towerofanimus | [first kingdom] a monstrous new arrival. (open)

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[first kingdom] a monstrous new arrival. (open)

Characters: Keiki and YOU
Setting: Dormitory second floor.
Format: ANY
Summary: oh there's a ~~unicorn~~ kirin in the tower.

welp.

wait why is it on a bed. Why did it just summon creepy demons from its trunk.
Warnings: pissy emotionally-atrophied kirin.

As far as kirins went, Keiki was hardly inexperienced at being kidnapped and contained for various nefarious purposes. Kirin were good for that. Easy to compel, easier to contain, and generally very agreeable to coercion. To a point. For being one of the youngest kirin alive, Keiki had had his fair share of illness and containment.

So when he found himself lying paralysed on a bed, hooves tearing small holes in the sheets beneath him, his reaction was a good deal more subdued than one might expect from his kind. He sat, calmly, thinking over his options and which government officials might have enough reason to take the Taiho hostage, until he could move. That was somewhat of a surprise, but he scrambled up and down onto the floor with what grace he could muster whilst tangled in sheets and bedding.

Hmph, was his first impression of the room. Not decorated much, and his bed was only one of several, all with signs of occupation. Kaiko.

The small chest at the end of his bed - his? He supposed it would do - juddered under the force of the demons contained within it, and it didn't take long to open it and release the five shadows. Angered and scared by their imprisonment away from Keiki, no matter how short the time, the dark, indistinct forms swirled around him and the room itself.

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"--Aah!!"

Holy crap there was suddenly something in front of his face and it...OK well he didn't know if it was friendly or not, but from what he could see it had come from those shadow things and was all up in his face. That was plenty to warrant a drastic response, right?

Well even if it wasn't, Ven rolled back away from the wolf and got to his feet, summoning his keyblade (http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/a/af/Lost_Memory_KHBBS.png) out behind him and getting ready to attack if need be. "You want a fight?"

Hankyo's canine huff-laughter was potentially a 'no', but the sharp command from his master was a definite refusal. He bared long fangs at Ven, but obeyed the order anyway.

"My apologies," the kirin became visible as the shadows vanished into his own. He looked rather unruffled, for all the boy was now holding some kind of weapon. "They do not appreciate being contained, Hankyo especially. You are not hurt?"

Ven's grip tightened when the wolf...thing laughed and bared its fangs; he was almost about to attack himself, but then the thing was gone and there was some kind of...other, animal thing in front of him. He relaxed and lowered his keyblade, looking at it curiously.

"Oh, no. I'm OK." ....Seriously what was this thing. And that thing. And everything. "Uh, what was that thing...?"

"Hankyo."

That was obviously a perfectly-rounded explanation that needed no further explanation, because Keiki left it there and nodded to the weapon in the boy's hand. It felt strange; the kind of strange that would usually have the kirin performing mild divination to determine the level of threat. "What is it you're holding?"

"Hankyo...? What are those?" Maybe they were some kind of special Heartless or something; it sure seemed like they would fit with them, given how shadowy they were.

Ven blinked out of his pondering of what the heck a Hankyo was when the creature gestured. He followed the nod to look at his keyblade, holding it out in front of him so it wasn't hidden behind him. "Oh, this? It's called a Keyblade. It's a weapon I use to fight the darkness."

"I see."

He didn't, but children were supposedly full of these strange generalisations, or so he had gathered from the more childish kirin. Darkness, indeed. He stepped carefully - daintily, were he not the size of a small horse - towards Ven, and lowered his head until his branched horn was almost touching the Keyblade. "May I?"

"Hm?" Ven watched the creature and glanced at his keyblade again curiously when he realized the creature wanted to touch it. Did it want to do the Rite of Succession or something? Ven was pretty sure he wasn't allowed to do that since he wasn't a Master and everything, even if he did have it memorized by now.

"Oh, sure, I guess." He added as an afterthought, holding the weapon still.

Nothing exploded or burst into flames when his horn connected, but there was a brief flash of golden light that had Keiki recoiling and huffing through kirin nostrils in muted surprise.

How odd. Keiki hadn't believed the child to be lying, perhaps just misled, but he had spoken the complete truth about what felt like a weapon of pure light. Unsettled, he shook his head to dispel the remaining sparks of light, and almost backed into the end of his bed.

Other than a muted, "Thank you," Keiki was rather stumped on what to say next. It was rare that he ever had to meet someone without a formal introduction by a third party, rarer still that the person was from another world, bearing a weapon that felt like a kirin's horn.

"--Whoah!" Ven jumped slightly and threw his empty arm up in front of his face when the light assaulted his vision. Well he had never seen the Rite of Succession properly, but he was fairly certain that wasn't supposed to happen!

Still, he and his keyblade seemed fine (though when the flash dissipated and the creature backed away, he inspected his keyblade for any kind of damage). "Oh, no problem!" He replied eagerly, though he had no idea what was going on exactly.

In fact, he was about to inquire further, when he noticed that the creature seemed a bit offset and had backed up quite a bit from what Ven last recalled. Which was weird "Is, everything alright?"

