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K--Kairi!

[Riku sounds surprised, but also excited. What has he found?]

You've got to come see this. Deck 12--around the left side of the luggage.

[Riku's on the luggage deck, off to one side sitting on the floor. Scattered around him is an entire collection of interesting things, including a bunch of Disney movies--but what -Riku's- looking at is a game. Yeah, he's holding Kingdom Hearts I and II, and is staring at them both. There's a PlayStation 2 nearby, and you can bet he's planning on figuring out how to play these things.

What in the -worlds- has he found here?]

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[A scoff, an eye-roll, and then that oh so familiar cocky stance of the arms crossed over the chest and the head tilted to one side. Even if it's being done by your older Replica.] Nah. We could out-stubborn him any day.

[He's been known to give Vexen's rather large migraines, so he's had some practice.]

[The moment he hears Kairi's voice, his expression shifts rather seamlessly from surprise to relief. That joy only gets more pronounced when he notices that, yes, it is you, Kairi, and you're the right age.] Kairi!

[Any and all problems on his end are getting shoved aside in a heartbeat. You don't need to see him sad; it'll only make things worse.] Don't worry, you're here right on time! Now we're all together again--

[And, Sora can't really help but tease, since this is an opportunity for a joke he's never been able to make before.]--even if Riku's a little shorter than he's supposed to be!

You know that.

[Kairi's still half-smiling; Sora, you dope. You should know that.]

It's where I came from.

[The irony in Riku ending up there is not entirely lost on her. But the battle's over and people are talking. See Riku? It was all to find them! And-

Kairi laughs; Sora's face!]

[He grins.] Yeah yeah, I know. I was makin' sure you both knew. [Liar. He knew where it was, knew they knew. He's just trying to lighten the mood; that's all.]

[Oi. Looking at that expression makes his cheeks ache in remembrance. HHe rubs his face with a wince.]

So you really did come from Hollow Bastion?

[Carry on, good troll/godmage guy. Carry on.]

[Sorry, boys. The arms are being folded and she's looking squarely at you both-- although she is honestly has to fit the little smile that is twitching at the corner of her lip at Sora's teasing. Addressing Riku:]

Apparently, I'm in for another adventure that involves making sure you two don't have a contest to see who can sneak more crabs down the other one's shirt while they aren't looking. [This seems just a little more serious though. Kairi senses are tingling.]

So, what did I miss? [And you better be honest because she's pretty sick of being left in the dark with these things, okay? She's waited a year for you before-- which, by the way, that only ended when Axel decided to show up, you know?]

[What--Sora, what in the worlds are you doing there? Riku actually cracks a grin there; Sora is such a dork.]

Okay, my turn now.

[He reaches over to steal the controller back, flipping through all the tutorials and explanations as Kairi's answering Sora. He goes through the town once more and--]

Hey, where's this door lead?

[Look, he's found Merlin's place! And Sora's having another hallucination of Kairi--you seem to be having a problem with those, Sora. Riku -might- be quirking an eyebrow at you for that one.

Brings new meaning to the idea of "I see you everywhere I go."]

[Then there you go!] Doesn't seem like much of a problem to me.

So where do you come in in my future, anyway?

Mm-hmm. I only remembered after this. And well... It was different, then.

[Kairi doesn't really notice the hallucinations. It makes a weird sort of sense to her; the parts where she shows up are the same parts she vaguely remembers being aware of.

But something else is happening. Wait, that shiny round spot - They've forgotten to save! As Riku goes to leave, Kairi tugs the controller away.]

Wait-!

[Save! Oooh, 'gummi ship?' Kairi grins, and after a few button presses and some instruction screens, she proceeds to crash into every obstacle from Traverse Town to Wonderland.

She is an awesome pilot.]

[Here is where Sora chimes in and lunges for the controller.]

K-Kairi! You're gonna crash! [He's half sprawled on her lap, half on the floor, wrestling the controller into his own hands and, miraculously, steering the ship the last half a minute, to Wonderland. Unharmed. Phew.

