have that much. Naminé said she could repair my memories, but in order to do that she'd have to make me forget everything after the first time it happened. [He shook his head a little.] No way I could go through that again.

Even though I know I have years of memories that aren't mine, it still feels like that long. That's why it's so hard... to think of myself as anything but 'Riku.'

[And he's sorry it does hurt his friend, but he's certainly glad that the thought was dropped. Hearing Rep's explanation, though... it tugged at his heartstrings a bit. He gives him a faint, sad smile.]

You know... I envy you. When I gained someone else's memories the last time I was here- [He shakes his head.] -I couldn't take it. It was just one mess after another...

[Ven's silent for a while, thinking back on those days... He'd been an idiot, chasing after his darkness like that; letting himself get burned like he had. What good was it if he would just end up hurt or dead?]

No matter how much you look like someone, even if you have copies of their memories... you're still your own person. Vanitas taught me that much, at least.

[Rep's first thought was You envy me? But then Ven explains, and it still confuses Rep how on earth Ven could be envious about anything involving him... It reminds him of what Lea said: that he had a spine and used it. He's a little off-balance from thinking there's anything positive about him.

Unfortunately, not knowing who Vanitas is to Ven lessens the impact of Ven's statement a little. Even then, he can't help but remain unsure of the sentiment.]

... How?

[So much in one little word.]

[Mostly out of damned curiosity, Rep listens to this exchange up until the point Ven leaves, at which point he glares back at the guy who clearly has some connection to Ven and him. He does speak into his SFC, but who knows if Xemnas is too distracted to hear it?]

One day, I'll eliminate you with all this borrowed power.

[And then he cuts it]

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