Endgame: This Broken Jaw of Our Lost Kingdoms; Part Two

[animusmods]

Characters: open
Setting: travelling through dead worlds
Format: any
Summary: The power has gone out, but a portal opens. Maybe all is not lost if you can gather up those who are missing...
Warnings: general animus endgame warnings

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[keybearer]

The fact that Riku's body remains wireframe should speak volumes about the situation. His soul projects an image of himself, the only indication of who he used to be. Cracking a small, weak smile, Riku shakes his head and steps closer.

"It's no dream. This portal opened up back in the tower. That's how I wound up here."

He looks around, reaching for his chin.

"There's gotta be a reason why this is happening... Maybe that wasn't the only portal." But that's just a guess. Either way, the only way to go is forward at this rate. Forward into the unknown.

[averytinyparticle]

"A-A portal?" Quark tenses and he looks around frantically as if to find it--not that the portal is within the same room they're in. He puts his thinking hat on quite literally, lifting the clunky object out of his lap and stationing it over his head. After a moment of quiet contemplation he blinks away the last of his tears and stands.

He's still shaken and scared and confused, but there's no reason he can't try and be helpful! His grandpa may be dead, here, but...he raised him to be the best that he could be, and even now Quark was going to honor that.

"Zo's the one that brings everybody from their worlds to the Tower, right? So...so he could be doing it, right? I dunno why but..."

He shuffles his feet, looking down. "Either way I'm happy not to be alone anymore."

so sorry this is late! I got a little busy s

[keybearer]

At that, Riku cracks a smile, crouching down so that he's closer to Quark's level. He may not be Sora, but he can at least try to keep a positive attitude for the kid's sake. Besides, there's still hope, and he'd be stupid to let his own cynicism blind him from that fact.

"Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere, all right? Why don't we stick together until we get to the next portal? Bet if we put our heads together, we'll find it in no time flat."

Besides, maybe it'll keep his mind off of the surrounding death. Focusing on something constructive makes even darker situations a bit more bearable.