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limitless_land) wrote2011-12-25 12:04 am
limitless_land) wrote2011-12-25 12:04 am
Sixteenth ✰ [Accidental Video]
['sup Vatheon. You know how miracles generally happen about this time of year? Well, another just so happens to be happening right now, brought to you live by a sneaky little kitten who ninja'd his way out of the second story window and into a familiar forest. Well, at the edge of the wooded area, anyway. Just behind a bench, too.
At first all that's seen is a black glove, a finger in it twitching slightly as the first few signs of awareness before the hand clenches into a fist. The kitten mewls, white face nudging the hand gengerly. Who cares if it's damp, he missed his pet.
There's a bit of a sputtering cough, like some of the water dripped down his throat, as he wakes up, beginning to sit up. The silver hair and black cloth should be telltale signs of who it is as the Turkish Angora sits there, all pleased and proud. Yet something is different about the familiar figure, something off. To the outsider, he probably just looks disoriented and confused. The outsider has the latter part correct, at least. The other, however, is shock.]
How-? [His own jaw dropped. Riku remembers, vaguely at first, as pieces come back bit by bit. It's surprising, really, to suddenly awaken here after such a bright light, sensing Sora vaguely begin to run toward him as he lay on the ground... to a kitten he would be mowed over by an old friend if he didn't recognize.]
Kiryu? [A beat.] If you're here, then that means... [His face points at the camera...and before he can say anything embarrassing, his hand covers the SFC and it shuts off-
...Was that a Christmas bow tied to his hair and blindfold?
...That was a Christmas bow tied to his hair and blindfold. Har har, powers that be. Har. Har.]
At first all that's seen is a black glove, a finger in it twitching slightly as the first few signs of awareness before the hand clenches into a fist. The kitten mewls, white face nudging the hand gengerly. Who cares if it's damp, he missed his pet.
There's a bit of a sputtering cough, like some of the water dripped down his throat, as he wakes up, beginning to sit up. The silver hair and black cloth should be telltale signs of who it is as the Turkish Angora sits there, all pleased and proud. Yet something is different about the familiar figure, something off. To the outsider, he probably just looks disoriented and confused. The outsider has the latter part correct, at least. The other, however, is shock.]
How-? [His own jaw dropped. Riku remembers, vaguely at first, as pieces come back bit by bit. It's surprising, really, to suddenly awaken here after such a bright light, sensing Sora vaguely begin to run toward him as he lay on the ground... to a kitten he would be mowed over by an old friend if he didn't recognize.]
Kiryu? [A beat.] If you're here, then that means... [His face points at the camera...and before he can say anything embarrassing, his hand covers the SFC and it shuts off-
...Was that a Christmas bow tied to his hair and blindfold?
...That was a Christmas bow tied to his hair and blindfold. Har har, powers that be. Har. Har.]
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Riku... how do you know I haven't explored the forest yet?
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Luka will murder him in his sleep...Most of it was still only vague, yet everything is coming back rather quickly as he orients himself where he now stands, white kitten in his hands as he searches through the entire city's worth of auras. It's difficult, but he can't not recognize the 'scent' of his own best friend. Kiryu mewls in his hands, batting at the SFC playfully without - miraculously enough - pressing any buttons. Hurry, Sora! Get out of the box!]
I'm fine, Sora. That blast just took a bit out of me. [A faint smirk, and he pockets what's left of the potion.] ...How long was I gone, in Vatheon terms?
[DOES THIS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YA DERP?]
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It was nice knowing you buddy.He's hurrying, little buddy. He's hurrying just as fast as his short little leg's can carry him, okay? In fact, he's hurrying so fast that he doesn't even bother to answer. The camera of the SFC takes in him entering the park and racing off towards the forest. And once he reaches the edge of it? He skids to a stop, breathing heavily, leaning over with his hands planted firmly on his knees.
And once he gets his breath back? Then he'll answer.]
Three days. [Three and a half, to be exact. Three and a half miserable, sad days. Things he found out during those three and a half days? He's kind of lost with out someone there with him. He's spent the last two years with Goofy and Donald as his constant companions, and before that (and after) it had been you and Kairi by his side. When it was just him? He wasn't quite sure what to do.
And heading into the forest. Determined to find you. And thankfully searching his memories banks, and finally landing on the time frame he's pretty sure you came from.]
Riku... what's the last thing you remember?
[LOOK, OKAY, HE JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU WEREN'T PULLING A DERP MOVE LIKE HIM.]
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IF YOU WANT STORY TIME YOU WLL ACCEPT YOUR PART OF THE BLAME IF HE EVER COMES BACK.Kiryu cheers on Sora and his little legs, giving an approving look as he moves from Riku's arms to climb onto Riku's shoulder... sort of. The blindfold looks like a fun toy, okay? They're both waiting, sort of. Since he is walking, seemingly away from where he was and to where he can sense his friend. Sora may not see it, but when he closes his eyes completely... he can sense that heart his is so strongly tied to so much clearer. Just like the King had said so very long ago...
