#❛ verse: sora ; sunset city.

[madeimpact]

In all seriousness though, Quadratum or nah, I feel like Sora wouldn't be too phased by being a video game in other worlds. Not until we see otherwise in future installments anyway — we have yet to see how the whole "fiction / unreality" thing will really come into play outside of Yozora just...existing in Quadratum.

But until we get any further elaboration, as far as I'm concerned, Sora has seen so many different things that it wouldn't seem impossible to him. The World is wide! Some worlds natively have magic, some are surprised to see it. Who's to say what else is real or not in every world?

[heartbinders]

Verse Information - Sunset City.

So I added a verse on my carrd for my Discord server, primarily because those muses now have some common ground through there that's easier to fall back on than to completely redo their meetings and dynamics from scratch here. It's by no means the "main" canon for this blog, but here's a post explaining it anyway for anyone who cares enough to know.

Basically, the premise is that every muse in the server gets mysteriously added to a group chat that then gives them access to a hub world called bargain bin Twilight Town Sunset City. From there, they can access the worlds of all the other associated muses. Sunset City is a dreamlike city ( literally ) that gets reshaped based on the minds of those that access it. But lately, the muses have been trying to get to the bottom of what this place really is...

A lot of the major canon divergences apply to the KH muses, and they really just stem from the fact that there's a bit of a sense of linear progression in the server, so Sora was very much in step with my playthrough of the series, so when he died...I kind of had to improvise LMAO. I'll have to improvise again whenever we get more information on KH4, but for now, just consider this a completely alternate timeline to the main canon where he disappears to Quadratum. Some fun things also change for Roxas but not to nearly the same extent as Sora.

Edit: And then the same thing happened to me while writing Noctis. I was writing him in step with my playthrough, then dude had to go and get prophecy'd on me and I had to figure out how to justify continuing to write him; same with my friend who writes Ardyn in the server. So those changes will also be detailed here.

List of all the major divergences below the cut. Where relevant, I'll indicate when a Discord-only muse or mun is being referenced.

Let's start with Roxas, since he's got fewer divergences to hammer out:

Basically, just so I could justify writing him while he was canonically inside Sora's heart and not really existing, he managed to exist in Sunset City during that time, due to Sora's heart manifesting him there and the nature of Sunset City as a dream world. He sort of experienced stuff in Sunset and stuff through Sora's heart as if he were in both places at once. His physical body also couldn't leave Sunset until he was able to link to Xion at the end of KH3.

And for Sora:

Sora's ship in this verse is with my friend's Riku who doesn't write on tumblr, so you'll probably see Soriku referenced in relation to this verse.

After the events of DDD, Sora got a therapy Munna from Emmet ( Discord-only mun ). Sora had trouble sleeping after his Mark of Mastery exam, on account of, y'know, the whole "I almost never woke up and had my body used to house part of Xehanort" thing. Also, nightmares. Lots of them. So since Dream Eaters can only really exist in sleeping worlds, and he can only summon his Meow Wow for short periods of time outside of there, Emmet arranged for Sora to have a therapy Munna. She's a shiny that the Breeders turned over to Emmet because they trusted him to put her into good hands and not just ask for a shiny for its own sake. In fact, he didn't even really ask for a shiny. The Breeders just were like, "oh, this guy's reputable, we can give the shiny to him." Sora named her Munny on account of her gold color, and because Munna sounds like Munny! Munny is bred to be a therapy Pokémon, not a battling Pokémon, so Sora doesn't actively battle with her, but she can help defend him in a pinch.

Jingle doesn't really exist in this verse...yet.

And here's the biggest one: Sora is not in Quadratum, and has not been yet. This divergence is entirely a result of me flying by the seat of my pants and trying to figure out how to continue to write him in the server after he fucking DIED — think "anime adapting an ongoing manga and running out of source material and having to improvise" type of beat. Basically, because of all the friends he made in the server, as well as all of his friends from canon, Sora's heart was able to hold on and wake up in Anti-Sunset, a parallel nightmare counterpart to the pleasant dream of Sunset. He began trying to make his way back to the surface, but was interrupted by a mysterious woman who splintered his heart into several fragments again. Several of the muses in the server formed a rescue party to try and find him. Each of the ten fragments of Sora's heart sensed the group and called out to each of its members, requiring them to help him overcome some of the pain in his heart in order to dispel the darkness that kept them caged and separate from each other. After these ten fragments were obtained, the group was able to safely return home with Sora.

