02 ✭ video/voice; iphone

[darkinferno]

[Wow, that sure is a pretty normal-looking living room you're seeing, secret numbers club. Light-colored walls, a piano where the light from the windows can fall on it, a couple books stacked on the coffee table... pretty stereotypical and boring. Wow-ee. The view stays here for about a minute, then the camera jerks, like the holder suddenly jumped back quickly.

A heartbeat more, and a humanoid-shaped Heartless is rising up into view. It remains in view for several seconds, then abruptly turns and walks away. It keeps walking even once it's reached the wall, even though it isn't getting anywhere, but finally seems to get the idea, melting back into a dark shadow on the floor that moves around of its own accord.

When Dante speaks, his voice is very, very deadpan. (Although to perceptive listeners, a very faint undertone of surprise might be heard.)]

For what it's worth, I believe you guys now.



[ooc: As an aside, this incarnation of Riku sounds nearly identical to his predecessor! So if your character ever spoke with Riku, it's definitely a real possibility to mistake the two. Feel free to run with it if you'd like.]

Comments

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[strikeraid]

[ ... COULD. YOU. GUYS. NOT. He catches a glimpse of the thing with his face if he was fourteen with spiky hair and was also made completely of darkness, and it's over for him. Skyler has to throw the phone across the room and close his eyes until the echo passes, picking it up only when he stops remembering. ]

FORONEC IN YOUR GOD DMAN LIFVES COULD YOU ALLSOTP SUMMONGING SHIT LIEK THIS

[voice]

[darkinferno]

[IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S TRYING TO DO THIS, THE LAST THING HE WANTS IS TO HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY ON GUARD WORRYING THAT THIS THING IS GOING TO STEAL HIS HEART OKAY]

It's not like I asked it to appear! Given what I remember of the Heartless, having it here isn't exactly reassuring.

[text]

[strikeraid]

I DONT CARE WHAT ITS CALLED JSUT MAKEI T GO JESSU FUCIKING CHRHIST

[ for all skyler cares dante purposefully brought it into this dimension just to fuck with him because life and god hates him ]

[voice]

[needsmorezippers]

[wait. wait what. what does he even focus on.]

...Riku? [seriously what.] And why the hell does that thing look like kind of like Skyler?

[text; thanks! and sorry about the confusion uou]

[strikeraid]

[ THIS CLOWN. JESUS. SKYLER IS IN MAD DISTRESS. ]

SHUT THE FUCJK UP NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ANBOUT YOU PORUCPINES ASS LOOKING COCKQWIPE

[voice; don't apologize it was my fault. XD]

[needsmorezippers]

What, you want to try and tell me it doesn't look like you?

[voice]

[darkinferno]

Skyler?

[Oh. Hold on. Text incomiiiiiingggggg!]

Ah. Never mind.

[He's just. Not gonna respond further as the two of them go back and forth because this is hilarious. Dante's never really known people long enough to have this sort of dirt on them, old pictures and the like, and it's pretty funny to see these two carrying on like that. Finally, after they've settled down:]

So why do people keep calling me Riku? You're not the first.

[He's got no idea why it apparently looks like Skyler. Yet.]

[voice]

[needsmorezippers]

Probably because you sound exactly like a guy named Riku who used to be on here.

voice

[ex_elude798]

Looks like that crude kid.

[This, of course, is his evaluation of Skyler. They got along very well, very well indeed]

Hard to ignore crap like that when it happens.

voice

[darkinferno]

That crude kid?

You're telling me. I woke up this morning with this... thing hovering over me.

[Along with the knowledge that IT WILL STEAL HIS HEART IF HE GIVES IT THE SLIGHTEST OPPORTUNITY. ...even if all it's doing is wandering aimlessly around. It's still extremely dangerous. The most threatening.]

voice

[ex_elude798]

He didn't care for introductions.

[It looks kind of lacking in intellect if you ask him, but weird crap can look stupid and still be legit dangerous...]

Doesn't sound like an ideal way to wake up. Does it do anything other than wander around?

[And creep on the guy, but this clearly needs no restating]

Voice;

[sugoku]

What the hell is that? It looks... like a person?

[She might be just a little confused.]

Voice;

[darkinferno]

It's called a Heartless. Usually they don't take human shapes. This one's different.

[How or why, he doesn't know. But considering that this is the only Heartless he can ever remember looking so human...]

Voice

[icy_heavens]

Oh good. That was quick. [Toushirou, quit being a brat.]

Voice

[darkinferno]

[It actually distracts him for a moment. Is there any possible way he can blame this on him...

Damn. Probably not.]

My fault for tempting fate, I guess.

voice;

[poisonousflame]

[fffffffffFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF]

Kinda changes some things, doesn't it?

[He just went through this bro. HE KNOWS.]

voice;

[darkinferno]

[This is all your fault. He doesn't know exactly how, but it happened right after yours did, so it's your fault. Fix it.]

Just a little bit.

Did you ever manage to make that Nobody go away?

voice;

[ursoreckless]

Did you forget or what, Riku?

voice;

[darkinferno]

[YOU TALKED TO HIM WHEN HE FIRST GOT ON THE NETWORK SHOU NOT YOU TOO]

Did I forget...? Look, I'm not Riku. Apparently I sound a lot like some guy that's already on the network, that's all.

[Video]

[charcoalfeather]

[Of all the things now. Walking shadows.]

What the hell was that?!

[voice]

[darkinferno]

It's called a Heartless.

I think... they were pretty common. There were a lot of them, at least, though I don't remember many looking like this.

text;

[schild]

Hate to say I told you so, but...

:^) Told you so.

[ He's probably (jokingly) chanting "one of us." ]

text;

[darkinferno]

You're getting a real kick out of this, aren't you?

[It's okay. He probably would be too, were the positions reversed.]

voice;

[hollowleg]

Knew it wouldn't be too long!

What the hell is that even.

voice;

[darkinferno]

[YEAH YEAH YEAH LAUGH IT UP GUYS. Dante's definitely eating his words on this one.]

It's called a Heartless. There were a lot of them, from what I remember, though this one's the only human-shaped one I recall.