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[001// Audio] REUSING 1ST PERSON SAMPLES GO!

[The communicator clicks on—the sound of rustling. After a moment, there is the distinct click of something being set down.]

So. After a bit of exploration, I think I’ve managed to figure this thing out.

[The voice is young and smug—Riku is very pleased with himself.]

We’re on a ship, right? You can tell by the windows.

Now, just need to figure out why I’m here and not in Hollow Bastion any more. If this is Maleficent’s idea of a joke…

Anybody out there?

[Pause.]

Better yet—anybody out there heard of a girl named Kairi? I’m… looking for her.

[No, he’s not mentioning Sora. Not at all.]

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We're on a ship, headed for the Golden Shore, right? Someone called Mimmi told me earlier. ...Do you know what the deal with the Golden Shore is?

[He couldn't care less about the ship for the time being. He's more interested in finding Kairi, if she's really here.]

You've seen Kairi? Where was she?

Yep! Geeze, you took that in way faster than I did. I thought people were messing with me. To be honest, I still don't know what the Golden Shore is. Just that the place is pretty freaking far away. People have been on this ship for like two years.

And about Kairi- you proooobably won't find a lot of people in a hurry to tell you about where she is. Sorry. Things have quieted down since, but some jerks had it in for her recently.

How do you know her?

... Riku?

Yeah, well, it's not exactly uncommon by this point. [Especially not when you're world-hopping yourself. Ending up somewhere new and unusual? Eh.] Two years, though? Sorry, but I don't know I wanna stay that long.

What happened to Kairi? [Now you've got his attention, Zoey.] Is she okay?

And she and I came from the same world. We left... at the same time.

Kairi?

[At least, it sure -sounds- like her. Riku's heard she's around, but he's still really surprised to hear her voice.]

Riku! You're really-...

Where are you? Are you okay?

[There's a door slamming in the background. She's not wasting a second.]

Whoa, hang on, Kairi! [He's laughing at her for a moment, but sobers up quick.] I should be asking you that, not the other way around!

Stay where you are. I'll come find you.

Hm... Okay!

[And she settles down in the corridor outside her room to wait. She won't be able to persuade Riku to let her find him. But finding her will probably take him a while unless he happens to be on the same deck. And what are the chances of that? Oh wait!]

Oh! Don't forget your key card!

[Nice job catching him; Riku was almost out the door. He looks around and finds the card, stuffs it in his pocket and darts out the door.

...oh, hey! There's a Kairi. A mere six doors down! That's remarkably convenient. Only she doesn't look like the Kairi Riku had been searching for. She looks. Different.]

...Kairi? Is that you?

[Kairi looks up and then smiles before getting to her feet. She closes the distance between them at a fast walk. Riku hasn't changed a bit. For now, that doesn't strike her as remotely odd. She laughs.]

Yes, it's me.

And it's really you! I knew I'd see you again, but you never came home...

And now you're here.

[She can't help but smile, even as it hits her that Riku may now be trapped here too.]

[Okay, so Kairi has long hair, is -taller-, and looks older than the last time he saw her. -What?-]

What do you mean, I never came home? The islands were destroyed, remember?

[They didn't exactly have a home to go to.]

You're the one that's been missing, Kairi.

[Kairi looks at Riku properly again. He really hasn't changed a bit. At all.]

Yes, but you and Sora, you fixed it. The islands came back.

But neither of you ever came home. I waited a whole year. I've been here months now.

Did you come home and I wasn't there?

[It's a horrible thought, but it's the closest thing to sense she can find.]

[Staaaaaaaaaaaaare.]

What are you talking about? The last I saw you, you were...

[Pause. He can't bring himself to say it. Time for a subject change! He's teasing, now, but it's probably not working as well as he'd like it to. Probably because he has eyes.]

C'mon, Kairi, are you sure you're not just spacing out on me?

[Frown. Astrid mentioned something like this happening to her on the ship too. Could it be...?]

The last time I saw you you were... At Hollow Bastion.

[It was almost a smooth save. Almost.]

I'd just woken up.

Do you remember?

[Much as it pains him to say it...]

No. The last time I saw you... we'd just found you. You weren't... awake.

[That's one way to put it.]

Kairi, what happened?

I don't know what happened to you. I was--

[She swallows. She might as well say it.]

My heart was within Sora's. He turned himself into a heartless to wake me up. Then Ansem tried to attack us, but you stopped him. But... You couldn't escape with us. I'm sorry Riku.

I called Sora back. We went back to Traverse Town and then he went to find you. And then... I was in this dark place, standing on sand. Sora was there, but all the worlds started reappearing and we got separated. And then I was back on the islands.

[She pauses, frowning, unsure whether or not she should go on.]

["Was." Riku can put the pieces together. He folds his arms, looking around with a new outlook.]

So this place has people from different times, in addition to different worlds. Right?

And you come from a later time than me.

[Kairi hesitates and then nods.]

Yeah. I think so... A year later.

[She pauses again, trying to digest that. The certainty she'd felt that she would see Riku again... She'd never imagined it would be like this.]

It doesn't matter. You're alive. We're both here now. That's all that's important.

Uncommon? Man, I'd sure like to see the world the way you see it. And no, I don't wanna stay here this long either. But it helps when you've got people you know with you, at least.

Dude. Relax. She's fine. I don't actually know her that well, but there were a bunch of people willing to stick their neck out for her and keep an eye on her when everything went down. She seems like a good kid.

[Kairi, you really need to stop saying things that pique his interest. He laughs, though, shaking his head at her.] What do you mean, I'm alive? You're the one I was worried about!

[He flashes her a smile, though--he's glad to see she's okay.]

You get used to it. [Oh, Riku. You're so smug--being the knowledgeable one is such a safe place for you.] After you've seen a few different worlds, you start getting used to the unusual.

And that's... good. I'm glad nothing happened to her.

[Kairi returns the smile easily.]

Heh. Well you are.

And I've been safe the whole time.

[...She had her best friends looking out for her. Until she arrived on the boat, of course.]

But this world isn't very nice.

You figured that one out pretty fast. Most people tend to lose their shit and panic before looking out the windows. [Including him, but that's besides the point.]

I've never really talked with her, but yeah, the name "Kairi" keeps cropping up around here. Is she a friend of yours?

You get used to it after a while.

And yeah. She and I came from the same world originally. I'd been trying to find her.

[Safe. Safe with a missing heart? But Kairi'd said something about her heart being in Sora's... for just a split-second Riku scowls, but he'll bother with that later. Right now, he's got other things to discuss with Kairi.]

I'm glad.

I heard that... something had happened with you. What happened?

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