To Radiant Garden as Ven! :D This is going to be lonnng... -.-'

Nov 29, 2010 08:28

Alright, so, I played through Radiant Garden as Ven about two weeks ago, maybe three, I just haven't had time to finish this up and post it until now.

Without further ado:

After stalling a bit, I finally stopped hovering in front of Radiant Garden and entered it already, woo! :D
Ven looked around and thought he saw a familiar pair of mouse ears going down an alley, so naturally he ran after them. So THAT'S why I saw Ven running off when I first got to Radiant Garden as Terra!
After going through some pretty (Unversed infested) gardens, I ran up to the main castle's gates. Ven thought that, like the silly guards in Maleficent's castle, that the two men standing guard were asleep, and so he ran up to the door.
...only to have a pair of weapons crossed in front of his face. ._.'
I suppose they must've been just resting their eyes. :P
The guards were Dilan and Aeleus, who later became the Nobodies Xaldin and Lexaeus. If you don't know who they are, don't worry; they're not all that important anyway. =.=
Dilan sounded WAY more British-like than I remember from KH2. Maybe the voice actor was still trying to figure out the accent back then...
It was kinda cool to listen to, except that Dilan was still kind of a jerk, even with a heart. :|
They were basically like, "The castle's closed, run along, boy, before the monsters get you." Then part of the ginormous Unversed showed up (the one that merges into a huge mecha-looking thing that Ven, Terra, and Aqua fight together), and Dilan and Aeleus start to approach it, but Ven runs after it instead, saying "Leave this to me!"
Oh yeah, btw, Dilan doesn't have six lances like he does in KH2, he just has one :P And Aeleus' weapon, while having the same basic shape, is significantly smaller, and more blade-like.
Then Even, Vexen's human form, walks out, in a lab coat naturally. He's like, "If you two fools run off, who's going to defend the castle? :|"
When they were like, "what about the kid?" Even (pronounced "Evan", yay : D calling him "eve-in" would be weird) creepily told them not to worry, that the kid's a special case. (said with that emphasis; imagine it with Vexen's English voice and you'll get it ;P) The two meatheads scampered off after Even told them that Ansem the Wise was asking for them, then Even muttered to himself about Ven's heart being pure light and whatnot, then grinned creepily.
I love that guy. xD;
He's not creepy in a scary way, he's creepy in an amusing way. xD
Ven tries to go after the Unversed, but people just keep holding him up. :P
Everybody along the way stops to talk to him. The first being Scrooge McDuck.
...omg, they finally gave that character a voice actor in this series. D:
McDuck's appeared in at least two other games in the KH series, and he's always talked via text dialogue. I completely forgot that he had a Scottish accent. D:
For a rich duck, he was pretty nice. He recognized that Ven had come from another world, since he himself had come there from another world, too. He gave Ven three tickets to Disney Town, two for "two grown-ups."
(Aqua: "You mean us? *laughs*")
Then Merlin the wizard stopped him and asked if he'd like to come inside his house and take a look at his magic book - oh crap, that sounds REALLY wrong. ._.'
No, no, in Terra's half, Merlin had dropped a Winnie the Pooh book, and when Terra gave it back to him, Merlin said while it wasn't his, that it was a special book that can help you access your inner power or whatever, and when Terra took a look, it opened up the Hundred Acre Wood command board for play. (Tigger's REALLY tough to play against. :x) So, that's what Ven did, went inside the wizard's house, took a look at the book and left.
Some minor Unversed extermination later, and he finally reaches the place where all the parts of the huge Unversed meet up, and where Terra and Aqua have arrived.
It helps that I've already battled the thing once before, but it's still not easy :s
Not getting laser-beamed to death, they all finished it off together, and stopped for a chat, this having been the first time they've all met up since they left the Land of Departure.

