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[nisenosonzai]

Who: oldest7yearold and a once nisenosonzai
Where: Somewhere in Splendor?
What: Rep is curious about Luke's "twin" and decides to ask about 'im.
Warnings: Excessive derps and replicated confessions, ahoy?

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[oldest7yearold]

[Luke for once is... not patrolling. Just wandering a little, probably seeing about visiting some of his favorite haunts - in this case the Rainbow Fountain, for all his unpleasant memories about turning into a kid there. Tear had returned, come back. She didn't remember everything, and she's from after he died, but...

He shakes his head, sitting on the edge of the fountain, staring down at the multicolored waters. At the sound of footsteps though, he glances up, and sees... Oh. It's that guy, the one who helped him look for Tear and helped Asch the other day!]

H-hey!

[nisenosonzai]

[Rep looks up from his thoughts in time to see the red hair, and he chuckles a bit at himself. Figures, that he let his senses do all the talking and leading lately. He's been running on autopilot since the message on the board, not to mention the headaches.

But that was ten minutes ago. For now, focusing on the person who just called out to him.]

Hey. ...Luke, right? [Not like he can say his memory is the greatest.]

[oldest7yearold]

Yeah.

[Erm... he still doesn't know your name, and he's never been the greatest at small talk. So uh... what to do besides awkwardly sitting here...]

Oh, uh... thanks. For helping Asch the other day.

[nisenosonzai]

[He'll just being walking over, shaking his head. He doesn't really have a name.]

No problem. [A pause, and a slight fidget. He's curious about that, actually, but to bring it up when he hasn't even introduced himself-?] ... I never told you a name, did I.

[oldest7yearold]

[... oh.]

No... you didn't. Uh...

[And he'll just. Pause there, both expectantly and awkwardly. It sounded like he was going to say his name or something, right?]

[nisenosonzai]

[Yep; that.]

Normally I'd introduce myself as "Riku," but that isn't me. [He smirks faintly, seeing that awkward.] ...Call me Mera. It's as good as anything.

[oldest7yearold]

[... well that's a really funny way of putting something... ]

Okay... [He frowns a little in thought. Wait, hold on a sec. Wasn't Riku...] Wait... aren't you a friend of Sora's?

[nisenosonzai]

[Yes, yes it is. Not like it matters, though. At the last sentence however, his expression hardens. ...Guilt?]

... The real thing is, yeah. I wouldn't consider myself one.

[oldest7yearold]

[At that sentence, Luke's face hardens a little as well, though for a different reason.]

Real thing? What's that supposed to mean?

[There's a faint feeling of presentiment though. If only Luke had actually met Riku face-to-face at some point, it might've been a bit more than faint. But after spending so many months questioning if he was the "real Luke" or not...]

[nisenosonzai]

[He just can't keep it a secret, can he? Rep sighs, not quite meeting his gaze.]

I'm a replication; a fake-

[Not better-- A phony; a fake!

A fake me--

He places a hand to his forehead, willing the headache to stop.]

1/idk

[oldest7yearold]

[So wait, he was a-]

2/i'll let you know

[oldest7yearold]

[oldest7yearold]

[But that was... how was that possible? Jade was the one who'd come up with fomicry... but...]

[oldest7yearold]

[This was stupid. It wasn't like he was the only replica that ever existed or anything - there were literally thousands back on Auldrant. Hated, unwanted, protected by Peony and Ingobert and Daath but hated by most of the rest of the world...

He wasn't even alone in Splendor, not with Ion here.

But still...]

DONE

[oldest7yearold]

[He has to ask. Has to be sure.]

You... You're a replica...?

[There's no accusation or anger in his voice, only pure shock, and the beginning of something else, too.]

*applauds* ... 1/I'll let you know. :|

[nisenosonzai]

[Because of other worlds, and thus not only making it probable, but possible.]