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[lightresearch]

"Hello there! This is Ienzo - I must have just missed you, but I'll get back to you soon!"

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From: Demyx

[melodiouspacifist]

Pssst. Are you busy? I've got something I want to talk to you about.

[lightresearch]

My door’s always open to you, Demyx. Would you prefer to talk in person?

[melodiouspacifist]

Eh, doesn't really matter. I wanted to talk to you about Vanitas. If you want to come over here or something you can.

[lightresearch]

I see. I’ll be right over - should just be a minute. :)

[ And indeed, that’s one benefit from having their trees so near each other. Ienzo just needed to mark where he was in his research before grabbing his coat and leaving. ]

[melodiouspacifist]

[ It's fine, Demyx will make an appearance so Ienzo doesn't have to weave his way through his weird treehouse with the hidden areas and is sitting on the couch in the main room. ]

Hey En, what's up?

[lightresearch]

[ Not that Ienzo hasn’t navigated that before. He’s still unaware that he’s one of the few people who knew of many of those secret spaces, in fact. ]

[ Ienzo gave him a small smile, feeling a little shy and sheepish. After their not-really-a-date, or maybe an Demyx-only-thinks-I-saved-him-from-an-auction-date … he’s been wondering how to resolve his knot of feelings inside. ]

[ By mostly burying himself in research. ]

[ Look when you only had one coping mechanism … ]

[ But he’s not avoiding Demyx, that seemed cruel and unfair to his friend. He’d always come over and help if asked. And he sat down beside him now. ]

Just a little preoccupied by a few personal projects - but not so preoccupied I can’t help a friend. How are you, Demyx? What’s this about Vanitas?

[melodiouspacifist]

I'm fine, I'm fine. [ And he is too, aside from one creepy dream or two...and his fear of ghost dogs. Fortunately he hasn't seen any. ]

You know how Vanitas is like...gone, right? Uh. Do you think there's anything we could do to change it? Because I was talking to him and I think...

I think he wants to come back too.

[lightresearch]

[ The small, warm smile Ienzo was unconsciously wearing on his face when Demyx said he’s fine - quickly slid off into a pensive frown. ]

Yes. I know.

And … theoretically, it should be possible. [ Ienzo quickly adds; ] But that assumes several factors.

You remember how we managed to bring Roxas back? We have Vanitas here already. All of his data - his memories, his heart - are here.

But … [ Ienzo looked down. ]

[melodiouspacifist]

Yeah, but. [ Demyx has listened to Ienzo enough to be actually following this one. Vanitas' data is here. ]

But if this world exists, and we got here, there must be a way to get back?

[ That makes sense to him. ]

Like, I know Vanitas is here right now, but what if you found a way to drag him and Sora back?

[lightresearch]

That might also be possible. Yet, more difficult. We’d need to figure out whatever separates this reality of dreams and our own, and create some kind of … tunnel, or doorway, through that thing. One that also wouldn’t damage either world in the process.

[ He sighed. ] But that might be a better plan than the initial theory I was suggesting. Because it would require me remembering this dream accurately when I wake up - and I have no proof that I will nor timeframe for when that might happen.

[ Ienzo sighed again, head tilting, tapping his knee. ]

But is directly connecting this dream world to our reality too risky? [ He needed more data. ]

[melodiouspacifist]

[ Demyx lets out a little sigh, considering that as he leans back in his seat, tilting his head to look at the ceiling as he thinks it over. Usually he'd chatter to fill the silence, but he doesn't have to pretend like he's not listening or thinking things through.

He hums. ]

Risky? Maybe a little but most worlds we can get to are interconnected, even if you can't see it. [ He can see it though. At least, he can see the corridors. ]

There probably is some kind of connection, but we'd have to find it. I can dig around the dark corridors, but I have a feeling you're not gonna let me do that.

Folkmore - Ienzo's Place

[melodiouspacifist]

[ Demyx has been thinking about things and maybe chatting with a few people and it seems like a good idea to just go for it. He knows Ienzo's kind of busy - at least he seems busy.

So he's hoping for the best.

That's why he's knocking at his door one afternoon. ]

[lightresearch]

[ Ienzo was busy reading the material covered in the morning lecture, when he received the knock on the door. It started him, making him drop his relic's tablet pen. ]

Just a moment!

[ Just, let him flail around and find - of course it rolled under his bed. Ienzo clicked it back into the side of his relic and then got up to answer the door. ]

[ As a result, he looked a little disheveled - but his surprised expression had a smile. ] Oh, Demyx. Hey.

[melodiouspacifist]

Hey Ienzo!

[ Demyx answers cheerfully, as though he wasn't waiting for Ienzo to do...well presumably nerd stuff, that's why he's so out of sorts right? ]

This a bad time?

