risingwinds | Twenty-Fourth Shooting Star

[Today we have one grinning young man waving at the feed. It hasn't really dawned on him that he's gonna be turning eighteen soon. That's way too weird to think about. Besides, it's summer, and he's got other things to talk about! Starting with...]

Hey, guys. I see we're getting lots of New Feathers, so I thought I'd go ahead and say welcome! Hope Luceti's not too crazy for you. Believe me when I say it gets better the longer you stick around.

Anyway, since it's summer and all, I was wondering... See, before I came here, I went to this world called Disney Town, and they had all kinds of cool games. There was this one called Ice Cream Beat where I got to shoot scoops of ice cream to the beats of this really catchy song. A while back, Roxas and I thought about doing something similar here, but since he left, that idea's kinda been sitting around, collecting dust.

[He pauses for a moment, rubbing the back of his neck. That's kinda his fault.]

Anyway, I was wondering if there's anyone who could make that kinda machine for real. I've already got something running in the battle dome, along with a Fruit Ball court, but I dunno. It might be fun to set something up in the square someday. Maybe when it's not so foggy. If anyone's got giant pieces of fruit lying anywhere, we could probably put up Fruit Ball too, but I've got a feeling that'll be even tougher.

[Heh. And one last point...]

By the way, I know I mentioned him before, but if you guys see someone named Kohan, could you maybe say hi to him? He still doesn't have a lot of friends, and I'm really trying to fix that. And uh... like I said before, he's got silver hair, black streaks, kinda grumpy sometimes, but I swear he's a nice guy.

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[Ven, if you do that without a filter, Kohan's gonna get mad...! Not that filtering behind his back was any better. Hmm.]

Perhaps that's something we could work together to fix?

Hey, I'm up for it if you are! If the two of us put our heads together, I bet we could work something out.

[After all, how can Kohan say no to two of his best male buds? And well, he and Ion have a thing going anyway.]

Actually, I did try convincing him to attend that speed dating night a few weeks ago. There were many people there looking just to make friends, after all. But he wasn't very interested...

[He wasn't much of a crowd person, after all. Which was probably part of the issue here.]

There was this one time where I took him to a party, and he wasn't too happy about that, either. I wish I knew why.

[It's hard for Ven to really imagine being so introverted. The outlook's just so foreign to him.]

Perhaps being around so many people he doesn't know makes him uncomfortable? Though if that were the case, there isn't much I can think of to solve that other than getting to know more people so they aren't strangers anymore.

[Which just kind of brings them right back to the initial problem, huh.]

I wish he would open up a little more. Other than us, I dunno how many friends he even has, and that worries me...

[There has to be a way to compromise. Some way to make him happier somehow.]

[Ven's not alone in his concern -- especially with Anise having gone home recently, Ion can't help but wonder what would happen to Kohan if either he or Ven were sent home. Who would he turn to for support? Would he just slip back into the darkness?]

I've been trying to acquaint him with some of my friends, though it's admittedly a bit difficult when I'm not sure whether or not they'd get along. [Like how he gets along great with Florian but doesn't seem to like Luke very much...]

Hmm... Well, you never know until you try! The worst thing that could happen is they don't like each other. On the other hand, there's a chance they could really hit it off, and then he'd have more people to talk to!

[Ven would certainly like to see that happen. Kohan could use more buddies.]

[~~Actually since Ion is friends with Jade that is totally not the worst thing that could happen srsly.~~]

Yes, you're right! And I'm sure he'd find it easier to open up to others if he had more opportunities to try.

[A small, thoughtful pause.]

...I wonder if he'd consider going to school here? There are plenty of opportunities to socialize with others there.

You know, that's a good question. I think school'd do him a whole world of good! Plus, it'd give him something to do.

[Even if homework's not always enjoyable, at least it keeps Ven busy!]

In that case, we should try bringing it up to him! He'd even be able to start with the new term this fall once summer ends.

[And doing homework always goes by faster when you've got someone to do it with, so that shouldn't be an issue at all!]

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