Seventeenth Key

[optimistickey]

[Cambot is doing his usual patrols of the halls when he spots a figure lying on the ground of the third deck. Hey, Cambot would know that spiky hair anywhere...it's Sora! Cambot seems pretty excited that his usual subject has come back, and flies up to gently give him a prod. Sora groans and slowly gets to his knees, shaking out his head.]

Wh... [He notices the little camera lens staring at him. That's got to be an unflattering view.] ...Cambot?

[And then he shoots back up quickly, surprised.]

Wha...seriously? I'm back here again?!

[Sora looks around the Satellite, scratching at the back of his head. It looks like he's thinking over a lot of things.]

This...isn't a dream again, is it? I thought I was going back to Traverse Town... Riku? Are you here? What about everyone else?

Comments

[beforethemoon]

The... Realm of Sleep?

[optimistickey]

Yeah. It was supposed to be part of our Mark of Mastery exam. But...I guess things really got sidetracked.

[beforethemoon]

I guess so, if you ended up here.

[optimistickey]

Well, that's not exactly what I meant...

But no, I didn't expect to come back here, either!

[beforethemoon]

Then what did you mean?

[optimistickey]

I meant, things got sidetracked during the exam. It's...complicated. I don't remember all of it.

[beforethemoon]

That... weird.

What sort of exam was it?

[optimistickey]

We were supposed to go into the Realm of Sleep, unlock the seven Keyholes there, and get back safely. That's how Master Yen Sid set it up, anyway.

[beforethemoon]

But you got... sidetracked?

[optimistickey]

Yeah...someone else was messing with us.

[beforethemoon]

I wouldn't really call that "sidetracked."

[optimistickey]

Well, whatever you'd call it, it all got messed up.

[beforethemoon]

Right...