[ It's been difficult being here, especially with Sora in the state he's currently in. It's a reminder, he's sure of it by now, of the sort of punishment that he deserves for everything that he's done. Because why else would this happen... again? Why else would he leave a point in time when Sora has slept for close to a year now, only to see him for about a month... until he falls back into another slumber.
It's punishment, Riku is sure of this, and he honestly can't say that he doesn't deserve it.
But to hear now about Cloud, the blond swordsman who hailed from their world and harbored a darkness of his own that he seemed to struggle with... or at the very least understood how one struggled with it... Riku had taken a shining to him, held a quiet sort of fondness and even hung around the house he shared with Auron when he just... needed to get away from here and be in his own thoughts, his own darkness.
And now that's gone. That person, even if he wasn't so close to him as Sora or Auron might be... that person who understood the darkness in ways that Sora doesn't... that's gone now and Riku isn't sure how to feel about any of it.
To find Arden standing in the backyard, well, he hadn't exactly been looking for him and yet... maybe he had been, unconsciously. The sort of relationship between them as of late is... different. It's not difficult, still complicated, but not by any means mended and as strong as it could be. Riku had addressed the other by his name, the name he chose for himself, and allowed him to more or less be there when he confided his frustrations regarding Squall and... all of that... to the other.
So while he and Arden may not share any special sort of bond (yet), he's still someone who understands... on some level at least.
That's why he stands there a little ways back, blindfold as always on, sunk into a jacket that is a little big on him and clearly not his own; it was Cloud's. But he watches Arden, wondering what it is that he's doing out here and if it has anything to do with another name that seemed to be up on the wall as he went to look shortly after his conversation with Auron regarding this so-called "Wall of Names" that people appear on.
Zenyatta.
A name that Arden had mentioned to him once and while Riku didn't know the person, he knew enough that they seemed to help him with his more difficult moments and for them to be gone now... perhaps he feels a sense of loss or confusion... perhaps even apprehension regarding his own emotions and darkness now. ]
I guess this is normal, right?
[ He speaks up then, but still keeps his distance. ]
For people to just disappear from here within the blink of an eye.
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It's punishment, Riku is sure of this, and he honestly can't say that he doesn't deserve it.
But to hear now about Cloud, the blond swordsman who hailed from their world and harbored a darkness of his own that he seemed to struggle with... or at the very least understood how one struggled with it... Riku had taken a shining to him, held a quiet sort of fondness and even hung around the house he shared with Auron when he just... needed to get away from here and be in his own thoughts, his own darkness.
And now that's gone. That person, even if he wasn't so close to him as Sora or Auron might be... that person who understood the darkness in ways that Sora doesn't... that's gone now and Riku isn't sure how to feel about any of it.
To find Arden standing in the backyard, well, he hadn't exactly been looking for him and yet... maybe he had been, unconsciously. The sort of relationship between them as of late is... different. It's not difficult, still complicated, but not by any means mended and as strong as it could be. Riku had addressed the other by his name, the name he chose for himself, and allowed him to more or less be there when he confided his frustrations regarding Squall and... all of that... to the other.
So while he and Arden may not share any special sort of bond (yet), he's still someone who understands... on some level at least.
That's why he stands there a little ways back, blindfold as always on, sunk into a jacket that is a little big on him and clearly not his own; it was Cloud's. But he watches Arden, wondering what it is that he's doing out here and if it has anything to do with another name that seemed to be up on the wall as he went to look shortly after his conversation with Auron regarding this so-called "Wall of Names" that people appear on.
Zenyatta.
A name that Arden had mentioned to him once and while Riku didn't know the person, he knew enough that they seemed to help him with his more difficult moments and for them to be gone now... perhaps he feels a sense of loss or confusion... perhaps even apprehension regarding his own emotions and darkness now. ]
I guess this is normal, right?
[ He speaks up then, but still keeps his distance. ]
For people to just disappear from here within the blink of an eye.