Sora ☄ 003 ☄ When the darkness took shape

Dec 14, 2010 00:29

Who: skyofhope and createsoblivion
When: Friday, December 10th
Where: Espoir, cottage 13
Style: First
Status: Closed~

[It had taken him a few minutes to find the papers he was sure he had but eventually he'd located them in his desk drawer underneath a stack of construction paper and crayons. As he made his way out to Espoir from the lakeside cottage he lived in Sora ( Read more... )

aqua, sora, !location: espoir

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createsoblivion December 14 2010, 07:41:16 UTC
[Aqua had paced a little while in her room, only leaving to find herself something warm to drink- and maybe to take her mind off the jumbled mess that her thoughts had become.]

[Her clasp- Eraqus' symbol. The Mark of Mastery sigil. What ties did it have to her future, Sora's past, so on and so forth. Sure it was slightly.. different, but to look so similar to something full of such evil was just unthinkable. And yet here she was, about to get what was hopefully, a good bout of insight on the matter.]

[It was the knock on the door that pulled her from her reverie of standing at the kitchen counter, cooling mug of hot chocolate in hand-- Sora had arrived. She fetched the door and stood aside to let him in.]

Come on in. [Smiles all around.]

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skyofhope December 14 2010, 07:56:10 UTC
[He knew that the reports didn't have the symbols on them at all but obviously the creation of Heartless and Nobodies had something to do with keybearers - the three of them in particular. These reports had been scattered across worlds and they were very important but Sora felt as though he could trust them with the knowledge. They'd been protecting the worlds before he knew about them and for a lot longer, no way would they want Kingdom Hearts for evil intent.

Plus this was a chance to learn more from someone who actually studied to be a keyblade wielder, the least he could do was help them figure out what might have happened to them.

He smiles back at her when the door opened and beat his shoes against the bottom doorframe to get rid of most of the snow before entering the cottage.]

Thanks. It's nice to see you again.

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createsoblivion December 14 2010, 08:03:55 UTC
[Whether or not Aqua and her friends even really knew what Kingdom Hearts was, was very much up for debate. They'd seen it, sure. Heard what Xehanort had said. But beyond that? Not a whole lot.]

[She'll take his coat when he comes in, and hang it up on the little coat rack, before leading him further into the little home. Living room should do fine; couch and chairs good for discussion.]

[But, ever the helpful host;]

Would you like anything? I just made some Hot Chocolate if you want to warm up?

[In all honesty, Aqua would have preferred to get right to business. But her manners and morals told her very much otherwise.]

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skyofhope December 14 2010, 08:16:55 UTC
[If that was the case then Sora would gladly fill them in on everything he knew about Kingdom Hearts - what it was, what it could do, why Xehanort was after it so badly. Sure it may not have helped them back home but at least they'd know while they were here.

With his coat gone Sora was left with his dark blue sweater and fingerless gloves that held the small stack of papers.

A small shake of his head.]

No, I'm okay. Took a sleigh over so I wasn't out in the cold very long.

[So instead he held out the reports for her to read through.]

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createsoblivion December 14 2010, 08:34:59 UTC
[She nods lightly, eyes already drawn down to the papers in his hand. She hesitates, before reaching out to take the stack. It wasn't too large, but sizable enough to keep her busy for bit. She was a quick reader, at least.]

And.. You found these on your journeys?

[She sits back down against the couch, motioning for him to take a seat wherever, eyes already scanning over the first page, brow seemingly stuck in a soft crease.]

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skyofhope December 14 2010, 08:41:44 UTC
[Twenty-six pages worth of information that he hadn't really understood the first time he attempted to read them. A year later and the information was a whole lot clearer to him. It had been a while since he'd read either sets but he knew the general knowledge they held.]

Yeah, they were scattered across the worlds I visited.

[The boy practically flops onto the nearest seat which just so happened to be a single person chair. He waits in silence while she reads, ready to answer any question she might have.]

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createsoblivion December 14 2010, 09:26:26 UTC
[She's already skimmed through four pages, flipping over to the fifth within the minute. Trying to figure the Darkness- it's secrets, these.. Heartless beings. The creatures that Sora and his friends had to fight. Pure Darkness, or.. The Darkness left over. Similar, and still so different from her own time's enemy.]

Who.. is Ansem, anyway?

[Still reading, but she'll glance up at him regardless.]

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skyofhope December 14 2010, 10:01:17 UTC
[He'd been fighting Heartless for so long - against the Darkness creatures from the moment he got the keyblade that at one point he'd forgotten that they hadn't always been around. Terra and Ven had fought against something called Unversed and Sora had never seen one of those before.]

The real Ansem was the ruler of Radiant Garden. He was a scientist and a scholar. That first report was the only one he wrote from that first set, when he realized just what his experiment was doing he wanted to stop. Xehanort had other plans though and got rid of Ansem so he could continue the Heartless project and started using Ansem's name.

[The explanation came easy now that he knew the whole story of Ansem and Xehanort.]

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createsoblivion December 14 2010, 10:19:25 UTC
[She'd just finished the final page of the first set, her frown deep set against her forehead. Aqua was going to wrinkle early, if this kept up.]

I was there, recently. Just never saw him, I guess... [She trails off again, flipping the first page of the second set.]

