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[twilightfell]

[Roxas has been running for three days now. He's shown up on the network now and then, but not for very long -- just a burst of light and a new surrounding before another plunge into darkness, flashes of him running all over the ship before his Sphere flicks off again

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[dawn_is_coming]

Roxas.

[Sora visibly struggles with what to say. He's never seen his Nobody look so broken down. They're a long, long ways away from their dreams, now]

You'll be okay. We'll be okay.

[twilightfell]

... [huffs a breath, then manages just the faintest of smiles for his Other.]

Yeah. 'm just exhausted, that's all.

[dawn_is_coming]

Maybe you can rest a little bit. Maybe you'll get a suite!

[spares him a smile, though it looks painful with a face as bruised as his]

[twilightfell]

... [gives a hoarse, very strained chuckle. he's on his way there right now.]

A cell fit for a king, huh?

[no such luck. he's tossed into his cell moments later and locked in the dark. There's only darkness on the Sphere, but it picks up Roxas's loud sigh.]

I wonder what the captain meant by temporary. [wastes no time in using a simple Fire spell, keeping a little flame hovering over his palm as he looks around]

[dawn_is_coming]

Something like that, yeah. Looks like you're stuck in the same sort of place that I'm in.

I...hope you're by yourself.

[twilightfell]

... [lets the flame go out with a huff.]

Who were you talking to, anyway? Or maybe I should say "what."

[dawn_is_coming]

I don't know. I don't know who it was, but they---they knew a lot about me.

[twilightfell]

.. like what?

[dawn_is_coming]

[he is NOT going to talk about this]

Just. Things.

[twilightfell]

Sora.

Assume it's lying, no matter how much it knows.

[dawn_is_coming]

Easier said than done.

[twilightfell]

Sora.

[There's a snarl to the way he says it, almost -- desperate.]

Riku's safe outside. I'm right here. Don't listen to it. Whatever it says has to be wrong, Sora. It has to be lying. This is probably part of our punishment -- they're just .. they're only going to try to hurt us.

[dawn_is_coming]

[something integral in Sora cracks. He bows his head, nodding]

It can't be right. It can't. Riku wouldn't...you wouldn't...yeah. It's lying.

[twilightfell]

... [his voice is very quiet when he speaks.]

Sora. Tell me what it said. About me and Riku.

[dawn_is_coming]

[shakes his head, jaw squared]

[twilightfell]

Damnit. Damnit damnit damnit.

[There's some shuffling and the sound of pieces of wood being shifted around before Roxas casts a Fira spell -- on a leg of his ill-fated chair. In the light, his expression is imploring and torn.]

Please, Sora. Let me prove it wrong. Let me help.