Okay. That's done; he tosses the controls back to Kairi, fitfully ignoring all those visions. He hadn't chosen to see them. He just.. Had.]

[Riku shoots a glare towards Sora for that one--so first you're going to pull everything you did in Monstro, then you're going to remind him of the fact that in spite of everything he did, -you- were the one to wake Kairi up, and now you're going to take a stab at his -height?- Oooh, bad plan, man.

But as he folds his arms across his chest, he responds to Kairi:]

No luck there. I haven't seen any crabs here except in the restaurant sometimes.

[He actually sounds as though he regrets that a little bit!]

But I'm the one that should be asking that. You and Sora come from a year later than I do, right?

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[Riku, meanwhile, is laughing openly at Kairi's mad piloting skillz.]

I don't think you should be pilot, Kairi. I think you let one of the Heartless ships pass by without running into you.

[He's grinning now, and as they make their way through the opening scenes of the world and into an area called the Lotus Forest, things almost seem normal.]

Hehe. Well... We made it, didn't we?

[Thanks to Sora. Yeah she's going to just keep playing.

Except that she hasn't taken two steps into the Lotus Forest before she's being attacked by some fire-shooting heartless and some giant drum-bellied things which chase her all over the place.

Game!Sora promptly succumbs to darkness.]

Oh.

[Pout.

Kairi offers up the controller. Her turn is clearly done for now.]

[Sora huffs, puffs his chest, and takes the offered controller before Riku can snatch it up. Watch these mad skillz. Seriously. They'll be here in a minute. Really.]

Augh! I hate those stupid Heartless! Stupid barriers.. stupid.. fat heartless.. [Grumble. He hasn't died yet, but- but!]

[Spoke too soon. He whines, falling back dramatically as the game!him floats up, unconscious, asking for a replay.

[Riku grabs the controller without even a word. It's -his- turn now; he'll school you just like he always did on the islands, just you watch.

At first, Riku seems to be doing okay, rolling to the side and coming up behind one of them and--]

Hey!

[Getting slammed into by the other one. From there it's only a few moments until he dies as well, unable to get out of the way. Siiiiigh. They fail.

Riku frowns at the continue screen, then shakes his head and hands the controller off.]

Kairi, your turn again. Try messing with the equipment or something.

[Kairi does just that. It takes a few minutes messing with the menus, and as she's equipping things, she shoots Sora a grin.]

I didn't know you collected bangles.

[She copies Riku, jumping and dodging around and behind, especially when the things turn purple. It takes her a good while and several potions, but eventually they're all gone.

That is, until she walks into the next section.

Kairi hands off the controller to Sora.]

Your turn.

[Sora has been laying down still, this entire time. Even if he did peek up to watch Riku fail. Oh he cackled at that one. Serves him right, the jerk. But up he gets, watching Kairi as she fusses through to the next scene.]

Eheh. They're helpful?

[And suddenly the controller is back in his hand. On to find the last piece of evidence! Which he does so promptly. After all, he knew where they were. Strategically avoiding heartless for the time being, he rushes back to the Queen's area, ready to save poor Alice. Even if... Sora huffs a sigh. Riku can fight this one.]

What? Why me?

[He doesn't -want- to fight this one! He knows what happens too. After all, it's partly his fault.

But he can hardly explain -that-, can he? Sora's already made it obvious that he wouldn't understand. So Riku grudgingly accepts the controller, struggling his way through the battle with all the card soldiers. At one point, a blast of fire goes awry, hitting the queen--and suddenly half the soldiers are gone, flocking to her to make sure she's okay.

Riku grins, going back to taking down the tower. It falls quickly enough, especially with only half its protectors, and then they're turning the curtain around to reveal an empty birdcage.

Who didn't expect that?

Riku's definitely not making eye contact again, though, even as he passes the controller off. No, thanks, he'll take it again when it's -not- hitting so close to home.]

