erodingearth | ⊕ 02 [accidental voice/action]

⊕ 02 [accidental voice/action]

[Accidental recording set in the morning of the 28th, post-event.

He awakens with a start, his arm twitching from where it was stretched out to knock his journal -- and his clock -- off of his bedside table. There's a hiss of confusion, followed by the movement of him dragging himself out of bed.]

What... Aqua? [That's right. This was Aqua's room. They had been sleeping in the same bed because of ... another experiment? He's confused, trying to sort through everything that had happened.

Then he realizes that Aqua's room is empty. He's out the door a moment later, but not before his journal picks up his voice one more time.]

Aqua?

[Later on in the day, he can be found in the item store. They can't just wipe out her existence like that, can they? He has to at least try to find something of hers.]

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[As soon as he noticed Terra was gone, Ven hurried out the door. Nevermind the fact that the experiment was overwhelming! He, too, noticed Aqua's empty room, and he knew right away what happened.

So, once he spots Terra in the item store, Ven hurries up to him.]

Terra!

[Terra stops when he hears the voice, gripping the unfamiliar tools in some silent frustration before looking over towards his s-- friend. These stupid fake memories...]

...Ven.

[Ven frowns, and then he tentatively steps closer.]

...She's really gone, isn't she?

[He nods, resting his hands on the table in front of him and leaning against it.]

Yeah. She was already gone when I woke up.

[And he's really not sure what to do. Everything feels so ... unresolved.]

[And, just like that, he droops.]

And right after an experiment, too...

...Yeah. [It's all he can say for a moment, still grimacing as he thinks about what had happened. As implausible as it seemed, he had thought of Ven, Roxas, Sora, and ... Vanitas as his children.]

Sorry. I shouldn't have ran off without telling you.

No, it's okay.

[He shakes his head. Given everything that happened, Ven doesn't blame him. Besides, he ran off when Terra first appeared, so...]

I guess it's just us now.

[He nods, not wanting to repeat himself for a third time. He finds some focus in staring at the items in front of him, and he continues lamely.]

I was looking for something-- anything-- of hers. But they took all of it.

Edited 2011-04-30 04:46 (UTC)

That's what happens when people leave...

[But why did they have to take everything away? Even the stuff from Luceti always vanished...

Ven looks down at the floor. This is the worst possible timing...]

[...As much as he wants to focus on his own brooding, Ven's presence reminds Terra that he's got his other friend--the one who had been in danger not all that long ago--to look after.]

It'll be okay. [He puts a hand on Ven's shoulder.] This isn't forever.

Yeah...

[He looks up at Terra with a smile.]

And who knows? Maybe she'll be back before we know it!

[He's not really sure what to think of that for a moment. Then his expression lightens a little.]

Hopefully. If we're going to go home, we should all go together.

Yeah. We're a team!

[But, heh, he'll pull out his Wayfinder.]

But no matter where she goes, we'll always be connected. I'm sure she wouldn't want us to worry too much.

[When he sees Ven pull out his Wayfinder, he looks for his own. There's the slightest, sheepish quirk to his lips as it takes a moment for him to find his own Wayfinder, and he holds it out.]

She would want us to watch out for each other.

Well, I don't know about you, but I think I can handle that.

...I think I can, too. As long as you don't run off too far on me.

Aw, c'mon!

[He laughs.]

I'm not gonna disappear. There's still a bunch of stuff I wanna see here, people I wanna meet... Besides, I'd hate to leave you behind.

Good. I wouldn't want to leave you alone here either. [He pockets his Wayfinder, ignoring that lingering feeling that Aqua would say something similar to that.]

So what do you think? Do you think any of her things are still here? [Or should he give up?]

[He glances around, but when he turns back to Terra, he shakes his head.]

Doesn't look like it. You wanna head back?

Yeah, we probably should. [...] I guess I'll have to reorganize my things, too. [Some clothes had gone into closets, others into Aqua's room...]

[This person sounds... confused? It's reasonable, considering all that's happened recently, but since Claude's totally a bro, he'll respond just to see what's up.]

Aqua? Is that a friend of yours or something?

[This'll have to come later, after Terra comes back into the room to pull on his shoes. He frowns at the journal, but picks it up when he sees there's responses.]

Yeah. She wasn't here when I woke up.

And it's not because of that... [What did they call them again?] That Shift?

I'm not sure. [He checks the drawers, finding them empty.] That's why I'm going to look around.

