eternalpromise | 2nd Sketch - Voice/Action for House 39 (Forward-dated to a reasonable hour in the morning)

[The voice coming across the journals is quiet, calm. Those who don't know Namine well - which indeed should probably include most of Luceti at this point - might think her rather impassive about the whole thing, though that's certainly not the actual case.]

I'm not sure how many of you knew him, but it appears Kiroku has left.

[She'd heard about this happening by now, of course. Observed other entries similar to this one. It might've been hard to tell, given that he kept so few personal possessions that would've disappeared. But then she'd found the note, the items left to be found, should this ever happen. Including the message left for several from their worlds, and another message specifically for her:]

"If you're reading this, then chances are I've likely returned to fulfill my given duty to shield the data of the journal I was chosen to be.
Riku, Kairi, Roxas, Ventus, Kohan, Naminé... I'm glad that I had the chance to meet you and everyone else- the people whose memories were left imprinted on the journal's pages. Even if it was for just this short time in the real world. Everything happens for a reason, and if you ever return to your world, it's my belief that you will find that even if certain fates are inevitable, it can be challenged. Yes, even if it seems that it's hopeless or others are hurt along the line.
Naminé, thank you for making me what I am. Even if it brings pain on us, we will pass on the message to ensure that those who are still hurting in our present and future aren't for much longer."

[She knows Nobodies aren't supposed to feel anything, and yet... she can't help but feel a sort of heaviness. She'd only just started to work on Jiminy's Journal when she'd been brought here, and to meet someone who actually was a product of that work... Someone she'd helped create, in a manner of speaking...

It wasn't something she would ever have expected to happen - meeting him here - and now that he was gone... she couldn't help but wish she'd spoken to him more while she'd had the chance.]

[Filtered to Riku, Kairi, Roxas, Ventus, and Kohan]

He left us a message, if you'd like to see it.

[Namine herself can be found on the couch in the living room of House 39, staring down at the two journals and note left behind that she'd found while looking for Kiroku earlier.]

[[ooc; replies will be slow, but wanted to get this up while I had the chance.]]

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Kiroku? [It takes him a few minutes for the name to connect to a face. He always just mentally called him "the only sane Riku" in his head.] Wait a minute, since when? [Yes he'd like to see that message but first he wants answers.]

Only just this morning.

[She'd gone to check on him, maybe actually get to talk to him more, like she should've done long before now. Only instead she'd found the journals and note - one that looked to be a personal one (not the journal Luceti had given him), the other one she didn't recognize. Somehow they were still here.]

[A frustrated sigh, followed by what sounds like "This is getting ridiculous."] Man...he didn't even get to stay here that long. [A beat.] Was there anything left, Naminé? [And if he's asking too many questions of her, he doesn't realize it. Roxas still has a bit of a hard time remembering that this Naminé doesn't know him as well as the one from his time.]

Just a few things.

[She doesn't mind the questions too much, really. She's got a few of her own - some that will never get answered, now. So far as Roxas' questions go though, she merely answers them as best she can.]

Two journals and a note to us all.

...wait, two journals?

Yes. Neither look like the ones we're given here.

[She'd checked. She'd wanted to be sure, before telling any of the others like this.

One looked like information he'd kept on his own, the other had information about the worlds, from what she could tell when briefly scanning the contents of each.]

Are they journals we can look at? [His curiosity's getting the best of him, and yes, he is still a bit sad that Kiroku's gone...but his drive for answers is a little stronger.]

[Her Nobody senses are tingling...but no, really, the question she asks is the first that comes to mind before anything else.]

Are you okay?

[Truth be told, Naminé would not be entirely surprised if Kairi could tell. Though that was neither here nor there, right now. There's a pause before she answers.]

I'll be fine.

[Will be, not is. She'll concede that much, at least.]

[It's that reaction that causes her to confirm slight suspicions she had. She hadn't been entirely sure how close Naminé was to the other Riku, but she could only assume it was close enough considering her relation to the replica.]

Right. It'll be okay. [Someday.] In the meantime, how would you feel about having some company?

[Close isn't perhaps the best way to put it... or maybe it was. She isn't sure. She didn't get to speak to him nearly as much as she feels she should have, while here. She definitely felt - feels - responsible for him, though.

As for company though... She isn't sure how she feels about having it, though she's not opposed. And maybe having someone there will help, a little. Especially someone who's been here longer than her...]

All right.

[It's all very complicated, isn't it? Kairi can vaguely understand, but she won't claim to ever fully understand. She's getting up then to grab some shoes.] I'll be over in fifteen minutes...would you like anything? Food, something to drink?

No, I'm fine.

[Well... at least in that regard. Besides, she could get it here, if she really needed to. She didn't want to trouble anyone else with it, really.]

I guess I'll see you soon.

Fifteen minutes or less, I promise. [And she's shutting the journal and heading out for the BBS house. Be there soon, Nobody.]

[Well, it won't be long before Ven shows himself, leaning over the back of the couch with a faint frown.]

He's really gone, huh?

It appears so.

[Hey Ven. Sorry she isn't looking in your direction, or anything. She's examining the note on top of the two journals she'd found once more.]

It's probably for the best. [Considering the kind of place Luceti is.] Did you want to see the message?

Er, well... if it's not too much to ask.

[Gosh, he needs to figure out a way to cheer her up somehow. What kinda friend would he be if he let his housemates feel all crummy?]

[She hesitates for a moment, unsure what to do about the note for her at the bottom. She's not sure what Ven knows about his future, and depending on what he does know, if it's wise for him to see it - and know what she found and did.

If he understood the implications, at least. Kiroku had been fairly cryptic, enough that she relents and hands over the note for Ven to read.]

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[Ven takes a moment or two to skim the message, scratching his head as he tries to understand the implications. It's all kinda... cryptic, though. Especially that last bit.

A part of him wants to ask a million questions, but for now he'll just nod.]

Thanks, Naminé. I'm glad he at least got to leave a message behind.

[ Kohan is still feeling a bit awkward about... well, everything. But he's not going to just ignore Namine at a time like this. He couldn't.

So after a little while, he leads to the living room, though he hesitates before entering. ]

... How are you doing?

[Naminé looks up at the sound of his voice, her expression softening a little.]

... I'll be fine.

[The same sort answer she gave Kairi. A subtle admission that maybe everything is not all right now, though she won't say it outright. Though in this case, it's more that she doesn't want to trouble Kohan, knowing things are... uncomfortable as they are already.]

[ Uncomfortable or not, he still cares a lot about her. And hearing that... well. It's not hard to guess what she means, at least broadly. ]

You said... he left a message?

[ Clearly the best way to deal with things Namine doesn't want to talk about is to ignore them. ]

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