two locks.

[sunkenlight]

[Roxas appears on the Plane, a strange weapon in his hands. He seems about ready to relax from his fighting pose when out of the ground comes a creature as black as night, with eyes glowing like the full moon.

Immediately, he tenses.] It followed me!?

[Shortly after, two more Shadows and a Soldier make themselves known, the latter making awful

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[lamb_of_gold]

[What.]

Friends of yours?

[sunkenlight]

... no.

[lamb_of_gold]

What were they, then?

[Yes Roxas. The last you saw of this boy, he was twelve.]

[sunkenlight]

[Yep. He's realizing that.] They were... Heartless...

... Mu?

[lamb_of_gold]

I see.

Yes?

[sunkenlight]

You're bigger.

[lamb_of_gold]

I know. This is how I should be.

[sunkenlight]

Should be?

[lamb_of_gold]

[Nods] The twins sometimes think it very amusing to meddle in our personal lives. That is the second time I'd been returned to my past in such a manner.

[sunkenlight]

You mean like time travel...?

[lamb_of_gold]

I suppose it is somewhat.

The baby I found is nearly ten, now.

[sunkenlight]

Then he was okay... I'm glad.

[lamb_of_gold]

Mmm.

Now, tell me of these 'heartless'.

[sunkenlight]

Right. They're creatures made from the darkness inside peoples' hearts.

[lamb_of_gold]

Such things can exist?

[sunkenlight]

Yeah. Definitely.