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[seasaltkey]

[A screen pops up and at first nothing is seen, though the noise of something rubbing against the screen is plainly heard. There's a muffled voice before whatever was rubbing against it was pulled away. There's now a blond haired boy on the screen, a blue bird with cloud like wings on his shoulder.]

Doesn't look like the fall broke it, Sky... Huh? It's on?

[The boy stood straighter and looked around.]

I guess we can send a message this way.

[He looks down at the screen again as his little friend chirps.]

If anyone can hear this, can you tell me what's going on? This lady said she was my mom, and there was this old guy who gave me a red and white ball and talked about Pokémon. Is that what Sky is? She just looks like a bird with clouds for wings.

[Sky objects to this and chirps shrilly into her trainer's ears. This causes the boy to drop the device, which promptly lands on the grass. Now there's just a view of the sky and muffled grumbling.]

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[freshprints]

Ah. You've just arrived, then?

What did the lady and old guy tell you, when they spoke with you?

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[seasaltkey]

[There's a scramble for the gear and the boy looks at the screen. Oh!]

You can see me?

[He then blinks before he answers the questions. Did she know about this place?]

Yeah. That lady was mad at me for sleeping in, she gave me a bag, and chased me out of the house. The old guy kept talking about adventure, Pokémon, and handed me Sky in a ball. Is that normal?

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[freshprints]

There's a camera at the top of your device; that's what's recording you at the moment.

[...]

And I'm not sure if you'd call it "normal", but it seems to be standard among people who arrive here unexpectedly.

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[seasaltkey]

[He checks it out and nods. So cool... they didn't have anything like this in Twilight Town.]

So I'm not the only one?

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[shatterings]

[ Well, there's a face Naminé hasn't seen in a while. For a few long moments, the video rolls while Naminé stares. How could Roxas be here, is her first thought. It's not until she manages to find something to say that she remembers people come from different timelines. So this Roxas... he's in his Twilight Town clothes. So this isn't Roxas from his time in the Organization. This is Roxas from his time in Twilight Town.

It almost doesn't feel real. Naminé's other actual friend from her world is here. ]

... Roxas? [ It's said tentatively, like she's afraid he'll disappear.

And then when she gets another moment to think, she remembers Xion, and how Xion had asked how Roxas was doing when Naminé first arrived. And if Naminé doesn't remember Xion aside from Johto, then that must mean... Roxas won't remember her, either, because Xion had also said she'd disappeared.

Her heart aches. ]

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[seasaltkey]

[Ah! Someone he knows! That wasn't expected, but he felt happy to see a friend!]

Naminé! You're here too?

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[shatterings]

[ He definitely remembers her, yes. Naminé gives him a shaky smile. ]

Yes. I didn't think I'd see you here.

[scoutingangel]

[First thing on this reply is a giant blue bird with cloud like wings, who is happily chirping at seeing the tinier version of herself on the other side of this conversation! Hello baby~!]

What did you find?

[It's the voice of a girl -- who peeks to the screen soon after the bird, just to hear what he says about Sky and bird with clouds for wings. Ohh, well that explains why her bird is so excited.]

Ah, yours is a Swablu. This is her grown up form, Altaria, though they call it evolving here.

[seasaltkey]

[!!!!! Sky chirps happily at the bigger version of herself, flapping her little wings like crazy. Roxas looked at the screen and his eyes widened.]

Whoa! Really? Sky is gonna turn into that?

[He looks at his little Swablu in awe.]

That's so cool...

[scoutingangel]

[Gosh, Swablus are adorable. Maybe she should get one of them later just because. Meanwhile her bird here isn't flapping her wings because they're so huge, that she'd just get Petra show some fierce temper... But instead she's chirping, or more like singing, even more here. The girl gives a laugh at their cute reactions.]

Yeah, really. You just need to train Sky to level 35 at least and then she can turn into this.

[They're both kind of looking at the tiny bird too!]

