Pieces:
1. Reflection from Terra
2. Drawing of Terra, Aqua and Ventus (as per Terra’s request)
3. An encore that Terra doesn’t see coming – Song Dedication
To be acknowledged/shared: TUE 28 MAR or WED 29 MAR
Requires mod/re-share on Twitter (written pieces)?: No – published via Twitlonger
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Firstly, here is the drawing done of the reunion in KH3. I thought this scene captured the Wayfinder trio the best, and their raw emotions, especially Terra’s:
I must say, Terra Week really pushed me to improve my drawing and do things I’ve never done before.
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Here is the conversation I had with Terra for Day 7. Ideas were still a mix-up when we had this chat, so it sorta goes all over the place but works out in the end. Terra also decides to give some of his own closing statements:
START CONVERSATION
Terra: “Hey, what’s going on? I heard there’s been some trouble with me?”.
Me: “Yeah… This energy has been seemingly messing with you lately and trying to derail me from my Terra-Week work”.
Terra: “Oh! Oh.. Awe. Would you like to tell me more about it?”.
Me: “I don’t think we need to regail the Terra-Week audience with that”.
Terra: “Alright; we’ll save that for another conversation then. But you said you’re stuck right?”.
Me: “I was stuck, and have been for days; but then I jammed all these fines up my subconscious this morning, and I think it finally got the message… Again”.
Terra: “Oh; hahahahahaha!… Gotta pay per disruption. So. What did you want to pick my brain about this time?”.
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Me: “Well, firstly; two benefits to when you speak. One; it’s a suitable way of showing our connection”.
Terra: “Mmm”.
Me: “And two; we get to hear from the man himself. I think that one time you spoke about being a Wayfinder and Caretaker, they enjoyed it last year. So I figured we had to give more this year; although I didn’t anticipate so many sensitive prompts for you this time; so once again, sorry about that”.
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Terra: “It’s alright. I did I say I was gonna help you. Does this one need a hanky [handkerchief]?”.
Me: “It depends on how you answer it. Since I didn’t know what to do about ‘Hero’, I’ve decided to go with last year’s Day 7 prompt which is ‘Self-Reflection’. So I was just wondering if you could pretty much reflect on yourself”.
Terra: “I think I get where you’re coming from, but that’s a bit of a vague ask. Can I have more details?”.
Me: “If you could just simply talk about your Kingdom Hearts life, any of it. Re-tell some stories from your own perspective, or look back on some of your actions and state if you would do them the same or differently this time around”.
Terra: “Ah, alright. Well as you know yourself, I would have done a lot of things differently, especially if you remember what I said for your Day 3 thing. In terms of how I went, not only did I fail my Mark of Mastery exam, but I screwed up everything else after that. I’d rate that experience with a big fat doughnut, only I got my friends back in the end, so I guess it’s not entirely that bad”.
Me: “Connections are important to you, aren’t they?”.
Terra: “Totally. And that’s the reason I made it to the other side. Like I said; amongst all the anger, despair and trickery, Aqua and Ven served as a reminder for hope, and were my reasons to not completely give in”.
Me: “That’s where the Lingering Will came from”.
Terra: “That’s right. The entity that would keep fighting on even when my heart and body could not. And the Lingering Will also wears a cape… You said you didn’t know what to address for a hero?”.
Me: “Well; not all heroes wear capes, Terra. But I get the visual tie-in”.
Terra: “Well I’ll ask you a question then. Do you think I’m a hero?”.
Me: “In some ways I guess you are, being unbiased here of course. You did come in when Ventus was about to be exterminated by Eraqus, so you spared Ventus in that sense. And then in your comeback, as the ‘guardian’, you swooped in and broke the chains that were about to end the lives of Aqua and Ventus, as well as Sora. And then only after Sora proved himself worthy enough to you [KH2.5 Secret Boss], you sacrificed yourself when then Terranort guy wanted to blast Sora. With the ‘rule of three’ in mind, I did manage to list three things, which confirm you’re a hero, sooo… Yeah”.
Terra: “Mmhmm”.
Me: “Wait a minute… You just led me to addressing the prompt I thought I didn’t know how to address”.
Terra: “That’s me doing my job as your dream guide [one of three]. But aren’t you forgetting something big about the word ‘Hero’?”.
Me: “What do you mean?”.
Terra: “”Well, there’s someone in Olympus Coliseum that I met with. We had a match or two, although one was a bit off”.
Me: “Zack”.
Terra: “Yeah. So only if you have enough time left, you could draw me with Zack”.
