[ AUDIENCE: NIER ]

[dormheads]

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[amain]

[ ................. i swear ]

I don't know when I'll catch the next one.

[darksubverted]

I'll wait.

[He's patient. Sorta.]

[amain]

[ okay. well. I guess he's going to keep fishing! ]

... Are you tired, Riku?

[darksubverted]

[Oh. This finally gets him to stop sticking his nose up in the air the other way. He peers at Nier.]

Tired of what? This place?

[amain]

Just tired.

[ General. ]

[darksubverted]

[Hmmm. He glances back out over the bridge at the water, and is quiet for a long time.]

...A little. But I guess I have plenty of time to rest in the darkness.

[amain]

[ Nier squints at first. ]

... Sorry, I needed a moment to remember that you mean that place? You were in. And not you being "edgy."

[darksubverted]

"Edgy"? [He gives Nier an offended, very teenager look.] I'm being serious.

You're the one out here saying you don't exist. You can't get any edgier than that.

[amain]

I know you are.

[ He's genuinely sorry. Please. ]

Hey, I was serious, too. [ ... ] Though I think the funny part is that the void is just a white expanse.

[ Nothing like DARKNESS. ]

[darksubverted]

[:\]

Sorry we can't all be trapped in a white expanse. [Tch.] The Realm of Darkness... it's not just a void. You can see, and you can walk around. The sky is black, swarming with darkness and bad energy.

You walk forever. The longer you stay, if your heart isn't strong enough, the more you'll succumb to the darkness. To anger, and fear, and greed.

[amain]

[ It's blinding, stop. Nier listens, frowning. ]

That sounds awful. [ Mm. ] I can't compare it since...

[ Waving hand gestures at not being able to feel anything. ]

Sure I would have succumbed. [ ... ] Did you?

[darksubverted]

[Hm. His expression is a little pinched at that. He peers at the water, lashes lowered.]

I was in there once. With The King. Mickey. We had to shut the Door to Darkness from the inside to make sure it was sealed. We were there for a while.

But... no. The darkness never changed me.

[Jokes on Riku. He has an immunity to darkness.]

[amain]

[ Nier isn't mean enough to ask if Mickey is why people called him a furry. ]

... You're very strong, Riku.

[ Damn, imagine being immune because you're that element. ]

[darksubverted]

[He can just use his superior intellect to realize Mickey is absolutely why they called him a furry.]

So are you.

[amain]

[ nier is dumb i don't know why you're saying this ]

... I wouldn't say that about someone who gave up.

[darksubverted]

[same hat]

It's a lot to burden until you get to that point. I gave up, too. Before this. Sora and I were content to spend the rest of however long trapped in the Realm of Darkness.

[amain]

[ hate this rat club. Nier nods, remembering that Riku wants to get back, then get out. He has also decided to live again, changing things they settled on back at home.

There's no reason to argue or else they would be arguing about the same thing for another hour because they're who they are. ]

It was—a lot. I lost my loved ones back to back without time to grieve. It was already a lot when my sister was taken.

[ Thinking about it all makes him tired. ]

[darksubverted]

[Hmmm. He glances at Nier for a moment.]

That's... sort of how it felt for me. I didn't treat Sora very well. And then... I got possessed. Ansem used my body against Sora--Kairi, too, in a way. Sora lost his heart, and his memories.

I had to watch him stay in one of Naminé's memory pods. I had to work with DiZ if I had any chance of helping him be whole again. I had to give up my body again, to be strong enough to capture Sora's Nobody. And even then, I didn't know if it'd work.

[amain]

[ stamps riku as kainé-core, therefore kainé is the sasuke of nier ]

That's... So much? I don't think I understand a portion of all of that, but I kind of get it.

[ Possession has him grimacing already. It's all loss is what he hears. ]

At least you got him back, despite the... Being trapped in the darkness place.

[darksubverted]

[Them shaking hands over A Lot.]

I guess... I should be grateful I have him back. That we're facing it together. But... it's not something I'd want for him to have to do.

[amain]

[ I hate that they continue to have parallels. ]

It’s difficult to face things alone. [ It’s something Nier finds difficult to do. ] Do you talk to Kainé a lot?

[darksubverted]

[One brow rises when he glances up.]

Not... really. No. I think she has enough to deal with with you. Why?

[amain]

[ i lost riku to the void ]

... You two are similar in a lot of ways.

[darksubverted]

...I don't know about that.

[This is a lie. They have the exact same energy when it comes to Nier.

Wait, uh, minus the kissing stuff.]

[amain]

[ if they were both age appropriate would riku want to kiss him i hope not that's like almost selfcest ]

Take my word for it. You two are.