[lightresearch]

[ Ienzo blushed slightly, and tried to hide that by ducking his head a little. He must look like a mess! ]

No, it’s fine. I’m glad to see you.

Would you like to come in?

[melodiouspacifist]

Yeah, thanks.

[ Demyx flashes him a smile and steps inside. ]

What were you up to?

[lightresearch]

Just doing some reading for the lecture I attended this morning. But, ah. [ Ienzo smiled shyly. ] I kind of already went over this last night, so it's all pretty familiar stuff.

Um. Can I ... get you anything ...

[ It's a small, though tidy, dorm room. Ienzo has books crammed into any spare corner he can get into, but there is also a mini-fridge, a computer, and a bed in here. Mostly, though, he used his relic. It's handy. ]

[ He blushed slightly. ]

I've got, er, water, and I could make us tea too. I've got an electric kettle. [ It's also good for cup noodles! ]

[melodiouspacifist]

Yeah, okay, tea is good. [ Demyx is pretty easy. He doesn't need much fussing over, but he'll throw himself into Ienzo's desk chair. ]

What kind of lecture is it?

[lightresearch]

[ Ienzo smiled shyly, and went to make them both some tea with his kettle. ]

[ He tilted his head. ]

I’m taking a course on extended multiversal chemistry. It seems like there’s a lot of elements which exist in certain realities that don’t in others - their chemical properties and interactions when they all come into contact with each other in this reality is fascinating. Especially considering how some of them are from universes that contain magic, which may or may not enhance or create unique elements of their own.

[melodiouspacifist]

[ Demyx doesn't follow all of that, but he nods like he does, just listening to Ienzo explain it. He's never gonna understand the fascination with chemistry, but as long as Ienzo's having fun, that's good. ]

I guess that's something different, with all the worlds here. Do you think it works like that at home too?

[lightresearch]

That’s my working theory. [ He smiled brightly at Demyx. He knew sometimes he … got carried away, and went over his head. But Demyx was clever, and he didn’t just tune him out. He took the bits he understood and asked important questions. ]

I’m hoping I can get away with writing a thesis on how our reality’s multiverse functions similarly, and how the interactions between worlds differ there, too. But it’d need to be entirely theoretical, so I don’t know if they’ll allow it.

… I’m planning to write it for fun, all the same, even if I’m not submitting it for a grade.

[melodiouspacifist]

[ He at least is not tuning him out, but he never does. He just isn't very helpful for bouncing ideas off of in a case like this. He nods. ]

Yeah, I don't know what kind of graded work they're looking for. The class I'm in doesn't really do that kind of thing.

[ He struck a deal with Baba Yaga. ]

[lightresearch]

You're studying magic at Baba Yaga, right?

[ The kettle beeps, and Ienzo pours the hot water over the teabags in his two mugs. After considering, he decided to give Demyx the one that said 'this is acute angle' with a little blushing face on an acute angle; instead of his which said 'do you have change for a paradigm'. ]

How's that been going?

[melodiouspacifist]

[ Demyx accepts the drink not really registering the nerd joke on the mug. It's okay, he doesn't have to get it anyway. He does however grin at Ienzo. ]

Check this out.

[ He raises a hand, but instead of perhaps the expected rush of water, instead he seems to be manipulating something else. It's not visible really, not at first, just the slightest bit of shift in the air - and that's exactly right, by the time it's accumulating into a ball, compressing, it becomes obvious that it's the air that Demyx is manipulating. ]

[lightresearch]

[ Ienzo was very observant, but he wasn't entirely certain what was happening at first. He didn't see any kind of water from the usual hand motion - was there something else being gathered there? Some kind of energy, perhaps? Or was whatever he doing not worki- ]

[ Oh, wait - ] Demyx, that's amazing.

[ Genuinely impressed. He's gathering air. ] Truly incredible, that must have been very difficult to try and master - and there are an incredible amount of applications if you can manipulate air and its density. That would also mean you can change temperature within ...

[ He cleared his throat ] I mean. That's really cool.

[melodiouspacifist]

[ Demyx grinned at him. ]

Right? [ He even meant the nerd stuff. ]

I'm totally going to go out to the desert and make a storm.

[ Because he was pretty sure he could now. ]

[lightresearch]

Would you mind if I observe?

[ Slight blush; ] Of course, if you'd prefer to experiment with your skills initially without an audience, I'd understand.

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[melodiouspacifist]

I don't really mind, actually, I mean, maybe you'll have some advice?

[ Maybe. Ienzo has a tendency to understand things he doesn't, and all the feeling magic in the world doesn't necessarily mean he'll get it. ]

But uhhhh that's not really why I came by today.

[melodiouspacifist]

I was hoping uh, that you'd consider, going on a date with me.

[ He rubs the back of his neck a little awkwardly. ]

Oh right.

[ Ta-da, with a splash of water he summons some flowers. ]