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Me: “It sucks that I still can’t do custom posing though”.
Terra: “It’s alright. All your other drawings have been fantastic so far. Hey; I’ve got one request if you’re okay with it. For the last day, could you please also draw me with Aqua and Ven? I understand that it’s supposed to be ‘Terra-Week’. But it doesn’t feel right not recognising the hearts of those who led me back here”.
Me: “In the case, I’ll prioritise that one over the Zack drawing”.
Terra: “And I’ve also got another idea for Day 4”.
Me: “Okay Terra; but aren’t we doing a bit much discussing our itinerary out in the open?”.
Terra: “It’s the last day. I’m sure the Terra-Week team would be interested to see how you did your work. So I was thinking about that 2022 prompt of New Friends and Hangouts. Your household and reality are basically my new friends. So why don’t you draw yourself and I, and a bunch of those teddies doing something together? I’m sure that’ll be appropriate, and we can add some Kingdom Hearts flare to it to make it more-so. And hey, if you’re wondering what happened to me, I’m making up for when I seemed to be missing earlier in the week”.
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Me: “Hey Terra, we’ve hit three pages [in the writing book]. Would you happen to have any final comments for Terra-Week as this will be posted on Day 7?”.
Terra: “Hmm, let’s see. Well… I know Terra-Week is supposed to be all about me, but then there are people that make it happen, like you. So I want those guys to know that I’m giving you a massive shout-out. What I find fun, but also a bit confusing, is that there are other versions of me? So I guess I’d be fascinated to see how other people choose to interact with me; or if they just make pieces about me. Like I wanna see what I’m doing in all their works. I must say that despite some difficult prompts, you’ve been very kind to me, and again, I’m sorry about any trouble I put you through. Like at least in your reality, I’m not too angry; crying all the time; wanting nothing but violence *chuckles*. But like I said, each person has something special to bring to the table; and I know everyone doing this project loves me in their own way… So thank you. And if there’s another Terra-Week next year, I’ll definitely be back. To the ‘mods’ though, could you not give such painful prompts next year that I have to bite my tongue while trying to help Karla?”.
Me: “Sorry Terra; that’s a ‘no-can-do, or more than half your cannon character would be gone lol. But I’d like to make a special admission before we close. To this day, I still sometimes want to wring the life out of Aqua and/or Eraqus for their occasional insensitivity which planted seeds for my dream guide’s ‘ruin’. However, Terra is always begging for me to let it go, and sometimes I perceive an energy where he gets hurt from my rants. That’s how much he cares about everyone and has a really good heart. This person had mountains of integrity, which is why in my reality, I’m trying to show him what he can become with his highest potential and minimal obstacles or doubts”.
Terra: “Mmm. Thanks to you, and the green guys too; the tots that come after me when I’m not feeling good. I’m also blessed to have Riku as a dream guide partner; so he and I get to strengthen our bond, and no matter what happens to the others, Riku and I have been guaranteed to experience this new reality together. Oh! And I can’t leave without quickly mentioning Karla’s mom. Once she found out about me… I’m the only dream guide in the house that’s loved by more than just one person, which makes it a house I never want to leave. Her mom’s said heaps of times that she feels bad for me. Alright, I think that’ll do it for Terra-Week this year. As the star, I’ve gotta be the one to finish it”.
END CONVERSATION
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THE ENCORE THAT TERRA DOESN’T SEE COMING:
I could talk about the last minute song dedication all day lol. When you go to the YouTube link, be sure to read the description if you want the info and reasons behind it, rather me me filling up this space so much. I will reveal though, that I wrote the song 😮.
Here is the link to the surprise Day 7 piece:
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I declare this the end of Terra Week 2023 from my end. To help the mod out, you can work with the above resources if you wish to construct a comment.
THE END!
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The reason I ended TW above is because I have also written a Behind The Scenes reflection on how I felt going through the production process, and then some of the other KH ppl also added their insights.
Therefore, I am not obliging the wider audience to be bored by this. Please only go to the G. Drive link if you have time and are interested in everything I went through to deliver the show:
WARNING: Heavy Reading.
Terra Week 2023 - Behind The Scenes/Production Reflection Ever since Day 1, I felt like I wanted to write my own reflection about everythin
Pieces:
1. Drawing of if Terra was a 'teddy' (the race of my creatures you see).
2. Dream recap on questioning Eraqus.
Requires mod/re-share on Twitter (written pieces)?: No - published via Twitlonger.
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Drawing of if Terra was a 'teddy':
Terra (now): "Why have you given me such a big arm on one side in that picture? Is it to replace using my keyblade? Like that amount of stuffing's gonna knock someone over".
