dreamprotector: (pic#4947102)
мαѕтєя яιкυ ([personal profile] dreamprotector) wrote in [community profile] nysalogs2018-07-09 06:46 am

[open]

Who: Riku ([personal profile] dreamprotector) & OPEN
What: Riku wakes up after three days in stasis. Somehow the world seems different now.
When: 7/11-ish, before the next wave of awakenings
Where: Thesa station
Warning(s): KH-spoiler for 3D and 0.2, Kingdom Hurts is its own warning?


[ A – Destati ]

[Awaking is a sluggish process (or at least that's how it feels like), a feeling as though someone glued his eyes shut and put his body into ice water while he was sleeping or something. He recognizes the station as he stumbles through it, but it and the life he's lived here for months almost seem like a distant dream now.

(Dreams can be so very deceiving; Riku knows that for a fact.)

It must have been real though… and now he can't help but wonder how much time has passed since he fell asleep again, if Sora, Terra and Axel (Lea?) are still awake as well– and then stops when he passes by a monitor showing the frozen El Nysa, shivering involuntarily at the sight of Yversai's large undead form, then frowns.]


…Well, I guess it hasn't been that long if he's still around.

[…Unless the Natha somehow have taken months being unable to fix this. So yea, he really needs to track down a date. And/or people. Whichever comes first. If he only wasn't still feeling so damn shaky on his feet…]


[ B – Sweet Spirits ]

[After having assured himself that no more than a few days must have passed, Riku is making his way to the mess hall right after making a short stint to his room in the station – he doesn't have the suit case with the new set of cloths that Master Yen Sid had gifted him with anymore, hasn't even gotten to see them yet, but at least his younger self was smart enough to keep a set or two of wyver-styled threads around; it really is time for a change after all.

Dressed in comfortable black and red cloths, a little taller and without the blindfold he looks probably somewhat different to anyone who knows him – even his body language seems to have changed into something a bit more self-assured, tension drained away into what appears to be the casual arrogance of a teenager.

What really may or may not catch one's eye when he enters the mess is his companion(!?), the colorful bat flitting around the room before settling comfortable on Riku's shoulder after he gets his share of alien food. Riku really can't help but grin as he feeds small bits of blue potatoes and green jelly to the curious bat, laughing lightly as he pulls a face.]


Yea, I know. The food here doesn't quite satisfy your sweet tooth, huh? Well, it can't always be candy and ice cream, Highwind.

[The bat makes a low sound of regret, but then trills as Riku reaches up to rub his chin, eyes changing from yellow to blue. Then he pushes off of Riku's shoulder, fluttering away to see who else is in this strange new place! Maybe he can make a new friend!!! :D]


[ C – Hold Up Your Wildcard! ]

[ooc: Riku is around Thesa station and may or may not be visiting the Stasis Unit a lot more than usual, so come at me! Or maybe contact me on plurk ([plurk.com profile] iceyly) and we can work out something if my prompts above don't work for you! :3]
earthy: ([ → summon ])

B

[personal profile] earthy 2018-07-18 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
[It's been a long three days.

Terra hadn't seen it coming. He'd gone to the stasis unit just to visit with his friends again. At the end of that visit, he'd decided he should go say 'hello' to Kairi, too. Maybe he'd even go check on that one stranger he'd noticed recently, if he had the time. But then he'd found Riku. Not stopping by and talking to Kairi or wandering the rows of Refugees, but trapped inside one of those pods of metal and glass, his eyes shut, his expression relaxed, almost peaceful.

Sleeping again.

There'd been a sharp, cold twinge in Terra's chest. For a while, he'd just stood there, feeling very numb.

Not him, had been all he could think. Not him.

And then later, as he'd been leaving the stasis unit: It should be me back in there. He has a lot more to offer this world. If he doesn't wake up again...

Sora had materialized at Terra's side some time after that and made himself a short, bright shadow. Terra hadn't minded his company one bit. It made sense that they should stick together, really. Maybe if they kept an eye on each other, neither one of them would follow Riku (and Axel? Terra thought he heard Sora say something about Axel...) into that strange slumber.

Two days and two nights, they'd hung out together, holding informal Keybearer sleepovers in Terra's room, talking about their worlds and friends and training and lack of training. And Riku. The possibility that he might just be sleeping for a couple days, that he might wake up remembering more of his life. After all, that does happen sometimes.

But by day three, doubt had started to creep back into Terra's heart. Those people who fell asleep and then regained some future part of themselves... They'd only slept for a day or two, right?

It's been a very long three days.

Terra's sleep is particularly fitful the third night. The nightmares only let up in the early morning hours and he ends up sleeping in late. When he finally wakes, he discovers Sora's missing from the bed over on the side wall. Panic starts to well inside him until he realizes the younger wielder's probably just off visiting Riku's pod again. Or rearranging the decorations around Kairi's.

(If they're going to be stuck up here much longer, they're going to have to get some paper and figure out origami flowers for Sora to decorate with.)

Hauling himself out of bed, Terra gets dressed and cleaned up enough to be presentable, and then he's off to catch up on his daily routine. He'll get a quick bite to eat and then head to the stasis unit. He might have to give Sora a little trouble for not waking him up earlier... or for not leaving a note or something. Maybe they'll go by the simulation rooms later, try another training session in the cold.

