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[binarysky]

What—this again? Hey, deities, can you let us know ahead of time when we're going to have guests? I'd have done my shopping earlier if I'd known.

[Roxas sounds more resigned than annoyed. Although he is a little annoyed.]

Sora, Demyx—I'm gonna be late getting groceries for dinner tonight. The streets are really crowded. Again.

[ooc: Fourth Wall time! Visitors are free to network with him, overhear him in person or just bump into him on the street.]

Comments

[binarysky]

No, not rea—

[Blink. Blink.]

Vexen?

[ars_scientia]

It's Even, and I would thank you to remember it.

[binarysky]

No, I'm pretty sure it's Vexen.

[ars_scientia]

I would trust that even an ungrateful whelp would believe that I know my own name. Besides, the name those pitiful shells carry are hardly proper names and I can assure you that I do not intend to lose my heart so carelessly.

[binarysky]

It wasn't your name when I knew you. [shrug] But I don't know if you lost it carelessly or not. Never asked.

[ars_scientia]

And it isn't my name now. Given that it is also unlikely to be, I would hope you had a care to use the proper name, now that it has been given to you.

[binarysky]

Sheesh, sorry. Nice to meet you, Even.

[ars_scientia]

Likewise, I suppose.

[Sincere, it's not, but it is a little more than Vexen might have been inclined to offer.]

How often does the city fill like this, if I may ask?

[binarysky]

[He'll answer, because this is vaguely more polite than Vexen and therefore interesting.]

Every three months or so, I think. Just long enough to make you forget about it before it happens again.

[ars_scientia]

Hmm. A seasonal cycle, then?

[binarysky]

Must be. People come and then they go again.

[ars_scientia]

Does that include you, I wonder?

[binarysky]

I left once. Besides that, it's been more than a year.

[ars_scientia]

Did you notice any change, after you'd left?

[binarysky]

Didn't remember a thing.

[ars_scientia]

Which implies the city also has a hand in memory. Intriguing.

[binarysky]

You were always interested in memory.

[arrowgunner]

Hey, excuse you, Professor Popsicle.

[ars_scientia]

Is there a problem, Brai... [There's a pause as he looks Xigbar over.] ah, it would be Xigbar, yes?

[arrowgunner]

Yeah, yeah, rub it in.

[ars_scientia]

It wasn't my intent to do so.

[Which is... maybe-sort-of an apology. He's just not used to speaking to Nobodies much, is all.]

[arrowgunner]

[ Oh. Well that's... unexpected. ]

... So. How's the heart?

[ars_scientia]

Acting as well as it ought to.

[arrowgunner]

Feeling good?

[ars_scientia]

Assuming that you still meant the simple fact of having a heart, yes.