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(001) Video/Action for those in the castle

[For those who are currently landlocked in the castle as well, they're going to be spotting a hooded female figure pacing around the castle as if looking for something. Or, perhaps, she's more accurately inspecting and observing everything she can. Whatever it is, it doesn't seem like she's in a very cheerful mood while doing it.]

[For those inspecting the network at this hour, however, the same hooded figure is going to show up in what seems to be an accidental video. Judging from her squeak of surprise, it looks like she accidentally activated her bracelet's holographic screen and is now staring at it in what can only be assumed to be surprise.

The staring goes on for a couple of seconds, with her hand coming up to touch the screen as well, before she so eloquently starts to speak.]

I... [A pause, trying to figure out what to say now that she realizes it's recording.] ...Hello. Can someone please tell me more about this place? I'm... I'm not supposed to be here.

[...aaaaand, then she just proceeds to stare awkwardly for another second before shutting this video feed off. Mostly because she's worried sick about what's going to happen if she's here and partly because what is she doing what is going on this is hideous.]

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Nobody's.

[This is, unfortunately, the most sincere answer she can give to that question.]

[He shakes his head again. GO FORTH AND SQUASH HIS REALITY, XION.]

It doesn't work like that.

I know. But I never [...wording...] had an original other.

[Unless...you count memory ganking your best friend.]

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[He doesn't.]

Then you can't be a Nobody. What are you?

I'm not.

[And then comes the hard part: saying it.]

I'm just a puppet.

[A puppet...?

Like a toy? Like...]

...A replica. But the Organization only made one.

Did they?

[So wrong. He's so wrong about that.]

Yeah.

[And he pauses for a moment, because it's something he hasn't even admitted to Kairi, and it's something Sora's long forgotten.]

A replica of me.

[That catches her off guard. She knew about the replica project, and she knew she was a product of it... but she never knew what else had happened in it.]

I didn't know. I'm sorry.

Don't be. It's nothing you need to apologize for.

[Not really, but in the year he worked for DiZ, spent time in Ansem's form following Sora, Castle Oblivion seemed like a long time ago.]

Who is supposed to be your original?

It's complicated. I don't know how I could answer that.

Try me. [His lips quirk into a small smile, trying to look reassuring.] I can understand a lot of complicated things better than others.

[She hesitates for a minute, but replies nonetheless.]

What do you know about Sora and Castle Oblivion?

I do.

Do you know what they did to him and his memories?

Yes.

[He wants to tell her to cut to the chase, in case she is leading him on. But he'll stay quiet and patient. He doesn't want to lose a chance at doing some recon.]

I was created from the memories they took away from him.

[He doesn't look shocked, but he's definitely trying to process this properly. The memories that Namine replaced inside the Castle. The memories that leaked into Roxas...

~~...Just Roxas?~~

...that had to be retrieved. That was the whole reason why he fought him, why he had to bring him back.

There's a split second where he looks regretful, but it's gone when he looks back up to the feed.]

...That can't be right. If it did, then Sora would need more just Roxas to wake up.

He did. I gave them back to him.

Then why are you not in the picture? Why don't I know about you?

[He's genuinely concerned and confused. There's something very wrong with this picture and this information.

But his gut's telling him that she's not lying, even if it is just text.]

[She is so sorry about how confused he is, but there's no other way for her to explain this.]

Because I'm gone.

[He shakes his head, trying to clear his thoughts. There's no real reason for her to have disappeared without a trace. Nobodies fade away into Nothing if they're defeated, but that doesn't explain why she has Sora's memories when Roxas has them. Or why she's a replica of... memories.

...Or even why he feels like he's missing something.]

...Can I see you?

[Well, s had seen this coming. Kind of. It only takes her a brief moment of hesitating, before replying.]

Okay.

[And, on goes the video feed on her end before she proceeds to lift her hood up. Have fun, Riku.]

[Well, if there's one thing some know about Riku, he doesn't gawk. He might look shocked at times, but you'll never find him with his jaw on the floor.

This came pretty damn close to having his jaw on the floor.

He can see the resemblance immediately, despite the mirrored hair and different colour. The same shape of her face, the same way her bangs sweep over her face.

It's not just his memories. Could it be Sora's memories of Kairi?

He still doesn't get it, still doesn't understand why.]

Xion... [He pauses, completely unsure what to say next. He doesn't want to press any more questions right out in the open with how she hid behind text like that, but what do you even say in a situation like this.]

...Thank you for letting me see you.

[She nods, briefly, avoiding looking directly at the feed for a couple of seconds. After yet another moment of hesitation, she speaks directly without using text.]

...Now you know.

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