[Riku's hold on himself and the SFC waver slightly as the creature behind him attacks, heart constricting in his chest at the very thought. He'd become monster in his own eyes... so how could he face someone else like this, let alone those he knew and trusted?]
...I can't. [The tone just doesn't match the voice; scared and conflicted, in a voice that was always overconfident and arrogant.]
[There's the sound of an SFC clattering to the ground as both hands reach up to grasp either side of the head of one that didn't belong to him-a roar from the beast connected to his shadow shielding him briefly before vanishing in a swirl of the very darkness it's made of.
"Why did you seek power?" There was that voice again, asking him the same question as it always did. It never stops asking, and yet he always hesitated like he couldn't recall the answer.]
There's... someone back "home." Someone I have to-
['-protect.' It's all he's been thinking about since the door began to glow; all he's been able to think about since way before he could even begin to recall. Always in some manner, yet his heart... He's never been able to follow it. How can he now, when he looks so much like-?
In your hand, take this Key. So long as you have the makings...
He can remember that voice so clearly now, but the face... It's almost as cloudy as Aqua's was. This stranger, that power he has yet to find...
His voice is heavy, mixed with so many emotions it's almost hard to tell where his begins and the shadows end.] ... "To protect the things that matter."
/pat pat patthrowsgunsOctober 11 2011, 05:26:24 UTC
I understand. [There's a small but kind smile forming on her lips] It is difficult to want that while trapped in this world. To be here while the ones who need you are far away...
/patted. ;__;limitless_landOctober 11 2011, 05:54:02 UTC
[He's silent for a while, and he hasn't even realized that the SFC, when dropped, changed to a video feed. Amber eyes are closed tight as he grimaces, fighting off all the hopelessness and the sting of listening to the heart he'd scarred so much with his own choices. It hurts to think about after a year and a half of waiting, knowing that it's only been a year back home, but feeling it being so much longer since he'd seen their smiles. One may be here now, but...
It would be a lie that he couldn't tell she was hurt just because of his condition when he couldn't help it.]
It's all I've ever wanted, yet I keep losing sight of that wish. ["-you know, like my friends!"] Why I even wanted this power to begin with.
[...Was it even possible to find himself within the black abyss he found himself in? No matter how many times he's tried, all that's happened is that he sees his face instead of his own.]
[He glances at the screen, and seeing that face... he can't help but be reminded of another person. The methods may be different, but the effect is still the same.]
[The man's silent for a moment before he wearily stands again. The creature doesn't reappear, and no blade comes to his aide... but that's just fine. He picks up the SFC with one hand, generating a shield with the other before slipping through the darkness at a faster rate than should be possible. He can't fight like this, can't protect anyone... so instead he appears farther away, still able to see it yet (relatively) out of harms way.]
['...Kairi.']
You're right. And if I let this win... [His voice changed just thinking about her; it wasn't deep, didn't match with the face he held now. Younger, uncertain, maybe even scared to see what his friend's reaction would be if she woke up to see this face. Yet there was still determination behind it. He couldn't just stay the way he was if she was here, still needing him to protect her-and everyone else-from harm.
He closes his eyes, and everything goes black. So tired...]
[video] 2/4 I LIED BECAUSE OF STUPID CHARACTER LIMITSlimitless_landOctober 11 2011, 09:12:51 UTC
[Suddenly he was falling. Falling... but to where? He was so weary, he couldn't quite open his eyes until he felt as though something were about to crush him completely. Darkness... It was tightening its grip on him almost as if it were afraid it would lose a heart that it had won from the Light. It was familiar, but it never was this bad before... Was it because of his
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[Yeah, she should know... even though she died discovering it again.]
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[Riku's hold on himself and the SFC waver slightly as the creature behind him attacks, heart constricting in his chest at the very thought. He'd become monster in his own eyes... so how could he face someone else like this, let alone those he knew and trusted?]
...I can't. [The tone just doesn't match the voice; scared and conflicted, in a voice that was always overconfident and arrogant.]
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[There's the sound of an SFC clattering to the ground as both hands reach up to grasp either side of the head of one that didn't belong to him-a roar from the beast connected to his shadow shielding him briefly before vanishing in a swirl of the very darkness it's made of.
"Why did you seek power?" There was that voice again, asking him the same question as it always did. It never stops asking, and yet he always hesitated like he couldn't recall the answer.]
There's... someone back "home." Someone I have to-
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In your hand, take this Key. So long as you have the makings...
He can remember that voice so clearly now, but the face... It's almost as cloudy as Aqua's was. This stranger, that power he has yet to find...
His voice is heavy, mixed with so many emotions it's almost hard to tell where his begins and the shadows end.] ... "To protect the things that matter."
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It would be a lie that he couldn't tell she was hurt just because of his condition when he couldn't help it.]
It's all I've ever wanted, yet I keep losing sight of that wish. ["-you know, like my friends!"] Why I even wanted this power to begin with.
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Is what's lost truly found? [Or is it remade?]
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Of course I do.
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['...Kairi.']
You're right. And if I let this win... [His voice changed just thinking about her; it wasn't deep, didn't match with the face he held now. Younger, uncertain, maybe even scared to see what his friend's reaction would be if she woke up to see this face. Yet there was still determination behind it. He couldn't just stay the way he was if she was here, still needing him to protect her-and everyone else-from harm.
He closes his eyes, and everything goes black. So tired...]
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