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[ravewave.livejournal.com]

[now that Riku's found an outfit that's worth wearing (and staying on his body), he's oblivious to everyone else's daily problems, just hanging around.]

[there's a guitar in his hands, and although he can pick a melody or two with his fingers, he's clearly an amateur.]

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[pulled in by the sounds of guitar, he's just going to lean against a nearby wall and listen quietly.]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

[wasn't really expecting an audience, but it's not stopping him one way or the other when he isn't all that concerned.]

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...how long've you been playing?

[tilts his head.]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

[oops, over there-- and he can't help but feel like he should be able to recognize the face. weird.]

Couple years. It's not my biggest hobby.

[Riku can admit that.]

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Oh yeah? What is?

[doesn't move from the wall, absently rubbing at the exposed bandage on his arm.]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

Couldn't say, since I was so busy packing before-

[well, the obvious. looks like someone doesn't have to worry about university anymore.]

[seasides]

[blinks, a little confused.]

Before...?

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

You know, ending up here. Whatever it is.

[seasides]

Oh, right.

[apparently needs more sleep than a couple hours in just as many days.]

What were you packing for?

[thirteenthflame.livejournal.com]

[pads a bit closer and sits, simply listening to the music.]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

[well, that's no animal he's ever seen before, taking a pause to just strum out a rhythm and wonder.]

[thirteenthflame.livejournal.com]

[it's only going to get stranger from here. He tilts his head slightly at the change from melody to rhythm, but says nothing.]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

[looks like it's intelligent, or at least pretending to be. that's really something.]

So, what are you?

[thirteenthflame.livejournal.com]

The name of my species has no equivalent in the human tongue.

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

Huh.

[and it speaks. Riku's making a nice recovery, though.]

[thirteenthflame.livejournal.com]

You are not the typical Riku then.

[i.e. one that's used to talking animals]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

Depends on how many of me there are, I guess.

[onlyafake.livejournal.com]

[it's always the same, him just hanging around with nothing to say and a box of juice.]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

[why is that not surprising? regardless, he's still picking on the strings.]

[onlyafake.livejournal.com]

[the next time Riku looks up, though, there's an intruder sitting right in front of him, staring blankly.]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

[--stops playing, staring right back.]

You know, for someone who's not a 'people person', you really run into me a lot.

[onlyafake.livejournal.com]

Because I'm a Riku person.

[they're all he ever seems to want to bother with. those Soras and Roxases were too much of a handful.]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

[isn't 100% sure how to react to that, frowning thoughtfully and making an attempt to strum something else. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CioSefAnol0&feature=related) if he had the heart (and the voice) to he'd be singing along.]

[onlyafake.livejournal.com]

[he recognizes the song instantly, and a complacent little smile settles across his face.]

[it's a little eerily familiar, but it's not much of a bad memory. just a lonely one. and it's not even so bad when he closes his eyes ...]

[ravewave.livejournal.com]

[it's impossible at the moment for Riku to understand the connection, and he's struggling through a section or two. but that's what practice is for, so he's not all that embarrassed; not that this boy could tell.]