Still groggy and lost in his thoughts, Terra shuffles into the spacious mess hall and... promptly runs face-first into something fuzzy. Jerking backward, he finds he's staring at--]


A monster? [The Keyblade flashes into his hand as he jumps back and assumes his battle stance. Okay, now he's awake.] Here?

[He fixes the flying creature with a (admittedly slightly confused) glare. It's... so pink. And bright yellow. And really smiley? Maybe its appearance serves as some sort of ruse...? Well, Terra's not about to be caught off-guard here.]

I won't let you cause trouble! We've had enough of that already!

[Come save your batbat from being smashed into a fine pulp by a Keyblade, Riku.]
earthy: ([ ! stare ])

[personal profile] earthy 2018-07-21 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Terra's so focused on the big, 'bad' bat, he doesn't notice someone stand up from a table and start to walk over. He's just wondering why the monster isn't attacking him, and if he should try to goad it into doing so to get a feel for whatever powers it might have, when a familiar voice interrupts his strategy pondering.

His head turns to follow the monster's hasty retreat to the source of that voice.

To Riku.

Terra slowly straightens up out of his fighting stance. And then he just stands there, staring. It takes him a moment to find his voice.]


You're awake...

[Sorry, Highwind, you've been temporarily forgotten about. :( Although, that may be a good thing, all things considered.]
earthy: ([ ! stare ])

[personal profile] earthy 2018-07-24 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Terra goes on staring at Riku, like he can't quite believe what he's seeing right now.]

Your blindfold's gone.

[His grip on his Keyblade starts to slip a little. Absently, he dismisses the weapon.]

Your eyes...

[They're not gold anymore. They're the same color they were the day they first met, back on that small, warm world that was Riku's home.]
earthy: ([ ↑ recognize ])

[personal profile] earthy 2018-07-25 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
Around that.

[Terra echoes. A hint of a smile finally softens his stare. He moves forward a few steps, closing some of the distance between them.]

You're a little taller now, aren't you?

[He notices that and then he's looking Riku over, picking out all the other small differences. Riku's definitely older, isn't he? And not just by a month or two, either.]

And you got your hair cut.

[Looking an awful lot like a proper, respectable Keybearer there, successor.]
earthy: ([ ↑ recognize ])

[personal profile] earthy 2018-07-28 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
[No, no, Terra thinks he sees a lot of little differences. Little differences that just might mean something very big.

Well, enough beating around the bush about it:]


So, did you... catch up, then? To Sora's time?

[Catch up or maybe even overtake him on their World's weird timeline?

Are you what he thinks you might be, Riku?]
earthy: ([ ← deference ])

[personal profile] earthy 2018-07-30 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Terra's quiet for a moment, letting that confirmation sink in, enjoying the warmth that spreads through his chest.

He eventually manages to nod a little.]


He did. [He couldn't be more proud.] Master Riku.

[With another, firmer nod, Terra lifts his right hand, presses it flat over his heart, and bends his upper body forward into a bow.]
earthy: ([ ↑ assure ])

[personal profile] earthy 2018-07-30 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Terra straightens back up at Master Riku's 'bidding'. But then, either completely oblivious to or choosing to ignore his successor's apparent discomfort with this Master business, Terra steps in closer.

Pardon him, Highwind, got a hand coming in for a hair ruffle here.]


It really is. A big deal. You didn't even have a Master to teach you... and look how far you've come.
earthy: ([ ↑ future ])

[personal profile] earthy 2018-08-16 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Hair ruffle successfully given, Terra lets his hand fall away.]

Huh. Better late than never, I guess.

[Though he does have to wonder why Master Yen Sid didn't take a more active role earlier on in their journeying and learning to wield the Keyblade? Did he somehow just... not notice them? That hardly seems possible...]

All right, now, who... and what... is this, again?

[He looks back to Highwind at last. A brief reprieve from embarrassing praise for Riku.]
earthy: ([ ? curious ])

[personal profile] earthy 2018-08-28 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Terra eyes Highwind with a mix of curiosity and confusion.]

I've never heard of Dream Eaters before. [He shakes his head.] Or the 'Realm of Sleep'?

[Both sound like they might be important.]
earthy: ([ ! catch ])

[personal profile] earthy 2018-09-29 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Ah, here comes the bat back toward him. Terra reaches his hand up tentatively, seeing if he can maybe pet this 'Dream Eater' like Riku was doing.]

I see...

[So, the Realm of Sleep was a new realm that harbored sleeping worlds that had once fallen to darkness... And Sora and Riku were tasked with waking those worlds for their exam? Terra might not know much about waking up sleeping worlds, but it sounds like serious work. He doesn't get a chance to think about the subject much more than that, though, as Riku goes on to explain Dream Eaters and... Terra's suddenly yanking his hand back from Highwind a bit.]

This is darkness?

[This strange... and okay, kind of cute... bat monster is made up of darkness? Did he hear Riku right or is he understanding him right?]

Is this-- is he a Nightmare one or a Spirit one?

[No, Terra needs to be explicitly told what he was just about to give ear scritches to. And does it even matter if it's a Nightmare or a Spirit if it's a monster of darkness?]