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[falseshore]

Posted: 1 May 2016
From: Anonymous

[The following message is hastily typed and thus contains errors. The person on the other end might be freaking out just a little.]

so uh, if you have bl ight that turns into uh

eyes

thaat's reall y bad, I assume. Is there a way toget rid of it? besides death. that cant be the only way, right?

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[oathkeeper]

[Sora lets out a bubble of playful laughter when he's splashed back and he shakes the water from his hair.]

What, are you afraid of a little water?

[Riku Replica's confession that he's happy their friends makes Sora blink and then grin brightly.]

I'm glad we're friends too! Thanks, that means a whole lot to me. You're a big grump sometimes, but I'll try to understand you more too.

[It's a step in the right direction and that's all Sora can ask for right now.]

The cat. You- ... You wanna? I guess uhh... I guess we should, huh.

[falseshore]

I--no, I'm not afraid of the water!

[Indignation! But only slight. Don't get holy pool water in his nose, Sora, that's rude.]

...At least we're on the same page now, right? We just need to talk more often?

And yeah, I don't care how cute it is or how much it likes me, I don't want it anymore.

[oathkeeper]

[See? Big grump sometimes. Sora merely sticks his tongue out at Riku Replica and then grins playfully.

Which then settles down to a genuine smile and a nod. As long as Riku Replica tries to trust him more and open up to him more and tries to spent time with him, Sora thinks things will improve. He really wants to be closer to him.

But yeah the cat. Ayakashi. It's time. Bleh.]

... Yeah. It's probably bad that we've kept it for as long as we have. I'm kinda surprised no one found it before we could figure out what to do with it, honestly. When we get back then.

[They'll 'take care' of it. Rend it...]

Hey... Can I ask you one more thing? Can I ... call you something other than Riku? With the other Riku gone now it just... It's kind of hard for me.

[falseshore]

Thanks. Maybe it'll be gone when we get back and we won't have to deal with it.

[They could just keep it and let it do it's own thing, but there's always the chance it'll bring friends someday.]

What? Something besides Riku?

[He's not super attached to the name, but at the same time, it's the only thing he's ever remembered about his life and so it seems sort of weird to change it. But Axel had said that he and the 'other Riku' were probably twins that died at different ages...it would be strange to go by his brother's name.]

I don't have a problem with it, but...what were you planning on calling me instead?

[oathkeeper]

[Definitely the responsible thing to rend it if they see it. They should have done it ages ago.]

Well. I'm not really sure. Is there any names that you might like?

[He knows he can't plain explain to Riku Replica why he doesn't want to call him Riku anymore. It's complicated and painful and he's actually incredibly grateful that his shinki doesn't press for details and doesn't seem that angry.]

Could always just go by your vessel name all the time, or can pick something that you really like! What do you think? If I were to pick something it would probably be something like... Aki or Ivar.

[Which surprise are both Norse names. Weird.]

[falseshore]

[He'd probably be more angry if Riku hadn't been around; then he'd be a little upset that Sora wanted to change the only name he knew could be his.]

No...we'd have to come up with something else eventually, I don't intend on spending that much time as a bunch of cards. I haven't thought about it, since I never really planned on changing it. [Half true.]

Ivar? Aki? [He spends a minute muttering the names quietly, including short sentences introducing himself to a theoretical someone. Finally he shakes his head, sprinkling droplets of water into the pool around him.]

I don't like them, they don't sound right. Can I think about it for a while?

[oathkeeper]

[He can't help but chuckle lightly under his breath when Riku Replica tests the names out. When he's done Sora nods.]

Yeah for sure. It's not something that you can really pick in a few minutes. It's got to sound right and feel right.

[Though, Sora looks a little ponderous next, tapping his his cheek.]

We could always ask on the BBS for suggestions too?

[falseshore]

[Don't make fun of him, this is an Important Step.]

If we do, we're doing it anonymous, I'm not asking people to suggest names for me with...uh...any of my names attached.

[Given some of the people he's chatted with on there. Then again, they're not much better anon, either. Looking at you, Loki-anon.]

[oathkeeper]

[He's not! He just thinks it's endearing.]

Right. Okay. That should be easy enough.

[So long as they don't fight over the keyboard like he and Roxas do.]