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[The feed starts not with a face, but instead with a view from up above. It seems like someone's activated their bracelet by accident, and judging from the view it looks like the view from the very top of Heimdall's bank. A nice, beautiful aerial view of the city, showcasing some remaining snow on the roofs of some buildings.

At least it was beautiful until there was a jerk and a very loud sneeze.]

...Forgot how cold this place can get.

[Yup, that's Riku's voice, and when the video feed sweeps over to him, he looks a bit different. For starters, he's being a dumb island boy, dressed only in his vest. Checking in on the city and the damage that was still there was apparently more important than finding jacket.

And now, his hair's cut, bangs trimmed so that his eyes are now visible.]

You know, I thought this place was a dream or some vision before. Something that only happened to me. [He never mentioned it to Sora back home. Not if he wanted to be branded 'nuts' or have his friends fret over him.] I guess coming back here makes that theory useless. It's strange. [And not quite how the worlds work back home.]

Would anyone mind telling me what's been happening here. It's... been a while since I've been here.

...And anyone from our world-- ACHOO!

[He rubs a hand over the edge of his nose, sniffing and looking just a bit sheepish for all the sneezes. The islands don't get as cold as this place, and he's certainly not used to it.]

check in with me. [He needs to make sure all his ducks are in order here.]

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[She's quick to raise her own hand in a similar (though perhaps smaller) gesture, a smile blossoming on her lips as she nears him.]

And here you are, too. It's good to see you again. [You know, in person.]

[He smiles easily, a little tempted to embrace her, because he has missed her, and she deserves it.

But maybe later. They still have things to talk about first after all.]

Yeah, you too. You've been doing okay?

[She'd be quite surprised, but it would at least be a pleasant surprise.]

Yes, I've been fine. [Despite what things have happened in the recent past, she's been fine. It's hard not to be, from a comparative perspective.] But I think I'm the one who should be asking you that.

[He blinks, the cold settling in again. Although he rather not, he can't help but rub an arm to preserve warmth.]

I'm fine. Trust me.

...

Maybe a little cold...

[All the more reason to hold that blanket she brought out at him. ~~Her mind was elsewhere for a little while.~~]

Then here. Let's try to fix that.

[He smiles lopsidedly. She's still the good and kind Namine he remembers. One that deserves more than she got.]

Thanks. [He'll take it, drape it around his arms and bare shoulders. Thank goodness for his height, or he'd probably drag it around as they go.]

[Maybe she might disagree with that assessment, but as long as he doesn't say it, she's content to fold her hands together and watch him place the blanket, a soft smile on her face as she appreciates the smile on his.]

You're very welcome. I couldn't just let you freeze.

Guess not. None of the other worlds were this cold. [Well, the Land of Dragons was, but he had a full length coat, and that helped a lot.]

So do you want sit down somewhere? This might be a bit of a lengthy talk.

Thank goodness. [Except that's a joke, or so says the quirk in her smile and the way she shakes her head slightly.] But I think it's kind of nice - as long as you can stay inside when you need to, that is.

-- Sure. If you think that's best. [He'd know more about the time necessary to discuss all of it than she would, after all. She sobers slightly as she looks around for a good place to sit, quickly spotting a bench without much trouble.]

Yeah, I guess. When you put it that way. [Although being cooped up inside isn't all that fabulous in his opinion.

He spots the bench as well and approaches it, wiping the snow off the boards so they can both sit comfortably.] This okay?

[She's perhaps more used to it - that, and she's pleasantly unused to the associated coziness. It's definitely made her more appreciative of such things.]

[She pauses only long enough to watch him, then,] Yes, it's fine. [See, she's having a seat right now. It's still kind of chilly, but that's not a problem.]

[If she's cold, he'll share the blanket then. No friends of his can be cold.

He sits down beside her, rubbing his hands and sighing nervously. Where to start?]

Do you... What do you know about Keyblade Mastery?

Edited 2013-02-25 02:55 (UTC)

[She's not making a big fuss about it, but if she folds her arms around her middle after a while, that might indicate as much. She looks up at him steadily, waiting until he's ready to speak. The question, when it comes, makes her blink.]

Well... I know that normally, the ability to wield a Keyblade is passed from one person to another, and that the title of 'Keyblade Master' usually requires a lot of training and a test. [... Thank you, Ven's memories.] Is that what you mean?

[When he does see that, he extends an arm over to her, to drape the blanket over her shoulders so that they're sharing. Riku's spent time in spaces with snow, Land of Dragons and Symphony of Sorcery being too of the coldest he's been to, but none of them have had a lot of experience with snow. Damn isolated island kids.]

Yeah. Specifically, about the test.

Yen Sid had Sora and I take the test. [He rubs his hands together, being reminded of how apprehensive he was to take it. And yet, he triumphed and gained the title.] It's nothing like the tests we've had to do before.

And...it didn't really go as planned.

[At first she thinks of protesting that she'd not want to trouble him, but-- he's kind of already gotten things done, and after all, won't they be warmer together, or something? She's severely uncertain about that particular subject. (Isolated island kids, indeed.) After a moment she scoots a little closer, hoping to make it easier to share the blanket.]

