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[The feed flickers on and Lea fiddles with it a moment, turning the screen sideways briefly before making a face and righting it. Crazy newfangled technology. He's not wearing the watch, rather has it set on the table in his apartment like it's a tiny tiny computer. After making sure the little screen will stay upright by itself, Lea frowns at it a moment before scratching his head.]

So they tell me this watch thingy posts live to a network everybody in the city can see. Wow, that's pretty impressive--not just in technology but in trust! [He leans forward a bit, folding his arms on the back of the chair he's sitting backwards in and plunking his chin down on them.] I mean, I could say anything, and I wouldn't even be censored? [A low, appraising whistle.]

I mean, not that I'd ever do anything like that. [Grin~]

So where can a guy find the best ice cream in town? I've had a long day you guys wouldn't believe.

[Nothing like being dead and then waking up and finding out you got your heart back and wrangling with the idea of having real emotions again and debating whether or not you should track down your old friends who think you're dead and then getting pelted by children falling out of trees to wear you out. Yup. But he's not gonna go into details.

[A beat of silence and then he glances around as if making sure no one's watching before he cups a hand beside his mouth and says in a stage whisper,] Xemnas is an insufferable ass. And his briefings were boring as hell. [Just checking on that censorship thing. Yup. Nothing to see here.]

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[Attracting all the Keykids today, isn't he? Riku looks certainly kind of amused in any case.]

Hm. Figures somehow.

[Both, that Axel would ask for ice cream ~~since everybody aside of him seems to have some kind of strange obsession with it.~~ and that Xemnas holds boring briefings. ~~All incarnations of Xehanort that Riku has come across so far are insufferable, so that really isn't anything all too new.~~

There is still the question of timeline and universal shenanigans to be solved though... Hmm. First at least should be easily answered.]

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So... is it Lea or Axel?

[Since... as far as Riku is concerned there really isn't much of a difference, physically at least.]

[Lea stares for a moment, one eyebrow inching toward his hairline. Man, he wasn't expecting to find anybody he knew here, and the first three people he's talked to after the little welcoming committee have been familiar faces.

[Well. At least mostly familiar. It looks like Riku, and sounds like Riku, but...]

Finally got that haircut I've been telling you to get forever, huh? 'Bout time, sheesh.

[And then he gives a start.]

Wait, how did you--? [Suspicious squinting goes here. There does seem to be some kind of temporal discrepancy going on, so far as he's garnered, but so far everyone's been behind him. So far as he knew, he hadn't even made it home yet--how does Riku know about the name change? Srs face.] Are you from the future?

[Yeah... places like Promenade and Hinoto-Ri are funny like that.

Riku makes a bit of a face at that comment - half annoyed, half confused (the hair cut had been totally his idea, thank you. ~~Okay, Kairi had maybe prodded just a little about it, so what.~~), but then just shakes his head once.

Well, that reaction at least answers it.]

Lea, then.

[He frowns a little, because while he wishes he could just say yes... the possibility that it isn't quite that simple still remains.]

...Maybe. It might be something entirely else though.

[He just nods slowly, a little unsettled. He supposes that, all things considered, Riku knowing the truth unexpectedly early is certainly not the worst possible thing that could have happened, but it's still unnerving. Curious, he rests his chin on threaded fingers, his elbows propped on the table.]

Something entirely else? You don't say~ [There's a beat of silence and he lifts his eyebrows inquiringly.] Do I get multiple choice options, at least?

[He shrugs lightly, lips pressing together after a moment. He isn't all that sure about it himself just yet either.]

At very least, given that time isn't the only factor around here.

[And if choice really plays into things, then it might be an infinite amount of options even. So yeah. Take your pick, Lea?]

The order of events I remember, seems to be rather different from the one Xion does, for example.

Well considering you know my real name I'm inclined to believe you there. So far as I was aware nobody even knew I wasn't dead anymore.

[He rubs his chin.]

I feel like maybe we should compare notes. Are you free for a pow-wow? I'm still not really sure what's going on, but it serves to reason that being on the same page with your allies would be a good thing.

For what it's worth, your return was quite a bit of a surprise back home.

[Certainly a welcome one though. If Lea hadn't shown up when he had...

Yeah, he's definitely not going to linger on that one.]

Sounds like a plan. Where are you now?

[He laughs helplessly.] I'd imagine that someone coming back from the dead would never not be a surprise, really.

Right now? I'm in, ah... Pisces. 8-06. I'd say I can meet you somewhere if you prefer but it's probably faster for you to come here, since I actually have no idea where anything but this building is at the moment.

True enough.

[He nods.]

Got it; it's not far from where I am. I'll be there in a moment.

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