Let's get this party started!

(AN: I thought it started last chapter.)

I mean… oh never mind. By the way, spoilers for anyone who has not completed the whole game, if it's not too late.

(AN: It is)

"What? ... Wait… Emil… WHAT?" stuttered Lloyd after a while, completely lost.

"But how can he be Emil Castagnier? You're Emil Castagnier," said Genis.

"No, I'm not. You both know that. I'm a part of the summon spirit Ratatosk. However, someone named Emil Castagnier has to have existed at some point. He has family in Luin, people who remember him, and parents. Even though I am not Emil, Ratatosk could not have set all that up for what he thought of as a fake personality. I always thought he had died, I wanted to search for him but I had no idea how to start."

"But how do you know that he is the real Emil?" asked Lloyd.

"And how could you have no idea where to start? You should have known everything about him. You have all his memories after all," added Genis.

"Well, not quite. The memories I have are damaged. Whatever happened during the blood purge, Cast must have hit his head or something like that. He has no memories of who he is and my memories only come with prompting from someone else. Someone would mention something about my past and only then would I remember it. That is also how I know who he is, I saw his face and 'remembered' it was mine."

(AN: Hi. To clear something up. From now on the Emil you play as in the game will still be known as Emil and Cast will be known as Cast unless otherwise indicated. Eevee is doing this not only because she thinks it will make it easier for you to understand but also because the whole thing confuses her too.)

"Could it be that his memories are completely lost, and not hidden? I mean you have remembered some things about your, or his, past; but he has no memories at all," asked Genis.

It took Emil a minute to understand what Genis was asking and Lloyd looked completely lost. "I don't think so. You mean could Ratatosk have taken his memories and made it so he couldn't get them back, right? I don't even think it would be possible for him to do that. You said he recognized my name. I think that means that while I was living in Luin and traveling with you I had plenty of opportunities for my memories to return, while Cast did not have those opportunities. His recognition of my name proves that he still can get his memories back, I hope," he said after a moment.

It was then that Raine came up to the group and said "Well Genis, I'm off to take a look at those ruins now. I'll see you when I get back then."

"Okay, see you later then," said Genis, distractedly.

"So, do tell Cast about all of this?" asked Lloyd.

"Of course, he has the right to know who he is," said Emil, instantaneously. "We might as well get it over with now."

"Alright, but don't worry too much about it. Cast is a kind person and he won't get too mad," said Genis, trying to reassure Emil.

"Okay," said Emil, smiling, "let's just… hey, where did he go?"

"Who? Cast? Don't worry about him, he left while you guys were over here talking all by yourselves," said Zelos, who had chosen that moment to walk into the conversation. "I mean what gives? We've been here over an hour you guys have barely said hello to everyone. Is something up?" he asked in a slightly concerned, slightly annoyed voice.

The three boys looked at each other as if deciding how much to tell Zelos. After a moment they decided they might as well tell him everything, after all, he was a trustworthy friend and there was no point in hiding something they had just decided to tell everyone anyway.

"Aw, man, no wonder you looked kinda out of it. You ok?" Zelos asked Emil after they had gotten done explaining everything to him.

"Yeah, don't worry about me. I'm fine," he said with a smile. It wasn't one of those fake smiles and his friends could tell that he meant it.

"So where did Cast go anyway?" asked Lloyd.

"Oh! Now I remember," said Genis suddenly, "He went with Raine to look for those ruins again. I almost forgot about that, sorry."

"Don't worry about it; we'll just have to tell him when he gets back. By the way, should we tell everyone else in the meantime?" said Zelos.

"Yeah," said Emil, slightly reluctant but knowing it had to be done sooner or later. "Everyone, can I have your attention?" he called, raising his voice.

With the help of Lloyd, Genis, and Zelos; Emil explained the situation to everyone else. After the initial shock everyone started asking questions, most of which they really didn't know how to answer.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I think that's enough, right now we need to figure out what to tell Cast when he gets back. It might not be the best idea to just say 'hey, it turns out that Emil isn't the only Emil around. It turns out you're actually Emil Castagnier and this Emil is using your memories, sorry about that,' it's not exactly subtle," said Marta after everyone had been asking questions for a few minutes.

"Marta's right," said Regal, "I also think that we need to figure out exactly what happened ourselves. A lot of your story seems like guess work, there must be a way to figure everything out for certain. Emil, do know of any way to get into contact with your other personality?"

"As a matter of fact, I do. I was going to tell you all before all of this confusion got started. I actually figured out how to do it about a month ago," said Emil.

"Good, hopefully he will be able to shed some light onto this mater," said Regal.

"It does take quite a bit of time to do though, at least an hour usually," said Marta.

"Well then let's wait for now," said Sheena, "We have plenty of time. Let's finish the party and deal with this later."

Everyone agreed and soon everyone was back to talking about what they had done since they had last seen each other and in some cases (Zelos) flirting with the girls any chance he… I mean they… got, much to everyone's considerable irritation.

Sigh

(AN: How many times did you have to re-write this chapter anyway?)

I lost count a long time ago. This chapter was a total pain to write. Each time I went to write part of it nothing ever made sense. This is the best effort you see now.

(AN: And it still makes no sense. Don't worry; someone is sure to understand what you meant.)

I suppose, statistically, someone has to. Anyway, I am DONE with this chapter.

(AN: Preview for next chapter; Eevee, and by extension all of you will get to finally get a hint to who I am)

Really? Thank you, I still have no idea who you are.