[open] i don't know about fate

[lighthearted]

WHO: Sora and OPEN
WHERE: The train to New Tokyo and the Preserve dorms
WHEN: October 8th - 10th
WHAT: Checking in on people after waking up, and looking for things to do while cooped up in the dorms.
NOTES OR WARNINGS: N/A! Will edit if needed.



THE TRAIN TO NEW TOKYO

[ Sora comes to with a sudden gasp, almost sliding off of his seat on the train (though Riku's there to grab his shoulder and help him keep his balance, at least). It's disorienting to finally be awake after so much time spent in that Sleeping World, but Sora also recovers quicker than some of the other displaced might. Been there, done that, after all.

It doesn't take long for messages to start firing across the network, and soon enough Sora gathers that almost the entire group of displaced is now on this train. More than that, they've still got a good six or so hours before they reach New Tokyo, and he's got a large number of people he wants to check in on. After he's talked things over with Riku (there's no telling what woke them up, which is strange), he decides to stretch his legs.

He moves through the train cars, on the lookout for anyone who he recognizes. As soon as he spots them, he'll run over, either standing near them or taking a seat if there's one available. ]

Hey! You okay after all that?


THE PRESERVE DORMS

[ While Sora couldn't explain why everyone had suddenly been on the train with them, what he learns when they reach New Tokyo makes a little more sense. They're not here to help with a monster attack, but with a snowstorm. That must mean that what they did in the Sleeping version of this world actually had an effect on the real version. Fighting all of those monsters means that they'd reversed some of the damage!

It doesn't explain where the snowstorm came from, and he's not that thrilled to be facing freezing cold temperatures again after his time spent in Arendelle. Having to be cooped up until there's proper supplies provided to them isn't much better, though.

While he'd been able to explore to some extent in the dreams, it hadn't been real. To go from being stuck in the safehouse to being stuck in these dorms is rough for a restless young man used to running around all the time.

So he'll end up wandering the common areas, whether it's to scrounge up a snack or look for something else to keep his attention. If he comes across someone, he'll wave at them and move over. ]

Hey. Maybe we should play a game or something? [ Or, if they don't look like the game-playing type, it might be: ] So have you ever been stuck in weather like this before?


WILDCARD

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Comments

[inherited]

I'm not sure. [That's the issue: Riku doesn't feel anything in particular. Being a keyblade master—and a Dream Eater—means that he's more attuned to his surroundings. They're not in a dream. He can't feel the stench of ... darkness mingling with light. It's all slipped away. After a moment, he tries to draw upon some healing magic, well aware of how it might look to anyone else if he tried a more aggressive spell.

His chest glows, his hand clenched into a fist, and he grunts out as his eyes close shut. He's in pain.

Riku breathes out, dropping his hand to his thigh. No good.]

Back to the way it was before. Guess that spell to link up our power didn't work the way we may have hoped.

[lighthearted]

[ They're in the middle of a crowded train, and even Sora realizes that it's not the best time for their chests to start glowing. He shifts to put his hand on Riku's opposite shoulder as soon as the glow blooms under his shirt, showing concern while also hopefully shielding his chest from the view of any prying eyes for that brief moment.

It had been so freeing to have the use of the Keyblade and their magic back in the Sleeping World, and the proof that it's all gone again is frustrating, to say the least. Sora heaves out a sigh and nods. ]

Guess it was a long shot, huh.

[ It had been worth trying, though. If they can tap into their powers while dreaming, that means that they're within reach somehow instead of gone completely. ]

But... hey, we're both here. [ Sora claps Riku on the shoulder and shoots him a warm smile. ] Even though we used the Power of Waking, it was okay. [ That's the silver lining here. ]

[inherited]

I was worried. [Riku never put it to words, so Fitz's pointed remark about Sora being "safer" with someone else could sting more. It still does. He's not about to let anyone know what happened to Sora, but there lies a risk in it. Riku nearly died several times in the Land of Darkness. Just because he didn't doesn't mean he wasn't risking his life.

That last go around—it really was Sora showing up that kept him alive. Kept him safe. They could combine their powers and do what was needed.]

But I knew if we did things the right way, we'd get out fine. [A beat, where he looks closely at Sora.]

That you'd be fine. Now that we're out here, I'm worried about what it means for them. We're fine. But them? [Did they lose their powers and strength like Sora did that time? How does someone ask that?]

[lighthearted]

[ The right way. Sora still doesn't know if he understands the difference. No matter what, he'd always been trying to save his friends, to bring back people who shouldn't have ever been lost in the first place. But doing it together, and with the anchoring of others, seems to have helped.

Maybe he'd been taking on too much on his own, but sometimes that was the only option. ]

I hope they're back too. We should be able to find out soon. We can't be the only ones who woke up.

[ He can be fairly sure that Peggy and Markus are on this train somewhere, as they'd been the ones to organize it. He's less sure about Fitz and Cain. ]