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[stilldontgotit]

Heh. The end of the year. Time sure flies, huh? This marks the third winter I've spent holed up in this place. Now, I could get all nostalgic about how things changed, but frankly? I'm sure you guys are tired of that by now.

There's... something else on my mind, though. Something I've thought about for a while, about the way this place works.

[He pauses for a few seconds, mulling over how to properly phrase this...]

Anyway, I'm sure most of you guys are familiar with the way people vanish out of the blue just like I'm sure you're used to people showing up without a single memory of their time before. Assuming they'd been here, anyway. But sometimes people come back with memories fully intact or those memories return after a quick reminder. I've even seen a few cases of somebody coming back as a blank slate and showing up again later with memories from a visit before the last.

Maybe I'm over thinking it, but have you guys ever thought that maybe the people who show up without memories might be different versions of someone rather than the same person with those memories wiped out? Now, I'm not saying people actually remember this place back home; I've gone back twice and I sure didn't. And, sure, timelines probably factor into it, but who's to say there can't be, say... twin versions of the same world?

Just some food for thought, I guess.

[Okay, and with that silliness out of the way, Riku can be seen in a few different places. First, there's the Community Housing 1 building, where he can be found feeding a big ol' chocolate cake and some colorful ice cream to his Dream Eater. Upon eating the goods, his bat sparkles and glows. Feel free to boggle at this.

Outside, he can be found strolling along in the snow for a bit. Aftr a while, however, he gives into some silly urges. What kind of silly urges, you ask? Snowballs, of course. He won't be outright malicious, but if he sees any familiar faces he miiight just toss a little snow their way. After all, it's been far too long since he's done something silly like that.

Otherwise, he can be seen practicing some magic out by the forest. And by magic I of course mean summoning gigantic, colorful balloons that explode. What's all that about?]

Comments

[stilldontgotit]

Guess I lucked out. Might've been small, but I spent almost all my time back home. But I think most people would want to when you live on a tropical island.

[universal_charm]

_{[He whistled.]}

Tropical island? That's pretty sweet. So, we talking Hawaii, or something more Caribbean?

I grew up on a desolate little farm that grew more dust than anything else.

[stilldontgotit]

I can't really tell you. Never seen either of those places... or heard of them before I popped up here.

[Well, okay, he vaguely knows of the Caribbean probably thanks to hearing about Port Royal or something.]

But I feel like I would've been even more restless on a farm.

[universal_charm]

I... yeah, restless is a nice way of describing what I was. To put it in perspective for you - I drove my step-dad's hover car into a canyon and got arrested for it. I was ten or eleven I think.

_{[Is it worrisome he sounds a TINY bit proud of this?]}

[stilldontgotit]

Sheesh. Maybe I should've upped my ante a little bit.

[Because, seriously, that's pretty intense at age ten.]

My friends and I wound up trying to build a raft to reach other worlds. Nowhere near as exciting as car stunts.

[universal_charm]

Hahah, that's cute. I always dreamed of going to space, and I was lucky that I made it come true. I can understand the wanting to get away to other worlds, though, really.

[stilldontgotit]

Well, I did get to see other worlds. It just didn't happen the way I expected.

[Heck, it was one rough road.]

[universal_charm]

Nothing ever does, trust me.

[stilldontgotit]

True. And in a way, I feel like it's just better that way. Even with all my screw-ups, I feel like I'm a better person because of them.

[universal_charm]

Heh, that's pretty mature of you. Most people I know wouldn't own up to 'em, much less let them make you a better person.

_{[Himself included sometimes.]}

[stilldontgotit]

Well, it's easier to come up with justifications or to run away from your screw-ups, but personally? I don't think that accomplishes a thing.

The only way to make up for mistakes is to face them head-on.

[universal_charm]

Again, that's really mature. I know a lot of adults who are scared of their own shadows much less their own problems.

[stilldontgotit]

Well, it's easy to get caught up in fears in regrets. I know I almost did, but I had a friend who was willing to drag me out of the dumps.

To tell you the truth, I owe a whole lot to him.

[universal_charm]

Well, make sure you keep them around. Those kind are hard to find, even if you don't like them for knocking you out or hypo-ing you more than is truly necessary.