[Ninth] Moonrise: Video ⇥ Guilt

[beforemoonfall]

[When the SFC flickers on this time, Isa is sitting in the hallway. He doesn't filter it, he can't find the emotional strength to. He's too distraught, too torn up inside. To the point where he's afraid to look in a mirror for fear of seeing golden eyes or something. So as he holds the SFC, it shakes and is otherwise unsteady.]...V-Ven's gone. 'S

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[limitless_land]

[So many people hurt by this one action... it makes Riku shake his head in sadness. Isa... Even though it's not for the same half, he knows what you mean so, so much right now.]

...I'm sorry.

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[beforemoonfall]

[...He's thankful for the sentiment, but...]

...Maybe I shouldn't exist...

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[limitless_land]

[...Those words, he doesn't shrink away, or react in any way visibly. He's been there, done that. Knows how much it hurts, knows this wish to just fade away. Forgive him for being blunt, because it's really the only way to get this across.]

Answer me this, then: Do you think Ventus went to face Vanitas with the others for a friend who shouldn't exist?

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[beforemoonfall]

...If I didn't exist, then none of them would have gone. And Ven would be--

[Alive.]

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[limitless_land]

And what about the others around you; your family back home, your friends here. How would they feel if you suddenly vanished without a trace? Stopped existing?

There's no way to tell what would happen outside this place for him, so don't assume that it's all because of you. Ven had a good heart filled with light. Death here is meaningless, because we'll come back. Ventus will come back.

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[beforemoonfall]

It doesn't change the fact that he didn't have to die!

[Ven's too good for that. He should be the one who's dead.]

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[limitless_land]

There's no changing the past.

[His voice is stern, his gaze even moreso. No more hiding his eyes ad he stares at the little Somebody of the Nobody he hates so much. To think this kid turns into a monster... No, he won't think that way.]

He chose to face his darkness knowing full well what the cost could be because he cares for you as a friend. Wishing you were dead instead is understandable but a disgrace to his memory.

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[beforemoonfall]

[...Ouch.

Isa doesn't say anything, just throws the SFC into the wall he's facing. Yeah, it's gonna take a bit for him to get over the pain enough for those words to actually take hold.]

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[limitless_land]

[Brutal honesty. He knows how to dish it out when necessary. He hears and sees that clang as the other SFC hits the wall. Right now... he could almost care less if it hurt him more than that.

Riku remains silent, watching just in case.]

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[beforemoonfall]

[Isa's not going to pick the SFC up any time soon. Eventually, the feed cuts itself out.]