FRIENDS WANTED;

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[From door to door, Ventus travels the Dressing Room, planting posters along the walls.

These posters include a rather rough drawing, mostly scribbles, but it at least slightly resembles a Kairi...with yellow eyes. The poster reads:

FRIENDS WANTED:
This is Kairi. She doesn't have many friends here, and that's really gotta change. She's a great person who's a lot of fun, and I'm sure she'd love to meet new people!

Sometimes she wears Vanitas armor, but don't worry; she's not dangerous at all!

And yes, he will be putting these everywhere. When he can't reach places on foot, he'll simply use his Glider!]

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[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[vanitas is ripping down one of those posters to inspect it. a girl who wears his armor? interesting. he'll have to look into this.]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[Oooooh, snap! Once Ven spots Vanitas, he turns his attention to him, trying to watch without being spotted.]

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[the helmet turns, and vanitas is looking straight at ventus now. he didn't really think he could hide that light from him, did he?]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[...Drat. This'd be the part where he'd summon his Keyblade, but he's kind of standing on it right now.]

What're you doing here?

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

Confirming a theory.

[he raises the hand holding onto his poster suggestively.]

"Kai-ri," is it?

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[He nods, though it's pretty clear that he's on-edge.]

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[an unsettling laugh.]

You idiot. She's going to stomp your light out when you least expect it.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Shut up! Kairi isn't like that!

[His entire body tenses up, and he sends a nasty glare at Vanitas.

... As nasty as Ven can look, anyway, which isn't saying much.]

what is grammar

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[he sounds somewhat amused.]

You're right. She'll hold back a while longer, make you believe she's really your "friend". Then she'll give in to the darkness, and when she does, she'll make you watch her kill your other stupid friends before putting an end to you.

something that tends to escape us when we least expect it!

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[Must remain calm... must remain--]

Fat chance! You don't know Kairi the way that I do. That's the last thing she'd do!

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[he appears to be boredly reviewing the poster.]

You said the same thing about Terra.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

It's not like Terra wanted to hurt anyone, either.

[He looks away.]

But I don't expect you to understand. You've never even seen her before.

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

That reminds me... How is your master doing, Ventus?

[still studying the scribbles.]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[His eyes widen, and for a moment he's completely silent.]

... He's fine. The Master's here, and nothing's happened to him.

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

Then the question is: For how much longer?

[he crumples the poster into a ball in his fist and tosses it over his shoulder.]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

What're you trying to say?

[...Grrr. He's tensing up again.]

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I've said.

[he's setting the ball of a poster on fire with a dark fira spell.]

How much are you willing to give up for more time with your "friend"?

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

If something happened to the Master, I'd be sure to put a stop to it!

[...Damn, Vanitas. You've really set the kid off.]

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

Then do you and your master a favor. End it before it happens.

[he's watching ventus now.]

End her.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[Yeah.

There goes any cool he had left.]

I'll never do that! Kairi means the world to me!

[...And that was probably not a slip he should've made.]

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[vanitas has just come up with a new game called find the kairitas. he's got a feeling this one's going to be a good one.]

We'll see.

[he's already following the trail of kairi posters. if they're such good "friends", maybe ventus started putting them up while she was near.]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[Rrrrgh. In that case, Ven will follow close behind. He doesn't want Vanitas to cause any trouble.]

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[good. this is why vanitas is walking at such a leisurely pace. he wants to be followed. now he's just keeping his eyes peeled for any red-haired, yellow-eyed blob as was depicted by the poster.]

kairi -> ven -> vanitas?

[temporaltrap.livejournal.com]

[ Red-haired, yellow-eyed? You mean like that girl farther down the hall who is staring in absolute disbelief at one of those posters? ]

8D works for me

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[...OH CRAP. Yeah, forget Vanitas, Ven's going to zoooom on over to Kairi.]

Look out!