I love how the scene after Terra, Ven, and Aqua take down the giant Unversed, and a few of the scenes afterward, aren't exactly the same as they were in Terra's. The camera angles are different in Ven's; most of them are actually lower, to reflect his shorter stature. D'aww. :]
But seriously, it really helps with seeing things from his perspective. Kudos to the animators/editors for that.
Anyway, the scene goes the same way as before, Ven gives out the tickets, tells Terra not to worry because "the guy in the mask is history" (not...really, Ven... >.>'), Terra's all like "D: *grabs* You saw the boy in the mask?" Ven: "Y-yes?" And thus how he learns the masked boy's name, Vanitas, since Terra mutters it before letting go of Ven.
Terra tells him to go home with Aqua, 'cause they've got dangerous stuff to do.
Aqua's like, what the eff are you doing, Terra, that doesn't sound like what the Master told you to do, you shouldn't put yourself so close to the darkness, blah blah blah, and Ven starts to defend Terra, when Terra interjects with "...You've been spying on me?"
Little Ven's shocked, Terra's hurt, Aqua's like "Wait wait, listen! It's not like that! The Master was just worried! D:", and Terra storms off in a huff, yelling at Ven to stay put, and saying that he'll be on his own now (Terra himself, that is).
Annnd apparently this news has Ven doubting Aqua's intentions as well.

Ven: "Aqua...you're awful."
D:
Ven, you don't talk to your substitute mommy like that!! :[

Ven runs off in pursuit of Terra, when he's held up again. But for good reason.
It's tiny Ienzo! :DDD
*squees* x3
Poor thing was surrounded by Unversed in the town square, so of course Ven just had to help the little guy. He came in with his Keyblade, and Ienzo ran off, although he didn't look too scared at any point.
Some Unversed bashing later, and Even comes around, calling for Ienzo. Ienzo walks up, and Even finds him. "Oh, there you are, child." (said in an exasperated way, kinda funny)
Even thanks Ven for protecting Ienzo, telling him that they've had to look after the boy since his parents aren't around anymore to do it.
Ven asks Even if he's seen Terra, and he directs him to the outer gardens (where Terra met up with Braig). Ven thanks him, but he's like nooo, and tells him "I have a feeling we are destined to cross paths again." Then he gives another creepy smirk, and walks off with Ienzo following along.
Ienzo said NOTHING, by the way. xD
Awww, he's shy! x3
That kid is so darn cute. I'd estimate him to be about 7 or 8 years old, since he's still small-ish and Zexion seems still a bit teenager-ish (though he's WAY more mature than most teens. :P).
Poor little orphan boy, having to be raised by gruff guards and weirdo scientists. :[
I do hope it was what the parents wanted... :/
I'm majorly confused about this boy's hair color now, though. I've always thought of it as blue-silver, but it really looked gray-silver in this daylight scene. ._.'
But I like blue-haired Zexy. :[

Anyway, Ven catches up with Terra, asks if he can come with him, and Terra says no.
"When I really need you, Ven, I know you'll be there."
Terra leaves, Ven realizes how resolute his words sounded, and runs off to find Aqua to tell her.
He finds her in the town square, and tells her that Terra's left. She's like, "Well, then I've gotta go, too." Ven asks her if he can come with her, and she's like "No, Ven. :| Go home. I don't want to put you in harm's way."
Ven says nothing, and doesn't even look up when she leaves, because he's so saddened by being rejected twice by both his friends.
Aww, Ven. Now I want to pat your head. :[
*pets screen*

Ven starts reminiscing, back to when he was training with Terra and Aqua. He had a wooden toy sword back then, just like Sora had in the beginning of KH1. It was cute :]
I REALLY like the Terra they showed in this scene. Usually he's Mr. Serious, but his playful side really came out in this scene :]
(mainly him reciting the Keyblade handing down ceremony oath in a light tone. Aqua: "Who went and made you Master?" ;p)
Both Terra and Aqua were pretty encouraging toward Ven, who didn't really say anything, but it was cute anyways.
(again, I'm glad that I played Terra's half first, because I wouldn't have understood why he was so mute and blah back then; thanks Master Xehanort. :|)

Aww, he brought along the wooden practice Keyblade Terra gave him! :]
...wait, how'd he take that along? o.o
Can he summon and dispel it like his usual Keyblade? I didn't think you could do that with a practice Keyblade made of wood... >.>

