It doesn't matter if you're at the 33rd annual plumbers convention or an anime con

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Who: Riku (darkbreak ) and Data Riku (dataprotector )
What: THE FIRST ANNUAL RIKU CONVENTION IS IN TOOOOOWN
When: Directly after this
Where: Heimdall House
Rating: FUCK THE DIDNEY. IT DIDNEY


[Riku isn't exactly nervous per se. It's not the first time someone had made a copy of him, and judging by this latest revelation, certainly wouldn't be the last. But, he still couldn't help but be annoyed by the situation. He has thought that the days of making copies of people were long gone, ending with his own replica (and perhaps even Xion, but he needs more information to confirm that situation). Still, he supposes he should be somewhat thankful that this one was at least willing to talk and share some information, and wasn't outright hostile to him.

...But that still didn't stop Riku from dragging all Way to the Dawn with him. It's only a precaution. People can act differently on the network than they do in real situations.

He raps his knuckles on the door twice.] Hey. It's me.

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[And Riku knows it.

He wants to return that smile, but he feels so conflicted over it. A message meant for Sora, something cryptic for him (considering that even now, he doesn't know everything that's happened to him) to handle in the future. And something that probably does involve Roxas and Namine and... maybe even others.

Maybe what they did to mend the worlds from Xemnas' -- and Xehanort's -- influence wasn't enough. But then, what could they do to make up for that here?

Sora. Or, maybe... your Sora.

[...] But why hadn't the message been noticed earlier?

[dataprotector]

[Of course he does.]

Yes.

[The datascape's Sora. His best friend, even though he doesn't even remember his adventures.

He shakes his head.]

I don't know.

[He has no idea how much time has passed on the outside, or what happened between the last entry of the Journal and the digitization of the datascape. Maybe there had never been the time for Jiminy to thoroughly check the Journal.]

how did I mess up on the coding ;; sorry

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[An answer that doesn't sit well with him. He doesn't know Jiminy like Sora does, but the cricket didn't seem to be the forgetful or oblivious type like Sora to not have noticed.

Maybe there wasn't any time to check, but Rikus thoughts head toward more malicious possibilities. Of someone getting their hands on it and manually adding it in to send them on a wild goose chase.

Hmm, what other questions could he ask?]

It sounds like you weren't investigating it on your own.

It's okay! <3333

[dataprotector]

[Well... unfortunately this is one of the things that the Journal really doesn't know.

...Whelp. The Journal wouldn't call it a wild goose chase. He is very happy to have been able to serve for that purpose, okay?]

I wasn't. King Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Jiminy discovered the message on the outside and started to investigate themselves. They were a great help in discovering the truth.

[darkbreak]

[Some oracle of knowledge you are, minihim.

And he's not trying to be insulting or anything. Just cautious. He knows that there are some people out there that would manipulate information if they had the chance.

So he appreciates it ;;]

Huh. Seems like something the King would do. [But then... why didn't he let them know about it? Sora and him could have done something.]

So then, what is the truth?

[dataprotector]

[Hey, he's already warned you that his knowledge is limited.

He knows Riku is only being careful. He approves of it, in fact and... really wishes he were able to tell him more than he is/will. But it's not time yet and the Journal is aware of that too. So, until then...]

I'm sorry, but... I can't tell you.

[darkbreak]

[Figures he'd get an answer like that. Not that he hates the Journal for it. But being so used to knowing everything, it still gets him that he doesn't know stuff.]

I guess what I should ask is what can you tell me.