[She nods shallowly and slowly, already trying to gather all the information she has on the subject after his first comment. The admission earns him a blink. From what she's learned, it seems as though the contents of those tests are at the master's discretion, so she's really got no frame of reference to guess what might have been employed in Riku and Sora's. Frown beginning,]

I... suppose it wouldn't be. So, then-- what happened?

[Seeing her scoot on over puts a little smile on his face, making him wonder if she's enjoying her first ever winter. But that's a question and conversation for another day.]

Yen Sid managed it. I don't know how these exams are supposed to be, but, we were supposed to travel through worlds still trapped in sleep. Different worlds that neither of us had seen.

We were supposed to deal with these creatures, called Dream Eaters and unlock their Keyholes. But, Sora and I got separated, and we... well, the organization hijacked the exam.

Sora was lead down a path. Their-- Xehanort's path. He was part of their plan and they were going to plunge his heart into darkness.

[Any smile of her own is quickly extinguished as he speaks - or at least, when he reaches the end of that. Her distress, though kept in check, is obvious, worry tensing her brow and tugging her lips decidedly downward.]

-- The Organization?

[She's trying hard not to interrupt him, but that part is startled right out of her. That doesn't make any sense, aren't they--? But, no, he's still got more to say, surely, so she waits until there's a moment, and then,]

What happened to him--? [Even though she has history with the Organization... what happened to Sora is still more important.]

[It probably seems out of the blue to tell her that. After all, technically, the Organization is finished. All of the Nobodies were defeated and many of them returned to their former selves. It's not the same Organization that she knows, but yet... that's what they called themselves.

And besides, Xemnas and Xigbar had that hidden agenda for creating the Organization in the first place.]

Their plan half succeeded, and he fell asleep. A kind of sleep that you can't wake up from. I... sort of gained this new power, where I could enter his heart and pull him out of it.

[It's both confusing and concerning; it's one thing to know that some day the Organization might show up in Asgard from previous points on the timeline, but them still being around later - she cannot help but be troubled.]

[It's not hard to tell how worried she is just to hear it.]

Did you succeed?

Edited 2013-03-08 19:13 (UTC)

[He'd rather not worry her, but there's no a lot of details he can leave out while trying to explain the whole picture. Besides, he does trust her enough, and she should know, and be allowed to ask any questions she has about the ordeal.

So there's a nod and a smile.]

Yeah, I did. He's back to being normal Sora.

[She'd vastly prefer to know, really. These dealings effect her as well, after all - in more ways than one.]

[The sigh she breathes out is quiet, but it makes clear her relief. It's only a moment late that she thinks to muster a smile back.]

I'm so glad...! Thank you for helping him. [She pauses a moment, still trying to let that sink in, then,] ... What happened next? [Questions can come later.]

[Of course. She is one of the ones that they need to save after all. ~~Regardless of Nomura's say in the matter. bbgirl needs more love.~~

He smiles and nods again, relieved himself to be able to talk about it openly. It was a stressful and desperate time, but it's another reminder that things turned out okay.]

Of course. I couldn't leave him alone, sleeping all the time. Lazy bum.

Next...? Next is training. There's going to be a big battle coming up, like a war of it's own, and we need to prepare.

[He pauses, unsure of how to bring this up.] DO you know someone named Master Xehanort?

[~~Well, she was included in the message, willingly or not. Very much so, yes.~~]

[She's relieved to be trusted with the information, in truth; though it's not a pleasant topic and she otherwise would never have known something to be amiss, now that she is aware that something happened, she very much appreciates being made aware of it, and that she could give him a chance to talk it out. She blinks, smile flickering to life only a moment late.]

Right. You've got to keep him in line. [... Hee.] I know it's a big job.

[Her smile falls as she lets out a long breath, though, after that comment. Her thoughts already start to move toward that, but she realizes after a second that he looks as though he has more to say. She raises her eyes - they'd started to lower - to meet his properly. The question provokes an immediate frown, the answer obvious.]

Yes, I know of him. He's... done terrible things to many people.

[He chuckles lightly. The tease is light enough for him to not get down on himself about it. Sora tries to take care of Riku and Kairi as much as Riku tries with the other boy. The only difference is that one of them knows more. Far more.]

I'm still not sure about who he is exactly, his whole history. Apparently Mickey knows him though. [And that was almost enough to put him on Riku's shit list, plus what he was planning to do with Sora of course.] But The World That Never Was came back and somehow Sora and I were put into the real world version of it. And that was where I met him. Where he told us what the real purpose for the Organization was. He wanted to split up his heart, place it inside vessels and try to unlock something called the X-blade.

[As always, she tries to keep such things light. Ever since the examples set even by his relationships with his friends and other experiences of hers taught her that that was a thing friends did together - joked around like that - she'd taken a gentle approach to it, always conscious that there were ways to go too far and trying to avoid such things.]

--.... That's-- crazy...! [But not necessarily impossible, is it? She's never considered the possibility before, but it does sound like something Xehanort would try to do. She falters, needing a moment to process this - especially since it does cause trouble with certain 'facts' she'd been raised on - then,]

... Did anyone tell you what the X-blade is?

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