risingwinds | Twenty-Seventh Shooting Star

[It's been about four months now since he had his talk with Lea. Most of that time he's spent trying to keep his spirits high. Socializing with friends, going on with his day-to-day routines.

But a recent talk with Masaomi and the whole lantern ceremony a few weeks back smacked him in the face and brought those words back into the forefront of his mind. The fact is, his future's far from pleasant. All signs point to one massive failure for him and his friends.

So here he is, journal in his lap. Maybe it's time to finally air those thoughts.]

So, um... I know at least a couple of you guys have bumped into people from the past or the future, but have you ever been hit with some really bad news? Like, say you had this goal to save a friend. Keep 'em from losing themselves, but it turns out you failed. That friend doesn't just lose themselves: they become somebody else's vessel.

If something like that did happen, what'd you do? 'Cause for me, knowing really hasn't helped. I'm stuck with the fact that I couldn't save my two best friends, and when I get back, I'll probably forget that I ever found out.

I just hate feeling so helpless.

[There, he got that off his chest. That's the first step.]

But it got me thinking about something else, too. Say we find a way to get back home without forgetting everything. Do you think it'd be wrong to try and change that future? Because I feel like I should so that my friends don't end up suffering, but doing something like that means changing the futures for everyone else, doesn't it? And I dunno if that's really fair.

[Sigh. What a mess.]

I dunno. It's all way too complicated. Makes me wish they were here now so I could ask them about it.

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I wouldn't either.

But I bet you helped stop him, right? I'll have faith even if he does show up, you'll be there to handle it again.

'Course I will! I just hope that it doesn't come to that...

[His tone is a bit uneven-- like he's not fully convinced. Truth is, Vanitas brings back... mixed feelings, given what happened during his last visit.]

I guess for now, I oughta just keep my chin up and not worry too much. This village has gotten a lot safer than it was three years ago, anyway.

I'll have to believe you on that one. I've only been here a year and a half - well... you know, let's just call it a year and a half and be done with it.

Lemme guess. You're one of those people who went home for a little while and came back.

[It's the easiest explanation he can think of, anyway. Why else would he need to clarify like that?]

Got it in one. To my mind, I was gone for a year. But to everyone else, I was gone for three days tops.

Sheesh, and did the memories hit you at once?

[Ven's face scrunches up at the mere thought. That'd be... interesting to go through. One moment, those memories are gone, the next they bubble up to the surface, clashing with those memories from home...]

No, they came on pretty slow, but I was also fairly out of it when I came here. I had just woken up from kind of a big medical procedure. Mostly they came as I talked to people.

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