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[At first he doesn't even know what to make of this machine he's been handed. He's not sure how he got here, what he's supposed to do, what these people want from him, where Sora is... nothing makes sense. And he doesn't even have the comfort of having someone to blame for it.

After a few seconds of staring at the screen, he starts to type, pressing the keys a little harder than necessary.]

What's.

Going.

On.

[There's a pronounced pause before he decides that this isn't working. Maybe that's not specific enough. Maybe there's no one listening. Maybe he just doesn't get how this thing works.

Part of him wants to throw it at a wall, find a way out of here, and have done with it. Whatever "housing companions" he's supposed to have probably don't want him, anyway. He definitely doesn't want them. Just more people he'll lose when he gets back to where he's supposed to be.

For now, though, he's switching to video. He's hooded, still, so not much of his face can be seen, but he's staring at the screen with an expression of barely stable grim determination.]

Where's Sora?

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Yeah. You're in the Initiative Hold right now.

How do you know they're trustworthy?

[Because Roxas is having his doubts about that already. Big organization brings him here out of nowhere and wants him to fight for a cause they won't tell him anything about?

Little too familiar.

He's getting tired of being expected to act on no information over and over and over again. It hasn't done anything good for him so far.]

Edited 2012-05-25 07:09 (UTC)

I've seen United Earth here. They held me down and chipped me.

The Initiative helped me then, and they're everyone helping now.

[Sora's shifting nervously, licking his lips a little. For some reason that just... sounds like a bad idea, but he's not sure why. Maybe it's because of how restless everyone else has been, recently. He's not sure.]

So getting out of here but still staying on this world.

[...He doesn't know what "chipped" means, exactly, but he can guess. And that's not really a huge amount of evidence. At least, not enough for him.]

They're not helping me. They didn't even tell me as much as you have.

[Roxas... is sounding less and less sure by the second.]

...I don't know. What other option is there?

[This is why he didn't want to talk to Sora. He knew Sora being here would make him want to stay, if he let it, and he doesn't want to: Sora and Riku can take care of themselves. There's no place for him here at all.]

Edited 2012-05-25 07:18 (UTC)

I don't know. It's just... this world seems like it's a mess everywhere, right now.

It's complicated. There's a lot of transports, they probably can't get to everyone. I think Sora knew more than you.

...That's a good point.

[But. Still. He doesn't want to get dragged into this, especially not on one side of a conflict he knows nothing about.

He sighs.]

What do you want me to do, Sora? I told you already, I'm not going to work for them.

[Well, he kind of got away from them as soon as he could so he could think, but...]

Speaking of... they somehow separated me and Sora without either of us noticing. Doesn't that seem a little weird to you?

Just stick with me and we'll figure it out. If things really are fishy, I'm not gonna want to work for them, either. So just.

Power in numbers, right? I'm counting on you, Roxas.

Weird, but it happened before. You were here before, for a week.

[...Stop that.]

Counting on me for what?

Did you ask them how?

[He's guessing no, because you probably don't care, but he'd kind of like to know.]

Backing me up? I mean, I know you're good, so.

I didn't get to. There were too many people.

[Flattery will get you nowhere, Sora.]

Yeah, but...

[...Well, where's he going to go, anyway? If this world really is that messed up, he might drag himself more into the conflict by leaving now than he would by staying here. He doesn't know what to do--if he leaves, though, he can make his own way, and that's important to him. He's never been able to before.

Then again, by staying, he and Sora might be able to... work together. In a way they never have before (being in Sora's body doesn't count). And that... might be nice. One last good thing he can do--maybe the only good thing he's ever done--before he has to go back.

Ugh, this is too confusing.

Still, it doesn't really sound like leaving is even an option, not unless he wants to get tossed into a warzone, or starved to death. Everywhere he turns, he's probably going to be manipulated by somebody, in the end. At least here he has familiar ground; he at least vaguely knows what he's dealing with, and he won't let them manipulate him. And there are allies, here. Can't forget that.]

I'll stay for now. But you can back me up.

Aren't there a lot of them, too? They should at least answer people's questions.

[Sora's visibly relieved at that, putting his hands on his hips.]

Oh, right, whatever. You were the one that said I probably won.

Did you ask?

Whatever yourself.

[He digs in his pocket, coming up with a key.] The Initiative person gave me this. I guess that means I'm supposed to live somewhere around here, right?

Not yet.

Right! Everything's upstairs. They either gave you a unit number or it's with the key.

They can't answer your questions if you don't ask them.

Yeah. And they said something about roommates.

[He's still not sure how to deal with that.]

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