risingwinds | Sixteenth Shooting Star

Backdated to late night on the 12th [Filtered from Vanitas//50% Unhackable]

[He doesn't know what to think right now. This is the third time recently that a friend's fallen victim to Vanitas. Thus, those listening to the journals will note that Ven sounds far angrier than usual. Angry and dead serious.]

I don't know how many of you guys heard Kairi's message, but something's happened to Xion. She's in really bad shape, all thanks to Vanitas.

And she's not the only one. A while back, Axel almost died because of him. Then Sora lost one of his wings, and Naoto got really hurt and lost her gun. He might not remember the χ-blade, but Vanitas is just as dangerous as he's always been.

And it's about time we did something about it.

Vanitas is really powerful, so whatever you do, don't go alone. That's what he'd want you to do. What we oughta do is get a group together. If you're friends with Xion, Naoto, Sora, or you just wanna help, just let me know. Maybe if we team up, we can settle this. [For now.]

And if the rest of you guys see somebody wearing a black and red suit, stay away from him. I don't want anyone else to get hurt, especially my friends.

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July 13th, after the battle;

[Sometime after the fight, Ven addresses the journal again, sounding awfully uneasy. This whole situation was exhausting, and for once that bright spirit of his has been dampened a little.]

How're you supposed to stop somebody if they'll keep coming back? Somebody dangerous, who's not even scared of death.

[The actual fight log won't be going up until Saturday, but it'll be backdated to the 13th. Here is the plotting post for more information.]

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A friend of yours? Or...an enemy?

Or something in-between?

Definitely an enemy, even if he's made from my darkness.

From your Darkness?

Yeah. It's a little hard to explain unless you're from my universe. Basically, every heart's made up of light and darkness, and he's that darkness. We used to be the same person.

The same person... So, what are you afraid of?

Losing my friends-- or seeing them get hurt. But Vanitas isn't like that; he doesn't care about friendship.

Are you sure?

He always says stuff about how friendship's useless and that it makes people weak. He picks on all my friends, too, and I don't think there's anyone he's close to.

Perhaps that in itself explains his fears.

What d'you mean?

That he has no one close to him.

He is afraid of weakness, no?

Man, I never thought of it like that. You're probably right, though. Vanitas wants to be strong-- that's what's really important to him.

There's always a weakness.

I guess sometimes it's just hard to find. Some people are really good at hiding theirs.

It takes time and experience to be able to figure those sorts of things out.

Yeah, and I haven't known him that long.

[Which is ironic, really.]

[He smiles a little because that's not what he means at all, but it's good enough.]

I hope that's of some assistance to you.

Thanks. I'll definitely keep it in mind.

My pleasure.

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