born from sleep

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

[In the Land of Departure room, a Ven is curled up on one of the white seats in the training grounds, fast asleep. This wouldn't be such an uncommon sight if it weren't for the fact that well.

He's in his thirties.

Waking him up would be a good idea though, given several Floods have just appeared and circled around him.]

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[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[Aaaand he stops dead in his tracks, completely awestruck.]

Whoa...

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

... huh, nothing followed. Mustn't be him.

[He looks thoughtful before giving what looks like a slightly bigger version of Fresh Breeze a twirl, before dismissing it and glancing over at the younger Ven.]

Thanks for the heads up.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Him?

[...Dang, that's cool. That awestruck expression is still there, man. Still there.]

Uh, you're welcome.

[...he must be really strong. Maybe even a Master. Is Ven here impressed? Oh yeah.]

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

Vanitas. He throws Unversed at me to "wake" me up sometimes, but when he's in a bad mood it usually means more trouble for me.

[Says this as nonchalantly as possible, before eying him curiously.]
Are you new around here? You're probably the first young Ven I've seen in a while.

[He is a Master. He just doesn't pull that formal shit like Terra and Aqua do.]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Some wake up call that is, but I guess that's normal with Vanitas.

[...Bzuh? New? He shakes his head.]

I've been here for about a year now! But how long've you been here? I've never seen an older me before-- not this old, anyway.

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

... serious?

[And he looks around.]

... light.

Whoa, whoa, wait. You mean I'm in the past?!

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

I... guess so? I know there've been others from the future, like Xehanort.

[Hmm, this is an interesting revelation.]

But I don't think he's from that far, otherwise he'd be way older.

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

Which Xehanort? You're not talking about the ancient one, right?

... because he doesn't age well, I tell you.

[Wow, even at forty he's still a derp.]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

No way! I don't even wanna think about that.

[He shakes his head.]

I mean the younger Xehanort. He's about my age, normally.

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

[Raises an eyebrow.]

Xehanort, fifteen?

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Yep! He's one of my friends.

[Headscratch.]

He looks more like a younger Terra, though. Just with white hair.

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

Well, as long as it's not the old man in his body, I'm okay with it.

... have we met before? I mean, I know I met some other mes when I was young.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

But why would he be in Terra's body?

[And...hm. That's a good question.]

I dunno. I mean, I've met at least two other mes.

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

... you don't know?

[Oops.]

N-never mind then.

Uh, let's see... did you meet a Ven who came here frozen and without memories?

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Well, the Terra I know goes by Xehanort now, but he's still Terra, even if he acts different.

[Hmm...]

I might've. I know there's that one Ven who's a little older than me. He's the one who set up that water and corn starch. And then there's the other me that just got here a few months ago...

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I definitely met you. I'm the first Ven you mentioned.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Wow, I never would've guessed.

[Heheh.]

So, nice to meet you... again? Man, this is weird.

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

Same.

Hey, a lot can happen in twenty years.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're right. But even if it's a long time, I wouldn't mind staying here that long.

[Heck, he's in no rush to leave.]

So what's the future like?

[stillderpy.livejournal.com]

Not that good. Darkness everywhere. Terra, Aqua and I are working on stopping it though. Some people are trying to control it.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

I'm sure tons of people would try to help. This place is like a home to a lot of us now.

[He nods.]

So what about the people who're trying to use it? Is there a lot of 'em?

[He figures just about every Vanitas, but...]