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[melodiouspacifist]

[The video comes to life with the face of a strange creature peering at it as if it were some new discovery, because it is. The image shakes a little. It seems feminine in nature, although aside from a mouth that appears to be sewn shut, the rest of its features are obscured by a pink hat. What passes for its hand taps at the screen.]

What are you doing with that? That's not a toy!

[The voice should be much more familiar, and behind it, appears Demyx. Suddenly the room is spinning as though someone is turning the camera around and around.]

Hey! Give that back! Gah!

[Demyx can be seen every few movements attempting to rescue his device from the creature.]

You're supposed to be doing chores! I'm not playing with you right now.

[Demyx yelps as he misses and lands on the ground clumsily. The room stops spinning as the creature plays with the device victoriously.]

Wait...I order you to give that back to me.

[The creature doesn't miss a beat, Demyx finally gets ahold of it. Behind him it can be seen sliding around as if on skates, all over the room. He exhales. He should have made it an order in the first place.]

Sorry about that!

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[deadcenter]

Heh, that thing's got some pretty good moves!

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[melodiouspacifist]

Doesn't she?!

[He looks pretty excited.]

Check this out. You want to show off, right?

[He grins at the Dancer and sets the device down so she can be watched. He can't be seen anymore.]

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[melodiouspacifist]

Vibrato, bow.

[Demyx's voice can be heard and the creature does as he asks. The sounds of a cheerful melody being played on sitar can be heard.]

Dance Vibrato!

[She begins to move, sliding around gracefully in time with the uptempo tune.]

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[banishment]

What in the--

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[melodiouspacifist]

Ah sorry! My Dancer got ahold of this thing.

[As to what it is doing there...]

I don't like cleaning.

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[shslprogrammer]

Wh-What is that?

[Chihiro honestly didn't know what to think of it really.]

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[eighthchild]

[Hikari can't help but be a tiny bit amazed really. She wondered what it was.]

Are they a friend of yours?

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[banishment]

Dancer? How is that a dancer? It doesn't look like--

I'm not sure what it looks like. Some sort of instrument, maybe.

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[melodiouspacifist]

She dances! I taught her! I call her Vibrato. Oh but if anyone dressed like me asks I did none of that.

She's called a Dancer Nobody.

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[melodiouspacifist]

It's a Nobody. She won't hurt you through here. It's a transmission.

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[melodiouspacifist]

A friend?

[He looks puzzled at the concept and looks at his Nobody. He shakes his head after a moment.]

I don't think so. More like a servant I guess.

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[eighthchild]

A servant? You mean they do things if you order them to? Like a maid or butler.

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[shslprogrammer]

A nobody? That's a little harsh to call them that.

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[melodiouspacifist]

You think so?

[He scratches his head a little.]

But it's what we are.

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[melodiouspacifist]

Yeah, just like that. I have a bunch of them. They do whatever I need them to.

[deadcenter]

Huh....

[well that's pretty... okay.]

What the hell is it? [that vibrato thing.]

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[melodiouspacifist]

It's a Nobody! She's the Dancer type. I taught her to do that.

[He's back to being the one on screen, although it's still sliding around gracefully behind him.]

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[switch_over]

...It seems you could use some lessons on how to get your servants to respect you.

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[melodiouspacifist]

Huh? Respect me?

[He glances at the Dancer and shrugs.]

Nah, that doesn't matter, it's fine. She was just playing. She's not too smart, you know?

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[banishment]

Nobody? Sure seems like a somebody.

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[melodiouspacifist]

It's just what we're called, I didn't do any naming. Well, except I called her Vibrato. She's not...what's the word I want?

[He's tapping his head.]

Conscious? No...anyway, she's not like me. Not..aware. They just take orders.

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[banishment]

[ not conscious? like it's-- he tried to think back on tales of what the four nations had been like in the very dawn of their formations; tales of sorcery and magic that went beyond a magicians tricks and weren't just tricks up a bender's sleeve, aspects of the old religions that had fallen out of favor with the people who worshiped within them as time went on. ]

Like a spell.

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[melodiouspacifist]

No, not like that. Nobodies don't have hearts. These Nobodies also don't have minds. They're kinda like...well they're supposed to be like weapons, but I wanted to teach mine to dance.

[He's a very strange person, always has been really.]

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[banishment]

That's weird.

[ a beat ]

And a little creepy.

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[melodiouspacifist]

She's not dumb or anything, she picked it up pretty well!

[He tilts his head. It is?]

Which part is weird or creepy?