[Team One] a kingdom christmas carol, pt 2
~575 words of a quick g-rated christmas carol - esque kingdom hearts fic that I might just write a little bit of per year until the whole thing is written XD. small hint of soriku.
“Sounds like wishful thinking,” Axel grumbled as he strung together another fleeting crystal with some malleable figments. “I mean, the duck is one thing, but-”
“This duck is standing right here, young man,” Scrooge said, glaring up at Axel who refused to look reproached.
“I think it's worth a shot.” Xion was mixing together a complicated synthesis recipe, the moogle at her side helping stir the pot. “If nothing else, it atleast sounds like we might get a break on Christmas day.”
Axel shrugged, stringing together another bracelet of fleeting crystals and malleable figments. Aqua, on the advice of the good fairies and Minnie, decided that wearable synthesis materials might help them control the limited dream realm they would be creating as well as restore their magic.
She, Sora, Mickey, and Yen Sid were working out the details of their theatrical production, while Donald and Goofy were gathering supplies as well as a few important friends to help out.
Riku was put on management duties, ensuring that the list of tasks Aqua had left them was getting done. Which mostly meant helping Axel string together several magic enhancing bracelets.
“I’m just saying, there’s ‘Oh, I’m kinda greedy and maybe underpay my employees,’ immoral and full on ‘Mistress of all Evil curses small babies’ type evil.” Axel tied off another bracelet and added it to the pile.
Xion looked up at Riku. “You spent the most time with her out of all of us.”
“Don’t remind me,” Riku groaned, checking their synthesis materials. This would take up their whole back stock, but if it worked it’d be worth it.
“Do you think it’d work?” Xion pressed.
Riku but his lip, busying himself with counting lucid gems. His time living in the old castle with Maleficent was… complicated.
“Riku…” Axel drawled, taking the lucid gems out of Riku’s hand.
Riku shrugged. “She is evil. And manipulative. And stubborn.”
“But?”
“I don’t think it’ll be a major shift in her entire personality and she’ll be offering us free ice cream,” Riku acknowledged, “But… if nothing else it’ll throw her off her game and maybe we’ll just get a break.”
Axel hummed. “Honestly, maybe all this will be worth that atleast.” He tied off another bracelet, adding it to the pile.
Riku could only hope.
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Sora, Aqua, and Mickey left their meeting, Sora bounding up to Riku with a kiss to the cheek. “Operation Christmas Carol is a go! Feel like going past, present, or future?”
Riku chuckled. “So I’ll be playing a ghost?” Riku wasn’t sure how he felt about that.
“Yes, but you’ll have me and Kairi by your side.” Sora nodded over to where Kairi was lreadying potions. “We decided to go in teams of three. And from their it just became a natural you, me and Kairi. Then Roxas, Xion, and Lea. And of course Terra, Aqua, and Ven.”
“Of course,” Riku echoed. “What about Mickey and the others.”
“They’ll be back up and directing, more or less.” Aqua stretched, magic sparks dancing from her shoulders to her fingertips. “It’s gonna take a lot more magic to keep her under and to keep up the magic dream realm. She’s a bit stronger magically than Mr. McDuck.”
“The teams was the only way Yen Sid would agree to lend a hand. Too risky to let one of us go off on our own.”
“No kidding,” Riku agreed.
Sora grinned. “So…. you ready to get ghostified?”
Riku shook his head, a grin of his own taking over his face. "Not when you say it like that."
Next up is Nichi. I'll tag you on discord with your line "Not when you say it like that."