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[It's been a long few days, back to back of work. He's caught naps in between but that's mostly it, and now he's just grateful that he has the rest of the day to himself. He pushes himself up the three flights of stairs through the store today, grabbing three books from the shelves without paying. He'll return them, he silently promises, as he trudges up the last few steps. He just needs something to put him out later.

He unlocks the door to his apartment and steps inside, dumping the books on the side opening to the kitchen as he shrugs off his vest.]

Ebony, come here, I'll feed you.

[Riku briefly ducks into the kitchen to put some fresh dry food in her bowl; he washes his hands and then walks into the living room, destined to flop himself down on his couch.]

Finally...

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It figures. [He almost sounds bitter. Almost.] That's how he was able to overthrow Ansem, right? Because he kept him under his thumb as the loyal apprentice.

Something troubling you, Riku?

I have a Heartless inside of my heart who just so happens to talk to me every so often in cryptic rhetoric about the heart of the worlds and how easy it would be to take more. [He glances at him.] No, nothing's troubling me, why do you ask?

I would offer to relieve you of him. But it seems you're more inclined to keep him close.

How could you possibly do something like that? You'd either succeed in making him stronger or turning me into a Heartless myself.

Destruction running roughshod over this place... I have no wish to see that. {currently.}

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Glad we can agree on that. I have no intention of letting him gain control. [He looks thoughtful.]

Good. {raises an eyebrow, waiting. penny for 'em, Riku?}

You don't want to see your old friend, Zexion? Or have you gotten so used to my face that it'd be too strange? [Not what he was thinking, but.]

I believe you've realized I prefer to keep a low profile here.

I highly doubt Xehanort is going to get up on a podium and pontificate about the very nature of- [He pauses, flashing him a smirk.] Oh, right. He would.

{eyebrow remains raised. mmhmmmmm.}

I'm sure he'd be subtle. He's a manipulator. Maybe he'd just adopt the name 'Ansem' and join SERO. [HINT HINT]

It would be too unoriginal for him. {smile.}

[Don't be a bitch, Zexion. Have dis face.]

{smiiiiiiiiile. c:}

Well, what else was I going to call myself? Some other somewhat Greek sounding name?

It might have been somewhat less obvious. {hay he likes Minas.}

Nothing else sounded ironic enough. [8|]

I wouldn't have taunted you too much for taking a leaf out of my book.

[He settles back almost comfortably beside him, glancing to his face.] And what's that? Should I have gone with 'Icarus'?

Icarus, with his poorly-maintained wings? In some places it might have been appropriate.

Flying too high towards the sun? I wonder if that would have suited Xehanort more than me.

There, you see, a back-handed reference. Something a bit more subtle.

I'll be sure to suggest it to him when he decides to take over.