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dreamprotector) wrote in nysalogs2018-07-09 06:46 am
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Who: Riku (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]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
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dreamprotector) & OPENWhat: 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 (
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No way, that's great news! She's gonna be just great at it, Master Yen Sid doesn't know what he's in for.
[And then he remembers something... not quite so encouraging. Like the last time Kairi met Axel. The time that he'd kidnapped her to get Sora to come after her. Oh boy.]
Wait, she's gonna be training with Lea? Oh man, d'you think she's still gonna be mad at him for what happened? She'll flatten him if she is, do you think Master Yen Sid really thought about that?
[Thoughts of Kairi pummelling Lea into submission are going to have to wait as Riku grows serious. Sora tones it down too (though he's still a little bit worried that Kairi might end up pulverising their newest friend.)]
What about the lost Keybearers, is that what your next mission is?
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You know Kairi; she isn't one to hold a grudge even if the concerned party would deserve it. She might give him a hard time for a while, but I think he can handle that.
[But anyway, the lost Keybearers… he nods at Sora's question.]
It is. According to Mickey one of them, Master Aqua, has been trapped in the Realm of Darkness for the past twelve years. Master Yen Sid is sending the two of us there to rescue her, and bring her back to the Realm of Light.
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Master Aqua...
[Wait, that name sounds familiar. Why does that-
Oh. Oh no.
Sora’s face falls in horror as he realises exactly where he’s heard that name before.]
That’s- she’s not the same Aqua who’s one of Terra’s best friends, is she?
[Twelve years... twelve whole years in the Realm of Darkness? What would that even do to a person? Sora’s not sure.]
Riku... what happened to her?
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I assume so.
[Terra's best friends seem likely to be Keyblade Wielders as well, and what the chances of there being two Keyblade Wielders named Aqua…?
It's not like her name is anywhere near Sora or Xehanort after all.]Mickey didn't say how she ended up there… I'm not sure if he knows either. He just said that he encountered her there when he was looking for Kingdom Key D… she saved me. Us really… according to Mickey, if she hadn't held off the Heartless, the three of us would never have been able to seal the Door.
[Riku can't help a small bitter pause, his hands clenching a little.]
Master Yen Sid forbade him from telling us until now. He thought that you or I might do something reckless, if we knew.
[Which admittedly probably isn't all that much off the mark, but still… Riku thinks it would have been worth doing something reckless, if it meant saving someone from additional two years in the Realm of Darkness.]
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No way...
[And then, when Riku's fists ball as he tells Sora about Mickey being forbidden to tell them, he can't help but feel that share that frustration. If Aqua had protected Riku and Mickey from the Heartless, then he owes his best friends' lives to her. They owe their world to her. And... why would Master Yen Sid think that it was okay to hide that from them both?]
How could Master Yen Sid keep that from us? We could have helped her, we were right there in the Realm of Darkness, if we'd known we could have gone looking for her! We could have-
[And then something really, really awful occurs to him. Worse than the guilt, worse than the knowledge that they'd been close enough to do something and never known that they could, comes the realisation that they have this knowledge now that she's trapped.
And if it's bad for them to know about it... ]
Riku... how are we going to tell Terra?
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He sighs; there's really no point in thinking about the what-ifs after the fact. As Mickey had said – they can help her now; or at least they could have, if they weren't stuck here anyway, if there weren't the Storm to worry about as well.
His lips press together, because he's already considered this since waking up, has been thinking about what exactly to say… because saying nothing definitely isn't an option.]
I'm going to tell him about it. If we don't, it'd be the same as what Master Yen Sid did.
[Even if none of them can do anything for Master Aqua from here, right now… Terra deserves to know.]
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It's called a retcon bruhSora nods, but to say that he looks totally crestfallen by all of this is putting it mildly. It's too unfair, too cruel. Now they know, now the two of them are in a position to do something about it and go into the Realm of Darkness together to get her out... they can't. And on top of that... they now have to tell Terra and they can't let him know that it's going to be okay because how can any of them know that when they're trapped here?]
That's not gonna be easy. You wanna tell him together?
[Not that there's much Sora can do to help. What reassurance would he be? A second choice Keyblade wielder who couldn't even pass the Mark of Mastery...
No. Sora is not going to start thinking like that. That's not going to help anyone.]
It's not fair, is it?
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Riku thinks for a moment, then shakes his head… much as he appreciates Sora's offer, this is something he has to do by himself.]
No… it'll be better if it's just me, I think.
[He is the one that knows the story after all… and it's to some part his fault that Aqua is still trapped in the Realm of Darkness. If he had been stronger then, if he had payed more attention maybe…
Not that thinking like that will get them anywhere, Riku knows. He still wonders though… because Sora is definitely right about one thing.]
It's not. But even though we can't change what happened, we can defeat Xehanort and his Organization… make a better future for everyone… starting with Master Aqua.