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[twilightfell]

[Unfortunately for Roxas, he'd left Riku's room by the time the next change hit. What's visible on the Sphere seems to show he's back in his own room, apparently for a supply run, from the items scattered about

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[dawnward]

[Riku's upgraded from a book to a big pillow case hastily wrapped around his waist by this point.

STILL doesn't have his glasses. but he at least heard Sasuke]

Roxas.

[twilightfell]

.... I don't like that name. Go away.

[dawnward]

[...standoffish? sounds like Roxas]

It's the only name you have.

[twilightfell]

You're lying.

..

Sora.

[dawnward]

... [how easily that causes a little pain]

Who told you that?

[twilightfell]

... he has black hair.

I li-- [wait, no he doesn't. he blinks.] .. that's the name I want.

[dawnward]

[...has to be Sasuke]

Someone else is using it, too. [sounds neutral at best, knowing he can't exactly pass judgment on Roxas, of all people]

[twilightfell]

[he just stares up at Riku with those big, big blue eyes. they're almost ridiculously bright in his small, childish face, but there's .. nothing in them. his expression is completely devoid of recognition, emotion -- he seems lacking in humanity, somehow]

... I don't like Roxas. Sora is ..

[pause]

.. better.

[dawnward]

Why?

[for some reason, Riku can't...really look away. there's something so wrong about how Roxas looks. truth be told, he's never seen a real Nobody, with no memories and no heart. clockworks put on a convincing show.

this is disturbing, deep down]

[twilightfell]

.... [he doesn't have the vocabulary for this. the memories. he looks down and presses his hands against his sheets. and he's silent for some time. then he looks up again, face as blank as ever.]

It's real.

[dawnward]

It is.

[he's not sure why he's so reluctant to even say this now. it sounds so wrong, suddenly] Roxas was the name you were given. It's yours, no one else's. Isn't that real, too?

[twilightfell]

I don't know.

... I don't understand. I should .. .. who gave me that name? Did I have .. [searches for the word] a family?

[dawnward]

[...he's not going to lie to him]

No.

[twilightfell]

... if I can't have Sora, can you give me another name?

[dawnward]

I'm not really the person to ask for a name. You need to pick one for yourself, that's yours and not somebody else's.

[twilightfell]

...