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[pullsheavendown]

[Roxas sighs as he turns on his phone to talk to the network. It's not that unusual for him to be in a gloomy mood, but this one's different than the ones he comes by naturally.]

This is going to sound stupid, but I wanted to...apologize, I guess, for that Ansem guy who brought all the Heartless here this month. He's from my worlds and fighting them used to be my job. I didn't do a good enough job this time.

[Actually he did fine but it was two Keyblades against a self-growing army of Heartless. Still, he didn't like seeing people in danger.]

Anyway, I know some people got hurt and couldn't....feel things anymore after the Heartless got to them. If that was any of you, you should be fine now — for good — but if you want to, um, talk about it or anything, I can explain things. Cuz I've been through it too.

[Okay he looks willing but a little mortified too so he's going to stop there.]

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[gusumouthcannon]

[It is a good thing to reassure his housemate.]

If everyone is fine now, you should not worry. I was only dead for a small amount of time.

[pullsheavendown]

You were what?

[gusumouthcannon]

Is that not what you call it? The small shadows overwhelmed me and then I do not remember anything. If I was not dead, then I will need to reassure the person who killed my shadow.

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[germhating_hypochondriac]

Is this Ansem guy still around? Is he gonna pull this shit again?

My friend got hurt and couldn't feel shit. Is there, um, anything I should be doing to make sure he's better and stays better?

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[pullsheavendown]

No. He's gone. I know people can come back here, with the nanites, but I think he'd be back already if that was going to happen.

[He swallows hard.]

He couldn't feel because he lost his heart. The Heartless seem to be gone too, now, so that won't happen to him again.

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[germhating_hypochondriac]

I'm gonna watch out for him just in case.  He can't pull that shit again.  [Not that he has any idea how he'd stop him.]

But he was breathing and walking around and shit.  He had to have a heart.  Plus, feelings are in your brain.  The heart's more like a pump for blood.

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[ze_uwu_jun]

You are not responsible and need not apologize fro another's choices.

[ The hypocrite points out logically, responsibly, and very hypocritically. But it needs to be said. ]

And I would say you, and everyone who fought, did the best job we could. Some tides are not meant to be turned back by a single person. A group effort is necessary. And we were hardly concerted.

Forgive me the question, and feel free to not answer if you do not wish to, but were you supposed to fight the Heartless because you had been... in the unfeeling state, or did you end up in that state because you had to fight them?

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[pullsheavendown]

I know, but...still.

[He'd never even met Ansem before, not as himself, but it feels almost like the Heartless followed him here.]

That's a long story, but it was kind of both.

[ze_uwu_jun]

[ Xichen hesitates for a moment, then nods, slowly. ]

It is still true, whether inside or outside your head. It was not your fault.

I... heard someone say fighting the creatures was the job of a keyblade wielder. Is that what you are?

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[helpdesk_hero]

It's alright. We're not responsible for the darknesses that follow us here from our worlds. But thank you for fighting and doing your best.

[pullsheavendown]

Sure.

[He nods. He'd say thanks, but David just said that, so it'd be weird.]

I'm just glad he's gone now. He and his buddies did a lot of damage where they're from.

[helpdesk_hero]

They did a bit here too. Luckily they're gone now. And people seem to be recovering. Just wish that we'd been better prepared for all of this.

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[hordinglife]

[She remembers this guy from way back when she first got here. They kept running into each other back then.]

Never take blame for someone else like that, especially if you don't even like that. What, do you want people coming at you like it's your fault?

[voice]

[pullsheavendown]

[Blink. Blink. She has a fair point, but...]

No — I know it's not really my fault, I just wish I'd been able to keep things from getting so out of control.

[Sora would have. Maybe.]

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[hordinglife]

If you're guilty for not stopping it sooner then everyone else is, and I'm not taking the fall for it, either. You didn't do it, he did. It doesn't matter what you could have done, he did it.

[What is with everyone wanting to take the blame for other people's screwing up or doing messed up things?]

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[electroburst]

C'mon, you didn't do so bad. Can't save everybody, anyway. And if you're busy doing your job, it's everyone else's job to take care of themselves.

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[pullsheavendown]

Kinda tough for them to do that when they don't know what they're facing. Most monsters can only kill you.

[electroburst]

I managed! Lots of people managed, in spite of being totally clueless. We're all superheroes now, y'know. No excuse not to learn to fight on your own. Even if it's just in case.

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[measuringdicks]

What the fuck was all of that? I couldn't feel anything for days and then some crazy goddamn meat ship just shows up out of nowhere and starts spewing monsters, what the hell was that?

[A beat.]

...I would've liked to have heard about this before one of those Heartless things knocked me off my bike!

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[pullsheavendown]

I found out what was happening when everyone else did. And they never got out of control so fast like they did here, back where I'm from.

[Okay, no, he can't get defensive about this. It makes sense for people to be confused and angry.]

...I'm sorry that that happened to you. The monsters that were here, the Heartless — they took your heart away.

[measuringdicks]

Maybe it was something in the water. Or maybe it was the bugfuck crazy shirtless guy with the dramatic speeches. My vote's crazy shirtless guy.

[Richie doesn't blame Roxas, not really, it's just—it's been a fucked-up time.]

They—no, they didn't, I'd be fucking dead if they did. They just ripped out my feelings.

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[monster_san]

Oh... so that's what happened to us.

[...]

It really doesn't have any long-term effects?

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[pullsheavendown]

I'm sorry.

[He remembers what it's like, to feel nothing. He wouldn't wish that on anyone.]

If you're back to normal, you should be fine now. You'll just remember what it was like.

[Memories are hard.]

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[dazzlingdream]

Is this Ansem still present? [HE WANTS TO KNOW.]

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[pullsheavendown]

No. He's gone. With the nanites, he could still come back, but if he was going to, I think he would have already.