Hi | Zack, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[icangothedistancetoo]

The video switches on to a perky young man who looks strikingly similar to someone else already on Gaia. He's wearing a newsboy hat, which doesn't fit well amid all the spikes, and he seems younger, but maybe that's the effect of him not having changed his hairstyle.

"Hey! So wow, that was a trip. Kind of fun, though! Better than falling off a cliff.

"So what's up around here?" He looks around hopefully. "Is there ... anybody from home here?" He doesn't know yet about anyone, including his Seph.

"Oh, I should introduce myself! Zack Fair, professional hero! I'll take care of whatever ails ya! Damsels in distress, dragons, Heartless ... whatever's gone wrong, you can count on me!"

He sobers and winces a bit. "Uh, except for the ... uh ... you know, everybody dropping down through the sky from other worlds thing. Not sure how to fix that yet." A confident grin. "But I'll help figure it out!"

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[as_if_attitude]

"So you're taking quests, are ya?" [This was going to be too much fun...]

[icangothedistancetoo]

"Sure am! What do you need?" He's very chipper.

[as_if_attitude]

"You met the guy here that goes by Demyx yet?"

[icangothedistancetoo]

"Demyx, Demyx.... Nope, don't think so! Who is he?"

I am so sorry about this jerk.

[as_if_attitude]

"He's this guy from back home. Liar. Big time. And a thief. See, he's always trying to steal my old man's sitar. Just cause he can play the thing and use his magic through it. Like that makes it better? As if. I wouldn't even care so much if it wasn't the only thing I've got from the old man here. I don't suppose you can get it back for me? And maybe help me make sure he doesn't steal it again?"

(Edit: If this is no good, lemme know and I'll change it))

LOL.

[icangothedistancetoo]

((This is fine!))

Zack listens to the story, frowning. The guy sounds like a creep. But ...

"... So why your sitar, man? They sell them here, don't they? Why can't he just go buy his own?"

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[as_if_attitude]

"Dude's lazy as they come. That much he'll even admit to. He doesn't work, so he doesn't earn munny. We both worked for the same boss for a while. Well... I worked. He conned actual children to do his job for him so he could slack off. That poor kiddo, always getting taken advantage of. You woulda thought someone woulda taught Roxas how to say 'no' at some point."

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[icangothedistancetoo]

"Roxas? Is he here too?"

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[as_if_attitude]

"Could be. Too bad for him and the poppet if they're here, unless they have someone to protect them from Demyx. But I haven't seen either of them yet. You know the kiddo then?"

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[icangothedistancetoo]

"Nah, never heard of him. Just wondered if he was here. Uh ... who's the poppet?"

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[as_if_attitude]

"Roxas' little shadow." [He chuckled.]

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[icangothedistancetoo]

[Zack has been called that in regards to being Seph’s shadow, and it doesn’t bother him. He’s honored to be close enough to Seph to be considered that.]

“Sounds like they’re a nice pair.”

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[as_if_attitude]

"Sweet kids. Breaks my heart" [This was too much fun] "seeing how they get treated, how they get used to do other people's dirty work."

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[icangothedistancetoo]

"So why don't you do something? You look like somebody who gets stuff done."

[He did not like the vibes he was starting to get from this guy.]

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[as_if_attitude]

"Oh believe me, where I can I do. Or I try anyhow. But back home I'm... kind of a big deal if you know what I mean. Boss' left hand and all of that. I'm usually kept too busy with my job to stop and make other people do theirs."

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[icangothedistancetoo]

"Maybe if you told your boss what's been going on, they'd do something."

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[as_if_attitude]

"You think that guy would help? As if. Let's just say he's... not exactly a people person, if you get my meaning. When someone complained about having kids on the staff he decided we only needed one after all, and they could fight it out to see which one sticks around. He didn't tell them that of course, also pretty sure when he spoke about terminating the spare, he didn't just mean their employment if you get my drift."

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[icangothedistancetoo]

"... Seriously?! What kind of crummy place do you guys work for?!"

Could. Not. Resist.

[as_if_attitude]

"Crummy's a good word for it. Not that we had many options, of course. But still, guess you only have yourself to blame when you know you're signing on to work for some nobody who is utterly heartless."

LOL.

[icangothedistancetoo]

"You guys really have no place else you can work?"

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[as_if_attitude]

"Not where we came from, not for a buncha nobodies like us."

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[icangothedistancetoo]

"Well, that really stinks."

He ponders. "So that was back in your world, right? Maybe you could get something better in this one!"

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[as_if_attitude]

"Maybe I could. Not that it helps the kiddos though. Or gets me my sitar back either," [he said with a dramatic sigh.]

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[icangothedistancetoo]

"Well, I meant them too, if they're here! Or maybe they'll still show up later if they're not here yet!"

And he sighs. "Oh yeah, the sitar. Right. Yeah, I'll still look for the Demyx guy, like I said."

He still thinks there's something not right about what this guy says, but hey, he's gotta look into this and figure out who really is telling the truth.

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[as_if_attitude]

"Thanks. It is just about the only thing I still have from the old man. That and an artifact he had that our boss claimed. So I'd kind of like to still have at least something. Ya get it?"