yes, they've been good. i hope that... we can resolve the problems able to be fixed, and go back to training for the mark. do you still have that, in your time?
it seems like it's not always the case. some of the history books i've read hinted at other ways of obtaining a keyblade - it's a weapon of the heart, after all. if one's heart is strong enough, maybe that's all it needs.
the mark of mastery test, you mean?! yeah! i've done mine before!
i failed but that's okay, riku passed and that made the whole test worth it. i'll be a master just like him someday, i hope. he better wait up for me, actually.
anyway... i was just thinking. i really do wish i could have met you back then. i think it would have been really nice to get to know you at school like that. do you think we could have been friends?
you have? you're very young to have taken the exam. it's not usually done until at least the age of twenty in scala, often older depending on the master conducting it. it's okay to fail - a lot of people do the first time. i'm sure you'll make it someday. i'd like to hear about your exam sometime.
[ the second part takes some time to be written. a lot of "typing..." dots and deletions. ]
well... it may be "back then" for you, but it's "now" for me. so you can still get to know me, if you want. you're a good person, sora, i can tell. if you're willing to accept me, despite everything, we can still be friends.
[It was a pretty tough exam with things on it that Sora didn't quite grasp as well as Riku did at the time. But it was a pretty unconventional exam as well, so it feels a little better to read that it's okay that he failed. Sora thinks so as well. Since he as so incredibly proud and happy for Riku at the time that he barely even worried about passing, in the end.
Waiting for that next message makes Sora so curious. When he sees it, it makes him feel some sort of way too... He never thought he'd be having a conversation like this with Xehanort- of all people. But he's happy he reached out.]
yeah, you're right. it's "now" for you, so that's what i gotta remember.
i think it'd really, really like being friends. i wanna know more about you too.
[ if you ever tell him about the exam, you can tell him about those parts. and not the parts about his not-so-older self trying (successfully) to kidnap you, maybe.
it warms him, to hear this from sora. a reminder back to when he'd first arrived in scala, an outsider of unknown origin, and those distrustful looks from the city's populace were cut through by six others his own age willing to try. for his sake. ]
it's okay if you forget sometimes. i understand that it's difficult, but i'd really like that, too.
i think if you ever meet my friends, they'll like you a lot. vor and eraqus, especially.
yeah. heh, that's great. that means we should hang out again sometime soon, okay?
and it would be really cool if i got to meet your friends! people keep talking about these rift things. the ones we came here through too. so maybe i could meet them someday.
[Is it the same Eraqus that Sora's seen? He's wondering...]
sure. i'm usually at the surasthana cafe if you want to come by sometime. the coffee here is good.
while it's a little selfish, i can't help but hope they'll come here one day. eraqus is always late anyway, so it would make sense for him at least to just appear like he's been here the whole time.
i like sweet things mostly, so coffee wasn't really something i drank much before. but anything kaveh makes is good.
[ this does feel a bit like an interview... but for some reason, answering sora seems easy. ]
when i first arrived in scala, eraqus was the first one to try and make friends with me, even though he didn't have to. he taught me to play chess, and though he says he's best at being late and running away, he's actually always leaping in to help people.
probably because of the caffeine? it doesn't always affect people the same way, but if you do end up with even more excessive energy we could spar or something. i've missed training, and you were a good opponent before.
[ there's another gap between messages. ]
did you meet him, sora? ventus said eraqus was his master, so maybe you'd crossed paths with him too.
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it seems like it's not always the case. some of the history books i've read hinted at other ways of obtaining a keyblade - it's a weapon of the heart, after all. if one's heart is strong enough, maybe that's all it needs.
of course. go ahead.
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i failed but that's okay, riku passed and that made the whole test worth it. i'll be a master just like him someday, i hope. he better wait up for me, actually.
anyway... i was just thinking. i really do wish i could have met you back then. i think it would have been really nice to get to know you at school like that. do you think we could have been friends?
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[ the second part takes some time to be written. a lot of "typing..." dots and deletions. ]
well... it may be "back then" for you, but it's "now" for me. so you can still get to know me, if you want. you're a good person, sora, i can tell. if you're willing to accept me, despite everything, we can still be friends.
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Waiting for that next message makes Sora so curious. When he sees it, it makes him feel some sort of way too... He never thought he'd be having a conversation like this with Xehanort- of all people. But he's happy he reached out.]
yeah, you're right. it's "now" for you, so that's what i gotta remember.
i think it'd really, really like being friends. i wanna know more about you too.
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it warms him, to hear this from sora. a reminder back to when he'd first arrived in scala, an outsider of unknown origin, and those distrustful looks from the city's populace were cut through by six others his own age willing to try. for his sake. ]
it's okay if you forget sometimes. i understand that it's difficult, but i'd really like that, too.
i think if you ever meet my friends, they'll like you a lot. vor and eraqus, especially.
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and it would be really cool if i got to meet your friends! people keep talking about these rift things. the ones we came here through too. so maybe i could meet them someday.
[Is it the same Eraqus that Sora's seen? He's wondering...]
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while it's a little selfish, i can't help but hope they'll come here one day. eraqus is always late anyway, so it would make sense for him at least to just appear like he's been here the whole time.
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he's always late to the party! can you tell me more about your friend eraqus too?
[Gosh, now Sora feels like he's the one asking all the questions but he can't help it.]
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[ this does feel a bit like an interview... but for some reason, answering sora seems easy. ]
when i first arrived in scala, eraqus was the first one to try and make friends with me, even though he didn't have to. he taught me to play chess, and though he says he's best at being late and running away, he's actually always leaping in to help people.
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and your friend sounds really nice. that's exactly the kind of friend everyone should have. you should try and stick with him for as long as you can.
[Maybe if they stick together than things can actually turn out differently for Xehanort...]
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[ there's another gap between messages. ]
did you meet him, sora? ventus said eraqus was his master, so maybe you'd crossed paths with him too.
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and... yeah. i didn't know how to say it. but i only met him once before.
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figures. it's really odd to think of him that way, as a master.
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[Those duel keyblades... Sheesh.]
he was really cool. i didn't get to talk with him but he was one of the coolest masters i've got to meet.
he was with you, you know.
maybe we should talk about that more when we meet up.