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towerofanimus2012-10-05 01:00 am
justabignobody) wrote in towerofanimus2012-10-05 01:00 am
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Characters: Riku (justabignobody), Various and Open
Setting: right after this, and the days following it
Format: Start off action, but I'll go for what's preferred.
Summary: [A] Escape =/= being safe. Clearly, the situation requires an adult, so Riku drags Xion to see the only person who probably fits all his requirements [B] Riku reports to the Higher Forces. [C] Paranoia is still a thing (or well... even more a thing than usual), but when has that ever stopped Riku from going through his day.
Warnings: None as of now? Will be updated as needed.
[A | Room 03-04 | Locked to Xion, Terra and the Anguished One, if they feel like being woken by exhausted Keybitties]
[If Riku were to think about it, he wouldn't be able to think of the last time he had been this exhausted; in this particular way at least - his left arm feels like on fire, the pain a constant throb on his mind and he is utterly burned out on both magic and Darkness. The only reason why Way to the Dawn is still in his hand is because he is clinging to it like a lifeline; as long as he is holding onto it he has at least something to defend himself with, even though he is not sure just how long he'd hold out, if he were to be attacked now.
Xion... doesn't really look much better - she isn't injured (not majorly at least), but the tiredness is written all over her face, and if one thing is clear, it's this. They need a safe place to stay for the rest of the night. Well... that as good as excludes both their rooms already, Xion's for obvious reasons and his just to be careful (even though he thinks/hopes he has not given himself away to Ganondorf) and leaves them... with very little.
They need someone trustworthy... someone stronger than either of them.
Someone who hopefully won't mind them knocking even though it's long past midnight.
There's... really only one person who fits that bill... and who Riku feels somewhat comfortable going to. And so he finds himself steering Xion towards the third dormitory floor, towards Terra's room.
He flinches just slightly when he lifts his left hand, pain racing across his skin, but he needs to knock and he can't let go of his Keyblade, not yet.
Not until they are safe.]
[B | Floor 29, 29th September | Locked to Zelda and Gandalf]
[It takes a while until Riku finds the strength to move and do what has to be done - his arm might still be hurting and the exhaustion drawn over his face, but his mind is clear and he is sitting on knowledge that needs to be passed on - starting with the attendance of that 'reunion' (or at least the names that he had been able to make out) as well as the plans he had come to overhear, ending with... whatever Reno had gotten himself into.
So he sneaks away to deliver some notes - neat, simple and to the point; a meeting spot, a time and a signature... he usually doesn't do things like this, but he hopes that Zelda and Gandalf will follow his invitation.
On the next day he finds himself sitting right in the middle of the garden in center of the maze on Floor 29, sorting through the information he had gathered, trying to figure how to best approach each topic. There isn't much else for him to do as he waits...that doesn't involve scratching at the bandage on his left arm anyways.]
[C | all around, 29th-30th September | Open]
[Even though he is still kind of unable to let go of his tension and can't help but stop before he enters a floor and sense for certain people, he refuses to let himself be effected more than that - he's gotten away clean after all; and even if he hadn't... by now it's too late to do anything about it.
So he spends his day as he always would (except for that little tidbit of extra paranoia of course) - wandering the floors, lingering at the libraries to look for one book or another (or pretend to anyways).
And well... if that leads to his running certain other people... he certainly won't be complaining about it.
Catch him if you can?]
justabignobody), Various and OpenSetting: right after this, and the days following it
Format: Start off action, but I'll go for what's preferred.
Summary: [A] Escape =/= being safe. Clearly, the situation requires an adult, so Riku drags Xion to see the only person who probably fits all his requirements [B] Riku reports to the Higher Forces. [C] Paranoia is still a thing (or well... even more a thing than usual), but when has that ever stopped Riku from going through his day.
Warnings: None as of now? Will be updated as needed.
[A | Room 03-04 | Locked to Xion, Terra and the Anguished One, if they feel like being woken by exhausted Keybitties]
[If Riku were to think about it, he wouldn't be able to think of the last time he had been this exhausted; in this particular way at least - his left arm feels like on fire, the pain a constant throb on his mind and he is utterly burned out on both magic and Darkness. The only reason why Way to the Dawn is still in his hand is because he is clinging to it like a lifeline; as long as he is holding onto it he has at least something to defend himself with, even though he is not sure just how long he'd hold out, if he were to be attacked now.
