"Um.....what's wrong?" Jinx asked.
"Nothing," I answered.
"Is it my name? Does it sound funny to you?" she asked giving me a look that I couldn't quite describe.
"No, it's not that. I was just thinking about something." I answered trying to smile....and yep I epic failed..... Jinx turn towards king Trident, and for a moment I felt a jolt of fear. Had she realized something before I could explain....would she have Trident lock me up? I didn't need that right now....
"Excuse me, your greatness, but I must show our visitor around the kingdom, now that he is a merman." Jinx said. A wave (wow water pun....) of relief rolled over me.
"Of course. I grant you permission." Trident answered.
Jinx smiled and grabbed my hand. At any other moment in my being I would have ripped away, but I didn't want to act different....
"Lets go," she told me.
We swam around the kingdom, and she showed me all everything.... "And this" she started to say, "is the reef where I lived."
I tried to keep my face as placid as possible, but the shock of it was writing its way into my contour. It reminded me of all the damage I had left at the castle, and a strange wave (another pun....) of anger ran through me. I could feel fire trying to break it's way through the water, but the water was to engulfing and killed it.
"What happened here?" I asked trying to sound indifferent.
"I don't know..." she replied. "I guess it was always this way. I can't remember."
"Did someone live here with you?"
"I don't really know."
"Why don't you know?" I asked. The fact that she was indeed a nobody was easy for me to see now....that still didn't explain the large amount of other nobody energy I felt.
"I... I don't know. I woke up in this reef so I figured this is where I lived." she said looking at me. She swam towards what I guessed was a bed and mirror, and I follower a bit behind looking at the damage. It was easy to tell that heartless had trashed the place.
"Don't you think that this place was destroyed by the heartless?" I asked wanting to know the extent that she knew about her own existence.
I got a shrug as a reply.
"Us with hearts are able to fight back. I believe heartless shouldn't be a problem.... Heh... Us with hearts, huh? You know, I shouldn't be saying such things." she said.
So she did know she was different.....this was going to make things a bit easier to explain....
She put her head down disrupting my thoughts.
"I wonder... Do people with hearts feel... I don't know... nothing? A certain emptiness and cold feeling in your body that leads to nothing? I don't feel, but I sense. I don't love, but I'm happy. Nothing's there. In my chest I mean."
"People with no hearts, might as well be dead. Because when they're dead... they are nobody. Am... Am I one? A nobody?" she turned towards me.
"Something is missing... Something. A missing piece. I don't know what it is but I know it's there somewhere in the world. Probably even in other worlds. My missing piece... does it bring light? Because all I see is darkness."
"Why do you tell me this?" I asked still trying to learn how much she knew.
"I sensed it....I don't know how to explain it, but I never felt it before...you and I are the same right?"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I think you know more about this than I do...." she answered.
"Yes," I answered, "Yes I know a lot about nobodies...and you are right...we both are nobodies.I'm guessing you've had to hide yourself for a while, but there is a sanctuary for nobodies called Castle Oblivion in the World that Never Was."
"Castle Oblivion! Like the 13? The Organization 13 who terrorized all the world....their home? The world that only nobodies can access! It was deserted and destroyed years ago," she said.
"Yes Castle Oblivion, but it is not destroyed. It runs and is a sanctuary for nobodies as we search for our other halves," I answered.
"Other halves?" she asked.
Nobodies exist for no other reason than to find what they are missing, and when I say exist I am putting it in light terms....we don't really exist..."
"But Nobodies are evil! They are as bad as Heartless!" she nearly yelled.
"Why," I asked, "Have you ever known another nobody? Why do you believe nobodies are evil? I'm a nobody....."
"You can't be a nobody. You don't have an X in your name," Jinx answered definitely.
"My full name is Triskix," I answered, "I am the Castle's second in command...."
"The...the second! What are you doing here! Get away! Go back! This world is peaceful! Stay away!We don't need chaos! Get lost and never come back!" she yelled.
"I promise I am not here to do anything. In truth I did come to find a nobody who departed from the castle," I said calmly, "But just as I said I ended up in the wrong world."
"But...." she started, "So then it was just random....."
"There is no danger to this world or any other world at the moment besides these stupid heartless," I answered.
"How can I trust you," Jinx asked.
"You can't," I answered, "As second, I am the Leader's dog and am prone to spastic order impulses."
"But if you are still chasing after your friend why didn't you suddenly go?"
"I am stuck here at the moment," I answered, "In water I am not strong enough to open a portal. Also I have been feeling a large amount of lesser nobody activity meaning that they might attack soon. I don't feel any attachment to this world, but I would rather not have it thrown into chaos at this point in time, so I planed to destroy them."
"You would kill other nobodies..." Jinx asked.
"Yes," I answered, "If they get in the way of my plans I would kill another nobody in a heart beat."
"But I never felt any other nobody presences...." Jinx said.
"Lesser nobodies are weaker and are harder to sense than me," I answered, "Now then....I am off to take care of those stupid creatures, and then I am going home to Castle Oblivion."
"What about me?" Jinx asked.
"It's up to you if you want to join the Organization," I answered, "It is my job to extend invitations to all nobodies with a human form to enter the castle, but that doesn't mean they have to join. I noticed you are very well liked here, and if that suits you then that suits you. So what do you chose?"