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Dream recap from SUN 19 MAR - 2023.
The dream recap will take you through in a logical manner; no prior explanations needed.
- START RECAP -
The dream started off with me walking around a slightly distorted version of my high school. I went into the chapel as that’s where I felt Master Eraqus would be situated. In this dream, my high school was rather a campus I owned, and each Kingdom Hearts and Jak&Daxter character lived in amongst different buildings with each other. Upon walking into the chapel, I saw Eraqus (KH3) kneeling and praying at the front table (not an alter).
The reason I went to see Eraqus is because I stated that I actually wanted to ask him some questions for Terra-Week. However, I then stopped myself as I realised I was seeing a deceased person but did not have a dream guide with me. Eraqus said that I didn’t need to worry as he was on my campus and so he was living under my rules. Though that’s when I heard the door opening, I turned around and noticed that Riku (KH3) had come in to accompany me. He went and sat in one the seats, letting Eraqus and I continue talking.
I forgot how I said it exactly, but I started asking Eraqus why he allowed to happen to Terra what had happened in KH-BBS. To begin with, Eraqus gave off an energy like he was sheepish and embarrassed. I think I then asked Eraqus why he didn’t offer help to Terra instead of choosing to believe and side with his old friend. Once again, I have forgotten what Eraqus’ response was. Though eventually, I remember Eraqus saying that darkness was a form of temptation.
He emphasised this by using the example of why Terra ran into nothing but villains on his journey (or at least more villains than good guys). He said that on every turn, he finally admits that Terra was manipulated by merely unfortunate circumstances, and that each encounter was more and more of a temptation. He said that the darkness that Xehanort introduced into Terra during the exam is likely what attracted the villains to him, and how they knew where he was when he arrived in each world.
There was a sub-scene that now played where Terra (KH3) was shown coming down the back Year 11 stairs that led into the chapel. Terra stood as close to the opening as he could without being spotted by anyone else in the room. Terra decided that he was going to eavesdrop on our conversation as he attempted to keep his balance and put his head next to the wall, giving a tiny smile.
Back to the main scene, I then asked why Eraqus decided to seemingly pick favourites (being with Aqua) rather than to actually see through Terra’s hurt and help him, being the father figure that Terra looked up to. And that if Eraqus had perhaps thought he was using Aqua to unintentionally divide the group. Eraqus looked down and sighed in sorrow, I also noticed him sitting on a chair now. He sighed as he said “forgive me”, with a subtle tear rolling down one of his cheeks. I answered Eraqus, “You know that I forgive you Eraqus, this was mentioned in a past dream”. Then from the back chairs, Riku gave a short burst of laughter and piped in, “You just want Terra-Week to think that you haven’t forgiven him”.
With the mention of Terra-Week from Riku, Eraqus then went on to say to me that he wanted them to know that he supports me in anything I post. I have forgotten Eraqus’ final words, but I then noticed Terra peeking from behind the wall to the stairs, so he wasn’t too hidden after all. I asked Terra what he was doing there, but I forgot his answer… Riku was also humoured and intrigued and asked the question in his own way. With the meeting with Eraqus seemingly over, both Riku and Terra walked me out of the chapel, and as were walking towards the front office, the dream ended.
- END RECAP -
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I already mentioned this; but get ready for the Day 7 finale. I have a surprise in-store which is known neither by the audience or even Terra himself 😉 Only Riku and Ventus have been in on it, with Aqua allowed in the loop.
I expect Terra to be in tears; or am I asking for too much lol?
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Thank you and see you on Day 7!
28/29 MAR (TZ dependent).
Pieces:
1. Drawing of 'Property Dispute'; stemmed into Grandma vs. Xehanort.
2. Picture of Orange Flower from Dad 🤨
Requires mod/re-share on Twitter (written pieces)?: No - published via Twitlonger.
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The one and only piece I had ready for Day 5 based on the prompt ‘Duel’.
I decided to call this piece “Property Dispute”:
A very powerful scene as it’s pretty much the battle for Terra’s heart, but it gets preserved with the last minute safeguard. Terra also says some powerful words here.
Trivia: I showed my grandma (mum’s side) a picture of the older Xehanort, and she got so traumatised, saying she never wants to see his ugly face again XD
She doesn’t even know what he did to Terra.
Now, I just told her what I was doing, and she called out “ugly ko smrt!”, which means “ugly like death!” in Croatian XDDD
BTW, you don’t have to listen to grandma, you’re allowed to like or dislike this man lol.
