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[islandshore]

[Oh, hey. Looks like somebody's figured out how to work the watch because there's a shot of this silver-haired teen. He grins at the camera, before leaning back against the edge of one of the buildings.]

So, I'm looking for a dork with spiky hair and ridiculous, yellow shoes. Kind of dense, goes by Sora. Chances here, he's lost. Sora never was the best with directions. And in a place like this, he could use all the help he could get.

So if any of you have seen him, do me a favor and point me in the right direction. Somebody's gotta keep an eye on him, after all.

Oh yeah, and anyone got any suggestions on places to scope out? This city's huge, and I've barely scratched the surface so far.

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[quakega]

[... take him a second to just... figure out his wording.] Every star in the night sky is another world; the light we see is the heart of that world, shining down like millions of lanterns. The door you saw? That was the Keyhole. Behind the Keyhole lies the Heart of a world, sealed to protect it from the still chaotic darkness that lies beyond the barriers that keep the worlds separated.

[There... were reasons why the worlds had remained separated. None of which he'd liked, but he'd understood them.

Trying to make this younger Riku understand was... going to be painful.

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[islandshore]

There was a storm. The Heartless showed up and started wrecking the place.

[...And that was his fault? Had he really left his world exposed like that?]

I didn't stop to think about it. I just wanted to get off of that island, no matter the cost.

[...Man, did he really screw up?]

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[quakega]

[... ... reason for bad feeling confirmed. Riku...

Try to... try to soften the blow. Don't be angry. Don't even try to get across anger or disappointment. Don't let the guilt at not being there to tell him otherwise seep in.] You couldn't have known; there weren't any Masters left that knew about you or that small, bright world you were from. None left that could have taught you that unlocking a Keyhole would lead to disaster for the newly-exposed world.

[Once that text is finished, he can't deny the flicker of sadness he's feeling anymore. Riku... forgot. The kid that had been wise beyond his years, and reminded him of why he had wanted so desperately to be a Master... had forgotten why he wanted to leave. Why he sought strength.

'Was it worth the cost, Riku?' Because... you'll have to live with it now.]

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[islandshore]

I just wanted to get away. All those years stuck in the same old routine... I just wanted something new.

I didn't think there'd be a catch.

[But then, it's never that easy, is it?

And now Terra probably thinks he's some kind of idiot.]

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[quakega]

There's always a catch, Riku.

[He doesn't think you're an idiot-- you're just. Fifteen. And untrained at all. Everyone is stupid at fifteen. Stupid and impulsive.]

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[islandshore]

What am I supposed to do now?

[Because, really, he's drawing a blank here. Even now, he's having trouble believing he screwed up so badly.]