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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[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Well...

[He frowns.]

It's because of her darkness.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

...Let me confirm here.

Kairi and darkness?

[Pulling his leg here, Ven?]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[He nods.

Maybe it's okay to tell him, since he's a Riku, though he's still cautious.]

It happened when she went to the past. She had to take the place of this guy named Vanitas, and that meant getting his darkness.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

Vanitas?

[Well isn't that a cheery name]

Of all people, why Kairi? That just...

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Someone had to do it, and she didn't want you or Sora to get involved. That's what she told me, anyway.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

[Just...bites down a frustrated little groan. He'd much rather it was him than Kairi or Sora]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

She's worried that people won't wanna be friends with her now. Because of what she had to do...

[And it's really tragic, because he knows that there are people who would appreciate her friendship.]

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

That's silly. She's still Kairi - the fact that she did that's proof enough.

[No matter what shape they were in, Kairi accepted him and Sora, and Riku won't ever forget that]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

I just wish she'd see it that way. Maybe it's all the darkness inside her, but I just wish she'd be more positive.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

...

You worry about hurting them, or letting them down, because it's always there.

[He says as much quietly, wishing that Kairi of all people didn't have to deal with that feeling]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

It's even worse 'cause it's Vanitas's darkness.

[And Vanitas is... extremely dangerous.]

She's already had to turn into him once before.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

Turn into...

[He's not sure he wants to ask]

Can't say I'm familiar with any Vanitas. Is that some kind of Heartless?

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.]

No, he's my darkness.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

...

He...gets around, huh?

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[He nods.]

Yeah. Kairi had to go back to the past because something stopped him from being created, so she... took his place.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

So him being around's somehow necessary?

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Yeah. If he didn't exist, then the future'd change a whole lot. Kairi didn't want things to change for you and Sora, so she volunteered to become Vanitas herself.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

[...facepalms]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[Sigh.]

She's okay now, though. Ever since she came back here, she's stopped changing.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

Guess that's one up side to this place.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Yeah, definitely. I still don't know how it happened, though. The first time she was here, she still changed into Vanitas, and I had to...

[He shakes his head.]

Anyway, I'm just glad it's not happening again. She's finally getting a chance to be herself.

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

Hopefully it'll stay that way.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

It's been a few months now. I think it'll be alright!

[darkraid.livejournal.com]

That's good.

[He's not sure that's the word he wants to use, after all there's some dark entity haunting Kairi, but...]