In which the entire tower collectively goes OH SHIT

[tempustemporum]

Characters: The entire tower. PARTY POST.
Setting: Take a wild guess.
Format: Either or.
Summary: The tower has been reduced to one room, and it's chock full of monsters. Who you gonna call?
Warnings: Lots, the least of which being language...


[Well, ladies and gentlemen, shit dun hit the fan.]

[The tower has been condensed to one room with pretty much nothing in it. This post? Do whatever in it. General reactions. Go. ...As for Ienzo, he's just kind of sitting in the corner, head in his hands.]

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[reversedestiny]

[Sora quietly goes after the other, brutally battering it with blows from his Keyblade. He doesn't let up, not wanting to give it a chance to hurt him, even though a small, green creature is darting between the two boys, spattering Cures between them. Hope you don't mind the Green Requiem, Riku.]

[justabignobody]

[Well, he does kind of mind, or would anyway if he had the time to care; right now he just accepts the cure spells and and lets that magic wash away wounds and exhaustion as he concentrates on the Nobody before him.

He doesn't rush in carelessly - instead he waits for the Berserker to try taking a swing at him, before he slips forward, Soul Eater up high, and all it takes is a twist of his wrist to place the first hit. He follows up with a combination of hits, just until the Berserker has about enough and swings it's Claymore at him, catching him at his left side before he can back out into safe distance.]

[reversedestiny]

[Sora takes note of Riku's injury, but he's too busy dealing with his own enemy. He dodges the claymore blade, rolling around behind the creature and continuing his brutal assault until he finishes it off.]

Be more careful! Watch your enemy's movements!

[This is basic, Riku. Keep up. But then, Sora here has been trained to fight over years and years, not just picking it up as he went along.]

[justabignobody]

[Had it been anyone else making that comment, Riku might have joked that it's rather hard to 'watch' anything when you are blindfolded; but with that reprimanding him, he just presses his lips together and ignores the other, instead deciding to take advantage of the damage dealt to him and unleash his limit break; with that hit just now and what's left of his exhaustion from before, he's reached just the point where he can tap into that power.

Calling onto both, the darkness and he light inside him, he tenses in anticipation of the increase in power and speed, then wills himself just behind the Berserker, Soul Eater high and glowing blueish and he races at his opponent.]

[reversedestiny]

[Sora has busied himself with some other nearby monsters, but he does keep a close eye on Riku as he takes on his own enemies. He'd never been aware Riku could be as powerful as that, and for a moment, envy flares up. While he enjoys his life, and living with his father, there are more than a few spots he hates in his past and would love to trade for Riku's relatively simple and peaceful life. But he pushes that want down, channeling it into brutal attacks on some nearby Dusks--the normal kind, mind you.]

[justabignobody]

[His life, simple and peaceful? Not in the last one and a half years at least.

Riku pays no attention to the maybe!replica and whatever had him riled up at this particular moment, instead he keeps teleporting and rushing at the Nobody from different angles until a blade of light envelops the Soul Eater. It takes just one strike to take down what's left of the Berserker and he uses what hits of his limit he has left to take out any other surrounding enemies. He lowers Soul Eater a little, reaching down to his coat pocket to pull out an elixir when a new scent of darkness hits his senses and he turns his head just in time to see that Invisible slash its sword at him.

It's only instinct that saves him, instinct that makes him pull his hand up instead, makes him close it around the cloth of his blindfold and tug.

Not even a second later, the Darkness is already overtaking him, closing around him like a cocoon.

...He really would have preferred not having to resort to this.]

[reversedestiny]

[Compared to his? It's probably gone a hell of a lot smoother overall. But that's neither here nor there.

Sora is in the midst of finishing off a group of Dusks when the chill of darkness catches his attention. He quickly turns, eyes going wide as he watches the other become enveloped in darkness. He can only stand and stare, watching as events unfold.

...What is going on?]

[justabignobody]

[Probably. But neither of them knows so...

The darkness washes away, revealing a taller figure with dark skin and amber eyes, a black cloth dangeling between the fingers of his left hand. He takes a step back when the Invisible takes another swing at him, dodging the attack as he twists Soul Eater to slash it across the chest.]

[reversedestiny]

[...Sora doesn't know how to react. That is-- But it can't be. That was-- Sora stares a moment more, then the rage overflows. How dare he take his father's form. He lets darkness wrap around him, forming the familiar suit that amplifies him and then rushes in to help end the Invisible. Except where his slashes and stabs were concentrated before, now they're wild.

And when that monster goes down, Sora will quickly turn on Riku.]

How do you know him!? How do you know my father!?

[justabignobody]

[Riku takes yet another step back, letting the other take care of the Heartless and stepping out of the range of his wild swings; really, he has no idea what triggered that just now.

The only thing betrays his shock is the slight widening of his eyes and the way his body tenses even more... just what...?]

Your father!?

[...There's no way he could be talking about Ansem, no way... right?]

[reversedestiny]

You look just like him! What's your connection to him!?

[He won't strike, but he's itching to. He's angry--why does Riku look like him? What's going on?]

[justabignobody]

[Riku frowns down at him, trying to wrap his mind around that particular new piece of information... and after a moment, he pulls up the black cloth again and re-ties his blindfold - he'd rather give up on the additional strength than have this particular conversation in that body.

...But... to be honest, he has no idea how to even start, what to say, what to ask, especially considering that he has other things to focus at this moment, when they are surrounded by so many enemies, including but not limited to Heartless and lesser Nobodies.

He needs to focus on that right now, on getting himself and Naminé (and whoever else he can) out of this room alive. Everything else can wait.]

That's not your business.

[reversedestiny]

Of course it's my business! My father's raised me the last nine years of my life!

[But he does see how this is a problem. They're in no condition to speak, so you'll be let off the hook for now, instead taking his frustrations out on enemies.]

[justabignobody]

Whatever.

[He turns away, walking off - he can't deal with this now, can't wonder about this right now. And he knows he'll keep wondering, if he keeps staying around this guy.]