valorxdrive

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Part of him couldn't resist that pull of simply finding out more. At least from his perspective, Dain's stance as a private person looks like it could've stemmed from multiple circumstances or merely be his preference. A heart like his found itself dutybound, often having the fire that charged many legendary warriors he's come to see in his time. So he takes the quiet point, even briefly letting go of this realm of somewhere they roam in order to get a better gist of his thoughts.

No, no, it wasn't entirely like that. Sora's unintended intention was to merely have the Twilight Sword expressed in places outside of his own mind. That to let it be known that someone was interested beyond their repute, his strength, it was those simple days they've shared solidarity by a campfire that just had him interested. It was a pearl of mundane contentment they've continually built around.

So Sora learns. He comes to hear that in a way, Dainsleif's new beginning found itself unexpected.

Such a contrast from his very own. Where it'd be a thirst for those boundaries beyond that made dreams with a twist come true, yet young at the time friend dare to damn it all thanks to haunting whispers.

"Living suits you pretty well, all things considered." Even if it was a scope of the knight's tale, in the keybearer's eyes there's no need to find obsession over the details in itself. This ethereal like pressure that Dainsleif exudes says more than enough, even as they're heading towards the starbound depths beyond. Bit by bit the scenery found itself diminishing away from a pristine picture of nature, gradually fading to what looks like stardust and moonlit kissed sands they roam across.

"I never had doubts you'd be able to find an answer you'd find fitting. Even while you had your struggles, I gotta say you're made of some pretty tough stuff." Beyond the makings of his coil, Sora was referring to Heart.

Yet he'd let the instant go once a curious reflection found itself returned. Attention was drawn to those mythical star irises, how it was the very roots the blonde carried while he's left to ruminate across his own experiences.

..How should he even begin about this? Reflecting over their struggles as companions, and not solely as a measure to help found it weight leagues easier to bare.

"That's-- Hah, where do I even really begin?" Sora genuinely meant that too. He doesn't have the eloquence to keep it succinct. It felt as besmirch his experiences from the justice, the commitment, the time it should have.

"An old foe that's tortured so many people finally found their rest. Dain? If I'm being honest with you, I never want to see everything I cherished, all those Worlds knowing and not ever have to be so close to the cusp against. It horrifies me." Sora's convictions burn with that pure sense of worry. Madness that cares so little about life ultimately found itself to be an enemy he'd endlessly stand against.

A firm swallow is performed before he draws out a sigh. "And part of me is frustrated that it took so much of that, to actually find out more of what I'm really am myself."

"My journey is changing, and it feels as if a big goal I need to discover is a lot more about myself."

@reginrokkr from X.

[valorxdrive]

@pomniegranate ;; ❝  are you…following me?  ❞

Another shared encounter should've found itself ending a lot sooner. Exploration was a jewel he'd always grasp, and a lot of his time found itself spent actively getting used to this digitize world. A sensation akin to snapping jaws trying to find that mark, a means to stabilize him here always seemed to miss, and that in itself was enacting a more vicious stir within the realm of this Digital Circus. Sora's features found themselves sharpened with a sense of contemplation, even if his lax stance of walking with his arms crossed behind his head.

It'd be Pomni's words that snapped him from his stupor. So far she was one of few people here that didn't feel-- What? There was a word bubbling in his mind, the sort that leaves a bitter taste in his mouth. Sora's steps found themselves stalled within the very hall leading to who knows where in all truth. For now she's the focus, someone who he'd meet eye to eye as concerns finally won over.

"I am." The answer comes clear, honest.

It was a prelude to a nagging suspicious he had about this place.

"I wanted to ask if you feel something-- Strange about this place." Sora doesn't even bother to beat around with pleasantries. There's a mirror of concern fresh in his gaze, an almost silent preparedness set as he gazed at the walls. The astute senses from his Heart simply does not lie. He'd contently take the risk of showing his appearance here is a lot more alien than many would come to realize.

After all, no one ever stepped foot here while maintaining a human form.

It felt as if there were eyes that watched them, emotions that spiraled well beyond any normal boundary of endurance, pain. So much pain. Data had a way of letting it be more ruthlessly showcased.

"Somethin' dangerous is what I'm really meaning."

[valorxdrive]

❝  you hardly speak anymore, and smile even more rarely. you are still the kind soul i know, but something has changed.  ❞

He doesn't find the heart to fully face those words. For once, a position that's often held by the opposing is now being situated as his own. Time by the second was becoming a commodity, dwindling towards some unseen oblivion, snapping with violent jaws for the advent of his forbidden road now being traversed. In truth, there was no easy way to really explain what was happening to him right now. Daring to tread well beyond his boundaries was in the process of exacting its price.

Allowing periwinkle skies of Radiant Garden to be ignored, he turns, resilience holding vigil within the Keyblade wielder's eyes. A temptation to lie, the natural urging to be honest, a lot of things bubbled underneath the surface of Sora as a smile does come. Being met with such a genuine form of concern finds itself bringing a vibrant beat to his Heart of Hearts.

"In some ways it's really over." Part of him reflexively flinched due to his own words. To dare step into the enigmatic prompted him to immediately pat his own face in retribution, soothing those nerves through physical contact.

Better. Now to take that from the top.

"Part of me couldn't help but just look over everything. We're here, we've done it." Even now the disbelief found itself honestly tethered to his very words. Belief was one matter, but actively living in a better future that they've created? --At least, almost, was something that just had him stunned even after these many days. Heartless numbers dwindled (please don't let it be suspicious), more words were finding their better footing against their Order of trials, things were merely going well.

Lives like theirs were merely adjusted to the countless days when it was not. Case and point? How he could feel reality itself unthreading at his figure, diminishing his hand to some layer beyond. Only Sora's adamant will could draw it back from the ocean that would soon collect.

"I just don't want things being too good to be true. As if I were to just speak on it more, vocalize it, it might wind up snapping this future away entirely."