Anyway, Ven got it out while reminiscing and feeling lonely, and, Mr. Butterfingers, it slipped out of his hands and skidded across the pavement. And who walks by and picks it up?
...
LEA! 8DD
Oh God, when I saw Lea and Isa's FEET walking by above Ven's head, I had to pause the game and collect myself a little before going on xD;
*eee!*
Lea picks it up and looks at it, and then sees Ven sitting nearby. "This yours?"
Isa: "Lea, we don't have time for this. :|"
Lea: "Lighten up, Isa. It'll only take a sec."
(Isa, pronounced eye-za. Not what I expected. :/ All along I was pronouncing his name eee-sa, which is probably what it was in the Japanese version. Makes sense, though, given his Nobody name ended up being Saix, with the special emphasis on the I. Lea is still "Lee" of course. I much prefer that :])
Lea (walking over to Ven): "You still play with toy swords? That's cute."
*hands wood key back to Ven, smiling*
*Ven takes it, pouts*
Lea: "Now this right here..." *gets out two of his frisbees* "Tadaaa! What do ya think?"
Ven: "Not a whole lot."
Lea: "You're just jealous. I'm Lea. Got it memorized? What's your name?"
Ven: "...Ventus."
(funny thing; Ven usually follows that up with "You can call me Ven!", but he didn't say that this time. I attribute that to his gloomy mood :/)
Lea: "Alright Ventus, let's fight!"
Ven: "Fight? Why would I wanna do that?"
Lea: "You scared of losin'? Come on!" *jumps back, dangling the frisbees from his fingers* "Hope you're ready!"
*Ven thinks for a moment, laughs, then smiles and gets up eagerly*
Lea: "Yeah! Now we're talkin'!"
Ven: "You're gonna be sorry!"
*Isa stands by, seems to be pleasantly amused by it all*

I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to actually spar with Lea. :[ They leaped at each other, then it faded to black, and when it came back, Lea was falling on his butt. :p
(in the "story" report of it I got afterward, it said that Lea wore himself out before the battle started. whut? XP Didn't look that way to me, but again, fade to black :/)

Lea: *falls back* "You...had enough? Because I'm willing to call it a draw if you are."
Ven: "Huh?" *smiles* "Heh, right."
Isa: *walks up to them* "From where I stood, all you drew was a big 'L' on your forehead for 'loser,' lame,' 'laughable'..."
xD;
Lea: "Wha? D: Isn't this the part where ya cheer me up or somethin'? 'You're just havin' a bad day' or, 'That's what you get for pulling your punches'! Agh, some friend."
Isa: "Oh. You mean I was supposed to lie?"
Lea: *pauses for a sec*
*to Ven* "See what I've gotta put up with? Sure hope you don't have friends like him." *grins*
*they all laugh*

...
Geez, I'm good. ._.
*analysis of Lea/Isa-Axel/Saix coming up; feel free to skip >.>'*
I think I may know why Isa and Lea were friends for so long to begin with. Who knows just how they became friends, but I can make a pretty good guess as to why they stayed friends. I'd kinda made this guess before I saw the scene, now it's mostly confirmed.
Some friends tell you what you want to hear. Some friends sugar-coat the truth. Others dance around the truth entirely in an effort to avoid awkwardness and hurting the other person. But then there is the rare friend who tells you what you need to hear, unflinchingly. And that's what Isa was for Lea. Yeah, Isa can be kind of a meanie about it, but I think that deep down, Lea respects and appreciates his honesty, and regards it as invaluable. Plus, Isa sees him for exactly who he is, but is friends with him anyway. Lea can complain all he wants about Isa's brutal honesty, but I think somewhere in him, he's glad for it.
I'm not really sure why, when it says in the reports afterward that the two are best friends, that Axel, in KH: 358/2 Days, says he never had a best friend before. Maybe he forgot, through the process of turning into a Nobody. Maybe things had started to turn bad, and Isa turned out not to be the friend Lea had thought he was for all that time. But, back then, when they were friends, it was kinda cool. Not perfect, but maybe just what Lea needed at that time.
And on Isa's end? Perhaps a stiff like Isa needs someone like Lea to help him smile and come out of his shell a bit. A counterbalance, someone opposite of him, but still compatible with him. Like the other side of a coin. He may be reluctant to admit how much he likes having Lea around, but he does like having him there. Lea may be the pushier one in the friendship, though; he probably initiates a lot of their meetings and activities :p Which probably annoys Isa at times, I'm sure, but he keeps him around for a reason, and this is the best one I can come up with.
But yeah, those are the impressions I've gotten of their canon friendship so far. I dunno if there's another scene of them in this game in Aqua's half or the secret ending or not. :/ I've heard that there's a scene that shows them getting kicked out of the castle, and I've seen a screenshot of them eating sea salt ice cream together...but I don't know where those scenes are yet. :/

Okay, enough rambling about Axel/Saix friendship theories:
Isa: "Lea, we have to go."
Lea: "'Kay." *gets up*
Ven: "Already?"
Lea: "I'll see ya when I see ya. After all, we're friends now."
*EEEE! X3* <3
"Get it memorized." *grins*
Ven: "Okay, Lea." *smiles*

