I want to see my future, I want to know my past. [narrative//open]

[unlockingsmiles]

Who: Sora, narrative (but open to anyone interested).
What: Sora returns to Nautilus after his trip hits an unfortunate snag.
Where: Near the Northern District gate.
When: Thursday, late morning (late afternoon for all threads after the first).
Warnings: Spoilers for Kingdom Hearts II, Birth by Sleep, and Re:Coded.
Notes: Any threads after the

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[not_obsess3d]

A scenario, one that was left open to anyone, had been set.

Here, a welcomed friend would have come up to the tired boy, greeting him with a mix of concern and relief hidden in their voice upon his return. They would have opted to stay and sit for a while, talk a little, watch the sky with him before following up with another question. The intervals in between words would then ease into silence, letting the rest of the conversation end without any need to say so. With this one angle, everything would have gone well enough.

But it was not to happen that way.

Here, no one appeared.

Nobody, to be exact.

He remained unannounced as he stood some distance away from Sora and the gate, his own silence muting the morning ambiance in the surrounding area. He could have brought attention to himself right there and then.

...Yet he chose to wait and see what the boy would do.

[unlockingsmiles]

Fittingly enough, Sora heard and noticed nothing. For all he knew, he was still by himself

[not_obsess3d]

It was a look he hadn't seen in a while. And all at once, it brought back memories from a recent past - one that still was yet to come - one that definitely held fast, considering their history as enemies.

Xemnas merely smirked, meeting the stare with cool regard. The question was countered with one of rhetoric. "Can't a Nobody walk the city in peace?"

He expected an answer to it, but he chose to wait another moment before continuing.

"You went back." It was a fact. The Network post was made and he saw it. That was no secret. "I take it you've had quite the experience." There was an empty gesture that followed, the monotony in his voice finding an edge when it came down to that.

[unlockingsmiles]

"If that's all you want..." Sora said in response to the first question "...then just keep walking." In all honesty, Sora wouldn't have minded that a bit. If Xemnas had just left, right then and there, he could've just gone home, found his friends, and pretended that they had never run into each other...or, at least, he could've not thought about it for a little while. Deal with one bad part of the day at a time, right?

But, of course, that didn't happen. The Organization's former leader didn't budge, and neither did Sora's angry stare. If anything, the expression deepened when Xemnas spoke again. He was sure about one thing - Xemnas wasn't going to be the first person he told about what was going on back in their world.

"That's none of your business!" Sora yelled. But hiding his emotions, or thinking to do so, had never been his strong suit. His reaction was more then enough to confirm that something had happened. More specifically, that the something, whatever it was, really bothered him.

[sixthdeadliest]

Six had watched people come and go through the gates, fascinated by the process of being able to return home yet being unable to directly influence events. Or at least, that's how it seemed to him. He only had word of mouth to go by since his Bending ability was still too basic to activate a gate though he'd tried. Rex and Holiday were in Nautilus but he wanted to ensure his Unwakened self was taking care of them on his version of Earth as well. That Earth's future had been getting bleaker as more incurables kept popping up

[unlockingsmiles]

All had been said and done, the cake had been cleaned off (mostly), and there he was, right back where he had started. Sitting in the same place, even. He wasn't really sure why - he could've just gone home already. But maybe he just wanted to think a little more, and reconsider trying again. Or maybe he just wanted a restart...that last conversation wasn't exactly the best "Welcome back" present he could have asked for.

Really, he needed to stop thinking so much about this. It wasn't helping, and he knew that. As much as he tried to deny it, he knew as well as anyone else that thinking about problems and trying to find solutions by himself wasn't one of his strengths. At times like this, he needed help.

But...not being able to do anything was just bugging him so much. Did he used to worry so much about that

[sixthdeadliest]

Six waited, listening to the teenager. When the kid's voice trailed off, he still waited for more, yet nothing came.

"Things aren't going well?" he asked.

It was something he sort of dreaded as well. To return home and find things worse off than before. And considering how bad things had been, that would've been a huge problem.

He walked a little closer, silent as a ghost, and looking up at the gate. He stopped a respectful distance away, turning his head so the boy would know he was looking at him. He knew with the sunglasses that it wasn't easy to tell.

[unlockingsmiles]

"That's not it, exactly." Sora said, letting his head drop as he thought. How could he put this? "I mean...I don't really know how they're going." He turned his head back up to look at Six, hesitating for a moment. He wanted to talk, sure. But right now, he was having trouble getting the words out. "It's-"

Didn't help that he couldn't figure any of it out for himself, either. Maybe, he thought, it would be better if he just changed the subject.

"Who are you, anyway?" he asked, a small smile replacing his thoughtful expression. Right now, meeting people sounded a lot nicer - and a lot easier - then trying to figure out the mess with his world. "I don't think I've ever seen you around before."