Part LVIII

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Leon: No, the party's fine. Yeah, I guess something's...bothering me.
Leon: ...*sighs* All you've heard tonight are theories of what happened, right..?
Rinoa: Yes, somewhat.
Rinoa: What Quistis said, at least.
Leon: *nods*
Rinoa: That means...you didn't leave because you wanted to.
Leon: yeah..
Rinoa: I...didn't think you would, anyway...
Leon: It's still...complicated.
Leon: Cloud and I had a talk about it earlier..
Rinoa: *nods*
Leon: in a nutshell...Cloud, Aerith, Tifa, and a few other people like Seifer and Selphie...we have two sets of memories.
Rinoa: *questioning look*
Leon: I don't know why..
Leon: We just do...like...
Leon: Remember...our first dance?
Leon: How I'd just turned 17 then?
Rinoa: Of course. How could I forget?
Leon: like, a few days earlier...well
Leon: at that same time...In the other memories..
Leon: that day was spent cleaning my friend, Cid's, ship shop.
Leon: I fell and broke my leg that day
Rinoa: *blinks*
Rinoa: But, you were fine...And Cid is...
Leon: A different Cid...not our headmaster..
Leon: You...
Leon: Irvine, Quistis, Seifer, Selphie. Laguna, Ellone...none of you are in that set of memories...
Rinoa: ......
Izzy: (poor confused Rinoa)
Leon: In those ones...I grew up in a completely different place.
Rinoa: Where?
Aki: (yeah, Squall's sort of just rambling because he hasn't been able to DX)
Izzy: (I know)
Leon: In a world called Hollow Bastion...
Rinoa: You mean, another world?
Leon: yeah..
Rinoa: But, how is that possible...
Leon: ..I guess...
Leon: When the chaos came...did time seem to stand still...It did for me..
Rinoa: It was...strange.
Rinoa: I don't remember very clearly...
Rinoa: *frowns*
Leon: Yeah...I only remember darkness.
Leon: I think because darkness has always been eternal...that it doesn't go by time..
Rinoa: Quistis was...shaking me, and she said she couldn't find you anywhere...
Rinoa: ...I don't remember before that
Leon: Yeah..
Rinoa: I didn't know what to think..
Leon: *nods*
Rinoa: Nobody really understood what happened, so...we tried to...move on like nothing had happened.
Rinoa: Not that it was entirely possible.
Leon: yeah...I'm sort of confusing myself now.
Rinoa: It's all...right.
Rinoa: We're all a little confused.
Aki: (SQUINOA >:D)
Rinoa: Is...Hollow Bastion, where you went when you disappeared, then?
Izzy: (hahaha)
Leon: I guess so..
Leon: Though...in my mind, I grew up there in a huge mansion and no friends..
Rinoa: ......
Rinoa: But your friends, who came with you, to help us...
Leon: Well, at first I had no friends...and
Leon: When I got a little older...like 13 or something..
Leon: I got tired of being cooped up in a huge house.
Leon: and I went into town by myself--and in this world, I had never held a weapon before.
Leon: but I went by myself, and got cornered by some kids..
Leon: Cloud came along, beat them all up and told me to learn to protect myself..
Izzy: (Iz-kun's doujin is RP canon >:D)
Aki: (Yes XD)
Leon: ...and I somehow ended up with Lionheart again..
Leon: from then on, we grew up together...I met his friends, and we just...
Rinoa: .....*listening intently*
Leon: trusted each other to protect one another..
Rinoa: ...*nods*
Leon: To you...the memories I retain from this world are the 'true' memories..
Leon: and the memories I have from Hollow Bastion are the 'true' to the Hollow Bastion people
Leon: but they're both the true ones, to me.
Rinoa: But....your memories of us have to be real...you're here, aren't you?
Rinoa: I mean...I don't know.
Rinoa: Everyone here remembers you.
Leon: They're all real..
Leon: It's like...I'm two different people, even though I'm not.
Leon: Leon and Squall.
Rinoa: ....was it...the chaos then? Was that what did it?
Leon: *nods* probably..
Leon: ...one thing that's always been the same, is how I handle situations. *mutters*
Rinoa: ....
Rinoa: *hugs him*
Izzy: (well, she was gonna do it sometime XD)
Rinoa: It's all right. You handle things fine.
Rinoa: This is confusing for everyone.
Leon: *pauses before hugging her back* *nods*
Leon: I think my voice box died. :|
Rinoa: *laughs a little*
Leon: *grins a little*
Aki: (at least he makes fun of himself, unlike Cloud XD)
Izzy: (haha)
Izzy: (Cloud's not aware enough to make fun of himself XD)
Aki: (haha XD)
Leon: ...I should take lessons from Cloud, and stop thinking. It's stressful sometimes.
Rinoa: You can go ahead and rest for a bit, you talked a lot today.
Rinoa: Though admittedly it's refreshing to be the one listening..
Leon: *grins*
Aki: (I WANT TO BE A FANGIRL)
Izzy: (AUGGGH)
Aki: ( CAN I BE A FANGIRL?)
