Hey look, I'm breaking the fourth wall in this chapter! Got a problem with that? Shoot me!
Besides, it was 19's idea…
(btw, apologies in advance for the spacing issues. It looked so pretty in my word document, but the formatting on here doesn't allow for that... let me know if it's confusing due to spacing)
19 here. I figured that maybe you (readers) might need/want to know this. Rar was a bit apprehensive about me doing this, but she does want to eventually get this posted, and since she's so busy, she figured she might as well let me take care of it.
So… here we are…
The untold story of Namine's creation which Rar meant to cover in-story but never will because there is so much other crap going on.
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I could go through the trouble of explaining her creation myself, but, I think Master Vexen's words explain it much better than I could.
Namine : Entry 1
Namine.
Quite a task for me. To create a Replica of Namine, when Namine doesn't even exist in this universe. All the data I have is from Riku's Memories. Memories! The blasted things, they are so hard to gather data from. Plus, I'm not sure how well Riku's data survived the travel across universes. Obviously, enough that he is still alive, but his memories have probably seen better days.
Then again, the forgetting and having to remember them probably didn't help.
Neither did the rewriting.
Or the shattering…
His memories are not stable enough to work with! I'm afraid that the Namine that will be produced from them will not be stable at all. There is risk of collapse, or even failure. Forcing me into this, and with so little time, insanity
Master Vexen rambles a lot in the next report. I think him writing everything down helps – or, helped – him think through things or something.
Namine: Entry 2
I don't know what to think. First Marluxia gives me an impossible task, and now he's expecting me to have it done before Riku gets further in the Castle? He can't be serious. Riku is going to storm through here in a matter of hours. I don't care how much stalling we do, there's not going to be enough time!
Even with the help of all my Replicas…
1 is off doing his usual duties. 2 isn't much help. I might drag him in anyway… 4 doesn't listen to me, and I won't have time to deal with him. 5 can help. 6… I wouldn't dare ask 6 for help. 7 has other duties… 10 also has other duties. I wouldn't ask 12 to help, nor 13 or 14. 16, I might consider recruiting… 17, no. 19 isn't busy, thankfully. I will need him. He seems to be the most helpful when it comes to new Replicas. 21 won't be any help. 22 has other duties. I suppose I could ask 23 for help, too. 24 and 25 are out on a mission. 28 is still at base. I wouldn't ask 29 to leave Joseph… 33 has Raymond. 34 is back at base, 35 is- oh yes, 35 was recently killed. I forgot about that. 37 is back at base. And that's all I have… Replicas 39-43 were all put on hold for the moment, as were most of the other Replicas I was working on when Marluxia told me about this.
Speaking of which, though, maybe some of the other Replicas could be sent to stall Riku… I'm sure if we send a few Zexion Replicas after him…
That might be cruel.
Larxene- no, he'll kill them.
The Lexaeus Replicas all are back at base.
Marluxia doesn't like me ordering his Replicas around, so…
Enough of that.
Namine.
Time to start on this project.
I'm so flattered… he made a special mention to me! I forgot how much I helped him with Replicas. I mean, I never thought I did anything special, considering my lack of ability to use computers and all. But, apparently, what I did must have really helped. I mean, all I did was sit there and make sure nothing went wrong with the Replica themselves, like- I don't know, that they were missing a finger or something stupid like that.
Oh- he mentioned 22… Not that I'm surprised, but…
I miss 22…
Oh goodness, it seems Master Vexen left out number 38. Did he? I mean, he left out a lot of other ones, but most of them I know were dead or otherwise at the time. I don't remember about 38… oh well…
Anyway.
This next report is rather short…
Namine : Entry 3
I have no idea where to start. I mean, basic appearance is always a good place to start, but from there I have no idea where to go. She still needs personality, basic programming quirks…
I don't have sufficient data.
The data from Riku's memories isn't entirely… stable…
And sorting through it is going to take forever, too. I put 16 on that duty. 19 is helping me with Namine herself, as he never has been skilled with computers. He's more like a safety check. He makes sure the Replicas themselves come out properly.
He is apprehensive about this, too.
That worries me.
Is it odd that I remember being apprehensive?
It, for some reason, makes me think of a while back, when Riku asked me if I knew of any reasons of why Namine might have turned out defective.
I'm not sure why I'm reminded of it, though.
She is not defective due to lack of sufficient data. A bit unstable, maybe, but things worked out eventually.
I'd… explain how things worked out, but I'm afraid I'll leave something out. My memory isn't perfect, I'm not 2. Besides, there is so much other explaining I'll have to do later, I would like to let Master Vexen to take care of this beginning part.
Sadly… Master Vexen was a very disorganized man.
Most of his reports were written on the nearest piece of paper he could find at the time of wanting to write them.
And, as such, I've only found these three reports, half of Report 4, Report 5, and Report 9.
I'll look around and see if I can find the rest of Report 4. If I can't, then I'll just cover the first half. Whatever the second half was, it can't have been that important… Everything still makes sense without it