erodingearth | ⊕ 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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Just have to mess around with different commands, right?

[Heh. How hard can it be?]

At least, as far as activating them goes.

Yeah. We can make some progress there once you've activated your first style. Don't be discouraged if it takes awhile; it was a pretty new skill for us.

Hey, it's fine. I can wait. Plus, I've got other techniques I can work on until then.

[Yep, no problem here.]

Still gotta work on my Megaflare.

[Hah. He tilts his head towards Riku at the mentioning of the spell.]

I'm sure it'd be going faster if Aqua was still here.

Well, I've got the melding down. Just have to practice with it until it's maxed out.

[It's probably... close, at least.]

Good. Be sure to keep in mind how long it takes to recharge the spell. You've been keeping track while you practice?

Yeah, don't sweat it. I've been keeping track of things.

[After all, even Aqua explained how some spells need to recharge.]

[He nods in approval.] Wouldn't want you to get stuck in a bad situation because Megaflare didn't help too much.

Exactly. Besides, that goes for just about any command.

Right. Sometimes you can only rely on your own strength, not spells or extra skills.

Exactly. When all else fails, it's important to know how to fight, not just throw spells around.

That must have sunken in pretty early for you; you've had to teach yourself how to fight.

Yeah, and then I got caught up in Maleficent's schemes. Had no choice but to learn how to fight... even if it wasn't for the right cause.

[He looks away for a minute; Riku remembers how 'smooth' things went the last time that came up.]

[He tries to shrug it off. Or to somehow come to terms with it. The darkness was still a touchy point for Terra, especially when he knew it was a big weakness of his.]

You've gotten over that. And here there's definitely no Maleficent to twist the truth.

[He shakes his head.]

Even if there was, I've already been down that road once. No way I'd let it happen again.

[Not when it led to so much misery for him and his friends.]

...It's easy to say that when the problem isn't in your face. [His voice takes on a sober note as he thinks about it. There were too many possibilities out there.] But your heart's in the right place. Don't lose that perspective.

Trust me, I don't plan on it.

[Poor Terra. Riku at least understands where he's coming from.]