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oathbreakers[It's about midmorning, and Riku... well, Riku has gotten a bit of a nasty surprise. His room? Well. His room seems to be missing. Or, to be more precise, about half of it is. There's no longer a far wall, there's just a void of nothing in its place, nothing to look into and nothing to see, completely nondescript.
It's -unnerving,- is what it is.
Riku tries not to look at it as he scrambles to get the things he doesn't want to lose to the void--and about five minutes later, he's out the door, still in one piece, Kairi's charm safely tucked into his pocket, his comm and Soul Eater in hand.]
AUDIO
Hey, Kairi. Where are you?
[For somebody whose room just disappeared, he sounds pretty composed.This ship is getting to him.]
It's -unnerving,- is what it is.
Riku tries not to look at it as he scrambles to get the things he doesn't want to lose to the void--and about five minutes later, he's out the door, still in one piece, Kairi's charm safely tucked into his pocket, his comm and Soul Eater in hand.]
AUDIO
Hey, Kairi. Where are you?
[For somebody whose room just disappeared, he sounds pretty composed.
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Date: 2010-12-22 03:33 am (UTC)So he gives her a long-suffering sigh, dismissing Soul Eater with a smirk, and then nods.]
All right. Here, step in my hands.
[Once he would have been able to just pick her up around the waist to boost her up, but that method isn't viable any more, what with her newfound height and his... well, anyways, it wouldn't work. So Riku laces his fingers together for a stirrup, offering it to her for the boost up.]
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Date: 2010-12-22 03:51 am (UTC)She holds it gingerly as she jumps down, gripped between thumb and forefinger. For a moment, she can only stare at the design; it's a keychain, and on the end is a black heart with stylized tail, the whole thing rimmed in red.
Mute, she holds it out to Riku. This? This is decidedly not hers.]
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Date: 2010-12-22 04:33 am (UTC)There's a flash of light as the weapon transforms, changed by the power of the keychain. Now a light blue wing hooks around from the tip of the bat's wing, giving it the appearance of the bit of a key. Two wings encircle the hilt now, one a dark blue bat's wing and the other softer, like the one on the end of his sword. It's...
It's like a Keyblade.
Riku stares at the blade with mixed expressions--part of him is in awe at the transformation, but the other part can't accept what he is seeing. Finally, he glances up to Kairi, looking thoroughly stymied.]
It looks ridiculous.
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Date: 2010-12-22 05:09 am (UTC)And then he speaks.
Kairi bursts out laughing and hefts her own weapon, glancing at the floral blade and then grinning back at Riku.]
You should have seen some of Sora's.
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Date: 2010-12-22 07:11 am (UTC)This one's worse.
[But he can feel the power in the blade, and he knows he can't deny that. More power might help him to better protect Kairi--he can't just give that up because his weapon looks silly. So Riku shakes his head, resigning himself to it.]
But I think you're right, too. Even if you didn't say it.
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Date: 2010-12-22 07:58 am (UTC)[She holds out the floral blade again. She doesn't mind it. It has more than enough pointy edges and it suits her besides, but it definitely does not suit Riku.]
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Date: 2010-12-22 08:11 am (UTC)[What Riku is totally not backing up a couple steps to avoid that Keyblade what are you talking about. Except he is. Because he wants absolutely nothing to do with that flowery thing whatsoever! So he's retreating, trying to make it look like he's -not- retreating and he's -not- avoiding any contact with that Keyblade like the plague.
He's grinning as he speaks again, trying to play it off as teasing. It's probably not working very well.]
I never said that!
[Quick! Intervention techniques!]
Did you ever answer my earlier question?
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Date: 2010-12-22 08:21 am (UTC)What question?
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Date: 2010-12-22 08:27 am (UTC)That doesn't mean that Riku's not taking this out now, though.]
Whether or not you need to get anything from your room. Just in case the missing bits of the ship are spreading.
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Date: 2010-12-22 08:31 am (UTC)[She had almost forgotten.]
Yeah. Let's go.
[She doesn't dismiss the keyblade. She hasn't yet realized that she can, or know how it's done. She simply brushes past Riku and heads down the hall.]
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Date: 2010-12-22 08:47 am (UTC)[Commentlog!]
Date: 2010-12-22 09:47 am (UTC)She wastes no time. Dropping to the floor by the bed, she pulls out a small cardboard box and clutches it to her stomach. But with box, key and keyblade now in hand, she's left juggling.]
Uh, Riku? How do I...?
[She hefts the keyblade.]
[Commentlog!] whyyyyyyyyy
Date: 2010-12-23 04:15 am (UTC)Only then she's asking him how to dismiss the Keyblade.
Riku has to think about this for a long moment. It's always been a natural motion for him, something he's done without a thought. His explanation, when he speaks, is halting and disjointed.]
Well... I guess you just think about releasing it. Let go of it, and at the same time think about releasing it.
[He holds out his hand, summoning the changed Soul Eater back to it. This part is much easier, this part he knows how to explain.]
When you want it back, you just reach out and take it--you have to know and believe it'll be there for you to grasp.
[Fail explanation go!]
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Date: 2010-12-24 01:26 am (UTC)Kairi glances back into her whole-and-hearty room and bites her lip.]
Um. You can stay here, if you want.
It probably isn't safe any more but,
[She shrugs.]
Where else do we go?
[Of course, they could both always go and find other people to stay with. This possibility occurs to Kairi only when she has already begun to wonder what is really happened, and what they are supposed to do now.]