Izzy: (YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY RINOA IS)
Izzy: (GO AHEAD XD)
Izzy: (I'm seriously ready to cry XD)
Aki: (I DONT KNOW IF LEON WILL BE HAPPY, BUT SQUALL WILL BE XD)
Izzy: (hahahaha)
Izzy: (....woah, he's back to being Leon XD)
Izzy: (I totally didn't notice)
Aki: (didn’t think you did)
Aki: (it took me a while too)
Izzy: (hahaha)
Leon: Thanks for listening, love you. *hugs her gently*
Rinoa: ^^ *hugs back* Love you too.
Izzy: (......I think I died.)
Izzy: (or something)
Aki: (.............*pile of goo*)
Izzy: (yes, exactly)
Aki: (*Stays as a pile of goo*)
Izzy: (hahaha *pokes pile of goo with Roxas' stick*)
Aki: (why Roxas? XD)
Aki: (wait what?)
Aki: (*dies*)
Aki: (ohhh that stick)
Izzy: (yeah XD)
Izzy: (You know....Rinoa was always with him, in a way)
Izzy: (cuz his jacket had her wings in the first game)
Aki: (yeah)
Aki: (I gave him wings on his new one, too

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Leon: No, the party's fine. Yeah, I guess something's...bothering me.
Leon: ...*sighs* All you've heard tonight are theories of what happened, right..?
Rinoa: Yes, somewhat.
Rinoa: What Quistis said, at least.
Leon: *nods*
Rinoa: That means...you didn't leave because you wanted to.
Leon: yeah..
Rinoa: I...didn't think you would, anyway...
Leon: It's still...complicated.
Leon: Cloud and I had a talk about it earlier..
Rinoa: *nods*
Leon: in a nutshell...Cloud, Aerith, Tifa, and a few other people like Seifer and Selphie...we have two sets of memories.
Rinoa: *questioning look*
Leon: I don't know why..
Leon: We just do...like...
Leon: Remember...our first dance?
Leon: How I'd just turned 17 then?
Rinoa: Of course. How could I forget?
Leon: like, a few days earlier...well
Leon: at that same time...In the other memories..
Leon: that day was spent cleaning my friend, Cid's, ship shop.
Leon: I fell and broke my leg that day
Rinoa: *blinks*
Rinoa: But, you were fine...And Cid is...
Leon: A different Cid...not our headmaster..
Leon: You...
Leon: Irvine, Quistis, Seifer, Selphie. Laguna, Ellone...none of you are in that set of memories...
Rinoa: ......
Izzy: (poor confused Rinoa)
Leon: In those ones...I grew up in a completely different place.
Rinoa: Where?
Aki: (yeah, Squall's sort of just rambling because he hasn't been able to DX)
Izzy: (I know)
Leon: In a world called Hollow Bastion...
Rinoa: You mean, another world?
Leon: yeah..
Rinoa: But, how is that possible...
Leon: ..I guess...
Leon: When the chaos came...did time seem to stand still...It did for me..
Rinoa: It was...strange.
Rinoa: I don't remember very clearly...
Rinoa: *frowns*
Leon: Yeah...I only remember darkness.
Leon: I think because darkness has always been eternal...that it doesn't go by time..
Rinoa: Quistis was...shaking me, and she said she couldn't find you anywhere...
Rinoa: ...I don't remember before that
Leon: Yeah..
Rinoa: I didn't know what to think..
Leon: *nods*
Rinoa: Nobody really understood what happened, so...we tried to...move on like nothing had happened.
Rinoa: Not that it was entirely possible.
Leon: yeah...I'm sort of confusing myself now.
Rinoa: It's all...right.
Rinoa: We're all a little confused.
Aki: (SQUINOA >:D)
Rinoa: Is...Hollow Bastion, where you went when you disappeared, then?
Izzy: (hahaha)
Leon: I guess so..
Leon: Though...in my mind, I grew up there in a huge mansion and no friends..
Rinoa: ......
Rinoa: But your friends, who came with you, to help us...
Leon: Well, at first I had no friends...and
Leon: When I got a little older...like 13 or something..
Leon: I got tired of being cooped up in a huge house.
Leon: and I went into town by myself--and in this world, I had never held a weapon before.
Leon: but I went by myself, and got cornered by some kids..
Leon: Cloud came along, beat them all up and told me to learn to protect myself..
Izzy: (Iz-kun's doujin is RP canon >:D)
Aki: (Yes XD)
Leon: ...and I somehow ended up with Lionheart again..
Leon: from then on, we grew up together...I met his friends, and we just...
Rinoa: .....*listening intently*
Leon: trusted each other to protect one another..
Rinoa: ...*nods*
Leon: To you...the memories I retain from this world are the 'true' memories..
Leon: and the memories I have from Hollow Bastion are the 'true' to the Hollow Bastion people
Leon: but they're both the true ones, to me.
Rinoa: But....your memories of us have to be real...you're here, aren't you?
Rinoa: I mean...I don't know.
Rinoa: Everyone here remembers you.
