Alex ✬

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[he's...kind of bandaged up? his legs are, at least, but the burn on his arm and some of the smaller burns are still out there existing.]

I'm okay. Just kinda tired. [there's a smile and this is maybe a huge understatement, but he seems to be okay enough. granted, the sword is still at his side so hm.] You should be resting though. Whatever was in those vents really wasn't good for either of us.

[chanteuser]

[ some first aid was given and i think that's wonderful ]

Oh yeah. The tiredness is sure hanging on in there, huh? [ she exhales, a little sharply. ]

If I'm supposed to be resting so are you.

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Yeah. [...] Sorry about that, by the way. I think that might've been my fault. And I'm resting.

[he's sitting. that counts.]

[chanteuser]

I don’t think anything in that place was out to be kind to us. [ playing a game of “your fault my fault” isn’t going to get them far ]

Your side’s okay...? That thing hit you, didn’t it?

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Yeah...I guess that's true. [he frowns nevertheless.]

My side's okay. It mostly got my arm anyway. [he shows her the burn.] How're your legs?

[chanteuser]

Still carrying me around without any issue. We could've been hit a lot worse, so I can't complain too much.

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You're right. [...] Thank you, by the way. I know you were trying to block me.

[chanteuser]

You did most of the dangerous work there, Sora. You don't have to thank me for trying to look out for you.

[ it's... literally the least she could do. ]

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[he settles for a slight smile.]

It sort of felt really familiar to me. Same idea, different monster. But I wanted to make sure we both got out of there safe.

[but alex was really brave for doing that anyway and he appreciates it.]

[chanteuser]

We did, in the end. I guess that's what teamwork is, even if I was pretty useless at the end there.

[ haha they all had fun. ]

... You knew how to use that sword though. Is that part of the junior hero thing?

[ ... correction: ] Or hero in general thing.

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You didn't give up. I don't think you were useless at all. [just to be clear there. he can acknowledge the work she put in to get them out of there even if now they both have new trauma.

to that question though, he nods.]

Sort of. My best friend and I grew up training with practice swords. It was just for fun and we used to spar all the time, but after the Heartless came to destroy our world, I got the Keyblade. I've been using that ever since to help save the worlds that need it.

[chanteuser]

I wasn't able to help much when the monster starting roaming around.

[ siiiigh. ]

...

[ wow sora you sure said words. ] Okay, um... bear with me here. A Keyblade?

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I couldn't have done it by myself. [siiigh x2]

Oh. It's a weapon, it's kind of the same size as a big sword and it's shaped like a key. It helps me with my magic, too. Not everybody can use one, but they're powerful to fight against the darkness.

[chanteuser]

[ LIKE A KEY, HE SAYS. ]

I have never heard of a weapon like that.

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I think they're only from my world. Nobody else knows about them either. But there's...ten of us who're wielders, I think. Something like that.

[chanteuser]

[ ten of them ]

And that's how you know how to wield a sword, then. I wouldn't have been able to do anything with it, the only kind of swords I've seen have been much thinner than that.

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Yup. Riku and I had wooden swords for forever, and we graduated, I guess. [it's so casually said.]

Do you know how to fight at all? I know some people are teaching self-defense lessons.

[chanteuser]

...

I can swing a pipe pretty well?

[ she laughs ]

I know. Don't worry, I've spoken to someone about it. I don't expect to be able to defeat a monster, but hopefully I'll learn enough to keep myself safe.

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[he makes a face.]

That's a start, I guess. As long as you can buy yourself enough time to get out of something dangerous that's probably what's most important right now.

[chanteuser]

[ and then the mods said no touching and ruined my plans? ]

Yeah. I’m not foolish enough to think I could take on half the people here and win.

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[:(]

You're doing better than some of us then by knowing your limits. That's not a bad thing at all.

[chanteuser]

It... doesn't feel that way when you're letting a 16 year old face down a monster while you run away.

[ honestly.

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Hey, Sora. [ convenient topic change ] What did you and Izumo do?

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Hey. I'm a 16 year old with a ton of monster-fighting experience. That's different.

[...but he looks away then.] ...did you already talk to her? What'd she say?

[chanteuser]

She just said her hearing was damaged. When you acted the same, I figured they were probably connected.

[ ... and apparently she's right. ]

Did you want to learn some sign language?

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...yeah. We, uh, went to the moon? And some stuff happened. [very specific. but he seems to consider that.]

You know it enough to teach? [it sounds more rude that he means it, but mostly he's curious since alex's hearing seems fine.]