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GOOD WORK DAD:
I’m not making this up when I say that today (25 MAR), my dad went over to grandma’s (his mum’s), and when I opened my phone, I got this picture in my inbox:
It’s another orange flower! A simple daisy this time.
Now what does this have to do with Terra week?
My dad must have been paying attention to where I posted the chrysanthemums and why I did it. I’ve told him that this week, I have all these pieces to share for ‘an online project’.
Even though my parents don’t have avid knowledge of Kingdom Hearts lore, they do know who Terra is well as a number of other guardians. Due to how I portray Terra in the house (and in my timeline), my mum really likes him, so my dad must be tuning in.
What conclusions can we draw from this?
My dad understands what the ‘project’ is that I’m involved with: Terra Week 2023.
My dad understands that Terra’s signature colour is Orange.
So this work deserves to be recognised.
The friend I just spoke to also said that flowers can represent ‘New life and new beginnings’. So we can relate these images of flowers being posted to Terra’s redemption and future discoveries and aspirations.
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Summary of grandma’s:
Mum’s side – Traumatised by Xehanort.
Dad’s side – Grows all these orange flowers that just found the camera on the right day/s.
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Last minute laughs at 9:00 PM (AEDT):
I was just having a joke with my mum in the kitchen and grandma on the couch.
I said “if grandma went up against Xehanort, she’d win with her frying pans and her tongue. Terra should let her fight the battle for him. No dark forces would overcome my grandma”.
That’s definitely on the topic of ‘Duel’ alright.
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To link us back to Terra-Week 2023, I bet Terra's having a cackle at the stuff with my grandma (mum's side) and Xehanort.
Terra: "I'll name my next finishing command 'European Grandma'".
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Thank you and see you on Day 6!
27/28 MAR (TZ dependent).
Pieces:
1. Drawing from 'Endless Earth' mini-zine
2. Poem created for TW from one 'EE' story.
3. Re-promotion of 'EE', and reflection for TW audience.
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With the prompt of Day 4 being ‘What If’, I have decided to base the entirety of today’s work around the mini-zine I created back in SEP 2022. It's a mini-zine called 'Endless Earth' entirely featuring stories and artworks of if Terra's KH-BBS experience was different.
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Firstly, an illustration that I did for one of the stories. It was about -What if Terra let Ventus accompany him after Radiant Garden?-
This is them training at the Olympus Coliseum:
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Poem - Written: SAT 18 MAR (2023)
The following is a poem that I specifically decided to write for this week. It is based on the prompt/story, 'What if Terra became a Keyblade Master straight away?'.
IF ONLY I/HE WERE MASTER:
Things could have been very different for the young man.
A happier ending, or at least one not as tragic.
Why did their old master have to follow a letter from someone not a fan?
A decision to promote or dilute magic?
Charms made with an ‘unbreakable connection’.
From separation, the intention to provide protection.
The idea seemingly short-lived,
Or a revival only after they were deceived?
Oh if only Keyblade Master he was granted.
He always had the strength.
His true worth and genuine heart chanted
Without having to struggle an impossible length.
Darkness to be stamped out,
But how about a person to be helped?
Where was the compassion over the doubt?
Rather, by the one he saw as a father-figure… Skelped.
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'ENDLESS EARTH' REFLECTION and RE-PROMOTION:
If you would like to download a copy of the free mini Terra-zine, please click this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1PowHsbQ2ybFMFpYRHtG_vyIBlWrq1ync
This product came about due to frustration of not getting the Earthshaker-zine or even hearing about production updates for quite some time.
Update: It finally came on 14 FEB 2023.
For the mini-zine, I ran the entire thing by myself from conception to recruiting artists, to writing stories, to editing, publishing and promoting.
I'm very proud of it and I hope the artists involved still have fond memories to this day. I wouldn't have pulled this off if I didn't love Terra.
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I'm cooking up an epic (hopefully epic) surprise for the Day 7 finale of Terra Week 2023.
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Thank you and see you on Day 5!
26/27 MAR (TZ dependent).
Pieces:
1. Last minute Chrysanthemum photos and 'decode'
2. Conversation with Terra re. Deception
To be acknowledged/shared: FRI 24 MAR or SAT 25 MAR
Requires mod/re-share on Twitter (written pieces)?: No - published via Twitlonger.
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SUDDEN BONUS:
I was at my grandma’s house today and I ran into these chrysanthemums. The flowers were more of a burnt orange colour IRL, but some of them were this deep red too.
I kid you not; these flowers immediately caught my eye and energetically screamed Terra (I channel and pay attention a lot to ‘energies’ these days).
