RIKU → first dawn || video

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[There's a long-haired boy on the video, glancing around as he walks. He's checking out the city streets, but his brightly-coloured eyes keep flicking up to the sky -- it's been a while since he's seen a real one.]

Uh, can someone tell me where this is?

[One hand comes up to rub at a black collar on a scarred throat -- the hand is made of some kind of silvery metal, and the scar on his throat is horizontal, like it was slit.]

Not F3 or something stupid like that?

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Maybe... that's what he did.

[It seems like something Sora would do. If there was a way out, why leave others trapped?

Riku lifts his left hand idly, stroking her hair in one smooth motion and then letting it drop back to her shoulder.]

I hope he'll find his way back out. I... don't want him to be trapped there, you know?

[princessofheart]

It's a very Sora-like thing to do, that much is for sure.

[She looks back up at him, expression melancholy.]

I don't know if he can easily make his way back, but people have done it before. If we just hope... I know he'll come back okay. We're all connected after all, right?

we interrupt this kawaii reunion to bring you:

[poppetstrings]

[Xion, who was mostly just out and about, looking around the city, spots them.

Or, to be more specific, first she spots that tall guy with silver hair. The one who beat her down, called her keyblade a fake and her too. Then called what was basically the only family she'd ever known a bad crowd.

And then she realizes who else is with him. Kairi, who (from what Xion has gathered from Daytime TV dramas) she's in love with. And Kairi doesn't really look all that happy, and that imposter is touching her and she really, really really needs to fix whats going on here.

Xion isn't particularly tall. But she does have quite an aura as she practically stomps towards the pair and- yep, that most certainly is a keyblade that's in her hand. And she most certainly looks willing to use it]

Get away from her...!

oh god

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[The scent of someone familiar enters the area, is what he realizes first. Then, the acrid scent of anger. And he looks up to find bright blue eyes, Sora-eyes, glaring up at him. He pushes Kairi gently away from him, stepping forward a little to put himself between her and Xion -- because unlike the little sister he's come to know and love, this Xion looks... like she hates him.]

Xion...?

[What is she doing?]

What's wrong?

xION

[princessofheart]

[Oh. Oh goodness. She hadn't had time to warn Riku about how the Xion here in the city with them was from much farther back on the timeline than them, and acted way differently than the Xion they were used to did. While a small part of her was kind of tickled that Xion had actually began to like her enough to want to protect her (though she wasn't sure what she thought she was currently protecting Kairi from) considering all the hard work she'd had to put forth so far in order for the black haired girl to give her the time of day, the bigger part of her was extremely alarmed that she was charging towards Riku with her keyblade in hand.]

W-wait!

[poppetstrings]

I said get away from her!

[She's not stopping. Xion charges right at Riku and swings her keyblade with as much force as she can possibly muster within her small frame. It was normal, after all, to protect someone you cared about, and she honestly believes Kairi might be in danger from him. She knows exactly what he's capable of, that he could probably cut her down as quickly as he had the first time, but she won't stop until she can't move he body. She's already decided that much.]

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[He reacts as quickly as she expects -- but instead of pulling out his Keyblade, hers clashes against the metal of his right arm, the noise of the impact making the port at his shoulder shudder. The Way to the Dawn appears an instant later in his empty right hand as he jerks it back into his familiar fighting stance, and he can't help but look over his shoulder at Kairi for an instant, incredulous, before he looks back at Xion.]

What is wrong with you?!

[princessofheart]

Xion, stop!

[Kairi shoves her way between Riku and Xion much like Riku had done for her moments earlier, arms stretched out but with no weapon in hand. She didn't figure Xion would try to throw a blow while she was standing here, nor did she want to potentially scare her by pulling out her own keyblade. If she did get hurt though, so be it; she had bigger issues right now.]

Riku is my friend!!

[poppetstrings]

[Kairi is right to think that. Xion doesn't motion to attack, but she's clearly enraged by the fact Riku is there. Her teeth are grit together, shoulders hunched forward and ready to strike as soon as Kairi moves.]

He's not a friend!

[At all.]

Don't defend him, he's a bad person!

[resipiscent]

What is this about?

[He frowns, arms dropping to his sides. He's only going to defend, of course, and he wouldn't try to land a blow with Kairi in between them. A bad person... well, maybe once, but...]

Xion, what's wrong with you?