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[forza_del_bene]

[The simulation room's in use today.

Xeha here's going for a bit more hands-on experimentation than theorising. The setting's fairly plain, a black room, but around him hover screens, readouts; pulsing waveforms that hang in the air, lines of intense black and pure scintillating white overlapping. And hell, has he messed with the local gravity, or is he just on an invisible platform?
Even this one isn't immune to the dramatic at times, after all.

He touches a panel at his right; a semi-transparent keyblade appears in front of him. Very plain and simple. A few touches to the left and the various waveforms highlight, change; a few pokes to the right again and the key morphs. It's sharper in form, darker in colour. A red light flashes and he curses, dismissing the hologram.]

Why won't it stabilise... what am I missing?

[He's so close... he can almost taste it...]

Comments

[conflagrate]

Wow, fancy.

[there's an Axel in the doorway with a bag of chips. she was planning on using the simulation room for a little target practice, but she can wait. this seems interesting.]

[forza_del_bene]

[He jumps a little at the interruption, but gives her a bit of a smile.]

I like being able to see what I'm doing.

[conflagrate]

And you need this whole thing for that?

[she waves a hand at... everything, vaguely, letting the chip bag go up in smoke.]

What are you doing anyhow?

[forza_del_bene]

I usually use the labs but - it's a change of scenery.

[He hops down from his pedestal to come over.]

I study keyblades.

[conflagrate]

Huh. I have to admit, not what I was expecting with that face.

[yeah, she's got no tact. but keyblades is decidedly better than hearts.]

[forza_del_bene]

[Eh, he's heard worse. Dryly, he comments-]

Well, why follow the crowd?

[conflagrate]

I like you more already.

[Anyone with a sense of humour is better than Xemnas (and therefore regular Xehanort).]

[forza_del_bene]

I'm glad to hear it.

[He gives a bit of a smile.]

[conflagrate]

So. Keyblades.

[a thing she wants to know more about, certainly.]

What about them?

[forza_del_bene]

[He shrugs, idly-]

What do you want to know?

[conflagrate]

Wouldn't mind knowing what all this is for in regards to them, for starters.

[forza_del_bene]

[Looking around at it himself-] It's for examining and simulating them. Studying the light and darkness levels within them, tracking the ambient magical enhancements any given blade'll have.

[conflagrate]

Huh, didn't realize they had too much in the way of levels.

[youstillneedme]

[This visitor, on the other hand, is very definitely messing with the local gravity. No invisible pillars for him!]

Now isn't that just the question?

[forza_del_bene]

[He laughs, waves his friend in.]

Somehow, I'm not surprised you managed to find me here.

[youstillneedme]

[Naturally, Braig wastes no further time in coming in properly. Might as well get a better look at the show, so to speak.]

What, you think I'd miss something like this? As if.

[forza_del_bene]

Of course. [Smiling.] I'm just trying something new with this all.

[youstillneedme]

Hey, best place in the world to do it, right?

[forza_del_bene]

Exactly. [A gesture to everything-] At the moment, I'm running simulations of - theoretical 'ideal' keyblades. Ones without an owner's influence.

[youstillneedme]

For any reason? Or is it just because you wanna?

[forza_del_bene]

Well, I'd be lying if I said part of it wasn't simple curiosity. These might not be perfect keyblades, they might not be ... [A look that says 'you know what'] ... but it's still something to see. And I think they might have something to show towards creating something that'll function in the real world, but every time I try to modify one off the theoretical ideal, it instantly destabilises. Becomes something that ... won't work.

[youstillneedme]

[He knows indeed. That particular thing... well, he's not terribly interested in seeing it again so soon just at the moment.]

Maybe the real world ones need to have a stabilizing influence?

[forza_del_bene]

[He nods.] I'm thinking that might be it. Something to bind them to the world and existence. Their owner's heart, possibly, but I'm not sure if that'd be it alone...

[youstillneedme]

Well, if you need a heart to start testing the theory with....

[forza_del_bene]

[A smile.]

I'm not surprised you'd say that. Actually, I'll probably need to take scans of yours anyway, if I'm to start work on - your gift.