what do you mean I still have two chapters to post! I could've sworn that this was the last one but, NO, there's still one more!
So, sorry guys. I mean, I know not a lot of you care about the chapters, but I can't do the meltdown theories post until I'm done posting these, because there's something important about this that will come up in the meltdown theories post
So, I have explained everything, haven't I?
I covered all the trouble it took to get Namine functioning (besides Master Edd's report, itself, which Rar and I are still trying to decipher).
I explained the slight paradox that was in Namine's data for a while.
I covered her forgetting it.
I covered the pictures.
What else is there to cover?
How I fit into all of this, which is why I'm here explaining all this in the first place, honestly (in case you had forgotten).
This next bit is… merely what I can recall from memory. So… sorry for lack of detail, I guess…
xXx
"19!" Master Edd called.
I paused what I was doing (I think I was heading somewhere…) and turned to him, a bit confused. "What is it you want?" I asked, trying my best to sound polite (I have a feeling that I needed to be somewhere important).
Master Edd handed me a stack of papers.
I took them, even more confused.
"These are all Namine's pictures, some of her thoughts, and a basic report of what I did to her," he explained. I flipped through the pictures curiously. "You have to keep them safe for me; I won't be around much longer. You can return them to her when the time is right."
"And why must I keep them safe?" I asked.
"Because I can trust you," Master Edd told me. "And because you don't die."
That statement confused me so much…
It still confuses me…
I think I asked him what exactly he meant by that, because I remember him shaking his head and telling me that he had said too much or something.
"Just please keep them safe and away from her," he said. "And you mustn't tell anyone, got it? Not even Riku, even if he does ask."
At the time, I didn't realize that Riku would be so… I don't know… involved? I had to ask why Riku had any importance in all this.
"This is all for him," Master Edd told me. "You won't understand 'til at least tomorrow, at latest, maybe a couple months. But it will make sense, I swear. Now promise you won't tell anyone! Especially not Riku!"
"I promise…" I assured him slowly. I didn't understand what I was getting into.
I wonder if I knew… would I have agreed?
No matter. Too late now.
I think Master Edd started off after this, because I remember telling him to wait.
"If I must return these to her when the time is right… when is the right time?" I asked, as he had never specified.
"You'll know," Master Edd said. "It'll be obvious."
I remember smiling as I told him that "Obvious can have more than one meaning."
He laughed, agreed, then thought about it, and finally said:
"It will be about the time when all things seem like they're going to hell."
I was taken aback by this statement, but he didn't notice. He merely clarified:
"It won't be the first time that everything seems like it's going to hell, either." I think he was referring to the turmoil that would come when the Program was handed over to Saix, and my pondering over it is the only reason that I remember it.
I do, however, remember this part quite clearly.
"Riku will be there, but he won't be the cause; in fact, he'll probably more upset than anyone else. Namine might not be physically there at the time, and you will most likely have to wait to return the information to her. Sora will be there, too, and he probably won't be in good shape. Also… keep an eye on Joseph. He'll be at his bravest."
xXx
I wasn't quite sure how Joseph fit in to all this.
In fact, I might not be entirely sure now.
It seems that hinge of everything, though; if his part doesn't fit with the other three, then it cannot be the right time.
Because… I thought for a while that when Namine first showed up at Castle Oblivion would be the right time. Riku was upset, Namine wasn't really in a position for me to return this to her, Sora was there and struggling with darkness, which can't be a good state. However… I cannot peg any action of Joseph's at the time as brave.
Besides, I soon realized that Master Edd specified Namine would most likely not be there physically, and not just in a position that I would be able to return everything to her.
And, also, the pictures- well… I guess that is something for another post.