@darkheartedprince

[valorxdrive]

❝You aren’t just a normal lad, are you?❞ hands u quartz

Swirling all around them would be an upstart of mana, signs of finished battle peppering a once pristine field as the weapon in his hand is gradually lowered. A sharpness remained strong in his eyes, aptly surveying the surroundings through physical means as the Heart found itself instinctively honed to pick up threats through a more spiritually charged note. Those shoulders gradually loosened as an inner confirmation was made.

For the time being a measure of rest now belongs to their name. Just in time as that comment taps to his mind, prompting those cerulean eyes to peer towards that countenance crowned with raven colored hair. Unlike the foes dispelled, there was a presence to her finding itself more than notable. Sora hardly brings attention upon quality, the encounter in itself happily eating up his attention. "Just someone who's a little more prepared to take care of themselves."

Modesty like that almost seems asinine given the shattered automatons laying around his feet.

He'd heave the very blade that's oddly modeled as key to mount upon his shoulders, that once prominent battlesong drawn down to a content him as it lays close to its chosen wielder. Sora's eyes hold bright, almost ethereally as he establishes proper contact with their gaze. "These roads were on the verge of getting entirely overrun. Almost as if there's some surge of these things coming from the ground. Gonna have to keep sharp if you're heading through these ends too."

Then again, her regal looking battle attire hints that such things may not even be a concern to begin with.

@myriadventurers

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❝  no matter. i’m just happy you’re still in one piece.  ❞

It would be her radiance that can spot that very fact to the utmost.

By no means is it the divine power that flows within her being like rivers undammed. Nor would it be the intuition that loved to defy logic, often as he came to happily depend on such a skill. What Kairi states mere comes from the very soul who stuck with him since those tender days. Who could seamlessly wade through this exhaustion, strip away his weariness, and unfurl those difficult, Sora-esque conundrums until she got to the bottom of it all.

Thrilling adventures aside? There's a warm comfort in just being so readily accepted. He's not quite sure what expression he wears when hearing this. Speechless, more than a touch awed, that faint slack jaw melts into an abrupt burst of emotion as it was hard not to smile in this moment. While the scales of physical trial never quite ran him ragged, enduring matters of the Heart was a whole different challenge entirely.

Feeling all too much as his own natural birthright. His Heart found itself changing in ways that rewrote logic and knowing itself. Right now, he was watching points and purviews of becoming undeniably himself. This self however, was certainly more Heart than he was mortal man. "Kairi.." He doesn't let the tinge of relief and delight hide in his tone as he leans forward. The nudge of his chin finds her shoulder, and soon those firm arms find themselves promptly embracing her.

To bask within her Light is similar to those days of favored weather upon the sunkissed beaches of Destiny Islands. Comfortable, secure, loving. The way Sora allows himself to entirely become disarmed almost made it look as if his form threatened to melt, even if it meant depending on her strength to keep him afloat. Strength found proudly being nurtured, each fleeting second adding to that magical balm that she always happens to carry. "Would it be a bit crazy to say that I am too?"

...

He ponders about that for a split moment.

"For myself and you. No more pieces, I'm fine even with parts." It's clear that his intent didn't manage to land through words. From furrowing his brow to clutching at her camisole a touch more, he tries to stem that embarrassment while some flushed grunt escapes from him then.

"Mmmgh. Us being whole." He finalizes, allowing one of those gallant blue eyes to briefly peek up towards her. Even if it was nothing but tinges of fiery hair and her skin, that sign of life itself allowed his eyes to close in peace. If there wasn't enough prove hardly a thing has changed, than the fact he still stumbles vocally around her, regardless of the situation would cement that faith. Part of him is endeared that such a side exists in himself at all.

"You really are the best."

@coruscantide

[valorxdrive]

❝  unspeakable sorrow surrounds this landscape.  ❞

Which is a peculiar thing to note in a world with alabaster walls and the gentle breeze pushing windmills along. On the outset this is something you'd find on a postcard, bragging rights for the vacation of a lifetime... but when the destiny islander's feet wandered tiles, Riku fealt nothing but grief in the air.

A grave look is on Sora's face for a moment, and Riku has half a mind to wonder if he feels the same. But, of course, Sora had a history of his own here...

❝ We better look for Mickey. ❞

[ fuck it, theyre in scala ad caelum for some reason. for the breath of the wild meme ]

His very own found itself clinically painted upon this World. In a way, there was a pristine nature to it all, as if it is a Fairy Tale that was locked in the darkest vestiges of one singular Heart. Riku's words hummed a truth that his very core found itself repeatedly grinding into the crux of his mind. To look upon this land is to look upon his desperation, determination, shame and bitter hopes all in one. It was enough to prompt a shiver upon his very spine.

Scala Ad Caelum.

A land that finds itself cursed to ultimately collect, one way or another. Even now did the flutters of fiery hair play tricks upon his mind, those Heart strong memories snapping from the realm deep within in order to reaffirm what made him so resilient. "Riku, I can feel it so much that was lost here." His tanned fingertips scraped upon one of the entryway arches as they advanced further in, giving them a few of the serenity cloaked by innocent dreams and the overwhelming presence of death itself.

So many souls here found themselves carrying their own branch of regret. A little too late, too intense, too timid, the way the Keybearer's very essence felt attuned to a wavelength of sorts was merely-- accepted. Taking the forbidden in his circumstances was a Key in its own right, the sort that demanded Sora's best if he had any intention of enduring these tides. Memories of the Keyblade's fury, of many of their foes bordering with their high scale powers, that irreversible conviction is the steel that he carries well into this day.

A Heart like Sora's however refuses to live by that very steel. Even now, he dares to keep himself open, to allow that fluctuating wave to become a mantle in it's own right. For a fleeting moment the change within shows, to the very Heart that found himself believing in earnest. To really take those words that his best friend made before oblivion itself, and making that choice to truly live by them.

"..A Keyblade War outside our own took place here too." There's no mincing those very words. For the emotions scream that truth, it's layered so thick amidst the silence that would normally dissolve that very pain. Yet right now it served one of the essential components, to form a feeding ground for Darkness itself was that untold purpose. The way he steps forth is almost like a trance, as if there's an unseen direction guiding his steps. A firm breath is drawn before his decision.

