Player's POV (Kingdom Hearts Union Cross)
You wake with a start, but some slow breaths help you calm down. You don’t remember what you were dreaming about. Your eyes gaze around the room. That’s right – this is your room, in your apartment. Everyone over the age of 12 got one of their own.
What was your dream about, anyway? Something about a fight? About how you felt shitty, about a kind of light appearing from above, asking – begging – you to join it? It sounded – and felt – familiar.
Chirithy appears in a sparkle. It doesn’t ask if you want to talk about your dream. It knows you well enough to know the answer would be a resounding silence. Instead, it simply climbs into your lap, pulling your arms around itself. You let it, not reacting, still thinking over what little you can remember. Chirithy puts a hand on your forehead, making it blink at it. It smiles at you.
“I thought you were gonna go meet with Ephemer today?”
…Oh yeah. Dream forgotten, you get out of bed and get dressed for the day.
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You find Ephemer at the fountain, where he’s messing with something, clearly lost in thought. His hair is a mess – more so than his usually wild curls – and he has bags under his eyes. You can’t help but wonder what’s got him so busy. Maybe he’s trying to figure out what happened to the missing Foretellers? He has seemed distracted by the mystery lately…
You give a hum to catch his attention, waving, but it doesn’t work. Your brow furrows as you walk over, but you tap his shoulder. It makes him jump, startled, turning to you with wide eyes. He blinks, and recognition finally settles. You wonder why he’s so distracted today.
“Oh- hey! You’re here early.”
You tap your wrist, and he looks at the clock and frowns.
“Or late…Geez, where did the time go, haha? Sorry about that. Did you want to head out now?”
You nod, following behind the white-haired boy, eyeing his build. He doesn’t look too much thinner, thankfully, but you get the feeling that isn’t because of himself…
Something is wrong. You know it.
