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[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

[A portal appears in the middle of the dressing room, someone in armor walking out of it. The armor disappears after a while though, leaving a Terra looking around confusedly.]

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[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

[ Yellow-eyed girl coming through with a box! But she does stop when she sees how confused he looks. ]

Excuse me? Are you new here?

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

[He must have taken the wrong portal.]

... a visitor, you could say.

[What world is this?]

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

Almost everyone here is a visitor, I think.

[ Except for the future kids, which isn't that many, in comparison. ]

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

... so you aren't a resident here?

[Now this was certainly odd.]

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am, if you want to be technical. I'm a resident until I get sent back home.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

Sent back home?

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

No one comes here on purpose.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

Is everyone here from different worlds?

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

More or less. Some people are from the same ones, if they're lucky. Or unlucky.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

[That doesn't sound good.]

Did a boy named Ven come here? Or someone named Aqua?

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

More than one.

[ She smiles faintly, her cheeks tinged pink. ]

Along with bringing people in from other worlds, this place also brings in doubles of people. There are a few Vens and Aquas by now. As well as a few of yourself, Terra.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

Few? You mean duplicates?

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

How is that even possible?

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

Magic? No one really knows.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

[Eying her now.]

No one knows why they're being sent here?

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

[ She shifts her grip on the box and shakes her head. ]

No. It seems to happen pretty randomly.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

...

[Staring at her now, frowning slightly.]

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

...what?

[ She just looks confused. It hasn't even occurred to her that he might be frowning because of all that darkness in her. ]

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

... why do you have so much darkness in you?

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

...oh. Um.

[ Okay, gaze turning down to the box now as she bites her lip. ]

It's... a long story. And complicated.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

A brief explanation would do.

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

[ She swallows, obviously having some trouble explaining this to a stranger. ]

Merlin and Yen Sid noticed something wrong in the past. Vanitas didn't come into existence properly. Someone needed to go back in time to become the base. Sora and Riku were busy with the problems in the present, and there... wasn't anyone else... so I volunteered.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

You're from the future?

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

Mm. The me in your world probably lives in Radiant Garden right now. She's very small.

[babywaterfalls.livejournal.com]

Terra, did you grow up since I saw you last?

[Little vaguely familiar looking blue-haired five year old peering up at you curiously]

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

[................]

[babywaterfalls.livejournal.com]

What?

[She is completely unaware of the brainbreak she just caused. she's five whaddaya expect? XD]

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

[He's trying to figure out since when did Aqua had a younger sister.]

[babywaterfalls.livejournal.com]

You okay?

[Pokepokepoke on your arm she's trying to get you to talk!]

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

[Patience, Terra. Kneels down to look at her.]

More or less. Why are you wandering around alone?

[babywaterfalls.livejournal.com]

Oh I was going to go to the beach room to make a sand castle!

...But I think I got lost and forgot where it was...

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

[... how can a beach be in a room?]

Don't you have anyone with you?

[babywaterfalls.livejournal.com]

Yeah there's a big me and she and her friends living next to---

[She stares at you as it clicks.]

Oh. You're another one.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

Another one?

[babywaterfalls.livejournal.com]

Yeah! There's my Terra, who's seven and staying with me, then there's another one like you, he's staying next door with big me.

[She shuts up before she confuses herself again]

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

[Tinyaqua why do you love breaking his brain.]

[babywaterfalls.livejournal.com]

[She's been here three months and she's pretty much breaking her own brain here too, so don't feel alone.]

Sorry...

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

It's alright.

Do you know what this place?

[babywaterfalls.livejournal.com]

Well...

[Trying to remember how she heard about it from the grownups. She starts speaking a bit slower as she remembers.]

it's...it's a crosroads of different dimensions and times, you can't go home till it lets you.

[criticalimpact.livejournal.com]

.. I see.

[babywaterfalls.livejournal.com]

Oh! there's this one room you gotta see though!

[At least she remembers where the Land of Departure room is, so yeah, grabbing your hand and trying to drag you down there]