[Permavoice - Screened from all known baddies/The Organization/Paixao natives]

[shout_geronimo]

[his voice is quiet, his tone still, but despite this, the anger is quite obvious by the way his words tremble slightly. He takes a deep, slightly shuddering breath before he speaks]

I assume that most of you have seen the new information that's come to light. I'm not sure when this started, or exactly why this started, but one thing is inescapably clear: this all needs to stop. All of this. The experiments, the disappearances, the arrests. All of it. And we need to stop it ourselves. I'm sure some of you already know what I'm going to suggest, and some of you might already be ready to suggest it yourselves. Maybe some of you did, before I got here.

We need to stand together. We need to be strong enough and brave enough to weather the storm that's ahead of us. The longer we stand idle, the longer this goes on, and the more people get hurt - and I, for one, am not willing to let this slide. We have to gather together, and I think you all know exactly what I'm talking about.

Oh, I'm angry. I've never done that before, not as this me. I honestly have no idea what I'm going to do now, or what's going to happen. [a shaky laugh emerges]

Anyway, who's with me? We can have meetings and get into group hugs and everything. [despite the lightness of his words, it's clear he's deadly serious about gathering an army, even though he - barely - refrains from saying it]

Comments

[theheartofdarkness]

Hugs will hardly defeat the darkness.

[shout_geronimo]

No? Maybe puppies. I like puppies; do you like puppies?

[theheartofdarkness]

I do. But you were speaking of armies, weren't you?

[shout_geronimo]

Was I?

[theheartofdarkness]

I know a gathering when I see one. The heart of the matter is always clear.

[shout_geronimo]

Oh, I'm quite sure it is.

[theheartofdarkness]

Yes. Or did you not wish to speak to that yet?

[shout_geronimo]

"War" is always an ugly word.

[theheartofdarkness]

Your heart may shy from the true words of that whcih you do, but you can't hide the matter forever. What will be done, will be done. You cannot hide a war.

[shout_geronimo]

No.

No, you can't. Of course you can't; everyone knows this.

[theheartofdarkness]

All who seek to know war, yes.

[keyofthesky]

What are you doing here?

[shout_geronimo]

Sora? What are you talking about?

[Locked from Ansem]

[keyofthesky]

That's... Xehanort's Heartless. I defeated him a while ago

[Perma-Locked from Ansem]

[shout_geronimo]

Xehanort's Heartless? Sorry, I'm new here. I have no idea what you're talking about.

Re: [Perma-Locked from Ansem]

[keyofthesky]

You... You know what Heartless are, right, Doctor?

[shout_geronimo]

A bit, yeah. Had a friend who had a run-in with them, but no practical experience.

[keyofthesky]

That's Xehanort's Heartless... Xemnas's, um, counterpart, I guess.

[shout_geronimo]

Who? What? Start from the beginning, you're making no sense.

[keyofthesky]

There was this guy Xehanort, he... [Possessed a guy named Terra, but Sora's not sure he should bring that up]

He gave his Heart to darkness and became a Heartless and a Nobody. The Heartless are all his fault.

[theheartofdarkness]

Can I now no longer offer my help? I do know my other self quite well, Sora.

[keyofthesky]

But how are you even here?

[theheartofdarkness]

You truly believe the answer lies in my hands? Again I say to you, Sora: you still understand so very little. Even now, you are blind to what you ought to see.

[keyofthesky]

What do you mean by that?

[theheartofdarkness]

In plain speech then, as you seem to require it. I have little idea how I was brought her. The heart of this place is not a world I or mine have known before. It is alien.