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afterthought2021-04-02 10:05 pm
darkdivide) wrote in afterthought2021-04-02 10:05 pm
In the night time, I'ma keep on
[It's almost been a year, hasn't it?
A year since their celebrations turning into despair. Where happy tears and reunions suddenly turned into sorrow and confusion. A bond, a single person, that tied them all together suddenly vanished and only left a what felt like a colossal void in its wake.
A year since Sora disappeared from the islands, and from all the worlds. Even though it's been months and several sleepless nights of searching and organizing people and gathering whatever scraps of intel they could grasp at, some times it still felt so raw to Riku.
But time has passed. It took a while for him to realize how much exactly. It wasn't until Aerith had surprised him with a cake that very morning thay he had become aware of just how long it would been.
Figures that Sora probably spilled the beans on when his birthday is. He was never that good about being subtle or not babbling to others about his best friends.
The Radiant Garden crew had been very sweet about celebrating it with him, as they've sort of becoming his second family. But it wasn't really the same. Sure, this isn't the first time he was spending his birthday without his best friend's, but that year was different. That year he knew where Sora and Kairi both were.
This time? With her asleep and him still lost? The lonely weight in his heart just felt all the more heavy.
He thanked them for their efforts, visited Kairi at the castle and had a one-sided conversation with her for what felt like the millionth time, and went on his way. Visiting Twilight Town wasn't a bad idea as he always enjoyed visiting Xion and Lea and checking up on Roxas, but he didn't have the biggest connection with them either. Sora and Kairi were more their friends than he was, especially today.
Going home for the day wasn't really an option, even if he did punch in a course for it on the Gummi ship. He could spend it with his family, but without his two best friends, it would just be too much and not enough to keep the loneliness in his heart at bay.
So instead, his fingers work the console and input a different course in: The Land of Departure. The original home of the Keyblade wielders. Riku's barely spent any time there on his own, but it seemed like a unique world. A quiet one with its own kind of beauty, a trait that he would never associate with its counterpart, Castle Oblivion. Maybe there he just might be able to find some peace and quiet. Just him and his thoughts.
Landing the ship and doing a bit light exploration, Riku finally settles on a space outside near what looks like the training area. With the older trio of Keyblade wielders gone and searching for Sora in their own way, much of the grounds was starting to look a little overgrown and worn, but nothing was in a state of disrepair or the sort. In fact, the taller grass just added some more serenity to the area, as Riku plops down looks over at the mountain range and the twinkling stars in the dusky sky.]
A year since their celebrations turning into despair. Where happy tears and reunions suddenly turned into sorrow and confusion. A bond, a single person, that tied them all together suddenly vanished and only left a what felt like a colossal void in its wake.
A year since Sora disappeared from the islands, and from all the worlds. Even though it's been months and several sleepless nights of searching and organizing people and gathering whatever scraps of intel they could grasp at, some times it still felt so raw to Riku.
But time has passed. It took a while for him to realize how much exactly. It wasn't until Aerith had surprised him with a cake that very morning thay he had become aware of just how long it would been.
Figures that Sora probably spilled the beans on when his birthday is. He was never that good about being subtle or not babbling to others about his best friends.
The Radiant Garden crew had been very sweet about celebrating it with him, as they've sort of becoming his second family. But it wasn't really the same. Sure, this isn't the first time he was spending his birthday without his best friend's, but that year was different. That year he knew where Sora and Kairi both were.
This time? With her asleep and him still lost? The lonely weight in his heart just felt all the more heavy.
He thanked them for their efforts, visited Kairi at the castle and had a one-sided conversation with her for what felt like the millionth time, and went on his way. Visiting Twilight Town wasn't a bad idea as he always enjoyed visiting Xion and Lea and checking up on Roxas, but he didn't have the biggest connection with them either. Sora and Kairi were more their friends than he was, especially today.
Going home for the day wasn't really an option, even if he did punch in a course for it on the Gummi ship. He could spend it with his family, but without his two best friends, it would just be too much and not enough to keep the loneliness in his heart at bay.
So instead, his fingers work the console and input a different course in: The Land of Departure. The original home of the Keyblade wielders. Riku's barely spent any time there on his own, but it seemed like a unique world. A quiet one with its own kind of beauty, a trait that he would never associate with its counterpart, Castle Oblivion. Maybe there he just might be able to find some peace and quiet. Just him and his thoughts.
Landing the ship and doing a bit light exploration, Riku finally settles on a space outside near what looks like the training area. With the older trio of Keyblade wielders gone and searching for Sora in their own way, much of the grounds was starting to look a little overgrown and worn, but nothing was in a state of disrepair or the sort. In fact, the taller grass just added some more serenity to the area, as Riku plops down looks over at the mountain range and the twinkling stars in the dusky sky.]
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But once the race starts, he's off!
Admittedly, the beginning is slow since he's getting the hang of things again. But gradually, he gets speed and the more speed he gets, well--
There's a reason why Ventus is the speedier between his friends.
He ends up winning the race, causing the chipmunks to groan.]
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Still, he's heard the odd rumbling that Ventus is a literal speed demon. He still didn't expect him to go that fast, especially given his shaky start. Riku isn't even sure that the Gummiphone got everything on video.
Riku trots on over to him wirh a wave once everyone's done and the blonde is announced the winner.]
Not bad for an old man.
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[Ventus steps off the Glider and it transforms back into his Keyblade.]
I saw you recording. Did you manage to get anything?
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Riku's eyes are once again trained on the Glider as it transforms. A part of him opens his mouth as if to ask how that works and if Braveheart can do it too, but he closes his mouth. Now's not really the time for a question like that, even if his curiosity is burning to know if it's possible.
How cool would it be to ride Braveheart around like a motorcycle...]
The others said you were pretty speedy. [Aqua and Terra. They spoke so highly of his speed to Riku and the others.
He nods and pulls out his Gummiphone, hitting the video playback. Indeed, there's Ventus speeding by, but eventually he just turns into a blurr.]
Guess you're too fast for it to record the entire thing, but there's a little bit.
[And he'll flick over to a perfect photo finish of Ventus crossing the line.]
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He tilts his head when he closes it instead, blinking curiously.
But then he leans forward to take a better look at the video.]
Oh! You got a good photo of me at the end though!
[Ventus might sound a little impressed by that. Here, he thought he was getting rusty for having been asleep for so long.]