http://eyesneverlied.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] eyesneverlied.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] kingdomdressing2011-08-10 04:44 am
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Riku get.

 [Napping? No way. Blindfolded, yes! The newest addition to your Dressing Room has arrived blindfolded, and unaware of his surroundings. Dare someone speak to him? Dare someone ask him why he has this blindfold still?

That is for you to decide. Right now, he's just confused, and more quiet than usual.]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-10 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ blindfolded Riku, meet blindfolded Riku. there's the scuffle of black boots on the ground, the swish of the black coat around his calves and an amused snort. ]

Another me. Guess I'm popular.

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-10 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sniffing. when in doubt, trust the nose. ]

The trickery the dressing room has a somewhat perverse enjoyment with. Welcome to the dressing room, mind your step, and leave your logic at the door with your shoes, please. [ hey, look. a bench. sitting down on it now and amusedly and blindly examining his other self. ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-10 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ smirk. this is SPARTA Kingdom Hearts, really, what do you expect? he has to deal with bitty Xehanort, his Nobody, his crazy ex former best friends and their Nobodies, and long decided sanity was somewhat overrated. ]

You're talking to one version of yourself, me. Back home, I'm guessing there's more then one of some people running around as well.

What does this tell you.

[ smiiirk. ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-10 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You really don't a choice, other me.

[ the smirk fades at those words. he really doesn't care if his alternate is unamused, but-- ]

Huh. Funny... Neither am I, though for probably for different reasons. [ this Riku had gotten lucky so far in avoiding an encounter with one of the many wandering Soras. ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-10 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a cool, airy chuckle escapes his lips. ]

Don't need to be found, or don't want to be found? [ there's no mockery in his voice, just a honest statement of question.

he draws in his breath and breathes out again, trying to catch the duplicate's scent. what do you smell like, other Riku? ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Both.

[ no matter how many times it occurred, it was still strange and distracting as ever to smell himself, a odd mixture of warm, smoldering Light and cool, slick Darkness, and the soft sense of the grey-dawn-dusk Twilight he had grown to associate with himself.

their black coats are totally made out of dead Heartless skins. ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Polite conversation. [ his mouth widens into a passing resemble to a smile, except it's oddly warped like he can't remember how to smile right.

always interesting to see what the other him's are missing. and they're always missing something. ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Like either of us are a good judge of that. [ he had found smiling when in a bad mood tended to have a terrible effect on the conversation. mostly because it looked somewhat crazy. ]

We are very skilled at being jerks, yes. [ lots of things. nothing. everything.

but maybe the same thing this one missing. ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-11 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
... I guess so.

[ Sora always has something to say. he should just be glad in his home-world/universe, it's nice and sane things.

so that's what's so off about this Riku. a Nobody? and no, that's not what he was sniffing the air and checking the scents for. half of it's because he's paranoid, the other half's for a different reason. ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-12 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ instead of telling, your response is; ]

You smell... off.

[ if there is one thing Riku is to his other selves, it's honest. and Nobodies have a very unique scent. ]

sorry for being late.

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the response doesn't clear many things up. ]

Where's your Heart, other me?

[ or maybe it does. ]

^^;

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ a grimace and a soft noise in the back of his throat, though it's mainly due to the thought of losing his Heart, quite frankly, is something distasteful and leaves a sick feeling in his mouth, rather then sympathy for his alternate's plight.

he doubts his other would want it anyway. ]


For how long?

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
... Playing unseen guardian to the hero, too, Riku?

[ and he can acknowledge that. his own blindfold is just as much a way to lie to himself as it is a minor comfort. It was also one of the only things keeping him sane.

Good luck with that, other me. ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Heroes tend to require a boot to the behind in the right direction. And sometimes, lies are for their own good, right?

[ no one else can understand our teenage angst our reasoning behind our methods for coping are sound. it's just no one else besides us, can understand it. The logic is still totally sound, okay. ]

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Giving them despair would be counterproductive, wouldn't it?

[ glad to know I can always count on myself to understand myself. and while our friends are far from comfortable letting us fall ourselves away to save them, we're more then comfortable doing it, so that's that. a eyebrow raise, then a shake of head meaning "no". ]

No. I've seen far more disturbing and bothersome things then you, other me.

[identity profile] existanceindawn.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
Better then nothing at the very least.

[ yes, I do. :D ]

I dislike the idea of losing my Heart. even if you're just an alternate version of me. I like it right where it is, honestly.

[identity profile] caged-memory.livejournal.com 2011-08-13 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[What was that about not being ready to meet Sora? There's a young-looking one not too far away, slowly making his way through the area. He seems to be confused about where he is, though likely not for the same reasons as Riku.]

[identity profile] caged-memory.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[How well do those tactics work when Sora happens to turn and look in Riku's direction?]

[identity profile] caged-memory.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Sora will take that as a sign that he's welcome to head on over, then. He opens his mouth to speak, then closes it, his brow furrowing at the sight of the blindfold.]

How can you see with that thing on?

[identity profile] caged-memory.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
How do you keep from running into stuff?

[He doesn't seem to have realized that they haven't yet introduced themselves.]

[identity profile] caged-memory.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Are you sure, uh... What's your name again?

[Maybe it'll help that there really is no recognition in Sora's expression.]

[identity profile] caged-memory.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
[If Riku didn't want Sora jumping all over him about where he's been and what he's been doing, then yes. Sora literally landed in the DR while still in the pod Namine had him sleeping in so she could work on his memories, and unfortunately most of those didn't make the trip with him.]

Are you sure, Riku? It'd really hurt if you ran into something you couldn't see. Like a tram!

[identity profile] caged-memory.livejournal.com 2011-08-14 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... Do you know where this is, then?

[Luckily he just thinks Riku's a little weird.]

[identity profile] caged-memory.livejournal.com 2011-08-15 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Do you know where Namine is?

[If there's one thing he does remember, it's her. Sort of.]