[Light all the lights? Well... Okay then. Kairi gets a nasty surprise when she has game!Sora sit down at the tea party table. But once she gets down to ignoring the heartless and focuses on finding the lamps, it's not all that hard.]

... This cat isn't very friendly.

[Ooh! It's a big battle! It doesn't take Kairi nearly as long to get the hang of this one. It's mostly jumping around, hitting the thing as much as possible when it falls down, and steering clear of the fire.]

I won!

[And she hands off the controller while she waits for her delicious cut-scene reward.]

[Cut scenes are what it's all about, man. Even if Sora is struggling through a nasty case of Deja vu. He takes the controller next.]

[Still, he sits through it, bottom lip chewed upon as the game version of himself locks the keyhole. Out pops the gummi piece! And onto a new world is it? I think so.]

Uhh... Did I go to the Jungle or the Coliseum next... [He ponders over it for a moment, but in the end, Deep Jungle it is. He sighs.]

It was totally Donald's fault. [Crash. He winces again. Yeah. That had hurt like a mofo. Stupid treehouse.]

You don't have to play them in the same order you went there, you know. (8|)

[For the most part, Riku's not piping up too much throughout this level, though he -does- give another eyebrow lift when Sora's hallucinating Kairi again. Jeez, man. Even if Kairi's heart -was- within yours, that's just getting ridiculous.

He -does- notice how Sora tells Tarzan that he's looking for both him and Kairi, though. And for a moment, he starts to question things.

But then they're moving on and Sora's finding the slides around the campsite, and for some odd reason one of them seems familiar.

Riku nudges Kairi.]

Was that because of you, then?

Yeah, sure.

[Kairi grins. She might've failed piloting in the game, but Sora crashed for real. When Riku speaks, she nods.]

I think so. I - heh - That place is a lot like home.

[Though home never had hippo-stepping-stones, or a tree-house full of gorillas.

It's hardly surprising when Clayton turns out to be a bad guy. Well, Kairi isn't surprised.]

He's... Not a very good liar.

[A snake? Really?]

[Sora shrugs it off, tongue bitten between his teeth as he battles off against Clayton.]

He is. I didn't like him from the start. He's just reaaaally creepy, in my opinion. [Well. Sure he'd gone along with Tarzan and Jane, but still. Never did like him.]

[He hands the controller off to Riku, once Clayton was over and done with. He can play next.]

[Fine, fine, it's his turn. Riku takes the controller, navigating his way through the ridiculousness that is the cavern to the Keyhole. Oh look, more cutscenes and friends in your heart, how very meaningful and--wait. Waaaaaaaaaitwaitwaitwaitwait.

What is this? Why are they back in Hollow Bastion? Riku's getting a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. He'd managed to avoid telling Kairi about his hand in Maleficent's plots, even -through- when he was cursed to tell the truth. Is it all about to come out here?

But luckily for him, he's safe. He can't be seen, they can't know that he's the one who brought Alice into the room. Riku relaxes, but it shouldn't be too noticeable.]

All right, I guess I'm doing the last world then.

[Ready set let's fly to Olympus Coliseum!]

[Kairi is oblivious. She's smiling. Despite what had happened the last time she'd had a conversation like this, it still makes her smile. She'll carry her friends in her heart, so no matter where they go, she'll never lose them. Nothing will change that.

But Riku is already beating up barrels and then-]

Hey! Wasn't he here?

[Blue flames for hair? That can't be good news. And Sora's taking a games pass from him?]

Sora!

[She sounds exasperated, but she's still grinning. He should know better than to take stuff like that.]

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[011//Audio & Commentlog] More 4th wall fun :D

Well when you think in the same way, it's bound to happen :3

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=| Youuu twwwwo....

pretend this is a good eyebrow-quirking icon! XD

It is the best. XDD

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IT'S ALL SORA'S FAULT I PROMISE

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