#zephyrises

[rxcusant]

@zephyrises​

      Vanitas’s life may have been a whirlwind of change recently but the badlands remained untouched to the hands of time. Same old dirt and sand, same harsh wind kicking grit into his eyes and mouth, and same old loneliness. The emotion hit him as soon as stepped out of the dark corridor. As if to say welcome home, we’ve been waiting for you. 

      Vanitas didn’t exactly have a plan here. All he knew was that he couldn’t stay at the Land of Departure anymore, and Destiny Islands was a no-go too. There was no warning or fanfare either. He simply slipped out, hopefully unnoticed, and the badlands was the first place he could think to go. In isolation the passage of time seemed to flow differently and admittedly he wasn’t sure how long he had actually been gone.

      Would anyone notice he was missing? Would they rejoice? Say good riddance and breathe a sigh of relief? They should. Vanitas wouldn’t blame them. Three cheers, the demon is gone everyone! 

      ...Though, if he were being honest, the thought of Ven rejoicing his disappearance stung a little. But he supposed it would be better if Ven ended up hating him again, it would make this whole thing a lot easier. Vanitas curled his knees into his chest and laid his forehead against them. 

      Stupid Ven just had to go and worm his way into his heart. 

[spungolden-a]

@zephyrises​

It seemed like Blake could never take a peaceful walk around the gardens. There were either bees that got too close to his face, which he really didn’t mind unless they stung him, or someone was being attacked by the weird creature things. Of course that day it had to be one of the latter. Right there in the middle of the garden was a child surrounded by the heartless. It didn’t take him even a second to step into the fray, keyblade appearing in his hand. It didn’t take long to make a path for the child to get away, but it seemed like the heartless continued to appear out of thin air. Almost as quick as he rid of one another took it’s place. He was beginning to grow tired when he saw a boy with blond hair coming closer, confusion plain on Blake’s face.

     “Wrong way man!”

[pacchii]

                    ❝   woah there !!   ❞    stitched cub flailed when the blond zoomed past them , probably chasing a butterfly or a dragonfly. those went super fast. thankfully , his friend skidded to a stop before any accidents happened ; accidents like --    ❝   almost dropped my cupcake , stuffin’. you want some , ventus ??   ❞   //  @zephyrises​

[cxnscience]

@zephyrises​  ⮚ liked for a starter !

Though Jiminy has seen Keyblade wielders fight dozens and dozens ( perhaps hundreds, at this point, but who’s counting ) of times, it’s an art that still astounds him - perhaps it’s his own inexperience with fighting ( unless you count boxing, a talent most crickets are skilled in ) that drives his fascination, or perhaps it’s the unique form that each individual takes when fighting with their weapon.

Either way, he often takes the chance to get some sketching in when he watches them train ; he’d done so with Sora countless times. It gives him an excuse to study, to marvel at the art of . . . well, of fighting. Ventus has a similar mastery over his weapon, as Jiminy sits quietly by to observe, though it doesn’t take a masterful eye to note the differences in the way he holds himself and poises to attack. 

But as much as Jiminy’s keen to simply quietly observe, he can’t quite help but to jest. It’s in his nature ( crickets are also extremely chatty ). 

  ❝ So what would I have to do for somebody to teach me how to use one of those? ❞ 

You know. Toothpick sized. For fighting roaches. ( Heartless roaches. )

[spiriituma]

“That-- Th-That was a MISTAKE...” He hadn’t SECURED the part tight enough, that much was OBVIOUS, what with the thin iron rod PIERCING his shoulder. Too weak (and squeamish) to PULL IT OUT, he was PINNED to the wall. What a GREAT DAY to be Varian. | @zephyrises​

[flamereign]

    “  look sharp,  ventus!  “  it’s the only warning he calls out towards his friend before tossing the frisbee his way,   grin broad enough to stretch his entire face.  “ wanna see how fast your reflexes really are.  “  ------ @zephyrises​  ♡ for a starter

[solcordc]

@zephyrises​

       It was a warm summer night the day that Ventus finally took Sora out to star gaze. The minute the older had found out he’d never been star gazing he’d been doomed to a night under the sky. Despite how he might have not understood why it was such a big deal, the wielder could hardly turn down a chance to spend some time with his crush. The budding feelings had completely blind sided him; a shock that had him flustered on how to behave around the blonde. It wasn’t that Ventus was particularly different in any way, only that for the first time Sora was noticing him--really seeing him. His heart would stutter each time he let that warm smile grace his face; or the way the sunlight made his green eyes shimmer like emeralds. It was cheesy and made his heart flutter in all the ways girls used to chatter on about in their early youth. He’d never really understood their mutterings til now.

         The final battle with Xehanort had taken a lot from all of them, but it had taken so much from Sora he’d turned bitter and cold. He’d felt alone and forgotten--and then Ventus had come and lifted him up like he’d been doing for years. It was hardly a wonder, then, that he loved him. Or at least the brunette assumed that’s how crushes worked. The biggest issue was that it hadn’t gone away. Everyone said crushes didn’t last--not unless they turned to love and if he was honest, that thought terrified him. He didn’t know the first thing about love and now as far as he could tell, he’d gone and fallen in love with someone that just had to be out of his league. But his heart felt lighter when they were together, as if he was home. If he couldn’t go back to his place of birth--at least he could get some feeling of belonging. 

            So he went to the land of departure and they sat together on a low-sitting fence and stared up at the sky. Moon and star light shimmered across his friends skin and reflected in his eyes til he felt his breath stutter in his throat at how much like the heavens Ventus looked in the moment. The sky was beautiful but he was certain the blonde outshone anything out there in the deep inky sky. Off handedly he’d mentioned how the freckles that littered the others cheeks looked like that stars. He didn’t mention that he thought that because his own almost faded into a rich tan while the older wielder had moon-pale skin that showed off the expanse of dots like the dark night showed off the stars. Teasingly the blonde told him to look at the sky, not at him and without thinking Sora blurted out probably the biggest flirt. ‘Don’t need to look at the sky, it reflects in your eyes.’

              And in that moment fate tested him in a way he felt could only be described as ‘set up for failure’. Blonde hair swam into his view as Ven leaned close, his eyes catching Sora’s bright blue and he couldn’t look away. ‘oh yeah?’ he’d said, but Sora wasn’t listening to words. In that moment his friend looked like an angel; halo’d in moonlight and eyes glittering with stars. Sora could almost feel his lips and then--he did. Unable to resist the proximity his affection bubbled over and he kissed Ventus. It wasn’t light, but not deep either. His lips were firm against Vens, but still shy from lack of experience. His eyes had fluttered closed and his blood had roared into his ears and cheeks. The minute he realized what he’d just done, however, he startled back and nearly fell off the wall. 

            “I...I’m so sorry!” he panicked, fear over-riding the memory of how soft those lips had felt against his own chapped ones. “You were just...close and you looked like an angel and I thought maybe--and--” he closed his eyes tightly, turning away and hugging himself, waiting for the disgust and rejection. “I’m sorry...c-can we just pretend nothing happened?” That had been his first kiss...he was such an idiot!

[weaselsmuses-aa]

@zephyrises​

“ Your face.............it needs to go. Get it out of here.”