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voice; seelie

Apparently I've been sleeping for a long time.

[ Not that he really remembers falling asleep... but if waking up in an unfamiliar bed with a familiar friend sleeping half-sprawled out on top of him is any indication, he's certainly been asleep. And based on the date, it's been for a while.

Luckily, as unnerving as an extended sleep is, there doesn't appear to be any Xehanort here to take advantage of that. A sleep was all it was. ]

I'm still trying to catch up on everything I missed while I was asleep. I know more people arrived to the court, but what's going on with all these war preparations? Did something happen?

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Good to hear. I'm glad the two of you found each other.

[ Even if it was difficult.

Cloud can probably hear the smile in Riku's voice--he means it! Zack had almost bitten his head off looking for information on him. (He should check back in with Zack, really...) ]

I haven't been here that long, just a couple months. I think I got here at the same time as he did.

[ if only cloud knew, he'd go smack zack for that... though he has a feeling both he and riku would do the same with people they care about. ]

... Have things been quiet-- with the war, I mean. [ some days seem fairly so to him at least, but then cloud knows war doesn't always loom aggressively at one's doorstep. ]

[ In a heartbeat. It's why Riku doesn't really begrudge Zack for his actions at all--he would've done the exact same thing if someone had known something about Sora.

At Cloud's question, though, Riku frowns. ]

There hasn't been a lot of fighting since I got here, but that's just a matter of time. Last month the Black Shuck forced a truce for a little while, but just before I arrived there was a large battle that the Unseelie monarchs started.

[ He doesn't know much about the Dullahan aside from what Merida's told him, so he's careful not to lay the blame on the Unseelie shardbearers themselves. From what she said, it sounded like they were saving their own necks by driving the Dullahan to Seelie lands. ]

And with Solais calling us all to the Cathraon, I bet we'll be fighting within a couple weeks.

[ it's an interesting bit of information. the black shuck cloud's only heard of in passing, though it is suggested here too that he must have considerable influence to be able to force a truce. too bad it was broken. ]

You're most likely right. [ they know something, have to if they're calling their respective shardbearers to prepare. cloud isn't afraid of battle, but having not seen what's possible in this place, how bad the war truly is, he's... apprehensive. ]

Clashing with the Unseelie doesn't feel right. [ but then, it is likely they won't be the enemy either. ]

[ Unseen, Riku shakes his head. ]

I know what you mean. All the Unseelie I've met seem like good people. They just see things differently.

Has anyone told you about the Void yet? What our two sides are fighting over?

[ It's a question he feels a little bit silly asking, but, well. He's been asleep. He doesn't know what Cloud knows or doesn't know. ]

[ cloud can't say he's met too many unseelie, but from what he'd understood choosing which side you ended up here wasn't so simple-- so anyone, good or bad, could be on either side.

anyway. ]

Yeah, I learned about it during my shard activation. From someone named Kirei Kotomine. [ kirei had seemed to know his info, even if cloud was still uncertain how he felt about the two warring sides and their goals. ]

Can't say it made sticking up for either side any easier.

Kirei...? I don't think I know him.

[ Not that it's really important right now. ]

Yeah. Just because one side thinks they've got the right answer doesn't mean the other side's wrong.

[ The Unseelies' convictions aren't wrong, they're just different. And it doesn't feel right fighting a war over that. ]

Too bad both sides are stubborn. [ and then some. cloud's crossing his arms over his chest, pausing for a long moment before speaking up again. ]

...But even so, I'm glad Sora found you. With people like him and you-- maybe we can change how things happen here. Slowly. [ he can only even suggest such a possibility because he's seen it happen before, in another world. ]

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