PARADISA LOST

I'm going to see you again...right?

Even if I'm just part of him. And even if I don't recognize you.

We'll still be best friends all the same.

[There's the sound of ambient outside noise coming from the journal this evening. Some birdsong, even. It's very peaceful.]

This one's not right either.

It's not that bad. It's facing the right way and everything.

It's not high enough. You can't see hardly anything from here.

That's not true. Look, you can see that ... roof.

One roof.

It's a nice roof. Bright red. I like it. [Such false optimism]

You would. I don't. It's okay for now, but we still need to find something better.

[sighs] Alright, we'll try for something higher. [a pause] ... Something further away from windows.

Are they still watching us? [a matching sigh] We're just having ice cream. Definitely further from the windows.

[the sound of shifting, then:] Oh, it's already open. [CLEARS THROAT.] Hey, does anyone know a place that's real tall, has a roof or something you can go out on, and faces west?"

[ooc: Axel. Roxas.]

[There's some shuffling noise as Roxas flips through the pages of his journal; he's reading while walking, with the journal in one hand and a bar of ice cream in the the other.]

So I was thinking—now that it's spring, it's nice enough to skateboard all the time, but it's mostly just me and Sora who use the halfpipe. Maybe we could have some kind of skateboarding contest? Or lessons, if people want to know how to do it. Just an idea.

Anyway, I was wondering about something someone was talking about the other day—let me find the page, where is it...

[If anyone were walking with him, they might be able to tell Roxas that it's a good idea to pay attention to where you're going, especially when you're walking down the stairs. Even more especially when one of your shoes has come untied. Between the trailing lace, the distraction of the journal, and the fact that he is alone, though, this just isn't Roxas' day.]

—woah!

[There's a yelp, and then a thumping sound as the Keyblade of Destiny trips and tumbles down the stairs. His descent ends with a loud thud as his head catches a very hard blow.

And then there's just silence.]

[ooc: Canon update start! Feel free to come poke at the unconscious Nobody, especially friends.]

Ugh. I'm sick of just sitting around. There's got to be something for a tiny person to do here, right?

[MOUSEBOY ON THE LOOSE. He'll be exploring the castle from a very tiny perspective today, opening dark corridors to take him where he feels like going, so feel free to spot a very tiny young Nobody anywhere in and around the castle today.]

Someone told me the other day that if we believe, if we want them to, people we care about will come here. At least, it was something like that. A lot of you have been here a lot longer than me...is that true? The people I want to see have been here, but then they were gone again.

Sometimes I think I just dreamed them.

I don't know. I guess I'd like to believe it. I don't want to never see them again.

[He's hanging out alone in his room, should anyone want to bother him.]

Thanks for the Christmas presents. I never had any before. Or a Christmas, either. It was nice. It made me wonder why so many worlds have it in common. People here are from so many different ones, but a lot of them knew about the same stuff.

[...]

Xigba—Braig's gone. I went to talk to him and his room was all empty.

[The journal begins transmitting audio rather suddenly, as if someone thrust theirs open all of a sudden]

—get off me, I don't have food for you!

[INSERT LOUD GOBBLING, THE MEANING OF WHICH WOULD ROUGHLY TRANSLATE TO "FUCK YOU ASSHOLE, I AM A TURKEY!" IF ANYONE UNDERSTOOD THIS FOWL LANGUAGE]

Hey! Stop that! Stop—

[MORE LOUD GOBBLING. Roxas is being attacked by turkeys in the hall outside his room. Come enjoy the show, or just share amusing commentary over the journal.]

I was wondering.

[Medium pause.]

A lot of the people here have powers. Unusual abilities, things like that. And we're from all sorts of worlds. Does anyone know how to bring back lost memories?

Not like the loss everyone has when they get here. I still can't figure mine out, but there are things I'd forgotten even before coming to the castle, as far back as I can remember. Even if it's just pieces, I want to remember. I want to know who I was.

[Kairi]

Hey, can I ask you some questions? I know Sora thinks I should try to remember things on my own, that it would be better for me. And I'm trying. But I can't remember everything on my own, and there are things you know that I don't. Please?

So...I was curious. Lately, if you look outside, the leaves are sort of...bright? And weird colors.

Is that normal? I don't remember any autumns before, but I don't think it's normal.

[For those out and about and nosy, Roxas is chilling in the lobby this afternoon, kicking back and preparing to feel really dumb if it turns out LED leaves are actually quite common.]