002 ♫ Music

[musicite.livejournal.com]

[There is a heavy sigh before Zoisite lifts his hands to the piano (he's seated at one, in a nondescript room with billowing curtains at its windows). He closes his eyes.

Just as he's done every day, almost every moment, since arriving in this configuration of worlds, he reaches out through his music. He reaches through each communicator that the song passes through, feeling his way for Endymion's presence.

The piece is constant, steady, flying through its higher notes with amazing runs and arpeggios; to the listeners, it's likely to bring nostalgia and thoughts of times long past - childhood moments half forgotten, old friends and lovers. Zoisite opens his eyes.

Again, there is nothing. He cannot sense Endymion. The music shifts its mood, seamlessly. He speaks without interrupting the deft, sure movement of his hands, almost to himself.]

My music should also be able to repel these Heartless.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

I have other things to do.

[Sorry Zoiy. Meeting you some were would mean leaving Naru alone for a while. He can’t do that. ]

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

[It's OK. He'll just keep telling her all about you. He has nothing else to do, after all. :D]

Even though you asked?

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to know what to watch out for.

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

You are not my enemy. Nor am I yours.

[The words come with a soft sigh, a light puff of air. He wishes he could do more than say it.]

I will show you this.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

Prove that by staying away.

[He is a tough customer… a bit too stubborn for his own good. But, baby steps. This conversation actually did do some good. ]

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

Why do you insist on holding yourself apart?

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

I have already said.

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

[He raises his voice; Nephrite seems to have a talent for provoking that in him, here.]

That is no reason!

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

That I don’t trust you or anyone associated with the Dark Kingdom is not a reason?

[Arrogant scoffing again. ]

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

That is irrelevant to me, or to Kunzite; we are no longer under Beryl's thumb, or within the Dark Kingdom.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

We’ll see if that is true or not…

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

We will. I did not abandon you then, and I will not abandon you here and now.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

Its not being abandoned if I tell you to do it!

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

I had not only meant at this moment.

[Just what Nephrite really wanted: a constant background voice and presence.]

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

…

[And that piano playing… which while pretty does have that unfortunate side effect. ]

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

[The piano playing is all he had left in the Dark Kingdom, Ok? Don't begrudge it.

The side effects are absolutely beneficial. Really.]

I wish to see the shitennou come together once more.

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[stars-know-all.livejournal.com]

Just so they can all serve a different master…

Not interested. Find something else to do with your time.

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[musicite.livejournal.com]

I wish for you to serve our true master. [He has never hidden that; he treats Nephrite with that rarest thing in the Darkness: honesty.]

I also wish to be with you.