[Voice]

[vanitas_veci]

[Gazing down at the book in his hand, he frowns. He's not anxious to work for someone else again, after being freed from Xehanort's influence, but he knows he has to get stronger.]

My name is Vanitas. I wield a Keyblade and I am the student of the greatest Keyblade Master there ever was; Master Xehanort. I'm looking to join the crew with the strongest fighters.

[Ends there, because, obviously, nothing else needs to be said. Everyone knows the more badass you are, the less you say.]

Comments

[makingfriends]

It is not!

[The retort comes without a hitch, but underneath it there's a mess of flickering emotions -- fear, shame, doubt, anger, disappointment, regret, and concern for Aqua that's laced with unspoken apology and an almost numbing sense of disgrace and something perilously close to self-loathing.

He's determined not to let it show -- not to let Vanitas know how badly he's been rattled, even if he tells himself that he can't just believe everything this jerk says -- but it's futile, anyway the fact that he doesn't say anything, that he can't think of anything, might give it away.]

[vanitas_veci]

[You probably don't need to see him to know Vanitas is smirking. He feels vindicated and satisfied with the encounter. He knows he can't beat Ventus in a fight, but the truth and words seem to work even better.]

You know I'm right.

Anyways, I think I'll be going now. I have a crew to find.

Get stronger, Ventus, because the next time we meet I'll be even stronger. And I would hate to have loose easily.

[makingfriends]

[Ven hesitates, but only for a few seconds.

And this time he's the one to slam the book shut and end the conversation there.]