luministi | ✩★ [01: audio]

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[The CAT clicks on--for a moment, there is the sound of rustling, and then a distinct click of something being set down.]

So this thing is used to broadcast to other people? ...huh. Could be useful.

[The voice is young, but when Riku addresses the CAT properly, there's no shortage of self-assuredness there.]

So this place is called Luministi, right? What sort of a place is it? And why am I here, anyways? If this is Maleficent's idea of a joke...

Anybody out there?

...Better yet, has anybody out there heard of a girl named Kairi? I've been looking for her.

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[!!!!!!! is it really him? he looks so much younger. well, no matter.

naminé is happy. and when her face appears on the screen of riku's CAT, it's written all over her face.]

Riku! Did you just get here? [so much relief. he's okay! she smiles as reassuringly as possible.]

Maleficent's not here. You don't need to worry.

[There's a girl on the CAT! She looks familiar, in a way, but it's only the facial resemblance to Kairi that Riku's seeing. He frowns at the her, resting one hand on his hip.]

Why would I worry about Maleficent? She's the one that's been helping me.

[How does this girl know who he is? He's confident he's never seen her before...]

Who are you?

[oh no. this isn't good. somehow, time's become messed up. she's sure of that now. xion's alive, and riku... thinks maleficent is going to help him save kairi.

that time's events are still vivid for her, since she'd spent a full year looking at them and reorganizing them back into proper order. maleficent's no friend. and the sooner he finds that out, the better. naminé's smile dims, and she shakes her head.]

No... no, Riku. She's doing the opposite.

[this part, at least she's expecting. he hasn't met her yet, right? again, she tries to smile a little.]

My name is Naminé. It's um... it's nice to meet you. [again.]

[Riku gives a wide shrug--he's wholly uninterested in what she thinks of Maleficent.]

So long as I can find Kairi again, I couldn't care less what she's doing.

[Speaking of which...]

Naminé, huh...?

Why do you look like Kairi?

[kairi...

-- naminé closes her eyes. now that she, too is human... the girl could very well be considered her sister. her welfare is important to her, too.]

She'll be okay. Just have some faith.

[what would those boys do without he-- uh oh. naminé isn't a good liar. and she's not going to bother. but before she can explain anything, she freezes, and glances away quickly.

how in the worlds is she going to explain this?]

I... I um. It's hard to explain.

[...] I guess you can say we're sort of like sisters.

[truth? well, it's close enough without breaking his brain.]

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[Faith? Riku doesn't like wagering Kairi's safety on faith alone. But he accepts the answer with a frown, instead folding his arms as he looks at Naminé.]

Sort of like sisters? What's that supposed to mean?

[Right now his thoughts are running along the lines that she may be from the same place Kairi was--but he's not voicing it. He wants her to say it.]

[riku wouldn't be riku if he wasn't persistent. naminé looks back at the screen, unsure of how to explain it.

he deserves to know the truth. but wording it..]

It's... it's like we're part of each other.

I know she's okay, because she was with you and Sora when I saw her last.

With me and Sora...?

[His eyes narrow slightly at the thought. In his opinion, Sora's already proven that he doesn't care about Kairi any more.]

It must have been a while ago, then.

That's right.

[the three of you need to stick together. nami will try her best to help him see this eventually. for now, though.. she'll nod.]

A year or more ago, now. But, Riku... [she pauses, fidgeting a little.]

It's been longer than that since the three of you first left the island.

You were sixteen the last time I saw you.

[Impossible.

That's Riku's first thought. He shakes his head. He's seen people move from world to world, heard stories about how people could use magic to transform themselves or keep someone from aging--he's seen cards that walked like humans and a talking duck and dog, for goodness' sake... but if something like that had happened to him--if he'd lost a chunk of time and was now older...

He'd have realized that. He's sure he would have.]

I don't know what you're talking about. I haven't been off the islands for that long.

[Maybe a few months, at best?]

You're going to have to come up with a better story than that.

[she sees the doubt written plain on his face, and stands firm with as gentle an expression as she can manage. whether he believes her or not, this is her friend -- and, one of the two people she sees as her hero.

she doesn't want him to worry about kairi when she knows that the girl will be okay.]

I... I know, Riku. But we've been brought here from different places in time. Whoever runs this place seems to be able to control it.

[and that scares her like nothing else.]

There isn't a story. It's the truth. Kairi's going to be okay.

That's crazy.

[And that's all he really has to say to that! Riku's turning off the CAT now, kthx.]

[But a couple minutes later, Riku will turn the CAT back on. He's not looking at Naminé; he's looking off to one side... but his words betray his reluctance.]

How do I know you're telling me the truth?

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