Whenever we eventually get more information about KH4, and potentially a release date, I'll figure out an excuse to eeby deeby him back to Quadratum, but basically, if you see references to a rescue operation for Sora in threads set in this verse, that's what's going on.

Noctis suffered from the same problem as Sora, where I was writing in-game events happening to him as I experienced them, not knowing that was eventually going to result in him perma-dying. This also ended up writing the server's Ardyn into a corner. So here's what we came up with:

After learning his and Ardyn's fate from Bahamut in the Crystal, Noctis decided that — as angry and damaged as Ardyn made him feel, it just wasn't right to kill someone who was also a victim. So instead, he appealed to any humanity Ardyn might have had left in an effort to make a truce, and try to put off the inevitable long enough to look for another way. Incredibly, Ardyn agrees to the truce, and holds back the miasma enough for the group to resume their travels, now with Ardyn in tow, looking for a way to change their future for the better.

Because the prophecy hasn't been fulfilled yet, there are still daemons running about, and the party is doing their best to keep things under control. They basically have Ardyn on a big ol' child leash while he menaces them in less apocalyptic, more just plain old annoying ways.

The point in the Sunset timeline that I write these guys at on the blog jumps around a lot, it just kinda depends how I feel lmao.

[madeimpact]

❝ You say that like it's a bad thing. ❞ Sora, no, you don't understand the power of hyperfixation. RUN.

madeimpact​:

❝ Sparkle on! It’s Wednesday! Don’t forget to be yourself! ❞

“About that. Being myself requires you are subjected to a three hour lecture talk on the entire intricacies of the supernova comics, and mistress punchfire’s inclusion specifically and how she is objectively the best hero to exist in the entire franchise.”

[izzyizumi]

Digimon Adventure {Series} (Adventure & 02 Implied) (+Tri; + Kizuna; + 2020) A.M.V. / Parody Series ~ x K.a.g.e.r.o.u P.r.o.j.e.c.t {+Anime “Route”} Mekakucity A C T O R S (Opening Scene Parody) “Kaien Panzermast”

Digimon Adventure {Franchise}/{Series} (C) Toei Animation/““Akiyoshi Hongo”” O.S.T Track (C) Jin + IA Project A.M.V. By Me {DO NOT Copy} No $$$ Is Being Made off this Fan-work! (I am Not Associated with Toei in Any Way)

Part of my Adventures A.M.Vs-verse + Ficverse series: “REPEAT?_” featuring (as a main/Lead character) Koushiro Izumi alongside original main Lead Taichi Yagami & SHIP/O.T.P: KouTai {Koushiro x Taichi} / Taishiro[u] (The rest of Adv Chosen + Meiko [and sans Sora in this particular one but I’ll add her in a finalized version!] appear for short moments) Short version summary: “You must never interfere with TIME”

Short version summary of THIS A.M.V. in particular:

“DO YOU LIKE the color of THE SKY?”

{“It’s a TIME-Loops series”} (So it has some relevant genre-Angst implied, {also T.C.G Lore?!?} please note if you watch!) [Along with some GhostGame-esque horror elements]

Implied Lyrics:

With the red glow of sunset, the day comes to an end The bell of the mountain temple rings Hand in hand, let’s all go home The crows alongside us, let’s go home

When the children are home, The moon is large and round By the time the little birds dream, Golden stars twinkle in the sky--

Scenes used are mainly nice looking sceneries scenes from: Tri {Kokuhaku, Kyousei}; - some shots of Bokura no Mirai!Koushiro with similar imagery Kizuna: A kind of major spoiler, but it’s a start/lead-in to the final battle. {Anything else relevant is NOT shown, but it does show what happens involving Adventure Chosen in particular.} 2020: The first scene/moment of the opening theme; - also a final moment of 2020 Ep. 65 in particular; it’s the final scene so you can skip it after the one of 2020!Taichi. - Two scenes have their original sound left in as well (for effect/impact) Ghost Game: a single scenery shot from the start of Ep 19 for effect.

