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[biggestnobody]

Characters: Sora, Riku, Kairi, (open to neighbors, people who see them)

Location: Casualty Communal -> Tartarus Terraces

Rating: G

Time: Dec. 24, after lunch

Description: Riku spends most of his time disappearing and getting chased after. Being world-bound doesn't change that fact. Or rather, moving houses.

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[blue_wayfinder]

Winters in the Land of Departure were wet and rainy; snow was something she'd only ever encountered in books.

Which was why Aqua had stopped middle of the side walk, one hand held out to catch the falling snow, something very close to awe in her expression. A day later and she still struck by how beautiful it was.

[biggestnobody]

He noticed her first, a bright shade of blue on the way to the shopping center.

"Aqua?" He blinked, glancing around and trotted up to talk to her. What was she doing?

[blue_wayfinder]

She turned, at the greeting.

"Riku." She smiled, lowering her hand. "Good afternoon."

[biggestnobody]

"Afternoon." He greeted back, looking at her smile and expression before tipping his head back to look at the sky and the falling snow.

"You like it, I'm guessing."

[blue_wayfinder]

"I do."

She looked back at the sky.

"It never snows where I come from, so this is my first time seeing this." She'd seen it in books, of course, but it wasn't quite the same.

[biggestnobody]

"Not even in other worlds?"

Strange, then, that she wasn't well-traveled enough to go to a world with snow. Riku himself had been to many already.

"Destiny Islands doesn't have any snow either."

[blue_wayfinder]

"Maybe it was the wrong time of year. I really only started travelling after passing my Mark of Mastery Exam." And afterwards...well. The Realm of Darkness had its own kind of coldness, but she'd rather not think about it.

"No, I don't imagine it would have." It looked too tropical for that.

[biggestnobody]

"Might be." He nodded, frowning slightly in thought. "... Mark of Mastery Exam."

It wasn't so much a statement as a query for clarification.

[blue_wayfinder]

"It's the exam all keybearers need to pass in order to be recognized as a Master."

Considering what she'd learned so far, she couldn't say she was surprised to find out he didn't know. Still...it made her wonder if she should find some time to teach him and Sora.