The Secrets of The Secret Room: KH2's Hidden Boss Arena as a Future Plot Point.
Anyone remember that Secret Room in KH2? The FRUSTRATINGLY difficult-to-reach one within the basement caves of Ansem's Castle? The one that lets you fight Data copies of the Organization XIII members? THAT Secret Room?
KH2's "Garden of Assemblage", GIF by superbia (nokuto.tumblr)
Well, what if we look at KH as a series and its LOVE for hiding plot within gameplay mechanics... and look at that Secret Room again after the Lore Bombs from KHUX & KH3?
The KH series LOVES to "hide" lore & plot foreshadowing within game mechanics: the different/same coloured dream portals in DDD & KH3, the "reset" levels in each game, Anti-Sora and Rage Form...
i wonder who, exactly, set up that Data Combat Record of Organization XIII members?
the easiest candidate is DiZ: he has the means, motive & opportunity to have set something like that up (know your enemy).
it's also plausible that Saïx set it up for Axel, a means of preparing him for assassinations but it doesn't make much sense given that Axel would need that combat data BEFORE he fought his targets while the Data Room only has those 'records' AFTER targets are defeated.
Xehanort is another candidate, perhaps setting the system up in order to have Data Copies of the Organization to fall back on for Future Use (no time travel required!). it WOULD be easier to put a Data Copy into a Replika than trying to locate, say, Lauriam or Arlene (who he only seemed to meet through Xigbar) upon their recompletion.
There's also That Looming Option of Darkness.
Darkness, getting one (or more) of the above characters to set this room up, ultimately for ITS use: Darkness seemingly needs 13 Vessels in its Game with MoM and, going with Sleeping Realm Theory, KH3 DID seem to imply that Data Riku & Young Master Xehanort were not only working for (or with) Darkness but were investigating how Hearts & darkness interacted with DATA.
KH's Primordial Darkness IS canonically tech-savvy: the Secret Room of Data Organization XIII fits EXACTLY within its modus operandi.
it's not JUST Darkness who knows of/discovered this Secret Room, however: Sora & Team Guardians of Light did too.
KH3 somewhat implies that Ienzo and Even learned of the Secret Room after being recompleted: it's probably what they were referencing when trying to set Xion & Roxas up in Replika bodies.
If Roxas is now made up of himself AND his Data Copies (from Data Twilight Down & the Secret Room)... it solves the issue of his dual-wielding keyblades despite no longer having 2 "real" Hearts to source them from.
I don't think that either of these Data Roxases would feel a need to have their own Replika bodies: Axel's Nobody formed a Heart but it integrated with his "recompleted" self without issue, just as all these Roxases would. These Hearts can merge or otherwise exist alongside each other without any issue because they share the same "Soul" (or, at least, there are no conflicting memories within their Timelines).
Xehanort did not seem much affected by Xemnas seemingly forming a Heart either: the "lived time" of Xemnas simply went back to Xehanort (& if the transistion WASN'T so seamless... it's not like he would care & he ended up Time Travelling Xemnas before any conflicts of heart could arise anyway).
Terra, on the other hand... well, Xemnas got the Fixation with Aqua's Armour from SOMEONE.
Back to That Secret Room...
my munny's on Darkness bringing that Data Organization XIII back into play at some point, if only to allow more Hidden Boss Gameplay post-KH3 for the purposes of "strengthening" the Darkness within its vessels.
It makes me wonder if the "Demyx" met during KH3 was actually a "Data Demyx": he and Luxord do not seem native to [this side of] "Reality" but to the home of Nameless Star, going by the Verum Rex trailer in Toy Box & the Secret Ending(s) of KH3.
the premise where DiZ or Xehanort sets up the Data Organization for further study, only for it to get used by Darkness could just as easily apply to XIGBAR/Luxu for MoM but... Darkness is the entity with the greater connection to Data Hearts so, regardless of WHO this Secret Room was set up by, it's probably Darkness who'll bring that game mechanic into the future of KH's Story.
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DON'T FORGET THAT IN ORDER TO FUCK YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR PANTS OFF.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW TO FUCK! BEFORE JOINING THE HUNTERS, I WAS A RESEARCHER, AFTER ALL! THIS IS A SUBJECT I DID A LOT OF STUDYING ON!
IF YOU WANT TO FUCK SOMEONE, YOU HAVE TO PROPERLY PREPARE FOR IT. BUT DON'T WORRY, I'VE GOT THE INFORMATION ON IT RIGHT HERE!
PRESS 🔲 TO UNBUCKLE YOUR BELT, MAKE SURE TO UNDO THE BELT CAREFULLY AND DELIBERATELY.
BUT BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE CATCH HOOK, YOU COULD CATCH ON TO ANOTHER SECTION OF YOUR PANTS AND THAT'LL KEEP YOUR BELT FROM COMING OFF! WATCH OUT!
ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER WHEN GOING TO FUCK IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR PANTS REMOVED FROM YOUR INVENTORY, IF YOUR PANTS ARE EQUIPPED THEN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN COITUS PROPERLY!
THIS REMINDS ME OF THE TIME I WORKED ALONGSIDE POOP BUG. HE WAS A WONDERFUL RESEARCHER UNTIL I HELD HIM UNDER THE RADIATION FOR FIVE HOURS AND DROWNED HIM. MAKE SURE TO EQUIP HIS WEAPON INSTEAD OF YOUR PANTS!
