this isn't what robin thinks. she's in her default outfit so there's enough real estate for ink to show up. aqua may see something that looks like brother appear on robin's arm. ]
I have no problems with that. [ she smiles. ] I didn't expect to be assigned to any one building, but I couldn't ask for a lovelier roommate.
[ her eyes flick to the word on robin's arm—she really doesn't try to pry, but it's been impossible not to notice to these things, she's finding. the most she can do is try to be polite about it. ]
This is a surprise to me as well. But not a bad one.
[ she nods to her, returning the compliment.
meanwhile, brother seems to evoke an unconscious response from aqua—two names briefly appear over her heart like a wound: Terra, Ventus. ]
[ it's fine. robin knows the words are visible, and she isn't expecting people to be blind. she won't offer anything first without any prompting, however. she doesn't miss the two names, but she refrains from staring. ]
The cabin seems one of the most... accessible for commodities. We'll have to see how livable we can make it while we work our way free.
[ crying... when you are not secretive you are just considerate... 🥹 but it's okay, aqua's got a healthy curiosity too, and a desire to connect with people. ]
I wouldn't mind a communal project to work on, to take our mind off things.
[ there's only so much exploring they can do, confined by the fog as they are. she doesn't mind keeping busy in other ways.
...but also, ] ...I don't mean to be rude, but... may I ask about him?
[ her expression flickers, and it's the first time she's truly appeared sad since arriving. it shifts into something more pensive and rueful, then thoughtful. ]
He's the only true family member I have left. I haven't spent as much time with him as of late, and I think I may not have realized how lonely he was... how lonely he has been.
[ this is her assumption. to be separated by choice or by circumstance, it doesn't hurt any less. it's something she understands—to miss someone and the loneliness of it. ]
I hope you'll wake from it soon. When we are returned.
That's right. ...A lot happened before that too, but I was in a place where I couldn't reach them. And they need my help.
[ her assumption is correct. it's why robin's song had resonated so strongly with aqua earlier. why aqua feels she can trust her with just about anything.
(also just saying here that aqua would absolutely give her full details if asked, she's not hiding anything.) ]
Thank you. I don't have any other choice.
[ she smiles when she says that, though. it's not a sense of obligation exactly, but resolve. ]
Forgive me if it's too much of an ask, but could you tell me what led you there? You don't seem like someone who'd fall to any simple nightmare.
[ they haven't known each other long, but she can sense the resolve that aqua has, hears it in her last words now, and robin knows what that kind of resolve means. ]
It's... a really long story. But I guess we have time.
[ me in grateful tears that you know the bbs lore, gomen this is basically a memshare c/p, IT'S W0...!!!!!!!!!!!
aqua will tell robin about the two boys she'd grown up with, under the tutelage of their master. she was around 18 or so when she first left home, sent to protect the worlds and to keep watch over terra and ventus.
she tells her how it all falls apart: their master struck down, their home crumbling to ruin. how their last great battle ended with ventus in a deep slumber, how she had to lock him away for his own safety. how she searched for terra, who had come to lose his body, and had fought the man who had taken possession of him to save his heart.
and then, finally, she tells her how she fell into darkness to save him—a place where time doesn't pass, a sprawling nightmare stretched into countless hours, days, weeks, years. how she lost her chance to escape, and has been waiting ever since for someone to return... ]
[ AQUA REALLY IS TELLING HER EVERYTHING. this is what it means to be disney. bursts into tears because i love aqua
it pulls at robin's heart, the trials and tribulations that aqua has had to experience. the responsibility she has to bear, the pain and loneliness she must have endured, the extent she went to save the people dear to her. it saddens her, but she recognizes the strength aqua has to still be as she is now, to hold all her kindness and resolve even after being lost in darkness for so long.
she gives aqua's hand a gentle squeeze. ]
Miss Aqua... you have a strength no words can reach for all you've had to experience. Your love is admirable, and you do not deserve to endure that darkness any longer than you already have.
her words are touching, if not generous—and the sentiment is easily returned to her. robin too knows what loss is like, and yet she is so unwavering in her kindness, even in a place like this. willing to extend her care to a stranger she's only just met.
her warmth has the same clarity as her voice—it's comforting. ]
Thank you, Robin. That's kind of you to say. My strength isn't mine alone—I share it with my friends.
[ she nods in answer to her next question, and, after a pause, ]
...Will you tell me about yourself? I've gone on for much too long.
she thinks aqua's bonds are heartwarming, and her love of her friends is admirable. ]
Your friends are blessed to have you, but... if you wish.
[ her life is written and reported in so many interviews back home. she has long accepted that much of her past will be known. ]
When asked, I've often described my life like a song. It starts off solemn before it comes brighter. My hometown was destroyed when I was young, and that was when I lost my mother. My brother and I were adopted by the Family, who are prominent figures in the Planet of Dreams I told you about. That's where I was raised and educated... and that's how and where I received my start as a singer.
[ her past being well-known doesn't make it any less tragic, and aqua's expression softens as she listens. she returns the gentle squeeze that robin had given her earlier. ]
...I wish it weren't such a sad song. I'm sorry to hear that.
[ robin had mentioned her brother was all the family she had left, but now she understands even more clearly exactly what that means. how she no longer has that home to return to, how she was whisked off to an entirely different life that she had no part in choosing. ]
Did you wish to become a singer? This Family... what are they like?
