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[darkcharge]

Name: Vanitas
Date: 11/2
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As so many people ask questions, advertise, or whatever on this thing I figure I have nothing to lose doing the same.

You see I have a particular problem. A pest problem. I'm looking for creative ways to rid myself of this little bug that seems super intent on sticking around. Normally I wouldn't bother with something like this but my usual methods of getting rid of unwanted things?

Well. It's not working.

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[lightblooming]

...

Ven knows to stay away from you.

[darkcharge]

Do you really think he listened?

[lightblooming]

Ven wouldn't seek you out. He knows you're dangerous.

[darkcharge]

Are you sure?

[lightblooming]

I won't let you deceive me.

[darkcharge]

The only one here doing any deceiving is yourself, MASTER Aqua.
To think that he would follow your word blindly after you told him the truth about me?
Do you really think he is going to just let that go?

[lightblooming]

You're wrong.

He knows what you've done - what you're capable of. He wouldn't put himself at risk.

[darkcharge]

I can provide you with proof.
Or you can just ask him. That's better, actually!
I wonder if he's capable of lying to you.

[lightblooming]

I don't need proof from you. All you and Xehanort have done is try to manipulate us. It's likely that thhis is no different.

[darkcharge]

Fine. Fine. Don't believe me. That is, after all, your choice.
The truth will remain the truth regardless.

[lightblooming]

[ There is something she's curious about... But, she hesitates. She doesn't trust him at all. But, Ven has a habit of putting himself in danger at times. She knows that all too well. ]

Is this all because you want to be left alone?

[darkcharge]

Figure that out all on your own, did you?
Here I thought you were the bright one out of that bunch.

[lightblooming]

I'm not interested in your insults. I just want answers. That's all.

[darkcharge]

I already gave you answers, Aqua.

[lightblooming]

...

If there's any chance at all that you're telling the truth, I'll be the one to talk to Ven.

[darkcharge]

You say that as though I want to continue talking to him.

[lightblooming]

All the more reason for me to be the one to do it.

.... But, Vanitas. You and I need to talk about what happened the night the mist appeared.

[darkcharge]

No, we really don't. You're not sorry. I'm not sorry.
That's all that it is.

[lightblooming]

Don't put words in my mouth.

[darkcharge]

But I'm a monster, Aqua. You put down monsters, remember?
There's nothing to be sorry for and I'd have a hard time believing it if you were.

[lightblooming]

I told you, I don't fight people for the sole purpose of hurting others. It may be what you're after, but I've trained to fight in order to protect.

... That night was different.

[darkcharge]

When you fight it does hurt others. When you engage in it, you know you are actively going to cause someone physical and sometimes emotional damage.
It can't be avoided, even if your INTENT is something else entirely.
In order to protect anything you have to be prepared to destroy what threatens it.
So in that sense the purpose IS hurting others. It's only justified because you're trying to SAVE something else.
That night was no different. Maybe you weren't protecting someone else. You were just trying to protect your heart from my words.

[lightblooming]

[ She doesn't admit to it, but he does have a point... ]

No, I wasn't myself that night. Most of us weren't.

[darkcharge]

Now now, Master Aqua. Maybe you weren't yourself but how you reacted to me?
That was, at the very least, the most honest response I've gotten out of you.

[lightblooming]

... What are you talking about? I've never been dishonest.