"Let's go." A gentle huff escapes. "Knowing the King? He might've found a way into the thick of it already."

@tenebrave

[valorxdrive]

❝  by the look on your face…i dunno, it just seems like you been through somethin’.  ❞

Somethin'.

How weird is it that the thought makes him want to laugh right now. Even amidst tame winds, a calm sunset, just all these details to promote a sense of leisure. Somehow, having the scale of what he's come to fast being drawn to that word snaps a sense of levity in Sora. In the midst of that flowing emotion comes a question, how much the rapids of the Heart never let a thought settle.

Just what kind of look was he making at the time? It leaves him concerned, if only for his appearances before an unsure glance tilts towards Selphie. There was a sharp haze in those eyes, as if the idea of people learning in deeper detail of his annihilation, his restructuring, so much unbelievable details felt simply unfitting in such a moment.

Sora hadn't even realized the laughter that wrenched free was a touch bitter.

HIs gloved hands found themselves pinned upon the railing overlooking a cityscape below. "I--" Hurt? Endured? Triumphed?

"Got a lot more than I bargained for, that's all."

That sounds normal, right? Even in the fields of the supernatural they'd tear strides through, that wouldn't hint that death managed to strangle not only himself, but so many precious things he loved in life a touch too much.

Why in the Worlds would he want to bring the scale of a Keyblade War into her scope of knowledge? For a moment, his strength of will didn't need to burn all sense of that floating sensation away. Despite its warped appearance, how it writhes and feeds upon failures and haunting images all the same, that feeling of his terror was freely experienced without Courage to smother it.

Maybe everyone that hailed from Destiny Islands witnessed it one way or another. Despite the miracle of Sora being the same, he's also witnessed untold terrors, his mind has been stretched to questions and sight that blend a morbid sense of wonder with the squirming fright against it all.

Courage, after all could not exist without fear.

A pitiable smile settles upon his lips before canting his gaze to her. At the end of it all, he knew he was a sucky liar when it really mattered.

"I've seen one of my Nightmares come to life."

@sunny-explosions

[valorxdrive]

but soreugh im the true lit e, ur true lite.... remember...... my sacrifice.... the sacrifice of weeku..... dont go to the false lights....

IF YOU EVEN TRY SLEEPIN IN MY REALM WITH

THAT THEORY.

[valorxdrive]

❝  i apologize. perhaps it was not my place to say as much.  ❞

(Rould Cavan Pre-BBS crossed paths within Sora's dreams)

(If we need to discuss this DM me please)

( @gambledfate )

Even while being so heavily displaced from his reality, as if the ever roaring tides that smash and grace multiple shores, dreams themselves are a veritable ocean that prompts him to see so much more. They managed to connect boundaries even almighty Laws can't fully seal. For Sora? There was a clarity where these realms despite their more sensitive formation, felt no less different than being in reality itself.

Even if it was before someone who drew such an apology before him. The man found himself-- Familiar? Some itch within his Heart wishes to bring confirmation to that thought, to stabilize, yet he finds their drawn thoughts much more important for the time being. "No-- No, if anything, it comes as the expected now." Enigmatic marvel happens to be commonplace in his line of self-forged duty.

He hardly gives the man any time to ruminate upon these matters while stepping forward. Within Sora's dream right now, they happened to be on the outer bridges amidst a luxurious haunting Castle, one made of cold steel, ivory spires and held a more malevolent taint.

This was Hollow Bastion's castle once upon a time.

"From what I've learned, secrecy has a place as much as honesty does. This.. You." Sora continues, testing the words before being more earnest.

"This dream is being used like a showroom floor for us to meet in, isn't it?"

[valorxdrive]

