twenty-eighth key | [voice]

[onlytwilight]

[Roxas breathes heavily into the device, sighing.]

Jerk locked me in a closet. What the heck is his problem!?

Ugh...I feel so strange. Gotta get far away from here.

[Click. The device turns off.]

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[Voice] Full of charitable goodness, he is.

[kakolookiyam]

You do this for yourself, not for him. You cannot shut out all others merely to achieve your own goals. It leads to ruin.

I know this..

[Voice] Must be a dark god thing.

[todomarishi]

Ruin? ... Too late. I've watched the light fade out of his eyes three... four times now. Fate was merciful enough to send me here. Fate's given me another chance. This is my duty, my purpose. My responsibility. I won't watch him fall again.

[Voice] These two need to swap angst bucket stories or something.

[kakolookiyam]

[Lower and more flat.]

And what if your actions are those that drive him to the edge, this time?

[Voice] They really do.

[todomarishi]

I don't... She's not here to catch him. I don't know.

[Voice] Prince can angst with Terra, and drink and be merry with other Prince...

[kakolookiyam]

She?

Please, for his sake, do not ignore all he says because you think you have the right of it. I have seen all those I held dear die for my own folly. Not because I failed to protect them, but because the decisions I made in haste were--

[He cuts off, and pauses. Then continues, slower this time.]

Because of what I did in trying to put things right. Do not repeat my mistakes.

[Voice] Good balance. A little angst, a little alcohol.

[todomarishi]

A teammate of mine. She was wise beyond her years.

I have my own share of mistakes but my losses... They were always because I didn't act- no, because I didn't act fast enough.

[Voice] Some dancing women...

[kakolookiyam]

I see.

It would seem we are two of a kind, then. Even so, I cannot stand idly by if you do that to Roxas.

[Voice] Some miffed girlfriends...

[todomarishi]

What would you suggest I do then?

[Voice] A caroling donkey...

[kakolookiyam]

Keep an eye on him. Tell him your concerns. Be a friend. It is easier to listen to the advice you wish to hear than that which you do not want to.

[Voice] At least she wasn't dyed festive colors.

[todomarishi]

Easier said than done. He sprints away anytime I go near him and I've already expressed my concerns... several times. He waves them off just as you do.

[Voice] Festive kitty is very grouchy about that.

[kakolookiyam]

You mean to bind him, and you question why he flees? I am not waving off your concerns, merely stating that your course of action will not win you his trust.

[Voice] Grouchy kitties are no fun to be around.

[todomarishi]

[Grumbled.]

I don't need his trust.

[Voice] Wouldn't think grouchy donkeys are either.

[kakolookiyam]

You do if you want to save him.

[Voice] Nothing compares to a grouchy Prince, though.

[todomarishi]

So says the stranger.

[Voice] Hell hath no fury...

[kakolookiyam]

So says a man who would call him friend.

[Voice] I blame the stomach tentacles.

[todomarishi]

And guard the feelings rather than the spirit of that naive child.

So be it.

[Voice] I too blame the stomach tentacles.

[kakolookiyam]

As I said, hopeless.

[Voice] Atra should look into that, too.

[todomarishi]

Without hope, yes. Take your victory. I'll pursue his fate no further.

[Voice] Dark Prince Broadcast System (tm) and stomach tentacles. And the Dagger's around somewhere.

[kakolookiyam]

You would give up rather than try a different tactic?

[Voice] Original Recipe had better pray Hobo doesn't ever get his hands on the Dagger.

[todomarishi]

If I thought any of the other options available to me would work, I'd-... I can't take on all of you! I can't make him listen to a message he doesn't believe! I'm tired, I'm cold, he's... getting very good at hiding. Why do you still question me?

[Voice] He'll run around kissing dames and rewinding, won't he?

[kakolookiyam]

You are faced with an obstacle, and when one course of action fails, you doggedly press on regardless? Or give up entirely? That cannot work. Have you even tried a different way?

If you are tired and cold, I have friends who may be able to provide you shelter. But you must let Roxas make his own decisions.

[Voice] Every dame he can find.

[todomarishi]

There's no different way this time.

Roxas's fate is his to manage now. If I can't change it, I intend to keep far away from it. I won't watch him fall- I won't submit myself to this... endless cycle.

[Voice] Can't say I'd complain.

[kakolookiyam]

...Running is not the answer either.

[Barely audible.]

How did Farah do it?

[Voice] wtf you two (and Elika won't be happy if you do that, GG :| )

[onlytwilight.livejournal.com]

Terra, I don't want to be your purpose. Your purpose should be for living and...I don't know, continuing with your life with what you have?

I want to be your friend.

[Voice] (But GG likes to smooch the wimmen.)

[todomarishi]

There's no purpose to be had in living like this. I turned away from my future for my friends and now they're gone. I have nothing left.

I won't stand by and watch you be destroyed again. Do what you will but leave me out of it.