Terra (
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thoughtformed2013-08-05 09:24 pm
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[Voice]
Uhh... hello?
[Terra's voice is a little quiet. After a pause just long enough to be awkward, he clears his throat.]
I'm... not sure what I should be saying here. They told me I would meet other... [Another pause, where he struggles with the word "fictionals".] ... people like me. I guess I should introduce myself? I don't think I'm doing a very good job here.
[Another nervous throat-clearing.]
My name is Terra, and I--.. [He hesitates. He's not supposed to talk too much about what he is or where he's from. Those are the rules, back home, and even if those rules don't apply now, he can't bring himself to break them.]
... I have no idea what I'm doing.
[The voice feed ends a little abruptly.]
[Terra's voice is a little quiet. After a pause just long enough to be awkward, he clears his throat.]
I'm... not sure what I should be saying here. They told me I would meet other... [Another pause, where he struggles with the word "fictionals".] ... people like me. I guess I should introduce myself? I don't think I'm doing a very good job here.
[Another nervous throat-clearing.]
My name is Terra, and I--.. [He hesitates. He's not supposed to talk too much about what he is or where he's from. Those are the rules, back home, and even if those rules don't apply now, he can't bring himself to break them.]
... I have no idea what I'm doing.
[The voice feed ends a little abruptly.]
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You always found your own way of doing things.
[Voice]
Aqua? Where are you?
[It's only after he's spoken that he slows down and thinks. He's already had an internal battle since arriving here over how to face Aqua. Joining with her in battle is one thing, but... having time to cool down and truly think on the horrible things he's done is another. She's family to him, and... what he did to Eraqus...]
[Voice]
It takes her a second to answer, trying to keep herself composed over the network.]
Yes, it's me. I'm in my apartment. Are you...are you okay?
[Voice]
[Against anyone else, he'd sound as fine as he says, but Aqua knows what's going on underneath the solid surface. He's nervous and shaken.]
[Voice]
I'm okay. [But she isn't, even though she sounds fine there's still that hesitation in her voice that says otherwise.]
I can come find you, if you like. [Would he even want to see her now? After everything?]
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[It's not accusatory, nor guilting. He's worried, and his voice is just a little hushed when he asks.]
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[Now they both seem rushed to get to one another.]
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[With that Aqua shuts off her device, only answering it if she has too. Going from the East building to North isn't that hard and luckily for both of them he's on the first floor. The nervousness and anxiousness is there, she can feel it with each beat of her heart and with each step she takes. It won't be long until they're facing each other...
And she can only hope he'll forgive her.]
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No...get it together. She forces herself to take a step and then another and another. Her heart is beating wildly in her chest as her eyes are stinging. She wouldn't cry over this, she couldn't break just yet.]
Terra...[That's the only thing she can think of to say.]
[Action]
[He hears her, though.]
Aqua.
[Terra starts moving forward to meet her.]
[Action]
Overwhelmed by his arrival Aqua does the only thing she can do.
Hug him.]
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... I'm so sorry.
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...I'm sorry too. [Her voice is shaky. Taking in a deep breath she tries to continue.] I never wanted to lose you or Ven.
[Action]
[He's confused. The last thing he remembers is seeing Xehanort and Vanitas and moving to fight them...]
What are you talking about?
[Action]
I'm talking about the final battle...[Pause.]
...Terra, what's the last thing you remember?
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We were about to fight them. We hadn't yet.
... What happened to us?
[Action]
Or that Ven was in a dreamless sleep...]
We...did more than fight them.
[She bows her head, lower lip trembling but she forces herself to hold it in.] Terra...I lost you and Ven. Things happened and I wasn't able to do more...and I'm so sorry.
[Action]
Aqua...
[His hands move to her shoulders, and stay firm there.]
You shouldn't have had to clean up my mistakes. I put us so much further into danger than I could see when it was happening. I don't blame you for any of this. I blame my own blindness.
[Action]
As his hands move down to her shoulders to steady her she can't bring herself to look at him.]
It was not your fault. Xehanort manipulated all of us. I can't blame you for what happened. I can only blame myself. [For letting him and Ven slip through her grasp, not doing enough to protect them.
What's plaguing her mind now is how or even if she should tell Terra everything. But, it was too soon for that. As it is she's risking a lot by holding him. She knows there's remnants of Darkness still clinging to her form from being in its Realm for so long.]
[Action]
[Terra shakes his head.]
I did worse things than all of you. What happened to the Master was my fault. Even if he was trying to destroy Ventus, I shouldn't have been so quick to attack my own father.
[He reaches to brush his fingers along her cheek, trying to get her to look up at him.]
I know you, and I might not know what happened, but I know you would have done everything you possibly could have...
[Action]
He doesn't even know half the things she did in the hopes he would be safe, find his path again and maybe, see him one final time. But that wasn't the case here.
It takes her a long moment before she takes a deep breath to look up at her friend.]
And I wish I could've done more. [Her words are whispered in a hushed voice, trying to contain her heartache.]
[Action]
If you couldn't have, that's not your fault. And besides... you know nothing can keep us apart. You, me, and Ventus... We're a team.
[Action]
I know. [Another whispered reply as she starts to hug and hold him again. She's missed him so much to the point where it's hard for her to let go. Afraid if she does, he might slip through her fingers again.]
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