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[quiets after a while, listening to him, hands white-knuckled, his face pale as he tries to just sit there and breathe, shaking]

W-what else was in those notes.

[Roxas eyes the notes darkly. They're lying in the floor where he dropped them when he reached for Riku.]

Are you sure you want me to continue?

[He's pretty sure that he already knows the answer, but he wants to give Riku the opportunity to stop if he wants.]

I have to.

[slowly leans back, resting his head against the wall, watching Roxas]

[Nods slowly. He wouldn't expect anything less from Riku, so Roxas will do his best to read through the rest of the notes.]

All right.

[ooc: Any more note suggestions? Also, any hints on if this is Riku or Repliku? ^^]

[ooc; bwhaha, anything you want. I'm easy. ♥ It's known that he didn't get along with Saix, who came a few times to check on Vexen's little projects. Marluxia and Larxface came to say hello a few times, and he hates them.

I'm not saying if he's Rep or Riku, bwaha, it's for everyone else to decide. ♥]

[keeps watching]

*makes a very sad attempt at pouting* Yours is an evil laugh.

Let me sleep on it? I've got classes in the early morning tomorrow, and I think you're at least two hours ahead of me -- maybe even three hours.

Yeah, I figured that he probably wouldn't have much love for Larxene after a couple of shock sessions. XP

So ... do you have it established in your mind if he's Riku or Repliku? Or are you just waiting to see what the general consensus turns out to be? ~~To be honest, I've been thinking of him as Riku, but I guess we'll eventually find out!~~

I know who he is, haha, I'm just letting everyone else puzzle it out for a while. ♥

Uhh, I may be? it's 2 in the morning for me, lulz.

sleep well!

Yup, three hours difference. PST say hello to EST! (At least, I'm guessing that you're on EST.)

Thank you! ♥ You sleep well, too!

♥♥ Haha yes, that I am.

I also have to get up for school in 4 hours, oh yeah. 8D night!

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[his face is oddly blank as all of it is read to him, and he swallows at the last bit]

I didn't think I did.

Yeah, um, please don't mind the fact that Vexen's notes kind of contradict themselves at times. I noticed that I had the first set of notes describing Riku as having a high pain tolerance, and now this second set seems to indicate that Vexen is complaining that Riku can't handle enough pain. Silly scientist, please to be making up your own mind, kthnx. XP

I'm not sure why Riku's pain produces better hearts though, unless it somehow overwhelms him to the point that all he can do is cling to a tiny glimmer of light deep inside of him -- and/or maybe he knows in his heart that he needs to survive for the sake of somebody or something, though he can't remember with his mind who or what, and it's his strength of heart and will that compels him to hang on. And this determination, coupled together with the light, gives rise to better hearts.

Or something to that effect. ^_^;

If Riku is a Replica, I don't know if the above hypothesis would still hold true or not, so I won't have the notes say anything more about it. But I figured that the whole 'more pain = better hearts' would give Vexen a good excuse to keep ~~torturing~~ 'improving' Riku.

And I couldn't resist tossing in a mention of the other Roxas. ^^ I don't know if Riku will sense something familiar about him at all, but I'm thinking that newbie!Roxas somehow gets a hold of one of Riku's hearts and tries to shove it into his own chest ... or Riku could try to shove it in Roxas' chest. Either way, Roxas has a very poor reaction to the heart, since it's not his own, but the experience is of some marginal interest for Vexen since none of the other Organization members have tried to use Riku's hearts like that before. They tried using them with Dusks and other lesser Nobodies in the past, but the results were not promising.

*flails helplessly* Or something like that. I dunno. Have any plotbunnies that you want to let loose, by any chance? ^^

I kind of wondered about that, but figured that it either got worse as time went by, or like, it was different kinds of pain. IT'S VEXEN; HE MAKES UP HIS OWN RULES.

I could see it like that, or like, his body is just going in overdrive in a way, to do what it has been now designed to do, and so like, it does that. It's left vaguuuue. [easy]

And yeah, haha, Vex's a bastard like that, so it wooorks. <33

...You know what. I could see Vexen seeing Roxas doing that, but it not working because Roxas /has/ a heart. Vexen just writes it off as it not working though, not realizing. ...[thinks]. So theoretically, this Riku /could/ create hearts for the Org, if their hearts weren't out there.

A-actually I wrote fic for him, lolol. I keep doing little bits and pieces about him, but i only posted one if you wanna read that?

Or it could be the length of time that Riku is in pain. He might be able to tolerate high intensity pain, but for how long? And/or he could have developed a tolerance for pain as everything progresses.

Ohhh! I didn't think about the fact that the heart wouldn't work for Roxas because Sora's still out there. That's a really good point! To be honest, I don't know about if the rest of the Organization still have their Heartless running around, or if their hearts are already part of Kingdom Hearts or what ... but Riku's hearts won't work for them one way or another, I guess? Either way, that's a double whammy for Roxas.

