eleven locks.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Roxas appears distracted the very moment he appears on the Plane, cradling a cup of tea. His head tilts to the side, his expression open and confused. He kneels down, gently sets the cup aside, then lays himself along the 'floor' so that he can press his ear to it. ]

That's... new. [ He pauses, winces, and places his hand over his other ear. ] All right, let's use our indoor voices now.

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[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah...

But that's not everybody. Is it? There's no point if it's not.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Don't be so modest. You know your death had an impact. So will the other deaths. It's all going to unravel.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

It doesn't have to. We can do something about it.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

That's what you say now, but in a few days it's all going to hell. You'll be fighting tooth and nail for the salvation of people who don't think they can be saved, and you're the kind of person who wouldn't let that happen.

Right?

So the fighting will continue, outside and in. And the jerks who run this place will have won.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to just sit by and let this happen, if that's what you mean.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

You're going to have to cut your losses, then.

I wonder if you're strong enough to do that.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

I have to try.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[He's quiet and contemplative for once.]

That sword of yours. What's it good for?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

The keyblade? It's... a key. It locks and unlocks things.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[blank look, like, 'why the hell do I bother?']

What kinds of things?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Oh, he's pretty sure he knows where you're going with this, Emil. ] Anything that's got a lock. Including some barriers.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Assume you can pierce the barrier around the Coliseum. Maybe even get to the guy hosting it.

What then?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Get the fighters out. Try talking to the guy in charge and see if there's any way to stop this from continuing.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

You think people haven't already tried to talk to him? He's probably fairly useless for information, either because he's got something holding him back or he just won't cooperate.

I don't think it's as easy as breaking a wall and grabbing them and running. It's not just the Coliseum that they have control over.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

So, we'd have to have a way to hide them too...

[pactum.livejournal.com]

How do you hide someone from the influence of the Plane?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

I don't know... That's the hard part.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

That's what we'll have to think about after you try your blockhead theory.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

My blockhead theory? You were thinking of it, too!

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Shut up. I'm not the one who tried to impale himself on a blunt weapon.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't dis the keyblade. It's not a regular weapon.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

That's because it's not a weapon. It's a damn key.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

A keyblade!

[pactum.livejournal.com]

I didn't see a blade on it. It was just... a key. With some feathers stuck to it or something.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

It has different forms. But it's a keyblade.