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[rikuonehalf]

[Hello DR, you've probably noticed the sudden flash of light on the bridge leading from the suburban area to Radiant Garden. You might have even noticed the Riku that's suddenly appeared following the flash, lying facedown on the ground. He stays there for a few seconds, then slowly pushes himself into his hands and knees. The ground's a lot colder than he thought it was, and the air on the parts of his face not covered by his hair or blindfold is colder as well. The World That Never Was wasn't this cold a few minutes ago.]

What's going on...?

[More importantly, he can't sense Sora, Kairi, or anyone he was just with.

(ooc: New Riku, some info in profile and journal, taken from just after DiZ/Ansem's machine explodes in his canon.)]

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[blindlyfollows.livejournal.com]

[He should hear her or sense her before she's nearby, but there's what seems to be a female version of himself approaching.]

Hey.

[rikuonehalf]

[He does, and is immediately on guard, because she smells extremely similar to his replica, who was also female for reasons he's not entirely sure of.]

...Who are you? Where am I?

[blindlyfollows.livejournal.com]

['sup mister tall, pale, and bitchy. She takes a step back to brace herself, vaguely uncomfortable but mostly annoyed.]

Not who you think I am. And not where you think you are, either. But I'm not an enemy.

[rikuonehalf]

[He reaches up to tug the blindfold off, blinking at the sudden amount of light before looking at her.]

I thought I was in the Organization's castle. Where am I now?

...And how do you know you're not who I think you are? You look and smell identical to her.

[blindlyfollows.livejournal.com]

But I'm not. Whoever she is. I'm not expecting you to believe me right off the bat, but you won't have a choice. You can't leave this place. Imagine Traverse Town, sucking in whole worlds and their people, from across different universes and timelines.

[rikuonehalf]

She is my replica. You haven't tried to kill me yet, so I'll believe that you're not her.

[Standing up and brushing off his coat now.]

I don't know if I believe the other part. You're saying that I somehow ended up in another...world? Dimension? Of some sort?

[blindlyfollows.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Basically.

[She holds her hand out and summons Way to Dawn, to see if that gets a reaction. Maybe it will, maybe it won't, she's not sure of his exact timeline.]

[rikuonehalf]

That's bizarre--huh?

[It does get a reaction. He summons his own Way to Dawn, partly because he thinks she might actually attack. He'll relax, of course, if she doesn't actually do that.]

[blindlyfollows.livejournal.com]

[She swings it down and keeps it down, the tip of the blade on the ground.]

Think a replica could do that?

[daddyhasagun.livejournal.com]

[Kira is walking by carrying a bunch of bags and packages from her recent shopping trip, but she pauses when she sees the Riku on the ground]

Oh my gosh! Are you okay?!

[rikuonehalf]

...Kairi? No...

[That's the last female he was with, and the first name that comes to mind. But he knows it's not her as soon as he says it. She doesn't seem hostile to him yet, so he's just surprised.]

I'm...where am I?

[He'll be pushing himself into a kneeling position.]

[daddyhasagun.livejournal.com]

You're... probably not where you think you are. Are you hurt? Let me help.

[Kira hurriedly sets down her packages and comes closer, ready to do what she can; as she gets closer, Riku might be able to tell that she smells familiar, but not... a little like Sora, a little like Riku, underneath the perfume she's wearing of course]

[rikuonehalf]

Unless this is the Organization's castle, I'm not where I should be.

[He stares at her, trying to work out what exactly she does smell like, one hand working on loosening his blindfold so he can remove it.]

I'm fine, just lost. Who are you?

[daddyhasagun.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm Kira Hikari-Mori, Riku. And no, this isn't the Organization's castle, even if there are some of them around. This is the dressing room. You're in a totally different world. Sort of.

[oh no, the Speech; Kira's not so good at giving it, but she'll try her best!]

[rikuonehalf]

Dressing room...? Is that really the name of this place? And how do you know my name? I don't know anyone named Kira.

[Ignoring the bit about the Organization being around, because he's kinda used to that, since they do recon missions everywhere. Also, he is unaware of the Speech, but whatever info he can get about his situation an location is good info.]

[daddyhasagun.livejournal.com]

Yes, this place really is called the dressing room. No one knows why. And, uhm... I know your name because I'm sort of related to you. I mean, not you-you, but a version of you. From a different world. Oh... uhm. Lemme start from the beginning!

[Kira takes a breath and tries to organize her thoughts]

Uhm. Okay. The dressing room brings people from all different worlds and universes and traps us here until, uhm, it feels like letting us go back home? Something like that. But I've lived here all my life so I don't have a 'world' to go back to really. But my parents are from Destiny Islands. And, uhm, so there's lots of people here with the same name and face and stuff, but they might be different because their worlds are different.

Does that make sense?

[rikuonehalf]

Another me?

[He looks skeptical when she mentions being related to him, because he doesn't have a sister and she seems too old or too young to be any of his other relatives.]

Not really. It made sense until you mentioned multiple people with the same name and face.

[unforgivenskies.livejournal.com]

[It must be startling to hear a Sora's voice, then.]

Sleeping in the street, Riku?

[rikuonehalf]

[It is startling. Sneaky Sora.]

Where did you--I wasn't sleeping.

[unforgivenskies.livejournal.com]

Could have fooled me, lazy bum.

[Would he like a hand up? Sora's offering one.]

[rikuonehalf]

[What. He is not lazy, he is...not exploded, that's what he is. The explosion is why he was on the ground. He's taking that hand.]

Hmph. What happened to everyone else we were with?

[He thinks this Sora is his Sora at the moment.]

[unforgivenskies.livejournal.com]

I don't know about you, but everyone from my world was left behind.

[Brb bursting that bubble.]

That is a vaguely creepy icon

[rikuonehalf]

[Hey, that's not nice.]

What? What do you mean?

is it the eyes

[unforgivenskies.livejournal.com]

The place we're in now, it takes people from different dimensions... Like it's collecting us. I'm not the same Sora you know.

It is. They seem too big.

[rikuonehalf]

So I'm in a different dimension? If you're not the Sora I know, then who are you? I only know of one Sora. Are you a replica?