Not only do the flowers have an oriental colour scheme to them, but I found out that they’re native to China and JAPAN. To me, when I looked at the flowers, the colours screamed passion and desire (for his friends and to ‘set things right’, as well as strength and perseverance). And pretty much the colour of fire that burns within the heart.
Now to some synchronicities.
I happened to catch these on Day 3 of Terra Week.
When I opened the phone to take the photos, the lock-screen clock said 3:33.
: 3+3+3 = 9, the divine and most powerful number of the universe (Nikola Tesla’s number and frequency theories); going back to power and passion.
24/3 or 3/24 (today’s date). 2+4+3 also = 9.
333 is the angel number for ‘Optimism’, ‘Creativity’ and ‘Intuition’; the latter two are signs for me, but the first one may be a signal or encouragement for Terra?.
3 also represents ‘Trinity’. We can look at this this way: Terra came back in KH3, and he was reunited to be a trio again; him, Aqua and Ventus.
Terra was the 3rd out of the trio to be brought back.
Out of the current group of 3, Terra is the 3rd and final dream guide to awaken his unobstructed mentorship and full authority over me. This change flourished this month (M3).
Are you sick of the number 3 by now? 😂
Lastly, I don’t normally have my phone when out with mum, but I brought my phone this time… Was I being universally guided to this moment and post?
Now for the chrysanthemums themselves:
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THE CONVERSATION
What has already been set up for Day 3 is a conversation with Terra re. the prompt of ‘Deception’.
Please excuse us for 2 reasons:
1. First task and tough prompt means Terra went into emotional shock.
2. I had a heavy subconscious blockage during production.
But without further ado, please enjoy TW23’s first insight from Terra!:
- START CONVERSATION -
Me: “You recall that I said after I got my drink, you’d have to start talking”.
Terra: “I know… After spending almost three years in your world, completely carefree, and having the time of my life… Just as I’ve forgotten all the horrible things about my past. And now I’m being subjected to going into total PTSD mode. Who’s asking for this stuff?
Me: “The Terra-Week community. I mean what the heck Terra? You said you were going to help me, and you were even excited about it, being the whole event. You even said not to put too much pressure on myself and to approach you and utilise you as much as I needed to”.
Terra: “I know… I just didn’t think it was going to be this difficult. Like can’t I just share all the fun stuff I’ve been doing lately and the good things I’ve learned? Aqua and Ven have been a part of this too”.
Me: “It may not suit the wider audience as it’s not a part of everyone’s, the central, collective timeline. You have to be just a bit more structured for this, which I’m guessing you would have remembered from 2022? Think about it this way; you have to give them a history lesson with a bit of philosophy involved.
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Terra: “Oh, alright. You’ve been very patient with me… I guess I owe you. So what it is that you want to know regarding the prompt of Deception? You wrote down a few questions before speaking to me?”.
Me: “I wrote down two main parts, but who knows how many sub-categories or additions will come out of that”.
Terra: “Okay. So what’s your first question?”.
Me: “I guess ever since you heard you failed your Mark of Mastery exam, did you ever suspect that Xehanort had this entire plan, centred around you, to mould you into a suitable vessel for his darkness?”.
Terra: “Well, no; because if I did, I would have done something about it a lot sooner and stopped him. I wouldn’t be under someone else’s control while terrorizing a little girl [Kairi] in the meantime. And Ven’s heart wouldn’t have to sleep, nor Aqua be trapped in the realm of darkness for ten years trying to save my behind. There’s a good reason I didn’t wanna come back to this… Because I’ve always believed that I’m responsible for the things that happened. Do you remember that line I spoke in the keyblade graveyard?”.
Me: “I was stupid and helped Xehanort do it?”.
Terra: “Yeah… That one. Sorry, I’m getting a bit emotional. Go brush your teeth and hopefully I’ll have myself sorted by the time you get back”.
— 10 Minutes later —
Me: “I’m back”.
Terra: “Hey. I’ve got Ven here and he reminded me that everything’s alright, and that all my friends are back”.
Me: “Are you going to be okay to answer the rest of the questions?”.
Terra: “Yeah, I’ll be alright. I don’t wanna ruin that week and create more work for you. Ven’s gonna sit in with us”.
Me: “We left off with the keyblade quote; I mean the location of it”.
Terra: “Right. So as I was saying; the reason for that quote. If I was saying I was stupid, that means I was tricked. I just went along with anything, without looking into it too much and questioning people’s motives. Any questions I did have, they’d just give me a convincing answer and I thought that was it”.
