risingwinds | Twenty-Second Shooting Star

[Ven's had a lot on his mind these past few weeks. Between the draft, Terra's departure, and... recent events with Fuuko, he's been hit hard and fast.

And what better way to deal with issues than to talk about it? It's for this reason that Ven's pulled open his journal today.

Deep breaths, now. He can do this!]

Say, um. Let's say you just recently started... Well, I mean, if you were--

[He pauses. Gosh, why is this so awkward to ask? COMPOSURE, Ventus.]

Okay, how 'bout this? If you just got together with somebody, and... [...aaand freezing up again.

...aw, heck. He'll just get to the point.]

What kinda things are boyfriends supposed to do? [That came out kinda fast. But... there. At least he said it. And now that that's outta the way, it's time for a more somber subject... He'll get on that after a short pause.]

Also, that last draft really got me thinking. We weren't able to just tag people like before. In order to survive, everybody had to, well... kill. And for me, that's really scary. I can't just... take someone's life, even if they're the enemy.

So I guess what I wanna know is... how do you guys feel about that? And the drafts in general.

I know that's a really weird thing to tackle after that last question, but... well. Any answers are definitely appreciated!

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Yeah. When people die here, they lose something. It could be a sense, an ability... I'm sure there's all kinds of possibilities. When Vanitas died, though, he became blind.

[Oh dear, that sounded pretty serious...]

That is worrying to know. And there is no way of reversing this penalty? Still, that must mean that people do not stay dead forever in this place, yes? Hmm, in a way I am not sure which should be considered worse...

You can get 'em removed, but it takes a few months before that's possible. Even then, it's probably for the best that he did go blind-- it stopped him from being able to hurt anybody, and I was able to work with him at least a little bit.

He sounds... dangerous. Did your time with him bring about any change?

[He's interested to see from an ethical standpoint too. Too often had he seen people he would consider evil in his world... he often wondered if they were able to change themselves or if they were stuck that way.]

I'd like to think so. He definitely stopped trying to hurt people, and he found other ways to enjoy himself before.

[The question is, was that only because he had nothing better to do, or had he actually changed? Ven may never know.]

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