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[contract_star]

[Hei appears, looking like someone who has made a breakthrough.]

I found someone! Old man, maybe in his eighties, with white hair and brown eyes. Very lonely-looking. He's been at the park, drawing on a pad of paper all day. He says he doesn't remember his name or how he got there.

Does that sound like someone anyone knows?

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[rosenoblivion.livejournal.com]

The drawing aspect sounds familiar...

[contract_star]

Not the physical appearance?

[rosenoblivion.livejournal.com]

If you recall, I was looking for a young girl, so no.

[contract_star]

Of course. But it's possible that their physical appearances have changed.

He's pretty good at drawing, though the drawings are a bit...well, childish. And he seems very lonely, but he's very polite and nice in general. He doesn't seem to want us to leave his side, either.

[rosenoblivion.livejournal.com]

...that does sound like her. Your theory about changing appearances may be correct.

[contract_star]

[Trying to hide his excitement.] There'd be no way to confirm it, though...the old man can't remember his name or how he even got there.

What about you? Have you found anyone in your reality?

[rosenoblivion.livejournal.com]

I believe so...there is a particular Dusk which has been behaving rather oddly for a few days now.

[contract_star]

"Dusk"? What is a Dusk?

And how has it been acting odd?

[rosenoblivion.livejournal.com]

A Nobody much like myself, someone who has lost their metaphysical heart. But a Dusk is what happens when the heart is so weak it allows the forces of darkness and nothingness to warp the being into a non-humanoid creature.

Dusks are what you might call servants. They usually go about their tasks without speaking...but I've found one with what can only be called self-esteem issues.

[contract_star]

[Decides to process all of that sometime later.]

"Self-esteem" issues? How so?

[rosenoblivion.livejournal.com]

[shrugs] Wondering if it is performing a routine task correctly. If it does make a mistake, it panics.

Aside from that though, it has an unusually cheerful disposition.

[contract_star]

[More to himself than to Marluxia,] Not Yin, then...

If this old man really is Naminé, what do you want me to do with her?

[rosenoblivion.livejournal.com]

Keep an eye on her, if you could. I would not want her to come to any harm.

[contract_star]

Of course not. I'll watch him. Her.

[rosenoblivion.livejournal.com]

My thanks, Li.