The Return of VII Secret Archives

May 14th
Dusting off the papyrus

It seems my notebook had been misplaced. I have only now rediscovered it's whereabouts, strangely enough buried in the deermuda triangle. I can only assume the dusks are behind this.

Reports are that Ryuu had returned some time ago to the forest. Regrettably I missed his return. I'll seek him out soon enough.

It feels as though I've been in a sort of coma these past few months. There's been little to report and even less to reflect on. I will not bore myself with mundane details of wasted time and stagnation.

January 1st
Another year

And so ends another year. It's strange, but this forest has begun to grow on me. Perhaps it helps clear the mind when the sun goes down here. There's a certain savorable peace to be enjoyed, now that the festivities are presumably over with. I still recall the madness of the past year or two, though these things have faded away into no more than distant memories.
Now it is only the future one can look forward to.

December 16
Titles are so formal

A more interesting day to say the least. Spent some time with Ryuu. It's frustrating to see him so out of it. Decided to try to make things like the old days in a way by cracking out the sea salt ice cream.
At some point Loki and Skylar became a point to focus on, though the final resolve was to send some dusks to monitor them.

Think carefully about that offer Ryuu. Further options exist, though I'll wait on your first decision.

December 14
Timekilling

Kept an eye on those two through most of the evening. It doesn't appear as though there's any touble or manipulation going on. Even I can only watch two others doing next to nothing for so long. Ryuu, there doesn't seem to be anything to worry about, at least for the moment.

December 11
A slow awakening

To whom does this tiny creature belong to?
Regardless of it's unseen parents... I can't help but sit here and watch over it. This tiny fawn in the sunlight. There's such a light in this fawns heart, much like I've seen in a select few others. It'll be tough to get up and leave in a moment. I suppose that makes it easier to stop and attempt a new chapter in these old archives.

A lot has taken place in the past few days. I shall have to remember to make notation of them at some near future point. To put it all into a nutshell however, I've learned of something more than a little interesting. As it would turn out, it is easy for the heart to be expelled from the body, but the body will strive to take in a new heart if not it's own at the first possible opportunity.
I've also heard it told, that if you have no heart, you can not have friends.

Tell that to those I've found strange and uncanny bonds with.
So, if the words of those twin statues were true, I have been believing a well woven lie for a long time now. I may not be so heartless after all, but rather one of thirteen stuck with a piece of Xehanort's heart. By rejecting and expelling it, and relying on these friendships acquired in the time spent here in this forest, my own true heart may be called back.
It certainly sounds like a better plan then forcing others into darkness to become heartless for keybladers to slay, and only after millions are slain having Kingdom Hearts form yet again.
There was more of course, that they brought to light, but for now it's best left unwritten.

It seems Ryuu needs help now, so I've offered to help keep an eye on his sister and her friend. Ryuu, it's difficult to see you so conflicted. Do not allow yourself to fall too deep into your internal conflict... You don't need to become a heartless.

In the mean time, I can not help but wonder at the fate of the other nobodies. It seems as though all that remain are myself, and a much avoided Marluxia. Even he is questionable in non-existance, as we've not crossed paths in perhaps over a year now.