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Who: Add & whoever he runs into!
Where: Henir's Temple, various places around the Far Shore
When: December 13th
What: Add wakes up from his two-week coma with some new memories and a new body.
Warnings: Will be added as needed.

((Add looks different! Although he's still pretty identifiable, he looks like he's about 12 now, so if they've met before feel free to have your character recognize/not recognize him as you see fit. Also, the weird corruption on his shoulder is hidden under his coat unless noted otherwise.))

[A - Henir's Temple]

He can't remember where he'd last fallen asleep, but it doesn't matter. When Add opens his eyes he sees a familiar room—his room, as he'd come to consider it. His mind feels a bit hazy, but the memories are quick to resurface. Yes, this is... definitely what his room was like, in that place...

He doesn't move for awhile, eyes wandering around the room as he considers his surroundings. He flexes his hands, runs his fingers along the sheets of his bed. It feels real. Everything looks exactly how he remembers it. Eventually, he sits up, shifting to let his legs dangle over the edge. His feet don't quite reach the floor.

It feels real... but something like this is too good to be true. He dismisses the thought.

An illusion of the void, or maybe some trick pulled by Glave. This wouldn't be the first time he's wandered into a strange dimension by mistake. A place that can draw upon his memories isn't unheard of. Whatever it is, it's... nostalgic. Pleasant. Perhaps staying like this for awhile wouldn't be so bad.

He leaves the room, listlessly wandering the halls of the strange illusion to see what else he might find.

[B - Around the Far Shore]

He finds his way out of his temple's maze after awhile, stepping out into the crisp December air. This, too, feels familiar to him. He knows now that this illusion is more complex than what he's used to. Would there be other "people" out here as well?

He's not headed to any place in particular, content to explore aimlessly for now. Only some of the temples are familiar to him, but it doesn't really matter if it's a place he knows or not. None of this is real, he's certain, so he can go wherever he wants. You can't trespass in a dream.

So, maybe he's pausing to admire some of the temple's scenery, or maybe he's already broken into the building and started poking around at things. Whatever's caught his interest, Add seems completely oblivious to anyone else who might be nearby. Maybe he hasn't noticed yet?

Threaded | Flat

Before Add leaves his room, he might notice a figure in black seated against one wall. When Roxas isn't training in some bid to become more useful, so he might not fail again in the future, he waits. He isn't sure precisely what he's waiting for, only that something compels him to linger, despite his awareness that he can do nothing.

As a being with no need for sleep, Roxas has come into the practice of simply waiting without moving. And this is the same occupation he's taken up when Add sets foot on the floor, markedly smaller than he was before.

Still, he knows it to be Add when he sees him. Senses it, in the same strange way he does others, though perhaps stronger for being his shinki. He suspects he'd mistake Add for no one else in this world or any other.

Though he does not move, he does speak, cutting into the still air, "Add?" He needn't seek confirmation, but Rin did stress the importance of saying something in order to avoid startling others with his presence.

Technically Gegute's temple, being a library, is open for people to come in and read and learn things. So it isn't really breaking in. Either way Romeo spots the boy who has entered the temple and waves at him happily. All the adults Romeo has met here have been very nice and friendly but it's nice to see other kids around! Maybe be is a friend of Elfnein's.

Except Elfnein is really busy at the moment, she is in her lab doing important research and doesn't want to be disturbed. Romeo skips closer.

"Hello! Are you alright? Are you looking for a book?"

[ He's aware of it when Add drifts.

Things drift in the void. It's merely a natural way of things. Given how damaged Add's condition was, Ain had chalked it up to his body interacting with the demi-void within the temple. Time means little to an entity native to a realm further than the horizon, so he had been content to wait.

After all, he is everywhere in the temple at once. The only distinction is where he leaves his vessel lying around.

... Add returns, after a spell. He doesn't keep track of time that has no meaning, only that he should return to greet his companion... so he does, projecting his sentience into his body again and stepping out of the shadow in Add's vicinity. ]

How are you?

Rin wasn't sure how to deal with Add's coma. Every now and then, he would peek into his room to see if he was okay. Even if he knew that Ain and Roxas were keeping their eyes on him, maybe Rin had a little hope that he would see the scientist up and walking around. However, Rin tried to preoccupy himself with tending to the temple, and trying not to cause any more fires indoors. The latter wasn't really so easy to do.

Still he tried his best to keep things together, so When Add did wake up, everything will be just the way he left it. Except he didn't expect that Add would change. So when Rin came across Add in the hallway, he didn't recognize him right away. At first, he felt this kid looked similar to Add, but could've been a younger brother...maybe?

"I didn't know Add had a brother...?" Rin trailed off, trying to recall if Add every mentioned his family. Knowing him, he probably didn't say anything at all if had relatives." Um...are you related to him? You look so similar to him,y'know."

... oh. Who was this uninvited guest? When did she leave her door unlocked? Did she even? All these questions and more... will probably not actually get answered. Especially since Patchouli is not... especially interested in this going on too long.

"Who let you in here?"

A

B - Gegute's temple/library hope thats okay

A

A

B