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[stilldontgotit]

You know, it's kind of crazy to think about. When I first showed up here, I was fifteen, completely powerless, and all I ever wanted was to see the outside world. Everything about this place was new to me. I thought it was a dream come true.

[Mostly, anyway. He had some rough times back then. Selfishness, arrogance, mistakes... It's never fun.]

My friends were a year ahead of me. Learning about the future wasn't easy, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been in that position.

But it's been almost three years. I know my future, and when I leave, I'll probably go right back to where I was. The thing is, I just don't see myself as the same guy my friends know from their time. Not completely.

[There's a pause, followed by a soft 'hm'.]

Anyone else feel that way? Like, after being here for so long, your identity's just kind of changed?

[And with that out of the way, Riku can be found chilling in the battle dome after creating a simulated version of Destiny Islands. After some hanging out there, he'll just be wandering the village. Probably going to hang by the plaza, maybe drop by the library. Anything goes!]

Comments

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[ayu_nee]

Yes.

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[stilldontgotit]

Glad I'm not the only one. It's not hard to change when you're taken from your world for a while.

[Voice]

[shadedsunlight]

I haven't been here for as long, but I know I've changed.

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit]

I don't think you need to be here for years to change. Heck, a lot can change in a few months.

[novelist]

Have you really lost yourself completely in the time you've been here?

[stilldontgotit]

Not completely. I'm still me, no matter how you look at it. It's just that I don't see myself as who I'm supposed to be back home. In the future, anyway.

[vulcanblazer]

And how, brother.

[stilldontgotit]

Kind of cheap how getting out of here requires a reset button.

[voice]

[personafalsify]

Guess I don't really need to answer that.

[ But he is anyway. Well. It's a semblance of an answer. ]

[voice]

[stilldontgotit]

Probably not, but you still can if you want.

[Le shrug. No animosity here, bub.]

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[flockingjustice]

I haven't been here that long, but I think I understand what you mean. I feel different myself.

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[stilldontgotit]

Well, Luceti's different than what most people are used to. That doesn't surprise me.

[Voice]

[blessedbyfarore]

[Can dead air sound thoughtful? Link's going to try it, considering his answer for a moment before speaking.]

I think I have. If I go back, I don't know what'll happen - I'll go back to not really having anywhere I belong. [He doesn't sound too bitter about it, at least - mostly just resigned.] But I fit in here. I have friends and people who are like family and everything.

[He smiles, a little sadly.] I can't go back to where I was originally from, and I've been in Luceti for a lot longer than I was in Hyrule. Luceti's my home now.

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit]

I think it's become home for a lot of people, honestly. If nothing else, I'd say just about everybody has something here they'd rather not lose.

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[paladinlost]

I'm in the opposite situation. The people I love have been here for years, and it's changed them quite a lot.

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[stilldontgotit]

Man, that must be tough to deal with.

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[antlioncyclone]

Yes. Sometimes it's frightening, and sometimes it feels right.

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[stilldontgotit]

I know what you mean. I think change can be pretty startling at first. Throws you off guard, and not always in a good way.

[Voice]

[fabrecation]

... Yeah, I think so.

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit]

Huh. Guess I can see why.

[Totally keeping this civil, yup.]

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[godbent]

[Haruhi ... feels like her heart was just stomped on in mentioning this. Normally, she would be in full support of this. Maybe say something like "duh." But as it is, thinking about this just... hurts. Winry told her a day or two ago she doesn't like Kyon. Things still aren't totally okay with Kyon or Mikuru.

Just. Shit.]

[voice] who's late I'M LATE orz

[fortuneprince]

[It takes Naoto a moment or two to think about this. Has she changed much? She can accept herself as a woman now if that counts for much... ]

In a way, yes.

[voice] it's okay, have a cookie

[stilldontgotit]

You gonna fill me in, or am I being left in the dark?

[Heh, heh. He doesn't want to pry, but he is curious.]

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

[Quietly:]

... I... c-could not even begin to... a-adequately describe how much... I have b-been changed by Luceti...

[And yet he probably will try, anyway. Riku just seems to ask the kind of questions he needs to search himself for.]

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit]

Oh yeah? Well, if you want to, just do your best. I doubt you need to go over every detail.

[voice]

[meteorical]

[...guiiiiilt. Considering the fact that she remembers that she's the one who told him so much, Kairi isn't exactly proud of herself. But she's glad Riku's grown from it...that was the important part, wasn't it?

Still...it's not something she wants to talk about over the journals.]

...hey. Where are you?

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[stilldontgotit]

Battle dome right now. Could always head back, though.

[He just needed a distraction, really. Especially with Valentines right around the corner.]

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[floralogy]

[There's a long pause after she hears this post before she speaks up. That's a really good question, but she doesn't dwell on it that much.]

Not really. I'm the same old Ino from what I've heard. [Of her future, at least.]

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[stilldontgotit]

[...Oh, hey gurl.

Um, give him a second because he still has awkward feelings over a certain festive plant.

Right.]

Well, that doesn't mean it's a bad thing.