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oz;

[coexistent]

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I'm not really... worried about that part.

[the technology, or getting used to things. none of that really feels important to him compared to the bigger picture. he can figure those things out as he goes, if he needs to. roxas is resourceful enough, given how much he learned in less than a year's time while with the organization... but what about them? sure, he didn't have a home world of his own, but did the world that never was count as his home, if that's where he was last? and did that mean the organization was destroyed with it, axel included? and what about kingdom hearts?

...or was it twilight town, where he was first "born" the one he should call his home? neither were in the realm of light; could they be destroyed as easily as CERES claimed? he doesn't think oz has the answers to that, and he doesn't really think he should be delving into how deeply confusing his situation is.

his mind is racing with questions, but he hesitates to ask a single one.]

I just... want to know what they mean. Worlds being destroyed, and the people on them. What happens to them? Is it even true? It seems... really hard to believe.

[harepiece]

[This question is always one of the first asked, so Oz is used to it by now, and even if he doesn't really have any solid answer to give, he can at least give an answer.]

CERES says that our worlds have all been destroyed by these aliens called the Flamines, but that... we aren't lost forever, I guess. They can retrieve our data and rebuild what was destroyed - that's what I understand, at least. [Which is pretty depressing even with the caveat of "well, it might be fixable!" Still, there's barely a pause before he moves on.]

But no one here has ever seen a Flamine before in any sort of book or anything like that. In the end, there doesn't seem to be any solid proof that says it's either a truth or a lie.

[coexistent]

So they want us to believe in something we can't even see...

[it's not exactly a first for him. it's not really that much different than what he dealt with during his time in the organization. being lead to believe that completing kingdom hearts would be some kind of salvation, that it would somehow be the key to completing them—is it really that much different?]

It sounds like nothing but lies. Something... to keep us from questioning it, or somethin' like that. [if that's even a thing. well, he knows it's a thing, because he's seen it happen, he's seen xemnas and saïx do it more than once. but he doesn't know if that applies here, no matter how much it seems to be the case from what roxas has learned thus far.]

[harepiece]

That might be one reason. There are still a lot of things about this place that we don't know, so it's hard to even start making guesses.

[Which he hopes changes soon, but it's getting pretty hard to keep up that optimism. He isn't even one of the blind optimists, either...

But with all this bad news bears happening, he still offers a smile!]

We're definitely working on it, though. It's a little slow-going, but there are a lot of talented people here.

[coexistent]

[it's a good thing roxas's entire existence has been bad news bears, because that makes this seem less terrible in comparison. it's a problem, no doubt, but not the most devastating one he's faced.

not that it really makes things okay, by any stretch. regardless, he's not going to be quick to think that anything regarding CERES and being where they are is much else but lies. his trust has been broken too much by people in positions of power to be so optimistic.]

Slow going... I guess it must be, if nobody's really figured out their deal. [he pauses to consider this.] How long has this been going on, anyway?

[harepiece]

Mm... As far as corporations and things like this go, I think it hasn't been that long, actually. The people who have been here the longest have been around for half a year, I think, and the old CEO hadn't been around for much longer.

[But then he died and now things are confusing and Oz has no idea how to even start piecing the scraps of information he has together, especially when it's very possible indeed that some (or all) of the scraps are false.]

But in that time, we haven't been able to find much information on... anything, really.

[coexistent]

[half a year... about 183 days. it's probably not long in the big scheme of things, but that's just a little more than half of his whole existence. for roxas, that's a long time to be in one place with no answers and no way to get out.]

Nothing at all? [so do ya'll just suck at recon or are things that tight-lipped? that's what roxas wants to know, because that's a lot of days to come up with nothing.]

[harepiece]

[a little of column a, a little of column b...

Oz looks up toward the ceiling briefly, looking at the florescent lights without quite seeing them.]

Well... The things that we have learned, we have no real way to confirm yet. I can show you the things we've heard or found so far later, but I have it all written down on a piece of paper in my apartment.

[coexistent]

It doesn't sound like you've learned much if it's not confirmed.

[which he doesn't really mean in a rude way, he's just telling it how he sees it. maybe his honesty is a little too brutal sometimes.]

I want to see it, though.

[harepiece]

[BRUTAL INDEED but Oz isn't upset, at least. He definitely knows it's true.]

I'll make sure to show it to you right away, then. But first, we need to get out of here. Um-- [GLANCING BACK OVER. His patient get-up doesn't seem very excellent for daring escapes.] ...Do you have anything to defend yourself with?

[coexistent]

[at least oz can take it; roxas can't help himself, holding back his feelings on any matter is a struggle. even when he knows it'll cause trouble—maybe that's what happens when you're born from a shounen protag? who knows.]

Yeah, I do. [defending himself is hardly an issue. though it raises the question:] What am I defending myself against?

[harepiece]

[shounen protags do seem to make the lives of everyone around them more difficult either tangentially or accidentally, it's true. See: Oz.]

You might run into some things wearing nurse uniforms out there. They've been attacking people with needles.

[He doesn't know if any of the injuries have been very serious or not, but it's (almost) always better to err on the side of caution(ish - as close as possible is good enough...), as far as he's concerned.]

[coexistent]

Okay... I think that's something I can handle.

[okay, it's more "i know i can handle that" more than anything else; he's fought off things that were a lot more dangerous and menacing than that sounds. granted, that may be a different story entirely once he sees what he's up against, but that's not the part roxas sounds fussed about, for whatever that's worth.]

I guess that means we're ready then, right? It's not like there's anything else here for me.

[harepiece]

[Oz doesn't ask for further clarification, to his credit. As far as he's concerned, if someone says they can fight, that's that! ...Unless that someone happens to be a friend, in which case he'll end up being too overprotective, probably.]

Right! If you're ready, we can leave now. [A quick glance around the room just to be sure, and-- nope. Seems pretty useless in here, so after that, he'll turn back and peer down the hall.]

...It looks clear for now.

[TIME TO FLY.]