"Of course," he replied, automatically. The boy came from another world entirely, but he was undeniably similar in many ways that counted. Whilst that didn't magically improve the kirin's ability to socialise, it at least prompted an introduction in the first person. "I am Keiki."

"Oh, nice to meet you, Keiki!" Ven said with a smile, his posture relaxing once more and the Keyblade disappearing from his hand in a flash of light.

"My name's Ventus, but everyone just calls me Ven. "

Another quality kirins universally possessed: they were infinitely trusting of pure souls. It made Ven highly suitable for the request Keiki had been mulling over. He trotted back to stand in front of him, trying his best not to appear intimidating. "If it is not too much of an inconvenience, could you show me some of this tower? I will of course need to change, first."

"Sure, no problem!" Ven said, eagerly agreeing to the request. Granted he didn't know everything about the tower, but he at least knew enough to give a basic tour. Except for the new floors that had apparently appeared, but hey, it was a good opportunity to explore them at least.

"Change...?" Did Keiki have clothes or something? "Uh, sure, go ahead. I can wait!"

"Very well. One moment, please."

Quadrupeds were slightly less suited to stairs than they would like, you see. Keiki had by this time worked out a suitable way of maintaining privacy during a change: he retreated to the room's far corner, and four demons emerged from the floor and walls to screen him from view. The fifth, a feathered, winged humanoid, paused to collect a set of robes from Keiki's trunk and smile at Ven before joining the others.

A shift in the air later, and the top of a man's head was visible above the shapes of his shirei. Dressing would take a few minutes more.

Ven blinked in confusion as he watched Keiki retreat. Of course this time he opted to not peek into the room when he probably wasn't supposed to. Another blink when he saw the winged creature smile, and he gave a small wave and an unsure smile in return. He should probably figure out what those things were about while he was at it.

He waited around in the hallway a bit, and when he saw the top of a human head appear he jumped slightly. "What the--?!" OK seriously that was kind of cool but what was this thing?!

And soon enough Keiki was dressed and presentable. His shirei dutifully melted back into his shadow and he strode back over to Ven, tugging his sleeves straight.

"My apologies for my impropriety. I did not want to take longer than was necessary."

"How did you do that?!" Was Ven's immediate response when he saw Keiki walk back over, a mix of shock and amazement. It was obviously the same...being, person, whatever, so what had just happened? Did he have access to some kind of special magic or something? And you thought Keiki needed more tact.

Ven at least had the excuse of being a child. Keiki looked down at him with vague bemusement, and mulled that fact over briefly. No doubt Youko would have had something biting to say about it.

"It is an ability possessed by all kirin. Shall we go? I will answer any questions you have on the way."

"A kirin...?" Another question was predictably on Ven's lips, but then Keiki brought up the fact that yeah they should probably get going.

"Oh, right! Come on! They just put in an elevator, so we can start on the first floor and work our way back up," He stated. grinning again and motioning for Keiki to follow him to aforementioned elevator.

When they had entered the elevator, Keiki dutifully following Ven into the odd machine with no small amount of faith, he continued the conversation.

Or rather, the Q&A. With a foreign-born queen, he was at least used to explaining the basics.

"A kirin is a creature of mercy born to serve the will of Heaven. The shape I was using before is my true form. Do you not have something similar?"

"Whoah.." He didn't even understand most of that, but it sounded pretty impressive to him. Ven looked like he was in thought, but then looked at Keiki again with curiosity.

"Huh? No, I've been this way my whole life." He was 99% certain this was the truth. "I've never even heard of this 'Heaven' person before." Although they sounded quite nice, if a bit authoritative.

Deep within layers of emotional repression, Keiki choked.

"I- Heaven is not-" he stopped again, at a loss. It was something so fundamental to a kirin that he wasn't sure he could even try to explain it. After a few moments of bewildered silence, he settled for, "I see."

Ven blinked when Keiki seemed to be baffled. He frowned a bit when the silence settled, stepping off of the elevator when they arrived at the first floor.

"Is something wrong? I just never learned about that stuff when I was growing up," he admitted sheepishly.

"Anyway, this place has the kitchen," Ven began, motioning to the general vicinity that was the first floor cafeteria. "This is where all the food comes from. Although you have to eat oatmeal for your first meal for some reason. It's really weird."

"Nothing is wrong," it wasn't really a lie. If he didn't know about it, then it was likely his world simply didn't require such knowledge.

That or his education was horribly lacking, but Keiki would never be so impolite as to suggest that. At the oatmeal comment, however, he blinked. "They give no reason?"

Ven wasn't entirely sure he believed Keiki, buuuuttt, maybe it was best not to pester him about it. Although he did feel a bit bad about now knowing what Keiki was talking about now.

"Nope. Except that you can't eat anything else until you eat the oatmeal first. Otherwise you just throw it up," He added nonchalantly. Beautiful mental image there, isn't it.

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[first kingdom] a monstrous new arrival. (open)

Oh I loves me some picture linking

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icon = inner!keiki

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and then ven got a magical unicorn keychain and nothing hurt

Best. Keychain. Ever.

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aaaa sorry m_ _m

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