breath of the wild sentence starters

❝  it took all i had just to stay alive against that monster, but you beat it like it was a straw training dummy.  ❞ ❝  well, i just wanted an excuse to get close to you, you know?   ❞ ❝  i feel like someone should tell you that you have a kind of sulky look about you.  ❞ ❝  you can’t assume to know anything until you experience it for yourself.  ❞ ❝  it’s rare to see your kind around here.  ❞ ❝  try to be a little more sensitive to people you don’t know.  ❞ ❝  unspeakable sorrow surrounds this landscape.  ❞ ❝  please take some time to really admire the flowers. i worked so hard to plant them…  ❞ ❝  you’ll likely face many hardships in your life…but never give up! promise me that.  ❞ ❝  i get a feeling that heading home isn’t an option for you, so take care of yourself out there.  ❞ ❝  courage need not be remembered, for it is never forgotten.  ❞ ❝  for the first time…my heart knows what it means to love.  ❞ ❝  there’s a fine line between courage and recklessness.  ❞ ❝  if you’re free to grab something to eat sometime, keep me in mind.  ❞ ❝  shh! looks like there are still monsters about.  ❞ ❝  it seems you and i may just get along after all.  ❞ ❝  how did you pull that off?! actually, don’t answer that. i ought to be thanking you, not interrogating you.  ❞ ❝  i’ve learned to overcome my grief. you can’t change the past, only the future.  ❞ ❝  are you…following me?  ❞ ❝  this spot is our little secret, ok? just between you and me.  ❞ ❝  i can’t believe i’m actually saying this…but you must avenge me.  ❞ ❝  by the look on your face…i dunno, it just seems like you been through somethin’.  ❞ ❝  do you know how the gossip mongers refer to you? they are out there at this moment, whispering amongst themselves…  ❞ ❝  opening up to others might make you vulnerable, but it’s the only way to give your life any value.  ❞ ❝  it looks like i got hit pretty good back there…  ❞ ❝  what’s wrong? too scared to talk?  ❞ ❝  i’ve got to tell you…when you first showed up,     i thought someone was pulling a prank on me.  ❞ ❝  let’s make one thing clear: i’m not going anywhere.  ❞ ❝  we each have something to hide, i suppose.  ❞ ❝  i don’t know you, and i’m actually pretty busy here. you should probably go.  ❞ ❝  maybe we should just settle this one on one?  ❞ ❝  don’t preen yourself just for doing your job.  ❞ ❝  please. now is not a good time.  ❞ ❝  if you need something, do me a favor. ask someone else.  ❞ ❝  i actually wanted to talk about something a little personal…  ❞ ❝  my apologies…i fear i have said far too much.  ❞ ❝  i used to be a big deal back in my day, but the world moves on fast.  ❞ ❝  you must have seen a battle or two.  ❞ ❝  that memory will haunt me until my dying day…  ❞ ❝  let me ask you once more…when will you stop treating this as some sort of childish game?  ❞ ❝  no! i am not a child anymore.  ❞ ❝  i do suppose you’ve proven your value as a warrior.  ❞ ❝  i advise you to change the subject.  ❞ ❝  welcome to the middle of nowhere. population: us.  ❞ ❝  this area is nice and quiet…  ❞ ❝  dark magic preys upon the land when darkness falls…  ❞ ❝  everything - everything i’ve done up until now…it was all for nothing.  ❞ ❝  i had no idea traveling was so dangerous.  ❞ ❝  you’re quivering like a hatchling…what is the matter?  ❞ ❝  you have proven to possess the resolve of a true hero.  ❞ ❝  if i may be so bold… what is it that you are planning to do next?  ❞ ❝  i hope you get to meet your true love soon.  ❞ ❝  you are the heir to a throne of nothing… nothing but failure.  ❞ ❝  it’s okay, i know. your silence speaks volumes.  ❞ ❝  the only thing that really helps me feel better is walking among the fireflies.  ❞ ❝  just looking at those ruins now…it really gives you an idea of the destruction that went on there.  ❞ ❝  you have a smile like the sun. i would do much to feel its warmth upon me once again.  ❞ ❝  i’ll stay here and chat with you for a bit, if you’d like.  ❞ ❝  you should follow through on what you say you’re going to do.  ❞ ❝  there i go, needing someone to bail me out again.  ❞ ❝  i don’t know why, but my heart won’t stop beating a mile a minute…  ❞ ❝  yeah, you know what really is ‘me’? drinking.  ❞ ❝  i see…black. so much blackness. a deep, dark abyss, drawing you in…  ❞ ❝  save yourself. go! don’t worry about me - run!  ❞ ❝  you sure do know how to keep a woman waiting.  ❞ ❝  overconfidence can be a deadly foe.  ❞ ❝  don’t ask too many questions, and i won’t either.  ❞ ❝  aren’t you tired? aren’t you chilly? have you eaten yet?  ❞ ❝  i want to be clear — whatever treasure is to be had here belongs to me.  ❞ ❝  close calls like this get my stomach all tied up in knots.  ❞ ❝  much as it galls me to thank you for saving us…that is what happened.  ❞ ❝  i don’t see any monsters, but…i can feel their eyes on me.  ❞ ❝  what’s the matter? are you unwell?  ❞ ❝  now that i have gotten a good look at you, it is all too clear who you are.  ❞ ❝  you’re amazing. when you fired your bow, it was like time stopped.  ❞ ❝  you’ve done all you could. feeling sorry for yourself won’t be of any help.  ❞ ❝  oh, no…i can see by the look in your eye…you won’t listen to me.  ❞ ❝  you look like a nice person who likes to help people in need.  ❞ ❝  you look like your everyday traveler, but how can i be sure?  ❞ ❝  what’s your problem? how dare you try to eavesdrop? mind your business!  ❞ ❝  what are you doing skulking around in the dead of night?  ❞ ❝  you seem at home in battle.  ❞ ❝  i was out running an errand when i saw it. it was incredible…and terrifying. it was incredibly terrifying.  ❞ ❝  the afterlife lays claim to all. we never know when it will beckon.  ❞ ❝  that got hairier than i expected. you did pretty good.  ❞ ❝  i’m just pulling your leg. you looked so serious, i couldn’t help but goad you a bit.  ❞ ❝  i don’t get to leave this place too often…  ❞ ❝  i know when someone is lying. my father isn’t good at lying either.  ❞ ❝  i didn’t notice you…i was a bit lost in thought there.  ❞ ❝  i can’t get angry…i won’t get angry…  ❞ ❝  you know, your skin looks super shiny, and you look like you haven’t got a worry in the world…  ❞ ❝  i’ve been watching, and i feel safe saying there’s no one suspicious around here.  ❞ ❝  you are going to be the death of me.  ❞ ❝  is something wrong? do not tell me the steel has slipped from your spine.  ❞ ❝  one would think years upon years of such treatment would have made me mend my ways…one would think wrongly.  ❞ ❝  your path seems to mirror your father’s.  ❞ ❝  i am filled with a strange and terrible certainty that something awful is about to happen.  ❞ ❝  um…were you talking to that statue?  ❞ ❝  you cannot turn back now. follow your heart and seize your destiny!  ❞ ❝  you had me worried there. don’t mess with people like that.  ❞ ❝  forget we ever spoke.  ❞ ❝  you hardly speak anymore, and smile even more rarely. you are still the kind soul i know, but something has changed.  ❞ ❝  a warm fire can do wonders for a weary soul.  ❞ ❝  i hated you with all my heart…but it would seem my anger was misplaced.  ❞ ❝  has anyone ever told you…? you have the most beautiful features.  ❞ ❝  wait a minute! please, think about what you’re doing.  ❞ ❝  i used to really love the night. at night the world sparkles and shines in an almost magical way. it’s beautiful.  ❞ ❝  oh! you’re paying me a visit? that’s sweet of you.  ❞ ❝  what were you praying for? long life? wealth, like so many?  ❞ ❝  teehee…i knew you’d come back.  ❞ ❝  you’ll never guess what i found! wanna see?  ❞ ❝  have you grown so comfortable here that you can’t imagine leaving?  ❞ ❝  you’re needed elsewhere. you must eventually leave. you know this.  ❞ ❝  i may have dismissed you too hastily before. you have many promising qualities.  ❞ ❝  if you need anything, i am ever at your disposal.  ❞ ❝  are you trying to cheer me up?  ❞ ❝  well, if you’ll excuse me, i need to go save the world.  ❞ ❝  do you like this dress? i made it myself.  ❞ ❝  you really shouldn’t mess with things you don’t understand.  ❞ ❝  i don’t want you to come here, anyway!  ❞ ❝  the more i think about it, the more it gives me the creeps.  ❞ ❝  what special brand of loony does it take to go traveling without a map?  ❞ ❝  my heart is drawn to yours. i am doomed.  ❞ ❝  no one who has gone there has ever come back! so you’d best forget about going there.  ❞ ❝  why are you looking at me like that?  ❞ ❝  i was warned about men who throw words like ‘dream girl’ around.  ❞ ❝  you have to come at me harder than that to impress me.  ❞ ❝  on second thought, now is not the time.  ❞ ❝  i can’t explain why…but i trust you for some reason.  ❞ ❝  we meet again! we must have been married in our past lives.  ❞ ❝  you aren’t just a normal lad, are you?  ❞ ❝  i need to stop relying on others to help me and help myself instead.  ❞ ❝  caring for others is an emotional liability.  ❞ ❝  i’ve picked up a few tricks after many, many years in the wild.  ❞ ❝  i firmly believe you and i can withstand any kind of hardship, as long as we are together.  ❞ ❝  there aren’t many heroes in the world like you anymore.  ❞ ❝  why do people equate the unnessecary pursuit of power with some childish dream of adventure?  ❞ ❝  legend has it that if you swear your love before this freshly plucked blossom, you and your partner will live a charmed life.  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry that you came all the way to see me for nothing.  ❞ ❝  you could…always stay here with me forever.  ❞ ❝  should i check my map, or should i go by intuition like the original trailblazers?  ❞ ❝  you must be busy, you know, saving the world and all.  ❞ ❝  at first i thought it was just a bad dream.  ❞ ❝  if you find yourself in some trouble, please promise to run. fast.  ❞ ❝  it’s not like a sword alone makes a hero.  ❞ ❝  the scent of the soil is the smell of life itself.  ❞ ❝  there’s no reward without risk, right?  ❞ ❝  i may not be much use on the battlefield, but there must… there must be something i can do to help.  ❞ ❝  i’m waiting for someone. and it’s not you. can you go away?  ❞ ❝  that sword there is proof enough…you are the hero i’ve been waiting for.  ❞ ❝  you’re wasting your time here; i have nothing worth stealing.  ❞ ❝  looking mighty free there, eh?  ❞ ❝  you have not changed a bit. once a hero, always a hero.  ❞ ❝  you are looking at me as though i am a stranger to you. those eyes…they lack the light of familiarity.  ❞ ❝  things to do, places to seem right? better get on it. time waits for no one.  ❞ ❝  there are some legends about that island, so the village fishermen tend to avoid it whenever possible.  ❞ ❝  okay, that was enough mortal peril for one day.  ❞ ❝  …oh, my. look at that face! you are totally my type. hi.  ❞ ❝  oh, have i mentioned how incredible you are? and how thankful i am?  ❞ ❝  nothing makes me want to not do something more than being asked to do it.  ❞ ❝  i’ll admit it. i’m mighty jealous.  ❞ ❝  there are few who know of such legends anymore.  ❞ ❝  innocent curiosity can cause tragedies that can never be taken back.  ❞ ❝  what’s the matter? are ya worried about me?  ❞ ❝  hm? a voice beckoned you here?  ❞ ❝  you came to the middle of nowhere in this weather just to see me?  ❞ ❝  i want you to know that the path you are walking down is one we should all follow.  ❞ ❝  i thought you had harder bark on you than that.  ❞ ❝  it would be a mistake to judge people on appearances alone.  ❞ ❝  it is woven into your destiny that you prove them wrong. do you understand? ❞ ❝  …oops, someone heard me singing…badly.  ❞ ❝  you look like you’re pretty good with a bow and sword, so you must be pretty strong.  ❞ ❝  i don’t know what it is about men. constantly worrying…  ❞ ❝  yeah, yeah. i’m still alive. it’s fine—don’t worry.  ❞ ❝  what are you doing up so late? monsters roam about at night. it’s way too dangerous to wander around.  ❞ ❝  thinking back on it, it’s a wonder either of us survived the trip…  ❞ ❝  i’ll take any monster in a fair fight. it’s another story when they cheat and catch you by surprise.  ❞ ❝  i wish this rain would take a hint and lay off for a while.  ❞ ❝  if you haven’t slept yet, you really should…staying up late can’t be great for your health.  ❞ ❝  you want to get out of my personal space or what?  ❞ ❝  money and life are all as one to me.  ❞ ❝  what do you think of my lipstick? i think it’ll bring me good luck!  ❞ ❝  i do hope my bluntness has not offended you.  ❞ ❝  i have no right to ask this of you…but i am powerless here.  ❞ ❝  truth is, i just got lucky.  ❞ ❝  i hope that ours will be a long and profitable relationship.  ❞ ❝  i may be somewhat used to seeing bad omens by now, but that…well, let’s just say it’s badder than most.  ❞ ❝  why the long face? i bet i could guess.  ❞ ❝  i’m not about to give this information away for free. i’m no fool.  ❞ ❝  seeing you brings me great joy. i bet you have that effect on everyone.  ❞ ❝  it is a shame us two never had the chance to see what might have been…  ❞ ❝  what does it matter? that’s all in the past.  ❞ ❝  you know what that means, don’t you? the end is here.  ❞ ❝  oh no, there i go again, just talking with no purpose. i get carried away and just don’t know when to quit.  ❞ ❝  i somehow managed to escape into the nearby woods.  ❞ ❝  let’s wish each other good luck, eh? we’ll need it.  ❞ ❝  i was so sure that was the end for me. i was prepared for the worst.  ❞ ❝  take it easy? and let a rumor like this go to waste? nah, i gotta go big…  ❞ ❝  what are you doing, sneaking up on me like that? you scared me!  ❞ ❝  when you get to my age, you start reminiscing about all the memories from your childhood.  ❞ ❝  now that i’ve met you, some of the excitement’s gone.  ❞ ❝  i get the feeling you’re going to end up doing even better in this world. that’s the feeling i get when i look at your face.  ❞ ❝  you seem harmless enough. forgive me, i’ve just been on edge with all these monsters running around.  ❞ ❝  well, that’s life for you, with all its twists and turns. i hope you’ll stick with me through them.  ❞ ❝  nice baby sword, pal. i bet it can’t even keep a flame going.  ❞ ❝  with how peaceful it is around here, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the world almost ended years ago.  ❞ ❝  that doesn’t reflect well on your upbringing at all…  ❞ ❝  even the areas near civilization are full of monsters these days.  ❞ ❝  may the gods smile upon you.  