004

[justabignobody]

Characters: Riku and open to everyone from the KH cast
Setting: All around the tower; backdated to 9th - 14th April
Format: I'll match to whatever you like!
Summary: Riku needs to talk to/reassure/warn/interrogate certain people. This feeling may or may not be mutual, so TL;DR is unavoidable.
Warnings: Can't think of anything right now, will add as needed!

[With all that has happened, it's impossible not to leave things be as they are; so much is clear. Whether Riku will find you or you'll find him, is not really important at this point - somehow you'll surely find an opportunity to meet.]

[ooc: Alright, just give me a date and a place, and we'll work it out from there! /o/]

Comments

[keybearer]

Enough to hate him.

[Riku's brow furrows, and he lets out a sigh.]

Tried to spread darkness throughout the worlds, performed crazy darkness experiments, attempted to take over my body, and eventually got burned by the light in Kingdom Hearts.

[justabignobody]

[He nods to himself.]

Anything about his background?

[keybearer]

[He shakes his head.]

Nothing that wasn't covered in the reports.

[justabignobody]

[He nods again; he's wanted a starting point and he's certainly got it now.]

...Ansem... or rather the man we know under that name, is a fake. He was an apprentice under the ruler of Hollow Bastion... Radiant Garden, the real Ansem, and only took it up shortly before becoming a Heartless. His true name is Xehanort.

[keybearer]

Xehanort...

[Wait! He can't mean...]

You mean he's--

[But that wouldn't make sense. That guy seemed like he was from another time entirely. And he's so much... older.]

[justabignobody]

[But unfortunately, that's exactly what he means.]

You've met him, right? That old man...

[After all, Xehanort had known about there being two of them in this place... two Rikus.]

From what I've found out... he possessed someone and then lost his memory before arriving in Radiant Garden.

[As for who that possessee had been... that's not really important, right?]

[keybearer]

[He nods, looking away from his double.]

...So it's just like Ansem. I should've known.

[But that means Ansem was once a Keyblade Master. That thought alone is horrifying.]

[justabignobody]

[It is, isn't it? It had taken this 'ku a while too, to really come to terms with the horror. Not that he'd admit to that sort of thing.

He shrugs.]

There is no way any of us could have known.

[Not without having been there at least.]