oathbreakers | [006//Audio & Commentlog?]

[006//Audio & Commentlog?]

[At first, Riku wasn't going to say anything. But being that he is, in fact, an arrogant ~~awesome~~ brat, he can't resist. So when he speaks, you can hear the smirk in his voice.]

Hey. Nice job yesterday, guys. That was a pretty good game.

[And he's even being sincere! How about that.

Riku's a bit bruised up from his bout with Pamela; you won't be able to see the long bruise on his side from where she hit him, but the two dark stripes on his neck from her broom are readily visible, and Riku's not making any attempts to hide them at all. These are his battle scars, his badge of honor; they're something that tells the world that he is one badass kid. Or something, who even really knows.

Riku won't be taking a break though; the game might be over but he's still on the move. You'll be able to find him all over the ship today--he'll be in the forest on deck 3 first, just wandering the forest a bit, then he'll be on deck 12 looking through the luggage for anything that might be helpful in building a tree-house. (Hey, maybe next it'll be a little boat they can sail around the caverns! That might be fun...) He'll be checking out the statue on deck 18 (cautiously, though, things aren't always what they seem), wandering around the flower-field to see if there's actually anything interesting (hey, graves? Hmmm...), and of course hitting up the Coffee Shop for breakfast and later on The Cool and Kuma-Ko for lunch and dinner.

Feel free to run into him anywhere; winning capture the flag has put him in a pretty good mood!]

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[Examining that face again, particularly the mouth of the statue. He has no idea how in the worlds they -feed- the thing (it seems like bread would just sit in there and mold!), but whatever. He's seen stranger things. As he speaks, his voice takes on that sort of challenging tone he sometimes uses.]

...might be kind of interesting to find out.

It might be, yeah, but I'm not sure how to go about it. I think the crew's supposed to feed it or something...not sure how one would stop them from doing so if they do.

Someone mentioned smashing it once, but I guess they never did.

Hmm. Guess not.

[He'll just have to keep an eye on it, he supposes. In the meantime, there's another topic he wants to breach--Kairi hadn't wanted to talk about it when it had come up, and this man seems like he'd definitely know about it.]

So I heard there was a video that had been given to all the passengers. Did you get a copy of that, too?

*Marco frowns and his voice grows serious and somber*

You don't want to watch that.

[Riku'll meet his eyes, his own voice growing similarly serious.]

I want to see it.

Do you even have an idea of what's on it? Or do you just want to see it because you've heard its out there?

I know how bad it is. But if you won't show it to me, I'll have to ask Kairi.

[Pause.]

I don't want to ask Kairi.

*Marco considers for a moment, then comes up with another question instead of a real answer. He doesn't bother to hide the fact that he's watching Riku's responses to this veryvery carefully.*

Why the hell would you want to watch the Captain vivisect someone, Riku?

[So that's what it is. No wonder Kairi was so shaken up by it.

Riku knows that Marco's looking for a reaction, so he. Won't. Give one. But there's a hint of understanding in his eyes if you look close enough, the idea that Riku's no stranger to horrific things. When he speaks, his voice is both hard and level.]

I have to know what this man is capable of.

*The lack of reaction said enough for Marco. He shakes his head*

Look back at his entries over shipNET. That will tell you just as much, if not more, about what Redd's capable of.

*No matter how bad-ass Riku thinks he is, Marco's not letting him watch it. Marco thought he was over being put off by violence, but the video had still shaken him.
Though he wouldn't try to stop Riku from finding it elsewhere, though he might just say 'I told you so' afterwards.*

Though nothing really tells us everything the Captain's capable of. I doubt we'll ever know the full capacity of his powers...at least not if he has something to say about it.

[Foiled. Riku scowls, but he won't argue. There are plenty of people on this ship, and he'll be able to find it somewhere.]

Even if we'll never know everything, I still want to know as much as I can.

[He's sick of not controlling his own life. Even in Hollow Bastion, Maleficent still told him where to go and what to do--and never knowing the full story has been grating on him.]

I'll look at his entries, but I'll dig up whatever else is out there, too.

*Marco nods. He's got similar sentiments there...on both the 'knowing as much as I can' and 'not in control of my life,' really.*

Good luck.

*The thought was sincere, though it didn't really sound it.*

Thanks.

[If Marco's well-wishing didn't seem totally sincere, neither did Riku's gratitude. But he -does- appreciate the fact that the man didn't try to warn him off.

Riku glances to one side, somewhat sullen, then looks back to Marco.]

While we're here. Is there anything else I should know about this ship? Things other people might have forgotten to mention?

[Stuff the rest of the passengers would rather forget, he means.]

*Marco watches Riku for a moment before replying*

That the ship is one big illusion, our worlds have been destroyed, and anyone who leaves dies.

*He waits a couple seconds to see if Riku reacts before continuing*

Of course we can neither prove nor disprove the last two, so they might not be true.

Anything else, you'd have to tell me what you knew already. I linked you to Godric's welcoming post, right? The basics are all there.

[Basic stuff, for the most part. Riku's not surprised by that. But...]

I can tell you that people who leave don't necessarily die. Supposedly I've been here before.

...What do you mean when you say the ship is an illusion?

*Marco shakes his head*

Doesn't mean anything. You could just be a different 'you' than the one who was here before.

I mean is not really a ship, just like the sky isn't really what we see it as. That one fits the best, given how so much on this ship doesn't 'fit' for a ship. Or, really, anything.

Maybe, but I could be the same me, too. If you don't know, isn't it better to give people hope that the people who leave are still alive?

[You'd better -believe- he's thinking about the conversation he had with Kairi right now. She'd been upset thinking that Sora had died--and even if he had even if Riku didn't care if he had, it was still better to see Kairi hopeful.]

You mean like the flower deck, or the caverns. Right? Things that can't logically be a part of a ship but are somehow here.

*Marco closes his eyes and shakes his head*

False hope can be a harmful thing.

*He sighs and opens his eyes again, nodding a bit*

Those are some of the most obvious ones, yes.

For some people here, it's all they've got.

[Riku leans back against the statue again, folding his arms.]

So what do you think this place is, then?

*Marco just shrugs again to the statement. His response to the question comes without thought*

A prison.

Or it might as well be, since we can't leave. As for something more defined than that...I've no idea. It might even be its own world for all I know.

[Ouch. Riku doesn't wince, but he comes quite close--hadn't he thought of his own island that way? Nice, now he's going to be chafing a bit under the feeling of being trapped here again.

Still, "its own world"... But Riku remembers the way Marco reacted the last time they talked, so he won't be offering that much.]

Maybe it is. There are a lot of worlds out there.

*Misery loves company?*

Apparently. I don't think any of us can really tell with this place yet, though. If its its own world, and Redd's really in control of it...I don't really like the picture that paints, but its one of the possiblities.

[Well jeez Marco, aren't you a little happy rainbow in a stormy day.]

If this ship is its own world, I'm sure we'll find out soon enough. But even if Redd is in control of the world, he's got weaknesses.

*He's stressed lately, okay? It happens*

Of course he must, everyone and everything has weaknesses...its just a matter of if we can find them in time or not.

We'll find them. People have already found some stuff. We just need to keep searching.

[Riku's smirking as he says it. See how easily he snuck himself into that group, Marco?]

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