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itsjustcambot2013-05-27 12:28 am
halfdarkened) wrote in itsjustcambot2013-05-27 12:28 am
Epilogue (Closed)
Riku blinked, then blinked again, squinting at the sunset they were watching. What snapped him out of that daydream? What was he even thinking about anyway? He wanted to go back to thinking about it, but he couldn't remember. That horrible, uneasy feeling one has when a liked daydream or idea is lost sat heavily in the pit of his stomach.
The wind was cool on his lips. He licked them, finding they were already slightly wet. Had sea spray hit his face? ...On his lips only? It didn't taste like salt water. He felt like he was missing something, but he figured he licked his lips a moment before and something in the wind changed the taste of his own saliva.
He sighed. Why was he suddenly so melancholy? Maybe it was because Kairi was late. That had to be it. Tomorrow the chances of having one last sunset together was low. It would figure that Yen Sid would have kept her late on her last day of training. Still, if it meant that she would be safer when their adventure began soon, at least losing one last sunset might mean plenty more together in the future.
At least he wasn't alone.
"...Ever feel like you're forgetting something just before you leave?"
The wind was cool on his lips. He licked them, finding they were already slightly wet. Had sea spray hit his face? ...On his lips only? It didn't taste like salt water. He felt like he was missing something, but he figured he licked his lips a moment before and something in the wind changed the taste of his own saliva.
He sighed. Why was he suddenly so melancholy? Maybe it was because Kairi was late. That had to be it. Tomorrow the chances of having one last sunset together was low. It would figure that Yen Sid would have kept her late on her last day of training. Still, if it meant that she would be safer when their adventure began soon, at least losing one last sunset might mean plenty more together in the future.
At least he wasn't alone.
"...Ever feel like you're forgetting something just before you leave?"
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Riku turned it over before a slight smile crossed his features. "It looks too fresh to be a dinosaur tooth." He held it up for Sora to see again. "But it looks like one, doesn't it?" It did look very similar to stuff in text books they'd seen when they were younger. But no world they'd gone to had Dinosaurs still alive or anything that strange... Right?
There was no hesitation when Riku took it. He held it in cupped hands as if it were fragile, though given the drop off the tree it clearly wasn't. Slowly he pressed it to his chest, his face a mixture of pain, longing and confusion. "...Why is this so precious to me?" He closed his eyes a moment, trying to remember, but he clutched the charm in a very caring way.
"Well, are you going to find out?" He was still clutching that charm like he was holding his own heart, but his eyes were very much focused on Sora.
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Sora cocked his head at the tooth, and rubbed his chin. "It does look like a meat-eater dinosaur tooth...you don't remember if anyone gave this to you on a different world?" While Sora had never been to a world with living dinosaurs, he imagined one must exist somewhere, and maybe Riku had visited it the year he was asleep.
By this point, Socks had migrated to his shoulders and was trying to climb up onto his head. What did he look like, a tree? He watched as Riku kept the charm close to him...it felt a lot like how he felt with Kairi's Oathkeeper charm. More and more, he was starting to think that something important happened...and it was disturbing that neither of them could remember it. "I...don't know."
Then he felt Riku's eyes back on him, and glanced back towards the Keychain in his hand. "May as well."
He summoned his Keyblade, now in its usual Kingdom Key form, and clipped on the mysterious Keychain instead. The Keyblade shuddered, and in a flash of lights it changed shape. This was one of the weirder Keyblades he'd found...the teeth seemed to be a larger version of the G-shaped gear on the Keychain, the body of it appeared to be shaped like a mechanical bone, and the hilt was hexagon-shaped and metal covered in various pipes, odds and ends. It was pretty heavy for a Keyblade, probably good for hard hitting, but what other properties it had Sora couldn't figure out.
The shock of the weapon summoning and then the flashing lights caused Socks to tumble off of his shoulders, and land in his hood, where she meowed in protest. "That's...different!"
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No, Sora certainly was no tree, though Riku might've mockingly forgiven the cat if his hair was green. He was skinny enough to be a tall palm tree, right? "At least I didn't lose this." He closed his eyes, simply deciding to take comfort in having for a moment rather than questioning. It felt natural, strange as it all was. Whatever the story was behind this charm, the feelings connected with it were deep and warm, and he gave into them for the moment.