Which reminds him so very much how much he suffered while separated.
'What I last...']
The outline of your clown shoes. About two or three feet from my face.
[LIKE HE COULD PULL OFF YOUR LEVEL OF DERPINESS, BRO.]
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FINE. HE WILL ACCEPT EXACTLY HALF THE BLAME. BUT THE OTHER HALF IS ALL ON YOU.Sora always saw those things, Riku. The bonds that had formed between them long ago were like strings, linking them together. There were many different colors and many different meanings, and while some were thicker than other's and come carried more damage, they were are strong. All unbreakable. There would never be anything strong enough to sear them.
Sora had always been able to see it, even when they were younger, before their journey's had even begun. Didn't you ever wonder why Aqua's question was so easy for him to answer? Because he didn't even have to think. Riku was his friend. He had been since before he could even remember and he always would be.
He spotted a streak of black through the trees, moving in the opposite direction he currently was, and cut through, using a small path created naturally. The black was broken by a small spot of white and he smiled as he and the cat's eyes met.
Don't be alarmed if Kiryu suddenly jumps from your shoulder and scurries across the forest floor, Riku. Because as soon as he does Sora is already bending down, scooping him up the second he gets close enough, already having cut the connection between him and Riku on his SFC and placing it back in his pocket.
And for a moment, one very brief moment, he just stands there, as if he isn't sure if he should yell or hug you and welcome you back. But after everything he had read in the journal you left, after learning about everything you had done for him, he couldn't bring himself to yell. You had given up so much, just to bring him back. You had gone through so much, had suffered to no end, because of a decision he had made.
Because it had been easier to go to sleep and have his memories put back the way they were meant to be than to stay awake and try and sort them out himself.
So in the end, the choice was an easy one, really. At least if the way he closed the distance between them was any indication, wrapping his arms around the other's shoulders, hugging him tight, the kitten left to crawl up onto his own shoulder in order to avoid being crushed.]
Welcome back, Riku.
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THE ONLY PART OF THE BLAME HE WILL ACCEPT IS LETTING YOU STAY THERE. DEAL. WITH. IT.He truly was the blind one for a long time, metaphorically speaking. While he knew it, he just couldn't listen to the whispers of truth as his decisions led him down a different path. Where Sora saw the bonds, he saw the weaknesses and the secrets that lay in the shadows of their bright world. And yet... wasn't it those strings that kept him from fully believing Maleficent? Those bonds kept him from fading time and time again, and were how he couldn't fully hate Sora that first leg of their separate journeys. Then again, he'd been secretive to begin with, too...
Except with that one stranger, and he still hasn't told anyone about what they were really talking about. Probably never would-
That's when Kiryu jumps out of his arms, but he doesn't seem that surprised as his head turns directly toward the aura he'd never be able to mistake the aura he was running directly to. A faint smick crosses his lips as he nods faintly, and the now happier cat as it climbs up onto Sora's shoulder. ... It's a good thing he's patient, because with that faint outline of 'the look' he could make out, he was wondering which greeting he'd get. Would it be angered shouting, or-?
Then all of a sudden there was a hug. ...What. Okay, he probably should have seen that coming after Kairi had done the same to both of them and Sora had once fallen to his knees and wept like a baby upon seeing through his appearance and into his heart like Kairi had, but it still causes him to hesitate slightly before hands hovering over his friend's back slowly returned the hug-
Kiryu you did not just lick his face as though saying he needs a bath. The salt water was enough of one, thank you very much.]
Sorry for the wait.
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NO, HE WILL TAKE EXACTLY HALF THE BLAME AND THE OTHER HALF IS ON YOU. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO HAVING EACH OTHER'S BACKS, HUH?Yeah, he pretty much just did. Consider it payback in kitten form for putting them through this right before Christmas Right before Sora's favorite holiday. And if this, you finding your way back here just in time to be able to experience with your friends, with the people who matter most to you doesn't make you believe in Santa? He honestly does not know what will.
The hug is comforting. It reminds him that Riku's there, that this is real and not just a dream. Sometimes it was hard to remember that all of this was real and not just some new world that they had stumbled upon. They were stuck here in this alternate dimension and unlike the worlds he was used to, they couldn't just come and go as they pleased. Any of them could be taken at any time, and they could be brought back at any time. But it was still up to someone else, and even if they did find their way back, it didn't mean their memories would come with them.
He kept the hug short, pulling away a couple of moments later, smiling up at Riku. Seriously, why do you have to be so tall? It's kind of unfair.]
Don't worry. You're here now. That's what matters.