# 001

[darkshield]

What's this? A piece of DiZ's machine? He did say that anything could happen, but...

Well, WHAT happened? Did I just blow up too? I've got my true form back... and I can't open paths!

What's going on?! Where am I?

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[baixin]

Oh my. Um, hello.

My name is Takiko--and you're new here.

Was that a time travel machine you were talking about?

[darkshield]

But what's "here"?

No. T'was a machine intended to convert Kingdom Hearts into data. I was in The World That Never Was just minutes ago... and it blew up, and now I'm...

Takiko. Never heard of you before. Is this Xemnas' doing? Are you with him?

[baixin]

This place is called the City. I was taken from another world and am stuck here, as well.

Convert.. what? I don't understand what you are speaking of, but.. this isn't my world, either.

Who? No. I'm from Japan--I've never heard of this Xemnas.

[darkshield]

Who controls this place?

Kingdom Hearts, it's... I don't have time to explain. I need to get out of here. Good thing you don't know him, but if you were to cross his path, do yourself a favor and stay away from him.

[concept_killer]

Having fun yet?

[darkshield]

Am I supposed to? Who are you? What happened!

[concept_killer]

No, I guess you aren't supposed to. I had to check and see how much of a moron you were, first. You never know.

[darkshield]

Why, looking for a friend you could relate to? Should have kept that question to yourself. You're not helping any.

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[seasidesky]

It's-- You're--

[seasidesky]

You're talking about Ansem the Wise-DiZ, right? Not a DiZ from another world? And you're talking about the paths and forms so...

[seasidesky]

Riku!

[darkshield]

Sora! Geez, how many DiZ d'you know?

How did we end up here? Are Donald and Goofy with you too? Kairi?

[ourdenouement]

It's worse than blowing up.

[darkshield]

I'm starting to realize that. Just how many of us are stuck here?

[baixin]

Several hundred.

[darkshield]

All from different worlds?

Have I done... everything in vain?

[slightly_screwy]

You're in the City.

It's apparently the nexus of a rather severe temporal and spatial anomaly, but having just arrived here myself, I'm afraid my knowledge past this is limited.

[darkshield]

Yeah, so I was told.

Not like the worlds needed any more screwing up. Guess it's not over yet.

[slightly_screwy]

In my experience, if it's possible for something to be... screwed up further, it will be. What do they call it? Murphy's law? Or perhaps 'no rest for the wicked'.

[darkshield]

I should have known. Darkness never sleeps.