REPEATVERSE/EXTENDED STORY INTRODUCTION: HERE

{Ficverse version can be found via my links on that post!}

{Please note any and all warnings for ficverse version! A.M.Vs-verse version is overall Safe for Work in comparison, however please be sure to read all information on A.M.Vs posts too!}

(*Note: Extended summary contains some big spoilers for the fic-verse) [However, it also explains more of world-building involved & plot setup!]

(*It’s ok to start on/only watch this current edit!)

[*You may understand the story/implied timeline of things better if you begin from my “Kagerou Daze” A.M.V, though it’s also not required! “Children Record” is also recommended as a starting point/upbeat song! ] {For lighthearted songs try Otsukimi Recital, or (maybe) Yuukei Yesterday!}

Implied Lyrics:

With the red glow of sunset, the day comes to an end The bell of the mountain temple rings Hand in hand, let’s all go home The crows alongside us, let’s go home

When the children are home, The moon is large and round By the time the little birds dream, Golden stars twinkle in the sky--

"Panzermast" is a radio broadcast system used for disaster prevention that looks like megaphones on top of a pole.

The song is well-known since, in many places, (notably Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture; one video also shows it play in Akihabara) it is played over loudspeakers every day at sunset / 5 PM, as it’s also used to play a song called “Yuuyake, Koyake” as a signal for children (+students) to return home before it gets dark.

Original Posters [Mine] Commentary:

(I’ve already seen one other J.P.N artist use it specifically for TaiKou; so I have to wonder if they sometimes get the same idea...!)

I already made a previous initial version here, (However, that one contains major implied spoilers for the Fic-verse ending!) This one specifically semi-parodies the opening scene of the series my overall fic-verse is parodying from; [Mekakucity @ctors] (However, again, it is NOT a direct 1:1 parody, Characters will not parody exact!)

ALSO, (Koushiro Voice) it is of my personal opinion that this fan-base should start paying more attention to not only the sceneries (including/especially Tri’s!) but also the wider series lore, specifically, also, at least partly pay attention to not only OG!Adventure + 02 lores but ALSO some of the T.C.G. lores...

[A.K.A. It’s Fun To Try To Pick Up On Foreshadowing! Sometimes!]

(Don’t ask me to elaborate on that, but I Have Theories) {“Yggdrasil” & “Homeostasis” & Not-Gennai I’m Looking @ YOU}

[shxujobrave]

A REALLY LONG  CHARACTER  SURVEY.

RULES.  repost , don’t  reblog  ! tag  10  ! good  luck  ! TAGGED. @nakaula ( a long ass time ago lol ) TAGGING. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO THROUGH THIS GLORIOUS HELL

FULL NAME :  Kurosaki Riku NICKNAME :  Ricchan / Riri, Coo Coo ( Leo ), Amai ( Handle ), Angel Voice ( azai ) AGE : 17 [ verse dependant ] BIRTHDAY : January 6th ETHNIC GROUP : Asian  NATIONALITY : Japanese LANGUAGE / S : Japanese, English, Korean SEXUAL ORIENTATION : Heterosexual ROMANTIC ORIENTATION : Demiromantic ( Hetero-demi??? hell wtf idk) RELATIONSHIP STATUS : Single Pringle God knows when she’ll mingle CLASS : Lower Middle HOME TOWN / AREA :  Honbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan CURRENT HOME : Tokyo, Japan PROFESSION :  Student, Net Idol / Cover artist. 

PHYSICAL.

HAIR : Light shade of blonde. Reaching just past the tips of her shoulders, soft to the touch and having the tendency to mess up once moving around a bit. Due to her hair naturally fluffing up, it looks shorter than it actually is.  EYES : Honeyed Hazel. Has warm browns and what looks like goldish undertones. FACE : Heart shaped LIPS : In the middle of thin and plump, pretty normal. They always have some sort of balm or lipstain on them. COMPLEXION : Porcelain, due to not staying out in the sun long enough to tan. BLEMISHES : None. Though if she flusters it becomes very clear. SCARS :  Three on her lower left back, and many tiny little scars on her feet due to running around barefoot when she was younger. The latter are fading due to age, and will disappear eventually TATTOOS : None. HEIGHT : 5′3″ WEIGHT :  120 LBS BUILD : Naturally slender, looking more delicate than she is by default.  FEATURES : Hair ALLERGIES : None USUAL HAIR STYLE : Down, due to it being too short to keep up for long periods of time. Never seen without her trademark blue ribbon, and usually has the ribbon somehow incorporated into a hairstyle. USUAL FACE LOOK : Pleasant smile, warm and welcoming---if not a little playful. USUAL CLOTHING :Skirts, blouses, sundresses, jean shorts, thigh high socks, school uniform (by default due to being in school)

PSYCHOLOGY.

