014; [video/action; 4th wall]

[keychained]

[as with any other resident of Johto, Sora is drawn out of sleep by that giant flash of light and what sounded almost like the earth cracking open-- all things considered? this is entirely possible. so he clambers out of bed-- Bell is the only one of his Pokémon who sleeps out of the ball, so he grabs her along with his 'gear, too. not that he notices his other Pokémon are mysteriously missing-- and practically stumbles out of the inn in Violet to check out what the heck just happened.]

[except he's not in Violet. he's in Goldenrod.]

What the--

[so Sora's now standing in the middle of the street, barefoot and in his pajamas-- they're blue with little Totodiles. don't judge-- and holding one little Togepi in his arms. looks like it's just the two of them for now.]

[after a few minutes of stunned silence, Sora finally thinks to turn on the video feed.]

Hey! Is everybody okay?

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[nisemono.livejournal.com]

But that's where Naminé was.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

Naminé was at the festival, though.

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

What festival?

[your brain must be scrambled like eggs, man]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

[I like my brains poached.]

It was a few weeks ago! Oh man, it was awesome.

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

[coulda fooled me, bro]

I don't remember that.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

What's the last thing you do remember?

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

Dying.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

[this isn't getting very far very quickly.]

... Tell me about Castle Oblivion.

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

[he's a bit bumhurt Sora forgot him after all that, is all]

That's where we met. Your were looking for Real Thing.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

[memories of Rep are still in Sora's heart! ... unchained, but they're there.]

And Real Thing is... Riku?

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

[floating around in Soraspace, just like half of everything else in the known universe]

Right.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

[maybe Rep got absorbed when he faded, and is now chilling in the Heart Hotel with Ven and Roxas and Xion and Vanitas and probably two or three Disney characters.]

And... You and I are friends, right?

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

[fff would be nice if he did, seems like he's the only one who isn't accounted for]

You could say that.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

[let's go with that theory until proven otherwise; it's nicer to think of it that way.]

Good. So what exactly happened in Castle Oblivion?

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

[this is true, poor Rep could round off the not!DI-trio]

The Organization tried to use the lot of us, mostly.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

Wha-- you mean that group of Heartless slayers that Roxas is in?

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

Never heard of Roxas, but they're bad news.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

... You're positive?

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

They tried to either control you and Real Thing, or destroy you. Not to mention what they made Naminé do.

[and him, for that matter, but he'd rather not explain how his memory was screwed with or...any of the mess that goes with it]

[newhero.livejournal.com]

I can't... But Roxas is really nice!

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

I told you, I don't know any Roxas, but they're all good at putting on airs.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

[... how very odd, Sora's sort of looking like Rep just drop kicked a puppy. five puppies.]

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

They tried to destroy you, quit that.

[newhero.livejournal.com]

...

[we're up to ten puppies now.]

[nisemono.livejournal.com]

[yeah he's just gonna frown, darnit Sora]