Me: “Do you think that anyone else besides Xehanort was using you, or I guess throwing you under the bus?”.
Terra: “Nah. Not outside some of the Disney villains maybe. Ever since you revealed it to me, I still find it hard to believe that Master Eraqus was sucked in by a letter from a childhood friend. But then I guess I’ve been told the sad truth. That means that Master Eraqus was deceived too. Like me, he wanted to see the good in people and give them a second chance”.
Me: “But then how many chances do you give someone before enough is enough?”.
Terra: “That’s a hard question, especially if you don’t know what a person is really like. Like is it selfish to not give someone enough chances? That’s where I was coming from. I can see you’re getting sleepy, so I’ll sum up some ideas for you and try to finish it. Xehanort obviously knew what he was doing from start to finish. With Master Eraqus allowing him to remain in the room during our exam, how come I didn’t rule out that it was Xehanort who caused the balls to go dark and radiate me? How come they didn’t radiate Aqua or Ven when they also hit them? And then the plot to isolate me and have me journey without my friends. People are easier to manipulate when they’re by themselves and there isn’t, I guess, a Jiminy to the Pinocchio. But the thing I never suspected was that the stage had been set for me to kill my own master, with Ven being the subject. Like if I care for my friends so much, would I do anything it took to save them, even if it meant taking someone else’s life? Or at least contributing to that. It had to go that far for me to finally see what Xehanort was all about. And then you’d think it’d be safer for me if I didn’t go to the Keyblade Graveyard, and I just tried to restore things from my broken homeland. But because I was tricked, I became very angry, and I wanted revenge. The guy who I thought was all for me, took everything away from me. So, that’s what I’ve got for your Deception prompt”.
Me: “Thanks Terra”.
- END CONVERSATION -
Production note: The time gap is real. Energetically, Terra broke down, so I went and washed up to let him recover.
Pieces:
1. Drawing of Lingering Will
2. Last minute convo. with Ventus re. Loyalty
To be acknowledged/shared: THU 23 MAR or FRI 24 MAR
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Drawing done of Lingering Will; ‘Guardian of the Keyblade Graveyard’:
Keyblades are from pre-made assets (2022).
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To have a bit more content, here is a last minute conversation that I decided to pull Ventus aside for; re. ‘Loyalty’:
Me: “Hey Ventus. Can I have some of your time?”.
Ventus: “Yeah sure. What’s the deal?”.
Me: “I just wanted to ask you some a question or two about loyalty.
Ventus: “Uh… Okay? First I have to know what the question is. You could just ask Terra as he’s your dream guide”.
Me: “It’s for Terra-Week, and it sounds a little silly complimenting yourself. So I wanted to know, from a friend’s perspective; what makes Terra a loyal guy?”.
Ventus: “Oh, right! Well he’s not just a loyal guy, he’s one of the most loyal guys I know. He showed Aqua and I what you wrote for Day 7, and those three reasons you gave for Terra being a hero… Well… Being a hero and being loyal go hand in hand. He didn’t have to come and jump in when I was in trouble with Eraqus. Anything that Terra did, he said he was doing it for his friends. Tell me, why did you draw the Lingering Will to give them on the same day?”.
Me: “Because I think the Lingering Will is a sign of loyalty and guardianship. My slogan for that piece was going to be ‘Guardian of the Keyblade Graveyard’. Loyalty and perseverance do go hand in hand, and he wasn’t going to leave that place until either something was done with Xehanort, or you guys returned; which I bet none of you were expecting to get a full trio reunion”.
Ventus: “Bingo! I just played ‘dream guide’ with you”.
Me: “Hehe. Getting me to think a bit hey? Can you give me some more scenarios where you think Terra was literally exercising loyalty in your Birth By Sleep timeline?”.
Ventus: “Mmm… If I do that, I’ll be giving away all of your Day 7 work. Hey, while you were getting a drink, I just had a thought to extend this topic a bit more. Y’know Terra says some iconic quotes in that timeline, right? So why don’t you find a couple of quotes and list them at the end of our chat?”.
Me: “That is actually a good idea, Ventus. Thanks for all the help on this, and I guess the reason you’re here is because you are Terra’s friend, and in my opinion, you and Terra actually have a two-way thing going for loyalty with each other”.
Ventus: “You think?”.
Me: “Well you always said you would be there for Terra and that you had a promise to keep; sooo”.
Ventus: “Yeah, cool stuff. Well I might let you go and find those quotes now. Thanks for giving me a chance to talk about Terra; I hope they don’t mind that it was me doing it. Keep up the great work and Aqua and I can’t wait to see what happens for the rest of that week”.
