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]

[Isa in the cafeteria, eating what appears to be a bowl of potato salad]

You were gone for only about two days, Sora.

[optimistickey]

[And Isa still looks normal here!]

What? No way! It's been way longer than a few days.

Still dunno for sure if this is a dream or not......

[beforethemoon]

Maybe for you, it was.

Where were you?

[optimistickey]

I was...back home with everyone, at least for a little while.

Then Riku and I went to Yen Sid's tower, and the Realm of Sleep. And...a whole bunch of stuff happened.

[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?

[video]

[sailorlaughter]

Ohmygosh! Sora's back too! [From offscreen, there's a small chorus of Sora's back! Sora's back!]

[verygassy]

SORA!!

[And then Minako was standing next to Sora. She's...glowing bright yellow.]

Ri~i~i~i~ku~u~u!! I found him!!

Looooool

[halfdarkened]

[He just stands there a second.]

Never sing my name again.

[halfdarkened]

[There's a look of relief and he smiles. For Sora's sake, he didn't want him back, but there's no denying he's glad to see him.] Yeah, I'm still here. How was your long weekend?

[optimistickey]

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

[optimistickey]

It looks like I am!

Uhh...is there more of you back there, Pinkie?

[optimistickey]

WOAH! [Sora jumps back in surprise. Just what happened while he was gone?]

Minako, what happened to you?

[optimistickey]

Long weekend? More like months!

Wait...you don't remember anything that happened, Riku?

[halfdarkened]

...

I guess the time axis back home acts a lot differently than the one here. It's been two days here, Sora. Congratulations, you're from the future.

Re: Looooool

[verygassy]

I wasn't singing! I was just...speaking all...sing-song like.

[verygassy]

Oh, this? I woke up and I found out I can draw light into me! Its pretty cool~

[She can use the light to attack bad guys too, if bad guys come. Not that she'll say that out loud.]

[sailorlaughter]

Yep! There's five of me...no, four...where'd she go?

[A Pinkie trots up to Sora, balancing a cupcake on her head.] Here I am~! Welcome back, Sora!

[optimistickey]

[Even knowing that this is just what Pinkie does, Sora still jumps quite a bit when the other Pinkie shows up. He takes the cupcake.] Um...thanks!

So how'd this happen?

[optimistickey]

So I guess the Satellite is still up to its weirdness, huh?

Wow, it really hasn't changed at all...

[optimistickey]

But that's...

[Sora needs to stop and think about this for awhile. So that means Riku knows nothing about the Realm of Sleep, or Xehanort's plans, or how he fell into darkness, and then how Riku became a Keyblade Master...he gets a bit of a mischievious grin on his face.]

Huuh...I guess I am...

[halfdarkened]

[Oh no, Riku knows that face. What's Sora thinking?] Okay, what is it? I'll bite.