@riku.masterson

[inherited]

Hi. I'm Riku. Sorry that I wasn't around for what everyone just went through. I can't beat myself up about that now.

[It's true. He wishes he could be there, but he couldn't. A part of him wants to get twisted up and obsessed over it, but he can't.]

I meant to make this message before I went away, but I didn't get the chance.

Not too long ago, we had a "Welcome Committee." The idea was to help people get settled in, get them a home-cooked meal, and make sure they get any questions answered. I promised someone I'd look into expanding it, but I can't seem to find her now. That doesn't change things.

I'm looking for someone to spearhead this. If you're interested, let me know.

If you're new, we have a guide here. Not sure how up to date it is.

Otherwise, there's another thing that we do. Those of us who got raised up to being 18 so we didn't need guardians, and those of us who need some extra schooling, all have a study group of sorts. If you're interested, let me know about that, too.

I guess I should say that I'm 18 now, so it's not much of a lie. I'm gonna keep it up anyway.

Thanks.

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@cloud.strife

[emosey]

[ Cloud spends a lot of time looking over that guide that Riku linked. Some of it is stuff he already knows at this point but there's quite a lot of new things that he does learn from it. ]

This is useful information.

[ Information that he wishes he'd had a month ago but it's better late than never.

He tacks on a belated: ]

Thanks.

@roxas.sky

[recompleted]

why is the school stuff so important to you anyway?

[inherited]

I guess ... it's a lot of things.

But mostly, it keeps us busy. I needed to catch up for the job I wanted to take anyway, and I saw how it might be important.

It's like when you went to a world and did reconnaissance. We're just learning some information that'll be useful across worlds. Like math. Some figures like measurements don't add up, or time, but that's something we can learn along the way too.

1/2

[inherited]

No problem.

[inherited]

[How to not be an awkward loser about a name he already knows?

... Well, this probably isn't how:]

Missing Radiant Garden much?

[emosey]

Radiant Garden?

[inherited]

Do you know who I am? Should I send a picture?

[emosey]

You can do what you want.

But I don't know anybody named Riku.

[inherited]

Well ... it's not like we know each other well.

What about Squall, Yuffie, Aerith, Tifa, Merlin, and Cid? Any of those ring a bell?

Of course, there's Sora, too. My best friend.

[emosey]

[ ... ]

Send me that picture.

@quentin.coldwater

[filloryfanatic]

If it was Angela, she is gone. She talked to me about the idea too. I've started bringing food to the safehouse with my spare cash kind of with her in mind, since she did that my first night here. I'll help out if someone else volunteers to take point tho.

If you guys ever want like a tutor or whatever for studies, I was going to be a professor, so like, I kind of know stuff.

[inherited]

[So, he does, sending a picture of him ... taking a picture of himself in the mirror in his apartment.]

[inherited]

Nah, it was after she left. Cassandra's who I talked to, but I can't find her now. I think the two of them were supposed to spearhead it.

I hope we can find someone who's interested. Maybe now isn't the time to ask.

[Riku is the only one who did not experience a thoroughly stressful situation, after all.]

[emosey]

[ The green eyes and silver hair give Cloud pause at first, but no -- the resemblance to him ends there with those superficial traits. ]

Yuffie, Aerith, Tifa, and Cid.

I don't know who those other three are.

@sora.sky

[lighthearted]

So you've never heard of me? Or Radiant Garden? Man, that's weird...

We met in the Olympus Coliseum. I'm guessing you don't remember that either?

@sora.sky (private)

[lighthearted]

What do you think is going on here?

[emosey]

[ Ok, this is getting more than a bit weird now. ]

That's right.

[lighthearted]

Can you send a picture?

[emosey]

[ Well, he supposes that it's only fair considering that Riku sent him one first. Besides, what harm could it really do? ]

Here.

[lighthearted]

[ The short hair and the lack of his usual outfit makes the picture very unlike what Sora was expecting, though that's just how it goes here. There's something else, though... ]

This may seem like a weird question, but do you have a single black wing?

[emosey]

[ He's yet to face Sephiroth in the Northern Crater, so the question -- while certainly bizarre, as suggested -- doesn't send him spiraling into a hole of conspiracy theories about these two kids. ]

A wing? [ Seriously? ] No.

private infinitely

[inherited]

Hm, well, there are theories about different worlds. What if this is like the Land of Dragons being the same as where Xuanyu Mo and the others come from?

Though I guess you haven't turned up another Mulan just yet.

[inherited]

Huh.

Ever heard of the Darkness? Or the Heartless?

[emosey]

Can't say that I have.

[inherited]

Well, like I said, Sora knew a guy who had your name. It doesn't seem like you are him after all. I met you a couple times in the past year.

It's gonna be pretty weird, but ... he's gonna wanna meet you. Just so you know.