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry, but i seem to have twisted my ankle…  ❞ ❝  that would mean you are…no, it’s not possible. can it be?  ❞ ❝  you’d better remember my name, for it’s not the last you’ll hear of it!  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry if we got off on the wrong foot. uh…that’s all…  ❞ ❝  i can tell you’ve trained your body well.  ❞ ❝  who are you?! be on your way, you…suspicious person!  ❞ ❝  i’m so shocked i don’t know if i’ll ever be able to fully recover from this.  ❞ ❝  no matter. i’m just happy you’re still in one piece.  ❞ ❝  ha ha…did you think i’d deceived you?  ❞ ❝  don’t lie. i know just what’s going on. liars like you deserve to be punished!  ❞ ❝  it is finally time for me to tell you everything.  ❞ ❝  s.  ❞ ❝  a dealer in life and power…that was me, once.  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry. that wasn’t very nice of me at all…  ❞ ❝  love…it’s such a sublime, precious thing, you know?  ❞ ❝  ahhhh…so there are some who still pay me homage.  ❞ ❝  it was a real honor to meet you.  ❞ ❝  i know it’s not my business, but i’m rather concerned.  ❞ ❝  be warned. if you go, i cannot guarantee you will survive.  ❞ ❝  isn’t that, like…an incredible thing that only incredible people can have?  ❞ ❝  i’m sorry you had to see me like that.  ❞ ❝  not to be rude, but you don’t look so well.  ❞ ❝  as for me…well…i just do not believe you are guilty of anything.  ❞ ❝  i…i cannot forgive you. not ever.  ❞ ❝  …so? did it move you?  ❞ ❝  the sight of this is going to haunt my dreams for weeks.  ❞ ❝  i apologize. perhaps it was not my place to say as much.  ❞ ❝  i can’t shake the feeling that we were destined to meet.  ❞ ❝  i can see it in your eyes. you’re asking yourself, “why me?”  ❞ ❝  you…did you just try to push me? no, i assume?  ❞ ❝  to be honest, i’ve been watching you.  ❞ ❝  you can’t solve all of people’s problems with power alone.  ❞ ❝  when all this is done…perhaps we can spend some time together.  ❞ ❝  i believe in allowing the mistakes of the past to wash away.  ❞ ❝  it seems you’re a great deal more important than you appear.  ❞ ❝  the only pleasure that gives me comfort is cooking.  ❞ ❝  ah, the smell of the sea.  ❞ ❝  that is NOT an appropriate question to ask a lady you’ve just met.  ❞ ❝  i can assure you that i do not now, nor have i ever, needed help from the likes of you.  ❞ ❝  oh? well, i suppose i changed my mind.  ❞ ❝  now that i think of it…shouldn’t you be dead? sorry. that may be too personal a question.  ❞ ❝  do you not understand the gravity of what you have done?  ❞ ❝  i thought i made it clear that i am not in need of an escort.  ❞ ❝  your face sickens me! i am sickened! get out of my sight!  ❞ ❝  how dare you show your face here after what you did.  ❞ ❝  are you the hero? could it be?  ❞ ❝  words often fall meaningless when we try to describe tragic events of a certain magnitude.  ❞ ❝  you certainly are cute when you’re blushing.  ❞ ❝  there were times when i’d stay out so late, i didn’t realize morning had come.  ❞ ❝  i like watching the river flow by. is that such a crime?  ❞ ❝  as you are now, i cannot say whether you are worthy or not.  ❞ ❝  i heard a terrible rumor that you had fallen in combat.  ❞ ❝  i bet you think this is just a myth, right?  ❞ ❝  oooh, i don’t have time to be drinking right now…  ❞ ❝  please feel free to show your excitement. anyway…  ❞ ❝  a bit early to flirt, isn’t it?  ❞ ❝  it’s been a while since we’ve seen the sun here.  ❞ ❝  nothing’s wrong. just leave me alone.  ❞ ❝  we hardly know each other, and you’ve been so nice.  ❞ ❝  it’s so soothing to stare at, don’t you think?  ❞ ❝  in a world as dangerous as ours, are you seriously asking me to travel alone?  ❞ ❝  well, even someone like you/me has their limits.  ❞ ❝  i wish i could be a kid again and think only of myself.  ❞ ❝  what you did for me is more than i could have ever expected of you.  ❞ ❝  you have grown much recently. you know you will be a worthy heir when the time comes.  ❞ ❝  mark my words, i’ll protect this land of ours to the death.  ❞ ❝  we’ve both been through a lot, i’m sure.  ❞ ❝  such is the way of youth���driven! even reckless, some might say.  ❞ ❝  i can’t stop trembling. i thought i was ready for this.  ❞ ❝  if you don’t mind, i’d love to catch up sometime soon.  ❞ ❝  it seems i’m the only one with a mind of my own.  ❞ ❝  i would be overjoyed if you could find it in your heart to forgive me. if not now, then perhaps one day.  ❞ ❝  speaking of which, can you believe this view?  ❞ ❝  you aren’t trying to tell me you want a reward, are you?  ❞ ❝  you came all the way here, but it was in vain. i have no desire to speak with you.  ❞ ❝  i hope you know…that i will always protect you.  ❞ ❝  i’ve recovered to the point where i can stand.  ❞ ❝  we meet again. it seems that sharing space is our destiny.  ❞ ❝  so how about it? care to hear stories of my glory days while we walk?  ❞ ❝  open your eyes…wake up.  ❞ ❝  if you keep doing everything everyone asks of you without question, you’re gonna get conned eventually.  ❞ ❝  it seems that…i was wrong about you.  ❞ ❝  i simply must admit the truth. you’ve accomplished something that even i could not.  ❞ ❝  what? you look like you’ve got something else to say.  ❞ ❝  go on. there’s nothing to hide.  ❞ ❝  you’re making my cheeks warm looking at me like that.  ❞ ❝  i’ve never been one to question fate.  ❞ ❝  i can tell, just from looking at you…you have a place in my dreams.  ❞ ❝  you…i really owe you for what you did.  ❞ ❝  it saddens me to know i truly am all alone in this world.  ❞ ❝  you cannot fool me with such a fanciful lie.  ❞ ❝  i would never have thought you could have taken down something that big. no offense.  ❞ ❝  know that the only reason you’re not already sliced into pieces is because i am otherwise occupied.  ❞ ❝  that is a special gift from your ancestors…you must never let it go.  ❞ ❝  you were just pitying me, weren’t you?  ❞ ❝  listen, if you wanna get anywhere in this life, you gotta have cash and cachet.  ❞ ❝  this place is so filthy and women free, it might as well be called a manfill.  ❞ ❝  you’ve traveled the world helping folks, but there’s more that need helping. you don’t have the luxury of tarrying here.  ❞ ❝  you were gone for so long, i started to fear the worst.  ❞ ❝  won’t you come see me again? i’ll be waiting.  ❞ ❝  what’s wrong? you’re just staring.  ❞ ❝  as brave as you are, that does not make you immortal.  ❞ ❝  we’ll need to make preparations as soon as possible.  ❞ ❝  …youth. it’s just goam on a wave. gone before you know it.  ❞ ❝  everything’s going hazy…this might be the end…  ❞ ❝  don’t do anything reckless under any circumstances.  ❞ ❝  you think i’m just going to let this stand? do you?  ❞ ❝  i was thinking…this reminds me of the time we first met.  ❞ ❝  crazy times we live in, eh?  ❞ ❝  i hate to think what would’ve happened had you not shown up.  ❞ ❝  you commoners with your notions and assumptions…  ❞ ❝  not to pry, but…i have to ask. who are you supposed to be?  ❞ ❝  i encourage you to slow down for a moment, my courageous friend.  ❞ ❝  once this whole thing is over…maybe things can go back to how they used to be when we were young.  ❞ ❝  villages everywhere were burned. many lives were lost…  ❞