Any idea where she might have gone? Maybe I can help.

...Not really. But she wouldn't have gone far off by herself without leaving a note. [Not here, at least, while they were all together.] So if you can just keep an eye out for her... She has short blue hair and blue eyes.

Sure, I can do that. If I see her, I'll let her know her friend was looking for her.

...what happened to her? [He sounds a little hesitant to ask, almost like it's not his business to know. In a sense, it's really not, but the experiment had left Roxas with a few unsorted emotions he's not sure how to decipher yet.]

[Roxas. Terra has to shake away the odd connections his mind is making with the 10-day experiment, so it takes a moment to respond.]

Her stuff is gone. Entirely cleared out, like... Like she wasn't even living in her room.

Do you think maybe she just got moved to somewhere else around the village? It could happen, right?

...It's possible. [He wants to believe it.] I'm going to look around the village. Can you keep an eye out for her, Roxas?

Definitely...definitely, I'll check around by the houses and see if she's just out. Maybe I'll check the battle dome, too.

[...] Thanks Roxas. [He knows he doesn't have to help, especially when he's likely recovering from the experiment himself. So he really means it.]

Sure...let me know if you find her first. That's all I ask.

[She listens to the recording briefly, slowly coming to the realization on her own.]

She's gone, isn't she? [It's the only conclusion she can come to, what with the way Terra's reacting to things.]

[He doesn't really know what to say to Kairi other than...]

I don't know. [He doesn't really want to believe it.] Is this the only way to know?

Usually, yeah. If their things are gone and they're nowhere in the village...

...are you okay?

[His mind goes to a dark place as he listens to Kairi, but only for a moment -- her question brings him back quickly.]

I'll be fine. It's just-- [What?] --sudden.

Tell me about it...they never really give you a chance to say goodbye or anything before they take people from you. [A little too much experience with that, this one has.]

Don't worry, she'll be back. I know it. After all, you came back.

I did, didn't I? [Ven and Aqua had told him about that sometime after he had settled in. He still wasn't sure what to think about it, considering he didn't remember arriving in the first place.] I just hope she stays safe. [...They had never talked about why she had Master Eraqus' Keyblade.]

[That doesn't sound too promising.] Stays safe? ...Terra, what's going on in your world?

[He ... really needs to learn how to filter. The filter he manages is only at 5% percent strength.]

We were split up, the three of us. Aqua and I were looking for the source of discord that was crossing into other worlds. [Vanitas. ...But if Aqua had Master Eraqus' Keyblade...]

And...what was Ven doing? [She's got a vague idea based on what she's heard from Aqua, but she's curious about Terra's side of it.] Did you find the source?

Ven ... had run away from home. Trying to catch up with me, I guess. [He doesn't speak for a moment, but quickly finds his voice again. There was no reason to hide this from her.] The source was Vanitas. His negativity somehow took on different forms and terrorized other worlds.

[She's not surprised to hear that; any of that, actually. There's a slight sound of sadness at the idea of Ven chasing after his friends (you know, a lot like a certain brunette she knows), but she focuses on the other matter at hand.]

What kind of different forms? And did Ven ever catch up? What about Aqua? She met up with you two again, didn't she?

...sorry, Terra. I just realized that's probably a lot to be asking you.

Edited 2011-06-04 07:37 (UTC)

It's fine. [It was actually helping to distract him from his own turmoil over Aqua's disappearance.] Our master called them the Unversed. The different forms I saw seemed to be adapting to the worlds around them. Some would take on bird-like forms, others plants and objects.

...We met up again in a world called Radiant Garden. All three of us. [It was a happy coincidence. Somewhat.] But we had to go our separate ways again.

[Had to. Did he really have to run off like that?]

[Something in her head clicks, and she can't help but gasp quietly. Suddenly her meeting with Aqua? It makes more sense. The Unversed she doesn't have as much of a memory of, but she vaguely remembers...how the monsters attacked, and Aqua and the King saved her. Forgive her as she's silent for a bit.]

...that's where I met her. Aqua, I mean. But why did you have to go separate ways?

I was still looking for Vanitas. And I told Ven to let Aqua take him home. [And that was the last he saw of them before Luceti.]

...You're from Radiant Garden?

[And judging by what she knows from Aqua, she's pretty sure Ven didn't allow that.] Vanitas caused a lot of problems...[She shakes her head though. Stupid Vanitas.]

Originally, yeah. I was born there, and I lived there for a few years, but I don't really remember a lot about it.

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