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QUOTES:
“You may be my master but I will not let you hurt my friend!”
– Terra (KH-BBS)
“Even if you do wrest control of my heart from me; even if you do cast me into the deepest, darkest abyss, you’ll never sway me from the one cause that pushes me to keep on fighting. Whatever the cost, I’m ready to pay it”.
– Terra (KH-BBS)
“One day I will set this right. I will return to this land and protect my friends”.
– Terra (KH3)
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PRODUCTION WOES:
Me: “Ah Ventus, can I just utilise you again for a quick bit?
Ventus: “Okay, what are we doing this time?”.
Me: “Just a quick apology leading into Day 3. You know what happened during production. I thought it’d sound a bit better coming from you”.
Ventus: “Oh yeah, to Terra’s audience, we’re sorry for how the Day 3 conversation starts off. It’s just our luck that Karla decided to start with the prompt of ‘Deception’, and because Terra’s sorta been on cloud-9 for a year, he had a bit of a hard time when he had to address his past again, and he kinda went into shock”.
Me: “Yeah, just a mini tantrum, but he handled Day 3 well overall, and he’s come to terms with Terra-Week ever since. He did the later pieces a lot better and he’s now embracing the event. Also, I had a subconscious blockage during that time, so we could’ve gone deeper into Day 3 if it wasn’t for that”.
Ventus: “Is that all?”.
Me: “Yeah that was it. Thanks Ventus… Aaaaand Terra”.
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Thank you and see you on Day 3!
24/25 MAR (TZ dependent).
I won't bore you all with formalities, so if anyone wants/needs to see my introduction/intention on works. Check here: https://karlasworld1998.wordpress.com/2023/03/22/introduction-to-terra-week-2023/
Basically the content of Day 1 is a bit loose and fluid, but Days 2 - 7 are a bit more in-line with Terra's past actions. And also, Terra decided to give some of his own closing statements on Day 7.
Terra is energetically driving most of my submissions (i.e. what to create and what emotions to convey), with the exception of one or two that were devised without his help (i.e. the poems).
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Prompts Addressed: Worlds + NewFriends&HangOuts
Pieces:
1. Drawing of Terra as a merman. (Worlds)
2. Dream Recap for Mary Poppins' world. (Worlds)
3. Drawing from one matching dream scene. (NewFriends)
4. Individual copy of Terra's chalk drawing (NewFriends)
To be acknowledged/shared: WED 22 MAR or THU 23 MAR
Requires mod/re-share on Twitter (written pieces)?: Yes
Mods, check the above for every submission package. Some may not have written works and so don't need to be re-shared to Twitter as I am 'mysticdreamer20' on there. I am posting every day on Tumblr so that there is consistency to my viewers and not like 'She's missing some days for TW...?'.
As always, you share what you see as fit/suitable.
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Found a rigged model of 'topless Terra' on DA. So I thought I could try to draw that myself and so turned him in to how he would look in Atlantica:
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Dream recap from TUE 14 MAR - 2023.
This dream has been divided into half, as only the second half is posted here. The first half was not pertinent to a Terra week prompt/idea:
(If this was a fan-fic, it would be written with more of a BBS tone and perhaps more mention of Aqua and Ven. I drove the dream towards Terra-Week as best as I could).
-- START RECAP --
Terra got into his armour and on the glider himself as he then sat me in-front of him (me not in armour). He leaned over me as he sent the glider into the air and launched us off. However, we didn’t end up returning to the main area of Kindgom Hearts. Rather, we ended up on some small asteroid planet, which looked like it could be the Gateway Galaxy from SMG1. With Terra taking off his armour and now wandering the small planet with me, I felt like he and I were going to be on our own for the rest of the dream. That’s when I decided to ask him if there was any world he wanted to go and see. Terra answered “Well I’ve never been to Notre Dame before, so I wouldn’t mind going there”.
I became confused as for some reason, I thought that I had been there before with Terra. He replied that I may have gone there with Jak, but that Terra definitely remembers never being there before. All of a sudden I realised what I was wearing. That I changed into an outfit that some nun would wear, only without the headdress.
The dream then changed scenes, and I ended up singing ‘Feed The Birds’ as I was in front of some sort of cathedral. Terra was seen walking up to me as he asked me “Why are you singing Feed The Birds?”. I stopped near the end of the song and answered that we didn’t seem to be in the world of Notre Dame, but that we had ended up in ‘Mary Poppins’ world’. Terra seemed to be caught surprised as he looked around and saw all the old London style buildings. I also noticed that for this world, Terra was wearing a dark brown woollen coat with black trousers and boots. We then decided to walk around town and check out the rest of the area. I wondered why we didn’t see Maleficent in this world, less so concerned about Pete.
