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[A derp walks into a hall and--

Wait, no. That won't work.

How about... Why did the blondie cross the road? Still no good?

Gosh.

Well, folks, there appears to be a Roxas running down the hall, chasing after a dusk. Now, he would have brandished his struggle bat right about now, but there's just one problem. That dusk?

...totally has it. So he's left with no choice but to wield the almighty stickblade!

But in all seriousness, he's kinda got a dilemma here. In fact, he's in such a big rush that he has no idea he's not in Twilight Town at all and is in fact in a totally different area! That adrenaline is pumping. He's ready to get some photos... and a bat!

...and then he trips on a skateboard on the way through the hall. SPLAT. But he's not done yet! After he dusts his pants off, he's off again, stick and all. That dusk just keeps bouncing around.]

Hey, get back here!

[Care to lend a hand?]

[ooc: Hmhmhm~ Info on profile. He's a blank slate for now, but his old DR memories might come back... at some point. idk.]

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[Roxas, that's a stick. :|

In all seriousness, though, there's a cloaked guy with armor on one arm watching this as the Dusk and the blond right by him with, if his face could be seen, a confused and somewhat stunned look on his face.

That's a Dusk. And that blond kid looks awfully familiar. ... and what's a Dusk doing with a Struggle Bat?

'Ven?' First things first; figure out what the hell is going on. Which means stop the Dusk.

There's a small flash of light that solidifies into a blue Keyblade, it's tip aimed right at the fleeing Dusk.] Bind.

[One frozen Dusk, coming right up.]

[It all happens so fast. Roxas barely has time to skid to a stop before he hears the Keyblade materialize and sees the Dusk suddenly freeze.

He stops, rubs his eyes, and whips around, staring a little at the strange man.

...give him a second, he's a little speechless.]

Er... Thanks?

[The Keyblade gets dismissed, and... is that a faint hint of a smile on the face hidden under the hood?] You're welcome.

[He tilts his head slightly, deciding that this must be some kind of dream and deciding to just run with it.] Why were you chasing that thing?

Because it snatched up my friend's camera, not to mention a bunch of other phot--

[...Wait. Did he just say...?

Okay, give him a second, while he glances at the dusk, then heaves a sigh of relief. After that, he rubs the back of his head.]

Basically, it's been causing a lot of trouble.

[A dusk, acting like a thief? He 'hmms' thoughtfully and adopts the rather generic thinking pose that most have used at least once in their lives.] Dusks don't have much of a will of their own; if it was causing trouble, it would be under someone's orders.

[Somewhere in the back of his mind, this sounds incredibly familiar. Like something he'd...

... Oh. Oh, he thinks he knows. Walking over the the Dusk, preparing to have to actually fight the damn thing just to get the stolen goods.He decides to test his luck, though, and addresses it directly.] The Bind is going to wear off soon. We can do this one of two ways-- you can either give me the things you've taken and get out of here, or I'll take them by force and you cease to exist.

[Five... four... three... two...]

[Whoa, is this guy trying to reason with it? Will it work?

Roxas watches him very carefully, except that when the spell wears off, the first thing the Dusk does? ...is try and slap Terra in the face.]

[Yes, he was. It was a long shot to begin with, but why not? They're capable of logic.

... well. 'Try' being the key word here; the lean back to avoid the slap is easy enough, and Terra just sighs and re-summons Stormfall.] That's what I thought it would be.

[Good thing Dusks go down in a few hits. Short fight is short?]

[Very short, and Roxas can't help but stare in awe. That was... actually really cool!

Even if there's something eerily familiar about that key that he can't place his finger on.]

Man, how'd you pull that off?

[He's probably talking about the summoning. Usually weapons don't pop outta thin air!]

Hm? [Just kneeling down to pick up those photos that have fallen to the ground. Funny, they all seem to be of the very kid he's speaking with now.]

How'd I pull what off? [He didn't do anything fancy when defeating the Dusk; no magic, beyond using that initial Bind spell. It just hasn't occurred to him that 'Ven' could be talking about summoning the Keyblade.]

[Sora saw the thing go flying by, and the tripping boy. His head is sticking out of a door in the hall now as he watches, a dumbfounded expression on his face. What is that thing? He hesitates, then starts chasing after them to see what's going on.]

[It looks like Roxas has it cornered, at least! Now he can-- agh! The Dusk keeps slipping out of his path.

He hasn't quite noticed Sora yet, but wait-- BAM! The Dusk totally just clonked Roxas with the struggle bat. He hits the ground, sluggishly stands up, looks over his shoulder, annnnd....

Cue staring.]

Huh?

Are you okay?

[You look just like his best friend, which has him even more worried that you just got bashed in the head with a funny-looking weapon. Sora's attention is torn between the boy a few feet ahead of him and the Dusk, which he's honestly afraid of.]