Leon: They're all real..
Leon: It's like...I'm two different people, even though I'm not.
Leon: Leon and Squall.
Rinoa: ....was it...the chaos then? Was that what did it?
Leon: *nods* probably..
Leon: ...one thing that's always been the same, is how I handle situations. *mutters*
Rinoa: ....
Rinoa: *hugs him*
Izzy: (well, she was gonna do it sometime XD)
Rinoa: It's all right. You handle things fine.
Rinoa: This is confusing for everyone.
Leon: *pauses before hugging her back* *nods*
Leon: I think my voice box died. :|
Rinoa: *laughs a little*
Leon: *grins a little*
Aki: (at least he makes fun of himself, unlike Cloud XD)
Izzy: (haha)
Izzy: (Cloud's not aware enough to make fun of himself XD)
Aki: (haha XD)
Leon: ...I should take lessons from Cloud, and stop thinking. It's stressful sometimes.
Rinoa: You can go ahead and rest for a bit, you talked a lot today.
Rinoa: Though admittedly it's refreshing to be the one listening..
Leon: *grins*
Aki: (I WANT TO BE A FANGIRL)
Izzy: (AUGGGH)
Aki: ( CAN I BE A FANGIRL?)
Izzy: (YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY RINOA IS)
Izzy: (GO AHEAD XD)
Izzy: (I'm seriously ready to cry XD)
Aki: (I DONT KNOW IF LEON WILL BE HAPPY, BUT SQUALL WILL BE XD)
Izzy: (hahahaha)
Izzy: (....woah, he's back to being Leon XD)
Izzy: (I totally didn't notice)
Aki: (didn’t think you did)
Aki: (it took me a while too)
Izzy: (hahaha)
Leon: Thanks for listening, love you. *hugs her gently*
Rinoa: ^^ *hugs back* Love you too.
Izzy: (......I think I died.)
Izzy: (or something)
Aki: (.............*pile of goo*)
Izzy: (yes, exactly)
Aki: (*Stays as a pile of goo*)
Izzy: (hahaha *pokes pile of goo with Roxas' stick*)
Aki: (why Roxas? XD)
Aki: (wait what?)
Aki: (*dies*)
Aki: (ohhh that stick)
Izzy: (yeah XD)
Izzy: (You know....Rinoa was always with him, in a way)
Izzy: (cuz his jacket had her wings in the first game)
Aki: (yeah)
Aki: (I gave him wings on his new one, too <_<)
Izzy: (ooooh)
Aki: (Cuz I like drawing them)
Izzy: (it's good. Symbolism)
Aki: (haha yeah XD)
Aki: (...Squinoa goo)
Izzy: (hahahaha)
Aki: (...I can’t say no, but I cant say yes either...)
Aki: (It IS Leon's house..)
Aki: (but..)
Aki: (and he says he can always build onto it..)
Aki: (but...)
Aki: (what about my otp..)
Aki: (D: )
Izzy: (hahaha)
Izzy: (there it goes...out the window...)
Izzy: (you make me laugh sometimes XD)
Aki: (XD)
Aki: (gee, thanks )
Izzy: (You can't decide)
Aki: (yeah XD)
Izzy: (you melt into a puddle of goo at SquallRinoa, but you say LeonCloud is your OTP XD)
Aki: (...they make me melt sometimes too)
Izzy: (*dies*)
Aki: (*killed*)
Izzy: (they can't be adorable in the same way as Squall and Rinoa thoooo)
Aki: (...Canon is a disease, and you have it. It's contagious. Go away XD)
Izzy: (bwahahaha)
Izzy: (if so, I'm happy to be sick)
Aki: (blah XD)
Aki: (wellll)
Izzy: (Leon will just have to be a Roman man.)
Izzy: (it solves everything.)
Aki: (THE WHOLE TIFACLOUDLEO--YES)
Izzy: (except that Rinoa and Tifa have to be willing to share XD)
Aki: (well yes XD)
Izzy: (OT....4...wtf)
Aki: (XD)
Aki: (yes)
Aki: (I have an ot4 now)
Aki: (win )
Aki: (*SHOT*)
Izzy: (hahaha)
Leon: ...4th wall has a crack in it..I can hear things from behind it..
Izzy: uhhh
Izzy: you! Shush!
Rinoa: ........
Leon: ....
Rinoa: What's that?
Leon: .....disembodied voice. It dictates our lives.
Leon: We can't really escape it either.
Rinoa: ...that's terrible.
Izzy: ouch.
Leon: ...How many times have I fixed that 4th wall this month..
Leon: *mutters*
Rinoa: Oh dear, I'm...sorry...*confused*
Izzy: not my fault...>.>
Leon: ...yes it is
Izzy: :\
Izzy: You're mean.
Leon: ...*patches up wall*
Leon: ....Just me and my girlfriend.
Aki: (THEREOKAY? CANON!)
Izzy: (*laughs evilly*)
Aki: (...I don’t have an otp anymore..)
Izzy: (hahaha)
Aki: (I have an ot4)
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