*Lea rejoins Isa*
Isa: "What is it with you and picking up stray puppies?"
LOL, aww! xD
Hee, I hope Lea DID pick up actual stray puppies when he was a kid, that'd be adorable! X3
*ahem* >.>'

Lea: "I want everybody I meet to remember me. Inside people's memories, I can live forever."
*w-wibble* :'{
AXELLLL!!! D': SO THAT'S WHY YOU DID ALL THAT YOU DID!! U.U
You didn't have to go to all that trouble to get us to remember you. :[
But finally, an actual meaning behind that semi-annoying catchphrase of his! :D
It was probably just made up after the fact, but I don't care, I love it. x3
Hm, I did worry about death and stuff when I was a kid, but I didn't get fixated on having people remember me...wonder what happened that gave him the idea to do that... :/
(Or maybe I just never met enough people as a kid to get that idea in the first place. :P)
Okay, back to dialogue!
Isa: "I know I won't forget you. Believe me, I try all the time."
lol xD;
Lea: "See? I'm immortal! :D"
Isa: *smiles* "You're obnoxious."
Then they look up at the castle, Lea asks Isa if he's ready, and Isa looks at him and says "Well I can tell you are," because Lea was smiling like there was an actual puppy in the castle, Lea says "Yeah," then they both walk away.
Ven walks the other way, and starts talking to himself.
"Must be nice...knowing who your friends are."
... :[
Vennn, Terra and Aqua are still your friends! They just want you to be safe! :[

...New Keyblade time! :D

...OMG, IT'S A LEA-THEMED KEYBLADE!! 8DD
"Frolic Flame", omg :']
*equips*

It's yellow and orange and red and black, the blade looks like a flame, and it has that crazy/evil-looking little flame face that was on Lea's frisbees. And flames come out of it when you thwack stuff with it :]

omg, this guy has had TWO Keyblades to his name during this series, this one and the Bond of Flame, and he doesn't even wield one!
He's speeeshul :3

So yeah, I admit, I cried some happy tears at all this :']
Well, Lea, mainly.
Though I can safely say that I love him as an adult more, seeing him as a kid is just awesome. He's adorable. :3 (that scarf, tehe xD) Yeah, he looks a bit like Hayner, Roxas' friend in Twilight Town when Roxas' memory was scrambled, but other than his being spry, the similarities end there; Hayner acts like he's on his man-period half the time. :/
I still love Lea, though :] And he talks frighteningly like me, ha xD;
(the use of the word "ya", cutting off the beginning part of a sentence or the last letter...)
I was happy to "meet" Isa, too. I'd heard so much about him being MUCH better than his Nobody form, plus hearing that he'd have the same voice actor as Saix, I was intensely curious about how he'd be.
While he isn't ultra-sweet and a total opposite to Saix like some on deviantart had led me to believe, he is considerably nicer than his Nobody form. Just...nice in an "Isa way." xD
And I was impressed with his voice actor, too. :] He made Isa sound human, yay! :D

So yet again, Radiant Garden was awesome. :] Love love love it.
I forgot to mention this last time, but here's another reason why I love it:
Ya know those Prize Pod Unversed, that drop dessert ingredients when you thwack 'em? (probably for the ice cream making thing in Disney Town...how do you unlock that, btw? I have no idea x_x)
Well, it's official:
Soy milk exists in the Kingdom Hearts universe. ^///^
Can I live in Radiant Garden nao? :[

I hoped that maybe since I'd found the soy milk first (and loads of it 8D), that maybe there wasn't any cow's milk in the KH universe. Yaaay, (fictional) vegan universe! : D
...Only to come across something called "Merry Dairy." :[
But! I've only obtained one so far, and that was only in Disney Town, so maybe one of those anthropomorphized happy cows there gave it or something. xD;
And I didn't even find it until Ven's story. :D

Terra: Cow's milk? WhatisthisIdon'teven. :|

Uhm, yeah, so, it's been so long since I made a post like this, I went and finished Ven's story yesterday. xD;
I didn't save it, though; I want to see it all again and collect some random crap before I do. :P
Sooo I'll make a short-ish post later about the worlds after Radiant Garden (really, it probably will be shorter, those worlds weren't very interesting this time around. >.>'), then I'll get caught up before I get too far into Aqua's story. ^^'

Whee. :P

axel/saix, axel, lea/ven, kingdom hearts, birth by sleep

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