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⊕ 04 [voice/action]

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.]

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[Did it? He has to think about it. Even with Aqua gone right now...]

I think so. Even when we're far apart, I can feel her strength.

...Terra, has anybody told you about the legend of the paopu fruit yet?

Is that the name of it? The star-shaped fruit? [It's been awhile, so he's quiet for a moment while he recalls.] That's why she made them, our Wayfinders -- because the charms are supposed to represent an ... unbreakable bond.

Right. The paopu fruit's special...if you share it with someone, your destinies become intertwined no matter how far apart you may be. Aqua must have known.

Sharing it? You mean, eating it?

Well yeah, it's fruit. What else would you do with it?

I don't know. I think I would be tempted to hang on to it.

Even if the effects weren't the same?

It's not every day you run into a star-shaped fruit. [The simplest reasoning. He has it.]

I guess that's true. I never heard of them until I got to the islands either. One of my friends from home? She thinks the legend of the paopu is so romantic. It's kind of silly, actually.

If I ever find one here though, you'll be one of the first to see it.

Romantic? [He laughs a little.] I guess I can see where she would come up with that.

I'd like that. [...] Have you eaten the paopu then, Kairi?

Selphie's just like that. She can find the romance in everything.

...not yet. I have plans to when I get home, I think, but not yet.

Selphie? ...The one who helps with the New Feather parties? [He's met her while he was helping with a past party.]

I'm a little surprised, since you've been living on the islands so long.

...different Selphie. Has anybody told you about the "alternate universes" yet?

I guess I just never got around to it. [Kind of the truth. It's not like she didn't notice the boys fighting for her attention. It was easier just not to pick and love them both equally, that's all.]

I've ... heard about it. Haven't really seen an example of it, though. So they even look the same? That must be odd for you.

[He contemplates how to answer that. It didn't seem like something that could just be easily ignored, if the story had floated out to other worlds.] Well, I hope the paopu works its magic whenever you do.

They're pretty close, yeah. Different dress styles and my Selphie's younger than this one, but they look pretty close to being the same and they act the same in some ways. It's even weirder when both our version and another version of someone are here at the same time. That's happened with both Cloud and Aerith.

Thanks, Terra. Only time will tell I guess.

More friends of yours? I'm not familiar with the names.

More like friends of Sora's that I've met. Sora's...kind of got a lot of friends from all over the worlds. People and animals...and I think even an alien? I guess world-travel does that for you.

Yeah, I think it comes with the traveling. [A quiet chuckle.] Sounds like something Ven would do -- visit other worlds and make as many friends as possible.

I've been finding a lot of similarities between Sora and Ven. Do you find that strange at all?

Not really. I just thought they had similar personalities. [And that wasn't too strange, right?]

I guess you're right.

...in a way? You're similar to Riku, too. Maybe that's the only reason I find it so strange.

You think so? [He wonders just how transparent he must seem to her.] Maybe I saw a little of myself in him.

I think so. It's possible...because you passed your ability to him, right? Maybe that's why you were drawn to him.

Maybe. [It's hard to explain. The light had drawn him to that world, and he had already thought the light wanted him to meet with Riku before he had any impression of the boy. Was it because Riku was the elder of the two boys? Or was there something else he hadn't really been aware of?]

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