[The NV flickers to life with a small amount of static before it clears up to display a dark figure peering down into the lens. His face is obscured by a heavy black hood so any 'emotions' are pretty difficult to determine until he finally decides to speak.]So, uh... I dunno if this thing is working or not but I guess I'm a newbie or something
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Demyx? It's you, isn't it?
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...what?
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...I'm sort of uh... Well, how do I put this? Not-alive?
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...oh. [In truth, he'd suspected.] Sorry.
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Yeah... Kinda a bad idea on their part to send a guy who can't fight.
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I guess they were pretty shorthanded after we left.
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[And he should end it there, but even though they weren't exactly friends and the Organization has definitely become his enemies, Roxas can't forget that Demyx never did anything bad to him or Xion.]
Nothing against you, but the Organization was using me. And I'm done with that.
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[Definitely not the second or third time, either. During his first two months he'd always slink off and disappear for a few days before he either got bored or someone came to drag him back to the castle.]
...If it's any consolation dude, I'm sorry.
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[Not as far to go in this world.]
Thanks. And...me too.
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[A small laugh.]
Nobody lives forever, right?
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[His shoulders relax after another tense moment.]
Right. No one does. This world's kind of like a second chance, though.
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A second chance?
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[Mr. Lazy Mission Guy.]
A lot of people in this world don't have a place to go back to.
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[Mr. Over-achiever.]
...Wow. That... That kinda bites. What happened to their worlds?
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[Just plain Mr. Achiever, man.]
No, I mean...they can't go back because they wouldn't exist there anymore.
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