And, yes, I want to read your fic! *bounces around gleefully*

[Nod] Yeah, the length of time could do it too.

It could go either way; it might be that it works for a few, but since there's so many heartless out there it may only work on some.

Ahaha, um. http://chiiaroscuro.livejournal.com/87579.html#cutid1

Note that it's written at 3:00 in the morning on 1 hour of sleep and that, honest, I can write better than that. [DIES]

*sniffles and wibbles* Oh, Riku!

If you can write that good on just one hour of sleep ... wow. Just wow. ♥♥♥ *definitely wants more*

So that's what the acid is for! Ah-ha!

I think I might belatedly switch over and start having Vexen's notes identify Riku as 'Experiment 01' now....

[grins] Hey, do you have aim by any chance? I'd love to talk to you if you wannnnttt~?

Ahaha, yep, that's what my mind figured the acid could be for.

♥ Haha, awesome.

I do, actually ... along with Yahoo! Messenger, Skype, and the Gmail chat thing. Do I use them at all? *shakes head sadly*

I'm kurisutaruquin on AIM. I should be on sometime this weekend when I'm not having to deal with this physiology paper that I'm writing. I have this little quirk, and I feel bad when I'm IMing with someone if I can't actually devote my attention to chatting with them because I'm working on something else.

I don't feel quite as bad about it when I'm doing stuff messageboard-style (like this) since it's not quite real-time dependent ... if that makes any sense?

But, yes, I do want -- very much so. ^^ Maybe later Friday or just about all day Saturday ... I should be on then.

[laughs] I have all of those too, haha.

I'm uh. Usually online even with work, since I suck like that. llulz.

It does make sense! :D

Haha, alright, sounds good! I'm Juudaimeeee or box of roxas, depending. XD

"Number XIII apparently attempted to join one of Experiment 01's created hearts to himself with disastrous results. He is expected to recover in due time; but, thanks to his impulsive actions, I must now conclude that these hearts are of little or no use to Nobodies as replacements for our original hearts.

Aside from the gain of these paltry findings, I am not pleased by these latest events, especially since XIII apparently felt the need to conjure his weapons in full view of 01. I have spent countless hours ridding 01 of any and all memories and emotions that would lessen his usefulness to the Organization, and I will not have my research and work ruined by XIII's presence here.

Am strongly recommending that XIII be transferred away from Castle Oblivion as soon as possible.

Day 42.

Number XI's little pet is finally earning her keep and has altered XIII's memories of yesterday's events. Despite pressure from several of my peers to have her do the same to Experiment 01 as well, I declined to allow her to do so, seeing as the acid I injected into him last night has already done the job.

It is a pity that 01 will not remember the reason for his punishment this time, as understanding why punishment is administered serves as a deterrent to similar behavior in the future, but he must not be allowed to remember anything that happened between XIII and himself.

I will admit that I would have liked to see how XIII would have responded to the acid in turn, but the orders were to return him to The Castle That Never Was 'unharmed.' If I had a heart, I would feel gravely insulted by this apparent glaring lack of confidence in my work.

Day 49.

I have discovered that Experiment 01 positively responds not only to praise (no matter how slight) but also to pleasurable physical touch.

Interesting.

More research will be conducted on this in the near future."

[Despite his revulsion at these latest revelations, Roxas doggedly continues reading to the end of the final page.]

"Day 50.

Breakthrough.

There is a way to replicate not only a being -- but also its abilities.

And I have found it.

Imagine Experiments 02, 03, 04, and on and on. All with the same ability to create hearts.

Now I need not spare 01. Should he not survive, he is replaceable.

I must inform Superior of my success immediately."

[Roxas clutches at the papers, looking like he would very much like to tear them to pieces, but he reminds himself to try and stay calm. Getting upset and shouting had only seem to set Riku off last time ... and he has no idea how Riku will respond this time.

He looks over at him, deeply concerned and unsure of what to say.]

[ooc: Vexen lost his ability to write actual paragraphs those last two entries for some unknown reason. XP]

[ooc; 40+ days of writing and vexen was finally like FUCK THISSSS. 8| you know it. XDDD UGH, I LOVE YOUR DETAIL BY THE WAY. *fangirls you*]

[has closed his eyes and is just listening at this point, a hoarse, fake laugh escaping him]

I'm not a toy. I'm not! H-he-- I'm not some--

[breaks off, hands clenched into balls]

[ooc: *giggles* More like I was going, "I don't know what to write anymoooooore!" Thank you, though. ♥]

Riku....

[Roxas edges a little closer to him and lays his hand on top of one of Riku's fists.]

[grits his teeth, and when he lifts his head, his eyes are a bit brighter; he swipes at them with one hand, staring]

What--?

[hasn't seen these before, staring at the wetness]

You're -- you're crying.

I'm -- sorry that you had to go through all of that, Riku. I'm sorry that part of it was because of me, too.

[The apology is sincere, but it sounds hollow even to Roxas. Being sorry doesn't change what happened in the past, and he knows this full well.]

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