⊕ 04 [voice/action]

[erodingearth]

Welcome to the New Feathers. I hope everyone's settling in all right. Things have been peaceful lately, and it's better than landing in Luceti in the middle of an experiment. I'm Terra, and I've been here for half a year now.

[...Stating it aloud like that just makes him feel old. But he sets out making the filter he's been practicing since Frederic showed it to him.]

[Filtered away from Ven and Vanitas / 70% 75% 85% 94% unhackable]

I'd like to ask for some help from Ven's friends. You might also know him as "Ventus." Ven's been here a lot longer than me, and I'm pretty sure he hasn't had a chance to celebrate his birthday at all. There were plans for a surprise party, but things just ... kept happening. [The draft. Aqua's second disappearance. And now Kohan had ran off with little more than a note. There's a noticeable pause in the message before Terra continues.] I'd appreciate any help.

[...] And if someone could help me fix my filter, that would be great, too.


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[If anyone wants to catch him after his post, he can be found shopping in the plaza. Someone's gotta do the grocery shopping.]

Comments

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[perplexme]

...plants, Terra? [That is quite possibly the most random.] But games I could probably do. I bet I could find something for him.

Not great i the sense he could barely figure out how to use filters himself when he got here.

[voice; filtered]

[erodingearth]

You'd be surprised what catches Ven's interest. [He smiles at the thought. He'd always found it kinda funny.]

But he's had time to learn, right? [Not that he's seen Sora filter before. ...Which probably says something about his level of knowing filters.]

[voice; filtered]

[perplexme]

As long as he doesn't get man-eating plants, I guess we'll be okay.

Yeah, but it's really more if he's wanted to. They're not too hard to learn after a while...how often do you plan on using them?

[voice; filtered]

[erodingearth]

[He smirks a little at that.] I think that's a safe place to draw the line.

I don't use the journals much, so I don't know. I had to ask a friend just to get started with a filter.

[voice; filtered]

[perplexme]

It's all sort of overrated anyway. It's hard to say if everything's really being filtered out or not. I could probably teach you though if I had to.

[voice; filtered]

[erodingearth]

Overrated?

I have some written instructions, but seeing someone else do it wouldn't hurt.

[voice; filtered]

[perplexme]

I bet they still monitor the filtered stuff, too.

Sure, not a problem. Whenever you have time I can give you a walk-through.

[voice; filtered]

[erodingearth]

Oh. Yeah, I don't doubt. They probably look even closer at filters.

Great. I'm not in a rush, so whenever you're not busy.

[voice; filtered]

[perplexme]

I'm not busy now. Where are you?

[voice; filtered]

[erodingearth]

By the river near our house. Didn't want Ven overhearing anything.

[voice; filtered]

[perplexme]

Stay put, I'll be out there in a little bit.

[voice; filtered]

[erodingearth]

I'll meet you near the bridge by the item shop, if you're coming from your place.

[voice; filtered]

[perplexme]

Sounds good. See you in a few. [And with that the journal's going shut and Roxas is heading out.]

[erodingearth]

[Terra closes his own journal shortly thereafter, putting it away as he heads north, towards the bridge.]

[perplexme]

[Give him a little bit of time but soon there's a Roxas approaching that bridge, his own journal in hand. He joins Terra up on the bridge, looking at the river instead.]

Hey. Waiting long?

[erodingearth]

No, not long. [Even if it had been, he didn't mind waiting for Roxas.] You like to finish tasks quickly, don't you?

[perplexme]

[There's a slightly sheepish smile.] I think it's habit...we used to have to finish our missions by the end of the day. Is that bad?

[erodingearth]

Not at all. It's a good habit, as long as you're doing those tasks well. [The talk about missions, though...] Was that all you ever did? Missions?

[perplexme]

Not always! We had a vacation once. [Roxas that's not a real answer.]

I got to have two though.

[erodingearth]

[Something about that sounds strangely sad, but he tries to keep the mood light.]

Two vacations, huh? Seems like you should have had more.

[perplexme]

It wasn't too bad. We'd go on our missions most days, and then I'd hang out in the afternoons with Axel and Xion before we'd RTC. We didn't have missions everyday, but most days.

[erodingearth]

So you've been friends for quite awhile. [There was a term there he didn't recognize, though.] RTC?

[perplexme]

If you're counting Luceti's time? Let's see...it's been about three years for me and Xion, and about four and a half for me and Axel. Hm? Oh. Return to Castle. It's something they taught me when I was first starting out with the Organization. When we would finish our missions we'd use the dark portals to RTC and rest up for the next day.

[erodingearth]

That's a long time. [Maybe comparable to how long he's known Ven, but not as long as he has known Aqua.] Dark portals to return to the castle... [That sounds awfully like--] The Lanes Between?

[perplexme]

Yeah, definitely. Sora's known his friends a lot longer though. [He pauses, giving Terra a curious look.] I think that's something different. The corridors were something only we could use.