[valorxdrive]

Call me the KH professor cause I will intend to make all the lore more streamlined and digestable.

Or my net name isn't Jace.

I have to admit that this pursuit (and also replying/reviewing) venture has been FIRING the cylinders. Not to mention, I feel like I've gained some more understanding on these kinds of concepts it likes to play with.

[valorxdrive]

Part of him wonders why that's not the case. Magic in itself is a wonder that should be enjoyed if anything. Beyond protections or keeping the status quo active, there was creativity to be gleaned. As such, Sora contently allows himself to be one of her many starting witnesses to letting her particular signature of mana sing.

Similar to her disposition, there was an undeniable smidgen of warmth that comes with her strength as the older looking tome brings it to life. Oh! His mouth would part with that welcomed surprise in seeing how gravity was less of a demand and more of a suggestion by her hand.

"Almost like you can spark a dance with it if ya felt like it. Pretty cool!" He affirms, giving an approving clap while keeping those extra details in mind.

"Guess it's my turn in that case-- Mmmmm, ah! How about you get a load of this?"

Bringing out an untouched soft drink he carried upon his person. The cap found itself unscrewed and it looked as if he intended to mindlessly spill it. Except before any such bounty met the ground, it'd be through an abrupt, shimmering flash of Sora's hand that Stop found itself utilized, stalling the entire drink and process as if it was frozen.

"Can't even begin to tell ya how nifty this is. Spilled snacks are a thing of the past with a lil time magic." Despite letting more escape, that stream doesn't move in the least, that is until Sora collects it all back from midair and safely caps it back up.

"Maybe practicing together wouldn't be a bad idea."

"Haha, I'd love to be, but I'm still learning." Never before had a vampire been allowed to practice magic before, but she was more than excited to be the first one. Even when her spells didn't always go as planned and instead caused an even bigger disaster.

"Oh, amazing! Sure thing, it isn't every day people ask me to use my spells." Pulling out her old spell book, different from everything else in Draculaura's possessions that was pink and rather fashionable, she gives a once over the pages. There were definitely some tough ones, she still remembers bringing her friends' lunch to life, but the easiest one for her to master was levitation.

With a pink aura around her hands, Draculaura removes her coffin-shaped backpack as it levitates right off the ground. Her fingertips give a little twirl and the backpack would easily follow her hand movements.

"There's a lot cooler ones too, buuut I'm still getting the hang of them. Oh! I can make things fireproof and undo something torn!"

[valorxdrive]

Missed him.

One would think this would eek out a more troubled or downtrodden expression. Yet, there's a fire in those eyes, almost a touch too intense for what should be another city goer. Shoulders kept tall, a soft snort echoes as Sora offers up a dismissive wave. "Aw don't worry much on it at all. He's up in town somewhere, that's more than enough in my book."

To think that Shibuya would've found itself spotted beyond his edge of reality of all things. The surrealness of it all tempts an instant of laughter, but Hanaekoma's welcoming enough studying of him keeps the respectful tinge solidly in place. At the offer, Sora hints with a pat at his pocket that he intends to make good on that deal.

"Never been much of a city guy. The buildings and the buzz, just has a lil lack of nature to it all for my taste." He admits honestly. Yet, it doesn't prevent that tourist like curiosity to shine through.

"Mind if I know the house special is for Wildkat? Hectic as things look, I'ma need plenty of more energy on my plate."

