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[vi_schemer]

Wh...where am I?

No...no! The labs! I have to go back...But...I...I can't find my way. I do not know this place.

Elaeus? Even? Xehanort?

...Anyone?

[ooc: Ienzo has awakened in Zexion's room, his last memory of the heartless overwhelming Radiant Garden. He remembers Elaeus telling him to go, and he ran off...and that is all he recalls at the moment. He

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[tread_the_earth]

... This is-- This isn't what I expected.

Ienzo.

[vi_schemer]

Yes?

...E-Elaeus?

[tread_the_earth]

No, not really. ... Hm.

You were ... in the labs. So he must have just lost his heart.

None of the apprentices are here. Just what was left behind.

[vi_schemer]

But you look --

Yes, I was. What has happened here?

What was...left behind? What do you mean?

You look just like him, but how, if you are not...

[tread_the_earth]

......

I am Lexaeus; I was once Elaeus, before the Heartless experiments.

I'm afraid it's as you fear -- the Heartless overwhelmed everyone.

[vi_schemer]

That...No. That cannot be. You would be a Heartless, not in a human-like form.

But...if you are correct, that you were once Elaeus...then you would not lie to me.

What have we done?

[tread_the_earth]

I would never lie to you, Ienzo.

That's what we concluded from the early experiments. But no, sometimes a strong heart in fact creates a Heartless and another form when the heart is stolen. They are a paradox; nothingness given form. The most strong-hearted have human forms.

[vi_schemer]

No, you wouldn't. You never have.

Another form? And...and that's what happened to you? Ela -- What do you go by now?

[tread_the_earth]

It's what happened to all of us. Why am I telling him? This could... No, it's already too late, isn't it?

Lexaeus. You may call me Lexaeus. The others are here, but ... I suppose at least Xigbar is indisposed right now.

[vi_schemer]

All of...And I as well?

All of them, dead. It is as we feared, then, that when they began to go missing in the dark, that they truly were dead. And I am to suffer the same fate?

I do not think I should see some of them. I'm almost afraid of what I might witness.

[tread_the_earth]

Unfortunately, yes. Any that did not escape the Garden fell into darkness.

A wise thought. I still cannot believe he is here. ... I assume you are in Zexion's room.

[vi_schemer]

I...I see.

Zexion? Who is...oh. My name. The dead me. Yes, I believe I am. I would think so.

[tread_the_earth]

I will be by shortly, then.

... Do not be alarmed by my appearance.

[ooc: And he doesn't just mean physical... He's gonna warp right into the room. >>]

[vi_schemer]

All right.

Why would I be...?

[ooc: XDD should we put it here?]

[tread_the_earth]

*Opens a corridor of darkness, as he has not done for awhile, and steps through it; destination: Zexion's room*

[ooc: Going for it. 8D;]

[vi_schemer]

*Still sits at the terminal, at the black desk, but the odd sound forces him to turn*

...!!

*And Ienzo stands quickly, moving the chair a bit in the process, eyes wide at this, until the large man steps in...and then it's all a matter between fear and confusion*

Lex...aeus?