AQUA.

[tactic]

WAIT HERE

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[keeper]

[ naur ]

Not by choice.

[ well well well if it isn't the convenient memshare effect: (2:42:23 - 2:46:25)!

...she's quiet for a moment, then sighs and gives him an apologetic smile. ]

...Sorry. I thought those were supposed to be over with.

[ me in tears in the bg there is so much going on in kh all of the time ]

[tactic]

[ It's okay, he's been given some memshares outside of memshare week so this isn't too shocking, except yes it is, because he has no idea what he's just seen. ]

Miss Aqua...? What just happened?

[ SOMEONE NAMED TERRA WAS POSSESSED? SHE SACRIFICED HERSELF TO THE DARKNESS? ]

[keeper]

[ yes and... yes! ]

...That was one of the childhood friends I was talking about.

[ bro #1. the other is, uh. well some things happened with him, too. ]

[tactic]

[ Okay, that's nice and all, but. ]

What happened to you?

[ WHERE DID AQUA GO ]

[keeper]

I ended up in the realm of darkness.

[ uhhh kh hell don't worry about it ]

[tactic]

... I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised. You sacrificed yourself for him.

[ Things that feel IC of Aqua to do. ]

[keeper]

...He's family to me.

[ abnormal sibling circumstances but the sentiment remains. it already sounds like aventurine has experienced his fair share of misfortune, too. ]

We play the hand we're dealt, right?

[tactic]

And what a miserable hand it turned out to be.

[ For both of them. ]

And your other brother?

[keeper]

[ i am not sending another memshare but rest assured it is no less ridiculous ]

...He was badly injured during the last battle we fought. He's been asleep for a very long time, now.

I was supposed to be back to wake him, but...

[ well he just saw how that turned out. ]

[tactic]

... I'm sorry. You must be anxious to find them again.

[ It's a bit of a foreign thought to him, to have someone waiting outside of this place. ]

We'll find a way out. You must know this too.

[keeper]

[ she shakes her head. ]

It's all right. I want to help get everyone out of this mess, first.

[ obviously she won't be doing it by herself, but her focus is on her friends here. ]

...What're you planning to do, when you return?

[tactic]

[ Kind of just... leans back as he thinks about how to answer this. ]

To be honest, Miss Aqua, I didn't think I had anything to return to. I was cut down by a sword before arriving in the village.

[keeper]

[ ...the emoshare returns, loudly. she's obviously worried about him. ]

...Then perhaps a new start elsewhere, if that's possible. The Astral Express can take you to another planet, yes?

[ she's heard bits and pieces of hsr lore here and there. ]

[tactic]

[ Looks a little startled at the mention of the Astral Express AND THE EMOSHARE. ]

You know about them, do you?

[ A small laugh. ]

Well, no. I'm part of a different faction in that cosmos, you see. It wouldn't be so simple to abandon my position.

[keeper]

Just a little.

[ ...hmm. ]

...Where would you want to go then, if you had a say in the matter? You may have been cut down, but... that isn't the end for you, either.

[ since he wouldn't be here otherwise. ]

[tactic]

[ HMMMMMM INDEED. ]

... I don't know. I guess I've never really thought about it.

[keeper]

[ HMMMMM!!! ]

...Then I hope you will. Wherever you go next, I hope it'll be a place you're happy to call home, and that you won't be alone.

[ THIS ENTIRE CONVO IS SO DEPRESSING ]

[tactic]

[ IT'S SO DEPRESSING!! WE NEED A LIGHT-HEARTED THREAD IN W4 ]

Thank you, Miss Aqua.

[ It's a difficult thing to imagine. He's been alone for so long, with no place to call home. ]

I share the same hope that you'll be reunited with your brothers.

[keeper]

Just Aqua is fine.

...Thank you.

[ WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING SO STUPID FOR THE NEW WEEK, OR ELSE ]