30th Rainfall - Action/Video

[asapphireheart]

[Aqua walks tired out of the catacombs, watch loosely held and recording the ground but her boots should be recognizable. She sighs softly and walks to the street, sitting beneath a lamp and watching the stars. She wraps her arms around herself against the chilly evening air and then glances at the watch.]

I'm... back, I guess. I don't remember

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[limitless_land]

That depends. Will we be working on something that's guaranteed not to cause more freezing than we'd suffer from just by going outside? [He's kidding.]

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[limitless_land]

Hm. Fair enough.

Come to think of it, didn't I make a promise? [Should he come over and tel her, or...? Hm. All the decisions.]

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[asapphireheart]

A promise? I know you and Sora were going to look after each other.

[Go ahead, tell her Riku 8D]

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[limitless_land]

[Heh.] I meant to you, just as the zombies showed up.

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[asapphireheart]

Right.

[She nods.]

Things have definitely calmed down now.

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[limitless_land]

Yeah. [He pauses.] Want me to come over? I doubt this is something that should be said over any device.

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[asapphireheart]

Yeah, better done in person. My door is always open.

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[limitless_land]

I'll be over in a few minutes, then.

[He closes the watch, walking out the door and... composing himself the best he can as he makes his way over. Soon enough, though...there's a knock at the door. At least this time he remembered the way, I mean-]

Action~

[asapphireheart]

[And Aqua let's him in within a couple minutes of him knocking.]

That was quick.

action forever~

[limitless_land]

I can be when I want to.

[He waited patiently, now walking in with a neutral expression. The big question: where to start?] What would you like to know?

[asapphireheart]

I don't even know what to ask. What all have a missed in ten years?

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[limitless_land]

Xehanort almost winning twice-either as a Heartless or a Nobody. [...was that a bit of guilt in the first part?]

What happened in February and March... That was the effect of what else lurked inside me, because of my weakness. Until recently, it wasn't just my own darkness that I had to balance out like you noticed when Ila and I switched bodies. "Ansem" acted through me until Sora cut him down in front of the door to darkness.

The worlds were almost eclipsed completely, and I helped him do it.

[limitless_land]

[Riku can't keep eye contact for a moment, letting that sentence--that confession--hang in the air before he speaks again. When he does, there's a dark fire burning in his eyes.]

Then I sealed him within my heart in Castle Oblivion, and while Sora was forced out of the picture, I learned of Nobodies and the humanoid ones that made up the Organization--a group of incomplete people who were collecting hearts to create Kingdom Hearts under his Nobody's leadership. If you heard anyone mention 'the Superior,' that's who they meant.

I have no idea how many were lost because of them, but I do know one thing: 'Xemnas' was no match for Sora and I. [Nevermind that he got horribly, horribly injured and couldn't walk on his own for a while there because of taking a hit meant for his friend. W h o o p s.]

...That's the short version.

[asapphireheart]

[That... certainly was a lot of take in, even for a short version. Xehanort never gave up, did he? Aqua, Terra and Ven had given up everything to fight him before and now? Was it all pointless?]

You did help him, but you're not anymore. I'm glad.

Why did they want Kingdom Hearts though? The power it contains... It's too much.

[limitless_land]

Let's just say when he took over, I... came to my senses.

[Well... something made it easier for them to kick him back into the hole he crawled out of.]

Ansem, the Heartless, wanted it's power to conquer all worlds in the name of darkness. Xemnas sought it to recreate the worlds as he saw fit. Sora, Donald, Goofy and the King jumped in and stopped him from succeeding. But... something's been bothering me.

When our fears came out of the mirrors... that Xehanort was much stronger than the Heartless that overtook me and the Nobody Sora and I destroyed. ...How was that possible?