Sooo I'll try something different now. I wrote some Soriku snippets I would like to share with you.
I love thinking about their reunion so I wrote down three of my favorite thoughts.
Hope you like it đ
(You can also read it here
https://archiveofourown.org/works/65793724 )
1
Sora leans against the railing that separates the park from the riverside. The wind brings some much needed relief from the stuffy heat of the day.
Was it really a year already? A year in this city. A year without his friends and family. Without everyone he ever loved...
He sighs deeply and straightens. Time to go back and face his empty apartment for tonight.
"Sora.."
Sora turns around and everything falls from his face as he stares at Riku in utter disbelief
"Ri...ku?"
Riku walks towards him, getting faster with each step and breaks into a short run until he bridged the remaining distance and collides with Sora, pulling him into a fierce hug.
"Sora..!" his voice cracks under the weight of his emotions.
"I looked for you.. I looked everywhere..!" Riku's low and deep voice, right next to his ear, sends a shiver down Sora's spine. Breaking the trance he is in.
He slowly lifts his arms and places his hands on Riku's back. He is here.. he is real! His hands cling to Riku's jacket, giving away how desperately he wished to see him again. Not ready to let go, not wanting to ever let go again.
Tears fill Sora's eyes.
"Riku..! You.. you are here..!" a strangled sob escapes his throat.
Riku tightens his arms around Sora, pulling him impossibly closer to his chest. Fighting his own tears, he breathes "I'm here.. I'm here.."
Still struggling to process it, Sora hides his face at Riku's neck, whispering his name. His arms, his voice, his scent, he knows it all so well, almost like he's an extension of himself. Having him here, suddenly so close, as if he didn't lose him forever, as if this hug wasn't absolutely impossible, doesn't help his jumbled thoughts in the slightest.
"But.. how? How can you be here? How is this possible? How did you find... how..??"
Riku chuckles low, reveling in the moment he feared would never come.
"Long story. Are you ok?"
He leans back, trying to get a good look at Sora. His heart does a summersault when their teary eyes meet. He found him. He made it to another reality! Now everything was going to be alright. No matter what they must do to get back home, no matter how long it takes.
As long as they are together, they will be fine.
2
Sora was walking down the street, his mind numbed by the monotony of his everyday life, when suddenly something caught his attention.
A hint of silver in a sea of brown and black.
He stops and stares in the direction he saw it.
There.. between all those strangers.. he sees it again. Silver hair. Bright sea green eyes meeting his blue gaze.
It was impossible. Absolutely impossible. He could not be here. He should not be here!
"Riku..."
They both stood on the sidewalk, rooted to the spot, until Riku finally manages to move again, walking towards Sora.
Sora's feelings waging a war inside of him, disbelief, gratitude but also something entirely different. When Riku reached him and opened his mouth to speak, Sora beats him to it.
"What... are you doing here?? What have you done..?!"
The anger and pain in his voice made Riku stop dead in his tracks. His relief and happiness fading from his face, his eyebrows drawn together in confusion.
"What do you mean..? I came here to bring you back h.."
"No! You can't just...!" Sora interrupts him with blazing eyes, shaking in anger. Making Riku take a step back.
"What.. why are you so angry? Did you think I would just leave you here? We were all looking for a way to.."Â
"You were supposed to be safe!"Â
Riku blinks surprised and shakes his head confused. "I.. what..?"
"I gave everything for you! I rewrote time itself! I brought you back from.." his voice breaks and he shakes his head like he is trying to shake the memory.
"I made sure you could all go back home together!"
Sora steps forward and grabs Rikus shirt, pulling him closer and shaking him slightly.
"How could you do that?! You were finally free! Free of Xehanort, free to travel to any world you want! And you throw that away to follow me?! Into a world without magic! To be stuck again!" He glares at him through angry tears.
"Why.. why would you do that?! You were supposed to be safe and happy and.." He looks down and closes his eyes when a sob breaks through his anger, shaking his head in frustration.
"Oh.. Sora.." Riku just stood in front of him, letting him yell at him, unsure what else to do. He wants nothing more than to wrap him in his arms but.. would Sora even want that? He has never seen him this upset.
A moment passes before Riku finds his voice again
"Did you really think I would allow this?"
Sora looks up at him frowning "...What do you..?"
"Did you think it would be okay to sacrifice yourself, as long as everyone else gets their happy ever after? Do you think I would be alright with that? That I could be happy, knowing you were all alone with no way home.. No. Forget it."
The determination in his voice leaves no space for doubt and makes Sora start to let go of his anger.
"But.. what about your Mom.. and Kairi? Now we are just both stuck here."
Riku shakes his head and smiles a little.
"They will be fine. And who knows? Together we might find a way back." He lays his hands on Sora's shoulders and smiles softly at him.
"As long as we're together, we will be fine."
