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Jema'grethy: Memory Cave

Passengers see a vision, an instance of someone's life, before just as suddenly - they find themselves inside a cave. It is light, a strange moss glowing on the walls and ceiling illuminates the cave nicely, and it is large enough for them to pace around in without trouble.

They're not alone. In the cave with them is another voidtrecker; maybe someone they know well, or maybe someone they've only seen in the aisles of the train. But they are together in this cave, and they will come to find out that it was one of their memories that the other witnessed. And them, one of yours.

The cave has no exit, at least not yet. They know that it will, eventually. When the time is right.

But for that time to come, they first must talk...

(OOC: Memories can be written either in this post or over here)

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He brings his other hand up to her shoulder as well. "Xion, your memories can't hurt me. Because they're yours. Even if they make me sad or angry, they're still an important part of you so they're important to me too." He pulls back again with half-smile. "It's still kind of weird when you're the one worrying about me. I'm supposed to be the more experienced one."

She gave him a small smile. He understood. Her memories were important to her, because that was all that was left of her. All that she actually was.

But then when he said the rest, she blinked. "I always.... was afraid you and Axel wouldn't be okay, that you'd be hurt because of me," she said softly. "I just... was never able to protect or help you, like you always protected and helped me...."

"You did help me though, Xion. Without you and Axel, I wouldn't be who I am. You're the reason I have a heart." Not to mention that fighting for her helped him unlock his true strength. As well as his true Keyblades.

"Huh...?" she asked, staring at him confused. "How... are we the reason...?"

"Axel explained it to us, well the other you, when we were brought back. He said Nobody hearts can grow based on their connections with people around them. Xemnas lied about that. He lied to everyone." He looks pretty pissed about that, despite Xemnas being gone now.

"But... we weren't people...?" She still wasn't one hundred percent sold that she was a person now, but she was probably more of one now?

"He lied about that too. We were. We are. He wanted us to believe all of that so we'd just do what he said to become human. And then that other guy... DiZ or Ansem, he was so desperate to get Sora back, that he didn't care if it was true or not." Is Roxas still a bit salty toward Ansem? Maybe. "Everything they told us was a lie. So we'd keep doing what they wanted. And they used Naminé too."

"DiZ or... Ansem...?" she stared at him, confused. That other guy...?

"He's the guy who was messing with Naminé. Telling her what to do. Telling Riku too." He's trying to be less bitter about that last part. But it's... hard, given Riku's influence on their trio fight.

"I... don't understand..."

She sat down on the ground, so she could focus on what he was saying. She was... so confused.

He sits down next to her, not quite brushing against her shoulder. "I know it's a lot. It was a lot when Axel explained it too. And I learned some of it in person. Mostly the stuff with Ansem." Roxas turns to her again, trying to work more reassurance into his expression. "But the good thing is we don't have to worry about it any of it any more. We can be our own people now. And you can here too."

"But.... they could shop up in the train again... so... shouldn't I know?"

He nods. "That's why I'm telling you all this. So you know the truth and nobody can confuse you anymore, for any reason." He takes her hand, for a moment gripping a bit too tight as the action reminds him of the last time he did this back in their world. "I just want us all to be happy again. Wherever we are. If we're together... that's all that matters."

She didn't know what it would be like to not be confused.

"Then... can you explain it?" she asked. But she nodded, wanting them to all be together. Forever.

Roxas sighs and looks down, trying to figure out how to keep things simple when they very much weren't. "I guess the easiest way is to say that Ansem needed Sora. Because Sora's special. And he didn't want to believe we were people because that would make it easier for us to go away. He realized he was wrong later. That's why he helped bring me back..."

"Ansem... the one who was on the Train before...?" she asked, unsure. She knew Sora was special, that's why everyone wanted him back.

"What did the Ansem on the train look like?" Since Roxas does have enough jumbled Sora memories to know the name Ansem can mean many things. He probably should have clarified that.

"Um...." she... didn't really look at him. "Ask... Axel?" she asked, weakly.

He nods. "Okay, I'll do that. The one I'm talking about doesn't look anything like Xemnas. He's a lot older." And more of a coward.

"And.... what does that have to do with Riku and... DiZ...?" She never got the name of the man in the red, so she had no clue who DiZ was, but Roxas said the name like she was supposed to know.

She never knew enough... not to help anyone.

"Riku was working for him. When he came to find you. DiZ was another name Ansem used. When he trapped me in the datascape." Since she... might not know about that part either. Unless she and the other Roxas talked about it. And he knows it's not his favorite subject so he suspects that would hold true for any version of himself.

"Trapped... you...?" There was just so much all at once, she was so confused.

Roxas picks at his pants roughly. "Yeah. After... you were gone. I was so angry... Riku and I fought. He used the Darkness inside him to overpower me. Then Ansem trapped me so they could wake Sora." Then Axel had a bad time as well.

"You... you fought Riku?" her head shot up, eyes wide in shock.

"He tried to stop me from going after Xemnas. We was worried it would destroy me and Sora at the same time. I didn't want to listen to him." There is a bit of a bitter look in is eyes, as he recalls the fight.

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