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[anachromatic.livejournal.com]

So, let me get this straight. Most of the Roxases here are these beings called Nobodies, right? And they don't have any hearts? So.. how can a person actually live without a heart? I know that you guys might not be missing your actual hearts, but I've never thought it was possible to go through life without experiencing any kind of emotion at all. That would be just weird.

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[encryptkeys.livejournal.com]

They let you go free with that information?

[anachromatic.livejournal.com]

Who's they?

[encryptkeys.livejournal.com]

The ones handling you. They got sloppy and let you escape.

[anachromatic.livejournal.com]

.. run that by me again? I think I kinda missed something there.

[encryptkeys.livejournal.com]

You were supposed to be used as a dummy and destroyed.

[firebranded.livejournal.com]

You get used to it. Besides, you remember enough to pretend like you've got emotions, so it works out in the end.

[anachromatic.livejournal.com]

But doesn't that bother you? I mean, what if you're in a relationship? You're fine with leading someone on and making them like or love you when you can't return the emotion?

.. but I guess you have to have a heart to be bothered, huh?

[firebranded.livejournal.com]

Agonizing over it doesn't exactly help the situation. You get as close as you can. That's all that matters. Besides, if you have any sense you know what you would feel if you could, so that's something.

[xdarkillusionx.livejournal.com]

As a former Nobody, allow me to explain--

In the reality in I come from, as well as the similar realities of others, the heart is more than a mere organ. It is a source of emotion, and it contains light and darkness. Additionally, every body contains a soul, which is essential to life; without it, a person will die.

Now, when the heart is corroded with darkness, the person becomes what is known as a heartless. These heartless are instinctive creatures who thrive only to steal the hearts of others, thus transforming them into heartless. In a sense, the name "heartless" is a misnomer; the heartless are the hearts, albeit corrupt. However, one might ask what becomes of the body and soul, once separate from the heart.

This is where Nobodies come in. You see, the Nobody is the body and soul without the heart. Often times, they are a distorted form with no resemblance to the original person, but those with a strong heart and will remain human in appearance, though with minor physical differences. Unlike the heartless, Nobodies are capable of rational thought, and those with a human appearance gain new abilities and a weapon bound to their very existance. They also retain the memories of their human counterparts, bar the extremely rare occasion in which the heartless returns to its human state; in that case, the Nobody loses its memories. More importantly, a Nobody has little to no emotion, mostly relying on the memories of their feelings in order to put on an elaborate act to fool both others and themselves.

Nobodies have no blood, and no beating heart. When injured, a sort of dark gas leaks from their bodies. If they are killed, they cease to exist, fading into darkness, although they can become human again if both their heartless and Nobody are killed. I know this from experience.

Hopefully this explains the essentials.

[book-of-dawn.livejournal.com]

To elaborate on my counterpart's point (who seems to come from a reality more similar to my own than some of the others I've seen around here), Nobodies do feel exactly two things - intense desire and a strong sense of self-preservation. Combined this is an incredible will to live - the only reason Nobodies exist at all is becuase of this intense will, this absolute, immutable refusal to die.

Without this, they would merely fade away, which is one reason why they seek hearts so reverently (the other, as you pointed out, is that it is... unpleasant to live with no emotion.)

drive by comment from another roxas O:

[realising.livejournal.com]

Heh. It's a wonder why I didn't ask you any of this when I had the chance. So the only way I'll be able to become human is to kill myself, huh? Sounds fair enough. Though your little speech doesn't even begin to explain anything I've gone through in the past.

[reborn-fire.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I still don't believe it; Nobodies can certainly act like they have emotions.

1/3

[onthe-scene.livejournal.com]

It's Roxae, actually.

Anyway, it's got to do with...

[onthe-scene.livejournal.com]

...um...

[onthe-scene.livejournal.com]

...There's this guy called Ansem who's got it aaaaalll written down, did you know?

[celaje.livejournal.com]

... you can act like you have emotions, sometimes.