3
The city was overwhelming. So many noises, cars, people, lights.. He never enjoyed places like these.Â
But coming from the silence and emptiness of the Final World to.. this. It was jarring.
How was he supposed to find Sora here?
He managed to follow him into his dreams, as if it was second nature to him. Became his Dream Eater without question. Followed him to Castle Oblivion from the emptiness. He was always easy to find. Like a beacon, shining only for him.
But here.. it felt like he was cut from his senses, trapped in a cloud of too many impressions and.. suddenly something changed.
The noise lowered and the storm, that had been brewing inside of him for a year now, quieted down. Then he saw him.Â
Passing by on the other side of the street.
He was here! He was alright! Not injured or comatose or trapped or.. no. Just walking down the street, groceries in one hand while looking at his phone.
So normal. So impossible.
His heart was beating heavily, as if it was trying to jump from his chest. All he could think of was Sora. The way he looked, how much this year changed him, how unmistakably he was still himself.
Riku was so focused on Sora, it was a miracle he made it across the street in one piece. It was all a blur, his voice managed nothing but a quiet call of his name.
It should have been too low, too soft for Sora to hear on this busy street. But he did anyway.Â
The moment he turned around and their eyes met will forever be burned into his memory.
The soft gasp, the disbelief on Sora's face, the sound of his voice when he breathed Riku's name.
It was surreal.
Riku had no idea how it happened, but the next thing he knew was his hand was holding Sora's. He must have pulled him closer because his body was flush against his own now.
With his other hand he was caressing Sora's soft cheek and for the first time, for the very first time, he felt Sora's lips pressed against his own.
He never believed something like this 'feeling of fireworks' really existed. But here he was, consumed by fireworks and butterflies in the most beautiful of ways.
He was here! Finally in his arms..! Sora..
He was.. kissing.. 'Oh no..'
His eyes flew open and he took a step back as fast as he could.
"Oh my.. I'm so sorry..! I shouldn't have just..!" His thoughts were a jumbled mess, blood rushing in his ears. He barely registered Sora's half lidded eyes or the soft blush on his cheeks until that dopey smile started to spread on Sora's lips.
His soft voice cut right through the haze that was Riku's mind and made his heart stumble.
"Can we do that again?" the dreamy smile he gave him could have killed him right then and there.
But instead, he let out a breathless chuckle, as he laid both hands on Sora's cheeks and pulled him in for a second kiss.
Am I seeing things, or is Mickey in a room full of crowns exactly like Sora's?
Does that mean, we will finally find out more about the necklace's origin? Will we find out right here??
Will it confirm, that it is an heirloom from a special bloodline of Keyblade wielders from Scala? Will Mickey and the others think, Sora is the descendant? Will Sora be confused when they ask him where he got it from and will Riku be there to tell them that he gave it to Sora? And will that finally trigger the memory of the promise??
I could go on for hours, thinking about their reactions when it all comes out. Is Riku sad or disappointed that Sora forgot? Does Sora finally realize why Riku is his most important person? đ And what is so special about Rikus bloodline?
I can't wait to see if any of those things get confirmed.
I can't imagine that Sora is the descendant, since he is meant to be the one we can identify with. Just a regular person that tries his best. No princess of heart, no long lost prince of a magical royal bloodline. Just an ordinary guy with a good heart in extraordinary circumstances.
Oh I miss Khux and being able to run around with other kh fans đ„Č
But I like this idea!
Maybe we should just send the chocolate medal to other kh fans on valentines day. If they won't give us that event, we just recreate it by ourselves! đ
Only one comment by Nomura and I'm back to my Soriku delusions. đ
He only mentions the Lost Masters in this and questions what they lost and gained. But they aren't the only ones on a crossroads by the end of kh3.
And Sora lost everything. He lost his whole universe! So what is there for him to gain?
...
May I present to you: Exhibit A!
Riku is the only thing in Quadratum that really matters to Sora. He always wanted to be close to him, tried to impress him, searched for him everywhere. But their universe always got in the way.
So what if Sora lost everything but gains the time to finally stop and figure out what his light truly is.
Sora lost his whole universe just to realize that his universe, his world and home actually lies within Riku. And Riku will be right there with him.
Well.. just had to get this out of my system đđ«
USA please listen to me: the price of âteaching them a lessonâ is too high. take it from New Zealand, who voted our Labour government out in the last election because they werenât doing exactly what we wanted and got facism instead.
