23rd roar [ text ]; backdated to the morning of the 24th

[usedroar]

[ Guess who saw the feed first thing upon waking and nearly flipped his shit? Yep. He flips it open to make some calls. ]

The empty base, and now this. Whatever it is they've got planned, it'll be best to stay on our guard.

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[newhero]

[he'll be calling back a few hours later on account of sleeping in this morning-- partly because of having such a rough day yesterday, and partly because he's just Sora.]

Leon? I'm all right.

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[usedroar]

[ A tiny, soft puff of relief. ]

I'm glad to hear it. Looks like Team Rocket is stepping up.

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[newhero]

[silence. there's a noise that sounds a bit like Sora is scuffing his shoe against the floor.]

Yeah. There wasn't really... a whole lot I was able to do, either.

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[usedroar]

Don't worry too much about it. From the looks of things, everyone was in the same boat.

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[newhero]

I know, I just-- I really, really hate feeling helpless, that's all. It's just like what happened a while back, when--

[... wait. what did happen a while back? ....... something about a castle, right? wasn't he in a castle once?]

[huh. it's probably nothing important.]

Uh. Well, I would have been in a world of trouble if I didn't know how to fight people bigger than me without a Keyblade.

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[usedroar]

It's good to know Lightning's training didn't go to waste. A while back when what?

[ He thinks Sora's referring to something in Johto. ]

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[newhero]

It didn't! I'll have to thank her later on.

And, uh-- it was just something that happened back home, I think.

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[usedroar]

Back home?

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[newhero]

Right, back home!

... I think it was back home, anyway. I dunno, I must need more sleep or something, my brain's kind of fuzzy.

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[usedroar]

You think?

[ Okay, now this is just confusing. Leon thought he knew about all of Sora's adventures? ]

You don't...remember...?

[ And that just. Punches him in the gut. The book; the memories. This must be what Sora was worried about. ]

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[newhero]

-- No, no, I didn't forget! [there's an edge in those words that is teetering on the brink of panic.]

You know how you sometimes know something, and it's right on the tip of your tongue, but for whatever reason your brain's just not making the connection? That's exactly what it is-- I remember losing my Keyblade and feeling helpless back home, I'm just. I can't remember where and when that happened.

Right this second, that is. [with a determined note.] It's kind of stupid of me.

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[usedroar]

You don't remember Hollow Bastion, Sora?

[ How is that...even possible... ]

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[newhero]

[utter silence.]

[the name clicks right back into place in Sora's brain after Leon says it, just like he'd said, like he'd figured. but something in Leon's question turns his stomach into knots.]

[some memories are nigh impossible to lose, and he now knows that this is one of them. he'll throw himself at remembering properly soon enough, but right now he just feels sick.]

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[newhero]

I... think I need to go lie down for a while, Leon.

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[usedroar]

[ hfgjkssd SOUNDING SUPER WORRIED RIGHT NOW ]

Sora...

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[newhero]

-- It's all right! I'm probably just overly tired, that's all.

[the latter part's probably true, at least, but Sora can't navigate this river of denial for very long. it's not in his nature; he can't just sit back and let losing his memories happen without confronting it.]

[after a moment he speaks up again.]

Leon? [now he just sounds scared.] We're... not going to forget each other here, are we?