FEAR / S : Pnigerophobia [ fear of being choked ], construction sites ASPIRATION / S : To reach people with her voice, make them happy if only for 3 minutes. POSITIVE TRAITS : Charismatic, emotionally strong, kind, caring, cheerful, altruistic NEGATIVE TRAITS : Stubborn, rash, hypocritical, secretive, workaholic ZODIAC : Capricorn TEMPERAMENT :  Your temperament is Sanguine. The sanguine temperament is fundamentally spontaneous and pleasure-seeking; sanguine people are sociable and charismatic. SOUL TYPE / S :  [ Performer (17) ] Outgoing, charming people with a strong sense of fun. Because of their desire to communicate, they tend to be more talkative than many other soul types. If you are a Performer type, you’ll tend to be good with words and perhaps even show a dramatic flair when it comes to expressing yourself. [ Secondary: Caretaker (15), Helper (15) ] VIRTUES / VICES: Patience, Kindness, Diligence || Pride  FAITH : Catholic. GHOSTS ? : Yes. AFTERLIFE ? : Yes. REINCARNATION ? : Yes ALIENS ? : Yes. EDUCATION LEVEL : High School

FAMILY.

FATHER :  Kurosaki Aoki MOTHER : Hirano Odina SIBLINGS :  Kurosaki Sora [ Eldest ], Kurosaki Kai(to) [ Second ] EXTENDED FAMILY :  Grandparents on both sides---Never has met her Mother’s parents. NAME MEANING / S : “Riku” is written as and means “Land” HISTORICAL CONNECTION ? : None, only an obvious thematically connection with her other siblings. 

FAVORITES.

HOLIDAY : Tanabata ( Tradition: Hanami ) MONTH :  November SEASON : Late Spring / Summer PLACE : Rikugien Garden, Bunkyo  || Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia WEATHER : Fluffy white clouds ; Blue Skies ; Sunshowers ; Rich Colored Sunsets ; Gentle Breezes SOUND :  Background music from a radio ; Calming drone of a hair dryer ; Distant noise outside an open window / the city ; Rain hitting surfaces; Friends’ ramblings ; Kitten’s purr ; Splashing of water ; Steady typing on a keyboard  SCENTS : Homemade Milk Tea ; Fresh sheets ; Clean air after rain ; Strong scent of someone straight out of the shower ; Lingering nail polish ; Dinner in the midst of being cooked ; Morning dew ; Cakes baking in the kitchen ; Freshly peeled oranges TASTES :   Milk Tea with Honey ; honeybuns ; roll cake ; spicy-sweet candy ; 50 yen gum ; Hayashi Rice ; lingering flavored lipbalm ; Barbecued meat ; Chopstick tips stained w/ teriyaki sauce ; chilled watermelon FEELS : Twirling hair; Headpat of approval ; Curling into blankets ; Song affecting the weight on your chest ; Flopping into bed after days of not being on it ; Fingernail idly tracing bottom lip ; Breathless excitement ; Nose stinging from sudden happiness ; Carbonation bubbles; Loosely gripping onto another’s sleeve ; Running around in the rain ANIMALS :  Cats ; Dogs ; Chinchilla’s  COLORS : Blue; White ; Orange ; Yellow

EXTRA.

TALENTS :  Singing, reading people, computer skills, general domestic skills BAD AT : Fashion, Math, some physical things bc she’s lowkey weak lol TURN ONS :  Subtle Confidence, drive, enthusiasm, understanding TURN OFFS :  Unnecessary displays of badassery, childish stubbornness HOBBIES :  Nails, telling stories, writing songs TROPES :

Idol Singer: And its no exaggeration, either. She can sing like an angel and is often idolized by her peers for her personality. No matter what verse she’s in, singing and music will always be a part of her; and no one would have it any other way.

