001/ Start of a New Journey

[wayward_faith]

Characters: Ventus and you lovely people of vatheon
Location: Plaza
Time: Morning/early afternoon
Style: Any is fine!
Status: Open like a book~

[Ventus was shuddering; so c-c-c-cold...! He was attempting to move, his armor that had protected him from falling off a sheer cliff having been frozen solid and broken in multiple places, particularly his poor

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lol confusion tiem

[lockandkeyblade]

[Sora does a double take. He's been hanging around the plaza on occasion, helping out any newcomers as he comes accross them... but here's a new face he didn't expect to see quite yet. And certainly not in armor either. Still, that face and voice is unmistakable. Roxas's arrival here is not unwelcome, and he approaches the boy with a towel in hand and a reassuring smile. Looks like he's been through a lot.]

Here. Take this.

Confusing reigns supreme! 8D

[wayward_faith]

[Ven grins up a bit at the boy offering a towel to him, but... wait, what?! That voice... sounded eerily like the one Vanitas has... minus the malice behind it. He blinks, slightly confused.]

Yeah, thanks.

[He accepts the towel and chuckles a bit nervously, lightly brushing at his armor and it vanishes, revealing a still slightly frozen Ventus.]

I'm Ventus; but everyone calls me Ven. Who're you? You seem...familiar, somehow.

[lockandkeyblade]

No problem. I was wondering if you'd be coming here.

[But Sora's grin falters a little.]

Ven? Don't you mean Roxas?

[What- was there a name change somewhere along the way? Maybe he's from a different time like the others.]

[wayward_faith]

[...Ventus blinks more. Good Light, this was confusing.]

No; who's Roxas?

[lockandkeyblade]

[Okay. Grin's gone. Now Sora's just concerned.]

You... You're Roxas.

[wayward_faith]

[...This guy must be either high, or confusing him for someone else. Ven was leaning towards the latter.]

No, like I just said. I'm Ven. Though, your voice does sound familiar... but it can't be; Vanitas is pure evil...

[But wait, this feeling... This light...]

[...Now he was a confused and unthawing Ven who was now sneezing up a storm.]

[lockandkeyblade]

[Oh no. That must be it. He's lost his memory. Not him too... What's with this place?]

Did you hit your head or something?

It's me. Sora. You know. Your other? And I'm pretty sure I'm not pure evil...

[Sora backs up a little bit to get out of sneezing trajectory. Cold. Amnesiac. And now sick. Poor guy.]

IN WHICH SPOILERS ARE MENTIONED. 8D

[wayward_faith]

[Ven frowned. Wait, Sora...?]

Hey, I remember you. You're that newborn heart that helped me when I needed it most!

[...Now if he'll stop calling him Roxas. Ugh.]

[lockandkeyblade]

[Some of the confusion makes way to a stranger, more subtle feeling of acceptance. And maybe connection.]

Newborn... heart?

I don't think I know what you're talking about.

[He doesn't think it's a lie. Just... is uncertain.]

[wayward_faith]

[Ven nodded. ...Wow, not only had he come to a new place suddenly... but maybe, just maybe, he'd also traveled the sands of fuckin' time.]

Yeah... The dark half of my heart was taken from me, and the rest was close to fading away... but then something - your heart, I think - found me in the darkness and called out to me.

[Have a faint smile at the remniscience. If it wasn't for that... he'd never have met his best friends.]

Even though you were probably to young to remember... Thanks.

[He's wrapped the towel around his shoulders, and is now using a fire spell at the ground next to him to unthaw his legs a bit quicker.]

[lockandkeyblade]

[Sora feels something stir inside of his chest, maybe a sense of confirmation that 'Ven' is right. But that goes against what he knows in his mind, that this is Roxas and there's something probably something wrong with his memory. He sighs.]

Maybe...

You said to call you Ven?

[Oh. Here. Sora's going to help out a little bit, summoning his keyblade and lending a bit of his own fire magic.]

[wayward_faith]

Yeah.

[Well, at least there was a faint light of recognition as well with that- OH HEY, WHUT.]

Whoa! You have a Keyblade? Who's your Master?

[He grins up at Sora, Wayward Wind appearing in his own hand. ...Probably a good idea to use a medium for his fire magic so he doesn't get burned on accident- wait, why was he doing this the hard way when he could just style change? Ven facepalmed at his stupidity and casts Fire until his aura changes to that of the same fire he was casting, and sighing with relief as the flames around him tickled away the ice.

...This'd probably freak Sora out a bit.]

[lockandkeyblade]

Yeah, I've got a keyblade. [You should know this already, Roxas.]

Master... You mean like a teacher? I don't have one. Most of it I just kinda learned on my own. Merlin and Donald and Mickey helped a lot too.

Am I supposed to have a master?

[He briefly forgets his own question as Ventus demonstrates his abilities. Sora is suitably impressed.]

Woa- how'd you do that?

[wayward_faith]

[But he's not Roxas! /pout]

Yeah, like a teacher. Someone's who's acheived the Mark of Mastery-

[...Self-taught? Merlin, Donald and Mickey?] Hey, I've met them! Mickey's a friend of mine! He kinda...saved my rear once.

[He grins, but it fades at the next question.]

Yeah... Someone to show you the ropes and what you can do with the Keyblade besides simple spells and stuff, like this Command Style.

...Tell ya what; why don't I teach you how to use the Keyblade properly in exchange for you telling me more about this place? Like... where are we, for instance?

[lockandkeyblade]

[You know... Roxas sure knows a lot for an amnesiac. Too bad Sora didn't get a chance to learn all this stuff from Roxas before they'd merged. Finally! Finally he gets a real teacher! There are no words for how cool this is.]

Yeah! It's a deal!

[He holds out his hand to Roxas.]

Welcome to Vatheon, R... Ven. I'll run you through the basics.

[wayward_faith]

[Pfft, Like Roxas knew any of this shit. Hey, if the real Roxas ever shows up, maybe Ven'd teach 'im, too!

And that was all that was left of the ice, and being soaked to the bone. Ven laughes a bit, taking Sora's hand as the fire aura vanishes without a trace.]

Alright, Sora. [He grins.] And I'll give you a crash course in Keyblade wielding.