The Last Man On Earth [Closed]

[iamaman_punch]

Characters: Linkara and Eraqus
Time: The end of the disappearances
Location: The center of the city i.e. the ruined Chicago Cultural Center
Content: About time these two had a conversation, huh.
Format: Prose
Warnings: Not really?

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[hiptobe_eraqus]

The city was not completely empty yet...there was, at least, one Keyblade Master left wandering the streets, keeping away from the edge where the city was vanishing. By this point, he was practically wishing that he would also vanish. The thought of never seeing his students again in this way was far worse than the unknown of what lay beyond this city.

But mostly, he just felt immensely burdened. He couldn't do anything for his students, or for anyone else. It felt, once again, like he'd failed them all. How could such darkness be fought, let alone defeated?

In his walking, he stumbled across something he wasn't expecting at all...one person still left. Linkara was sitting, reading a comic book, as if he wasn't paying attention to any of this at all. It was downright surreal, although mostly Eraqus just felt glad that he was not utterly alone.

"Linkara. You are still here?" he said, leaving it as more of a question to this whole situation than a question to Linkara.

[iamaman_punch]

The footsteps were a welcome distraction from the sounds of destruction and the even louder silence, and Linkara looked up to see Eraqus coming his way. Looked like he wasn't the last one here after all.

"Seems that way," he replied, closing his comic and setting it on the bench next to him. "I figure everyone else is probably gone by now, though." He avoided specifics - the Keyblade Master looked like he'd been through his own little version of hell, so Linkara's assumption that Terra and Aqua were already gone was probably spot-on.

[hiptobe_eraqus]

As a matter of fact, Linkara's assumption was spot on. Perhaps there was someone else left in the city, but Eraqus didn't know who or where anymore. "Yes," he said, and didn't elaborate.

He was still a little confused by the comic, though. "...So you are just reading?" Even if he felt he had no one to look for, just sitting and reading comics seemed like an odd thing to do at a time like this.

[iamaman_punch]

Linkara wasn't expecting much more than that. It looked like it hurt too much either which way.

He quirked an eyebrow at Eraqus' question. "There's nobody else here, there are no more answers to find, I've done everything I can with all the information I have, and I see no reason to worry about something I can't affect right now. What else is there to do?" He shrugged, nodding towards the comic. "Plus, it's a good one. One of my favorite runs."