[ prominent figures, yes, but are they kind to robin? to her brother? ]
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this isn't what robin thinks. she's in her default outfit so there's enough real estate for ink to show up. aqua may see something that looks like brother appear on robin's arm. ]
I have no problems with that. [ she smiles. ] I didn't expect to be assigned to any one building, but I couldn't ask for a lovelier roommate.
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This is a surprise to me as well. But not a bad one.
[ she nods to her, returning the compliment.
meanwhile, brother seems to evoke an unconscious response from aqua—two names briefly appear over her heart like a wound: Terra, Ventus. ]
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The cabin seems one of the most... accessible for commodities. We'll have to see how livable we can make it while we work our way free.
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I wouldn't mind a communal project to work on, to take our mind off things.
[ there's only so much exploring they can do, confined by the fog as they are. she doesn't mind keeping busy in other ways.
...but also, ] ...I don't mean to be rude, but... may I ask about him?
[ this 'brother' of hers. ]
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He's the only true family member I have left. I haven't spent as much time with him as of late, and I think I may not have realized how lonely he was... how lonely he has been.
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...I see. I'm so sorry.
[ if robin will allow it, aqua will reach out to place a hand over hers. ]
I hope you can find your way back to him. And I'm sure, no matter how long you've been apart, your bond is unbreakable.
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Whether or not we walk the same path, I will always be his sister. Right now, what I want most is to see him again.
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I'm sure our circumstances aren't the same, but... I know what that feeling's like.
I was separated from my family, too. [ not by blood, but family all the same. ] And I want nothing more than to be able to see them again.
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[ she waits a beat before she asks: ]
Terra and Ventus?
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I agree.
...They're like my brothers—the three of us grew up together. We were separated though, and I haven't been able to make my way back to them since.
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[ this is her assumption. to be separated by choice or by circumstance, it doesn't hurt any less. it's something she understands—to miss someone and the loneliness of it. ]
I hope you'll wake from it soon. When we are returned.
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[ her assumption is correct. it's why robin's song had resonated so strongly with aqua earlier. why aqua feels she can trust her with just about anything.
(also just saying here that aqua would absolutely give her full details if asked, she's not hiding anything.) ]
Thank you. I don't have any other choice.
[ she smiles when she says that, though. it's not a sense of obligation exactly, but resolve. ]
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[ they haven't known each other long, but she can sense the resolve that aqua has, hears it in her last words now, and robin knows what that kind of resolve means. ]
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[ me in grateful tears that you know the bbs lore, gomen this is basically a memshare c/p, IT'S W0...!!!!!!!!!!!
aqua will tell robin about the two boys she'd grown up with, under the tutelage of their master. she was around 18 or so when she first left home, sent to protect the worlds and to keep watch over terra and ventus.
she tells her how it all falls apart: their master struck down, their home crumbling to ruin. how their last great battle ended with ventus in a deep slumber, how she had to lock him away for his own safety. how she searched for terra, who had come to lose his body, and had fought the man who had taken possession of him to save his heart.
and then, finally, she tells her how she fell into darkness to save him—a place where time doesn't pass, a sprawling nightmare stretched into countless hours, days, weeks, years. how she lost her chance to escape, and has been waiting ever since for someone to return... ]
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it pulls at robin's heart, the trials and tribulations that aqua has had to experience. the responsibility she has to bear, the pain and loneliness she must have endured, the extent she went to save the people dear to her. it saddens her, but she recognizes the strength aqua has to still be as she is now, to hold all her kindness and resolve even after being lost in darkness for so long.
she gives aqua's hand a gentle squeeze. ]
Miss Aqua... you have a strength no words can reach for all you've had to experience. Your love is admirable, and you do not deserve to endure that darkness any longer than you already have.
Is this someone who is the key to your escape?
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her words are touching, if not generous—and the sentiment is easily returned to her. robin too knows what loss is like, and yet she is so unwavering in her kindness, even in a place like this. willing to extend her care to a stranger she's only just met.
her warmth has the same clarity as her voice—it's comforting. ]
Thank you, Robin. That's kind of you to say. My strength isn't mine alone—I share it with my friends.
[ she nods in answer to her next question, and, after a pause, ]
...Will you tell me about yourself? I've gone on for much too long.
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she thinks aqua's bonds are heartwarming, and her love of her friends is admirable. ]
Your friends are blessed to have you, but... if you wish.
[ her life is written and reported in so many interviews back home. she has long accepted that much of her past will be known. ]
When asked, I've often described my life like a song. It starts off solemn before it comes brighter. My hometown was destroyed when I was young, and that was when I lost my mother. My brother and I were adopted by the Family, who are prominent figures in the Planet of Dreams I told you about. That's where I was raised and educated... and that's how and where I received my start as a singer.
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...I wish it weren't such a sad song. I'm sorry to hear that.
[ robin had mentioned her brother was all the family she had left, but now she understands even more clearly exactly what that means. how she no longer has that home to return to, how she was whisked off to an entirely different life that she had no part in choosing. ]
Did you wish to become a singer? This Family... what are they like?
[ prominent figures, yes, but are they kind to robin? to her brother? ]