Did you hear about types? Each pokemon is some type, or two like these birds, and some pokemon like Swablu switch types when they evolve. Right now she's a Normal/Flying but Altaria is Dragon/Flying, so they become much stronger too!

[Nothing wrong with Normal either, but ... Dragons!]

[heartdive]

ROXAS!

[ sorry man. he's just pretty happy to see ya. ]

[seasaltkey]

[No. No. No. No. NO.]

Y-You're Sora.... wait... are you?

[He looks... older...]

[heartdive]

Yeah... I don't really expect you to remember me at this point.

[ and behind him? a fluffy bird. an Altaria that looks pretty anxious... even though Sora is pushing him away. ]

I've kinda been here for a while.

[ years, in fact! ]

[islandshore]

[On this end we have... a mouth.

A zigzagging mouth attached to some big, purple gas thing. As it backs away, it becomes evident just how huge this thing is. A 5'3'' floating head with disembodied hands...

Haunters are ridiculous. Phantom's no exception, but it's been a while since he's seen a Sora-shaped thing, so now he's cackling and rubbing his hands together and pulling his eyes out of their sockets and--]

That's enough outta you.

[Riku swipes the 'Gear, giving the feed a once-over. While the spiky blonde hair gives him hopeful pings for a certain apprentice, realization soon hits that it's not Ven, but someone else.]

Heh. Back again, Roxas? But I guess you wouldn't remember any of that.

[seasaltkey]

[That's not what Roxas thought he would see. It scares Sky enough where she hides behind her trainer. Scary!]

Back? I've never been here!

[islandshore]

Technically you have. It's just a) been a while, and b) you obviously don't remember.

[He shrugs, while the Haunter hovers behind him, cackling.]

Might not make sense, but nothing here does.

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

Calm down, okay? You're right, that bird is a Pokemon, and so is every other animal around here.

[...]

And that lady calls herself everyone's mom. It's kind of weird.

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[seasaltkey]

[Roxas sighs and nods.]

I-I'm a lot calmer now. She just likes to chirp loudly.

[It's not like he has a mom.]

... can I ask you a question? Can you hear music?

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

Birds like to make noise. You should get used to it.

[She started out with a Murkrow. The fun never ends.>]

...Ah. [She gives a little nod.] Yeah, that's normal. You'll just faze it out, eventually.

[video] scuse me just poppin in late

[faintwaves]

[Well.

Xion's happy to see Roxas, of course. That means now he's away from the Organization, from the rules of their world that prohibits them all from existing at the same time. He can be happy here along with...

Not her. He doesn't know her anymore. That's the way it's supposed to be. That's what she expected, accepted when she faded away after her sacrifice.]

You've probably got the answers to most of your questions by now...but I can answer any others if you want.

[Roxas.

No, she can't say his name. It hurts too much and he'll get confused in that Roxas way that he does.]

The Swablu line, what Sky is, they're very affectionate. My evolved one always wants hugs and stuff. They also sing pretty songs when they're happy.

[video] it's all good!

[seasaltkey]

[This girl looks just like Naminé. Except for the black hair. Coincidence?

He'll ask about it later. For now he nods, though still looking somewhat confused.]

Yeah, but not a lot of it makes sense.

[Sky chirps in agreement. She loves hugs.]

Really? Is she supposed to want to clean me, too?

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[faintwaves]

...Yeah. Their wings are like cotton, right? They like cleaning things, too, I guess that's just another way they show affection to you.

Just wait until she gets bigger. The hugs will get even more fluffy.

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[friendyousohard]

Ventus! I'm so glad to see you, even if you-

[She stops. A couple details start standing out to her. Like the shade of his hair. And his eyes.]

Ah... you aren't who I thought you were, are you?

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[seasaltkey]

[Now he has people calling him by a different name?]

I don't know anyone named Ventus... I'm Roxas.

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[friendyousohard]

Sorry. You just look a great deal like a friend of mine... if it weren't for your hair and eye color you could be identical twins.