[It'd been over a week after Arden contacted Zenyatta with no response that he started to worry. At first, he had simply thought his teacher was busy... but what nagged at Arden was how Zenyatta had seemed the one offering for them to meet. Another week went by and Arden finally decided to go by The Wall. He hadn't been there in a long time - hadn't had any need to.
The last several people he was remotely close enough to that subsequently disappeared were either living in their house - such as when Kairi disappeared - or the people around him were the ones closer to them in the first place so Arden heard about the disappearance verbally at some point. In all of those situations, Arden was never upset himself; he was more upset for his friends' sake. Losing Kairi, Axel, Aqua, Roxas's girlfriend, Usagi's friends and boyfriend and cat... all of those people hadn't been close to Arden himself. Arden had spent more personally energy and emotion helping Sora through the death of his wyvern than all of those people combined.
Ironically, the most recent disappearance that seriously impacted Arden was Riku's.
Losing Nahyuta - long before Riku - was the closest Arden came to being upset, but then it was more of a frustration. He'd only just started meditation training with his two mentors, the other being Zenyatta. And now he was gone as well, confirmed The Wall.
Between the two weeks of not really knowing what had happened to Zenyatta - there was no mention of his disappearance on the Amulet - and then the eventual confirmation, by the time an announcement went up about Cloud by Auron, Arden wasn't looking at the Amulet closely enough to notice it right away. He was in a sulky mood he hadn't felt since arriving in Verens and taking up baking. Even cooking wasn't improving his situation, nor could Castor console him. He hadn't felt this kind of loss before, didn't know how to process it, and his only other source of calming down... all that did was remind him of his lost mentor.
And yet he kept chiding himself because he was supposed to be the one keeping cool. Usagi was upset, Roxas and Ventus were upset, Riku and Squall were upset, Izana was upset and strangers were staying with them because of it - all of that, and Sora wasn't around to help his friends calm down. He was exhausted after three and a half weeks of this.
Finally, he took to the backyard and stood there - debating between mediation and putting on his Dark Mode costume to make something explode out of frustration.]
March 29th
The last several people he was remotely close enough to that subsequently disappeared were either living in their house - such as when Kairi disappeared - or the people around him were the ones closer to them in the first place so Arden heard about the disappearance verbally at some point. In all of those situations, Arden was never upset himself; he was more upset for his friends' sake. Losing Kairi, Axel, Aqua, Roxas's girlfriend, Usagi's friends and boyfriend and cat... all of those people hadn't been close to Arden himself. Arden had spent more personally energy and emotion helping Sora through the death of his wyvern than all of those people combined.
Ironically, the most recent disappearance that seriously impacted Arden was Riku's.
Losing Nahyuta - long before Riku - was the closest Arden came to being upset, but then it was more of a frustration. He'd only just started meditation training with his two mentors, the other being Zenyatta. And now he was gone as well, confirmed The Wall.
Between the two weeks of not really knowing what had happened to Zenyatta - there was no mention of his disappearance on the Amulet - and then the eventual confirmation, by the time an announcement went up about Cloud by Auron, Arden wasn't looking at the Amulet closely enough to notice it right away. He was in a sulky mood he hadn't felt since arriving in Verens and taking up baking. Even cooking wasn't improving his situation, nor could Castor console him. He hadn't felt this kind of loss before, didn't know how to process it, and his only other source of calming down... all that did was remind him of his lost mentor.
And yet he kept chiding himself because he was supposed to be the one keeping cool. Usagi was upset, Roxas and Ventus were upset, Riku and Squall were upset, Izana was upset and strangers were staying with them because of it - all of that, and Sora wasn't around to help his friends calm down. He was exhausted after three and a half weeks of this.
Finally, he took to the backyard and stood there - debating between mediation and putting on his Dark Mode costume to make something explode out of frustration.]