[Rep isn't even paying attention to the SFC at this point; he's been grudgingly patched up by Mami and is now trying desperately to get the appearance of Zexion to go away at the edge of the city, somewhere he thinks no one will come looking for him.
When his efforts routinely fail, and he realizes all he's doing is expending magical power, he starts to get vocal - and angry.]
[It's just too bad that another figure was nearby, hood up to disguise both appearance and scent. However, it doesn't cause him to be blind nor deaf. That scent...
He just stares from the shadows a moment, eyebrow raised.] What isn't working?
[Shock doesn't begin to describe his expression - hood down, he spins to face the voice while going into a defensive pose. However, he stares a bit longer, smells a bit longer, and then his eyes go wide.]
[There's no words just yet, only a few steps as golden eyes linger on the figure before him. Exactly like the Nobody he hates and yet... That longer spell between the two--the silence--it's enough to tell the difference. Disappointment. And here he hoped that at least he would be spared of this.]
I suppose that depends on your definition of "again."
[There's none of the calm or deliberate thinking of Zexion in Rep's voice. It'd take a lot more than a change of body to make him sound like The Cloaked Schemer.]
Just- [His body started to glow with Illusion magic.] Just leave me alone, alright?
'I don't want you to see me like this - stuck like this.'
[Lowering the hood, it's all he can do to keep his expression schooled into a neutral one. "Ansem" notices far too easily the differences, and while he's mastered the same speech patterns and abilities as the Heartless there is but one difference.]
Calm down. Frustration will only make it worse.
[--Damn that random, incredibly vague sense of compassion.]
[He stops dead in his tracks, recognizing this scene far too well. He remembers the hatred, the anger directed at the person this power originally belongs to and in a sense, still does. With the both of them here, however... he has to wonder just how this would effect the two different entities. One he despised with the entirety of this being he resided in, and the other...]
[He sighs, shaking his head before approaching again to kneel down beside the younger of the two. Yet he still refrains from reaching out, almost as if he's afraid he'll...]
Then you shouldn't regret what comes of it. Who knows? Maybe once this is over, you'll find a way out of this.
[There's a faint hint of a chuckle that's quickly covered by a cough. Goddamn the horrid that is this voice...! Yet the faint amusement behind the amber is still rather apparent.]
There's a limit on what power alone can accomplish.
Oh spare me. [He stands up.] Don't tell me you got his mouth along with that face? [Then he crosses his arms and turns away.] What else could possibly fix this?
[Angry, he turns around again with a slashing motion.] Your situation is different from mine. Maybe power can't fix why that keeps happening to you. And maybe power can fix why this has happened to me once.
[He shakes slightly with silent laughter the moment he turned away. It really was like a younger him in this case, and it reminds him of how much of a brat he once was.] If I got his mouth, all that would be coming out of it is "blah blah darkness blah blah abyss."
[He tilts his head to the side faintly, then waves it off to the side.] I only hope you're right and that it doesn't get worse.
When his efforts routinely fail, and he realizes all he's doing is expending magical power, he starts to get vocal - and angry.]
Arg... rah! No... NO! WHY ISN'T IT WORKING?!
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He just stares from the shadows a moment, eyebrow raised.] What isn't working?
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... Not again...
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I suppose that depends on your definition of "again."
[Caden...]
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Just- [His body started to glow with Illusion magic.] Just leave me alone, alright?
'I don't want you to see me like this - stuck like this.'
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Calm down. Frustration will only make it worse.
[--Damn that random, incredibly vague sense of compassion.]
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[He steps back once, and collapses into a kneeling position.]
If I'd known this would happen...
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Did you have a choice?
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... But I wanted to hurt it, as much as I possibly could. And I knew what he was capable of - what I was capable of if channeled his power.
I don't know how this came from doing that.
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Then you shouldn't regret what comes of it. Who knows? Maybe once this is over, you'll find a way out of this.
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[Sorry bro, you lost him and he doesn't follow logic trains well on the best of days.]
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[As for answering, he points up. The kraken, genius.]
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I'm not going to just wait for it to go away like last time. I have his powers; I should be able to fix this.
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There's a limit on what power alone can accomplish.
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[Angry, he turns around again with a slashing motion.] Your situation is different from mine. Maybe power can't fix why that keeps happening to you. And maybe power can fix why this has happened to me once.
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[He tilts his head to the side faintly, then waves it off to the side.] I only hope you're right and that it doesn't get worse.
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