Riku blinked at the unusual Keyblade, then smiled slightly in amusement as Socks fell into Sora's hood. He went around to retrieve the kitten, who instantly tried to scale the taller teen. Unfortunately for Riku, that meant claws where there were no sleeves to be had. He winced a little before repositioning Socks to his vest. "That's odd," he said more bluntly. "Either it came from a world with cyborgs, or giant robot dogs." He didn't sound serious, but it was hard to take a weapon that incorporated a mechanical bone seriously.
However, Riku looked from Sora's new Keyblade to his charm, narrowing his eyes curiously at it. Socks took the opportunity to jump from Riku's shoulder back to Sora's.
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"Yeah!" And if it was similar to Oathkeeper, then he got the feeling that Riku would be holding on to it for awhile, and that it'd become important when they least expected it.
For all the Keyblades Sora had -some really important and powerful, and some of them just mementos of a good time- this one did seem like something not to take too seriously. "That's even sadder! I'd want to remember a world with giant robot dogs, or cyborgs!" That did sound pretty cool!
It was nice to have Socks not climbing all over him for a little while, but it didn't last. Before long the kitten was back on his shoulder and rubbing against his face. "Sheesh! This guy likes me a lot..."
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"I think I'd want to remember that too." Riku made an odd face. "When you were little did you ever have Mrs. Plunker's casserole for dinner and have strange dreams?" He pointed to Sora's Keyblade. "That's what it reminds me of." Mrs. Plunker was a nice old lady, but she was strangely spry and at times astoundingly irreverent and cooky.
As Socks rubbed up against Sora's chin, Riku idly kept her tail from going into his friend's ear. A gentle scratch to the head and Socks leaned into it, purring loudly. The feeling in his chest was one of haunting familiarity. Slowly his hand lowered, leaving Socks to mew over why the scratches had stopped. Riku looked back to the charm he held. He closed his eyes and sighed a moment before his keyblade appeared in his hands. He looked back to Sora. "Do you think that maybe...?"
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"You know...if we ever find Namine again...maybe she could help us with this memory thing!" He just hoped that it wasn't the sort of thing where he'd had to give up those memories in order to regain his real ones. That had been upsetting enough the first time around, even if the memories were fake. But if they were going to go help all those in trouble, perhaps they could find Namine, too.
To the question on Mrs. Plunker, though, he made a face. "I think I may have tried to forget about that..." He glanced back towards the Keyblade. "But there is something kinda weird about it."
When it seemed like Riku was too busy with other things to continue scratching him, Socks resumed rubbing her head against Sora's face. Sora had almost gotten used to it at this point, and just carefully pushed her aside with one hand. "Maybe what?" He then noticed the way Riku was holding the charm, and his Keyblade, too. "You want to try and see if you got a new Keyblade, too?"
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There was a brief flutter of excitement in Riku's chest at the mention of her name, though while he wasn't sure if that had to do with some lost memory or the promise of regaining those memories. He hadn't thought about her for a while. It would be good to see her again. "Yeah. ...If we're going to get those three hearts out of yours, I don't see why we shouldn't try to get Namine back, too." How three ended up in Sora's was still a mystery, and hopefully Kairi wouldn't have any big surprises.
Riku just gave Sora a look. "You think?" But his friend was right. There was a very odd feeling in regards to this Keyblade. Had they seen it before?
"It's not a Keychain like yours..." He smirked knowingly at Sora. "But then again, that never stopped us before, huh?' Sometimes they received outright Keychains from people on worlds while others they made themselves as mementos. And sometimes something held such deep meaning in their hearts they became Keychains.
Riku tied the charm onto the end of Way to the Dawn. His Keyblade grew warm, and then like Sora's there was a flash of light. A new Keyblade, still forming from lights materializing like the glows of fireflies, rested in his grasp. He looked it over curiously, as it was a strange mixture of delicate, sharp and intricate. The Keyblade was no larger than Way to the Dawn, and was possibly a hair shorter, but it was remarkably lighter. He felt as if every stroke would be on the mark.
"It's... It's beautiful."
Sora's paid ran out so I'm stuck with mostly his Mirrorverse icons...
"Yeah...Kairi would want that, too!" It was still really strange thinking about the idea of three hearts inside his...especially since he couldn't remember two out of three of those. He was determined to help them, in whatever way they could figure out, but wished he knew more about the people that had somehow ended up with him.
"Nope!" Sora went ahead and dismissed his strange Keyblade for now, and folded his hands behind his head. There'd be time to try out this new Keychain later, he was certain.
Sora's eyes widened as Riku tested out his own new Keychain. That was...remarkably different from the one he'd gotten. In some ways, it looked similar to Oathkeeper. "What do you think that one means?"