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[goshdarnbatku]

[All that's visible for the moment is a belly button and an unbuttoned shirt and the top of a pair of jeans; the video feed starts rather abruptly as he's clearly set it off accidentally because no one in their right mind would want to make a first impression with their navel. He's talking to himself though, thinking out loud more than anything.]

-where do I even start to look? I don't even know what kind of world this place is.

[The stomach moves in time to the sound of a resigned sigh, before the world shifts. Or rather the camera does, as the device moves and the owner of the voice and the midriff comes into focus; it's a boy, around sixteen or seventeen, with bright aquamarine eyes and silver hair framing his face. He's frowning as he concentrates on the device.]

How does this thing wor-

[And then he appears to realise that it is apparently working extremely well, and without his knowledge, as his eyes widen and he looks momentarily surprised before he schools his expression back into something a little more calm, but with perhaps an air of sheepishness.]

I guess it works better than I though. Uh... hi.

[He pauses, as though put on the spot suddenly having to address a strange device with no forethought.]

I don't really know what this thing is, but it looks like it's recording. Maybe it's a video diary or something? I don't get it.

[He looks up and around, looking for someone in the area who could maybe explain better but seems to be dissatisfied as he looks back at the camera a few seconds later.]

If anyone's watching this, I'm by a carousel. My name's Riku, and I could really use a clue about where I am right now. I guess that's all, thanks.

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[conjoins]

[ a few moments after Sora leaves, Ventus walks in, a now-empty bag slung over his shoulder and a stack of pizza boxes in hand. ]

Hey, guys! I brought—[ when he spots Riku, though, he stops, head tilting quizzically. ]

Uh... [ he's confused as to who this person is (although, Riku no doubt is even more confused), and he shifts unsurely, but he.. looks harmless enough—at least, he doesn't look like he's trying to wreck the place or anything. ] Hi? [ after a pause, he tacks on as an afterthought, ] You here for Sora or Roxas?

[goshdarnbatku]

[Riku performs a double take when he hears Ventus' voice, because he certainly wasn't expecting Roxas to be back so soon and in such high spirits, but then he remembers that there's a third boy who lives here and he's supposed to look like Roxas.

And, strange though it will no doubt sound to all three of them when he eventually gets round to telling them, Riku's met him before. He knows in an instant; this is the second boy on the beach in Sora's heart, the one he mistook for Roxas. The hows and whys he's not even remotely wise to, but there's no doubt in his mind that this is him.

He takes a second to recover from his surprise before he reacts.]

Kinda, I think I might be staying with you guys for a while.

[Unless the situation with Roxas doesn't improve, in which case Riku has no idea where he'll wind up living.]

You must be Ventus, I'm Riku.