Trans rights are being attacked, public transport has been defunded, tax cuts issued for the wealthy, they've mass-defunded public services, cut and attacked the disability funding model, cut benefits, diverted transport funding to roads, cut all recent public transport subsidies, cancelled massive important infrastructure projects like damns and ferries (we are three ISLANDS), fast tracked mining, oil, and other massive environmentally detrimental projects and gave the power the to approve these projects singularly to three ministers who have been wined and dined by lobbyists of the companies that have put the bids in to approve them while one of the main minister infers he will not prioritise the protection of endangered species like the archeys frog over mining projects that do massive environmental harm. They have attacked indigenous rights in an attempt to negate the Treaty of Waitangi by âredefining itâ; as a backup, they are also trying to remove all mentions of the treaty from legislation starting with our Child Protection laws no longer requiring social workers to consider the importance of Maori childrenâs culture when placing those children; when the Waitangi Tribunal who oversees indigenous matters sought to enquire about this, the Minister for Children blocked their enquiry in a breach of comity that was condemned in a ruling â too late to do anything â by our Supreme Court. They have repealed labour protections around pay and 90 day trials, reversed our smoking ban, cancelled our EV subsidy, cancelled our water infrastructure scheme that would have given Maori iwi a say in water asset management, cancelled our biggest cityâs fuel tax, made our treasury and inland revenue departments less accountable, dispensed of our Productivity Commission, begun work on charter schools and military boot camps in an obvious push towards privatisation, cancelled grants for first home buyers, reduced access to emergency housing, allowed no cause evictions, cancelled our Maori health system that would have given Maori control over their own public medical care and funding, cut funding of services like budgeting advice and food banks, cancelled the consumer advocacy council, cancelled our medicine regulations, repealed free prescriptions, deferred multiple hospital builds, failed to deliver on pre-election medical promises, reversed a gun ban created in response to the mosque shootings, brought back three strikes = life sentence policy, increased minimum wage by half the recommended amount, cancelled fair pay for disabled workers, reduced wheelchair services, reversed our oil and gas exploration ban, cancelled our climate emergency fund, cut science research funding including climate research, removed limits on killing sea lions, cut funding for the climate change commission, weakened our methane targets, cancelled Significant National Areas protections, have begun reversing our ban on live exports. Much of this was passed under urgency.
Honestly.. this sounds like they understood aswell what the far right party in Germany already declared publicly. They said "Je schlechter es Deutschland geht, desto besser fĂŒr die AfD" (the worse off Germany is, the better for the AfD). The far right profits if people are unhappy, angry or (even better) desperate and scared. They offer "simple solutions" that will never work in reality and usually present an enemy that people can blame for their worries. Immigrants, some religion or another, lgbt groups, left politics or any other group they can demonize.
None of that helps with real issues of course. But that is not the goal anyway. They want to make things worse for as many people as possible so those people get angry or desperate and become easy prey for their lies. They direct this anger towards the "enemy" and present themselves as the only ones that do something against this "enemy".
It's a shame.
And it works.
All over the world. More and more while climate change makes living conditions harder and people start to realize (subconsciously at times) something dangerous is happening.
Take it from someone who has been watching and listening to people their whole life. They told us their strategy and given the chance, they act it out.
We all need to vote against it when we still have the chance.
If you know Germany's history, you know what I am talking about.
"riku days away from pulling the world's most reckless stunt: 'yes sir.'" This is perfect đđ
But Sora's worry, that might have seemed a bit over the top after all the times Riku has proven himself, would be so much more heartbreaking if it stems from a first timeline. đ„ș
What do you all think who that is and who/what they are talking about?
So the first voices seem to be rather clear I guess?
So I guess the people that are talking are those scientists that also keep an eye on Distortions.
I assume the "one at the connection point" is Brain. Since we know he will be in this game too and he was last seen in the room of Daybreak Town where the lifeboats are. Makes sense that this is the connection point.
That's most likely the lifeboats leaving the simulation, right?
So they try to recover Brain. He also has someone waiting for him in Scala when he arrives, so his arrival seems to be a planned event. But something goes wrong and there is the signature of someone or something else.
That could be us. It is also hinted at because we are the next thing we see in this scene.
Though there might be other explainations.
The signature could be Brain and the second maybe Luxu? In case Brain didn't get body snatched yet. Then again, why should we be able to hear those voices in that case.. So that is rather unlikely I guess?
Or we are the signature and they accidentally free a darkness or two with us? Maybe that could explain the rise in distortions, that are mentioned later, as well đ€
And then there is this floaty voice that speaks to us directly.
Since chirithy was with us when we died, it is most likely their voice we hear.
But my first thought was Ephemer and that would be so cool! "The power to connect hearts", we are standing right on his chest inside our own heart.. I would really like that.
(But Chirithy is most likely.)
What do you all think?
(And back to the Sora is Player theory.. the door?! Starting the game being woken by a redhead on a beach?? Being accused of slacking off and taking a nap?? Fighting a Darkside that stands behind Player like a huge shadow?? That Door! đ (sorry, I didn't watch the footage of the first Beta last year, gotta let it out now xD))
This is an absolute masterpiece! I am coming back to this over and over again and it never fails to amaze me. I wish there would be more videos like this. đ
And it makes me miss union cross and the community again. đ