School Idol: Sweet, a natural fixer-uper, charismatic and a friend to everyone—It’s not really hard to understand how or why she became idolized by her peers + adults alike. She plays around a bit with this trope, being also a massive character archetype Riku delves into in many of her verses for both the good and the bad (example: Main and Persona 5 verse—)

Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Not only is her hair definitely the main focus when it comes to first impressions, Riku is a sweet and personable young girl who’s happy to lend a helping hand. 

Wise Beyond Her Years: BOY IS SHE. Not a stereotypical teen genius, but a girl who’s maturity has put quite a few adults in her life to shame under the “in her own world” image everyone sees her as. Many choose to downplay or full-on deny this aspect of her due to having too big of a grip on their perception of her; which isn’t that hard to understand. But the levels of wisdom and comprehension she holds is admirable, if not bittersweet. She admits that she’s an old soul, and with what she’s been through? It’s no wonder. It helps her quite a bit to keep up with her friends and understanding people in the way she does, though!

Chekhov’s Gunman: Slightly played with, as she’s known as Miss Schoolwide Sweetheart by default. She’s depicted as a one-off character whom is only there to help a protagonist before disappearing when unneeded, but taking a deeper look, she’s actually tied to a multitude of people in many different ways—Some for shocking or interesting reasons.

AESTHETIC TAGS : Clouds, Light Blue, Kanzashi, Water, Salar de Uyuni, Music

FC INFO.

MAIN FC / S : Mii Serizawa ALT FC / S : Varies in Verses OLDER FC / S : N/A. YOUNGER FC / S : Mary [ Ib ] VOICE CLAIM / S : Switches quite often, since I’m very picky and have yet to find the perfect Voice for her. GENDERBENT  FC / S : Lorelus, the male past incarnation of Riku’s current FC.

[madeimpact]

"Happy birthday Sora!!! I made sure to get you something cool! And i got something sweet for Munny too!" Eliza said cheerfully as she gave Sora a klefki plushie, and an assortment of pokeblocks for the munna. -feralocsandkids (Eliza to sora obvs)

Sora bday shenanigans! || @feralocsnkids

❝ Aww, Eliza! ❞ Smiling bright enough to rival the island sun, Sora took the plush in one hand and the Pokéblocks in the other. Munny cooed with delight at the sight and smell of the treats, floating up from Sora's head to circle Eliza in thanks.

Thank you, Eliza! They look so good! I can tell Sora is happy, too.

❝ It's...Klefki, right? ❞ It took Sora a moment to remember the specific name for the creature he'd received in adorable plush form, but he got there eventually. He sort of felt a kinship with that little fairy, after all -- the whole key thing and all. ❝ It's so cute, and so soft...thank you! ❞

[madeimpact]

It had been a long day of playing and catching up. Of splashing around in the waves, building sand castles, collecting seashells, showing Harold all of his favorite spots on the playground island. It was just like those careless days from years ago, spent with Riku and Kairi. Clanging wooden swords together and wondering if the stories about the paopu fruit were true.

For how long he'd apparently been gone, it felt like the least he could do for Harold.

Now, they sat on the palm tree, legs dangling over the waves, eating ice cream and watching the sunset ( a familiar feeling, even though he knew well enough where the memory came from by now ). The day had been so packed full of fun things, and Sora was exhausted, but content. Though, the way Harold asked his question...

Well, Sora had only come home recently, after all. No wonder Harold was still worried.

Nevertheless, Sora smiled.

❝ I'll be just fine, ❞ he soothed, reaching over to ruffle Harold's wild curls. ❝ Considering where I was, I'd say I'm in pretty good shape right now. I'm more worried about all of you guys...sorry you had to go on that wild goose chase. ❞

🎨

|| Starter for @madeimpact (Keyboy)

Harold took a small bite out of his ice cream. His toes dug into the warm sand of the Destiny Islands as his curly, blonde hair swept in the breeze. The air smelled of salt and ocean, a smell the boy only rarely got to experience due to his short vacations to his uncle and aunt’s house. He always liked the ocean. Not just due to his love of dolphins, his first ever memory was swimming with his mom In the ocean. Seeing the bright blue waves, the shells and even touching coral below the bright water.

