#riku 01

[unwaveringradiance-blog]

@dawndreamt !!

Everything feels so...blurry. It had been a while since he had felt so groggy, the last time probably being when he partook in the Mark of Mastery exam. He's having a fairly hard time trying to remember what's happened in the recent past. Every time he feels as though he's on the cusp of remembering, his memory seems to fail him. His last crystal clear memories being in the Keyblade Graveyard, everything after that is just...blank

Rising up from the comfort of sleep for what feels like the first time in a long time, he takes a few steps outside of a strange building, and what he immediately feels was an intense rush of cold. It reminds him a lot of Arendelle. It only takes a few seconds for him to start shivering, the almost bone chilling temperature alone feeling like enough to freeze him right where he stands. His outfit is definitely not meant for this intense cold.

Knowing that just standing around will only make him colder, he treks through the icy cold weather, looking for even the faintest hint of life. Maybe an animal? Maybe even another human being? The company of another person definitely sounds pretty nice right now.

Arms crossed, shivering near uncontrollably, walking at a slow but steady pace, it doesn't take an incredible amount of time before he hears foot steps not too far in the distance. He can't make out the figure, but there's definitely someone there.

Without giving it a second thought, he begins flailing his right arm in a waving motion, his other hand near his mouth trying to project his voice as best he can.

"Umm, hello over there! Do you think you can help me out? I'm kind of lost... Do you have any idea where we are?”

[foxfiresfancy-blog]

@canusvis

“Want a chocolate?” she asks, offering what looks like a homemade truffle to the stranger. 

[gailardios-blog]

@blazinginvokearc

It’s been a hell of a week.

Sure, back at home Guy had been pretty conditioned to frequent battle. Traveling on the road, keeping Luke safe, it had all come with its fair share of fighting monsters, bandits, and enemy soldiers. And while Luke was still squeamish about killing, Guy has never had a problem with it.

It’s not the individual battles that are a problem for him here either. It’s the attrition. With drones swarming the streets and the larger beasts leaving incredible destruction in their wake, there wasn’t much of an opportunity to avoid fighting. And it’s not like hiding out from it all is something that would sit right with Guy either. Someone has to be working to chip away at the monstrosities. 

But damn, if the constant stress doesn’t have him feeling like an old man at the ripe old age of twenty-one.

Guy is currently making his way through the streets, dodging drone battles when he can, doing his damndest to keep away from the bigger monsters that emerged from the cocoons. He doesn’t really have a choice but to engage with some of them. 

As he’s darting through an alleyway, (light on his feet, nimbly dodging a few idle drones that haven’t had time to react to him yet,) there’s the nearby sound of crumbling buildings that nearly makes him stop in his tracks.

It’s one of them, somehow much closer than he had realized, though its colossal size should have been a dead giveaway, or the scraping sound of its long limbs against the city’s asphalt. Much, much too close.

He’s not alone, he realizes. There’s a girl in the general vicinity. Thankfully, she looks like she can at least defend herself, but no matter how capable she is, there’s no taking on this thing alone.

“Head to its left, I’ll head to its right!” he shouts over to her. Getting behind the massive gatekeeper seems to be the safest bet at survival right now.