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[got_it_memorizd]

[The feed clicks on and we can see an image of a man's face. His bright eyes are wide with something like curiosity, and he's kind of grinning as he turns the device in his hands with a low whistle.]

Man, this is way fancier than any equipment I ever got at work. It's the swankiest walkie-talkie I've ever seen! [He gives an amused laugh, then

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[pullsheavendown]

[For a moment, Roxas can't even breathe. He's missed Axel for months now, and kept going all the same. The sense of his absence has been a constant thing, often pushed back but never gone completely.

And just like that, it's over. He's here.]

Axel?

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[got_it_memorizd]

[There's a beat of silence as an image of pretty much the last person he expected to find here pops up on the screen. He stares a moment, his jaw sliding slightly ajar--am I being punked? When he said they'd meet again in the next life, he never really expected it to happen.]

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[got_it_memorizd]

[Another moment of staring and then he regains his poise, but he's unable to keep the grin off his face.]

Well well~ fancy meeting you here.

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[pullsheavendown]

[Axel's never been the easiest person to read, but Roxas knows him better than most, and he thinks he knows something of what his best friend is thinking. A tentative grin spreads across his own face.]

Y-yeah, it's...you just got here? Are you at the apartments?

[ninthserenade]

...Axel?

[Okay, that's gotta be his eyes messing with him. Maybe he's hanging out at the club for too long...]

[got_it_memorizd]

[Now there's a face he never thought he'd see again. Not that he thought he'd be seeing any faces, really, what with being dead and all. Go figure.]

D-Demyx? Is that you?

[ninthserenade]

[Talk about blasts from the past, huh? He actually has to rub both eyes and blink a few times before he picks up his NV to get a closer look.]

Y-Yeah? But... Is that really you, Axel?

[got_it_memorizd]

Well, if you're really you, I think I'm really me, but I guess I could be wrong. [He's suddenly not really sure of anything.] I ah... thought I heard you'd, you know... kicked the bucket.

[But then... he kinda kicked the bucket, and here he is.]

[madeinoblivion]

Oh.

[Have one less than thrilled replica, stating the obvious in a flattened tone.]

You again.

There's ice cream in lots of places. You just have to look for yourself.

[got_it_memorizd]

[It takes him a moment to realize this isn't Riku. Sure, Riku's kind of a jerk sometimes, but he wasn't usually caustic. That means this must be his old friend Fake! Will wonders never cease~]

Well look what the replicator dragged in--how have you been? Did you get shorter?

[And then he narrows one eye.]

And whaddya mean, me again?

[madeinoblivion]

I've grown.

[He insists a bit sulkily- he's not quite as tall as Riku, but his body has shaped itself to the maturity and growth that would meet the changing image of his Real Thing.]

Once would've been more than enough for you- but Roxas'll be just thrilled, I'm sure.

[got_it_memorizd]

Grown surlier, anyway. [Seriously, who pissed in your Cheerios? And then he makes a face. While he certainly can't blame Fake for being less than excited to see him--they didn't exactly part on great terms in C.O. after all--that last bit catches him off-guard.]

Wait, how would you know what Roxas would or wouldn't be thrilled about? [They never met... And while he can't be sure Vexen never told him about Roxas, he makes it sound like he actually knows him.]

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[mirroredmemory]

[Xion is in much the same state of mind as Roxas; she's been longing to hear his voice over the network for months, even since she realised he'd gone. She has to stare really hard to assure herself that it's really him and when her mind is suitably at ease:]

Axel?

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[got_it_memorizd]

That's my name, don't wear it out. [How does she know his name, anyway? Did she hear Roxas and Demyx use it? He's pretty sure he doesn't know this girl. Though... something about her does seem really familiar. Curious; he's usually really good with faces.]

Ah... You know, you remind me of someone... I can't quite put my finger on it, though; have we met?

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[mirroredmemory]

[For a moment her face falls, because he doesn't recognise her, doesn't remember her at all. He's forgotten being here and he's forgotten her and it stings, no matter how many times she's told herself that it would likely be this way if he ever came back.]

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[mirroredmemory]

[But- if there's just the tiniest glimmer or recognition, she should latch onto it and hope it brings the memories of her back. That's what Roxas said happened to him.]

It's me. Xion.

...You don't remember?

[hisoldgirl]

Oh, it's not magic. It's a simple video feed, that's all.

[got_it_memorizd]

[He snorts a laugh and waves one hand.]

Perhaps that was poor word choice on my part. I know magic when I see it; this video chatting is a bit new to me, is all.

[hisoldgirl]

How can you know something that doesn't exist?

[got_it_memorizd]

What, magic? [What rock has she been hiding under?] Magic exists, that's how I know. [Of course...]