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[iamtherealriku]

Huh. I guess this isn't the end after all... Didn't think a heart like mine would last, but maybe I shouldn't be surprised.

Anyway, I'm guessing this thing's supposed to be used to communicate. In that case, I'd kind of like to know just where I've ended up, since I'm pretty sure Castle Oblivion wasn't anywhere near some caged city.

Comments

[masterofpuppets]

If it is the Replica.

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[masterofpuppets]

Sora? Hahahaha. Naminé's protector? The one who replaced you?

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[iamtherealriku]

He didn't replace me. Both of us were being used... but it's not her fault. It's Marluxia's.

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[masterofpuppets]

Why would you trust Sora? He has always considered you like some inferior toy, even he has showed pity toward you. Sora... used to have a friend named Riku before the recent events.

Tell me, Replica, wouldn't you like to assume Riku's place now that the real one has completely lost himself to the darkness? Wouldn't you like to stop being a bleak shadow of him?

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[iamtherealriku]

...Yeah. I want to be more than just Riku's 'copy', that's a give in... Why?

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[masterofpuppets]

Because now it is completely possible, Riku. The one you knew is no longer himself, but a slave to the darkness.

However... it is not that simple. Sora knows what has happened to Riku. He is worried. He wants to save him.

If you want to be the real Riku, you must prevent such from happening.

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[iamtherealriku]

...And suppose I did 'prevent' it. What would I have to do?

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[masterofpuppets]

Follow my orders instructions.

You must convince Sora the other Riku has completely become Ansem. And that you are the original one.

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[iamtherealriku]

Anything else I should do?

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[masterofpuppets]

As a token of your gratitude, you will be my servant assistant.

A perfect deception is what you need to be real, and I know exactly how to provide it.

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[iamtherealriku]

...Fine. I guess I have no choice. But what about Namine?

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[masterofpuppets]

Naminé. As long as you secretly keep your promise, there is no need to tell her. Correct?

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[iamtherealriku]

I guess you're right. What she doesn't know won't hurt her... besides, Real Thing's hardly himself anymore.

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[masterofpuppets]

Correct. It is almost... as if he had disappeared just for you to appear and take his place. Perhaps you are stronger than him after all, Riku. You have not succumbed to your own darkness.

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[iamtherealriku]

...Yeah. Maybe I am better than him after all...

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[masterofpuppets]

Tell me one more thing.

Do you know who I am?