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[RL, Destiny Islands, locked to Naminé and Repliku (Aphrodite can come too)]

Naminé waited on the beach, scribbling with a stick in the sand. Hypothetical lack of feelings be damned- she was nervous, and excited, and seriously considering running back to get Kairi for some moral support.

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[notemo_replica]

So... This is it, Repliku thought. At the back of his mind, he knew it was stupid. The very idea of going to Destiny Islands was stupid.

But if felt... right. Somehow.

Afraid? Perhaps but not of Riku but of how it was gonna go. What was he gonna say? How will he act when he sees her again? Where is he gonna take her to?

Funny that the first thing Repliku noticed when he arrived at the beach on his gummiship made of scrap was her. Maybe the feeling of "longing" was not "to see the beach" but in actuality "to see her".

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Naminé scuffed her drawings into oblivion and stood up, waving at the descending ship.

Oh light he's here what do I do now?

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He got off the ship as soon as it got settled on the sands- perhaps appearing too excited. In all honesty, he had to gather all his energy to keep himself from running to her and pulling her into a hug.

Okay so maybe that was an exaggeration. Needless to say, he was very happy to see her again.

"Hey," Repliku greeted awkwardly. "Long time no see."

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"L-long time no see," Naminé stammered. Yep, that "Nobodies have no emotion" spiel was shot all to hell now for sure.

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Repliku's eyes dropped to his feet. He was still standing beside the ship, wondering where the hell his words went or whatever happened to his feet's muscles.

"Uh... er...," he attempted to begin, his eyes still glued on his feet. "Why are you alone? Where're the others?"

That was a dumb conversation starter. Repliku never thought 'Nice weather we're having' would sound better than anything until now.

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Naminé couldn't make eye contact either; her gaze fixed somewhere off to the left of Repliku.

"Uh, I didn't really think they needed to come," she replied, mildly surprised. "I let Kairi know I was leaving though. Er..." She grasped for a more interesting subject. "Nice ship?"

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Repliku smiled. At least now he knows he's not the only one feeling.... awkward.

"Well I guess it's better they not see me," he said. "So... Where'd you wanna go?"

After much hesitation, he took a few steps towards Naminé.

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"Uh... anywhere, I guess. Where do you want to go?"

Naminé stepped forward, almost as hesitantly.

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He wandered but avoided falling on Namine.

"Hm... Maybe you can show me around?"

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"Okay... anything in particular you want to see?" Naminé asked. Her knowledge of Sora's memories were an asset here- he knew the islands much better than her.

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"Well, nothing in particular," he answered. He stared at the waters. "... It's more beautiful when it's real, isn't it?"

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"Yeah," Naminé agreed. "It was great in Sora's memories, but... actually seeing it all in person is something else entirely."

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Sora. Again. Repliku would've mentally ranted about that for hours if he didn't remember his promise to Kurt.

"Um... is there a paofu fruit here somewhere?" he asked, his eyes continuing to avoid Namine. "I told Kurt I'll bring one to him. I wanted him to see what it looked like."

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"Yeah, over this way..." Naminé started off in the direction of the old paopu tree.

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Repliku followed closely like a shadow. Like a shadow. He has always been the shadow.

"How's life here?"

He was obviously running out of topics. But he was willing to exhaust all his conversational skills (if he ever had any) just to make her keep talking.

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"Pretty good," Naminé said awkwardly. "Not that I have much to compare it to, huh?"

She led him up to the bridge and across to where the old, bent-over tree stood. "This is it- oh, good, there's still a few fruits left on it."