12th Light - [Audio/Common]

[lightwithin]

When I was little, my grandmother used to tell me a story.

It was about the world disappearing, and being rebuilt in the hearts of children.

It said that no matter how deep the darkness, there would always be light to guide us. And as long as we believed in that, we could never be beaten.

[There is a long silence.]

Do you think it's true here?

Comments

[missmimmi]

Anything is possible, I suppose.

[lightwithin]

[What is she supposed to tell Mimmi? That everything went spectacularly wrong and now she's miserable? No.]

I know it's possible. You... Don't believe it?

[missmimmi]

I think... the world is far too complicated for something quite that simple.

[lightwithin]

I guess you're right, about worlds... And people.

I've just been thinking about it a lot, after everything that's happened lately.

Um... Are you okay?

[Kairi's not sure when it happened, but she's become used to Mimmi bringing something positive to the network. It hasn't seemed that way lately. She's been too wrapped up on her own problems. She should've asked before this.]

[Voice]

[does-everything.livejournal.com]

Sounds pretty fairy-tale to me. That don't happen.

[Voice]

[lightwithin]

[Congratulations Daxter; Kairi sounds ever-so-faintly amused.]

Weren't you telling everyone to cheer up and look on the bright side a few days ago?

[Voice]

[does-everything.livejournal.com]

That's different, sugar. That means get over it. That don't mean you don't ever get beaten.

[Voice]

[lightwithin]

But if you can get over it, then you're okay. You weren't beaten.

[Audio]

[redhot-redeemed.livejournal.com]

[The audio begins with a pause.]

Yes.

[He knows this because he will never give up.]

[Audio]

[lightwithin]

[She doesn't know this person, but from both the voice and the ID number, she does know that they died recently.]

I'm glad, especially after - well - it's good that you're doing okay.

[Audio]

[failatskypirate.livejournal.com]

[Not like she can see his expression, but on Cou's end, he's briefly contemplative before offering a shrug.]

Of course it's gotta be true!

Sometimes ya just kinda get lost in the dark for a little while longer than normal, that's all.

[Audio]

[lightwithin]

Heh. You're right.

It's starting to feel like the darker days last a lot longer here.

But it has to get better.

[She's smiling. It's not-quite-audible. Astrid's disappeared. All considered, she's very glad Cou's still here.]

[Audio]

[failatskypirate.livejournal.com]

Sure it will! Hey, we survived that one freaky girl!

I'm thinkin' that was long as we stick together, anything's possible.

[Audio]

[lightwithin]

Right.

[He can't see it, but Kairi's nodding. And speaking of sticking together...]

Um... You're an air pirate, right?

[He'd mentioned it when they first met, she thought.]

[fearsomecritter.livejournal.com]

It's gotta be true. And even if it ain't, who wants to live accepting that we'll be stuck here forever? We shouldn't just give up on tryin' to get back home.

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[lightwithin]

Even if we can't get back home, we'll get to the Golden Shore. And then, who knows?

Heh, my world's disappeared and come back before, just like in the story. So there's always a way back.

[Audio]

[fearsomecritter.livejournal.com]

Wow... how did that happen? Didja time travel or somethin'?

[Audio] I rly dropped the ball on this post. I'm sorry :<

[lightwithin]

Heh, no. I don't know how it happened exactly. It was confusing. But I know my friends help. They just... Restored the worlds, and then my home was back and I was there.

[ntjstapwn]

...I'm not so sure anymore.

[lightwithin]

[Wait, wait. This's the guy who took over the fighting squads. The one who's supposed to lead a defense, the next time something happens.]

I'm not either. But... You can't give up.

People are counting on you, to try at least.

[So no pressure or anything, Marco.]

[ntjstapwn]

*There's a pause, then a sigh, before Marco actually responds. He doesn't sound quite as down when he does.*

I'm not so sure I believe in 'light' and 'darkness,' but you're right. If we give up, the fight is over before it even begins.

[lightwithin]

Oh.

[Oh wait! Does he mean literally?]

On my world, light and dark are... very real. But the same kind of darkness hasn't found this world. It's more like a metaphor here, I guess, for what people are like, or how bad things can get.

[Unless he means he doesn't believe in good and evil at all... Wow. Kairi doesn't really want to think about that.]

[Audio] IC-ly late go!

[oathbreakers]

[Riku didn't respond to this right away because. Well. With how deep he's delved into the darkness and how he's -embraced- it...

But when he speaks, he's sure of himself.]

Yeah, I think so. There's always something to fight for, right?

[Even in the darkness, he'd always had his own light to guide him.]

[Audio] Here, have some tl;dr! :D

[lightwithin]

[Kairi too is slow to answer. As determined as the talk of fighting has left her, it was not the subject of her post. Neither was good and evil. No, she had been talking about hope, and bad situations.

She wants to explain. But while Riku might be the person on the boat she trusts most right now, he isn't Selphie... Or anyone else she might usually confide in.]

... Right. There's always something.

[Audio] Fffff, no such thing! <3

[oathbreakers]

[Her hesitation and the contents of her post enough are enough to give Riku the hint, though.]

Hey. Something wrong?