savetheearth | 02 ✭ video/voice; iphone

[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.]

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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.

Edited (i typed better on no sleep what is this nonsense) 2013-12-31 00:29 (UTC)

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.]

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]

Edited (one letter sure does make a difference) 2013-12-31 03:31 (UTC)

[A small snort.]

I think I know who you mean.

So far it hasn't done anything, but I remember what it was capable of.

[So why is it acting like this? Dante is the most suspicious.]

Regarding it as hostile then?

[He certainly won't argue with that, considering it's weird.

Really damn weird]

I don't know. [He eyes it. It doesn't really seem to be doing anything.] It definitely was, but I'd think if it was going to attack, it would've done so by now. These things weren't exactly subtle.

I'll have to take your word for it.

[Because well, the only enemies he remembers were in giant robots]

Does it have any reaction toward you?

None.

Well, that's not entirely true. Like I said, I woke up with it hovering. It's definitely aware.

Aside from that, it's not doing anything more than what I showed before.

At least it's not actively attacking then.

Although it's a good idea to keep an eye on...whatever it is.

Yeah, at least until I can get it to go away.

[Pause.]

This sort of thing happen often? First that Nobody, now a Heartless...

Not familiar with the terms, but doesn't strike as unusual.

After all, we get random crap out of nowhere. Why not creatures?

[He almost can't believe he's saying that, but you know, it's true]

Receiving echoes of things is a lot different than bringing back something alive, though. Plus, the ones I've seen so far have been enemies, not allies. What good is it to echo back something that'll just work against us?

[Although Axel seems to have been able to control the Nobody to an extent. Still though.]

I guess the short answer's that not everything in our "pasts" was friendly.

[Traumatic memories really aren't good for anybody, but don't seem uncommon. He's reluctant to name that example, however]

Maybe the point is to deal with it. If it's an enemy, the point could be to dispatch it.

[Yeah, Dante's not convinced. On the one hand, if it's supposed to be an enemy to dispatch, it's a really easy fight. Should be. ...so long as it doesn't go berserk the instant he attacks it. But on the other hand, it's not listening to his instructions either.

Who honestly even knows, with this. He's giving up questioning it.]

You could be right.

I just hope it doesn't become a trend. Waking up to these guys would get old fast.

[Yes, that's a joke. A bad one, but hey, he tried, right?]

Couldn't have house guests at any rate.

At least it wasn't attacking when you woke up.

[Could've been worse, right?]

02 ✭ video/voice; iphone

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