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[justicedevil]

Well, I'm pretty sure we didn't actually need any more proof about the whole "if you go home you go back to the same time you left with no memories" thing, but I guess I'm just more proof for that.

No one ever mentioned how WEIRD it is to have two conflicting sets of memories if you come back though. Has anyone else had any issues with dealing with that? Or am I just weird because of how long I was away from home and then how long I stayed there again?

And on a completely different topic, does the prismal kids dressing up as us seem weird to anyone else? Halloween isn't a thing in my world, but dressing up as real people doesn't seem to match what I've heard about it. Do any of you who come from a world that has Halloween know if that's a normal thing or just something the prismals came up with?

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[princessascended]

That's a relief, at least they're making it easy on you.

As much as they can, anyway.

[justicedevil]

I mean, part of that is probably that I never moved out of the starter apartment they gave me. But yeah, even with that everything could've been a lot harder than it has been.

[princessascended]

Yeah, I've never even considered moving either. Honestly, unless you've got a whole bunch of people you want to live with you or you just don't like living in an apartment for whatever reason, I don't really see the point.

[And with all the memories associated with her current place by now, she's even less likely to want to.]

[justicedevil]

[ Videl nods. Sure, considering how she used to live back home, a one-bedroom apartment could've been a bit cramped. But thankfully the adjustment hadn't been too bad for her.

... Then again, most of the excess that she lived with back home was because of her Dad, so maybe it wasn't all that surprising.]

Yeah, that's how I've thought about it too. And it's not like I really needed any extra space while I've been here.

[princessascended]

Exactly. So, we're good as we are.

[And Videl would be moved back in as if she'd never left in... probably a matter of hours, really.]

So, you just gonna pick up all your stuff and move back in later today, then?

[justicedevil]

That's the plan. Shouldn't even take me too long, it's not like I have to worry about the furniture.

[Yay for fully furnished apartments. ]

[princessascended]

Sounds like a good way to spend an afternoon. What do you want to do in the meantime?

[justicedevil]

We could always go get something to eat? Or go shopping, I guess.

[ Even if all of her stuff was in a storage unit, she could probably use some other stuff too.]

[princessascended]

We can do both! Is there anything you need to pick up?

[Nothing like a good trip through the city to get Videl reacquainted with the place.]

[justicedevil]

Works for me! [ As for the question on stuff that she needed to get...]

Maybe some new cooking utensils and pots? I'm definitely much better at cooking now than I was last time I was here and I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate whatever I have when I unpack.

[princessascended]

You know, it's funny. Sora got a crash course in cooking not that long ago too. He had a rat to teach him.

No, I'm not kidding.

[Then again, given what else she's told Videl, not to mention the stories she's heard her tell from her own world, maybe that comment isn't all that surprising. Either way, she's leading the way to the store as they talk.]

[justicedevil]

[ ... Yeah, Videl can't help but just blink when she hears that from Kairi. At least until her brain registers why that might be weird.]

...Do you mean a normal rat? Or someone like that Mickey guy you mentioned?

[princessascended]

Well, I never met the rat in question, but from what Sora told me, yeah, mostly normal. Apparently he can't even talk.

[Which would have seemed like a normal state of affairs, but... well, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and that was just the start of things, really.]

But he's gotta be really intelligent, because he taught Sora to do all sorts of things. Mostly by guiding his hands with paw movements or pulling his hair the right way, apparently.

... Look I wasn't there for the lessons.

[justicedevil]

...Okay, I think that's the weirdest thing about where you're from that I've ever heard.

[ Which is really saying something, considering everything.]

[princessascended]

Which is almost impressive if you think about it.

[Because seriously. Talking, walking animals, magic keys, the fricking Heartless, and somehow this is the weirdest thing?]

Of course, this rat didn't come from my world, but I guess at this point all the worlds we can travel to are where I'm from.

[justicedevil]

Yeah. That's how I meant it, at least.

[ Since, well, it's not like Kairi was just easily able to go home like she could leave any of the worlds she's been in before. Not to mention the whole 'go back instantly to when you left' part of leaving Prismatica thing.]

[princessascended]

It's kind of funny to think of them that way. I mean, up until just the last couple years on my life it was just the Islands.

Now things are just so much... bigger. I've even gone back to the world I was born in. Not that I remembered much.

[justicedevil]

...Was that weird at all? Or did you leave early enough that it really didn't matter?

[princessascended]

I mean, it was kind of weird not to have any memories of it or feel my heart pulled towards anything or the like, since I know I spent the first few years of my life there.

But I feel anyone who lived somewhere for a few years but moved before school age would probably feel pretty similar.

[justicedevil]

[She nods. She's... well, she's pretty sure she'd be the same if she were put in that situation. ]

I guess that makes sense. Though with how everything related to hearts in your... well, cluster of worlds works I'm surprised you didn't feel anything there. I would've thought there would be at least one thing there that'd call to you in some way even if you don't remember it or why.

[princessascended]

Well, there still might be? It's not like I explored the entire world. I basically landed and went straight into the lab.

... Long story short there's basically this Professor of the Heart who lives there, and he thinks he can find clues to Sora's whereabouts in my heart if I stay with him for a while. He's helped us out a lot in the past so I'm inclined to give him a chance at least.

[justicedevil]

[It really says a lot that the concept of "Professor of the Heart" no longer even fazes her. ]

Oh. Yeah, okay, then that's really not surprising. Maybe when you get back there you should take a day to look around. If only to see if there's anything there that you do remember.

[princessascended]

I should, yeah. Though, honestly, if we do find anything about Sora I'm probably just gonna spring right off of the examination table and try to track him down, if it's possible.

[She's self-aware enough to see that coming.]

Maybe Riku'll calm me down.

[justicedevil]

Oh, I wouldn't expect anything different. And while I never really talked to Riku all that much, somehow I don't think he's going to try to keep you from doing that.

[Well, unless it's stupidly dangerous and Kairi would be trying to go without Riku, of course. ]

[princessascended]

Heh, probably not. He's more likely to rush off with me.

[For Sora, they'll charge headlong into whatever they have to.]

Oh well. Once we've got him back, I can always return. It's actually surprisingly simple now... so long as I can get into a gummi ship.