Xion... doesn't really look much better - she isn't injured (not majorly at least), but the tiredness is written all over her face, and if one thing is clear, it's this. They need a safe place to stay for the rest of the night. Well... that as good as excludes both their rooms already, Xion's for obvious reasons and his just to be careful (even though he thinks/hopes he has not given himself away to Ganondorf) and leaves them... with very little.
They need someone trustworthy... someone stronger than either of them.
Someone who hopefully won't mind them knocking even though it's long past midnight.
There's... really only one person who fits that bill... and who Riku feels somewhat comfortable going to. And so he finds himself steering Xion towards the third dormitory floor, towards Terra's room.
He flinches just slightly when he lifts his left hand, pain racing across his skin, but he needs to knock and he can't let go of his Keyblade, not yet.
Not until they are safe.]
[B | Floor 29, 29th September | Locked to Zelda and Gandalf]
[It takes a while until Riku finds the strength to move and do what has to be done - his arm might still be hurting and the exhaustion drawn over his face, but his mind is clear and he is sitting on knowledge that needs to be passed on - starting with the attendance of that 'reunion' (or at least the names that he had been able to make out) as well as the plans he had come to overhear, ending with... whatever Reno had gotten himself into.
So he sneaks away to deliver some notes - neat, simple and to the point; a meeting spot, a time and a signature... he usually doesn't do things like this, but he hopes that Zelda and Gandalf will follow his invitation.
On the next day he finds himself sitting right in the middle of the garden in center of the maze on Floor 29, sorting through the information he had gathered, trying to figure how to best approach each topic. There isn't much else for him to do as he waits
[C | all around, 29th-30th September | Open]
[Even though he is still kind of unable to let go of his tension and can't help but stop before he enters a floor and sense for certain people, he refuses to let himself be effected more than that - he's gotten away clean after all; and even if he hadn't... by now it's too late to do anything about it.
So he spends his day as he always would (except for that little tidbit of extra paranoia of course) - wandering the floors, lingering at the libraries to look for one book or another (or pretend to anyways).
And well... if that leads to his running certain other people... he certainly won't be complaining about it.
Catch him if you can?]
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He frowns thoughtfully, and tries to think. The name isn't familiar, and he can't recall a face...] I don't think I have.
[Go on, Riku.]
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And when Riku sits down next to her, she does scoot a tiny bit closer and leans over, grateful for the contact. She lifts her head a little - not very far and not for too long before letting it fall back down again, but enough to be a sort of quiet indicator that she is listening, or at least trying.]
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He nods at Terra, taking a moment to think, before he continues.]
In his homeworld, he is a great source of Darkness. [At least judging from what vague things Princess Zelda had told him, what he seen in her dreams and what he had sensed from the man himself.] He took over that world and plunged it into shadows.
[He presses his lips together, eyes drifting to the ground as he lets that hang in the room and remembers the grey world from Zelda's dream.]
In the last few days, he spread the rumor of a get-together for the... morally more flexible people.
[Riku is not even going to go into how he had heard of that, or why he had considered it a good idea to have ears at that event. Except maybe...]
...Xehanort attended too.
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His eyes narrow slightly when given the explanation about the meeting. He almost asked why Riku would have attended such a meeting of minds when he mentions Xehanort's presence.
That... makes perfect sense to him.] Something went wrong.
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[Riku nods, hands clenching into fists. Today was the first time he actually encountered the man in person - but nevertheless he's been aware of his presence for months... ever since Ganondorf had killed Sora in the labyrinth.
He presses his lips together as he attempts to find the words to describe what happened.]
I wasn't exactly 'in attendance'... Can't really pass myself off as one of them. [Not anymore for the likes of Ganondorf. Likely never for Xehanort.] I hid away in the Labyrinth, even after their meeting concluded... I thought it would be safer to leave after everyone else had.
[It probably would have been. He would have gotten away clean, if not for... Not that he is complaining or blaming Xion... getting her out alive is more important than getting away unidentified. (And well... he knows exactly where to lay the blame for this whole mess, but he won't mention that now. Not while Xion was awake.)]
Ganondorf and Reno... a friend of Xion... stayed behind on Ganondorf's request.
[He manages to keep his voice calm and neutral at Reno's name, but he can't keep the anger from flashing across his eyes - Reno might not have made that promise to him, but he's promised to take care of Xion nevertheless, and with Axel gone, he will have to answer to Riku about that.]
No idea what business they had before tonight- [Not that he cares about that, apart from the fact that Reno had dragged Xion into it.] -but Reno didn't keep to his end, it seems.
[Far from, given what he caught about 'betrayal'.]
Ganondorf used Xion as leverage over him. He tortured her... so, I intervened.