3rd light - video

[destinyembrace]

Who: Kairi
Broadcast: Yep
Action: For anyone who's on the Blue Fish!
When: Later tonight

[It was just a simple message, asking what he was doing, making sure he hadn't fallen asleep again. But she couldn't find him. Like he hadn't ever been there, his name was gone from the list.

No.

Kairi quickly types in Sora's number, hoping maybe it was just a hiccup. She tried sending the message, but nothing. It couldn't find it. She frantically keeps hitting send, willing it to work, to send it to him. She did everything she could think of to try and fix it, in hopes that she was doing something wrong or the device was broken or there was interference or anything but what the cold dread in her stomach told her.

When her options were exhausted, and her panic turned into sadness, she then finally began to cry. He was gone, wasn't he? There was a chance she was wrong, but something in her told her she wasn't wrong. But she had to try, to ask, just in case. So she stubbornly wiped away her tears and opened a new post to address the network.]

So, um. If a person is gone from - if you can't find them on your communicator...

[This is harder than she expected. She has to fight to keep her voice steady. This is not only the first time someone she's known here that has been sent back, it's one of her best friends.]

Unless something isn't working? Is... anyone else's communicator not showing names? It could be that, right?

[But she doesn't believe it. Her voice cracks at the end, and she quickly ends the feed before she starts crying again.]

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[realhumanbeing]

[Oh, Kairi. Oh, Kairi. Admittedly, he doesn't know her all that well, but how can he hear her voice break and not come to see her? If she wants to be alone, that's fine, he'll leave again-- but as it is, Steven beams over.]

Kairi?

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[destinyembrace]

[Admittedly, she's a little surprised to see Steve on the ship. She's sitting in the kitchen, quickly wiping away her tears as Steve approaches.]

Hi, Steve. [She tries to keep her tone light, but she's failing at it.]

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[realhumanbeing]

Hi.

[Steven comes over and sits next to her. A beat, and he digs into his backpack until he finds a soda. Carefully, quietly, he offers it to her.]

I'm sorry.

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[destinyembrace]

...thank you.

[She takes the offered soda. It's not her usual drink of choice, but it was offered in consolation, and at least it'll keep her hands occupied. Keep them from shaking.]

I... it's just, a shock. No warning or anything...

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[realhumanbeing]

It's scary.

[He nods in agreement. He hasn't lost anyone here, but he's no stranger to loss in general.]

But . . . they're probably safe. Probably back home. Even if it hurts to be lonely here, that's good, right?

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[destinyembrace]

I... hope so. I hope that's where he is.

[If Atroma has him elsewhere, there'll be hell to pay.]

I do have my other friends. If Sora is home, then at least he's safe and our world will be safer. Maybe it's better that one of us got sent back, but...