9th Card ♛ Text | Day 214

[key_illusion]

[Hello Asgard, it's "???" popping up again.]

What makes a home?

Is Asgard a home to you now?

[........Yup, that's all he has to say, even if he should probably notify people who may be interested to know that he's alive awake.]

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[trinitylimit]

[He makes his way around everything, nearer and nearer to ??? Sora keeps looking around, wishing this guy would just pop out and grab him already, when he sees a familiar black coat.]

The Organization...?

[The figure is too short to be Lea or any other Organization member he ever confronted. Sora steps closer, all the while wondering who the figure could be. Maybe they're one of the members he doesn't know (remember), or maybe it's...

He stops thinking about it when he gets close enough to speak to ??? without having to shout.]

I'm here. Who are you?

[key_illusion]

I thought that it would've become obvious over time, or maybe you're just really not that observant, Sora.

[He's not taking off his hood, but he does lean forward a bit when Sora arrives.]

Actually, no. I'm pretty sure it's the latter. [His head tilts a little to the side, almost inspecting him.] I'm not in the Organization either.

[Since that's what Sora was thinking beforehand.]

[trinitylimit]

I think I know.

[Sora would have to be goofy not to tell who he is after hearing his voice. It's that he doesn't want to think his Nobody, or someone who looks like his Nobody, could be so antagonistic. Roxas is good so why does this guy have to be so bad?]

Why are you such a jerk all the time?

[key_illusion]

It's not easy being nice and having my job. And if I went easy on the data Sora, I doubt the results would be at their best, so we wouldn't want that now.

[It's so easy to put on a haughty tone and drop whatever niceness he could of had if it were someone else. Sora's thoughts are even more entertaining than his reaction, which is why he has to pick on those too:]

Think it's as bad as sharing a face with Vanitas?

[trinitylimit]

[It's the dirtiest kind of invasion of privacy, seeing someone's thoughts before they can speak them. Sora doesn't take kindly to it; it actually makes him really angry. Who does this guy think he is?]

Stop reading my mind!

[key_illusion]

...No, I don't think I will.

[His tone flattens, and one or two natives may be turning their attention towards them. It's not because of Sora's outburst. His mind isn't the only one ??? is toying with right now.]

It's sad how little you know, and the most annoying part is that what the you in the datascape went through was just a test to see how you could hold up. Yet you could still fail, and everyone else will suffer for it.

[trinitylimit]

[Sora's hands ball up into fists he fights to keep at his sides with Riku's Keyblade. ??? isn't the person he really should be fighting with.]

Whatever I have to do, I'll do it. I know I won't fail.

[key_illusion]

You can't prove any of that. [??? moves to stand, caring little for the fact that Sora has Riku's keyblade. If he's not going to fight him, then he won't.]

I think we're done here. You got the information you wanted, even if you still fall short.

[trinitylimit]

[Sora's not done yet. He tries to block ??? from leaving by stepping in his way and taking up as much space as possible with his body.]

You can't go yet! There's something else I want to know.

[This is the best possible time to ask, with ??? here in the "flesh".]

Do you know how Roxas and I are connected to Ven and Vanitas?

[key_illusion]

[He's not very pleased about being stopped, hence an audible raised-eyebrow beneath the hood.]

Isn't that a question you should ask Ventus?