[This was.. even more strange. It was like the same archive, but from a different perspective.-- At least until she came to the bit about finding the original set. So Xehanort had been experimenting with the other students- in secret. Delving into the Darkness, using innocent people like that. And the mention of just some young girl being sent off from earlier. It only fueled her growing hatred towards the man.]

And he.. Xehanort. He did all this. [Not exactly a question.]

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skyofhope December 14 2010, 10:33:23 UTC
[He watches as she moves on the real Ansem's reports.]

Ansem was probably inside the castle. That's where he lived and worked. [Where Kairi lived too. Wait...did that mean that Ansem was her father? She couldn't remember anything about her time in Radiant Garden but it was possible...wasn't it?

Xehanort was a real piece of work but the man Sora knew didn't seem to care about anyone but himself and his own goals. Those same apprentices had fallen to Sora's own keyblade because they were blinded by Xemnas' lies.]

He did. After his experiments he became obsessed with obtaining Kingdom Hearts. The Heartless version tried to do it with the seven princesses and the Nobody version collected the hearts I had released from Darkness - thousands of hearts.

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createsoblivion December 14 2010, 10:40:44 UTC
[She paused her reading once more to look up. All the hearts Sora had released- they'd all been stolen back and used for more evil? That must have.. been an interesting turn of events for the boy.]

Kingdom Hearts. The largest heart- of all the worlds, like they talk about in here, right? [She motions to the papers]

What did they want with it? What did Xehanort want with it... Could such a thing really grant you enough power to.. I don't know. Rule everything? To destroy or create?

[She's almost talking to herself by now.]

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skyofhope December 14 2010, 11:02:05 UTC
[For a moment he didn't know what to do when he learned about what they were doing. He'd been lost and confused and even a little broken. All this time they'd been using him to collect hearts - to create Kingdom Hearts just so Xehanort could change the worlds in his image. Donald and Goofy had helped him realize what he needed to do - and fast.]

Yeah, I think they mention it a few times in the reports. [A single nod of his head.]

Kingdom Hearts - the heart of all of the worlds, the heart of everything. They wanted its power to change the worlds into what Xehanort wanted it to be and he'd be the one in charge. Eternal darkness is what he wanted but what he found when he opened the door was light and the Heartless version couldn't take such power. Xemnas got a hold of some of the power but we defeated him before he could do anything with it. It really does have power and wisdom beyond imagination and I've been trying to protect it from Darkness and those who'd use it to do horrible things.

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createsoblivion December 14 2010, 11:22:00 UTC
[A noble cause, Sora. One she would gladly go into battle for, with you.]

[Aqua lets the papers drop to her lap for the time being, sitting back against the couch as she listens. So the enormous moon she'd seen over Xehanort back then; Kingdom Hearts. However he had continued on- younger and all, she wasn't sure. But he was still eventually after the same thing. Power, the ability to change everything. To drown the worlds in Darkness.]

What I want to know.. How did he create a Heartless of himself, and yet still retain the memories. The entries just.. skip from before and after- understandably but...

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skyofhope December 14 2010, 11:34:11 UTC
[He would proudly stand beside her and the other keybearers to fight against Darkness of any kind that threatened the peace of their worlds.

When she stops reading Sora sits up straighter in the chair wondering just what was going through her head. Ven and Terra hadn't said much about what they were fighting against except the general Darkness and creatures known as Unversed.]

I'm not exactly sure how he did it but I think he had a strong heart. Covered in Darkness - but exceptionally strong. Like Ansem said in one of his reports he was a smart man who learned quickly so it might even be possible that he had to re-learn everything from his own notes. There's no dates on the reports so what time might have gone by is mostly lost to us and all we have to go off of is the time Kairi came to the islands when we were five and when the worlds started disappearing at fourteen.

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createsoblivion December 14 2010, 11:41:52 UTC
[As far as Aqua knew, neither Ventus nor Terra knew the full extent of what they were up against. Aqua planned to keep it that way until deemed necessary. They didn't need to know the hardship and sorrow that came from it all. How broken they'd all become. -And even then. Aqua didn't know the half of it.]

[Five year old Sora. He'd been about that age when she'd seen him, hadn't he? Had she just.. missed it? She must have.]

I saw her then. Before she left Radiant Garden... I saved Kairi from the Unversed that attacked her- she was fine, then.

[Maybe if she'd stayed a little longer- maybe she could have stopped the poor girl from being sent from home, her memories wiped completely.]

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skyofhope December 14 2010, 11:56:57 UTC
[Xehanort was a monster - a cruel, powerful, obsessed beast who just didn't seem to go away. Sora had given him chances to repent for everything...to stop everything he was trying to do but the man had refused so Sora had taken his life, both of them.

It had been so long ago but he could still remember when she first appeared on the island. He was surprised to hear that Aqua had known her back then - even briefly.]

She was safe with us on Destiny Islands when Radiant Garden fell. Her time with us actually gave me enough time to become stronger so I could save them all and keep Kingdom Hearts sealed up longer. When Darkness came her heart might've left her body but it didn't go where it was supposed to, instead it rested in mine where it was safe.

[And he hadn't even known it until possessed-Riku pointed it out to him. Subconsciously his hand moves to where his heart beat in his chest.]

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