Closer to where all the houses were, we looked over and saw Bert, at the time during the cannon movie where he was a chimney sweep, but in the dream, he seemed to be working as a graffiti removalist. As Bert was seemingly scrubbing something off a brick wall with a brush, he looked over at us and called out, “Hey! You must be Terra”, as he waved frantically. Terra wondered how he was already known in this place. We both approached Bert as he then asked Terra, “And who’s that?” (referring to me). “She’s my friend” answered Terra, but then Terra’s voice was heard saying in the dream, “If I said my dreamer, he wouldn’t understand what that is”.
That’s when a large group of unversed showed up in a wide alleyway between some houses. “Unversed!”, Terra called out, as he then said sorry to Bert for the fact that he had to run off and deal with them. I said to Terra, “I can’t wield a keyblade. Looks like I’ll be sitting this one out”. As I began to walk off, Terra grabbed my arm and pulled me back. He prompted me to turn back around to face him and then reminded me that I was able to summon a clone of his keyblade. With him making a small gesture, I did end up summoning my own copy of his Earthshaker keyblade and so he and I both went and dealt with the small dark purple unversed that were in the area.
Once the unversed were gone, Terra and I went back to roughly where we were before, at the side of one of the houses. That’s a when four teddies decided to show up; being Selvian, Sierra, Nasha and Sibella, and Terra looked really happy to see them. I can’t remember what exactly it was that Terra said, but he insinuated for us to do something. That’s when he gestured to the open brick wall and suggested we draw a mural or ourselves on the wall with chalk. He winked directly at me after saying this, which I knew meant that he was signalling I could draw this instance for Terra-Week IRL.
Terra looked over at Bert, worried that he was going to tell us off or remove the drawing immediately after it was done. Bert reassured Terra and said something like “Eh, I’ll clean if off later”, even insinuating that he may decide to let the drawing stay forever. There was then a sub-scene with Maleficent and Pete looking at Terra and I from a distance. I have forgotten everything that Pete said, but Maleficent was like “No. Let her think that we’re not here. Look, she’s a baby (derogatory intention). Soon enough she’ll be swept up by that nanny, Mary Poppins (insinuating that Mary Poppins was going to kidnap me)”.
The scene then went back to Terra, the teddies and I drawing on the wall. Terra and I could reach, but the teddies had a really hard time as they were really short, so I had to hold each one up as they did theirs in their chosen place, and then I drew mine. There was yet another sub-scene that now played though. It was just me and Terra, and I was now sick with a cold. Terra pulled out a container of fish oil out of his pocket as he was getting me to take it. He also said that if he can’t meet Mary Poppins (as in can’t find her), then he can at least act like her. In a very mono-toned way, he sung some resemblance of ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ as he inched the spoon closer and closer to my mouth, and then finally fed me the oil.
Back to the main scene again, as we had finished the drawing, Mary Poppins had now come walking into the scene from the Banks’ house. I forgot everything that was said, but it wasn’t looking good overall. We wanted to meet Mary Poppins, but didn’t necessary want to be taken in by her. Mary Poppins mentioned something about us wanting a nanny, when she saw the teddies and likened them to if we had children [Terra and I are NOT romantically linked; remember, DCs and/or NPCs are weird, and Mary had a concrete agenda in this dream]. Without notice, Mary came up to the teddies and grabbed Selvian, Nasha and Sibella, them now shouting and screaming. Mary walked them off as she said to them, “Come now, you’ll be taken in with the Banks’ children”.
Sierra wasn’t seen, and I wondered what had happened to her. I must also mention that Terra was back in his normal clothes for the drawing scene. When Mary had gone into the house with the three bears, Sierra came out of the lower part of Terra’s hakama pants that she had wrapped around to cloak herself [The flares were pulled back. She made an outside portion, i.e. a separate compartment]. Staggering out from behind Terra like she had been on a jackhammer, Sierra looked like she had seen a ghost. Terra looked dumbfounded to notice her there, but he was glad that one of the bears was safe. Soon after this, I woke up.
-- END RECAP --
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The drawing!: Recall back to the mural scene, Terra was like, you can wow them with this/'I'm allowing it'. This is the first time I have drawn a super detailed replica of a dream scene.
The idea is 'New Friends and Hangouts'. So if you think about it, we're offering Terra our friendship and companionship:
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