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[She has a basket in her hand covered with cloth, and she's walking around the dressing room, looking carefully, once or twice opening random doors, peeking in, then closing it.]

[ooc: Yes, because I'm a sucker as well, Namine also found some eggs. Help them out along.

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. Oh, and yes, she still have the notes, but she's a bit more jumpy today and it's less likely she'll give it to you if you ask her for it. Replies might be late. Deeerp Bl]

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[Slowly reaches for the little dragon and rubs a finger in a petting motion across the top of her head.]

Mmm. She's cute. [Roxas grins, then coughs a little and clarifies.] For a dragon, that is. [The grin is still there, but his cheeks are probably a little pink now, too.] Any ideas for a name for her?

He's alive, but he gets sick really easily. I mean, like, coughing up blood sick. He's had his memories taken away by Vexen ... and the Organization was using him.

I don't know. [Rakes a hand through his hair agitatedly.] I mean, he's not even like the Riku in Sora's memories -- maybe that's a good thing, though.

But he still has a strong heart. I do know that. Oblivion responded to him, and he has it now....

I still can't think of a perfect name for her. The males are easy to name. She's a bit special.

Um...

[Chuckles and pets the thus-far-nameless-girl-dragon some more.] I'm sure you'll think of something.

[Motions to the basket.] Are there more dragons in there then?

[Looks over at Naminé, noting that she seems uncomfortable.] Do you know which Riku I'm talking about, Naminé?

I hope so. She's the only one without a name so far.

Actually...

My double found these on the floor some time ago. It...it mentions about Vexen and... and an experiment. Roxas, is...is he...?

[Roxas holds his hand out to the orange dragon to let it sniff him before he tries to pet it.]

So do these two have names then?

[Roxas recognizes Vexen's distinctively precise penmanship even before he takes the notes. He sighs and nods a silent affirmative answer to Naminé's question as he gravely accepts the papers from her.]

You've read them already then, I guess? And another Naminé? Anyone else?

[Roxas isn't worried about the two Naminés having apparently read the notes, though the contents are anything but pleasant, seeing as he has yet to meet a Naminé who isn't trustworthy -- but there are plenty of other people around here that he certainly doesn't trust or know well enough to trust, and he would hate for one of them to try and take advantage of Riku from having read the notes.]

Yes. That one is Aqwer. This one is...Erkor. Xyland is already in another room. He stays there because he likes being buried under the earth.

Only the two of us read it, I believe. An Axel tried to peek behind while she was reading, but she stashed it away before he could see anything else. We figured it was better off not seen by others, so we decided to keep it. I'm sorry. I didn't knew you were looking for them.

He... he suffered so much.

[Scratches under Aqwer's chin and smiles down at Erkor's antics with the stone he's playing with.] They're all pretty cute. So you have four all together ... or are there more? [Obviously hasn't seen the eggs around the dressing room lately.]

Oh, no. I'm relieved that it was the two of you who found the notes in the first place. And it's not like we wanted to announce to everyone about the notes being missing, so there really was no way for you to know that anyone was even looking for them.

I'm sorry that you had to see them, though.

I think he'll pull through it. Riku's always been strong, you know? [Or at least Sora seems to think so.]

[Pauses, and then he looks at Naminé with an almost startled expression on his face.]

Naminé? What can you tell me about the Riku clones -- replicas? [doesn't know what exactly to call them]

There are four, but they seem to appear more often these days. If I find more, I might take care of them as well.

Do you know where he is now?

Replica...he was created by Vexen to gauge how powerful Riku is...I was ordered to rewrite his memories several times. There was a time he swore to protect me, and I'm really grateful for everything he did...

Do you need any help? [Has now stooped down and is petting Erkor.]

He should still be in the shower. And I hope he feels better. I'm kind of worried, Naminé -- even hi-potions and elixirs barely work on him. He says that it's because of Vexen's experiments.

[Pauses and lowers his voice so just Naminé can hear.] He's actually able to create hearts, Naminé. I didn't know that something like that was actually possible.

[Looks pensive as she explains about Replica Riku.]

