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]

But what if you can't? Then what're you gonna do?

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

Then I'll have you or one of the other Ventuses here finish the job. I won't let the parasite control me.

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

... Are you afraid of it?

[It's an honest question!]

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[another pause.]

Of course not.

[sometimes silence speaks volumes, ventus. in this case, the silence is more telling than the words are.]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

[Nope, sorry. He sees right through that lie.]

It's okay. I'd be afraid, too. Losing control... it's a scary thought.

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[hmph. vanitas is walking around ventus now, stopping only when he is facing away from him. he stiffens like he's been stricken by a sudden thought.]

Ventus.

[but no, he doesn't continue. it's the parasite that's kept him from leaving the room when he first got the chance. it's the parasite that's keeping him here now.]

[erasemefriend.livejournal.com]

Huh?

[That's... odd. Then again, it's a wonder that Vanitas has stayed here this long, anyway.]

[nihiloexnihilo.livejournal.com]

[vanitas grinds his teeth. his mind is racing with stupid, trivial things. friends, sunsets, ice cream, memories. he doesn't understand why the parasite would care for any of these things. vanitas doesn't have friends, has never seen a sunset, has never tasted ice cream, and doesn't have memories from before his extraction. vanitas shakes his head without turning around and a portal opens in front of him.]

Don't fall for Kairi's tricks.

[and into the portal he goes to discover somewhere new in the dressing room... maybe the kitchen.]