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[ensnarled]

[The PDA turns on with a crash, spinning for a second before it reveals the crooked image of a tall, shadowed figure, one that currently has his fist slammed into the wall. The entire room is in a mess, like someone either had a fit of rage or, well, was attacked

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[holystarseeker]

[Mickey has been trying to figure out what's going on all day, but --

Oh, fuck.]

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[holystarseeker]

[Stairs, stairs, stairs -- until there is a well placed 'thunk' on the door as Mickey opens it, breathless.

He had sort of hoped that he had mistaken what he saw in the camera, but --

Shit.]

Riku?

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[ensnarled]

[By the time Mickey makes it up the stairs, Riku at least has his furniture back in place now that the rage fit's been officially calmed. Figuring out he'd been recorded kind of did that.

So, as the King comes in, he's in the middle of pulling up his hood, pausing only for a moment before finishing the action.]

... The blindfold doesn't work anymore.

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[holystarseeker]

[He's silent for a moment, watching Riku pull the hood over his head.]

... we'll figure out how to make it right again.

video; because dickwad here won't tell her his room number

[permaneolumen]

[She jumps a little at the sound of the crash, snatching the PDA from it's dormant spot upon her bed to see what the source was. Someone was upset.
Granted she couldn't blame them. It seemed everyone was; was this some sort of cruel joke? She'd been home so briefly, back on the beach, basking in the sun as she waited, watched the sky for her friends.

And then she'd been back here again. Kairi wouldn't admit to holing herself up for a good hour to simply cry out her frustration; she was bigger than that. But the lingering evidence isn't quite faded from her face when she goes from being concerned, to... Well. She knows that face. Knows who it is, though it takes her a moment to make her decision between the two options. Her heart nearly skips a beat and a half.]

Riku...

[She was on the edge of her bed already, muscles tensed but-- There was nothing she could do. She had no idea where he was; which room he was in. She couldn't go to him.]

video; WELP. :|a

[ensnarled]

[At the sound of Kairi's voice, he freezes. Of all people, she would know this face, would see it and know who it was. Not him. But the thing lurking in his heart. The monster he was, if this was anything to go by, destined to become.

But... she said his name. Not Ansem's, and it sounded more... concerned than panicked.

So, after a moment, he glances towards the PDA, taking in the face looking back at him, knowing that despite the hood and the shadows in the room, she could probably see him... could see the tanned skin, the angular face, the long, white hair.]

... No. Not anymore.

[I'm no one. Just a creature of the Darkness.]

video; le huff

[permaneolumen]

[And she tries really hard, but there's a visible fall in her expression. No, that wasn't right. It was him, even behind that. She-- It just was.]

No.. Riku, you're wrong. You're still you, no matter what. [She taps at her heart briefly, wishing desperately she were there to make him look at her dead on.]

In here. You're still Riku.

[And she bites her tongue. She wants to see him, wants to ask to see him- but he'd already turned her down once. Was this what he meant by having things to take care of?]

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[ensnarled]

No, I--

[He stops, turning completely away from the PDA's screen, moving so he's barely visible against the shadows of the room. Where he belongs.

Where he's always belonged.

This isn't a split-second decision. This is something he's resigned himself to ever since the shifts started happening. The day that he couldn't hold it back with the blindfold, the day that he lost his original form for what seemed to be forever...

He would cast aside his name, too.]

That name doesn't suit me, not anymore. Regardless of what I am.

[theloneheir]

Riku?

[ensnarled]

[He narrows his eyes - gold now, but covered mostly by the shadow of his hood - at the screen before a heavy sigh escapes him.]

It's a minor set back.

[theloneheir]

The hell happened?

[ensnarled]

[He cast away himself into the Darkness to win a fight, that's what happened :|a ]

.... Five minutes can be a long time.

[tothelastbreath]

[That's Riku's room, but the man standing in it is―]

...Mister Riku?

[ensnarled]

[Ah... the exorcist? Allen, if his memory wasn't completely failing on him. But... hn. Might as well practice this with someone who doesn't know what's going on.

Especially if he's to live like this from now on.]

No... my name is Ansem.

[Dun dun dun! He's way too dramatic sometimes.]

[tothelastbreath]

[He's pretty sure you aren't supposed to come back as another person, but...]

Well, you're in his room. What happened to him?