video.

[conjoins]

Hey.

[ ventus looks -- well, not unhappy, per se, but he doesn't look completely composed either. It's as if he.. doesn't really know how to feel, and it's especially apparent in his expression. ]

So.. I dunno if you guys know him, but uh...

[ he rubs at his neck, glancing away. ]

Vanitas. He's.. gone. [ disappeared from the City completely. ]



Yeah.

Comments

[binarysky]

Really?

[pause]

Good.

[conjoins]

[ unsure.... ] Yeah.

[binarysky]

[ Oh, um... ]

Sorry.

[conjoins]

It's -- [ not a problem, why should he care? this is vanitas, the one who ruined his life with his existence - vanitas, who he should with every bone in his body be able to hate him with justification. and he does hate him, but -- ]

Okay. He was.. kind of a jerk.

[binarysky]

Yeah. He was. [ That's for sure. And he looked like Sora, which is way creepier than Ventus looking like Roxas. ]

But he was someone from home, right? That's...kind of different, too. [ Sort of. ]

[conjoins]

Not.. really. I mean, not from where I lived.

[ he just shrugs. ] I feel kind of... bad, though. When people leave, they go back to their world, right?

He doesn't.. really have anywhere to go.

[binarysky]

Well...when I went back for a while, I ended up with Sora again.

[ Which sounds so much weirder after he's spent so much time here living as himself. ]

And then I was separate again when I came back here.

Why doesn't he have anywhere to go?

[conjoins]

Oh.


... [ swallows ]



I killed him.

[conjoins]

I mean -- he was going to start a war if I didn't, and I had to -- [ and killing him is killing myself--


he stops. and.. looks away. there's no justification for murder - and although he'd gladly do it again to protect his friends, it's... still an awful thought. at least, here, he was alive - even though he couldn't do anything and didn't have the power to start a war and even though ventus hated him.. at least he was still alive here.

but now he's not. ]

[binarysky]

...Oh.

[ Awk. Ward.

But who is he to judge anyone for the choices they've made, the things they've done? ]

You wouldn't have done it without a good reason.

[conjoins]

I had a good reason. And I didn't really have a choice. [ the best reason ever.

... awkwardly awkwards ]


.. but it still doesn't make me feel good to know he's going back to being gone.

[binarysky]

[ Well now Roxas feels like a HUGE ASSHOLE about his initial comment. ]

He might come back. You never know.

[ ...yay? ]

[conjoins]

[ IT'S OKAY BRO :|b ]

.. Can that even happen?

[binarysky]

It did for me. I was gone for...I don't know, months? I lost track of time.

And I forgot everything. Until I ended up here again and fell on my butt on the beach.

[conjoins]

.. How do you come back if you're.. ? [ dead??? ]

[binarysky]

I'm not sure, I know some people do—but I wasn't, exactly. I was part of someone else. But I definitely wasn't me.

Except the deities brought me back, and I was again.

[conjoins]

... Oh.

I.. I guess only time can tell, huh.

[binarysky]

Probably. Sorry.

Are you gonna be okay?

[conjoins]

It's okay.

Yeah, I'll be fine. [ and .. for a lighter turn of conversation: ] So, Christmas is just around the corner, huh?

[binarysky]

Uh, yeah! [ good topic! ] It should be pretty fun. The third one I've ever had.

[conjoins]

Really? I guess it'll be my... [ thinking.. ] Fifth. And it'll be great!

I'm still trying to think of a present to give to Sora, though. Got any ideas? You've known him longer than I have.

[binarysky]

[ Our memories are so short, though. ]

He's a really good guy—he'll be happy with anything from a friend.

But, hmm...he's from an island originally, he likes ice cream a lot...and napping...and his cats...

[conjoins]

[ well.... ]

A cat.. Humm. I guess I'll stick with my original plan after all...

[binarysky]

Two, actually.

What was your idea?

[conjoins]

Well, I figured I couldn't go wrong with ice cream.

[binarysky]

That's not a bad idea. We eat it a lot, but then we don't have it anymore. So he can always use more.

[conjoins]

That's what I thought.

You know, maybe you two should work at an ice cream shop together. Then you'd never run out.

[binarysky]

We might not ever get any work done, though...

[conjoins]

.. You can't be eating ice cream the whole time... [ s-stomachaches!? ]

[binarysky]

Yeah, but still...I don't know if ice cream should be work.

[conjoins]

.. Yeah, that's true. Even you two would probably get sick of it after working five days a week with ice cream.

[binarysky]

And it'd be terrible to get sick of ice cream.

[conjoins]

I don't think you guys would be able to recover from it.

[binarysky]

It's better to not have to find out.

[conjoins]

The world would probably end if we do find out.

[binarysky]

And this world has our pets in it. So that would be a shame.

[conjoins]

Definitely.

[ thinking. . . ]

Maybe I should get one. A pet. The apartment's kind of lonely.

oop I thought I replied

[binarysky]

Yeah...

[He hesitates] Have you ever thought of living with someone?

[conjoins]

[ pausing at the question.. ]

Living with someone?

I guess I wouldn't mind. [ he sort of did, when he lived with Aqua and Terra.. ]

[binarysky]

You could live with us. If you wanted.

We've got some extra rooms...and it'd be cool to have you around.

[ Also we are OBVIOUSLY SOME SORT OF WEIRD...FACE-BROTHERS. FAMILY STICKS TOGETHER. ]

[conjoins]

[ ... oh. ]

Oh. [ rubbing at his neck. ] That--

That'd be cool. I mean, if you 'n Sora are okay with it.

[binarysky]

Yeah, it'd be fine—Demyx lived with us before, and if he and Sora could get along, you and Sora would be fine.

[ Neither of you killed the other one! ]

Er...long story. But there's plenty of room. And you wouldn't get lonely.

But only if you want to! If you don't, that's okay.

[conjoins]

They didn't get along? [ he doesn't know Demyx personally, but that makes him raise an eyebrow. just from what he'd heard of the man, he thought the two of them would get along better than Roxas would with Demyx... ]

No, I-- I'm cool with it. I think it's a great idea. Housemates are cool, y'know?

[binarysky]

They didn't fight or anything, but before they both ended up in the City, they weren't really on the same side. So it got a little awkward sometimes.

Well-—well, great! You can bring your stuff over anytime. [Man, he should definitely let Sora know, then.

[conjoins]

.. Oh. [ that does sound awkward. ]

Sure, I don't really have a lot to bring -- uhh, where is it again?

[binarysky]

Building Thirteen. [More specific directions go HERE]

The pets will be glad to make a new friend.

[conjoins]

[ nodding! he'll probably end up getting lost BUT. ]

I hope they don't get us confused.