It was nice.

It had been a rough 3 weeks since everything happened. Confusion run amok and everyone was still healing after Sora decided to run off and get himself torn to bits! Not literally though, like, heartally? Soulally? Let’s just say, it was still traumatic and graphically violent. (Not really!).

Now, they were taking some downtime to chillax.

Sora had invited the boy to hangout at the islands to make up lost time and Harold had arrived hours ago, dolphin towel in hand and a good smear of sunscreen on his face from his momma. He had spent a good few hours swimming with Sora, splashing and playing in the salty water and even managing to dunk the other a few times. Once it was time to get out, the two made sandcastles. Harold even found a few shells to bring home to his mom, sister and his friends.

Now, the sun was setting. The sky a warm orange and red, with tints of purple just rising above to cling to the water below. He could actually see the stars coming out. In Piqua, it was hard to see the stars from his house.

Harold turned to look at Sora, half melted ice cream in his hand, no doubt getting his hand sticky. “Sora?” He asked, hesitantly. The other looked so peaceful, he didn’t want to ruin it. Though, they hadn’t talked about what happened yet. The damage everyone received on their quest to save him. The guilty look he gave Harold when he saw the other’s chipped tooth.

It reminded him of mom.

“Are you….okay?”

[madeimpact]

Verse Information - Sunset City.

So I added a verse on my carrd for my Discord server, primarily because those muses now have some common ground through there that's easier to fall back on than to completely redo their meetings and dynamics from scratch here. It's by no means the "main" canon for this blog, but here's a post explaining it anyway for anyone who cares enough to know.

Basically, the premise is that every muse in the server gets mysteriously added to a group chat that then gives them access to a hub world called bargain bin Twilight Town Sunset City. From there, they can access the worlds of all the other associated muses. Sunset City is a dreamlike city ( literally ) that gets reshaped based on the minds of those that access it. But lately, the muses have been trying to get to the bottom of what this place really is...

A lot of the major canon divergences apply to the KH muses, and they really just stem from the fact that there's a bit of a sense of linear progression in the server, so Sora was very much in step with my playthrough of the series, so when he died...I kind of had to improvise LMAO. I'll have to improvise again whenever we get more information on KH4, but for now, just consider this a completely alternate timeline to the main canon where he disappears to Quadratum. Some fun things also change for Roxas but not to nearly the same extent as Sora.

Edit: And then the same thing happened to me while writing Noctis. I was writing him in step with my playthrough, then dude had to go and get prophecy'd on me and I had to figure out how to justify continuing to write him; same with my friend who writes Ardyn in the server. So those changes will also be detailed here.

List of all the major divergences below the cut. Where relevant, I'll indicate when a Discord-only muse or mun is being referenced.

Let's start with Roxas, since he's got fewer divergences to hammer out:

Basically, just so I could justify writing him while he was canonically inside Sora's heart and not really existing, he managed to exist in Sunset City during that time, due to Sora's heart manifesting him there and the nature of Sunset City as a dream world. He sort of experienced stuff in Sunset and stuff through Sora's heart as if he were in both places at once. His physical body also couldn't leave Sunset until he was able to link to Xion at the end of KH3.

And for Sora:

Sora's ship in this verse is with my friend's Riku who doesn't write on tumblr, so you'll probably see Soriku referenced in relation to this verse.

After the events of DDD, Sora got a therapy Munna from Emmet ( Discord-only mun ). Sora had trouble sleeping after his Mark of Mastery exam, on account of, y'know, the whole "I almost never woke up and had my body used to house part of Xehanort" thing. Also, nightmares. Lots of them. So since Dream Eaters can only really exist in sleeping worlds, and he can only summon his Meow Wow for short periods of time outside of there, Emmet arranged for Sora to have a therapy Munna. She's a shiny that the Breeders turned over to Emmet because they trusted him to put her into good hands and not just ask for a shiny for its own sake. In fact, he didn't even really ask for a shiny. The Breeders just were like, "oh, this guy's reputable, we can give the shiny to him." Sora named her Munny on account of her gold color, and because Munna sounds like Munny! Munny is bred to be a therapy Pokémon, not a battling Pokémon, so Sora doesn't actively battle with her, but she can help defend him in a pinch.