❝          ahh,  sorry  boss.  you  jus'  missed  j.        ❞          joshua  was  known  to  up  and  vanish  on  his  own  whims.  perhaps  it  was  because  sora  was  here  that  he  decided  that  they  were  due  for  a  game  of  tag.  hanekoma  was  skeptical  at  best,  that  it  was  so  well  timed.  he  had  ways  of  narrowing  down  where  the  composer  vanished  off  to,  but  sora  would  have  to  put  in  some  work  if  he  wanted  to  find  him.  

the  older  man  leans  on  the  counter  to  give  the  islander  a  good  once  over  before  flashing  his  signature  sheepish  grin.   ❝          you  look  a  bit  lost.  why  don't  you  take'a  break  for  a  bit  before  you  head  out  again.      ❞ ★ s.c ★ @valorxdrive

[valorxdrive]

HC; Memory: Nexus Of All Identity.

You are the culmination of what you experience.

Related to the post I've made yesterday about defining what the Heart is within KH Mythos. An essential component to its creation is Memory itself. Similar to how there's two hearts, you also have two avenues for this said concept to be. While they are naturally linked, what a organic brain or even a digital mainframe pales in comparison to the sheer scale of what a Heart can keep in its reservoirs of Memory.

Ansem once tried to stop a small amalgamation of Kingdom Hearts by attempting to digitize it, only to find himself the fool as it couldn't even record a fraction of what creates it.

Hearts themselves hold a primordial order that can contains quantities of wisdom, knowledge, experience and memory that any manmade creation in even the most futuristic civilizations can't replicate. It's no different than trying to take the unconscious realm of man and attempting to pull that higher existence down into the mortal plane. A human mind would fare no differently attempting to be the endless pool for Memory that Hearts are.

In the KH Mythos, Memory itself serves a similar function to a natural body's DNA. Except in this manner, it's the DNA of your very identity on a higher plane. Emotion and experience serves as the groundwork, coalescing into these endless instances that embodies exactly who you are. It's as painting your very essence in the time you've spent, whether in good graces or the terrors of what you've endured. In kind, this becomes the core catalysts of what allows to to wield the primal forces of Light and Darkness.

It also holds as the very fabric where one comes to utilize their powers, where its embedded and can always be drawn at a whim. Concepts like mana are merely one of many worldly catalyst to draw it into creation, while power from the Heart is another intensive form depending on what's being formed. In fact, this nature of abilities tied to memory is so embedded, that it allows those to even call upon the powers of the Memory's progenitor, as it the essence of their Self being utilized.

Mind you, this was done unintentionally on Sora's end. This is merely a testament to the strength of how important Heart memories can paint themselves upon reality. It's also through these very powerful memories, that one can call upon the very powers that person once used. In this case, shards of Sora's Memory, of any keyblade wielder's memories implanted onto blank slates can give rise to an army of new Keyblade wielders. They however would have core influences from from said Memory implanted upon them, until they usher in a wealth of experiences that gives them true Self.

It's intricacies such as this that makes exploring this very realm, and why individuals like Namine hold such frightening power. As all things hold Hearts, that also means that all things also hold the means be influenced in such ways, but to hold pinnacles of untapped potential. This can offer a lens as to how and why the endless war between 'Light' and "Darkness' has lasted for the eons that it has. There's many ways to even make death itself look fickle once you start tapping into this potential.

For Memory has a way (if you hold the proper tools) to create new life itself.

[valorxdrive]

Still trying to make heads and tails of this new plot perspective.

It's one of those aspects that wants to truly drive home particular individuals gifted in the aspect of Connections. To truly harness a bond that finds that particular chord of harmony. It seems like the idea of not only this bonding, but the traversal of those very hearts from that side beyond the material is pivotal. Sora has actively learned in the latest arc to actively travel there with his Heart being conscious. This level of resonance hadn't been reached since he was a child, a forgotten art he didn't even see as a power then.

It's always been a one of those Sora plot points in terms of his personal story. While a flagship staple to a popular series quote, this right here is a gateway for his own branch of personal self discovery. It's still in the air why the days of old had this so heavily lorded, for even Master Eraqus is privy on this tale, and it feels as if there's almost a search that's secretly in place on this matter.

I can see how this could wind up being a place of prestige in the folds of the Keyblade society. Primarily, how this value of finding living proof of a legend would be essential for those who believed so heavily in the aspect of prophecy. (Genuinely having the MoM's book of prophecies), which in kind isn't a 'guidebook' no one in this current era bother's following.

On one hand, what this reveals to me is how the search is active for individuals who hold this very gift. Those who can understand the currents of emotional generated by a heart, authentically feel it as if it was their own. It's akin to a quality that may be used to guard secrets normally inaccessible to most. While a danger to the primal 13 on one hand, this could also be the very ability they want to manipulate and maneuver around

Though it begs the question on why would the Master of Masters want to seek them out as well.

[valorxdrive]

I really do have an urge for Sora to encounter folks who lived in the old keyblade societies.

Not only to see how values play out, but also that direction of reason that guides them, their hearts and their blades respectively.

It just feels like an important part is missing from this equation. As if the doctrines of Order (in some angles) kinda have this interesting approach to things. Mainly-

How this mindset is operating like if individuals are supposed to be Pure Hearts. (Hearts unable to generate darkness). Then by proxy they're 'False lights', or individuals living 'facades' (literally having humane perspectives) while 'pretending' to have values.

If anything, this makes me morbidly curious on why there's so little Pure Hearts now days (Outside Ven and the Seven Princesses). There might've been more societal based issues when Hearts that can harbor light and darkness came into being.

[valorxdrive]

In fact I had to add a lil extra to this. This data variant of Ansem here actively talks about the 'Genki' concept involving Hearts in this interaction.

If timestamp doesn't work it's at 2:46

in conclusion, they can easily use their hearts like ki and ue techniques like kamehameha, genki dama and co?

Bingo! Actually you'd be surprised how much a relation there is upon the two powers. Kingdom hearts often takes time to explore the concepts of Identity moreso than other elements, but they both hold the principles to where on the flipside, KH's primal forces of Light and Darkness would find a thread of attraction to characters from the Dragonball series.

The spectrum of emotion.mental state from where power can be harnessed is also pretty wide outside of Dragonball's three core Ki concepts. This comes with its share of benefits, but also its clear share of risks, seeing how much of the opposition found themselves devoured by the Greater Wills of Darkness.