[11 - Voice/Action] Backdated to about two hours after the start of the eclipse.

[justabignobody]

[While others might be slowly getting worried as Splendor stays in the darkness, Riku is feeling more and more anxious - he only once has seen a world in such a state before; his homeworld as it had been swallowed by the darkness.

(Back then he hadn't known what it meant; hadn't cared either because he had just wanted to get off, off and away,

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[holyburstking]

Gosh... it's hard to say right now. The most obvious thing may be what the moon's been doin' lately, turning pink like it has over the last few days.

Something's definitely gonna happen, but I can't say for sure what it is.

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[justabignobody]

I see.

[Riku frowns to himself, Mickey not knowing anything either just makes him more restless. He doesn't like this. Not at all.]

...Have you ever seen anything like this before?

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[holyburstking]

[Mickey doesn't like it, either. Especially with the moon acting like it has been lately.]

Welp, if I didn't know any better I'd say it's just a lunar eclipse. I've seen a couple, and Master Yen Sid [Cue the all too knowing eye roll...somewhere.] taught me a bit about the stars, but never mentioned a moon goin' pink before. Or else I'd say it's normal.

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[justabignobody]

[Well, somehow this is and isn't reassuring at the same time.]

...How long does an eclipse usually last?

[tiny_promise]

...It's dark.

[And Sora is afraid of the dark, thanks to Vanitas.]

[justabignobody]

[Riku presses his lips together when he hears the fear in his small, but still best friend's voice. He shouldn't be, he shouldn't have to be and the only reason he is afraid is because Riku had failed to protect him.]

I know. I'll come home soon.

[tiny_promise]

...Okay. I'll wait in your room.

[Just hearing Riku's voice is enough to help him keep from crying. Riku will be home soon and that makes everything okay.]

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[justabignobody]

Alright.

[In the end, 'soon' ends up being two hours (no thanks to a certain stalker). By then Riku himself feels a little run down from spending the day waiting for some other sign of the darkness moving in on Splendor (other than the obvious of course), driving himself restless and anxious and (presumably) the encounter on his way home.

Thankfully Mickey should have kept the kid company for at least some of that time. When is careful at opening the door, when he finally arrives in front of his room, keeping his voice low since he doesn't want to wake Sora in case he had fallen asleep.]

Sora?