What-- [Checks himself before he can ask "What happened?". He's not sure he should press Naminé for details.]

No, I'm good. I get plenty of help from Sora.

That's not good. Doesn't magic work?

I read about it. But it went wrong, didn't it?

Yes? What is it?

Oh. Okay. Let me know if the two of you ever need more help, though?

To be honest, I haven't tried magic ... because I can't use it myself. [Looks a little embarrassed to be admitting this since Sora is such an adept magic user.] Maybe I could find someone who actually can cast Cure to help, though.

[Shakes head.] According to the notes, the only thing that went wrong is when ... Roxas -- [Roxas doesn't know if the Roxas in the notes is actually him in the past or not] -- tried to use one of those hearts as a replacement.

Is ... he here? Do you know? [Roxas tries to soften his previously unasked question. He has seen a few Replica Rikus around here after all....]

Maybe I can help? I'm not sure how badly he's injured, but, when Axel got injured by Saix, I was able to stop him from vanishing...even if...

...doesn't that mean they don't work like the real thing?

I'm not sure, actually. It seems the story is the same for all of them, it's hard to tell them apart.

Really. [His words momentarily fail him at the mention of Axel fading. It still hurts to think about it, but grieving doesn't change the past.]

[softly] Would you ... mind seeing what you could do for Riku, Naminé?

But wait. [Looks sharply at her now.] What does it take out of you to do something like that in the first place? [If it didn't work, and they both wound up hurt, Roxas would never forgive himself.]

In a way, yes; and in a way, no. The artificial hearts don't seem to work on Nobodies. The notes didn't really say why, but I know that Heartless can eat them, and they can be used for Kingdom Hearts.

[Is silent for a moment, considering. What if this Riku was really a Replica? What then?]

[ooc: I know! I wish that more stuff would get released in English. *sighs wistfully* Either that, or I guess I should learn Japanese! XD
I didn't know that Naminé was able to do something like that. That's pretty cool ... but it does make me think that Axel/Naminé might be sort of cute, too. ^^; She did sew his coat for him in part of the manga, too. *giggles*
BTW, before I forget again, I think Roxas might need to somehow get the rum that Naminé has in order to make Bombe Alaska. ^_^ Maybe -- once I get around to posting a new thread -- they can portal into the kitchen from the cellar ... or something like that?]

It depends on the extent of his injury. I'll have to do the best I can.

If that's the case, what good are they?

[Roxas just closes his eyes for a moment and sighs.]

[Raises eyebrows ever so slightly in concerned warning.] Don't push yourself, Naminé ... please. If it gets to be too much ... I don't want you to hurt yourself in the process.

The hearts are useful for attracting Heartless ... and if there's someone who can use a Keyblade around, then the hearts of the Heartless can be freed for Kingdom Hearts. Or the artificial hearts themselves can be absorbed by Kingdom Hearts as well.

[Pauses and thinks.]

Maybe the reason why one of Riku's hearts didn't work for the other Roxas was because he already had a heart in Sora. Kind of like forcing something into a place where it doesn't fit, maybe?

Don't worry, I won't.

It could be. Do you think they would work on the others or the lesser Nobodies?

Okay. [Takes reassurance from Naminé's smile and smiles back, completely believing that she'll be careful.]

How do you want to do this? Do you need someplace quiet or anything like that?

[shrugs] I'm not sure. The notes weren't very clear on that ... or about what even happened to the other Roxas.

That would be something, though, wouldn't it ... if they could actually be used as replacements?

...where is he right now? It'll be better if there are fewer distractions.

This whole thing started because of hearts. It would be great if it could finally end. Still, it doesn't look like it'll be that easy.

I'm not sure exactly where Riku is ... do you want to come find him with me?

[sighs and shakes his head] Yeah, I agree -- some things just aren't quite that simple.

[ooc: And since I'm a dork, that is an intentional nod at the lyrics to "Simple and Clean." ^^;
If you're on now, I'll start a new thread for Naminé and Roxas and Riku....]

Okay, sure.

Thank you. [smiles]

[ooc: Here's the new thread: http://community.livejournal.com/kingdomdressing/503773.html]

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