towerofanimus | catching up with the sad posts i have to make in three parts

Characters: Ven, Aqua, [OU] Sora, Roxas, [OU] Xion, and Open on the parts that are
Setting: Floor Two Infirmary, backdated to before the Labyrinth [CLOSED-ish]
Room 1-16, backdated before the Labyrinth
Floor Three Library during the Labyrinth Event
Format: Starting prose 'cause ~DRAMA~, but I can do whatever.
Summary: Ven deals with the aftermath of Vanitas' impromptu heart surgery not as well as he did the first time. And watching the events of the labyrinth on the monitors doesn't help much at all.
Warnings: Tower of Sadimus, sad blonde lump being sad.

[Floor Two Infirmary - CLOSED sort of to [OU] Sora and/or those involved in the Heart Catastrophe & BACKDATED]

Ven was laying on an infirmary bed. He'd been doing so for some time. He didn't feel strong enough to move. He didn't particularly want to. His chest didn't particularly hurt anymore. But he felt the same feeling of slipping away. Again.

His eyes were dull and glazed over in blue, half-lidded. He stared at the ceiling. He didn't feel up to moving much.

[Room 1-16 - BACKDATED & OPEN]

He hadn't left his room in awhile now. Sometimes he went on the elevator to go down to the Cafeteria to get something to eat, but sometimes he just didn't want to. Ven hated himself for being so down about this-- he wasn't slipping away anymore and he wouldn't, he wouldn't, but-- well. If he understood everything he was feeling, he wouldn't be as depressed. So for now he was simply sitting on his bed, staring at some book that was openo n his bed, but not really reading it or paying attention. He hadn't bothered to shut the door entirely, so if someone were curious or peaking in, he sure wasn't going to stop them.

[Floor Three Library - ACTUALLY PRESENT-DATED OH SNAP & OPEN]

So his spirits still weren't totally up to snuff, but Roxas had at least convinced (see: forced) him to get his butt out of his room, and so here he was, sitting at the computer terminal with a few companions, clicking and watching some of the video from the labyrinth.

And resting his head on the desk in front of him as if he were a mopey, tired, computer student. Man he hated this Tower so much.

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Riku has been checking on people all week now; Xion (both of them), his own double, the older Ventus... after what had happened with Vanitas, even those that had come out of the battle alright weren't really anything near okay. And really... most of them hadn't been alright.

He hadn't seen how the battle with Vanitas had gone or what had happened to Ven, but... given who they were to each other and that Ven had been the target of the attack... when Riku passed the half open room and sensed the other in there.... well. It certainly wouldn't hurt to check on Ven (...especially considering that he could sense that something... really didn't seem quite the same).

Pushing the door a little wider open, he knocks lightly against the door frame, head tilting slightly.

"Hey..."

Ven looked up with a bit of dull surprise when he heard the knock on the door frame. He didn't have anything against Riku, and he had appreciated his help when he was looking for Vanitas and trying to find Xion, but-- he didn't peg Riku for the kind to come and find him or anything.

"Hey," He said simply, looking off to the side and then back at the book that he wasn't really reading. "Uh, need anything...?"

Well, given possible connections between Ventus and Roxas (there is just no way there isn't one, not given how very much alike they look) and by that extension to Sora, he admittedly has some ulterior motive to seek out Ven... but it's not the only reason he was here. And certainly not the first and foremost one.

He crossed his arms, as he shook his head once.

"Not really." After a moment of hesitation, he added: "Just wanted to check on you."

Hey, if Riku could figure out what bizarro crap was going on with all of the facetwins, Ven would gladly welcome it despite ulterior motives.

"I'm fine," He said simply, looking back down and fidgeting with his fingers a bit. "Just tired, is all."

Riku will do his best to, at least.

He doesn't say anything at that, only keeps standing right where he is, an eyebrow raised as he keeps his eyes trained on Ventus. It's not that easy to get him to back off when he's concerned.

Well, Riku sure knew how to make a guy feel awkward. Ven looked around the room a bit as if he were distracted, before settling to look back at Riku again.

"Um... Have... you been OK...?"

Right that's right, he had offered to help when Vanitas had showed up..!

That tends to happen, when he isn't buying what he's told. He doesn't have much problems keeping this up either.

"I've been fine."

But this isn't about him.

"That's good...!"

And he rubbed his neck awkwardly, before dropping his hand again and looking at the edge of the bed.

"Sorry... about everything." Considering it was Vanitas they had been dealing with, he doubted he was the only one that got off with some kind of injury.

He stayed right where he was and shook his head again.

"Don't be."

Non of this had been Ventus' fault after all and the only person who should be sorry... wasn't likely to be anytime soon.

Vanitas doesn't seem like the type for regrets.

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................How did I ever lose this tag, idek do you want to continue? orz