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[onlytwilight]

[He knows it's time. He can barely breathe, and his body's covered in dark marks beneath his shirt. And he's done nothing more than resign himself to his fate now. Riqis, Namine, Xion, Ven... It's his turn.

Roxas has put himself in his room to wait it out, sitting on his bed in the corner. He's kept watch over the network for a long time and knows that Ven and Xion are back... But what about the rest?]

Are... Are Riqis and Namine back yet? And- And what about the others? Who... [A wet cough.] Who else is sick? Are we missing anyone?

[The feed runs a little longer until it abruptly turns off before he starts coughing again. He uncurls his knees from his chest and holds tight to his communicator, waiting for responses. He has to know.]

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[Voice]

[onlytwilight.livejournal.com]

Good.

[There's relief there, a lot of it, and he sighs...which ends in a small fit of coughing until he clears his throat.]

No. You- You shouldn't see this.

[Voice]

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[She might have smiled to think that it had helped to speak up, but that cough made any inclination to do so dissappear. She sucked in a breath, and for the first time in a week, did not find herself forced to spit it back out.]

It wouldn't be the first time.

[She'd been with Riqis those last few days, after all, although she had been the one to go first.]

If there's something I can do, I don't care what I see.

[Voice]

[onlytwilight.livejournal.com]

[He's just glad she's okay for the most part. She's alive, she's with Riqis. Both of his friends are back.]

I don't... I don't want you to.

[Voice]

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

--....

[...No. She probably wouldn't have either. She would have preferred not to have to bother anyone, for nobody to see when she-- but she hadn't had the heart to turn Riqis away. Not when he was going the same way.]

...Okay.

[And she paused, feeling the need to say something else, anything else, because before, that was how it had been. She'd had something to tell him, at least.]

--It's good not to be sick any more. It'll-- be nice, when you wake up.

[Voice]

[onlytwilight.livejournal.com]

[He feels bad, refusing two of his good friends to see him. But if Riqis can't be there, then he doesn't want Namine to have to sit with him alone. She had done a lot for him. He didn't want her to cry or hurt over this.

Roxas makes a small sound, like a laugh.]

Yeah. Yeah. We'll... [A soft cough, and a creak of the bed.] We'll go to the beach and...and watch the stars. And play with Vanora and Oro.

[Voice]

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[It almost made her ache, that she couldn't recognize either of those names, couldn't even remember his name. But maybe it was a small price to pay, compared to what could have been lost. It just made this moment all the more difficult.]

[So she tried her best to smile, to force it into her voice, to bury that uncertainty, and in her best she succeeded. It was gentle, and almost every bit as calm as could be when she said,]

...Right. So you'll have to hurry back, okay?

[Voice]

[onlytwilight.livejournal.com]

I will, I promise. [A short cough, and he clears his throat better.] I'll see you soon.

[Voice]

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

Good. We'll be waiting.