Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2003 Video Game)
David Gallagher: Riku, Riku Replica
Quotes
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Riku Replica : [to the real Riku] Well, well. You've changed. Last time we met, you were afraid of the darkness, but not anymore.
Riku : How can you tell?
Riku Replica : Because I'm you.
Riku : No, I'M me.
Riku Replica : "I'm me," he says. It must be nice, being real. A fake like me could never get away with saying that. That's right, I'm a phony! The way I look, the way I feel, everything! I thought by finding some new strength I could be someone, someone who's not you! But nothing changes... I'm still just empty! Everything about me is borrowed. As long as you're around, I'll never be anything better than a shadow!
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Riku : Tell me! Where are my friends from my memories?
DiZ : Are you sure you want to see them?
Riku : ...Of course I do...
DiZ : But you cast them aside. To reach the outside world, you passed through the door to darkness. Behind you, you left family, friends, home - everything - all in pursuit of darkness.
Riku : But I cast that aside too!
DiZ : And what do you have to show for it? First your home, then the dark. Your heart only knows how to throw things away. It's empty, like that room. Like your memories. That's why no one is in the castle with you. Your heart is hollw except for the darkness you couldn't quite shake off.
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Maleficent : I knew you'd return, Riku.
Riku : Maleficent! You're alive?
Maleficent : You haven't been paying attention. I am but a figment of your memory.
Riku : Of all the people I could run into, it had to be you...
Maleficent : Who else? Your heart is steeped in darkness. You can only see people who exist in that same darkness - people like me.
Riku : No...
Maleficent : Be grateful you have someone to keep you company. Your heart is empty. Were it not for the darkness in your heart... you would be completely alone.
Riku : That's sounding pretty good right about now.
Maleficent : Come, now. You once clung to me to sate your hunger for darkness. You want me here. Who else but I can give you the darkness you long for?
Riku : There was a time I did want you around. I surrendered my heart to the dark. But never again. You and your darkness have nothing to offer. All I did was lose myself... Empty myself! I'm finished with all that. If I'm stuck seeing people like you, people of the dark... I'll take you out one by one.
Maleficent : Then don't forget to take yourself out last. Because you, like me, are one of the dark.
Riku : That's fine with me. I turned to darkness because my heart was weak. I hate that weakness. It's like I'm my own enemy. And seeing people like you embrace the darkness just makes it worse! Enough talk, Maleficent.
Maleficent : So you hate the darkness enough to fight it... Oh, the agony you must feel! Let me end your pain, Riku - end it forever with the wondrous power of darkness!
[Maleficent turns into a dragon and Riku battles her]
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Riku : Sora always did as he pleased. It doesn't matter what we were doing - he'd still go off and leave me with all the work. Take the raft we were gonna use to leave the islands. That was all me. I've made up my mind. When this slacker wakes up, I'm gonna tell him off good. I told him to take care of Kairi, and here he is taking a nap! But I can't chew him out if I've been sleeping, too. Keep your lock. I'd rather just finish Ansem off once and for all.
Namine : But if the darkness he wields gets the better of you...
Riku : I'll make that darkness show me the way.
Namine : That's true.
Riku : Why do I get the feeling you knew I'd say that?
Namine : I didn't know. I hoped. I want you to face the darkness, because you're the one who can.
Riku : So that's why you came to me in the light.
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[Sora and co. meet Riku in the castle hall]
Sora : What are YOU doing here?
Riku : Don't sound so happy to see me, Sora. Let me know if I'm getting in the way of something more important.
Sora : No, of course not! I only meant...
Riku : Spare me. I bet you'd all but forgotten about me.
Sora : Are you crazy? I came all this way because I was LOOKING for YOU!
Riku : But not anymore, right? Now it's Naminé this, Naminé that. You don't care about me any more than you care about how Naminé feels.
Sora : What's that supposed to mean?
Riku : Never even gave it a thought, did you? Just 'cause you want to see Naminé doesn't mean it goes both ways.
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[Riku finds himself on Destiny Islands]
Riku : I never thought I'd miss the island winds so much... Funny - there was a time I couldn't wait to get off this rock. And now I'm acting all relieved.
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Riku : Hey, Voice. DiZ. Who are you?
DiZ : Nobody... or anybody. It all depends on whether you choose to believe in me or not.
Riku : Boy, you really like pushing decisions on other people.
DiZ : And you pushed away slumber and chose to face Ansem.
Riku : What, wrong answer?
DiZ : It was your answer. I'm just here to watch.
Riku : "Watch," as in support me, or "watch me get toasted"?
DiZ : You choose. Then you need only believe in your choice.
