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Characters: Sora [OU], OPEN!
Setting: Multiple places, at various points during the week (May 5-11-ish).
Format: Action preferred, but I'm fine with prose as well!
Summary: Sora, bored out of his mind, decides to restart the map-making project he was helping Zack with ages ago. Which means exploring. Which means probably getting into trouble. Meanwhile, Excalibur is looking for new friends!

This log has a few different options, but as Sora will probably be going to or passing by nearly all the floors in-between, feel free to leave a comment set on a floor I haven't made a scenario for (though I'd prefer to avoid floors too far beyond floor 50, since I may do another post with those later). I've been very out of the loop RP-wise lately and I'd really love to rebuild Sora's CR, so any and all interactions are welcome!
Warnings: Nothing so far, but I'm open to fighting/character death if monster fights or whatever end up happening, and will update accordingly.

[For the next few days, people who are wandering around may run into a young boy, wearing clothes that are now a few sizes too small for him, carrying around a pencil and a few sheets of paper he probably snagged from the mailroom. He's cautiously traveling through various floors, scribbling notes every now and then as he goes. Though he looks busy, he's also probably a little bored - wandering around by himself isn't all that much fun, even if he does have his strange pet, who he's officially named Excalibur, by his side most of the time. Care to bother (or let yourself be bothered by) him?]

[Floor 4 - Anytime during the week]

[Sora seems to be taking a break right now, actually, kicking back on one of the chairs and sorting through the crumpled bits of paper that were in his pockets. Maybe he's trying to put them in order? Anyway, it doesn't look like he would be too bothered if someone wanted to come talk to him.

...and even if you don't, there's a certain strange dog...cat...adorable thing hanging around Sora, on the hunt for more animal and/or people-shaped friends! If you hang around for long enough, and seem friendly, the little guy will probably run up to you looking for affection. Also, if you have a pet of some sort, he'll probably try to greet them, too. Come meet Excalibur?]

[Floor 43, May 7th]

[Thankfully Sora didn't find himself having to spend too much time on the lower floors, since he remembered most of them well enough to not need to explore them again. Some of them he stopped on again, just to check a couple of things, but some of the floors - like the one with all the screaming - he was more than happy to skip over.

But a lot of the higher floors, especially after the second block, he'd left mostly unexplored after they appeared. That was why now he was having to look a little more closely...and despite the dangers, sometimes his curiosity got the better of him. Sometimes, that didn't end so well. Now was one of those times.

If you happen to pass by floor 43, you may be met with Excalibur trying desperately to get your attention and make you stop on the floor. If you stop, the Meow Wow will lead you to one of the cells, where Sora is hanging out behind a closed door, looking not at all happy about his predicament.

Looks like someone accidentally locked themselves in.]

[Floor 47, May 9th]

[This floor is just weird. As much as Sora looks, he can't find anything but sheets and curtains hanging all over the place. What could they be for?

He also had a funny feeling about this floor, like there were things hiding all over the place. Behind the curtains, more like. It gave him the creeps. Who knows what could jump out from behind them?

Still, he wants to find out more before he leaves, and it doesn't even occur to Sora that it would be safer to just leave the sheets and curtains be. Without even thinking about it he reaches over to pull one of the curtains aside...]

[Floor 50, May 11th]

[So it looks like Sora isn't doing much exploring for the moment. Instead, he's up to something else.]

Fire!

[A burst of flame escapes from his Keyblade, landing harmlessly against the rock. He keeps firing off other spells - Blizzard and Thunder mostly - over and over again as well. Once he finds himself needing to recharge before doing more magic he practices some attacks, swinging his Keyblade towards imaginary opponents.

Want to help him practice?]

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[His first instinct is to use the momentum to move back farther and run, to do anything necessary to put distance between himself and Aleph - if there's anything he's gotten good at in the Tower, after all, it's dodging attacks - but he doesn't. This is a spar, after all, not a monster attack, and he's not gonna learn anything by running off right at the beginning. Instead, Sora tries to shift his balance, moving to the side to give himself a moment to reposition himself and block with his Keyblade until he can figure out what Aleph's going to do.]

[Aleph tends to strike for critical areas when he's using his sword, but this time, his next thrust is aimed only at Sora's shoulder. If he's right it should be harder to block with that funny key thing. If not, well, he's left an opening of his own.]

[Aleph is right about one thing - it is harder to block with a Keyblade, especially one in the hands of a still unskilled wielder like Sora. If it weren't for the fact that Sora was focused on defense at that moment, he never would have been able to move fast enough to block it - but he is, and so he does. He even spots that opening (Aqua and Riku had both told him to do that - look for openings before attacking) and aims for it, hoping that he's able to move fast enough. He's been trying to get better at controlling his movements and making them quicker, but it's still a work in progress...]

[Sora's attack connects, and pretty much bounces off Aleph's armor.]

That was a good strike.

[To be fair, ugly as it is, it was really good armor.

[He smiles when it hits, knowing full well that not too long ago he probably wouldn't have been able to pull that off. He really was getting better!]

Thanks!

[Sora allows himself a moment to catch his breath. Maybe he shouldn't, but since this isn't a real life or death situation, he isn't gonna sweat it too much.]

[Aleph takes that opportunity to try to get in a slash while Sora isn't concentrating.]

Don't let down your guard!

Woah!

[Alright, he should've seen that coming. He won't even deny that. The hit connects, but Sora refuses to slow down - it's just one hit, right? He tries to hit back, but it'll be easy to block. He doesn't really have much of an idea of what his next move should be...not yet, anyway.

He can't spend too much time thinking, though. He knows that.]

[Indeed, Aleph blocks the attack, and follows through with another swipe of his own. He's generally an aggressive combatant, though here he's had to be more cautious because of not knowing the monsters' capabilities.]