old habits

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

So you're here too, huh?

[This Ven is walking around with a dire wolf trailing after him, nosing at his feet but easily keeping up with the boy. After a while, he sits down on the floor on one of the common rooms with the wolf, and almost as if it's the most natural thing ever, he starts tossing a marker up and down, watching the crowd contemplatively while scratching the wolf's head.

Unlike other Vens though, he doesn't have a wristband.]

[ooc: spoilers in Aqua and Terra threads.]

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[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

What's a chocobo? Is it like a pokemon or something?

Nope! He's friendly.

[Oro does sniff! Before nudging his head against Austin's hand. It's warm.]

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

[Oh, then he'll go right ahead and give him pettings then.]

It's like a giant bird. A lot of people around here carry the chicks as pets, but when they grow up they're big enough to ride on. Different colors do different things too.

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

Wow, I haven't seen them yet around here. Are there many of them?

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, quite a few. I can show you the stables if you want.

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

Really? Sure thing!

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

Alright, they're this way--

[Nods towards a hallway.]

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

You don't look like a Roxas though. Or another me.

[He stands up and follows, Oro trailing after him dutifully.]

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

That's because I'm not. A Roxas around here is my dad.

[He gives him a smile.]

My name's Austin.

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

A--- wait, a Roxas is your--?

[God, stop breaking his brain so early--]

... you're who again?

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

I'm from the dressing room, just like... twenty two years or something into the future. It sent me back to this time. And my name's Austin.

[He looks amused.]

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

[H-hang on, his brain is trying to cope.]

... this place has an alternate future?

Oh. That's funny.

[And he's grinning at that name now.]

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

... what's funny?

[Turns and looks at him, confused.]

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

I just know someone else named Austin.

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

Really? It's not exactly a common name around here.

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

The place I've been to, there's this guy named Austin too. We never really met face to face, but we planned to spar before.

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

[Snorts.]

He didn't have fire powers too, did he?

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

... wait, you have them too?

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

Me and my dad do, yeah.

[Holds up a hand to prove it.]

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you haven't been to a place called World's End?

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.]

Nope. Been here my whole life.

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

Oh. Must be a coincidence--

... wait, I still don't get it. If you're Roxas' kid, how, I mean--- who's your mom?

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

A Namine. They aren't from the world you probably are, though. We're all from a world not like anyone else's.

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

That's... really weird to think about.

[juniorfryer.livejournal.com]

You haven't been here long, have you?

[photoncharge.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess.

But still, I mean, what would you feel if you met a future kid of people you know?

[Hey Austin, imagine some futurekid!spawn /what]