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[caliginose]

Dear friends. Dearer enemies.

[ A familiar and not-familiar voice. The darkened city skyline. For those that know it, Xehanort's home is recognizable, though the view is not from the porch this time, or even from the second floor balcony. The speaker is perched on the roof, standing tall and steady against a howling wind. At the edges of the

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[walkthedawn]

[Riku stares. And stares. And for a long time, he could swear he hears his heart stop beating as he watches the video feed. The look he has on his face is one of absolute horror.]

What have you done? Give him back!

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[caliginose]

Riku, Riku, Riku.

[ Turns the NV so he can face it - face Riku - properly. ] You had to have known. This was an inevitable conclusion.

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[walkthedawn]

[His eyes immediately narrow in anger.]

Give him back, Xehanort. He is not yours to take.

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[caliginose]

He is mine to have and you, all of you, despite all of your efforts and all of your promises, accomplished...what is the word?

Oh. Yes.

Nothing.

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[pullsheavendown]

No way.

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[madeinoblivion]

He didn't...

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[pullsheavendown]

That's not Terra!

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[walkthedawn]

Roxas, go get Ven and Aqua. Now.

[voice]

[mentis_reae]

...What, precisely, have you done?

[voice]

[caliginose]

What you were always so skeptical of, Mr. Edgeworth.

The heart is a malleable thing and, with it, the rest of an individual's existence.

[voice]

[mentis_reae]

Xehanort. [He clenches his teeth.] This isn't just...youth that you've attained, is it.

[voice]

[walkthedawn]

No, it's not. He's taken possession of Terra's body.

[voice]

[caveatwalls]

[Byron. Sherlock never thought of him as sounding sinister before, but this clearly changed.]

Renovating, I see. [In more ways than one. Sherlock still keeps his voice even.]

[voice]

[caliginose]

It was due time.

[ Inclines his head. ] Are you going to add your voice of protest to the others?

[caveatwalls]

That depends. Are you planning on plunging the Port into Darkness?

[caliginose]

That my be an unfortunate side effect of my actions, yes.

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[walkthedawn]

Ven, don't. Go get Aqua.

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[caliginose]

You must know better than that, Ventus.