Clear my head

[reversedestiny]

Characters: Sora (reversedestiny) and you!
Setting: Floor 25
Format: Starting in brackets, I will change to suit!
Summary: Sora's done a lot of thinking since his talk with Riku. He's still trying to sort a lot of things out, but right now? He's just distracting himself.
Warnings: None so far! Will change if things change!

[Sora had been unsure of what to think since the revelation that his so-called adoptive father had stolen his name. Given Riku's appearance that one time, and how he doubts Ansem is even a popular name, he has no choice but to believe him. The logic adds up. Ugh... Too much thinking, his head is hurting. He can dwell on the whys later. Right now he just... Needs to relax.

Which is why Sora is currently sprawled out among the flowers, eyes closed. He's trying not to think, trying to push it all from his mind for now. Ugh... This sucks...]

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[reversedestiny]

[He listens, quietly. Thinking it over, what she says. So, Xehanort, who is likely his adoptive father, did a lot of bad things... but then, there's the mention of Radiant Garden...]

...Radiant Garden...? I think I read that somewhere in the castle...

[...Now it's going to bother him.]

[prayerless]

[She finally snaps out of her apparent fugue to look at Sora and smile a little.]

I'm not surprised. It's beautiful, and a very important world.

[Aqua peeks down at the ground then to touch one of the nearby flowers.] I met a very special little girl there once, named Kairi. I'd never met anyone besides Ven with so much light in their heart before.

[reversedestiny]

[All of a sudden, he's staring at Aqua.]

K-Kairi!? You know Kairi!?

[Riku had known her. She'd ended up on his island after she'd left him. But Aqua knows her? How? She'd always been at that castle...!]

[prayerless]

[Huh?

Her eyes go a little wide.] Yes. I only met her once. She was being attacked by Unversed.

Before she had to leave, I cast a spell on her -- if she was ever in danger, it would lead her to a light that would keep her safe.

Do you know something about her? [She'd really like to know if her magic actually worked. It...was kind of a special spell.]

[reversedestiny]

She was...

[...It's beginning to make sense, though, now.]

...She was there in the castle when I woke up...

[prayerless]

In Hollow Bastion?

[...wait...Radiant Garden had a--

Her hand comes up to her mouth in surprise, eyes wide.]

...Sora, do you know what was beyond the castle you lived in?

[reversedestiny]

...The Rising Falls, then... Nothing. The world was attacked by Heartless before I came, remember?

[When he said his "father" had lost his home to the Heartless. It's making sense now...]

[prayerless]

[...not really, no. She knows very little about the Heartless, honestly. Not many records of them existed in her time.

And she doesn't remember the Rising Falls, either, but...]

Radiant Garden was surrounded by water. There were a lot of fountains. [Maybe she could describe the castle...?] I was never actually inside the castle, but on the outside, there was a window where you could see a lot of the mechanisms. It looked like the inside of a clock. The walls were mostly purple, and there were a lot of points and spires coming off of it.

Does that sound a little bit like the castle you were in? [There's no way it would have looked exactly the same after ten years, especially if it was falling apart as Sora said, but it couldn't have been unrecognizable, right?]

[reversedestiny]

...Yeah. It does...

[...Ouch. He'd figured it would be that. But now she'd confirmed it.]

The Falls are the only water left, but that's because the rest of the world is gone.