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[keychained]

[When the video feed first clicks on, there isn't much in the way of visuals except blackness, interspersed with the occasional flash of dull light. The sounds are much more fascinating than the sights, as it were: something is snuffling at the pokégear, and after a moment there's a series of sharp thunks, as if someone were rapping against the microphone. Something is trying to eat it.]

-- Hey! Knock it off! Look, there's food in the bag if you're hungry..

[The feed swings around wildly as Sora snatches away and tries to wipe the pokégear off on his jumpsuit, then stops abruptly as he turns it over in his hand and stares straight into the camera, his expression bewildered. This thing looks more high-tech than the lifts in Hollow Bastion.]

Okay, I'm.. not really sure what I was expecting, but the everlasting Darkness is weird.

Comments

[Video]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

... It's all right. Our hearts are connected; we'll stay together even if we're far away from each other.

Nice to meet you, Yuiko! I'm Sora.

[Video]

[madeit4ritsuka.livejournal.com]

Hello, Sora-san.

"Our hearts are connected..."

[Video]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

Right. Even if you're apart from your friends, if you think about them sometimes, and they think about you, you'll always be connected. No matter what.

[Video]

[madeit4ritsuka.livejournal.com]

Really? ...How do I know if they're thinking about me?

[Video]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

Well.. I guess if you're thinking of your friends, they're probably thinking of you, too. It's just a feeling I have. I'm not sure how to explain it.

[Video]

[madeit4ritsuka.livejournal.com]

Wow... I wonder if Ritsuka-kun is thinking about me...

[Video]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

If you guys are friends, then they'll always be thinking of you! That's what friends do, right?

[Video]

[madeit4ritsuka.livejournal.com]

Uh huh! I always think about Ritsuka!

[Video]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever met Ritsuka. Have you guys known each other a long time?

[Video]

[madeit4ritsuka.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh.

[...Pause.]

Well... nuh-uh. He only transferred to school a little while ago...

[Video]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

He sounds like he's pretty special to you.

[Video]

[madeit4ritsuka.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. I really love Ritsuka-kun.

[Video]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

Oh! You guys are..

[sort of makes a vague gesture, waving his hand. he means to ask if they're dating.]

[Video]

[madeit4ritsuka.livejournal.com]

...Nope. We're... we're friends.

[Because that's what Ritsuka insists.]

[Video]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

Oh.. Well..

[he's quiet for a minute, thinking.]

Sometimes having that friendship is more important, even if you might feel something more about it.

[Video]

[madeit4ritsuka.livejournal.com]

...Yup.