001 - [Video]

[abovetheprogram]

[The person on the video feed might look familiar to some of you out there, though much... younger than you might remember. It might be seen as a curse, but as soon as he starts talking, certain people in the know might realize something else is going on entirely.]

This kinda looks like that thing Mickey and Riku were using...

[At this point, he speaks up a little louder, though he still seems to be talking to himself]

I thought we beat all the bugs, so... why am I in another world?

[Not that he minds necessarily, he's just... very confused. Did they miss something? At last, he seems to address the feed itself.]

Riku? Mickey? Are you there?

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[key_illusion]

Your memory isn't so good, is it? [Haha.]

But I guess it's okay. If you don't remember something, it probably wasn't that important to begin with.

Sob I don't have a mildly annoyed/unsettled icon so you get angry instead

[abovetheprogram]

[Okay, this guy is officially starting to push buttons.]

That's not true!

[key_illusion]

[He's designed to push buttons.]

Well, you've forgotten something if you don't remember your true path. How could you forget it in the first place?

[abovetheprogram]

I... I don't know.

[He frowns, trying to think. He wasg going to forget the battle against the bugs in the datascape, maybe that had something to do with it...]

Maybe... I was supposed to forget?

[It's a question though - he isn't sure.]

[key_illusion]

Not quite. It's actually a big reason why you were clearing the bugs in the first place.

Try to remember now.

[abovetheprogram]

Why we were battling the bugs? I was trying to help Mickey and Donald and Goofy and Jiminy find a way home, right?

[He frowns thoughtfully, because... he had been battling the bugs before that... but why-]

Wait... you mean that message? The one Mickey found?

[key_illusion]

Yes, that's it exactly.

"Their hurting will be mended when you return to end it."

[abovetheprogram]

"Their hurting will be mended when you return to mend it..."

[There's a confused note of wonder in his voice.]

What does that mean? Who's hurting?

[He remembers vaguely Riku saying something about mending their worlds' aches, back before he'd known it was Riku. But wouldn't that mean he'd already done what the message wanted?]

[key_illusion]

Who knows. That's for you to find out...unless you forget again.

[abovetheprogram]

... I won't. Not if there are people out there who need my help.

[Not if he can help it, at least.]

[key_illusion]

Then I look forward to contacting you again.