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[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of blood.

[Demyx shrugs, ignores the blood, death, gore and mayhem around him and licks a sea-salt icecream instead]

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[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

[Sora's somewhere nearby, staring down at all the red he's come back to. Not as nonchalant as Demyx, his expression is one of disbelief.]

What happened here?

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

Dunno.

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

[Sora's startled slightly by the sound of Demyx's voice; he wasn't paying attention to who was on the Plane. He looks up now to see the other Nobody, and had he a heart, it would've stopped right now.]

Dem—

...Demyx?

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

You!

[eyes you with what could be assumed to be contempt]

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

[Said contempt confuses Sora, but he's still overjoyed to see IX alive.]

Demyx, I... I haven't seen you since—

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

Since the Underworld.

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

...Since Hollow Bastion.

[Now that doesn't add up.] Oh, whatever. I'm so glad to see you!

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

Hollow Bastion?

[eyes you...]

Since when have you ever been happy to see me? [confused Demyx is confused]

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

[He nods.] You and a few others from Organization XIII attacked, baiting Roxas, and...

[Sora isn't liking where this is going.] Since forever?

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

Baiting Roxas? Roxas had already left, we were baiting...you.

You hit your head or something?

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

...Huh? That's not—

No. Did you? Run into another castle wall or something? [He laughs a little. Good times. ):]

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

[chuckles] Sounds like something I'd do...but no, I didn't.

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

... [Sora's half-smile falters for a moment.]

Who were you fighting in the Underworld? After you stole that stone.

[Please don't let this Demyx be from a different reality.]

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

I was fighting Sora.

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

That's... that's way off. I saw you fight Roxas — it wasn't me. I couldn't do anything.

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

Why would I be fighting Roxas?

...whats going on here? I wonder if Frosty the Snowman can explain...

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

Because he was... [Sora sighs.]

I guess you're not the Demyx I used to know. And I'm not the Sora you know.

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

You better explain this now, Sora.

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

[He scratches his head and looks down for a second — ugh, blood. He looks back up.]

I think we're from different realities — we lived different lives. Duplicates of people can show up here. Like that other me I saw.

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

So...there is another me?

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen him on the Astral Plane, but back in my reality, yeah. There was.

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

Right.

So...did that me have a heart?

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

No... Sorry. I knew how much you wanted one.

[bardic-song.livejournal.com]

Well, no biggie. [shrugs]

So, you're not the traitor, then.

[mirroredsky.livejournal.com]

[He fidgets in place, the bottom of his shoe slipping a bit over some blood.]

You'd probably still think I'm a traitor, if you knew what I was.