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[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

[Leon watched anxiously in the background as Sora confronted members of Organization XIII around the Bailey. He had a hand grasped around the handle of his gunblade just in case things took a turn for the ugly but... so far they just seemed to be taunting each other. Leon blinked.]

...?

[When he opened his eyes, he immediately noticed his surroundings were not at all the same. Wondering if he'd been teleported somewhere somehow, Leon starts wandering around to search for clues of what world he's in.]

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[rebel-sorceress.livejournal.com]

Why are there suddenly so many yous?

[That would be Rinoa stopping as she walks by, Angelo right at her heels.]

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

Rinoa...?

[He hadn't seen her in years. And what kind of question was that? This was a hallucination, wasn't it?]

What?

[rebel-sorceress.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[She wish she can say the same for him, but there's about five of him walking around here.]

Oh are you new?

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

If you mean new to wherever this is, yeah.

[He considers reaching out a hand to touch her to test his theory. She certainly looks solid, though...]

Did you bring me here?

[rebel-sorceress.livejournal.com]

This is the Dressing Room.

[She's as real as she's ever going to be.]

I'm not that powerful, Squall.

[Yes, she called you by that.]

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

The dressing room.

[He doesn't even try to hide his sarcastic tone of voice at that name.]

...You've been away a long time.

[She was always a gifted girl. Who knows what she could have accomplished in so much time?]

And that's Leon.

[rebel-sorceress.livejournal.com]

I'm not even kidding.

Really long, yeah. But I had a lot of things to do.

[Hands on hips, giving him the Look.]

I knew you as Squall, and I'm still calling you Squall.

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

Hn.

[She wouldn't lie to him, right? He takes her word for it.]

That's not who I am anymore. A lot has changed since you left. There's no going back.

[rebel-sorceress.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's a crossroads of parallel worlds, but they just call it dressing room.

I know. But you're still Squall to me. End of story.

[nogoodpeople.livejournal.com]

[And here's another wanderer, although he's likely going somewhere else.]

New?

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

[That guy looks like he might know what's going on here. Leon pauses, addressing him.]

Where are we?

[nogoodpeople.livejournal.com]

It's called the Dressing Room. I have no idea why.

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but what world are we on? If this is part of Hollow Bastion, then I've never seen it here before.

Or you.

[nogoodpeople.livejournal.com]

Not my world, and likely not yours. Apart from that, I have no idea.

Tseng, by the way.

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

Guess not. Mind if I follow you around a bit? The name's Leon.

[Better not to get lost in a strange place like this.]

[nogoodpeople.livejournal.com]

[shrugs]

I'm not going anywhere interesting, but if you want to, feel free.

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

I could really use the tour. Even knowing where the bathroom is would be interesting to me right now.

[And the kitchen for that matter. Lunch feels like ages ago.]

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

Heh. Another Leon. Can't say I was expecting that.

[And it's a KH1-aged Riku passing by, carrying, of all things, the Keyblade.]

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

[Leon catches sight of that Keyblade and is immediately suspicious. Nobody but Sora should be able to carry it.]

What are you doing with that?

[He points meaningfully at the Keyblade.]

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

I've always had this.

[shruuug]

It's a long story.

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

How did you get it from Sora?

[And now he's worried too, wondering if Sora's okay.]

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

Different universe. Sora never had the Keyblade where I come from.

[weird explanation, but very true. He'll wait to see how Leon reacts before he explains further]

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

...

[After all the things he's heard since coming here, he might actually believe that. But still, maybe it's just not a real Keyblade.]

Mind if I try to hold that?

[If he's telling the truth, it should teleport back to Riku after a couple seconds.]

[gotowardslight.livejournal.com]

Suit yourself, Leon.

[He hands it over to him. But, yep, it'll go back to him soon enough.]

[1ion-hearted.livejournal.com]

[He takes the Keyblade in his hand, feeling the familiar weight of it for a brief moment before watching it vanish as before.]

I had to be sure.

[Leon folds his arms, watching Riku curiously.]

You two switched places?