✧ lionheart.

[principessa]

[gaiabane]

i’m going to be over here today, finishing up the overdue drafts and other things i owe. and since my last call is old :   hit that heart for a little starter!   varying length as always.

[rp-memes-n-things]

Send me a character’s name and my muse will tell how they feel about them

[angelnamine]

[gaiabane]

             the keyblade in his hand disappears in a  FLASH OF LIGHT .  away, to give way for the smile that stretches across terra’s face. there’s a sort of  pride  behind it ;  ven has gotten better with their practicing.  the master would be happy.  aqua would be happy.   HE’S DOING GREAT.             ❛  ...you want to take a break?  i think we’ve earned it.  ❜       //  @lcstmemory   (  starter call  ) 

[gaiabane]

i’m going to be over here today, finishing up the overdue drafts and other things i owe. and since my last call is old :   hit that heart for a little starter!   varying length as always.

[arssolum]

A Fragmentary Passage

[springdai]

[astrcea-deactivated20190131]

spookedgrace:

Charlie’s Last Letter.

[gaiabane]

✮ ❛  DREXM-EATER .

Words of praise are not particularly expected - not from him, of all people, being honest - but Aqua had once offered similar words ; so Riku couldn’t quite find it in him to object, especially since it’s more flusterment that overwhelms him than anything else.

A small smile creeps up his lips, reaches his cheeks and crinkles the corners of his eyes - though he finds his gaze averting, just briefly, for a moment, a shrug dancing on the corners of his shoulders. He’s done many things, both good and bad —- to know that Terra still held pride for him, despite all he’d done, was somewhat elating in it’s own right.

He remembers Terra once towering tall, broad-shouldered and radiating strength - he still does all these things ( there’s a semblance of exhaustion, one Riku can only barely claim to understand, nothing more ) but there’s not so much of a gap between them, now ; in many ways.

          ❛  I wanted to make sure you made the right choice.  ❜

              the right choice was never obvious ;  he could have made a  mistake  all those years ago, passing on the rite to riku.  he did, in a sense, for the longest time. from what he understood, the keyblade had brought  GRIEF  at first.  a fight between friends where there needed to be none.  a darkness that mirrored the one terra kept within his own heart.  another puppet, for xehanort.  another, and yet...               there was something he could  LEARN  from riku now.  accepting what he had done, turning his own darkness around for the greater good.  working in tandem with it, rather than treating it like a  CURSE.  while riku had made choices much like terra had... they did not stop him.  his friends came first, as did terra’s own.               he remembers the younger boy, now grown, into someone who had done nothing less than save the worlds like sora. who traveled high and low to help his friends and those in need  — -  A KEYBLADE MASTER ,  living up to the title entirely.  the swell of pride blossoms in his chest again.                ❛  you made that possible.  ❜   he smiles the same as riku.  the air feels lighter, at the very least.  tension ebbs away, as does the exhaustion that clings heavily to the edges of limbs.     ❛  even with the odds against you, as they were.  ❜   thank you. 

[gaiabane]

✮ ❛  KEYBLADC .

     he remembers that day all too clearly; how can he forget the sight of his friends disappearing and his home sucked into the darkness? to be thrusted upon this responsibility with no real warning hadn’t been easy. “ it was tough, but i wasn’t alone. not really. “ no, he had gotten help from donald, goofy, leon.. he’s NEVER been alone throughout this journey.      “ i had help from my friends! it’s all thanks to them that i’m who i am now. “

             he feels near foolish for insinuating that sora did everything  ALONE.  he’s right :  he had the  help  and  trust  of those around him.  from  WORLDS  away,  shining as one,  did they help sora with his journey.  while he might have been alone in the beginning,  there was no doubt he was not now.   no,  sora had the company of everyone.  more than that, the boy himself  GLOWED  with that strength.               ❛  you’re right.  ❜     a smile breaks through, small as it might be.  he sees ven, momentarily, and perhaps that’s why lips curl further, while playful tone leaks into his voice without a second thought.     ❛  i have to say :  you fight like a real master.  ❜

[gaiabane]

✮ ❛  SPELLWEAVIING .

        “ … yes, he won. that day, at least. ” the words taste BITTER in her mouth as she answers. even if it’s the truth, she hates admitting that they ( she ) had been powerless to stop him all that time ago. they’d been trained to be PROTECTORS, and yet had barely succeeded in saving themselves. “ but you didn’t do anything wrong. it’s … more complicated than that. ” 

         deep breath in, and then out. “ i was with ven for most of the fight & what came after … so i don’t know EXACTLY what happened to you. ” a decision is made to omit this portion of their story – - if terra hadn’t yet been told the details of ven’s fate, then she could fill him in later. there was already MORE than enough to say on the topic he’d inquired about.

“ once he was safe … i found you in radiant garden. but you weren’t YOURSELF anymore, it was like … xehanort was trying to control you, but you were still in there, fighting him off. you came over to me, and – - ” heavy footsteps towards her. golden eyes, VACANT of all emotion. a calloused hand around her throat, hoisting her up. TERRA, YOU SAY ? 

           several shaky breaths come & go before she trusts her voice not to break. regardless of where he’s looking, her eyes are on his face – - confident and DEADLY serious. “ … it wasn’t your fault, okay ? i need you to understand that. ” there’s still more to tell, but she won’t go on until he hears it. “ none of this was you. ” 

             IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN ME.   it might not have been him,  entirely,  but it was  his  body. himself.  a part of him, while the rest lay buried beneath influence that could not be fought for a third time.  no,  if he dwells long enough on the part she speaks of, he can see a blur  — -  dark skies, a crackle of energy in the air around them. not them, no, her.  A HAND TO HER THROAT.               guilt continues to roll around, crashing like  waves  against ribs and heart. a monster near equivalent to the darkness that whispers in his mind :  HE’S JUST AS BAD.  breathing matches hers. it catches, it shakes. his choices weigh  HEAVY  on his shoulders. for one thing stands out that terra cannot shake :               he was supposed to protect them.  he ended up ripping them apart instead.               how much of a struggle it is, turning to look at her. the slightest tip of his head, yet she shines so  STRONG that he must look away.   A STAR OF HER OWN KIND.  A WAYFINDER.   terra swallows rough. barely recognizing that he shakes his head.     ❛  i know.  ❜   but that doesn’t make it any easier.                it takes a moment, pushing thoughts out of his mind. forcing the tension to  ease  itself back to a point where he thinks he won’t run.   SHE IS PATIENT WHERE HE IS TERRIFIED  — -  yet it isn’t the end of their talk.  there’s more, and terra pushes on.  he has to.             for fingers curl up into calloused palms, with a deep breath, in and out. there’s a question to be expected, and it’s one terra must know. it is  PRIORITY  over himself.  over everything that he has been through.   ❛  what happened to you?  to ven?  ❜

[gaiabane]

✮ ❛  MERRYROXMAS .

              what was it like – ?  could he truly answer that ?     (   inside his memories, he’d seen it before. year - after year - of living here. seeing it over, and over, taking part some years —- but somehow, it felt like he’d never really been there.   )     soft hums left pink lips as he spoke.     “   like any other tournament i guess ?  they give you a foam bat so nobody gets really hurt – and whoever scores the most points moves on to the next round.   ”    maybe to an outsider it didn’t sound very appealing, but inside his SMALL WORLD it seemed like the funnest thing summer had to offer - besides spending time with his friends of course.     “  are you gonna enter ?  ”

             it sounded  FUN  were he to be honest  — -  and he  would  be.  differences rise between this one and those before ;  in comparison, terra would think the struggle tournament to be  REFRESHING.  which is why, when question comes,  he smiles.  nods.  he might as well, after all.  there was no harm in learning more about each world.     ❛  yeah.  what about you  — -  are you going to?  ❜

[gaiabane]

✮ ❛  ALABASTRINED .

               the air quashes the trees, pulling the fabric of reality into a bottled wormhole, a gilted zodiac. lulled waters; meridian mountains ―a split in time and space. the horizon spins and she clasps her hands into fists ( conductor abeys to the final aria ) and it is gone. the universe reforms and gravity tethers the land once more. she turns to terra, hands joining her hips and a faint smirk brightening alabaster. ‵ only if you keep up! ′

             ciri voices it like a  CHALLENGE ,  one that terra won’t turn down.  not with this.  oh,  how he  thrums  with  energy  and  excitement ;  the prospect of knowledge.  she disappears and reappears. there than not, and while it will be a  FIGHT  of its own to keep her pace, terra will do his best. coiled and ready to move,  the earth stills while he waits for her move.    ❛  alright. you’re on!  ❜

[gaiabane]

                       (   he’s just going to fall asleep sitting here.  )

[gaiabane]

✮ ❛  CLERICAL .

          head tilts, expression softens. pity is not what she wishes to convey, for ‘tis sympathy which is akin to her true feelings. rarely does she assume the role of a mentor; that was more her colleagues’ duty. however, she does not deny that she finds herself drawn towards the boy – she cares, more than her own mentor ever had. ‘ think nothing of it. ‘tis the least i can do. ‘ her hands rest in her lap as she leans against the chair’s wooden back. ‘ though, i daresay you appear troubled to me… are you sure there is naught else i can assist you with? ‘ her tone is soft, voice kept low.

             there are many things she knows that he does not.  this place is  UNFAMILIAR  to him still, on most days, as are the rules of this world.  yet even so,  tola has always been a  BEACON  for information and comfort.  a figure to look up to, to treat as a  friend.  terra thinks of her as a  MASTER  in her own way ;  admirable , in her work and standing.  strong , in emotion and physicality  — -   TERRA TRUSTS HER  — -  which is why he worries.  she hasn’t seemed herself these last days.                hand holds the cup tighter.  he watches the ripples within the cup, rather than look at her.  for he  FEARS  the answer that she might give.  he fears hearing something he does not want to.   ❛  you would tell me if something was wrong... right ?  ❜  

[wnq-writers]

The world may drag you down, but you’ll always find a reason to keep fighting.

livewireonfire (via kindlyiscatter)

[gaiabane]

✮ ❛  HOPESAVED .

        a week already ?  it felt as if yesterday was the first day of training. how they made it so far only brought more HOPE for their future. all their hard work put into that day was to be proven soon & aqua had no doubts about any of it.

           ❛ me  ━  ? hm, i did put some thought into it, but i’ve been looking to get a second opinion  ━━  i’ve been thinking about exploring the different WORLDS out there. i want to HELP those in need, no matter how far they are. ❜

             aqua ,  ever the  SHINING STAR  between them both.  yet this time it isn’t suffocating ;  terra takes the light that she emits and matches it the same.  PURE ,  the way lips tilt into a smile.  HONEST ,  the note of a laugh that follows.  she speaks in a mirrored image of his own plans.   ❛  you’ll do great.  ❜                all the stars that shine above their home  — -  any of them could be in need.  any of them could provide room for growth, and assist the wielders with their owns.  friends, unknown.  experiences, positive  or  negative.  he’s heard stories from eraqus.  TERRA WANTS TO HAVE HIS OWN.    ❛  i’m curious about the  CULTURE   each world has.  ❜