"In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon--"

[caliginose]

Who: Terra, Riku, Joe, Aslan, and Master Xehanort
When: Late evening, progressing throughout the night
Where: Dead Horse Cove
Summary: The culmination of the events that began with the theft of Terra’s body - or, arguably, with Xehanort’s arrival in Siren’s Port - that will once and for all put an end to the villain’s reprehensible plans. A goal

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[aslandish]

He didn't waver, the veritable eruption of malevolence leaving him unmoved as the master raged at him from across the platform of stone. Truthfully, this was not an outcome he would have chosen. Had the circumstances been anything other than what they were -- an attempt to disrupt the very existence of this world and throw the rest into chaos -- his intervention would not have been needed. As it was, the stakes were too high for him to look the other way, not just for this Creation and others but also for those he had come to know so well.

Acknowledging the presence of the Sentiment beside him, Aslan shifted his gaze, watching him. Though unspoken, the request resounded clearly, a plea that he had no intention of dishonoring. Briefly, he inclined his head, the warmth in those golden eyes no less than it had ever been.

It shall be so.

Before that moment could come, however, one thing yet remained. Undeterred by the surge of dark energies seeking to drive him out, he padded forward in silence, every step somehow seeming to shake the very earth to its foundations. He stopped just short of striking distance, unafraid of the wrath of a man who'd presumed to be more than he was meant to be.

"It was never yours to have."

Kingdom Hearts. The very light that comprised Aslan's being, the absoluteness of it that Xehanort so despised, was the very power Xehanort sought to harness. The man had knowledge, it was true. It was wisdom, however, that he was sorely lacking. In his arrogance, he had not only had the audacity to claim a heart and body that was never his for the taking, but also to attempt to overthrow the Heart of all that lived. There was no theft here other than what Xehanort himself had committed. He had walked his path and made his choices. It was now time to answer for them.