7th dawn → video

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[Riku's face, when he appears on the network today, is a little exasperated, and a little apologetic. Behind him, something tiny and black moves, and he picks his hair up and away from it, pulling it over his shoulder for lack of anything else to do with it. A sharp-eyed observer will note that the black thing is a wing. It's small, but it's clearly a pointy, leathery bat wing. Presumably, there's a matching one.]

So... I guess I was ported out.

[His very first port-out after a year and a half. What a strange experience. Riku pauses. He's pretty sure he... owes some people an apology.]

Uh -- sorry. From what I can tell it hasn't been very long, though...? A day or so tops, I think. I saw Kagami made a post, so I thought I should clear things up.

[He's surprised you all panicked, honestly...]

I guess I should thank you all for worrying, though.

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[It takes a bit for her to absorb all that, staring off down the hallway. Sora and Riku's accounts, her work with Ven's memories...subtle words that Xemnas uttered. They're all memory chain links that need reforging, and right now her the one trying to figure out how all the pieces fit together one by one and to other, larger lengths of chain.]

So it really is going to turn into a full out war. Xehanort and his army against you and Sora and the others. Even Kairi...

[She's sure Kairi refused to let anyone tell her she couldn't help. But at the same time...were they so desperately outnumbered and overpowered that they had to enlist and endanger a Princess of Light? Seven to thirteen...a shudder goes down Naminé's spine.]

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Yeah. We can't... I didn't want to put Kairi in danger. But she's right -- we don't have enough firepower as it is. There are next to no Keyblade wielders left. So we have to take what we can get. And unfortunately, that means putting Kairi into that situation.

[He hates it. He hates that any of them are stuck in this. But what else can they do?]

Xehanort wants us to panic, I think.

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He's good at playing mind games. But all of you have weathered so much of it already. I believe in everyone. And I'll protect Kairi, I promise. I won't let Xehanort have her light.

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Good. I'll count on you, all right?

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[She gives him a tiny smile.]

I'll do what I can.