026; [4th wall/Olivine]

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[Sora doesn't remember much about the last time Johto's population grew exponentially in size, aside from the fact that he was in his favorite pair of pajamas and he lost a fight miserably to Vanitas-- though, the fact that he's suddenly able to summon his Keyblade is at least helping to deter the thought of losing fights-- and it isn't exactly the

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[headbumped]

[ You like naps, Sora? Well he likes naps, too.

So as you're peering behind at your little flowery stalker, the goofster is over yonder snoring away like a...snorlax. ]

[ A GOOFY IS NOW BLOCKING YOUR PATH. ]

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[like he'd ever forget that snoring-- Sora pauses, like the fact that he's hearing Goofy isn't registering at first, but then once he catches sight of him:]

GOOFY! [SORA USED TACKLE. IS IT SUPER EFFECTIVE?]

[headbumped]

[ Though not as super effective as a surge of thundaga - Goofy wakes up! And stares at Sora through half-lidded eyes, almost as if tackles were normal with his shock-absorbent body.

Which, of course, they were. ]

Hiya, Sora. Is it mornin' already?

[ Time for breakfast? ]

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You're here! [Sora's not always much of a hugging person unless someone else initiates it, but dangit, stepping into Castle Oblivion already feels like forever ago. so have a big, squishy, tinier Sora hug, Goofy.]

[headbumped]

[ In which the older!Sora icon is used, but that's okay bitty Sora for you will grow up big and strong one day. And still a junior hero. He hugs back with a couple of hyucks. ]

And you're here, too!

Uh... where is here anyway?

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This is Johto! Olivine to be exact.

And this is the beach... [a sweeping gesture with his arm.] -- And down in that direction's the lighthouse... oh, and that's the weird flower thingy over there.

[headbumped]

A-hyuck! You sure know a lot about this world, Sora.

[ Because, you know, you usually get lost. 8B ]

But that's no flower thingy. I wonder how it got here.

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[... do not, you and I both know Donald's the navigator in this Gummi Ship trio.]

It's not? What is it, then?

[headbumped]

[ But he's not here... ]

You, me 'n' Donald woke up in it. So I think we were sleepin'.

[ He scratches his chin. There must be a better way to describe it. ]

Oh yeah. Cid kinda called it cold storage. And brr, was it cold.

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[it's still his fault shhhh]

... How long were we asleep in it? [well, you, technically. Sora hasn't perfected his epic naps yet. two weeks is the best he can do!]

[headbumped]

Uh... [ He counts his fingers. Brain: ERROR ERROR ERROR. ]

Gawrsh, I'm not sure.

But it musta been a quite a while, cause your pants went above your knees.

[ hrhrhr. ]

And you were taller than me! I was kinda surprised.

[ His little boy best buddy growing up so fast. ]

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That's-- [instead of being weirded out, though, Sora just... deflates. Roxas told him he fell asleep for a long time, and that it's the reason Roxas can't ever be his own person-- and after Sora'd already promised he'd never let that happen.]

Do you remember anything that happened before going to sleep, Goofy?

/edits and tucks in =u=

[headbumped]

[ Strange thing was, they had reviewed the same events when they all woke up. Goofy looks back on this. ]

I remember lookin' for the King and Riku, but we couldn't remember any more cause Jiminy's journal was empty.

[ But not so far back, he had watched Data Sora bash through the digitized pages, all the way to that weird white building and he remembered seeing that same exact pod in the very last room. Now he supposedly wasn't the brightest bulb of the bunch, but it made him wonder... ]

And the funny thing is, even if I don't remember, I think we were in a castle.

I WAS ALREADY OUT COLD

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-- You mean Castle Oblivion? Big white castle and the floors turned into different worlds, and there were a bunch of cards?

[look, he'll even pat his person for a moment, then hold up his own deck of cards to show Goofy.]