Jingle doesn't really exist in this verse...yet.

And here's the biggest one: Sora is not in Quadratum, and has not been yet. This divergence is entirely a result of me flying by the seat of my pants and trying to figure out how to continue to write him in the server after he fucking DIED — think "anime adapting an ongoing manga and running out of source material and having to improvise" type of beat. Basically, because of all the friends he made in the server, as well as all of his friends from canon, Sora's heart was able to hold on and wake up in Anti-Sunset, a parallel nightmare counterpart to the pleasant dream of Sunset. He began trying to make his way back to the surface, but was interrupted by a mysterious woman who splintered his heart into several fragments again. Several of the muses in the server formed a rescue party to try and find him. Each of the ten fragments of Sora's heart sensed the group and called out to each of its members, requiring them to help him overcome some of the pain in his heart in order to dispel the darkness that kept them caged and separate from each other. After these ten fragments were obtained, the group was able to safely return home with Sora.

Whenever we eventually get more information about KH4, and potentially a release date, I'll figure out an excuse to eeby deeby him back to Quadratum, but basically, if you see references to a rescue operation for Sora in threads set in this verse, that's what's going on.

Noctis suffered from the same problem as Sora, where I was writing in-game events happening to him as I experienced them, not knowing that was eventually going to result in him perma-dying. This also ended up writing the server's Ardyn into a corner. So here's what we came up with:

After learning his and Ardyn's fate from Bahamut in the Crystal, Noctis decided that — as angry and damaged as Ardyn made him feel, it just wasn't right to kill someone who was also a victim. So instead, he appealed to any humanity Ardyn might have had left in an effort to make a truce, and try to put off the inevitable long enough to look for another way. Incredibly, Ardyn agrees to the truce, and holds back the miasma enough for the group to resume their travels, now with Ardyn in tow, looking for a way to change their future for the better.

Because the prophecy hasn't been fulfilled yet, there are still daemons running about, and the party is doing their best to keep things under control. They basically have Ardyn on a big ol' child leash while he menaces them in less apocalyptic, more just plain old annoying ways.

The point in the Sunset timeline that I write these guys at on the blog jumps around a lot, it just kinda depends how I feel lmao.

[madeimpact]

Don't mind him, just getting a little weepy over the fact that Eliza drew herself with no hat.

Thanks, @feralocsnkids!

[madeimpact]

❝ I know that style of drawing anywhere! What's got Melvin so mad, though? ❞

Thanks, @artfulprankster!

[madeimpact]

❝ Hey, look at us! We do make a pretty cool mission duo, don't we? ❞

Thanks, @friendsamongstars!

[heartbinders]

TAG DUMP: SORA

❛ ic: sora. ❛ musings: sora. ❛ headcanon: sora. ❛ aesthetic: sora. ❛ meta: sora. ❛ images: sora. ❛ relations: sora. ❛ open: sora. ❛ closed: sora. ❛ inbox: sora. ❛ dash games: sora. ❛ starter call: sora. ❛ drabbles: sora. ❛ music: sora. ❛ verse: sora ; bbs. ❛ verse: sora ; kh1. ❛ verse: sora ; kh2. ❛ verse: sora ; ddd. ❛ verse: sora ; kh3. ❛ verse: sora ; kh4. ❛ verse: sora ; smash. ❛ verse: sora; sunset city.

[madeimpact]

❝ Key-babs... you might be onto something! I gotta workshop this with Little Chef! ❞

[madeimpact]

Sunset City verse tag dump

[madeimpact]

❝ ...Y'know, the ❛ why ❜ of that scenario didn't even occur to me. I just know I care about my friends no matter what! That includes worms. ❞ Sora, you're the guy that's been a merman, a vampire, a monster, a lion, and a toy, among other things. Of course you didn't think to ask why someone was a worm.

❝ So, y'know — that probably just means Akila would be worried enough about you to ask how it happened in the first place. ❞

"If I asked that question to Akila, she'd probably start crying asking WHY I became a worm. Or she'd say yes regardless. Probably both."